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The Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies (CDTS) was established in 2005 as a hub of excellence that enhances undergraduate and graduate life at the University of Toronto by speaking directly to students' experiences of migration and diaspora through an interdisciplinary lens drawn from both the social sciences and humanities. The work of the CDTS is comparative, qualitative and historically driven, and provides policy insights on pertinent issues in the world today.

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NEW Book

Labour Migration, Human Trafficking and Multinational Corporations: The Commodification of Illicit Flows

Edited by Ato Quayson and Antonela Arhin


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CONFERENCE

Early Modern Migrations:
Exiles, Expulsion, & Religious Refugees
1400-1700

An international and interdisciplinary conference
University of Toronto
19-21 April 2012

Organized by
Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, Victoria University, University of Toronto
Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies, University of Toronto

Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRCC)
University of Toronto
McMaster University
University of New Brunswick
Victoria University
Canada Research Chair in Southeast Asian Studies
Centre for South Asian Studies at the University of Toronto
Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Toronto

The early modern period witnessed a dramatic increase in the migration, expulsion and exile of social groups and individuals around the globe. The physical movements of religious refugees triggered widespread, ongoing migrations that shaped both the contours of European colonialist expansion and the construction of regional, national and religious identities. Human movements (both real and imagined) also animated material culture; the presence of bodies, buildings, texts, songs and relics shaped and reshaped the host societies into which immigrants entered. Following exiles and their diasporic communities across Europe and the world enables our exploration of a broad range of social, cultural, linguistic and artistic dynamics, and invites us to reconsider many of the conceptual frameworks by which we understand ‘Renaissance’ and ‘Reformation’.

Over 100 presenters from around the globe will present papers at the conference, in sessions that aim deliberately to foster cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary dialogue.  A late sixteenth century play, "The Christian Turn'd Turk" will be staged by Poculi Ludique Societas and the Graduate Centre for Drama, and there will be concert of period music and displays of early published books dealing with or written by exiles. 

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At the Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies, scholars and students explore the profound implications of vast global movements of people, ideas and things. The Centre brings U of T’s strengths in the humanities and social sciences to bear on questions of migration, diaspora, homelands and belonging across different ethnicities and cultures. Comparative, qualitative and historically-driven in their approaches, our experts provide critical insights on policy issues affecting multicultural societies.

Your gift will help the Centre to play an influential role on the transnational stage in advancing multicultural literacy through education, research and outreach.

If you wish to donate to the Centre, please visit https://donate.utoronto.ca/cdts

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JOB POSTINGS

Sessional Lecturer Positions

DTS200Y1 - Introduction to Diaspora and Transnational Studies (at St. George)
Winter-Spring Term 2011-12 (September – April)
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DTSB02H3 - Introduction to Diaspora and Transnational Studies II (at UTSC)
Spring Term 2012 (January – April)
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