Past events
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November 7, 2017
A Career of Scientific Discovery in Chemical Physics, Mathematics and Space Science
Bernard Shizgal, Chemistry Coach House, Green College, UBC Tuesday, November 7, 5-6:30 pm, reception to follow in the series Senior Scholars' Series: The Passions that Drive Academic Life Bernie Shizgal’s multidisciplinary research work has been based on the…
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November 6, 2017
Three Common Misconceptions in Physics
RESIDENT MEMBERS’ SERIES Bruno Arderucio Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, November 6, 8-9 pm There are three widespread misconceptions about physics that any physicist or any layperson who reads about physics has either heard before or will eventually encounter: the arrow of time…
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November 4, 2017
The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR CRIMINAL LAW REFORM LECTURE Andrew Feinstein, author and former politician, South Africa Woodward Instructional Resource Centre Lecture Hall 2, UBC Saturday, November 4, 8:15-9:30 pm in The Vancouver Institute Lectures Andrew…
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October 31, 2017
Orfeo Recuperated, Monteverdi Transformed
Iain Fenlon, Historical Musicology, Cambridge University; Cecil H. and Ida Green Visiting Professor at UBC Coach House, Green College, UBC Tuesday, October 31, 5-6:30 pm, with reception to follow Fireside Chat, 8 pm, Piano Lounge, Graham House in the series Transforming Sounds /…
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October 30, 2017
Architecture and Childhood: On structures of age and space
Amalie Lambert, Architecture Monday, October 30, 8-9 pm In the 20th century, ideas about children and families became a driving force in design, influencing the architecture of homes and schools, as well as the organization of the modern city. In Vancouver, the impact of child-centered thinking…
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October 28, 2017
The Art of Discovery: How Explorers’ Sketchbooks Transformed Our View of the World
CECIL H. AND IDA GREEN VISITING PROFESSOR’S LECTURE Huw Lewis-Jones, historian; Cecil H. and Ida Green Visiting Professor Woodward Instructional Resource Centre Lecture Hall 2, UBC Saturday, October 28, 8:15-9:30 pm in The Vancouver Institute Lectures …
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October 26, 2017
The Shape of the World: Poetry and Ecology
Robert Bringhurst, poet and translator; Susan McCaslin, poet; Jan Zwicky, poet and philosopher Coach House, Green College, UBC Thursday, October 26, 5-6:30 pm, with reception to follow in the series Green College Writer in Residence: The Arts of Living Now If…
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October 24, 2017
Imagining the Arctic: Visual Cultures of Heroism and Exploration
Huw Lewis-Jones, historian; Cecil H. and Ida Green Visiting Professor Coach House, Green College, UBC Tuesday, October 24, 5-6:30 pm, with reception to follow; Fireside Chat, 8 pm, Piano Lounge, Graham House in the series Cecil H. and Ida Green Visiting Professor …
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October 23, 2017
"Colombian Post-Agreement Era": Three perspectives, many challenges.
RESIDENT MEMBERS’ SERIES Federico Andrade, Alejandra Echeverri, Maria Angelica Guerrero Quintana Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, October 23, 8-9 pm Panelists: Federico Andrade PhD Candidate, School of Population and Public Health, UBC Twitter: @andradefederico Alejandra Echeverri…
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October 21, 2017
Oceans in Peril: Plastics and the Destruction of our Marine Environment
John Nightingale, President and CEO, Ocean Wise Woodward Instructional Resource Centre Lecture Hall 2, UBC Saturday, October 21, 8:15-9:30 pm in The Vancouver Institute Lectures John Nightingale A marine biologist, Dr. Nightingale has guided the…