The heart of our mission is to cultivate a living network of artists, emerging and established scholars, and creators around the generative potentials of nostalgia.
By subscribing to our mailing list, you will be notified of the network’s official events and broadcasts of the satellite projects from our members.
Becoming a Member of the Network
Each year, our annually hosted symposium and research-creation showcase reviews and accepts works on nostalgia by individuals and groups locally in Montreal, North America, and internationally.
Upon acceptance and presentation of their work, the nostalgic participant(s) will become a member of the NOSTAGAIN NETWORK!
Look out for our annual CfPs on our Events page.
Our Partners and Collaborators
Benefits of Being a Network Member
NOSTAGAIN Network members are guaranteed:
- The opportunity to sit on our organizing committees for future official events, publication issues, and research-creation showcases of the network.
- Abilities to propose and facilitate their own NOSTAGAIN NETWORK satellite event at their home institution or place of current stay, receiving support and promotion from the network wherever needed and possible.
- Be invited to attend and participate in the NOSTAGAIN NETWORK yearly events – symposium, publication issues, interviews, local meetups
- Be considered as a Keynote or nostalgia specialist for the network’s official events and in recommendation to other member’s calls for participation
- The broadcasting of their projects, work, and research through our official communication platforms (LinkedIn, Instagram, X, the website, mailing list)
exchange thoughts about “The Third Place” as nostalgic virtual spaces.
Made By the Bottle at the Time in a Bottle 2024 symposium on Instagram.
NOSTAGAIN NETWORK Members
Canada (47)
| Name | Affiliation | Nostalgic Interests | Event Joined |
| Rebecca Acone | Concordia University, QC | Collective storytelling, selfies, imagination | Time in a Bottle Symposium 2024 |
| Christopher Anderson | University of British Columbia | Machine-learning, LLM, Generative-Music | Time in a Bottle Symposium 2024 |
| M Shahrom Ali | Concordia University, QC | Ludosis, Self-determined learning | Founding Member |
| Dr. Andrew Bailey | Concordia University, QC | ROM hacking, counterarchives, indie games, archives | Love & Loss Symposium 2025 |
| Dr. Buddhika Bellana | York University, ON | Episodic memory, narratives, thought | Love & Loss Symposium 2025 |
| M Bethancourt | Concordia University, QC | “Notsalgia”, Making the ordinary weird | The LOSTGAIN Symposium 2023 |
| Dr. Morgan Bimm | St. Francis Xavier University, NS | iPod, indie, playlist, music, capitalism | Time in a Bottle Symposium 2024 |
| Poki Chan | Concordia University, QC | Interactive memories and player input | Founding Member |
| Rowena Chodkowski | Concordia University, QC | Stable Diffusions, Vaporwave culture | Founding Member |
| Esther Clarke | Concordia University, QC | Influence, robots, sculpting | Time in a Bottle Symposium 2024 |
| Lisa Conway | Concordia University, QC | Alphorn, Swiss, identity, music composition | Time in a Bottle Symposium 2024 |
| Alex Custodio | Concordia University, QC | Gameboy, forgotten game console histories | The LOSTGAIN Symposium 2023 |
| Kelly Day | Concordia University, QC | Play, trauma, larger than life | Time in a Bottle Symposium 2024 |
| Dr. Maxime Deslongchamps-Gagnon | Université de Montréal, QC | Coming of age, Virtue Ethics, Night in the Woods | Time in a Bottle Symposium 2024 |
| Nathan Ferguson | Concordia University, QC | The Third Space | The LOSTGAIN Symposium 2023 |
| Russell Gendron | Artist, QC | Stories, Soundscapes, Forestry Workers | Time in a Bottle Symposium 2024 |
| Dany Guay-Bélanger | Université de Montréal, QC | Oral History and Video Games, Let’s Plays | The LOSTGAIN Symposium 2023 |
| Safa Hachi | Concordia University, QC | Music Subcultures, Records, Sonic Studies | Love & Loss Symposium 2025 |
| Syd Hamidreza Hosseini | Concordia University, QC | Homesickness, Dramaturgy, Theatre | Love & Loss Symposium 2025 |
| Annie Harrisson | Concordia University, QC | Nostalgia and Community Play | Founding Member |
| Owen Hellum | Concordia University, QC | Videogame, acceptance, Non-linear dialogue | Time in a Bottle Symposium 2024 |
| Dr. Pauline Hoebanx | Concordia University, QC | History of the Internet | The LOSTGAIN Symposium 2023 |
| Meg Hutchinson | Concordia University, QC | Grief, Death, Writing for Videogames, Narrative | Love & Loss Symposium 2025 |
| Michael Iantorno | Concordia University, QC | Video Game Afterlife, Gameboys, Solar | The LOSTGAIN Symposium 2023 |
