Past events
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March 11, 2020
Public Forum on Space Mining: Promises and Consequences
Sara Russell, Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum (London), and panelists Irving K Barber Learning Centre, Room 182, 1961 East Mall, UBC Wednesday, March 11, 5-6:30 pm in the series Science, Security and Law in the New Space Era Sara Russell will discuss the…
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March 10, 2020
The Portage: Time, Memory and Storytelling in the Making of an American Place
William Cronon, History, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Cecil H. and Ida Green Visiting Professor at UBC Coach House, Green College, UBC Tuesday, March 10, 5-6:30 pm, with reception to follow in the series Cecil H. and Ida Green Visiting Professor In a highly…
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March 9, 2020
How is International Lawmaking Changing?
Gregor Novak, Fox International Fellow Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, March 9, 8-9 pm in the series Green College Resident Members' Series Contemporary lawmaking straddles conceptual and institutional boundaries between domestic, international and other…
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March 9, 2020
Domestic Orientialism: Cooking Up the Middle East in Post-War America
Jennifer Dueck, History, University of Manitoba; Cecil H. and Ida Green Visiting Professor at UBC Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, March 9, 5-6:30 pm, with reception to follow in the series Cecil H. and Ida Green Visiting Professor Beyond headlines depicting…
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March 5, 2020
Green College Founders' Dinner 2020
Green College Founders' Dinner Thursday, March 5, 2020 For Resident Members and Members of Common Room 5:30 pm Reception and Entertainment in Graham House 7 pm Dinner in the Great Hall Guest of Honour: Nathalie Des Rosiers, Principal, Massey College in the University of Toronto The…
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March 3, 2020
Slumbering Legacies: The Romantic Consciousness of W.E.B. Du Bois
Matthew Vernon, English, University of California, Davis; Cecil H. and Ida Green Visiting Professor at UBC Coach House, Green College, UBC Tuesday, March 3, 5-6:30 pm, with reception to follow in the series Green College Leading Scholars W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963)…
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March 2, 2020
Re-Imagining Scholarship through the UBC Public Scholars Initiative
Saori Ogura, Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy; Emily Logan, Music; Amir Michalovich, Language and Literacy Education Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, March 2, 8-9 pm in the series Green College Resident Members' Series The Public Scholars…
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March 2, 2020
Aging and Caregiving in Contemporary Nigeria: Myths and Realities
Uzoma Odera Okoye, Social Work, University of Nigeria (Nsukka); Dick Splane Social Development Visiting Lecturer in the School of Social Work at UBC, and Visiting Scholar in Residence at Green College Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, March 2, 5-6:30 pm, with reception to follow …
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February 27, 2020
From Mira to Bullhe Shah: Songs of Reason and Passion - Mukhtiyar Ali in Concert
Mukhtiyar Ali, folk singer Coach House, Green College, UBC Thursday, February 27, 5-6:30 pm in the series Mehfil: Music, Text and Performance of South Asia Mukhtiyar Ali is an Indian folk singer who blends a Rajasthani folk idiom with refined classicism, singing the…
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February 26, 2020
Ethnographic Approaches to Indigenous Mapping
Brian Thom, Anthropology, University of Victoria Coach House, Green College, UBC Wednesday, February 26, 5-6:30 pm in the series Indigenous/Science: Partnerships in the Exploration of History and Environments Collaboration with Indigenous communities is…