Date & time
Friday, November 13, 2026
12:30 p.m. – 2 p.m.
12:30 p.m. – 2 p.m.
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Political Science Department Presents Guest Speaker Dr Althea-Maria Rivas
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Dr Althea-Maria Rivas
Cost
This event is free.
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Henry F. Hall Building
1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.
Room 1220
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Department of Political Science Speaker Series
Presents a public lecture by:
Dr. Althea-Maria Rivas (SOAS University of London)
entitled:
Blackness, Indigeneity, Reparations and the Postcolonial State
On:
Friday, November 13, 2026
12:30 pm
In Hall 1220
1455 de Maisonneuve West
(Free admission)
Dr. Althea-Maria Rivas is Reader in Global Development, Peace and Conflict in the Department of Development Studies at SOAS University of London. A graduate of Concordia’s Masters Program in Public Policy and Public Administration (2003), she also holds a PhD from the University of Sussex.
Before embarking on a career in academia, Dr. Rivas worked for 12 years with various International NGOs in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and the Middle East on issues related to post-conflict reconstruction, humanitarian assistance, gender and development and governance. Her current research explores the racialized and gendered nature of processes of aid, post-conflict reconstruction and social justice.
She is the co-editor of Experiences in Researching Conflict and Violence. Fieldwork Interrupted (Policy Press, 2019).