Indian Ocean World Centre Working Paper Series, Vol. 20 

We are very pleased to announce the publication of a new working paper in the the Indian Ocean World Centre Working Paper Series: “Power Asymmetries on the Intimate Front of Bondage and Colonialism: Sexual Exploitation in the American-Occupied Philippines 1898-1946” by Misha Procyk, who is in the last year of his undergraduate degree here at McGill.

Further information about the Working Paper Series, including submission guidelines, can be found here. This is an exciting publication opportunity for students and other junior scholars who wish to publish while retaining copyright. 

IOWC in the News

One of our project managers, Dr. Philip Gooding, has partaken in several media interviews during the last two weeks, discussing his collaborative research on historical climate reconstruction in Tanzania. For a list of media, see below:

• Erin Seize of Montreal CityNews conducted an interview at the IOWC, which was aired on Tue 14 and Wed 15 Jan, and is available online alongside an article co-written with Jordan Omstead of the Canadian Press here.
• Stephane Giroux of Montreal CTV News conducted an online interview, an abbreviated version of which was aired on Fri 10 Jan. A fuller version alongside Omstead’s original Canadian Press article is available here.
• Noovo Info translated and published Omstead’s Canadian Press article in French, and is available here.
• The original press release, written by Katherine Gombay, remains available on the McGill website in both English and French.

At around midday on Fri 17 Jan, Montreal CTV News positioned this research as the lead headline on their homepage:

The research article, which Philip co-authored with Melissa J. Lazenby, Michael R. Frogley, Cecile Dai, and Wenqi Su, is available here: ‘Documents, reanalysis, and global circulation models: a new method for reconstructing historical climate focusing on present-day inland Tanzania, 1856–1890,’  Climate of the Past, 20, 12 (2024), 2701-2718.

Publicizing Our Research at McGill

Gooding et al.’s collaborative and interdisciplinary research is being publicized by McGill University. Click the following links for press releases in English and French, written by Katherine Gombay. For media requests related to the article, please reach out to the McGill newsroom (info.communications@mcgill.ca) or directly to Katherine Gombay (katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca) or Philip Gooding (philip.gooding@mcgill.ca).

Indian Ocean World Centre Working Paper Series, Vol. 19

A new publication has been made through the Indian Ocean World Centre Working Paper Series, entitled “Tracing The Maritime Slave Trade in The Red Sea and Gulf of Aden: The Intersection of Islamic Principles and The Socioeconomic and Political Practices in Yemen’s Rasulid Dynasty (1229-1454 C.E.)” by Mahnoor Zaman, an undergraduate research assistant here at the IOWC.

Further information about the Working Paper Series, including submission guidelines, can be found here.

IOWC Winter 2024 Speaker Series Schedule out now

The IOWC’s Winter Speaker Series Schedule is now available. Talks will take place on Wednesdays at 3pm. View the individual abstracts here.

Additionally, new episodes of the Indian Ocean World Podcast will continue to be released on all major podcast services.