Annual Conference

The CASID Annual Conference occurs in conjunction with the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences every summer. The conference is typically 2-3 days long and includes presentations from CASID members, several keynote events, CASID’s AGM and banquet, awarding of paper prizes, and much more.

CASID 2026 CONFERENCE CALL FOR PROPOSALS – JUNE 9-12

The CASID 2026 Conference will take place in person and virtually at Glendon Campus of York University in Toronto, from June 9-12, in partnership with the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS).  CASID is pleased to announce the 2026 Conference Theme and Call for Proposals: Internationalism at a Crossroads: Building Resilient Pathways for Global Development The […]

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CASID 2025 KEYNOTE SPEAKER – DR. FARHANA SULTANA

Dr. Farhana Sultana, Professor at Syracuse University, will deliver the keynote address at CASID 2025. An internationally recognized expert in political ecology, water governance, climate change, and social justice, Dr. Sultana will discuss “The Intersection of Decolonizing Development and Climate Change.” Her presentation will explore how environmental and social injustices shape the future. With years

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CASID 2025 CONFERENCE CALL FOR PROPOSALS – JUNE 3-5

The CASID 2025 Conference will take place in person and virtually in person and virtually at George Brown College in Toronto, from June 3-5, as a part of the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Annual Congress  CASID is pleased to announce the 2025 Conference Theme and Call for Proposals: The Future We Want and

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CASID 2024 KEYNOTE SPEAKER – DR. HAMZA HAMOUCHENE

Dr Hamza Hamouchene‘s keynote will anchor this year’s CASID conference entitled “Development and Insecurity in an Era of Overlapping Crises” with a discussion on the concept of poly-crises, their origins and underlying causes, and strategies for tackling injustices in a divided world. In conversation with the keynote speaker, Dr Hamza Hamouchene, we seek to take the discussion

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CALL FOR CASID 2024 STUDENT PAPER AWARDS

CASID Institutional Membership Prize The CASID Institutional Membership Prize is awarded annually to the best original student essay in the field ofinternational development studies. The Prize includes $1000 cash and consideration of the essay in the regular editorial process of the Canadian Journal of Development Studies (CJDS). Guidelines for Submissions Editorial Guidelines Essays not meeting the basic editorial guidelines may not be assessed by the Prize Committee. Detailed editorial guidelines will be provided on request, or view at the CJDS web site at www.cjds.ca/author_guide/index.html. Deadline and Submissions Complete papers must be submitted in electronic form (MS Word) by April 22nd, 2024. Submissions and questionsshould be directed to admin@casid-acedi.ca with the subject “Institutional Membership Prize” in the subject line. All submissions received by the due date will be reviewed prior to a short-listing of the papers to be considered for theprize. Due to the volume of submissions received, non-short-listed papers will not receive any comments.

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‘When I Say Africa’ – Advanced Film Screening and Discussion at CASID 2023

Zine Magubane dissects representations of Africa From the sketches brought back by the first European adventurers to eerily similar news and pop culture images today, WHEN I SAY AFRICA takes a provocative look at enduring stereotypes of the African continent. It follows encounters between Africans and Americans, challenging Westerners to turn the lens on themselves

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CASID 2023 KEYNOTE SPEAKER – DR. ROBTEL NEAJAI PAILEY

Development in the 21st Century: What’s Worth Re-imagining? CASID is pleased to announce that the keynote speaker for our 2023 Conference will be Liberian scholar-activist Robtel Neajai Pailey of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Four years ago, Dr. Pailey re-invigorated a debate about the colonial underpinnings of mainstream development and its racist logics with an influential journal article entitled

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Call for CASID 2023 Student Paper Awards

CASID Institutional Membership Prize The CASID Institutional Membership Prize is awarded annually to the best original student essay in the field of international development studies. The Prize includes $1000 cash and consideration of the essay in the regular editorial process of the Canadian Journal of Development Studies (CJDS).  Guidelines for Submissions Submitters must be a

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CASID 2023 Conference Call for Proposals – May 29-31

The CASID 2023 Conference will take place in person and virtually at York University, Toronto, from 29 – 31 May as a part of the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Annual Congress CASID is pleased to announce the 2023 Conference Theme and Call for Proposals:   Re-imagining ‘Development’: Reckonings, Resurgences and Reparations We

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