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Join the IOW Podcast for the final episode of the winter season 🎙️ Our usual host, Dr. Philip Gooding discusses his new monograph, "On the Frontiers of the Indian Ocean World: A History of Lake Tanganyika, c. 1830-1890." Listen here: appraisingrisk.com/2023/04/05/phi…

The program for the 1st Conference and Workshop of the IOWC Network for Slavery, Bondage, and the Environment in the Indian Ocean World is now online. indianoceanworldcentre.com/the-iowc-netwo…

Check out a special episode of the Indian Ocean World Podcast, where we interview four of our undergraduate Research Assistants 🎙️. Join us as we honour their hard work and learn more about the ongoing research projects at the IOWC. Listen here: appraisingrisk.com/2023/07/03/the…

A new issue of the Journal of Indian Ocean World Studies is out now, with articles from James F. Warren & Lisa Woodward, and Sarah Gray. It also launches a new "Conversations" series with interviews from @aruinedmap, Ruth Mostern @rmostern.bsky.social, Ruth Morgan Read here: jiows.mcgill.ca/issue/view/11

Call for Papers: Visual Portrayals of Environmental Crises in the Indian Ocean World, Past to Present 15-17 May 2024, Online Proposals due 18 November 2023. Read the full CFP here: indianoceanworldcentre.com/2024-visual-po… Please share widely!

Join us for a new season of the Indian Ocean World Podcast 🎙️! In this episode, Tamara Fernando discusses her research on the 19th-century pearl trade around the IOW, delving into topics such as animal, labour, science and empire histories! Listen here: appraisingrisk.com/2023/09/06/tam…

Check out a new episode of the Indian Ocean World Podcast 🎙️! Dr Sophie Chao (University of Sydney) discusses the complex ecologies of West Papuan oil palm plantations, focusing on two of her articles. Listen here: appraisingrisk.com/2023/09/21/sop…

Join us for a new episode of the IOW Podcast Prof James Beattie Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington discusses his work with the International Review of Environmental History (ANU Press) & his chapter in Migrant Ecologies: Environmental History of the Pacific World. Listen here appraisingrisk.com/2023/10/04/jam…

The newest episode of the Indian Ocean World Podcast is out now 🎙️! In it, @JdParker91 discusses his article, “Ecologies of Development: Ecophilosophies and Indigenous Action on the Tana River," published in History in Africa. Listen here: appraisingrisk.com/2023/10/25/jam…

Join us for a new episode of the Indian Ocean World Podcast🎙️ Our former MA Affiliate, Julien Greschner, discusses his MA thesis, “Solutions to Poverty According to Those Who Live It: Case Study in Manyatta B Informal Settlement, Kisumu, Kenya." Listen: appraisingrisk.com/2023/11/15/jul…

Check out the latest episode of the Indian Ocean World Podcast🎙️! In this episode, we interview Prof. Chris Gratien (UVA History) about his acclaimed book, "The Unsettled Plain: An Environmental History of the Late Ottoman Frontier" Listen here: appraisingrisk.com/2023/12/13/chr…

Join us for the new season of the Indian Ocean World Podcast🎙️ In this new episode, Dr Arunima Datta (Dr. Arunima Datta) discusses her article, "Race, Anxiety and Shopping in the Australian Outback," and her new monograph, "Waiting on Empire" Listen here: appraisingrisk.com/2024/01/24/aru…

A new episode of the IOW Podcast is up🎙️! Krishnendu Ray discusses his co-edited special volume of Verge: Global Asias, "Culinary Cultures on the Move," as well as his article "Food in the Indian Ocean World: Mobility, Materiality, and Cultural Exchange" Listen here: appraisingrisk.com/2024/02/07/kri…

Join us for a new episode of the Indian Ocean World Podcast 🎙️! In this episode, Dr. John Lee (Durham History) discusses two of his articles which focus on forestry and forest management practices in Early Modern Korea. Listen here: appraisingrisk.com/2024/02/28/joh…

Join us for a new episode of the IOW Podcast 🎙️! In it, Dr Nienke Boer @notnienke discusses her book, "The Briny South: Displacement and Sentiment in the Indian Ocean World," the connections between post-colonial and ocean studies, and more! Listen here: appraisingrisk.com/2024/03/13/nie…

A new episode of the Indian Ocean World Podcast is now up 🎙️! In this episode, Prof. Tasha Rijke-Epstein (Vanderbilt History) discusses her new book, "Children of the Soil: The Power of Built Form in Urban Madagascar." Listen here: appraisingrisk.com/2024/04/17/tas…

The IOWC is hosting an online conference from 15-16 May via Zoom, entitled "Visual Portrayals of Environmental Crises in the Indian Ocean World, Past to Present." More information can be found here including how to register: indianoceanworldcentre.com/2024-visual-po…

A new summertime treat Indian Ocean World Podcast ep is out🎙️! It's the 2nd annual Summer Research Roundup! Hear what our RAs have been up to this year here: appraisingrisk.com/2024/07/30/the…

A new episode of the Indian Ocean World Podcast is now up 🎙️! In this episode, we share a short audio documentary by Marit Kleinert (Uni Mainz) entitled “Women Cooperatives on Zanzibar: Transformative Spaces of Resistance through Care.” Listen here: tr.ee/SAwbdwkvAL

The IOWC is pleased to announce the publication of another issue of the Journal of Indian Ocean World Studies, with thanks to Hopkins Press. Check it out on Muse: muse.jhu.edu/issue/54626