Indian Ocean World Centre
@iowcmcgill.bsky.social
Research centre at McGill University studying the history, economy, & cultures of the Indian Ocean world from China to Southeast & South Asia, the Middle East & Africa.
https://indianoceanworldcentre.com/
https://indianoceanworldcentre.com/
Join us for our new episode of the Indian Ocean World Podcast!
Titled: "The aftermath of Cyclone Idai (2019): Youth narratives beyond official and online discourses in Zimbabwe," Everjoy Chiimba speaks with Philip Gooding.
Titled: "The aftermath of Cyclone Idai (2019): Youth narratives beyond official and online discourses in Zimbabwe," Everjoy Chiimba speaks with Philip Gooding.
Everjoy Chiimba, “The aftermath of Cyclone Idai (2019): Youth narratives beyond official and online discourses in Zimbabwe.” – Appraising Risk
www.appraisingrisk.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Join us for our new episode of the Indian Ocean World Podcast!
Titled: "The aftermath of Cyclone Idai (2019): Youth narratives beyond official and online discourses in Zimbabwe," Everjoy Chiimba speaks with Philip Gooding.
Titled: "The aftermath of Cyclone Idai (2019): Youth narratives beyond official and online discourses in Zimbabwe," Everjoy Chiimba speaks with Philip Gooding.
Come join us for our Speaker Series next week!
Mathew K. Birgen from McGill will be discussing the creation mandate through the African philosophical framework of Utu.
3-5pm on Nov 19, Peterson Hall, rm 116.
Free snacks and coffee will be served!
Mathew K. Birgen from McGill will be discussing the creation mandate through the African philosophical framework of Utu.
3-5pm on Nov 19, Peterson Hall, rm 116.
Free snacks and coffee will be served!
November 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Come join us for our Speaker Series next week!
Mathew K. Birgen from McGill will be discussing the creation mandate through the African philosophical framework of Utu.
3-5pm on Nov 19, Peterson Hall, rm 116.
Free snacks and coffee will be served!
Mathew K. Birgen from McGill will be discussing the creation mandate through the African philosophical framework of Utu.
3-5pm on Nov 19, Peterson Hall, rm 116.
Free snacks and coffee will be served!
Come join us for our Speaker Series this week!
Ayesha Vemuri from McGill will be discussing the Brahmaputra floodplain.
3-5pm on Oct 29, Peterson Hall, rm 116.
Free snacks and coffee will be served!
Ayesha Vemuri from McGill will be discussing the Brahmaputra floodplain.
3-5pm on Oct 29, Peterson Hall, rm 116.
Free snacks and coffee will be served!
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Come join us for our Speaker Series this week!
Ayesha Vemuri from McGill will be discussing the Brahmaputra floodplain.
3-5pm on Oct 29, Peterson Hall, rm 116.
Free snacks and coffee will be served!
Ayesha Vemuri from McGill will be discussing the Brahmaputra floodplain.
3-5pm on Oct 29, Peterson Hall, rm 116.
Free snacks and coffee will be served!
Join us next week for a lecture and discussion about the aftermath of Cyclone Idai, explored through youth narratives.
Everjoy Chiimba, from the University of Bonn, will host this talk on October 22nd in Peterson Hall, Room 116, from 3:00-5:00 pm. Snacks and coffee will be served!
Everjoy Chiimba, from the University of Bonn, will host this talk on October 22nd in Peterson Hall, Room 116, from 3:00-5:00 pm. Snacks and coffee will be served!
October 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Join us next week for a lecture and discussion about the aftermath of Cyclone Idai, explored through youth narratives.
Everjoy Chiimba, from the University of Bonn, will host this talk on October 22nd in Peterson Hall, Room 116, from 3:00-5:00 pm. Snacks and coffee will be served!
Everjoy Chiimba, from the University of Bonn, will host this talk on October 22nd in Peterson Hall, Room 116, from 3:00-5:00 pm. Snacks and coffee will be served!
Join us next week for a lecture and discussion about clientage, child trafficking, and genocide in early 19th-century Southern Africa.
Elizabeth Elbourne, from McGill, will host this talk on October 8th in Peterson Hall, Room 116, from 3:00-5:00 pm. Snacks and coffee will be served!
Elizabeth Elbourne, from McGill, will host this talk on October 8th in Peterson Hall, Room 116, from 3:00-5:00 pm. Snacks and coffee will be served!
October 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Join us next week for a lecture and discussion about clientage, child trafficking, and genocide in early 19th-century Southern Africa.
Elizabeth Elbourne, from McGill, will host this talk on October 8th in Peterson Hall, Room 116, from 3:00-5:00 pm. Snacks and coffee will be served!
Elizabeth Elbourne, from McGill, will host this talk on October 8th in Peterson Hall, Room 116, from 3:00-5:00 pm. Snacks and coffee will be served!
