The New Zealand India Research Institute brings India-focused humanities and social science scholars to Victoria University of Wellington on 17-18 February 2027 for a two-day symposium on land, water and air in India.
On 17-18 February 2027, Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington hosts the NZIRI Symposium 2027, a two-day academic gathering themed "Unsettling environments: People, land, water and air in India."
The symposium is convened by the New Zealand India Research Institute (NZIRI | Te Putahi Rangahau o Inia ki Aotearoa), which describes itself as the country's national centre for research on India and New Zealand-India relations. Established in 2012 and administratively based at Victoria University of Wellington, NZIRI operates as a consortium of scholars drawn from seven New Zealand universities. The 2027 programme is led by three convenors: Dr Sita Venkateswar of Massey University, Dr Jane Buckingham of the University of Canterbury and Dr Nayantara Sheoran Appleton of Victoria University of Wellington.
According to the organiser, the symposium is a humanities and social sciences forum for scholars working on India, with PhD candidates and recent doctoral graduates especially encouraged. Presenters examine land, water and air as the ground of human life in India, taking in themes of commons, enclosure and dispossession, livelihood and exclusion. The event ran a competitive call for papers with abstracts due 1 October 2026 and acceptances notified on 20 October 2026, and carries no registration fee.
As context for delegates, the symposium is held on the campus of Victoria University of Wellington, in the heart of New Zealand's capital. Wellington's compact central city places the university within easy reach of accommodation, the waterfront and Wellington International Airport, making it a practical base for a national academic meeting that draws participants from across the country.
Although modest in scale, the symposium illustrates the steady stream of university-convened academic conferences that underpin Wellington's business-events calendar. These scholarly gatherings bring interregional and occasional international delegates into the capital, supporting the city's accommodation and venue sector between larger association congresses.
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