Past events
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December 9, 2024
A Dog in a Daisy Patch: Exploring the Recursive Playground
Join livestream: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/68180627700 Andrew Alexander, MathematicsCoach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamedMonday, December 9, 8-9 pmin the seriesGreen College Resident Members' Series One of the most powerful and broadly applicable tools in mathematics is that…
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December 4, 2024
Colonizing Liberia: The Constitution of American Empire before the Insular Cases
Jedidiah Kroncke, Law, University of Hong KongCoach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamedWednesday, December 4, 5-6:30pmin the seriesTruth and Imagination: A Green College Leading Scholars Series Over the 20th century, a variety of scholarship has explored aspects of “American imperialism…
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December 3, 2024
Confucius and Film-Philosophy: Regarding the Ludic Politics of Chinese Screen-Plays
David H. Fleming, Communications, Media, and Culture, University of StirlingCoach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamedTuesday, December 3, 5-6:30 pmin the seriesGreen College Special Event Interweaving methods drawn from Film Studies, Comparative Philosophy, Games Theory and Media…
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December 2, 2024
Understanding Income Inequality: The Role of Technologies and Consumer Demand
Mila Markevych, EconomicsCoach House, Green College, UBCMonday, December 2, 8-9 pmin the seriesGreen College Resident Members' Series Rising income inequality has been a defining feature of developed economies since the 1980s. While technological change is widely recognized as a key driver of…
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November 28, 2024
Precarity and Uncertainty in Academic Research: Academic Publishing and Precarious Careers
Jaya Joshi, Wood Science; Stephanie Savage, UBC Library; and Felix Wiesner, Wood ScienceCoach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamedThursday, November 28, 5-6:30 pmin the seriesPrecarity and Uncertainty: A Green College Leading Scholars Series Precarity and uncertainty are common themes in…
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November 27, 2024
Evolving Threats and Emerging Solutions: Fundamentals from the Front Lines of Insect-borne Viruses Research
Due to unexpected technical difficulties, this event will be in person only. Benjamin Matthews, Zoology; Roenick P. Olmo, Centre national de la recherche scientifique and French Scientist in Residence at Green College; and Selena Sagan, Microbiology and ImmunologyCoach House, Green College,…
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November 26, 2024
Chase Joynt: Working at the Edge of Genre
Registration for the in-person film screening is now closed.Join the Q&A livestream here: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/67629435896 Chase Joynt, filmmaker; Gender Studies, University of VictoriaCoach House, Green CollegeTuesday, November 26, 4:30-6 pm: film screening; 6-7 pm: discussion with Q&…
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November 25, 2024
So What is “Quantum” Anyway?
Join livestream: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/63129925860 Hrishikesh Patel, PhysicsCoach House, Green College, UBCMonday, November 25, 8-9 pmin the seriesGreen College Resident Members' Series The word quantum has created a lot of buzz recently in the pop-media with movies, TV shows and…
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November 21, 2024
Political Science Over Time
Join livestream: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/63044418642 Richard Johnston, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, UBC (and Canada Research Chair in Public Opinion, Elections, and Representation); Afsoun Asahi, Assistant Professor of Political Science, UBC; and Henrik Jacobsen, Society…
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November 20, 2024
Joyelle McSweeney Reads Death Styles
Meeting link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/66400410169?pwd=OHQea2SPCduzaVilLalZshbdkagWA1.1M… ID: 664 0041 0169Passcode: 769801 Joyelle McSweeney, poetCoach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamedWednesday, November 20, 5-7 pmin the seriesThe Whole Cloth Reading Serie In this…