| Guillaume Jabbour | Concordia University, QC | Intergenerationality, Research-creation, Soundwalking | Time in a Bottle Symposium 2024 |
| Kamyar Karimi | Concordia University, QC | Collective Storytelling, Selfies, Imagination | Time in a Bottle Symposium 2024 |
| Jean Ketterling | Carleton University, ON | Sexual Videogames, Queer Utopia, Data Control and Censorship | The LOSTGAIN Symposium 2023 |
| Marie Khediguian | Concordia University, QC | Displacement, Armenian Genocide, Oil Painting | Love & Loss Symposium 2025 |
| Dr. Marc Lajeunesse | Concordia University, QC | Toxicity in Game Spaces, Player Studies, Music Subcultures | Time in a Bottle Symposium 2024 |
| Malte Leander | Concordia University, QC | Sound, Ecology, Live Performance | Love & Loss Symposium 2025 |
| Aislinn Leggett | Concordia University, QC | Memory, Food, Oral history | Time in a Bottle Symposium 2024 |
| Nancy Long | Concordia University, QC | Candy, Intergeneration, Recipes, Food | Time in a Bottle Symposium 2024 |
| Dr. Raymond A. Mar | York University, ON | Literacy, Neuroscience, Social Psychology | Love & Loss Symposium 2025 |
| Geneviève Moisan | Concordia University, QC | Caregiving, Memory Loss, Embroidery | Love & Loss Symposium 2025 |
| Leo Morales | Concordia University, QC | Mythology, Magic, Art, Blender | Founding Member |
| Gabrielle Mulholland | Artist, QC | Memory, Loss, Resilience | Love & Loss Symposium 2025 |
| Dr. Katharina Niemeyer | Université du Québec à Montréal, QC | Old media, Politics of Nostalgia, Critical media Perspectives | The LOSTGAIN Symposium 2023 |
| Derek Pasborg | Concordia University, QC | Affect, Nostalgia in Video Games | Founding Member |
| Julia Pingeton | University of Guelph, ON | Memory, Climate Anxiety, Care and Landscape | Love & Love Symposium 2025 |
Ryu Pinveha | Concordia University, QC | Music, 2000s Discography, FIFA | Love & Loss Committee 2025 |
Miruna Popovici | Concordia University, QC | Neuroscience of, and Psychology of Nostalgia | Love & Loss Committee 2025 |
| Vanessa Racine | Concordia University, QC | Videogames, Linguistics, Beadwork | Love & Loss Symposium 2025 |
| Elena Rowan | Concordia University, QC | Personal Archive, Digital Materials | The LOSTGAIN Symposium 2023 |
| Swarm | Concordia University, QC | Media Archeology, Cosmology, Time Punk | The LOSTGAIN Symposium 2023 |
| Richy Srirachanikorn | Concordia University, QC | Uses of Nostalgia for understanding social pain and loneliness | Founding Member |
| Yuki Tam | Concordia University, QC | Memory Fragments, Pastiche, Diaspora | Love & Loss Symposium 2025 |
| Cristian Zaelzer | McGill University | Neuroscience of Creativity, Research-creation | The Spaces we Lost, and Nostalgia Recalled |
United States (3)
| Name | Affiliation | Nostalgic Interests | Event Joined |
| Dr. Jaime Banks | Syracuse University, NY | Social Machines, Human-Technology Bond, Moral Cognition | Love & Loss Symposium 2025 |
| Dr. Nicolas D. Bowman | Syracuse University, NY | Game culture, personal & historical nostalgia | Time in a Bottle Symposium 2024 |
| Anash Croker | Columbia University, NY | Irish history, Queer, Indie Games, Erasure | The LOSTGAIN Symposium 2023 |
South America (1)
| Name | Affiliation | Nostalgic Interests | Event Joined |
| Juan Miceli | La Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero, ARGENTINA | VHS, Worldly Materials, Ceramics | The LOSTGAIN Symposium 2023 |
Europe (5)
| Name | Affiliation | Nostalgic Interest | Event Joined |
| Dr. Habiba Jelali | Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, France | Gentrification, Urban Policies, Community | Love & Loss Symposium 2025 |
| Dr. Diego A. Mejía-Alandia | University of Seville, Spain | Post-communist, post-apocalyptic, space | Time in a Bottle Symposium 2024 |
| Dr. Rainforest Scully-Blaker | Tampere University, Finland | Wholesome games, radical softness, hegemony | Time in a Bottle Symposium 2024 |
| Eleonora Dilette Sarcinella | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano, Italy | Nostalgia as emotion, music and virtual reality, transformation | Love & Loss Symposium 2025 |
| Shashvat Singh | Uppsala University, Sweden | Venba, Indian diaspora, Tamil culture | Time in a Bottle Symposium 2024 |
Asia
Coming soon…
Oceania
Coming soon…
Inquiries
For requests to collaborate, have promoted your event, or become a network member outside of our symposium timeline, please write to:
and direct your message to:
Derek Pasborg, Event Communications
Richy Srirachanikorn, Network Organization
THENOSTAGAINNETWORK
Released: November 6th, 2023
Last updated: November 15th, 2024