Past events
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November 21, 2023
Translating Limits: Salas Rivera’s Material Poetics at the Interstice of Gender and Coloniality
Christina A. León, Literature, Duke University Coach House, Green College, UBC, and livestreamed Tuesday, November 21, 5-6:30 pm, with reception to follow Coffee and tea will be available at 4:30 pm in the Piano Lounge, Graham House in the series Cecil H. and Ida Green…
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November 20, 2023
Learning a New Language by Utilizing Your First Language: Hawai'i as a Case Study
Mitchi (Michelle) Kamigaki-Baron, Linguistics Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, November 20, 8-9pm in the series Green College Resident Members' Series In this talk, Mitchi (Michelle) Kamigaki-Baron will discuss what linguistics research has to say about…
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November 16, 2023
The Path-Dependency of Knowledge and Value: Co-Designing Critical Social Interventions
Sally Haslanger, Philosophy, MIT Coach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamed Thursday, November 16, 5-6:30pm with reception to follow Keynote Lecture for the workshop: Standpoint Theory: Formation, Contestation, Legacies An important feature of theoretical…
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November 15, 2023
Keeping up with the Frontier: The Implications of AI Tools for Continuing Education
Peter Chen, Google Research; and Ryan Cooper, Inverted AI Coach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamed Wednesday, November 15, 5-6:30pm with reception to follow in the series AI in Education: Promises and Pitfalls Join us for a panel discussion with leading industry…
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November 9, 2023
Intergenerational Stories Using Theatre
George Belliveau, Language and Literacy Education Coach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamed Thursday, November 9, 5-6:30pm with reception to follow in the series Psychological Trauma and Resilience This session shares an emerging theatre-based project on…
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November 8, 2023
Ali Blythe Reads Stedfast
Ali Blythe, poet Coach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamed Wednesday, November 8, 5-6:30pm with reception to follow in the series The Whole Cloth Reading Series Breaking open John Keats’s “Last Sonnet,” Ali Blythe writes marginality into…
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November 7, 2023
Film and Media Working for and Against the Environment
Ryan Ermacora, filmmaker; Jessica Johnson, filmmaker; Yani Kong, writer, editor and scholar; and Joseph Malbon, visual storyteller and media archaeologist; with moderator Claire Cao, Cinema and Media Studies, and Green College Resident Member Coach House, Green College, UBC and…
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November 6, 2023
The Korean Alphabet: Tracing the Origins of a Script
Giovanni Volpe, Asian Studies Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, November 6, 8-9pm in the series Green College Resident Members' Series This talk will explore the origins of the Korean alphabet and its far-reaching implications in the history of Korean…
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November 1, 2023
Doing Global Urban Comparisons: Making a Case for China
Xuefei Ren, Sociology, Michigan State University Coach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamed Wednesday, November 1, 5-6:30pm with reception to follow in the series China Logics The field of global urban studies has seen a comparative turn in the last decade…
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October 30, 2023
The Big Bang Theory and the Fate of the Universe
Ricky, Physics and Astronomy Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, October 30, 8-9pm in the series Green College Resident Members' Series Observation of stars does not only provide insights into stars and galaxies in their current state. In fact, Hubble and…