Join us for our new episode of the Indian Ocean World Podcast! In this episode, Devika Shankar discusses her new book "An Encroaching Sea."
Devika Shankar, “An Encroaching Sea” – Appraising Risk
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September 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Join us for our new episode of the Indian Ocean World Podcast! In this episode, Devika Shankar discusses her new book "An Encroaching Sea."
Join us next week for a lecture and discussion about feminist urbanism in Mumbai!
Vatsala Shoukla from SNDT Women’s University will host this talk on October 1st in Peterson Hall 116 from 3-5 pm. Snacks and coffee will be served!
Vatsala Shoukla from SNDT Women’s University will host this talk on October 1st in Peterson Hall 116 from 3-5 pm. Snacks and coffee will be served!
September 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Join us next week for a lecture and discussion about feminist urbanism in Mumbai!
Vatsala Shoukla from SNDT Women’s University will host this talk on October 1st in Peterson Hall 116 from 3-5 pm. Snacks and coffee will be served!
Vatsala Shoukla from SNDT Women’s University will host this talk on October 1st in Peterson Hall 116 from 3-5 pm. Snacks and coffee will be served!
Join us for a new episode of the Indian Ocean World Podcast! In this episode, Fiona Williamson discusses the development of meteorological science under British rule in colonial Singapore and Malaya.
Fiona Williamson, “Imperial Weather: Meteorology, Science, and the Environment in Colonial Malaya” – Appraising Risk
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September 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Join us for a new episode of the Indian Ocean World Podcast! In this episode, Fiona Williamson discusses the development of meteorological science under British rule in colonial Singapore and Malaya.
Join us for our first Speaker Series of the fall semester!!
On September 17 at 3pm Subho Basu will be leading a discussion on Sheikh Mujib in Bangladesh.
Hope to see you there!
On September 17 at 3pm Subho Basu will be leading a discussion on Sheikh Mujib in Bangladesh.
Hope to see you there!
September 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Join us for our first Speaker Series of the fall semester!!
On September 17 at 3pm Subho Basu will be leading a discussion on Sheikh Mujib in Bangladesh.
Hope to see you there!
On September 17 at 3pm Subho Basu will be leading a discussion on Sheikh Mujib in Bangladesh.
Hope to see you there!
Check out the schedule for the Fall 2025 Speaker Series! A very exciting lineup of speakers.
Abstracts will appear on our website as they become available.
indianoceanworldcentre.com/fall-2025/
Abstracts will appear on our website as they become available.
indianoceanworldcentre.com/fall-2025/
Fall 2025
Download the programme here and scroll down for abstracts. September 17: Subho Basu – “Quest for Golden Bengal: Cold War Sheikh Mujib and the Making of Bangladesh” October 1: V…
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September 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Check out the schedule for the Fall 2025 Speaker Series! A very exciting lineup of speakers.
Abstracts will appear on our website as they become available.
indianoceanworldcentre.com/fall-2025/
Abstracts will appear on our website as they become available.
indianoceanworldcentre.com/fall-2025/
The IOWC is pleased to announce the publication of another issue of the Journal of Indian Ocean World Studies, with thanks to @hopkinspress.bsky.social. Check it out on Muse:
muse.jhu.edu/issue/54626
muse.jhu.edu/issue/54626
Project MUSE - Journal of Indian Ocean World Studies-Volume 8, Number 2, 2024
muse.jhu.edu
April 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The IOWC is pleased to announce the publication of another issue of the Journal of Indian Ocean World Studies, with thanks to @hopkinspress.bsky.social. Check it out on Muse:
muse.jhu.edu/issue/54626
muse.jhu.edu/issue/54626
Our project manager, Dr. Philip Gooding, recently shared his #envhist research methods on a CHOICE Media webinar entitled "Redefining research: Uncovering climate impact insights with digitized primary sources." Check it out here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLKI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLKI...
Redefining research: Uncovering climate impact insights with digitized primary sources
YouTube video by CHOICE Media Channel
www.youtube.com
April 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Our project manager, Dr. Philip Gooding, recently shared his #envhist research methods on a CHOICE Media webinar entitled "Redefining research: Uncovering climate impact insights with digitized primary sources." Check it out here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLKI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLKI...
The IOWC Speaker Series continues Mar 26 at 3pm with Dr. Philip Gooding (IOWC, McGill) on:
"Missionary Discourse and the Problem of Slavery in Histories of the African Great Lakes"
We hope to see you there!
"Missionary Discourse and the Problem of Slavery in Histories of the African Great Lakes"
We hope to see you there!
March 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The IOWC Speaker Series continues Mar 26 at 3pm with Dr. Philip Gooding (IOWC, McGill) on:
"Missionary Discourse and the Problem of Slavery in Histories of the African Great Lakes"
We hope to see you there!
