In 2008, British Columbia celebrated the founding of the Crown Colony of British Columbia and 150 years of cultural diversity, community and achievement. As a celebration of this milestone, Jean Barman’s British Columbia: Spirit of the People captures the rich selection of archival images depicting the province’s past paired with iconic and stunning colour photographs capturing the diversity of the modern landscape.
Jean Barman is the author of ten previous books, including the bestseller The Remarkable Adventures of Portuguese Joe Silvey and winner of the 2006 City of Vancouver Book Prize, Stanley Park’s Secret. Barman’s longtime, impassioned pursuit to understand and uncover the history of British Columbia has earned her a position as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, among other honours.
Jean Barman read at the Lillooet Room of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre on November 26th, 2009, 2:00PM.
Come and watch a screening of the film Murderball, which features the intense rivalry of the Canadian and American quad rugby teams between the 2002 World Championships in Sweden and the 2004 Paralympics in Athens. Featured speaker include Ian Chan, an Olympic Wheelchair Rugby player who appears in the film and Duncan Campbell, the “father†of the sport. Both will be available to answer questions in the post-screening Q&A session. For more information, see these reviews of Murderball or this brief backgrounder on Ian Chan and Duncan Campbell.
When: November 23, 2009, 6:00pm with Q&A at 8:00pm
Where: Lillooet Room 301, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.
As part of Green College’s Human Evolution, Cognition and Culture Series,’ one of the major findings in the behavioral and social sciences is the discovery that a small set of basic emotions have distinct, universally recognized, nonverbal expressions. This finding promoted widespread acceptance of Darwins (1872) claim that emotions are an evolved part of human nature, but also diverted attention away from emotions assumed to lack universal expressions, such as the unique class of self-conscious emotions. However, recent research suggests that at least one self-conscious emotion — pride — may fit within the Darwinian framework. Tracy will present a series of studies demonstrating that pride has a distinct nonverbal expression which is reliably and cross-culturally recognized by adults and children, through an automatic cognitive process, and may be an evolved — and certainly a fundamental — part of human nature. Webcast sponsored by Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. (Power Point presentation available here: http://tiny.cc/ikblc340)
Select Articles Available at UBC Library
Tracy, J. L. (2014). An evolutionary approach to understanding distinct emotions. Emotion Review, 6(4), 308-312. doi:10.1177/1754073914534478. [Link]
Tracy, J. L., & Robins, R. W. (2008). The automaticity of emotion recognition. Emotion, 8(1), 81-95. doi:10.1037/1528-3542.8.1.81. [Link]
Prehn, C., & Tracy, J. (2012). Arrogant or self-confident? the use of contextual knowledge to differentiate hubristic and authentic pride from a single nonverbal expression. Cognition & Emotion, 26(1), 14-24. doi:10.1080/02699931.2011.561298. [Link]
Beall, A., & Tracy, J. L. (2015). The puzzling attractiveness of male shame. Evolutionary Psychology : An International Journal of Evolutionary Approaches to Psychology and Behavior, 13(1), 29-47. [Link]
Tracy, J. L., & Matsumoto, D. (2008). The spontaneous expression of pride and shame: Evidence for biologically innate nonverbal displays. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105(33), 11655-11660. doi:10.1073/pnas.0802686105. [Link]
Come and take part in this timely discussion about the Olympics and its effect on our freedom of speech. Expert speakers include:
Daniel W. Burnett, UBC Graduate School of Journalism professor, media law expert;
Margot Young, UBC Law, constitutional law expert, and coauthor of “Poverty: Human Rights, Social Citizenship and Legal Activismâ€.
Robert Diab, UBC Law / Capilano University professor and author of Guanta´namo north: terrorism and the administration of justice in Canada, nominated for a 2009 Ryga award.
When: November 19 2009, 5:30PM.
Where: Dodson Room 302, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.
A timely discussion about the Olympics and its effect on our freedom of speech. Expert speakers include: Daniel W. Burnett, UBC Graduate School of Journalism professor, media law expert; Margot Young, UBC Law, constitutional law expert, and coauthor of Poverty: Human Rights, Social Citizenship and Legal Activism. Robert Diab, UBC Law / Capilano University professor. Webcast sponsored by Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.
