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Nostagain Open Meeting 2026
Join our open meeting on Monday 15 September at 3pm (EST) with this RSVP. WE WANT YOU! Join forces with the current working team and help decide what the theme of our 2026 symposium and research creation showcase will be on! More on offer: Yes – all…
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Our LIVE webseries “memorabilia.mp4” has launched!
Earth to Generative Nostalgia… Where can you find “generative nostalgia“? Certainly, we can do better than ask AI to make something for us. For NOSTAGAIN, generative nostalgia has a different meaning: it is the creative and communal use of nostalgia that produces things — relationships, reinterpretations, and…
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PLONGER DANS LA NOSTALGIE / SPRING INTO NOSTALGIA!
NOTE: this is a NOSTAGAIN affiliated event. Our main events are the annual symposia every February. To contact the organizers of this event (Collectif Nostalgia Conco x UQAM), please write to nostalgia.conco.uqam@gmail.com In collaboration with students from the CELAT-UQAM and the mxlab at the L’Université du Québec…
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PRECONFERENCE SHOWCASE 2025
One day before the Love & Loss symposium, we will release a prerecorded panel featuring ideas we LOVED too much to LOSE… stay tuned for the 13th February! PRECONFERENCE LINE-UP When we think about the functions that nostalgia for communism has in contemporary media, a set of…
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Love & Loss 2025
It’s official! The NOSTAGAIN Network proudly presents Love & Loss 2025: Nostalgia Symposium and Research Creation Showcase with 27 presenters and artists who will explore what the “love” and “loss” of nostalgia means for individuals, communities, and what this looks like for different fields. FAQs Contact Information…
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CfP: Love and Loss 2025
Near… Far… Wherever You Are… We invite you to the third symposium by THENOSTAGAINNETWORK called “LOVE & LOSS”. Paper presentations, performances, and research creation are welcome on the topic of nostalgia that engages/builds on 4 topics of interest. With Generous Support From Topics of Interest The experience…
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Throwback #nostagain2024
As we approach the season for a new symposium, we can’t help but feel nostalgic for last year’s presenters and research creation artists at Time in a Bottle 2024! TOP OF THE MORNING… Richy Srirachanikorn opened with a keynote on Time Capsules; how does American mobster Al…
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Time in a Bottle 2024: Line-up & Tickets!
The NOSTAGAIN NETWORK proudly presents 23 artists, students, and scholars from North America, Europe, and Asia for our Time in a Bottle Symposium! Get LIMITED (x25) in-person tickets here. Tickets EVENTBRITE: Tickets Here (25 seats) ONLINE ZOOM: Tickets Here (Unlimited) FAQs Contact Information Derek Pasborg – CommunicationsRichy…
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CfP: Time in a Bottle 2024
If I could save time in a bottle, the first thing that I’d like to do… is to save everyday ‘til eternity passes away just to spend them with you. Time in a Bottle | Jim Croce (1973) As we emerge from a global period of great…
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The Spaces We Lost, and Nostalgia Recalled: A Workshop with Dr. Cristian Zaelzer
We collaborated with McGill-Concordia neuroscientist-artist Dr. Cristian Zaelzer, who led a research creation event involving members of the university and the public. Set also on a weekend, the March 18th event spanned from 1:00pm to 6:00pm; ending 2 hours after its original closing time. A total of…
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Defining “LOSTAGAIN”
“One is nostalgic not for the past the way it was, but for the past the way it could have been.” This line from Svetlana Boym’s The Future of Nostalgia (2001) was what inspired Master’s student of Sociology, Richy Srirachanikorn [student member, Concordia] from the Technoculture, Arts and Games (TAG)…
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LOSTAGAIN Symposium 2023 on Digital Nostalgia
Last year at the Milieux Institute, the Nostagain Network was founded at the Technoculture, Art and Games (TAG) research lab by 6 students. After successfully applying for funding, they received support from the Dean’s Special Initiative Award and from the Hexagram Research Network. With this support, the…
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Welcome to The Nostagain Network!
Welcome to THE NOSTAGAIN NETWORK — the first student-led interdisciplinary research collective in North America critically honed in on the generative potential and uses of nostalgia. Mission Statement Our approach to nostalgia is not one of passive study and speculation, but an active use of it within…