Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies, University of Toronto
Jackman Humanities Building, 170 St George Street, Suite 230 M5R 2M8 Toronto, ON, Canada

The Diaspora and Transnational Studies Union elections are currently underway! For those interested in joining an award-winning club and shaping the way DTS students interact with the program and each other, we highly encourage you to run for a position. Now more than ever, it's important to find ways of creating a community for students. Nominations close October 15th at 11:59pm EST. For more details, click the event below.

October's podcast is a conversation with Grammy-nominated Prof. Anna Shternshis, Director of the Centre for Jewish Studies. In this episode, Anna discusses her moving research project that revived Yiddish songs that were thought lost or destroyed from the Holocaust. Tune in: https://bit.ly/3jqcQFi

Check out why DTS profs are excited to teach this fall : https://www.instagram.com/p/CEo7iV7g9Kt/?igshid=d8ic7vdzrd1b

Still looking for a 400-level DTS course? We just added our 7th new course for the upcoming year! Check it out on our Instagram: https://t.co/V9qtisSXyR?amp=1

Interested in taking a course in Diaspora and Transnational Studies? This year we have THREE fantastic courses for first-timers to the program: our popular Intro course, Diasporic Festivals, and Transnational Toronto! No pre-req needed for all three! Course descriptions in the link below. Check out our course trailer for DTS 200 on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AZfok0Sglk

Want to learn more about drumming as a resistance movement? Andrea Allen, Prof. at the CDTS and Anthropology, gave an interview with Afropop Worldwide about how Afro-Brazilian women use music to fight against injustice and racial inequality. Listen here: https://afropop.org/audio/drumming-as-a-resistance-movement