Past events
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March 28, 2019
All My Non-Relations
Clint Burnham, English, Simon Fraser University Coach House, Green College, UBC Thursday, March 28, 5-6:30 pm in the series Critical Nationalisms, Counterpublics This talk brings together Indigenous concepts of kinship—the appeal to “all my relations…
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March 27, 2019
One Square Inch of Silence: Preserving and Recording the Sounds of the Rainforest
Matt Mikkelsen, audio engineer and filmmaker, One Square Inch of Silence Coach House, Green College, UBC Wednesday, March 27, 5-6:30 pm in the series Transforming Silence: The Creative Power of Quiet / Actors on the Anthropo(s)cene Quiet places are rapidly becoming…
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March 26, 2019
If Trees Fight Crime and Whales Combat Climate Change, How Can We Amplify the Capacity of Other Species to Do Good?
Elin Kelsey, writer and environmentalist Coach House, Green College, UBC Tuesday, March 26, 5-6:30 pm, with reception to follow in the series Dal Grauer Memorial Lecture in Association with Green College / Actors on the Anthropo(s)cene Digital technology is…
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March 25, 2019
Crisis Ecology at the Vancouver Aquarium: Putting Octopuses to Work for Conservation
Mollie Holmberg, Geography Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, March 25, 8-9 pm in the series Green College Resident Members’ Series / Actors on the Anthropo(s)cene In an era of accelerating ecological crises, captive care has emerged as a triage site…
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March 21, 2019
What is (Are?) Sound Studies and What Shape is it (Are They?) in Now?
Bruce Smith, English and Theatre, University of Southern California; Cecil H. and Ida Green Visiting Professor at UBC Coach House, Green College, UBC Thursday, March 21, 5-6:30 pm, with reception to follow in the series Cecil H. and Ida Green Visiting Professor We…
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March 19, 2019
Lecture 3 (of 3): Look up! Canada as an Arctic and Space Nation
Michael Byers, Political Science, UBC Coach House, Green College, UBC Tuesday, March 19, 7:30-8:30 pm, with reception to follow in the series McLean Lectures in Canadian Studies: Cold, Dark, and Dangerous: The Arctic and Outer Space Canada is the second largest…
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March 19, 2019
The Politics and Possibilities of Girl-Led and Youth-Led, Arts-Based Activism to Address Gender Violence: Circles Within Circles
Claudia Mitchell, Integrated Studies and Institute of Human Development and Well-Being, McGill University; International Visiting Research Scholar at the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, UBC and Scholar in Residence at Green College Coach House, Green College, UBC Tuesday, March…
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March 18, 2019
Sikel Kings and Athenian Friends: A Case Study in Inter-Mediterranean Relations
Jayden Lloyd, Classical, Near Eastern, and Religious Studies Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, March 18, 8-9 pm in the series Green College Resident Members' Series In the late 1880s two fragments of a stone inscription were found in Athens, which together…
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March 18, 2019
The Resurgence of Arms Racing and the Collapse of Nuclear Arms Control: Time Once Again to Protest and Survive
Andrew Lichterman, Western States Legal Foundation, Oakland, California Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, March 18, 5-6:30 pm in the series Green College and Liu Institute for Global Issues Special Lecture The last few years have seen a growing arms race among…
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March 14, 2019
How to Photograph an Atomic Bomb
John O’Brian, Art History, Visual Arts and Theory Coach House, Green College, UBC Thursday, March 14, 5-6:30 pm, with reception to follow in the series Senior Scholars' Series: The Passions That Drive Academic Life John O’Brian was born into a military…