Past events
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January 13, 2025
The Curious Case of the Hippocampus: From Safeguarding the Brain to Safeguarding the Ocean
Ruth Arnold, Oceans and Fisheries; Nathan Arnold, Psychiatry, University of OxfordCoach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamedMonday, January 13, 8-9 pmin the seriesGreen College Resident Members' Series In this joint talk, learn about the fascinating worlds of Alzheimer's disease research…
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December 16, 2024
From des Mille Collines to Hinds Hall, Locating the Place-Time of Genocide
Leo Evans, LawCoach House, Green College, UBCMonday, December 16, 8-9 pmin the seriesGreen College Resident Members' Series More information on this event to be posted shortly. See Lectures in this Series See Our Other Series Support Green College Unless otherwise noted, all of…
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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…