"Missionary Discourse and the Problem of Slavery in Histories of the African Great Lakes"
We hope to see you there!
The IOWC Speaker Series continues Mar 12 at 3pm with Dr. Veysel Şimşek (Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill) on:
"The Ottoman-Egyptian War of 1831-33: An Assessment"
We hope to see you there!
"The Ottoman-Egyptian War of 1831-33: An Assessment"
We hope to see you there!
March 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The IOWC Speaker Series continues Mar 12 at 3pm with Dr. Veysel Şimşek (Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill) on:
"The Ottoman-Egyptian War of 1831-33: An Assessment"
We hope to see you there!
"The Ottoman-Egyptian War of 1831-33: An Assessment"
We hope to see you there!
The IOWC Speaker Series continues Feb 19 at 3pm with Dr. Anna Winterbottom (McGill) on:
"Inoculation in Early Modern India: Evidence from the East India Company Archive"
We hope to see you there!
"Inoculation in Early Modern India: Evidence from the East India Company Archive"
We hope to see you there!
February 14, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The IOWC Speaker Series continues Feb 19 at 3pm with Dr. Anna Winterbottom (McGill) on:
"Inoculation in Early Modern India: Evidence from the East India Company Archive"
We hope to see you there!
"Inoculation in Early Modern India: Evidence from the East India Company Archive"
We hope to see you there!
The IOWC Speaker Series continues Feb 12 at 3pm with Moinak Banerjee (English, McGill) on:
"The Flâneur in South Asia: A Poetic Long Walk through the Global Sixties and Cultural Cold War"
We hope to see you there!
"The Flâneur in South Asia: A Poetic Long Walk through the Global Sixties and Cultural Cold War"
We hope to see you there!
February 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The IOWC Speaker Series continues Feb 12 at 3pm with Moinak Banerjee (English, McGill) on:
"The Flâneur in South Asia: A Poetic Long Walk through the Global Sixties and Cultural Cold War"
We hope to see you there!
"The Flâneur in South Asia: A Poetic Long Walk through the Global Sixties and Cultural Cold War"
We hope to see you there!
The IOWC Speaker Series continues TOMORROW Feb 5 at 3pm with Caroline LaPorte-Burns (Art History, McGill) on:
"Shipwreck Memory: Submersion, Retrieval, and Material Conversion in Early Modern Dutch Mother-of-Pearl Craft"
We hope to see you there!
"Shipwreck Memory: Submersion, Retrieval, and Material Conversion in Early Modern Dutch Mother-of-Pearl Craft"
We hope to see you there!
February 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The IOWC Speaker Series continues TOMORROW Feb 5 at 3pm with Caroline LaPorte-Burns (Art History, McGill) on:
"Shipwreck Memory: Submersion, Retrieval, and Material Conversion in Early Modern Dutch Mother-of-Pearl Craft"
We hope to see you there!
"Shipwreck Memory: Submersion, Retrieval, and Material Conversion in Early Modern Dutch Mother-of-Pearl Craft"
We hope to see you there!
Check out the schedule for the Winter 2025 Speaker Series! A very exciting lineup of speakers.
Abstracts will appear on our website as they become available.
indianoceanworldcentre.com/winter-2025/
Abstracts will appear on our website as they become available.
indianoceanworldcentre.com/winter-2025/
January 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Check out the schedule for the Winter 2025 Speaker Series! A very exciting lineup of speakers.
Abstracts will appear on our website as they become available.
indianoceanworldcentre.com/winter-2025/
Abstracts will appear on our website as they become available.
indianoceanworldcentre.com/winter-2025/
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Our editor, @micaamy.bsky.social, chose "Digitizing and Visualizing Climate in Early Cape Colony" by Nadia Fekih, @iowcmcgill.bsky.social,. as our latest Editor's Pick!
niche-canada.org/2024/09/12/d...
#envhist #climhist #dhist
niche-canada.org/2024/09/12/d...
#envhist #climhist #dhist
Digitizing and Visualizing Climate in Early Cape Colony
The Journal provides primary data that suggest how the first Dutch settlers contended with the enviro-climatic conditions of the early Cape Colony.
niche-canada.org
November 22, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Our editor, @micaamy.bsky.social, chose "Digitizing and Visualizing Climate in Early Cape Colony" by Nadia Fekih, @iowcmcgill.bsky.social,. as our latest Editor's Pick!
niche-canada.org/2024/09/12/d...
#envhist #climhist #dhist
niche-canada.org/2024/09/12/d...
#envhist #climhist #dhist
Tomorrow! Looking forward to seeing you there!
