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February 2016
Sat
27
Feb
The Vancouver Institute Lecture
Arif Dirlik, Independent Scholar, Eugene, OR, USA/Professor of History and Anthropology, Duke University, 1971-2001
Mon
29
Feb
Green College Resident Members' Series
Victoria Cowan, English; Kiran Sunar, Asian Studies; Kristi Carey, Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice; Sereana Naepi, Educational Studies
This panel will question how certain (e.g. racialized, gendered, classed) bodies are contained and regulated and by whom, and, perhaps more importantly, how those bodies are responding and have historically responded to their own containment.
March 2016
Tue
1
Mar
Green College Leading Scholars' Series
Vikram Yadav, Chemical and Biological Engineering, UBC
Vikram Yadav will speak about his learnings about the human brain and his lab’s attempts to reverse engineer the organ to study neurodegeneration and discover new therapeutics.
Tue
1
Mar
Green College Leading Scholars' Series
Jude Walker, Educational Studies
In this talk, Jude Walker will look at how, despite government calls for evidence-based policy, and desires of some academics to influence policy, there is often a disconnect between research and policy.
Wed
2
Mar
Green College Special Lecture
Andrew Moutu Director of the National Museum of Papua New Guinea, John Barker, Anthropology, UBC
Join us for a conversation between Dr. Andrew Moutu, director of the Papau New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery, and Dr. John Baker, Professor in the Department of Anthropology, UBC.
Wed
2
Mar
Green College Special Event
Denise Lievesley, Principal, Green Templeton College
Join Denise Lievesley in a Fireside Chat.
Sat
5
Mar
The Vancouver Institute Lecture
Marco Marra, OBC, Department of Medical Genetics, UBC
Mon
7
Mar
Green College Resident Members' Series
Joshua Scurll, Mathematics
This talk will discuss approaches to personalizing cancer treatments and why this is necessary, and explain how a mathematician fits into this puzzle.
Tue
8
Mar
Green College Special Lecture
Farah Mendlesohn, English, Communication, Film and Media, Anglia Ruskin University, UK
In which our speaker tries to explain how a PhD in relief work in the Spanish Civil War led her to signing a contract for a book on the English Civil War and secured her a reputation for Fantasy.
Wed
9
Mar
Green College Special Lecture
Madjid Mohseni, Chemical and Biological Engineering, UBC
This talk focuses on highlighting some of the clean drinking water challenges facing Canadian small and First Nations communities, and provides an analysis on some of the relevant innovations and initiatives towards a better solution in this area.