(Postponed until next fall) Call for participants – workshop with Petra Molnar

Due to Environment Canada’s orange alert for freezing rain expected over the next two days, Petra Molnar and the GSCMF mutually agreed this morning to postpone her visit to Montreal and UQAM. With travel conditions expected to be difficult both for her and for the students who would be attending her workshop and lecture, the safety of everyone involved was prioritized.

The event has been postponed until fall 2026: the exact dates will be announced shortly!

Thank you for your understanding.

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Petra Molnar, Lawyer and anthropologist, Harvard University and York University, Citizen Lab

On March 12, 2026, Petra Molnar will give a workshop at UQAM as part of her lecture series The Walls Have Eyes: The Human Impacts of Surveillance Technologies on People Crossing Borders. The lecture will take place on March 12 in room JE–1150 at 4:00 p.m.

This workshop, which will be conducted in English, is intended for graduate students and registered postdoctoral researchers. It will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., followed by a complimentary lunch.

We encourage you to encourage your students who may be interested in this event to apply!

*Please note that funding opportunities are available to facilitate the participation of students residing outside Montreal.

The aim is to establish a dialogue between Petra Molnar and young researchers in order to test the fruitfulness of her thinking at the interface of the legal, political, and ethical dimensions of migration controls, particularly those involving AI and new technologies. A maximum of 12 participants is targeted for the event in order to maximize exchanges.

Application file:

• Curriculum vitae
• A short cover letter/detailed email in which the candidate briefly presents their research interests.

Deadline for applications: March 7, 2026

Applications must be sent as a single PDF document to the following email address: daoust.anne–marie@uqam.ca 

For any questions regarding the master class or the call for applications, please contact Olivier Le Lann–Semassel at the following email address: le_lann–semassel.olivier@uqam.ca