“Visual Portrayals of Environmental Crises” Conference Schedule Available Now
The schedule for our upcoming conference, “Visual Portrayals of Environmental Crises in the Indian Ocean World, Past to Present,” taking place 15-16 May, 2024 is now…
ABOUT US
The Indian Ocean World Centre (IOWC) is a research initiative and resource base established to promote the study of the history, economy, and cultures of the lands and peoples of the Indian Ocean world (IOW) – from China to Southeast and South Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
People
The Indian Ocean World Centre is led by Professor Gwyn Campbell and a team of highly accomplished academics.
The Appraising Risk Project
Appraising Risk is an international collaboration based at the Indian Ocean World Centre with academic partners across the world.
The JIOWS
Established in 2017, the Journal of Indian Ocean World Studies is an open-access journal, published twice annually by the McGill University Library.
Latest from the IOWC
The IOWC 10th Anniversary Report
To celebrate 10 years of the IOWC’s existence, we have produced a report that looks back on its past activities and successes and looks forward to the future. Download the report here.
The IOWC’s history in three points:
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The Indian Ocean Project (IOP) was established by Gwyn Campbell in 1993 at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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The IOP was reborn in 1999 as the Association pour l’étude de l’Afrique et les pays de l’Océan Indian (AAOI) at the University of Avignon, France.
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The AAOI officially becomes the Indian Ocean World Centre (IOWC) based at McGill University in 2011.
Our most recent podcast:
Tasha Rijke-Epstein – "Children of the Soil: The Power of Built Form in Urban Madagascar" – The Indian Ocean World Podcast
Dr. Philip Gooding (IOWC, McGill) is joined by Prof. Tasha Rijke-Epstein (Vanderbilt) to discuss her wonderful new book, Children of the Soil: The Power of Built Form in Urban Madagascar. Their conversation takes us to Mahajanga, a port city in northwestern Madagascar, considering the city's contested built environment, as well as the human and more-than-human interactions and complex (and sometimes fraught) migration histories that play out against this backdrop. Prof. Rijke-Epstein is Assistant Professor of History at Vanderbilt University. She holds a PhD in History and Anthropology from the University of Michigan and an MPhil from the University of Cape Town. Children of the Soil is her first monograph. Links: University Profile: https://as.vanderbilt.edu/history/bio/tasha-rijke-epstein/ Book: https://www.dukeupress.edu/children-of-the-soil The Indian Ocean World Podcast is hosted by Dr. Philip Gooding, produced by Sam Gleave Riemann, and published under the SSHRC-funded Partnership "Appraising Risk, Past and Present."
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