The Reason for Reason — with Samir Gandesha

This week on Below the Radar, we're joined by Samir Gandesha, Professor in the Department of the Humanities and the Director of the Institute for the Humanities at Simon Fraser University. In this conversation, Samir and Am discuss the importance of challenging ideas in academia, how family trauma has impacted his perspective, and the long history of the Institute for the Humanities–leading up to the celebration of the Institute's 40th anniversary in October 2023.

Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/224-samir-gandesha.html

Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/224-samir-gandesha.html

Resources:
Samir Gandesha: https://www.sfu.ca/people/gandesha.html
Institute for the Humanities: https://www.sfu.ca/humanities-institute.html
Dissertation: Tragedy and Enlightenment: https://philpapers.org/rec/GANTAE
Spectres of Fascism: https://btlbooks.com/book/spectres-of-fascism
Journal: Contours: https://www.sfu.ca/humanities-institute/publication/contours.html
The Spell of Capital: https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789089648518/the-spell-of-capital

Bio:
Samir Gandesha is currently Professor in the Department of the Humanities and the Director of the Institute for the Humanities at Simon Fraser University. He specializes in modern European thought and culture, with a particular emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. Samir was born in Nairobi, Kenya, and immigrated with his parents as an infant to Canada in the mid-1960s. Members of his extended family were expelled from Uganda by Idi Amin in 1972.

Cite this episode:
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Johal, Am. “The Reason for Reason — with Samir Gandesha.” Below the Radar, SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement. Podcast audio, October 24, 2023. https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/224-samir-gandesha.html.