Lectures & Speaker Series
Surendra Patel Memorial Lecture in International Development Studies
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Surendra J. Patel (1923-2006) was one of India's most distinguished economists. In his rich and varied career, he was senior advisor at the World Institute of Development Economics Research (WIDER), Visiting Professor at the Institute of Development Studies, a staff member of the UN-ECE, UN-ECA, and UNESCAP regional commissions, and was for many years Director of the Technology Division of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). In his capacity as Director of UNCTAD-TD he was responsible for major initiatives such as the Code of Conduct on the International Transfer of Technology, the Revision of the Paris Convention, and Compensation for the Reverse Transfer of Technology. He was born and educated in India and was a prolific author, both alone and with colleagues, of important books on the technological transformation of the South. Dr. Patel joined the Saint Mary's University International Development Studies faculty as Distinguished Visiting Professor in the early 19990s, and was reappointed DVP a number of times as his relationship with SMU-IDS became closer through joint publications, teaching and research. Dr. Patel was also an Adjunct Faculty member of SMU-IDS up until his passing away in India in 2006.
Besides being a first-class researcher, a prolific author, and an excellent teacher, Dr. Patel will be remembered for his graciousness, dignity, and warmth. The International Development Studies Program at Saint Mary's University has sought to honour his memory with the Surendra Patel Memorial Lecture, presented each year by a distinguished person in the area of development studies. The first three lectures were given by Dr. Paul Bowles, Dr. Osvaldo Sunkel, and Dr. Norman Girvan, respectively. This year's Patel Memorial lecturer will be Dr. Kari Levitt, Professor Emeritus in Economics at McGill University. For further details, click here.
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IDS Visiting Speakers Program
McNally Main Building Room 227
Friday Noon
Winter 2012 |
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| Jan 13 | Exploring the Transformative Potential of Gender Mainstreaming and the MDGs Jane Parpart, Carleton University; former President, CASID |
| Jan 20 | People in Places: Rural Communities and Resource Governance Tony Charles, Professor, Sobey School of Business and Environmental Science Program, Saint Mary’s University Principal Investigator, Coastal Community-University Research Alliance (Coastal CURA) |
| Jan 26 | PLEASE NOTE: This seminar is being held on Thursday from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. and will be held in the ScotiaBank Theatre in the main lobby of the Sobey Building. Microcredit Schemes: Neoliberalism, Commercialization, and Client Failure Milford Bateman, J. Dobrila University, Croatia; development consultant |
| Jan 27 | Microcredit Schemes: Neoliberalism, Commercialization, and Client Failure Milford Bateman, J. Dobrila University, Croatia; development consultant |
| Feb 3 | Urban Development and Urban Agriculture: Livelihoods and Food Security Mark Redwood, Expert in Urban Agriculture and Program Leader of The Climate Change and Water Program, International Development Research Centre |
| Feb 10 | The Cooperative ‘Difference’ and Sustainable Development Sonja Novkovic, Professor, Economics Department at Saint Mary’s University and Masters for Managers of Co- operatives and Credit Unions Program; past President of the International Association for Economics of Participation |
| Feb 17 | Study Break. No Seminar. |
| Mar 2 | Carbon Debt and market Volatility: Perspectives from the South Kate Ervine, Department of Political Science, Trent University (shortly, Assistant Professor, Saint Mary's University-International Development Studies) |
| Mar 9 | What's God Got to Do With It? Religion and Development in Brazilian Civil Society Charmain Levy, Professor, Department of Social Sciences, University of Québec, Ottawa |
| Mar 16 | The Political Economy of Fair Trade Labelling Gavin Fridell, Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science, Trent University (shortly, Canada Research Chair, Saint Mary's University-International Development Studies) |
| Mar 23 | Foreign Farm Workers and Development Initiatives: Assessing Migration Management Proposals for Zimbabwean Farm Workers in Northern South Africa Blair Rutheford, Director, Institute of African Studies and Professor, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Carleton University |
Fall 2011 |
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| Sept 16 | Human Development as Transformative Practice: Lessons from Kerala and Cuba Joe Tharamangalam, Professor Emeritus, Mount Saint Vincent University; Adjunct Professor, International Development Studies, Saint Mary's University |
