Past events
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September 26, 2015
Copy of The Gold Eaters
Ronald Wright, Novelist, historian and essayist Woodward Instructional Resource Centre Lecture Hall 2, UBC Saturday, September 26, 8:15-9:30 pm in The Vancouver Institute Lectures Ronald Wright Novelist and historian Ronald Wright is the award-winning…
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September 26, 2015
The Gold Eaters
Ronald Wright, Novelist, historian and essayist Woodward Instructional Resource Centre Lecture Hall 2, UBC Saturday, September 26, 8:15-9:30 pm in The Vancouver Institute Lectures Ronald Wright Novelist and historian Ronald Wright is the award-winning…
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September 24, 2015
Space-Time, Death-Resurrection, and the Russian Revolution
Alexei Kojevnikov, History, UBC Coach House, Green College, UBC Thursday, September 24, 5-6:30 pm in the series Eurasian States and Societies: Past and Present The Russian public experienced extraordinary excitement and trauma…
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September 22, 2015
Feeding the World without Destroying the Planet
This talk is presented alongside GC Leading Scholar Jiaying Zhao’s own talk, “Promoting Behavioural Sustainability,” as a back-to-back conversation across disciplines. For more information on the other talk being given, please click here. Navin…
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September 22, 2015
Promoting Behavioral Sustainability
This talk is presented alongside GC Leading Scholar Navin Ramankutty’s own talk, “Feeding the World without Destroying the Planet,” as a back-to-back conversation across disciplines. For more information on the other talk being given, please click here. …
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September 21, 2015
(Re)Presentations of Space
Dan Carney, Physics; Victor Ngo, Community and Regional Planning; Nicole Tischler, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, September 21, 8-9 pm in the series Green College Resident Members' Series …
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September 21, 2015
Poetry Launch
Philip Resnick, Political Science, UBC Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, September 21, 5-6:30 pm, reception to follow Philip Resnick, Professor Emeritus in Political Science, will launch his new poetry book Footsteps of the Past …
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September 16, 2015
Understanding Ancient Cities: A View from Bronze Age Cyprus
Kevin Fisher, Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies, UBC Coach House, Green College, UBC Wednesday, September 16, 5-6:30 pm in the series The Next Urban Planet: Rethinking the City in Time Since the excavations of Ur,…
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September 15, 2015
Reflecting on the Pleasures and Perils of Three Decades Researching Indigenous Topics as a Non-Indigenous Person
Jean Barman, Education, UBC Coach House, Green College, UBC Tuesday, September 15, 5-6:30 pm, reception to follow in the series Senior Scholars' Series: The Passions that Drive Academic Life When Jean Barman first wrote on an…
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September 14, 2015
Metal Making in the 21st Century
Arthur Després, Materials Engineering Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, September 14, 8-9 pm in the series Green College Resident Members' Series Is it still worth it to work on metals? Yes. After being considered…