The final Speaker Series talk of the term! Juliette Françoise, PhD candidate in History @ Uni Geneva presents:
"A Colonial Scandal Born of a Web of Debts: Paul Darifat’s Bankruptcy in the Isle of France in the Late Eighteenth Century"
3pm, Nov 20, Rm 116 Peterson Hall.
"A Colonial Scandal Born of a Web of Debts: Paul Darifat’s Bankruptcy in the Isle of France in the Late Eighteenth Century"
3pm, Nov 20, Rm 116 Peterson Hall.
November 19, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Tomorrow! Looking forward to seeing you there!
The final Speaker Series talk of the term! Juliette Françoise, PhD candidate in History @ Uni Geneva presents:
"A Colonial Scandal Born of a Web of Debts: Paul Darifat’s Bankruptcy in the Isle of France in the Late Eighteenth Century"
3pm, Nov 20, Rm 116 Peterson Hall.
"A Colonial Scandal Born of a Web of Debts: Paul Darifat’s Bankruptcy in the Isle of France in the Late Eighteenth Century"
3pm, Nov 20, Rm 116 Peterson Hall.
November 19, 2024 at 7:00 PM
The final Speaker Series talk of the term! Juliette Françoise, PhD candidate in History @ Uni Geneva presents:
"A Colonial Scandal Born of a Web of Debts: Paul Darifat’s Bankruptcy in the Isle of France in the Late Eighteenth Century"
3pm, Nov 20, Rm 116 Peterson Hall.
"A Colonial Scandal Born of a Web of Debts: Paul Darifat’s Bankruptcy in the Isle of France in the Late Eighteenth Century"
3pm, Nov 20, Rm 116 Peterson Hall.
Today! We're looking forward to seeing you soon.
Next Speaker Series talk is this week with Zitian Sun, PhD candidate in Sociology here @mcgillu.bsky.social on:
"Pitfalls of Popularity: The Radicalization Dynamics of the 1989 Tiananmen Student Movement"
3pm, Nov 6, Rm 116 Peterson Hall.
"Pitfalls of Popularity: The Radicalization Dynamics of the 1989 Tiananmen Student Movement"
3pm, Nov 6, Rm 116 Peterson Hall.
November 19, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Today! We're looking forward to seeing you soon.
Today! We're looking forward to seeing you soon.
Next Speaker Series talk is this week with Zitian Sun, PhD candidate in Sociology here @mcgillu.bsky.social on:
"Pitfalls of Popularity: The Radicalization Dynamics of the 1989 Tiananmen Student Movement"
3pm, Nov 6, Rm 116 Peterson Hall.
"Pitfalls of Popularity: The Radicalization Dynamics of the 1989 Tiananmen Student Movement"
3pm, Nov 6, Rm 116 Peterson Hall.
November 19, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Today! We're looking forward to seeing you soon.
Next Speaker Series talk is this week with Zitian Sun, PhD candidate in Sociology here @mcgillu.bsky.social on:
"Pitfalls of Popularity: The Radicalization Dynamics of the 1989 Tiananmen Student Movement"
3pm, Nov 6, Rm 116 Peterson Hall.
"Pitfalls of Popularity: The Radicalization Dynamics of the 1989 Tiananmen Student Movement"
3pm, Nov 6, Rm 116 Peterson Hall.
November 19, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Next Speaker Series talk is this week with Zitian Sun, PhD candidate in Sociology here @mcgillu.bsky.social on:
"Pitfalls of Popularity: The Radicalization Dynamics of the 1989 Tiananmen Student Movement"
3pm, Nov 6, Rm 116 Peterson Hall.
"Pitfalls of Popularity: The Radicalization Dynamics of the 1989 Tiananmen Student Movement"
3pm, Nov 6, Rm 116 Peterson Hall.
Join us for a new episode of the Indian Ocean World Podcast 🎙️!
Everjoy Chiimba discusses her ongoing PhD research @ Uni Bonn regarding disaster communications in Zimbabwe.
Listen here:
www.appraisingrisk.com/2024/10/31/e...
Everjoy Chiimba discusses her ongoing PhD research @ Uni Bonn regarding disaster communications in Zimbabwe.
Listen here:
www.appraisingrisk.com/2024/10/31/e...
Everjoy Chiimba, “Assessing the Potential of Mobile Communication Technologies to Enhance Early Warning and Disaster Preparedness in Zimbabwe” – Appraising Risk
www.appraisingrisk.com
November 19, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Join us for a new episode of the Indian Ocean World Podcast 🎙️!
Everjoy Chiimba discusses her ongoing PhD research @ Uni Bonn regarding disaster communications in Zimbabwe.
Listen here:
www.appraisingrisk.com/2024/10/31/e...
Everjoy Chiimba discusses her ongoing PhD research @ Uni Bonn regarding disaster communications in Zimbabwe.
Listen here:
www.appraisingrisk.com/2024/10/31/e...