Past events
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March 26, 2020
CANCELLED: Dalit Performativity and Masculine Normativity? Considering the life and works of Sant Ram Udasi and Amar Singh Chamkila
Virinder Kalra, Sociology, Warwick University Coach House, Green College, UBC Thursday, March 26, 5-6:30 pm in the series Mehfil: Music, Text and Performance of South Asia In exploring the lives and works of two Punjabi singers who came from Dalit backgrounds, the…
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March 25, 2020
CANCELLED: Knowledge Translation on the Medieval English Literary Scene—and Now
Erica Machulak, Knowledge Exchange Specialist, UBC; Member of Common Room at Green College Coach House, Green College, UBC Wednesday, March 25, 5-6:30 pm, with reception to follow in the series Green College Special Lecture What do memes and manuscripts have in…
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March 24, 2020
CANCELLED: Musical Performance by Tomoko Sugawara
Tomoko Sugawara (kugo harp) Coach House, Green College, UBC Tuesday, March 24, 5-6:30 pm in the series Early Music Vancouver at Green College: Cultures of Performance Tomoko Sugawara was born in Tokyo, Tomoko Sugawara began playing the Irish Harp at age twelve. She…
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March 20 - August 31, 2020
Green College Office Closure
Effective March 20, the Green College Office will be closed, in order to help our community and others reduce the risk of the spread and transmission of COVID-19. Office operations continue with all staff working remotely. See Our…
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March 19, 2020
CANCELLED - Embracing Shari'a: How Women in Somalia Use Islam to Fight Patriarchy
Mark Fathi Massoud, Director, Legal Studies Program, Associate Professor of Politics, University of California, Santa Cruz; Cecil H. and Ida Green Visiting Professor at UBC Coach House, Green College, UBC Thursday, March 19, 5-6:30 pm, with reception to follow in the series Green…
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March 18, 2020
CANCELLED: Where Did Our Belongings Come From? Geo-Sourcing Projects
Rhy McMillan and Dominique Weis, Earth, Oceans, and Atmospheric Sciences, UBC; Community partners from xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), We Wai Kai, Sts’ailes Coach House, Green College, UBC Wednesday, March 18, 5-6:30 pm in the series Indigenous…
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March 16, 2020
CANCELLED: Petrarch and Pegging: Queer Desire in Medieval Italian Love Lyric
J. Ockenden, Journalism Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, March 16, 8-9 pm in the series Green College Resident Members' Series Although the love sonnet (as developed by Dante and the poets of the Dolce Stil Novo and perfected by Petrarch) has become…
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March 16, 2020
CANCELLED - Blurry Lines: Race, Botany, and the Anthropocene
Sarah Ives, School of Behavioral Sciences, Social Sciences, and Multicultural Studies, City College of San Francisco Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, March 16, 5-6:30 pm in the series Environment, Power and Justice in Southern Africa / Actors on the Anthropo(s)cene …
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March 12, 2020
Sinking, Swimming, or Just Treading Water? Meeting the Challenges of An Academic Career In the Humanities
Herbert Rosengarten, English Coach House, Green College, UBC Thursday, March 12, 5-6:30 pm, with reception to follow in the series Senior Scholars' Series: The Passions That Drive Academic Life The son of refugees from Nazi Germany, Herbert Rosengarten grew up in a…