Select Articles and Books Available at UBC Library
Burnett, D. F., & Making of Modern Law EBook Collection. (1917). Cases on the law of private corporations. Boston: Little, Brown. [Link]
Young, M. (2013). Social justice and the charter: Comparison and choice. Osgoode Hall Law Journal, 50(3), 669. [Link]
Young, M. (2007). Poverty: Rights, social citizenship, and legal activism. Vancouver: UBC Press. [Link]
Young, M. (2009). Rights, the homeless, and social change: Reflections on Victoria. BC Studies, 164, 103. [Link]
As part of Green Colleges The Olympic Games in Myth and Reality Series, The Myth of the Green Games addresses the environmental impacts of the Olympic industry, development of Olympic infrastructure, and Olympic corporate sponsors. The speakers will be focusing on a range of issues related to the 2010 Winter Olympic Games as well as the BC-related impacts of the Alberta Oil Sands projects (funded by Olympic partners including the Royal Bank of Canada). Topics include: the nature and impacts of environmental racism, corporate sponsors, non-governmental organizations, “greenwashing” and the marketing of “green” non-sustainable projects, regional resistance to these megaprojects, and community-based alternatives. Webcast sponsored by Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.
Relevant Books and Articles at UBC Library
British Columbia Government EBook Collection, Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority, & Vancouver 2010 Bid Corporation. (2002). 2010 winter Olympic bid: Conceptual greater Vancouver public transport strategy. Vancouver: Translink. [Link]
British Columbia. Ministry of Economic Development, & British Columbia Government EBook Collection. (2006). British Columbia’s preparations for 2010 winter Olympics. Victoria, B.C: Ministry of Economic Development. [Link]
British Columbia. Office of the Auditor General, & British Columbia Government EBook Collection. (2006). The 2010 Olympic and Paralympic winter games: A review of estimates related to the province’s commitments. Victoria, B.C: Office of the Auditor General. [Link]
Littlefield, D. (2010). Winter Olympic buildings, Vancouver 2010. Architectural Design, 80(2), 114-117. doi:10.1002/ad.1054 [Link]
Anthony Pagdens research has concentrated on the relationship between the peoples of Europe and its overseas settlements and those of the non-European world from the Atlantic to the Pacific. He is primarily interested in the political theory of empire, in how the West sought to explain to itself how and why it had come to dominate so much of the world, and in the present consequences of the erosion of that domination. His research has led to an interest in the formation of the modern concept of Europe and most recently in the roots of the conflict between the West and the (predominantly Muslim) East. Webcast sponsored by Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.
Select Articles and Books Available at UBC Library
Pagden, A. (2001). Peoples and empires. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
Pagden, A. (2002). The idea of Europe: From antiquity to the European union. Cambridge; New York: Woodrow Wilson Center press and Cambridge University Press. [Link]
Pagden, A. (2012). Comment: Empire and its anxieties. The American Historical Review, 117(1), 141-148. doi:10.1086/ahr.117.1.141. [Link]
Pagden, A. (2000). Facing each other: The world’s perception of Europe and Europe’s perception of the world. Aldershot, Hampshire, Great Britain; Burlington, Vt., USA: Ashgate/Variorum.
Philosopher, novelist, playwright and composer, Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712 – 1778) became a leading figure of the Enlightenment as one of its sharpest critics. His Discourse on the Origin and the Foundations of Inequality Among Men (1755)—a trenchant analysis of the political, moral and psychological hazards of civil society, and of the alienation of the modern self captivated Rousseau’s contemporaries, and remains compelling to this day.
Come join us as Killam Teaching Prize-winner Brandon Konoval explores the insights and paradoxes of this fascinating and challenging text.
November 23, 2009, 10:00am-12:00pm
The Victoria Learning Theatre (Room 182) at Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
Come join us as Killam Teaching Prize-winner Robert Crawford presents “Upstart Crew: Mutinous Winds in Shakespeare’s Tempest”, an Arts One public lecture. Shakespeare’s final, richly allegorical play has been subjected to widely differing interpretation. But two readings persist: 1. it is a thinly disguised commentary on, and farewell to, the stage; 2. it is an early foray into colonial studies that either supports the projects of empire-building and slavery, or remains noncommittal about these evils. This lecture argues that neither interpretation comes close to capturing the almost wholly political interests of the play, concerns that are focused more on England than the “New World” and border on sedition.
Shakespeare disguises these dangerous interests in an subtle allegory hinging on an established linkage between seamanship and rulership, and in the seemingly minor characters of boatswain, master, and ship’s crew. Dominant readings aside, this play has as much to do with statecraft as stagecraft.
November 16, 2009, 12:00-2:00pm – The Victoria Learning Theatre (Room 182) at Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
You are invited to view a Mediasite presentation entitled: Variations in Reading Behaviours: What Makes a Difference? This is a live webcast presented by UBC’s School of Library, Archival and Information Studies.
Prof. Carol Tenopir from the University of Tennessee will present her decades-long research on reading patterns in academic libraries. She will discuss the implications of a higher incidence of read articles but a decreased amount of time spent on actual individual readings.
Come and watch a screening of the film 