Staff

Welcoming Eduardo Romero Dianderas

iain.blair@mcgill.ca — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 13:35:54 +0000

The Institute for the Study of International Development is pleased to welcome Eduardo Romero Dianderas to its full time academic staff.

Eduardo Romero Dianderas is an Assistant Professor at the Institute for the Study of International Development, 9I��. He holds a PhD in Sociocultural Anthropology from Columbia University (2022) and specializes in the study of media technologies, technical infrastructures, and global environmental governance in Latin America.

Sophia Weiqi Li, Winner of the 2025 Best Undergraduate Paper in International Development Studies Prize

iain.blair@mcgill.ca — Fri, 09 May 2025 14:00:44 +0000

The Institute for the Study of International Development congratulates Sophia Weiqi Li, winner of this year’s Best Undergraduate Paper in International Development Studies Prize. Sophia is a Honours International Development Studies Graduate with minors in French Language, Russian Language, and Urban Studies, and is recognized for her paper entitled When Feminists and Imperialists Link Arms: An Intersectional Case Study of the Russian Invasion in Ukraine.

Two Award Winners at ISID!

iain.blair@mcgill.ca — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 20:24:08 +0000

Congratulation to ISID Professors Francesco Amodio and Jacob Blanc! Professor Blanc was awarded H. Noel Fieldhouse Award for Distinguished Teaching by the Faculty of Arts, and Professor Amodio was awarded the Faculty of Arts Distinction in Research Award.

Milei’s Argentina: Understanding the Present and Shaping the Future

iain.blair@mcgill.ca — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 18:39:46 +0000

A panel discussion on Argentina's economy examining the results of President Milei's new government, the economic and political sustainability of his reforms, and future expectations.

New Opinion Piece by Professors Sonia Lazlo and Francesco Amodio

iain.blair@mcgill.ca — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 16:03:38 +0000

Professors Sonia Laszlo and Francesco Amodio have an opinion piece in the Journal de Montréal from Friday, March 7 on Canadian development assistance and gender equality:

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2025/03/07/pourquoi-laide-etrangere-du...

Land at the centre: perspectives on land and development

iain.blair@mcgill.ca — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 21:06:30 +0000

A day-long conference hosted by the Institute for the Study of International Development, and organized by Professor Yann le Polain de Waroux. Register online

The participation of internally displaced persons: a conservative revolution?

iain.blair@mcgill.ca — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 18:14:29 +0000

Abstract: IDP participation is widely promoted as central to manage and end displacement. However, there appears to be no consensus on what IDP participation exactly means and entails, particularly when practiced at local level.

CANCELLED. Bridgebuilding in a time of bridge breaking: the role the UN can play.

iain.blair@mcgill.ca — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 19:31:34 +0000

CANCELLED DUE TO SNOW CONDITIONS

A guest lecture by Neil Buhne, Professor of Practice, ISID.

The Authoritarian Commons: Neighborhood Democratization in Urban China

iain.blair@mcgill.ca — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 19:17:25 +0000

A guest lecture by Professor Shitong Qiao of Duke University.

The Art of Living as Surplus – Subversive lessons from Life Work in the Caribbean

iain.blair@mcgill.ca — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 19:29:59 +0000

A guest lecture by Beverly Mullings of the University of Toronto.

Beyond the National Frame: Scenes from the Indo-Pak Border

iain.blair@mcgill.ca — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 19:33:19 +0000

A guest lecture by Professor Natasha Reheja of Cornell University. Co-sponsored with the Department of Anthropology.

16 International Development Studies students receive 2024 Faculty of Arts Internship Awards

iain.blair@mcgill.ca — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 13:14:46 +0000

Please join us in congratulating 16 International Development Studies students -recipients of the 2024 Faculty of Arts Internship Awards.

Simone Poku, U0, International Development Studies

Professor Jacob Blanc wins the AUS Most Outstanding Professor Award!

iain.blair@mcgill.ca — Thu, 16 May 2024 20:18:58 +0000

Congratulations to Professor Jacob Blanc, jointly appointed in History and the Institute for the Study of International Development, for winning the 2024 award for Most Outstanding Professor from the Arts Undergraduate Society!

Read about it here.

ISID congratulates Professor Jacob Blanc on his new book, "The Prestes Column"

iain.blair@mcgill.ca — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 15:42:54 +0000

Professor Jacob Blanc of the Institute for the Study of International Development and the Department of History has had a new book published with Duke University Press. In The Prestes Column, Jacob Blanc offers a new interpretation of the legendary rebellion, in which a band of rebel officers and soldiers marched fifteen thousand miles through the vast interior regions of Brazil between 1924 and 1927.

Infrastructural Ruination: A Conversation

iain.blair@mcgill.ca — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 19:55:34 +0000