Looking Back at 2024-2025 in the CMS Narratives Group
As we wrap up yet another exciting year of programming, the Narratives Group in the UBC Centre for Migration Studies expresses its gratitude for our collective continued enthusiasm for and intellectual engagement with narratives of migration and decolonization. Narratives of human experience in the face of emerging toxic migration policies, ongoing and new kinds of […]
Local Chapbook Artist Clare Yow (Wednesday, March 12 @ 10 AM)
Please join the Narratives Group on Wednesday, March 12 @ 10 AM in BUCH-Floor 3-Room B315 for an artist’s talk by local artist Clare Yow, who will speak about her work with chapbooks and participation in Reading the Migration Library artist project. Clare’s talk will focus on tracing her artistic practice and influences as a first generation immigrant, settler, and […]
Xwémalhkwu Hero Stories – Comic Book Launch (Wednesday, March 12th @ 3 pm)
Date: Wednesday, March 12th @ 3 pm Location: Peña Room, IKBLC Register here to attend. Artist Roundtable @ 3pm Reception @ 4pm (light refreshments served) Join UBC’s third annual Arts Multilingual Week for the comic book launch of Xwémalhkwu Hero Stories (2024), a groundbreaking graphic novel that brings to life the traditional stories and language […]
Hande Gürses’ “The Bridging Role of Literature: Displacing Fictions of Orhan Pamuk”
“The Bridging Role of Literature: Displacing Fictions of Orhan Pamuk” Hande Gürses (Department of English, Capilano University) will be discussing her recent book Displacing Fictions of Orhan Pamuk: Beyond the Bridge (2023) on Friday, January 24th @ 10 AM via Zoom. Abstract: Displacing Fictions of Orhan Pamuk: Beyond the Bridge (Lexington, 2023) questions the prevailing relevance and violence of […]
Games & Social Justice Lecture Series (January-April 2025)
Please join the Pop Culture Cluster for their ongoing series of speaker events on Games & Social Justice, which examines the intersections between digital and analog gaming cultures and the work of social justice. Speakers will explore various approaches to video games, tabletop games, and tarot including game design, game play, and fan cultures to […]
Reading and Discussion with Turkish-German Writer Zafer Şenocak (Nov. 6 @ 2 PM)
Please join the CMS Narratives Group on Wednesday, November 6, 2024 @ 2 PM via Zoom for a Reading and Discussion with Turkish-German Writer Zafer Şenocak. Please register here in advance for this meeting. Ziegler Lecture: Zafer Şenocak, “Migration, Exile, Memory, Identity – A Reading and Discussion with Turkish-German Writer Zafer Şenocak” Abstract: Berlin-based writer Zafer Şenocak will read from his new […]
Megan Daniels & “Lessons from the Past: Migration in Archaeological Narratives, 19th Century-Present” ( Nov. 26, 2025)
Lessons from the Past: Migration in Archaeological Narratives, 19th Century-Present Megan Daniels, Assistant Professor of Ancient Greek Material Culture Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies Join us for lunch and an exciting look into the scholarship of Megan Daniels on Wednesday, November 26th @ 12:30 PM. In this talk, Daniels’ explores the fascinating history […]
Fabiola del Rincón Fernández | “Re-phrasing the (migrant) self: the poetic work of Josefina Báez and Cecilia Vicuña” (Wednesday, October 9th @ 12 PM)
This presentation showcases an exploration-in-progress of the multimedial work by Dominicanyork artist and poet Josefina Báez, and Chilean poet and artist Cecilia Vicuña. Throughout their production, both artists synthesize and address key issues within Afro-Dominicanness, Mapuche identity, environmentalism or transnationalism. In particular, this work seeks to examine their respective theoretical approaches to performance and the […]
Workshop on Network Science for Humanities Students (Oct. 2 & 3, 2024)
The Mobilities Group and the Narratives Group are co-sponsoring an event related to The Connected Past: Religious Networks in Antiquity conference, namely a workshop aimed at graduate students on the application of network theory and science to humanities research and taking place Oct. 2nd and 3rd. This workshop is being run by members of The Connected Past, […]
