Past events
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March 29, 2016
Building Bridges: Communication, Cultural Heritage and Copyright
Graham Reynolds, Law, UBC; Mark Turin, Anthropology and First Nations Language Program, UBC Coach House, Green College, UBC Tuesday, March 29, 5-6:30 pm, reception to follow in the series Green College Leading Scholars' Series This paired presentation explores…
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March 24, 2016
Keeping the Road Open: Waiting, Migrating and Domestication of Hope in Kyrgyzstan
Madeleine Reeves, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester Piano Lounge, Graham House, Green College, UBC Thursday, March 24, 5-6:30 pm in the series Eurasian States and Societies: Past and Present This talk explores the relationship between…
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March 22, 2016
Considering Our Options: Universities and|or ‘Pluri-Versities’
Vanessa De Oliviera Andreotti and Sereana Naepi-Patterson, Educational Studies, UBC Coach House, Green College, UBC Tuesday, March 22, 5-6:30 pm, reception to follow in the series Green College Leading Scholars' Series Our collaboration emerges from a concern…
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March 21, 2016
The Paradox of Power and Privilege in Men’s Health
Maya Lefkowich, Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, March 21, 8-9 pm in the series Green College Resident Members' Series Within the topic of men’s health there is an interesting paradox. The same services,…
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When God Talks Back: Understanding the American Evangelical Experience of God
CECIL AND IDA GREEN LECTURE Tanya Luhrmann, Department of Anthropology, Stanford University Woodward Instructional Resource Centre Lecture Hall 2, UBC Saturday, March 19, 8:15-9:30 pm in The Vancouver Institute Lectures Tanya Luhrmann Dr. Luhrmann is the…
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March 18, 2016
UBC Centennial Session: Hewitt Bostock Lecture at Green College
Please note that this event is currently full. To see if space has become available, please email gc.events@ubc.ca.We will be livestreaming the event. Click here to start the livestream at 1:30 PDT.Friday, March 18, 20161:30-2:30 pm, Great Hall, Graham HouseHewitt Bostock LectureJustice Murray…
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March 17, 2016
Invisible Others: How the Same God is Known Differently in Ghana, India and the US
Tanya Luhrmann, Watkins University Professor, Anthropology, Stanford UniversityCoach House, Green College, UBC Thursday, March 17, 5-6:30 pm, reception to followin the seriesCecil H. and Ida Green Visiting Professor Tanya Marie Luhrmann is the Watkins University Professor in the…
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March 16, 2016
The Rise and Fall of Urban Economies: Lessons From San Franciso and Los Angeles
Michael Storper, Urban Planning, The University Of California, Los Angeles Coach House, Green College, UBC Wednesday, March 16, 5-6:30 pm in the series The Next Urban Planet: Rethinking the City in Time Today, the Bay Area is home to the most successful knowledge…
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March 15, 2016
The Only Woman in the Room: Tales of a Female Ecologist
Judith Myers, Zoology, UBC Coach House, Green College, UBC Tuesday, March 15, 5-6:30 pm, reception to follow in the series Senior Scholars' Series: The Passions that Drive Academic Life In the 1960s ecology was a relatively new field and, like most sciences,…
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March 14, 2016
Whose Place is it Anyway? The City From Above and Within
David Gill, Community and Regional Planning; Idaliya Grigoryeva, Geography; Adam Yang, Sociology Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, March 14, 8-9 pm in the series Green College Resident Members' Series What makes up the urban spaces of everyday life? While…