SOSA Speakers Series

FALL 2025

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5
Co-sponsored with Jewish Studies
What Inge Knows
McCain Scotiabank Auditorium @ 2:00 p.m.
FREE and open to the public

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10
Alexa Avelar-PhD Proposal Presentation
Exploring Female Farmer Identity formation in post-pandemic Canadian Agriculture
McCain #1116 @ 2:30 p.m.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17
Dr. Amy Donovan
Whales and how to know them: Cetology’s retreat from the ocean and an ethnographic response
McCain #1116 @ 2:30 p.m.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24
Hanika Nakagawa-PhD Proposal Presentation
Nourished by stories: Indigenous identity and food in the Amami Archipelago
McCain #1116 @ 2:30 p.m.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21
Dr. Pauline Hoebanx, Saint Mary's University
Navigating Tradition in Neoliberal Times: The Strategic Femininity of Red Pill Women
McCain #1116 @ 2:30 p.m.

WINTER 2026

FRIDAY, JANUARY 30
Kris Millet, MSVU Anthropology
*More info to follow*

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27
Liam Swiss, Acadia Sociology
*More info to follow*

FRIDAY, MARCH 13
Sheila Wilderman, Dalhousie Law
*More info to follow*

FRIDAY, APRIL 10
Honours Symposium
*More info to follow*

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15
MA Presentations
*More info to follow*

JUNE (DATE TBA)
JS Guy Memorial Lecure
Peter Mallory, St. F.X. Sociology
*More info to follow*