Event Category Archives: Mobilities

How Ancient DNA Revived Ancient Migrations in Archaeology with Dr. David W. Anthony

“How ancient DNA revived ancient migrations in archaeology with Dr. David W. Anthony” Friday, September 24, 2021 3:00 – 4:30 PM Pacific Time Location: Online via Zoom Free & open to the public. To register, fill out the RSVP form below. Co-sponsored by the UBC Centre for Migration Studies Mobilities Group and CNERS. [Abstract] Among […]

Migration without Mobility: Vietnamese Migrants in Russia with Dr. Lan Anh Hoang

The UBC Centre for Migration Studies 2021-22 Speaker Series presents: “Migration without Mobility: Vietnamese Migrants in Russia” with Dr. Lan Anh Hoang Wednesday, October 13, 2021 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM Pacific Time (PT) Location: Online via Zoom Free & open to the public. To register, fill out the RSVP form below. Co-sponsored by the UBC Centre […]

‘Less than human’: Examining the Representation of Refugees through the Lens of Decoloniality with Dr. Roger Bromley

“Less than human”: Examining the Representation of Refugees through the Lens of Decoloniality with Dr. Roger Bromley (University of Nottingham)    Co-sponsored by the UBC Centre for Migration Studies Mobilities and Narratives Groups Thursday, November 18, 2021 11:00am – 12:30pm Pacific Time Location: Online via Zoom Free & open to the public. To register, fill out […]

Dr. Carl Knappett: Mobility, Creativity, and Social Change in the Ancient Aegean

Mobility, Creativity, and Social Change in the Ancient Aegean Friday, March 25th, 2022 3:00pm -4:30pm — Pacific Time (PT)  Location: Place of Many Trees (formerly Liu Multipurpose Room), Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia, 6476 NW Marine Drive, V6T 1Z2. For directions and parking, see here. Free & open to the public. To […]

Afro-Chinese and Sino-African Media Flows in the Digital Space: A Story of Asymmetrical Proportions with Dani Madrid-Morales

Afro-Chinese and Sino-African Media Flows in the Digital Space: A Story of Asymmetrical Proportions Friday, April 29, 2022 11:00 am – 12:15 pm— Pacific Time (PT)  Location: Online via Zoom Free & open to the public. To register, fill out the RSVP form below. Abstract Starting in the mid-2000s, Chinese State- and privately-owned media companies […]

Meet the winners: CMS International Art Competition 2022

Virtual Ceremony for the CMS International Art Competition 2022 Thursday, September 22, 2022 11:30 am – 12:30 pm— Pacific Time (PT) Location: Online via Zoom Free & open to the public. To register, fill out the RSVP form below. Please join us to celebrate the winners of the 2022 international art competition in a virtual […]

Wandering Words: Confronting Multilingualisms, Ancient and Modern

In this multilingual roundtable, we interrogate the interplay of ancient and modern languages in scholarship on the ancient Mediterranean world. We consider the challenges of crossing between ancient and modern from a variety of viewpoints: the challenges of studying ancient languages through the lenses of their modern counterparts, the transitions between Anglophone and non-Anglophone worlds […]

Rethinking Migration and Mobility in Human History

RETHINKING MIGRATION AND MOBILITY IN HUMAN HISTORY A book launch for the edited volume Homo Migrans: Modeling Mobility and Migration in Human History, in conjunction with the Green College Leading Scholars Series, Moving On: New Research on Migration, Borders, and Health and the Mobilities Research Group at the Centre for Migration Studies. Date: Tuesday, March 7, […]

(Mobilities Group Event) Could we laugh colonialism away? Using Egyptian comics to confront the colonial histories of its ancient past

CMS Mobilities Research Group and Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies presents, “Could we laugh colonialism away? Using Egyptian comics to confront the colonial histories of its ancient past.” Please note that this is a hybrid event. RSVP below for the zoom link and/or the in-person location. Abstract This talk will showcase how […]

Overtourism and Culture in Europe: The Resident Gaze with Dr Guillem Colom-Montero

CMS Mobilities Research Group presents “Overtourism and Culture in Europe: The Resident Gaze – A Talk by Dr Guillem Colom-Montero”.  RSVP for this talk below.  Abstract In the last decade, the growing numbers of tourists has become a social, environmental and political issue in many destinations globally, leading to a ‘radical change in the perceptions […]