Event Category Archives: Mobilities

History and Symbol in Africa and China Relations with Duncan M. Yoon

CMS Circulation: Africa and its Diasporas and Mobilities Research Groups are pleased to host a talk titled “History and Symbol in Africa and China Relations” by Duncan M. Yoon. RSVP below. Light refreshments will be served. Abstract China in Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century African Literature unpacks the long-standing complexity of exchanges between Africans and Chinese […]

The Connected Past: A Workshop in Network Science for Humanities Students

Join the CMS Mobilities Research Group for a two-day training session in network science aimed at humanities graduate students. Run by members of The Connected Past (TCP), an international research community dedicated to the study of network science and theory in archaeology and history, the workshop will offer: An introduction to network research and how […]

Why Do Chinese Women Seek Western Men? The Case of China’s Email-Order Brides with Dr. Monica Liu

Join the CMS Mobilities Research Group and UBC Asian Studies for “Why Do Chinese Women Seek Western Men? The Case of China’s Email-Order Brides” with Dr. Monica Liu. Abstract Based on 17 months of ethnographic research at three online dating agencies in southern China, this study explores the life histories and decision-making processes of predominantly […]