Talking Precarity

In this episode, we interview Sheryl Nestel, a scholar, activist, and educator, who brings an anti-zionist and critical race lens to Jewish studies. Sheryl is a founding member of Independent Jewish Voices in Canada, she’s a member of Global Jews for Palestine, and was involved in the drafting of the Jerusalem Declaration. Sheryl talks about the new paths she was developing in Jewish studies, when...

On November 23, 2024, Talking Precarity brought together a group of workers from various sectors in Toronto to explore the connections across their precarious labour conditions. Participants were asked to share something that represents an aspect of their past or present labour experiences to become part of a temporary “precarity archive. ” The group was guided through a discussion and documentati...

In this episode, we interview Nadia Habib, who has been teaching at York University for over 20 years, most recently in the School of Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies. Her research focuses on a complex examination of everyday life in the cultural and social production of the Egyptian nation in its postcolonial iteration. More recently along with her work as a poet and activist, she is worki...

In this episode, guest host Shannon Giannitsopoulou interviews the producers and hosts of Talking Precarity , Zoë Newman and Vannina Sztainbok. They discuss the origins and intent of this show and how they understand academic precarity. In the process they make links between precarity and the repression of solidarity, particularly solidarity with Palestine. This segment was recorded back in 2024 s...