News and Events

Allyson Dafoe recognized as a 2024 Champion for Mental Health

Jun 29, 2024

Allyson Dafoe, DEVS PhD student and TA recognized as a Champion for Mental Health

Teaching Assistant Opportunitites

Jun 28, 2024

The Department of Global Development Studies has Teaching Assistantships available in the following courses for 2024-2025 academic year.

Teaching Fellowship Position

Jun 28, 2024

The Department of Global Development Studies invites applications from qualified full-time graduate students at Queen’s University interested in teaching an undergraduate online course.

Damai Siallagan Queen's Newest Pathy Fellow

Jun 03, 2024

An exceptional new graduate joins a network of leaders and changemakers from Queen’s and beyond as a recipient of this prestigious community-development fellowship program.

Accidental Queer, and other essays around critical masculinity studies in Southern Africa and Canada

May 14, 2024

Marc Epprecht publishes Accidental Queer, and other essays around critical masculinity studies in Southern Africa and Canada.asculinity and African queer studies with such publications as the award-winning Hungochani: The History of a Dissident Sexuality in Southern Africa.

DEVS Speaker Series Presents Dr. Wendy Harcourt

Mar 21, 2024

Dr. Harcourt probes into what it means to be a feminist and a political activist concerned about the environmental justice undertaking research in today’s neoliberal university.

Graduate Colloquium in honour of Bruce Berman

Graduate colloquium in honor of Bruce Berman

Mar 19, 2024

Please join us in sharing research-in-progress or proposed by grad students working on African themes across diverse departments at Queen’s. This will also be an opportunity for us to show our respects to one of the founders of African Studies at Queen’s, and indeed, in Canada.

Developing a Glocal Future: Bridging Global and Local Perspectives Conference

Mar 10, 2024

The DEVS Department Student Council announces the 2024 conference will be held on Sunday March 10, 2024. The theme is Developing a Glocal Future: Bridging Global and Local Perspectives.

Master’s or PhD Position Available: Post-Extractive Transitions

Dec 12, 2023

The Futures of Care project led by Drs. Hall, Epprecht, and Goebel are seeking a qualified candidate interested in pursuing their MA or PhD research investigating alternative relations to land in extractive regions in northern Canada and South Africa.