How do legal systems overlook grassroots evidence in a tech-driven world?
In her article, Kamari Clarke—a 2025 SSHRC Impact Award winner—explores what this means for justice today.
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On March 26th join us for "Blackness Across Borders: Italy and Brazil in Dialogue" with Angelica Pesarini, Assistant Prof. in CDTS and ISPLAS and Kwanza Musi Dos Santos, Co-founder and President of the cultural association QuestaèRoma.
Learn more and register here: uoft.me/blacknessacrossborders
Cite & Sound | Season 2 Ep. 5 Naomi Seidman on Freud and other famous Jews! @uoftcdts.bsky.social @stanfordpress.bsky.social Listen wherever you get your podcasts:
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Join us on April 9 for Celebrating Research Impact: Transnational Inquiry, Public Engagement, and Social Transformation, a conversation between Kamari Clarke & Kevin O’Neill celebrating the 2025 Insight Award Prof. Clarke received from SSHRC. Learn more & register: uoft.me/celebratingresearchimpact
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Join us on March 27th from 1:00 -3:00pm for a screening of Project Sifu followed by an interactive workshop on screen choreography with Dr. Wayne Wong, Director of Project Sifu. Learn more and register here: uoft.me/projectsifu
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Thinking about taking a summer course, but not sure what? Check out DTS305 H1F - Special Topics in DTS: Superman and Other Migrants! Enrolment opens on ACORN March 2nd! Learn more here: uoft.me/DTSsummer2026
Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances this lecture will be **POSTPONED** to a later date. We'll be sure to reach out when a new date is confirmed. Our apologies, and thank you for understanding!
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Join us on March 5th for “Mapping Massacres in Postwar El Salvador: Community-Led Documentation and Participatory Research with Civil War Survivors” with speakers María Laura Flores Barba, Amanda Grzyb, Reynaldo Hernández, and Zack MacDonald.
Learn more: uoft.me/MappingMassacresinPostwarElSalvador
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On Feb. 24th at 5:30pm, join us for the Annual Ato Quayson Lecture in DTS! This year, Bethany Moreton, Professor of History at Dartmouth College will join us for a lecture titled “Theocracy Now! The Global Vision of U.S. Christian Nationalism.” Learn more and register here: uoft.me/AQlecture2026
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Join us on February 19th from 3:30 - 5:00pm for “Diaspora and Media in Digital Transition” with Dr. Sherry Yu and Dr. E. James West! Learn more and register here: uoft.me/Yu-West
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Join us on February 12th from 3:30 - 5:00pm for “Beyond Legal Truth: Immigration, Sexual Violence, and Feminist Solidarity Politics in Turkey” with Professor Elif Babül. Learn more and register here: uoft.me/elifbabul
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Join us on January 20th from 5:00-8:00pm for a roundtable event on Jewish Diaspora and Diasporism, Then and Now. See all event details and register here: uoft.me/JewishDiasporaandDiasporism
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CDTS is wishing everyone a wonderful and relaxing holiday break! As a reminder, the Centre will be closed from December 24th - January 4th inclusive. We will reopen on January 5th. See you in the new year!🎉
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Kick off the new semester with the DTS Welcome Back Drop-in Breakfast!☕
Stop by the DTS Student Commons any time between 9:00-11:00am on January 8th to catch up with classmates and the DTS community over a free breakfast!
Register here: uoft.me/DTSdrop-inbreakfast
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✨Alumni Spotlight✨ "The diversity of the student body within DTS and the emphasis on integrating the various academic backgrounds and personal experiences of the DTS community made the academic environment especially enriching." - Anjali Joshi-Dave, DTS Graduate uoft.me/dtsalumniprofiles
Congratulations to DTS Professor, Kamari Clarke on this incredible award! Learn more about Professor Clarke's Early Warning Early Response (EWER) Project here: vimeo.com/1137520178
Distinguished Professor of Transnational Justice and Sociolegal Studies, Kamari Maxine Clarke.
Kamari Maxine Clarke, a Distinguished Professor and director of the Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies, has received the 2025 Insight Award from the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council.
Read more: www.artsci.utoronto.ca/news/kamari-...
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Join us on November 13th from 4:30 – 6:00pm for “At the interface: Bloody Spectacles and Necro-Surveillance in Rio de Janeiro” with Professor Lucia Cantero.
Learn more and register here: uoft.me/luciacantero
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CDTS and the Lawson Climate Institute welcome you to join us on November 14th for "Land of Good Men" with Professor Lucas Bessire.
How do upheavals of masculinity, democracy, and ecology converge on the American Great Plains? Learn more and register: uoft.me/lucasbessire
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Congratulations to the 837 #UofTArtSci grads celebrating their Convocation today — you did it! 🎉
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Professor Kamari Maxine Clarke led a student group on a Research Excursions Program trip to Cali, Colombia this past summer. There, they studied a unique transitional justice system now seen as a potential model for other countries.
Learn more: bit.ly/46WR3iu
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Join us on October 16th from 3:30 - 5:00pm for “Documenting Guatemala’s Post-Genocide: Polarization, Extractivism and Migration” with Guatemala-based documentary photographer, James Rodríguez.
Learn more and register here: uoft.me/JamesRodriguez
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Join us on Oct 10 for “Queen of Flowers and Pearls: Telling History through Stories”, an anti-colonial storytelling of resistance, memory, and resilience set in Ethiopia, under fascist Italian occupation with author, Gabriella Ghermandi. Learn more and register here: uoft.me/queenofflowersandpearls
L-R: Dilip Soman, Kamari Clarke and Lucas Wilson
3 #UofT scholars shortlisted for 2025 SSHRC Impact Awards 🍁 uoft.me/bRL
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Join us on Oct 9 for the first event in the CDTS Speaker Series! Prof. Heath Pearson will read an excerpt from his book titled Life beside Bars: Confinement & Capital in an American Prison Town followed by a discussion with Prof. Kevin O'Neill and Q&A.
Learn more & register: uoft.me/heathpearson
enjoyed this interview with Naomi Seidman, whom I briefly met this past winter at a klezmer show in NYC when someone said "That's Naomi Seidman, you should really go and talk to her"🤓 she's a very thoughtful scholar and I think it really comes out in this interview about diaspora and translation.
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Kick off the new school year with the DTS Welcome Breakfast!☕ Stop by the DTS Student Commons any time between 9:00-11:00am on Sept. 17th to catch up with classmates, meet the DTS Director, faculty, and staff and enjoy a free breakfast!
Be sure to register here: uoft.me/WelcomeBreakfast
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Welcome back DTS! We hope you have a wonderful first day, and we look forward to seeing new and familiar faces around the Centre! ✨📖
