The Migration and Diaspora Studies Initiative and the World Studies Reading Group invites you to a series of free public events that will commemorate the work, legacy and continuing influence of Stuart Hall. These events include two screenings, an in-depth discussion with our special guest, filmmaker Ali Kazimi as well as a round table comprised of Carleton faculty.

Day’s Schedule:

11:00 to 1:30 - Screening of the award-winning film on the Komagata Maru incident, Continuous Journey (Ali Kazimi, 2004), followed by a discussion with its director, Professor Ali Kazimi (York University)

Ali Kazimi is a documentary filmmaker whose research interests include race, migration, indigineity, history and memory, with a particular interest in South Asia and Canada. He also has a keen interest in emerging and cutting-edge digital image technologies, and is a collaborative researcher in the interdisciplinary Future Cinema Lab in the Faculty of Fine Arts at York University. He is currently engaged in the 3D Film Innovation Consortium (3D FLIC), an academic/industry partnership that will expand capacity for 3D film production in the GTA and Ontario. Professor Kazimi's most recent publication is the book Undesirables: White Canada and the Komagata Maru (Douglas & McIntyre, 2012). Expanding on Continuous Journey, the book addresses an infamous incident in Canadian history, when a ship carrying migrants from British India was turned away when it tried to land in Vancouver harbour in 1914.

1:30 to 2:30 - Lunch

2:30 to 5:30 - Screening of John Akomfrah’s film, The Stuart Hall Project (2013), followed by a round table discussion featuring Ali Kazimi, Sarah Casteel, Daniel McNeil and Aboubakar Sanogo.