| Sept 23 | Sierra Leone: Fifty Years of Independence and the Problem of Democratic Governance ( The Failure of Democratic Governance in Post-Colonial Africa) Clarence Johnson, Sierra Leone scholar and Professor of Philosophy, Middle Tennessee State University |
| Sept 30 | The Social, Environmental and Developmental Impact of Canadian Extractive Capital in Latin America Beatriz Díaz , Professor of Sociology, the Latin American Social Science Faculty (FLACSO), Havana Cuba |
| Oct 6 | Note: Location of this event is in the Secund Marine Boardroom, 4th Floor Sobey Bldg. It is from 5-7pm. Tensions in the Development Process: Bolivia 2011 Fernanda Wanderley , Professor of Development Studies, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia, Author/Editor of Development in Question: Reflections from Latin America |
| Oct 7 | The Bolivarian Alliance of the Peoples of Our America—ALBA. Is it a Viable Alternative to Neoliberal Integration? Norman Girvan, Distinguished Visiting Professor in International Development Studies, Saint Mary's University. Renowned Caribbean development economist; Professorial Fellow, Institute of International Relations, University of West Indies, Trinidad; Former Director of the UN Centre for Transnational Corporations (UNCTC); Chief Technical Director of the National Planning Agency of the Government of Jamaica; Secretary-General of the Association of Caribbean States 2001-2004 |
| Oct 13 | Note: Location of this event is in Sobey 265. It is from 7-830pm. Are Free Trade Agreements Compatible With Democracy? A Caribbean Lesson Norman Girvan , Distinguished Visiting Professor in International Development Studies, Saint Mary's University. Renowned Caribbean development economist; Professorial Fellow, Institute of International Relations, University of West Indies, Trinidad; Former Director of the UN Centre for Transnational Corporations (UNCTC); Chief Technical Director of the National Planning Agency of the Government of Jamaica; Secretary-General of the Association of Caribbean States 2001-2004 |
| Oct 14 | The New Development Paradigm and the Middle East Krishna Ahoojapatel, Former Deputy Director, UN Institute for the Advancement of Research for Women (INSTRAW); President, NGO Committee on the Status of Women, Geneva; Distinguished Visiting Professor, International Development Studies, Saint Mary's University; Adjunct Professor, International Development Studies, Saint Mary's University |
| Oct 21 | The Geopolitics of War and Development in the Middle East Michel Chossudovsky, Director/ Directeur, Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG) / Centre de recherche sur la Mondialisation (CRM) Montreal, QC |
| Oct 21 | Note: Location of this event is in Sobey 265. It is from 7-830pm. The Truth About Libya and Nato's 'Humanitarian' Military Road Map Michel Chossudovsky, Director/ Directeur, Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG) / Centre de recherche sur la Mondialisation (CRM) Montreal, QC |
| Oct 28 | The Development Implications of Nanotechnology Edgar Zayago Lau, Research Professor of Development Studies, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Mexico |
| Nov 3 | Note: Location of this event is in Sobey 265. It is from 7-830pm. Humanitarian Intervention: A Legitimate Enterprise? Walden Bello, Distinguished Visiting Professor, International Development Studies, Saint Mary's University; Director of Bangkok-based Focus on the Global South; Recipient of the Right Livelihood Award (aka Alternative Nobel Prize, Stockholm, 2003); Suh Sang Don Prize for Outstanding Contributions to Global Justice (Seoul, South Korea, 2001) |
| Nov 4 | From Regeneration to Degeneration? Food and Agriculture in the Second Decade of the Millennium Walden Bello, Distinguished Visiting Professor, International Development Studies, Saint Mary's University; Director of Bangkok-based Focus on the Global South; Recipient of the Right Livelihood Award (aka Alternative Nobel Prize, Stockholm, 2003); Suh Sang Don Prize for Outstanding Contributions to Global Justice (Seoul, South Korea, 2001) |
| Nov 10 | Note: This is a Thursday. Location of this event is in Atrium 101. It is from 7-830pm. Food for Thought: Overconsumption and the Modern Industrial Diet Anthony Winson, Professor of Sociology, University of Guelph |
| Nov 11 | No Seminar. Remembrance Day. |
| Nov 18 | Agroecology and Food Sovereignty: The Peasant Pathway out of Poverty Darcy Tetreault Research Professor of Development Studies, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Mexico |
| Nov 25 | Community Development in the Plural Economy, and the Indigenous Cosmovision of ‘Living Well' (vivir bien) |
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The IDS Speakers Program is an offering of the graduate program in International Development Studies
at Saint Mary's University. The University acknowledges with appreciation financial support
from the IDRC for the program.
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