Events

upcoming: Thursday, April 10 ⟡ The screening series 'Palestine Everywhere- Looking at Palestinian Migration through Concordia’s Film Collection' is born from a desire to activate the vast collection of film about Palestine present in the film collections house within Concordia University. These films are often used as teaching material in a variety of courses offered by the […]

upcoming: Tuesday, March 25 ⟡ Come join us as we watch Colectivo Cine Liberación's film at the center of Latin America's revolutionary cinemas, The Hour of the Furnaces: Part 1 - Neocolonialism and Dominance (1968), in 16mm print on Tuesday, March 25! ⟡ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀: 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟭 - 𝗡𝗲𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 (𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟴) 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼 […]

upcoming: Friday, March 28 ⟡ The screening series 'Palestine Everywhere- Looking at Palestinian Migration through Concordia’s Film Collection' is born from a desire to activate the vast collection of film about Palestine present in the film collections house within Concordia University. These films are often used as teaching material in a variety of courses offered by the […]

Monday, March 17 ⟡ We are excited to be hosting a roundtable session featuring scholars focusing on media and technology studies in a South Asian context. The featured scholars' work focus on screenwriting histories, data justice, critical information studies, ecology and infrastructure and feminist technologies. ⟡ 5:30 PM EST at the Raah Lab (FB 630.17) […]

Thursday, March 13 ⟡ The screening series 'Palestine Everywhere- Looking at Palestinian Migration through Concordia’s Film Collection' is born from a desire to activate the vast collection of film about Palestine present in the film collections house within Concordia University. These films are often used as teaching material in a variety of courses offered by the university, […]

Friday, March 7 This panel discussion will explore the intersection of migrant justice and the housing crisis, focusing on how systemic barriers disproportionately affect migrant communities and showcasing examples from around the world on how communities are organizing to confront the housing crisis. This discussion aims to highlight successful advocacy efforts, share strategies for inclusive […]

March 6, 2025 ⟡ Come celebrate the launch of new books by Ishita Tiwary (Video Culture in India), and Joshua Neves & Marc Steinberg (In/Convenience: Inhabiting the Logistical Surround), among other student achievements! ⟡ Thursday, February 13 at 5:30 PM Raah Lab, Concordia University (FB 630.17), 1250 rue Guy ⟡ Co-sponsored by the Platform Lab […]

Saturday, March 1 4 - 6 PM EST at the Raah Lab (FB 630.17) Concordia University, 1250 Rue Guy ⟡ Some of Jain's acclaimed films include Lakshmi and Me (2007), Gulabi Gang (2012) and The Golden Thread (2022). Her recent film Farming The Revolution (2024) won the Best International Documentary award at Hot Docs. She is a Chicken & Egg Award winner (2020); […]

Stefan Christoff in conversation with Martin Akwiranoron Loft and Shanice Nicole The zine highlights the voices of frontline community organizers and also cultural workers interviewed during the first pandemic lockdowns in spring 2020. The zine, published in fall 2023, took time to gather and today serves as an important reminder and also framework to collectively […]

Rehab Nazzal is a Palestinian-Canadian photographer who documents Israel’s settler colonial practices in Palestine and the resilience and resistance tactics of residents, primarily those in refugee camps. Her work underscores both the violence and dispossession that Palestinians experience but also their agency and collective forms of support. This event is co-sponsored by: Raah Lab Academics […]

Where Olive Trees Weep offers a searing window into the struggles and resilience of the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation. It explores themes of loss, trauma, and the quest for justice. We follow, among others, Palestinian journalist and therapist Ashira Darwish, grassroots activist Ahed Tamimi, and Israeli journalist Amira Hass. We also witness Dr. Gabor […]

Brian Larkin uses light as a way of opening up questions about the relation of aesthetics to racial capitalism. Drawing from research in Nigeria, but thinking more generally, he moves between structures of political economy and the everyday techniques and experience of living with and in light. Co-hosted by the GEM lab. Photographs

Representations of Palestine in Egyptian Cinema: Politics of (In)visibility traces how Egyptian cinema has represented Palestine across three paradigmatic moments in modern Egyptian history

Part two of the collaboration between the Raah Lab and the Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication (CARGC) housed in the University of Pennsylvania.

Three years since the Liberal Party's promise for a regularisation program

This event considered the emergent subfield of “migrant media studies” as an intersectional investigation into the politics of citizenship, ecology, and mediation.

Students from across universities in Montreal as well as across disciplines came together to present and discuss their recent works on a variety of topics relating to South and Southeast Asia.

A cultural event and walking tour of Chabanel district in Montreal

The Raah Lab hosted Mostafa Henaway on February 23, 2024 for a discussion of his newly published book Essential Work, Disposable Workers.

The Raah Lab hosted Feng-Mei Heberer and Juan Llamas-Rodriguez for a conversation about their recently published books.

The Raah Lab co-sponsored A Day of Screenings - Decolonizing Memory

The use of transient in the title gestured toward a movement in and out of frame, in a way invoking how transness grapples with a visible invisibility that is made and unmade, lived and unlived.

The 16th edition, titled "Generations of Nakba" takes place against the horrific backdrop of Israel’s continuous bombing of Palestinians in Gaza and its intensifying violent attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank.

Mr. Kumar's reportage contrasts sharply with government-owned, censored print and blustering, high-decibel TV debates where public discourse has become a newsy entertainment.

Dr. Amanda Lotz, a leading scholar on television and streaming cultures, conducted a workshop on the theme of “global streaming” at Raah

This talk was co-sponsored by the GEM Lab, Raah (Media and Migration) Lab, Southern Asia Studies, Department of Religions and Cultures, and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture.

Award-winning film director and series producer, Sarita Khurana, presented her work on the Emmy-nominated series, “Asian American Stories of Resilience and Beyond” on 28 September 2023 at the Raah Lab.

Francis Cody is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the Asian Institute

Part of Brique par Brique’s “public conversation” series, this program is the culmination of a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) funded partnership between Brique par Brique and Concordia University’s Raah (Media and Migration) Lab.

In this informal discussion Dr. Punathambekar will offer MA and PhD students insight into the nuts and bolts of academic article publishing from his experience as editor of the storied and highly respected peer-reviewed journal Media, Culture and Society.

A campus/community event highlighting the ongoing struggles of Guinean asylum seekers in Montreal, who are also part of the #StatusForAll movement.

At this round table between artist Sanaz Sohrabi, Dr. Siobhan Angus, and Dr. Ishita Tiwary, the discussants addressed petromodernity’s relationship with photography and film as embodied technologies of coloniality during the operations of British Petroleum in Asia.

One of India's most eminent documentarians and activists, Anand Patwardhan's films have been milestones in the history of politically committed Indian cinema.

Raah is proud to sponsor award-winning interdisciplinary artist Amitesh Grover’s work for the IF Festival entitled ‘How I Got Here’.

On a freezing day in March, Raah joined forces with feminist and other local community organizations at the International Women's Day 2022 Rally “Women’s Struggles Beyond the Pandemic,” organized by Women of Diverse Origins.