Welcoming Eduardo Romero Dianderas
The Institute for the Study of International Development is pleased to welcome Eduardo Romero Dianderas to its full time academic staff.
Eduardo Romero Dianderas is an Assistant Professor at the Institute for the Study of International Development, McGill University. He holds a PhD in Sociocultural Anthropology from Columbia University (2022) and specializes in the study of media technologies, technical infrastructures, and global environmental governance in Latin America.
Sophia Weiqi Li, Winner of the 2025 Best Undergraduate Paper in International Development Studies Prize
The Institute for the Study of International Development congratulates Sophia Weiqi Li, winner of this year’s Best Undergraduate Paper in International Development Studies Prize. Sophia is a Honours International Development Studies Graduate with minors in French Language, Russian Language, and Urban Studies, and is recognized for her paper entitled When Feminists and Imperialists Link Arms: An Intersectional Case Study of the Russian Invasion in Ukraine.
Honours Information Session - April 3
Wednesday, April 3 from 12:30 to 1:30 pm in LEA 738
Please see attached flyer for more information.
Dean's Reception for Fellowship Recipients
Being honoured at this event were Lily-Cannelle Mathieu (Trudeau Scholarship and Vanier Scholarship) and Camilo Mireles (Tomlinson Fellowship)
Fellowship Announcement 2023-2024
Congratulations to the 2023-2024 fellowship recipients!
Trudeau Scholar: Lily-Cannelle Mathieu, https://www.trudeaufoundation.ca/member/lily-cannelle-mathieu
Weaver-Tremblay Award in Canadian Applied Anthropology 2023 - Prof. Colin Scott
Weaver-Tremblay 2023: Anthropological Activism for Territories of Life 11/16/2023 6:30 PM - 8:15 PM, TMCC Hall FProf.
New Ecozoic Initiative - Dept. of Anthropology seeking applicants for the funded Leadership for the Ecozoic PhD initiative and an Ecozoic Postdoctoral Fellow
The Department of Anthropology is seeking applicants for the funded Leadership for the Ecozoic PhD initiative and an Ecozoic Postdoctoral Fellow, newly housed in our department under the umbrella of the Anthropology for the Ecozoic (A4E) hub, which also includes the Critical Media Lab, a practice-based research space for audiovisual and multimodal ethnography.
VOX POPULI ON PANDEMIC by Prof. Sandra Hyde (The Hill Times, 2021)
“Epidemics are not random events that drop from the sky without warning. Epidemic outbreaks follow the fault lines of society, where they begin to entrench more” along racial and economic disparities
Congratulations to our incoming MA student Daisy Couture for winning a McCall MacBain Scholarship!
The McCall MacBain Scholarship enables students to pursue a fully funded master’s or professional degree at McGill University while connecting with mentors and participating in an intensive leadership development program.
Prof. Katherine Lemons' book Divorcing Traditions: Islamic Marriage Law and the Making of Indian Secularism (Cornell University Press, 2019) received an Honourable Mention in the inaugural SAMSA Book Award
Congratulations to Prof. Katherine Lemons whose book Divorcing Traditions: Islamic Marriage Law and the Making of Indian Secularism (Cornell University Press, 2019) has just received an Honourable Mention in the inaugural South Asian Muslim Studies Association (SAMSA) Book Award, which recognizes scholarship taking place within the field of South Asian Muslim Studies.
Prof. Ronald Niezen awarded a Distinguished James McGill Professorship
Congratulations to Prof. Ronald Niezen, , for being awarded a Distinguished James McGill Professorship
Sandra Teresa Hyde - Editor for a 2020 Special Issue of the journal Medical Anthropology
Sandra Teresa Hyde was the Editor for 2020 Special Issue of the journal Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness titled "Balancing the Quotidian: Precarity, Care and Pace in Anthropology's Storytelling."