The Harney Program often hosts events, online or in person, that explore all aspects of citizenship, migration, and diversity with academics and researchers from around the world.
The Harney Lecture Series
Sponsored by the R.F. Harney Program in Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies and the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, the Harney Lecture Series brings prominent scholars and practitioners from around the world to explore cutting-edge topics in citizenship, migration, and diversity and to enrich the research community at the University of Toronto.
Upcoming Events
March 29, 2023
4:00-6:00 PM (EST)
Lecture by Jennifer Elrick, Associate Professor of Sociology at McGill University
Past Events
February 10, 2023
3.00-5.00 pm (EST)
Book Panel Celebrating the Publication of Rhacel Salazar Parreñas's Unfree: Migrant Domestic Work in Arab States
January 26, 2023
12:00-2:00 PM (EST)
Lecture by Martijn Stronks, Assistant Professor of Migration Law, Amsterdam Centre of Migration and Refugee Law, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
November 17, 2022
The Pearson Marfleet Lecture in Political Science by Paul Sniderman, Fairleigh Dickinson Jr. Professor of Public Policy at Stanford University
October 28, 2022
The Cadario Visiting Lecture in Public Policy Graduate Seminar
October 27, 2022
Cadario Lecture by Michèle Lamont, Professor of Sociology and African and African American Studies, Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies, Harvard University
September 15, 2022
Lecture by Ming Hsu Chen, Professor of Law & Director of the Race, Immigration, Citizenship and Equality Program, UC Hastings
Borders, territory and rights: Changing legal cartographies of migration and mobility
June 30-July 1, 2022
Lectures by Ayelet Shachar, R. F. Harney Professor and Director of the Ethnic, Immigration, University of Toronto & Seyla Benhabib, Eugene Meyer Professor of Political Science and Philosophy, Yale University
June 29, 2022
Lecture by Seyla Benhabib, Eugene Meyer Professor of Political Science and Philosophy, Yale University
April 11, 2022
Lecture by Dur-e-Aden, Harney Graduate Research Fellows
March 31, 2022
Lecture by Miriam Ticktin, Associate Professor of Anthropology, CUNY’s Graduate Center
March 10, 2022
Lecture by Justin Gest, Associate Professor of Policy and Government, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University
February 17, 2022
Lecture by Elizabeth F. Cohen Professor of Political Science, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University
January 27, 2022
Lecture by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Georgetown University
November 18, 2021
Lecture by Emine Fidan Elcioglu, Assistant Professor, Sociology, University of Toronto
October 21, 2021
Lecture by Douglas Sanderson, Prichard Wilson Chair in Law & Public Policy, Decanal Advisor on Indigenous Issues, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
How embedded interventions controlled contagion: Ideas, institutions and the first vaccine in China and India
March 25, 2021
Lecture by Prerna Singh, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Brown University
The rise of authoritarianism and populism: Challenges to critical analyses of law
March 12, 2021
Panel with Professor Guenter Frankenberg, Goethe University, Frankfurt; Helena Alviar Garcia, Science Po Law School, Paris; Bojan Bugaric, University of Sheffield
February 25, 2021
Lecture by Kieran Oberman, Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Edinburgh and Tom Parr, Associate Professor, University of Warwick
Racial borders
February 4, 2021
Lecture by E. Tendayi Achiume, Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law / UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
January 21, 2021
Lecture by Noora Lori, Assistant Professor of International Relations, Pardee School, Boston University
VISIT OUR UPCOMING EVENTS PAGE FOR MORE HARNEY SERIES LECTURES, OR EMAIL US FOR MORE INFORMATION