Alumni

Welcoming Eduardo Romero Dianderas

admin — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 13:35:54 +0000

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, ��ϲ�� 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.

New Opinion Piece by Professors Sonia Lazlo and Francesco Amodio

admin — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 16:03:38 +0000

Professors Sonia Laszlo and Francesco Amodio have an opinion piece in the Journal de Montréal from Friday, March 7 on Canadian development assistance and gender equality:

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2025/03/07/pourquoi-laide-etrangere-du...

Erik Kuhonta on arrest of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte

admin — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:58:51 +0000

Professor Erik Martinez Kuhonta, ISID Associate Member and former Director, publishes an opinion piece on the recent arrrest and transfer to the International Criminal Court of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. As Professor Kuhonta writes, "The International Criminal Court’s stunning arrest last week of former president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, on charges of crimes against humanity was a powerful strike for human rights and justice. It was also a decisive move by the current President, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr., against the Duterte family."

Two Award Winners at ISID!

admin — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 20:24:09 +0000

Congratulation to ISID Professors Francesco Amodio and Jacob Blanc! Professor Blanc was awarded H. Noel Fieldhouse Award for Distinguished Teaching by the Faculty of Arts, and Professor Amodio was awarded the Faculty of Arts Distinction in Research Award.

Sophia Weiqi Li, Winner of the 2025 Best Undergraduate Paper in International Development Studies Prize

admin — Fri, 09 May 2025 14:00:44 +0000

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.

Samar Zora Memorial Event

claire.ward@mcgill.ca — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 14:13:09 +0000

Roundtable discussion: The Difficulty of Reality

Belonging as Freedom: Post-Slavery Trajectories of Emancipation from Southern Senegal, 1950s to Present

claire.ward@mcgill.ca — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 16:11:10 +0000

��ϲ�� University Department of Anthropology Speakers’ Series

Alice Bellagamba
Università di Milano-Bicocca

Pedro Guillermo Ramón Celis, Ph.D. - Lidar mapping in a Zapotec sacred mountain: Archaeology of Guiengola, a fortified Mesoamerican city

claire.ward@mcgill.ca — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 15:30:36 +0000

Lidar mapping in a Zapotec sacred mountain: Archaeology of Guiengola, a fortified Mesoamerican city

Pedro Guillermo Ramón Celis, Ph.D.
Banting Postdoctoral Researcher, ��ϲ�� University

Dean's Reception for Fellowship Recipients

hillary.muller@mcgill.ca — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 16:02:30 +0000

Being honoured at this event were Lily-Cannelle Mathieu (Trudeau Scholarship and Vanier Scholarship) and Camilo Mireles (Tomlinson Fellowship)