Event Tag Archives: In-Person Events

Enemies of Empire: Commerce and Confinement in Colonial India, Burma and Siam, 1914-1920 with Dr. Renisa Mawani

CMS Borders Research Group is excited to present the first event of the Borders Group Speaker Series with Dr. Renisa Mawani (Canada Research Chair, Colonial Legal Histories & UBC Professor of Sociology). RSVP below for this talk.  Abstract In this talk, I examine how colonial officials sought to redraw and control maritime and land-based borders […]

An Archipelagic Node in Global Migration: A Literary Case Study from the Indian Ocean with Dr. Nikhita Obeegadoo

CMS Borders Research Group is excited to present the second event of the Borders Group Speaker Series with Dr. Nikhita Obeegadoo (Assistant Professor in Languages and World Literatures at UBC Okanagan). RSVP below for this talk. Abstract The island of Mayotte is an overseas department of France, wrenched away from the Comoran archipelago in 1975. This act […]

The Dangers of the Immigrant Integration Paradigm with Adrian Favell

Please join us for the second event of our 2023/24 CMS Speaker Series, Integration Reimagined. RSVP below for event, or event+lunch Abstract How does the dominant North Atlantic conception of “immigrant integration” work to reproduce colonial and Eurocentric ideas of multi-racial progress? Adrian Favell presents his recent work in critical migration studies, which underlines how […]

Community Luncheon

Location: C.K Choi Building, Room 351 Time: 12:45pm-1:45pm Please join us in the CK Choi Building for food and conversation with CMS affiliates and friends old and new. If you’re CMS faculty, student, staff, visiting scholar, community partner – or just newly curious! – we hope you’ll join us to reconnect and see what new […]

Grad Power Hour: Temitayo Olarewaju

Land Grabbing Encounters Forcible Displacement: Exploring Intersections, Implications, and Solutions By: Temitayo Olarewaju PhD Student in Peter A. Allard School of Law   Speaker Bio  I research the land-migration nexus through the lens of international criminal law. This research area entails exploring the roles of land in precipitating migration. My research delves into the intricate […]

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 […]

Community Luncheon

Happy New Year! We are so excited to get together with the CMS community again. Please join us in the CK Choi Building for food and conversation with CMS affiliates and friends old and new. If you’re CMS faculty, student, staff, visiting scholar, community partner – or just newly curious! – we hope you’ll join […]

Harmony in Action: Bridging Communities at UBC

Join us for an inspiring event at the University of British Columbia, where esteemed leaders from Black African diaspora communities in British Columbia will take the stage to share their impactful work, the challenges they face, and their strategies for overcoming them. Coffee and snacks will be served. RSVP below.  This unique opportunity allows attendees to […]

Grad Student Power Hour: Ziwen Mei

Negotiating Identity and Family Language Policy: Rural Migrant Workers and Floating Children in Urban China By: Ziwen Mei PhD Student in Language and Literacy Education Abstract This proposed study aims to investigate the identity negotiation and family language policy of rural-migrant families against the macro backdrop of rural-urban labour mobility. Although rural migrant workers are […]

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 […]