Anthropocene Dialogues: Readings, Short Talks, and Conversations Organized by Jaspreet Singh, Writer in Residence at Green College
| The Anthropocene (even when described informally) challenges the strange modern separation between "nature” and “humanity,” destabilizes our human-centric maps and our sense of time, and creates new forms of affect and thought; it calls for an integration of diverse disciplines to address the climate crisis and interspecies relationships, and to further the project of decolonization. Series Conveners: Jaspreet Singh, 20th Writer in Residence at Green College
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Early Music Vancouver at Green College Organized by Early Music Vancouver
| Early Music Vancouver (EMV) has a reputation for the presentation, production and study of Western classical repertoires in an historical, international and cross-cultural context. It offers one of the most ambitious programs of its type in North America, featuring renowned local and guest artists. Green College and EMV have had a close association since the mid-1990s and EMV has for many years mounted a recital series at the College. Series Conveners: Suzie LeBlanc, Early Music Vancouver |
Emeritus College Series Co-hosted with UBC Emeritus College
| This series will bring together scholars who inhabit the same academic discipline or field of study, and are at different stages of their careers, to talk about how the boundaries separating their field of specialization from other fields have changed over time. The conversation will inevitably lead to a consideration of cross-disciplinary influences and interdisciplinary trends, as participants account for changes in the cognitive strength of sub-disciplines and the rise and fall of disciplinary paradigms. The intent will be to identify underlying reasons for the observed changes and, by the end of the series, to draw some general conclusions about mechanisms of (inter)disciplinary interaction and development, in the spirit—if not necessarily the style—of Thomas Kuhn and Michel Foucault. Series Conveners: Donald Fisher, Foundation Fellow, Green College; Emma Cunliffe, Principal, Green College |
Green College Leading Scholars' Series
| This Green College Leading Scholars series explores the difficulties and opportunities presented in precarious and uncertain conditions, including in research, academia, public health, and in understanding large data sets. Series Conveners: Rubee Dev, Nursing; Joel Finbloom, Pharmaceutical Sciences; Torsten Jaccard, Economics; Jaya Joshi, Wood Science; Tarun Khanna, Public Policy and Global Affairs; Hyosub Kim, Kinesiology; Alexandra Peck, Art History, Visual Art and Theory; Katharina N. Piechocki, French, Hispanic and Italian Studies; Elizabeth Shaffer, Information; Felix Wiesner, Wood Science; Helena Wu, Asian Studies; Ron Yang, Business |
Resident Members' Series
| Each week, the Green College Resident Members’ Series features a different presenter (or presenters) from among the Resident Members of Green College. Graduate students, Postdoctoral and Visiting Scholars offer talks and events on their areas of research or study and, as appropriate, bring in their research colleagues from outside the College. Series Conveners: Nicolo Jimenez, Geography; Erin Evans, Microbiology and Immunology |
Stories from the Front Line: Universities and Global Citizenship
| This series engages with the critical question of what role public universities should occupy in international sustainable development, particularly informed by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by all Member States, including Canada, in 2015. As the UN explains, the SDGs “are an urgent call for action by all countries—developed and developing—in a global partnership. They recognize that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth—all while tackling climate change and working to preserve our oceans and forests.” Series Conveners: Nancy Gallini, Academics Without Borders; Natasha Nobell, Scholars at Risk UBC; Kishor M. Wasan, Neglected Global Diseases Initiative |
Special Lectures and Events
| Talks and performances by visitors invited to Green College and UBC for the Cecil H. and Ida Green Visiting Professorships Program, the Richard V. Ericson Lectures and other endowed appointments, and by distinguished Visiting Scholars, Writers, Artists, Journalists, etc. in Residence at the College, and Early Music Vancouver among others. |
Green College Leading Scholars' Series
| Which stories are told, which forgotten, and how are stories and their storytellers reconfigured in the telling? The Truth and Imagination series investigates the form and re-presentation of archives and experiences, including those of bodies, languages, family, histories, and the law. We are curious about the relational and embodied nature of truth and its representation, including biases, absences, and silences. We invite you to imagine into the gaps with us through this series of talks, film, interactive workshops, and cross-disciplinary conversation. Series Conveners: Aleska Alaica, Anthropology; Laura Yvonne Bulk, Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy; Nikki Georgopulos, Art History, Visual Art and Theory; Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, Creative Writing; Caroline Lebrec, French, Hispanic and Italian Studies; Supriya Routh, Law |
The Whole Cloth Reading Series Co-organized with Creative Writing, UBC
| An experience in deep listening, each Whole Cloth Reading Series event features a single poet who reads an entire book of poems from cover to cover. While poets devote immense craft to shaping a book, public readings tend to favor selections and excerpts. Uniting writer and audience in a celebration of expansive and unhurried attention, this series creates a rare environment for the investigation of poetry, sound, delivery and reciprocity. Each event features a transformative (short!) book and concludes in time for a cordial reception and conversation. Series Conveners: Elee Kraljii Gardiner, poet; Bronwen Tate, Creative Writing |
