Global Migrations Past and Present: A Multidisciplinary Conference
Date
The conference will run from 26 to 28 November 2024.
Venue
All conference sessions will take place at the Quad lecture theatre complex, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
This is an in-person event and all Quad lecture theatres are large spaces.
Call for papers
The multidisciplinary Centre for Global Migrations examines the historical and contemporary movement of people, objects, and ideas across time and space.
We welcome proposals on these aspects from academics, students, and other researchers, particularly but not limited to papers that deal with refugees and displacement, health and climate, education, narratives and representations, politics and law, and historical migrations. Both individual and panel proposals are welcome.
Before the deadline of 17 June 2024, please provide:
- a title
- abstract of your paper (100 words)
- brief biographical information (including institutional affiliation and contact details)
Presenters requiring earlier notification of acceptance are welcome to submit a proposal at any time and request early confirmation of acceptance. In all other cases, we aim to provide notification of acceptance by the end of June 2024.
Please send proposals or requests for further information to the conference committee:
Email gmevents@otago.ac.nz
Regrettably, we are unable to provide funding support for participants.
Keynote Speakers
Professor Lisa Matisoo-Smith, University of Otago
Lisa Matisoo-Smith is the Professor of Biological Anthropology in the Department of Anatomy at the University of Otago and currently the Dean of the School of Biomedical Sciences. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, London, and was the Principal Investigator for the Pacific Islands with National Geographic’s Genographic Project. Lisa’s primary area of interest is in looking at the biological evidence for the human settlement of the Pacific and understanding the impact that both population origins and past events have had on the genetic makeup of populations in the region today.
Professor Alison Phipps, University of Glasgow
Alison Phipps is UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts at the University of Glasgow and Professor of Languages and Intercultural Studies. She was the De Carle Distinguished Visiting Professor at Otago University, Aotearoa New Zealand (2019-2020), Thinker in Residence at the EU Hawke Centre, University of South Australia (2016), and Visiting Professor at Auckland University of Technology. She was Principal Investigator for the AHRC Large Grant ‘Researching Multilingually at the Borders of Language, the Body, Law and the State’ and the Cultures of Sustainable and Inclusive Peace Network, and was Co-Director of the Global Challenge Research Fund South-South Migration Hub (2019-2024). She is an Ambassador for the Scottish Refugee Council. She received an OBE in 2012 and holds Honorary Doctorates from the University of Edinburgh, and the University of Waterloo, Canada. She is an academic, activist, educator, and published poet and is a member of the Iona Community.
Conference programme
The conference programme will be available in due course.
Registration
The registration fee (likely to be NZ$250–$300) will include all lunches, and morning and afternoon teas. There will also be an option to attend the conference dinner (extra cost to be advised).
Conference committee
The conference committee is:
- Professor Angela McCarthy (History)
- Dr Pooneh Torabian (Tourism)
- Dr Zeina Al Naasan (Oral Sciences)
- Sargam Goundar (PhD student, Geography)