Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator, Trent/Swansea Law & Arts/Business Dual Degree
Trent University
1600 West Bank Drive
Peterborough, Ontario K9J 7B8 Canada, CC Suite C1.4
Phone: (705) 748-1011 x6044 Fax: 748-1047
E-mail: devinpenner@trentu.ca
Devin Penner completed his B.A. in Political Science at the University of Winnipeg, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science at York University. His research interests fall mainly in the areas of Canadian politics, political economy and political theory. His most recent book, Rethinking the Spectacle: Guy Debord, Radical Democracy, and the Digital Age, was published by UBC Press (2019). He is currently working on a research project on the political economy of philanthropy in Canada.
Courses Taught
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POST 1002H: Issues in Contemporary Politics: Thinking About Participation, Power, and Justice
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POST 2352H: Political Imagination II
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POST 3091H: Law and Constitutional Issues
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POST 3092H: Law and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
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POST 3605H: Developing and Communicating Public Policy
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POST 4081H: Canadian Politics & Public Policy
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POST 4082H: Federal & Provincial Power in Canada
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POST 4850H: Public Policy Field Placement
Selected Publications
- “On Trudeau’s ‘Independent’ Senate: Still a Rubber Stamp, or a Legislative Partner?” Journal of Canadian Studies 56, no. 2 (July 2022): 304-327. https://www.utpjournals.press/doi/abs/10.3138/jcs-2020-0045
- Rethinking the Spectacle: Guy Debord, Radical Democracy, and the Digital Age. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2019.
- “The Spectacle.” In Oxford Bibliographies in Political Science, edited by Sandy Maisel. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018 (updated). Originally published 2015, http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199756223/obo-9780199756223-0160.xml
- “Politics After Occupy: On Dean’s Communist Horizon and Crowds and Party.” Theory & Event 20, no. 1 (January 2017): 231-236, https://muse.jhu.edu/article/646859/summary
- “Guy Debord and the Politics of Play.” In Thinking Radical Democracy: The Return to Politic in Post-War France, edited by Martin Breaugh, Chris Holman, Rachel Magnusson, Paul Mazzocchi and Devin Penner. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2015. 165-186. https://ebin.pub/thinking-radical-democracy-the-return-to-politics-in-post-war-france-1442650044-9781442650046.html
- Martin Breaugh, Christopher Holman, Rachel Magnusson, Paul Mazzocchi & Devin Penner. “Introduction: Radical Democracy and 20th Century French Thought.” In Thinking Radical Democracy: The Return to Politics in Post-War France, edited by Martin Breaugh, Chris Holman, Rachel Magnusson, Paul Mazzocchi and Devin Penner. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2015. 3-30.
Selected Translation
- Miguel Abensour, “On Compactness: Architecture and Totalitarian Regimes,” translated by Devin Penner. In A Politics of Emancipation: The Miguel Abensour Reader, edited by Martin Breaugh and Paul Mazzocchi. Albany: SUNY Press, 2024. 67-98.
- Miguel Abensour. “The New Utopian Spirit,” translated by Devin Penner. In A Politics of Emancipation: The Miguel Abensour Reader, edited by Martin Breaugh and Paul Mazzocchi. Albany: SUNY Press, 2024. 189-213.