Events at: Buchanan Tower, Room 225

“Repertoires of Redemption: Migration, Asylum, and Religion in the Era of Involuntary Immobility” – Talk by Jaeeun Kim

Please join us for the first event of our 2023/24 CMS Speaker Series, Integration Reimagined. RSVP below for event, or event+lunch Abstract When the Trump Administration made Christian refugees an exception to its “Muslim Ban,” pundits wondered if this would require the government to assess who were real Christians. Does the state have the right […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]