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

French translation of “An Economic History of Imperial Madagascar, 1750–1895. The Rise and Fall of an Island Empire” now available!

We are excited to announce that a French translation of Distinguished James McGill Professor Gwyn Campbell’s book exploring the economic history of Madagascar is now…

New Open-Access Publication

We are pleased to announce the publication of a new article by Project Administrator, Philip Gooding. Entitled, ‘Mapping Agricultural Change in Eastern Africa: A Geographic…

JIOWS Vol. 9, Iss. 1-2 (2025) is out now!

We are very pleased to announce that the Journal of Indian Ocean World Studies has just published their ninth volume! Please find the entire volume…

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The Indian Ocean World Podcast

Gillian Mathys – "Fractured Pasts in Lake Kivu’s Borderlands" – The Indian Ocean World Podcast

Gillian Mathys (University of Ghent) joins Philip Gooding to discuss her newly published book "Fractured Pasts in Lake Kivu’s Borderlands: Conflicts, connections and mobility in Central Africa" Scholar Profile: https://research.flw.ugent.be/en/gillian.mathys Book: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/fractured-pasts-in-lake-kivus-borderlands/28EE1FFBB2BDDA8814964DD39656B959 Bukavu Series: https://www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/podcasts/the-bukavu-expo The Indian Ocean World podcast is hosted by Dr. Philip Gooding, produced and edited by Sofia O’Reilly, and published under the SSHRC-funded Partnership, “Appraising Risk, Past and Present.” Music: “Nam Nhi-tu” by M. Nguyen Van Minh-Con.

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