Past events
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April 3, 2018
Largo, ma non troppo? Tempi of a Career in Music
J. Evan Kreider, Music Coach House, Green College, UBC Tuesday, April 3, 5-6:30 pm, reception to follow in the series Senior Scholars' Series: The Passions that Drive Academic Life Barely had Evan Kreider begun to settle into what he mistook for academic…
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March 28, 2018
Egypt’s scattered heritage: The distribution of Egyptian archaeology to the world’s museums
Alice Stevenson, Senior Lecturer in Museum Studies, Institute of Archaeology, University College London Coach House, Green College, UBC Wednesday, March 28, 5-6:30 pm in the series Living with the Dead: Cultural Heritage, Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Communities …
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March 27, 2018
Homelessness of the Poetic Homecoming: Imagination, Idolatry and the Sacrality of Space
Elliot R. Wolfson, Religion, University of California, Santa Barbara Coach House, Green College, UBC Tuesday, March 27, 5-6:30 pm in the series Worlds of Wonder: People Making Places Sacred Historians of religion have long noted that a central component in the…
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March 26, 2018
On the Speciation of Species: The Fantastic Process Underlying Biodiversity
Silu Wang, Zoology Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, March 26, 8-9 pm in the series Green College Resident Member's Series Papers in the pad, grains in the bread, cotton in the tog, milk in the jug— we rely on a vast diversity of living organisms to live…
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March 21, 2018
Planet Vision: Why We First Need to Build a Shared, Positive Vision of the Future to Address Our Environmental Challenges
Jonathan Foley, Executive Director, California Academy of Sciences Coach House, Green College, UBC Wednesday, March 21, 5-6:30 pm in the series Hope in the Anthropocene: Sustainability Solutions and Inspirations Learn more about PlanetVision, a multi-faceted campaign …
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March 20, 2018
Turkey and Europe: Negotiating Identities through History
Bahar Rumelili, Jean Monnet Chair of International Relations, Koc University, Istanbul, and Visiting Professor in the Department of Political Science, UBC; Emel Tastekin, Arts Studies in Research and Writing, UBC Coach House, Green College, UBC with introductory remarks by Emel Tastekin,…
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March 19, 2018
Democracy, Belief and Wellbeing
Rachele Benjamin, Psychology Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, March 19, 8-9 pm in the series Green College Resident Member's Series From the average voter to the most powerful world leaders, most people are eager to declare their support for democracy. When…
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March 14, 2018
Beyond the Divide: A Century of Canadian Mosque Design and Gender Allocations
Tammy Gaber, Architecture, Laurentian University Coach House, Green College, UBC Wednesday, March 14, 5-6:30 pm in the series Worlds of Wonder: People Making Places Sacred What is Islamic Architecture today and what is it like in Canada? For over one hundred years…
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March 13, 2018
Views of the Salish Sea: 150 Years of Change around the Strait of Georgia
Howard Stewart, author Coach House, Green College, UBC Tuesday, March 13, 5-6:30 pm, with reception to follow in the series Green College Special Lecture This talk, based on the speaker’s recent book, looks at rapidly changing relations between humans and the…
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March 12, 2018
Using Big, Personalized Data to Understand Disease
Emma Graham, Statistics Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, March 12, 8-9 pm in the series Green College Resident Member's Series The “big data” revolution is here. More data has been generated in the last two years than in the history of humanity. It…