Past events
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March 7, 2023
Fake News is Old News: A Hostile Reading of the Emperor Augustus’ Last Words
Greg Woolf, History, UCLA Coach House, Green College, UBC, and livestreamed Tuesday, March 7, 5-6:30pm, with reception to follow Coffee and tea will be available at 4:30pm in the Piano Lounge, Graham House in the series Cecil H. and Ida Green Visiting Professor …
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March 7, 2023
Rethinking Migration and Mobility in Human History
Megan Daniels, Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies, UBC; with Aurora Camaño, Hellenic Studies, Simon Fraser University; Franco De Angelis, Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies, UBC; and Greg Woolf, History, UCLA, and Cecil H. and Ida Green Visiting Professor at…
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March 6, 2023
The Self in the World with Others: A Phenomenological Understanding of Self-Consciousness
Angela Xinyi Zhao, Philosophy Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, March 6, 8-9pm in the series Green College Resident Members' Series We can safely say that humans are self-conscious beings. Our being self-conscious does not simply mean to have an…
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March 2, 2023
Nothing is Sacred?
Kim Senklip Harvey, playwright and director Coach House, Green College, UBC, and livestreamed Thursday, March 2, 5-6:30pm with reception to follow in the series Cancers of the Imagination: Writer in Residence at Green College As part of Cancers of the…
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March 1, 2023
Curation as Place-Based Practice
Bopha Chhay, curator, writer and editor; and Krystal Paraboo, curator, art historian, writer and public art planner Coach House, Green College, UBC, and livestreamed Wednesday, March 1, 5-6:30pm with reception to follow in the series Growing Reparative Justice in Vancouver …
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February 28, 2023
A Monument of Unageing Intellect: Hagia Sophia and the Politics of Preservation
Holger A. Klein, Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University Coach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamed Tuesday, February 28, 5-6:30pm with reception to follow in the series Ways of Seeing Byzantine Art and Material Culture On November 24, 1934,…
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February 27, 2023
For the Record(ed): Frameworks for Human-Centred Archival Practice
Michael Carelse, Information Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, February 27, 8-9pm in the series Green College Resident Members' Series In the Western archival tradition, government archivists have historically prioritized the needs and interests of…
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February 16, 2023
Economics Over Time: Its Expanding Scope and Growing Awareness
Mukesh Eswaran, Professor Emeritus, Economics, UBC; David Green, Professor, Economics, UBC; and Idaliya Grigoryeva, Green College Society Member and PhD Student, Economics, University of California, San Diego Coach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamed …
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February 15, 2023
Whose Story? Whose Voice?
Marcus Youssef, Artistic Director, Playwright and Author; with Colleen Murphy, Playwright, and Writer in Residence at Green College Coach House, Green College, UBC, and livestreamed Wednesday, February 15, 5-6:30pm with reception to follow in the series Cancers of the Imagination:…
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February 15, 2023
Enter the Detective: Mysteries of Victorian Newspaper Agony Columns
Nathalie Cooke, English, McGill University Buchanan Tower, Room 323, UBC Wednesday, February 15, 4-5pm in the series Green College Special Event Desperate parents, forlorn lovers, and cunning criminals. All of these found a voice in the Agony columns of the…