The Mobilities research group aims to produce a new line of inquiry within mobility analysis at UBC, addressing mediums and meanings of mobilities and immobilites.
Our approach includes a humanistic, interpretive, multilingual, culturally sensitive scholarship on multiple and intersecting mobilities. We draw on the humanities and social sciences to engage with the attention to mobility in cultural, historical, media, and literary studies of the circulation of humans, objects, ideas, and images.
Research Areas
Our research is interdisciplinary in focus and includes various migration topics including:
- Climate Migration
- Gender and Migration
- Mobility Studies
- Digital and Media Studies
- Diasporas and Transnationalism
- History of Migration
Coordinators
The research group is co-led by Dr. Megan Daniels, Assistant Professor in Ancient Mediterranean & Near Eastern Studies, and Dr. Gaoheng Zhang, Associate Professor in French, Hispanic, and Italian Studies.
Members
The Mobilities research group brings together scholars from diverse fields and is open to all CMS affiliates.
- Dr. Megan Daniels, Assistant Professor, Ancient Mediterranean & Near Eastern Studies
- Dr. Alexia Bloch, Professor, Anthropology
- Dr. Marie-Eve Bouchard, Assistant Professor, French, Hispanic, and Italian Studies
- Dr. Katherine Bowers, Associate Professor, Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies
- Monica Cai, Doctoral Student in Sociology
- Dr. Anna Casas Aguilar, Assistant Professor, French, Hispanic, and Italian Studies
- Dr. John Christopoulos, Associate Professor, History
- Dr. John Culbert, Sessional Lecturer, English Language and Literatures
- Dr. Arianna Dagnino, Sessional Lecturer, French, Hispanic, and Italian Studies
- Dr. Franco De Angelis, Professor, Ancient Mediterranean & Near Eastern Studies
- Aysan Dehghani, Undergraduate Student, Political Science
- Dr. Antje Ellermann, Professor, Political Science
- Dr. Markus Hallensleben, Associate Professor, Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies
- Dr. Christopher Lee, Associate Professor, English Language and Literatures
- Dr. Biz Nijdam, Assistant Professor, Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies
- Dr. Karen O’Regan, Sessional Lecturer, English Language
- Dr. Yue Qian, Associate Professor, Sociology
- Cindy Robin, Doctoral Candidate, Political Science
- Lorenia Salgado-Leos, Doctoral Candidate, French, Hispanic, and Italian Studies
- Dr. Alessandra Santos, Associate Professor, Theatre & Film
- Dr. Thomas Schneider, Professor, Ancient Mediterranean & Near Eastern Studies
- Ryan Sun, Doctoral Student, History
- Dr. Heidi J.S. Tworek, Assistant Professor, History
- Dr. Claudio Vellutini, Associate Professor, Music
- Dr. Christina Yi, Associate Professor, Asian Studies
- Dr. Sabine Zimmermann, Lecturer, Modern Languages
- Dr. Gaoheng Zhang, Associate Professor in French, Hispanic, and Italian Studies
- Yijia Zhang, Doctoral Student, Sociology
Get in touch
Connect with CMS if you have questions about the research group or are interested in joining.