As the central hub for interdisciplinary dialogue and learning at UBC, all listed events at Green College are free, open to the general public, and do not require advanced registration (unless otherwise indicated on the event page).
Featured upcoming events
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March 26, 2026Reflections on the Work of Play in Early-career Scholarship and Pedagogy
This moderated panel explores how the concept of play, broadly defined, has shown up and shaped our experiences as early-career academics. Members of the 2024-26 Green College leading scholars cohort will reflect on the themes raised during our year of ‘Seasons of Play,’ reflecting on how play…
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March 30, 2026Population Size, Happiness, and Virtue: An Aristotelian Approach to the Repugnant Conclusion
Is it better for there to be a large population of very happy people, or a much larger population of barely happy people? Utilitarian considerations suggest that the latter population is better, but this constitutes what Derek Parfit calls the “Repugnant Conclusion,” the counterintuitive claim that…
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April 1, 2026Voicing the Archive
‘Voicing the Archive’ explores rich connections between archives, songwriting, and contemporary music. Archives hold a space where historical figures and stories of struggle can be explored and revisited in imaginative performances. The final event of the ‘Living Archives’ series will see two…
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March 30, 2026Population Size, Happiness, and Virtue: An Aristotelian Approach to the Repugnant Conclusion
Is it better for there to be a large population of very happy people, or a much larger population of barely happy people? Utilitarian considerations suggest that the latter population is better, but this constitutes what Derek Parfit calls the “Repugnant Conclusion,” the counterintuitive claim that…
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March 31, 2026The Politics of Common Reading Vernacular Knowledge and Everyday Technics in China, 1894–1954
What did common readers read in the midst of the revolutions that punctuated China’s long Republic (1894-1954)? How did they manage the challenges of the era—from new technologies to novel diseases, from institutional failure to commercial globalization? What did they know and how did they know it?…
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April 1, 2026Voicing the Archive
‘Voicing the Archive’ explores rich connections between archives, songwriting, and contemporary music. Archives hold a space where historical figures and stories of struggle can be explored and revisited in imaginative performances. The final event of the ‘Living Archives’ series will see two…
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April 7, 2026Should Destroying the Planet Be a Crime?
Calls to criminalise severe environmental harm have gained remarkable momentum in recent years, most visibly through proposals to recognise ecocide as an international crime. Advocates argue that criminal law can deliver accountability, deterrence, and symbolic recognition of environmental…
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April 8, 2026A Community Reading of Bronwen Wallace's "Signs of the Former Tenant"
Signs of the Former Tenant gives voice to the hidden lives of women. The collection begins in childhood memory, teasing out the sores and slights of gendered socialization alongside the hushed attention of games of red light, green light and searing moments of girlhood intimacy. A second…
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April 9, 2026Secrets on our Doorstep: Vancouver and the Shadow on the World Cup
As Vancouver prepares to host 2026 World Cup games—a crowning feat for hometown FIFA Vice President Victor Montagliani—a chilling local history haunts the celebration. While Montagliani scaled soccer’s elite ranks, a shadow spread across the city and country he helped lead. In 2008, Canada Soccer…
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May 5, 2026Occultism, History, and Literature: Why the Margins Matter
On this panel, three scholars will share insights on the roots, significance, and impact of modern occultism gained from their recently-completed major research projects— for Dixon, the monograph Sexual Heresies: Religion, Science, and Sexuality in Modern Britain, soon to appear from Stanford…