Minghui Yu
Health Information Series with Larry Goldenberg on March 2, 2011
Presented by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and UBC Woodward Library
Michael Byers – African Leadership on International Human Rights Webcast Online
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the Africa Awareness Initiative.
Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi – Islam and the Contest of Faculties in Iran
Global Islam: Past, Present and Future is presented by UBC Continuing Studies, the Department of Asian Studies at UBC, the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and the Laurier Institution. It is part of UBC Continuing Studies’ Lifelong Learning Series. Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi is Professor of History and Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations at the University of […]
Dave Montgomery – Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations
Author David Montgomery has discovered that the three-foot-deep skin of our planet is slowly being eroded away, with potentially devastating results. In this engaging lecture, Montgomery draws from his book ‘Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations’ to trace the role of soil use and abuse in the history of societies, and discuss how the rise of […]
Trevor Pinch – Listening and Participating in AcidPlanet: A study of An Online Music Site
Trevor Pinch is Professor of Science and Technology Studies and Professor of Sociology at Cornell University. Pinch has a degree in Physics from the Imperial College London and a PhD in Sociology from the University of Bath. He taught sociology at the University of York before moving to the USA. Together with Wiebe Bijker, he […]
"Eddigton, Ryle, and Hoyle: How a Major 20th Century Discovery was lost in Confusion and Noise" Webcast Available
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the Physics and Astronomy Department.
Andrew Goudie – Drivers of environmental change: the case of the drylands
This webcast is sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by St. John’s College. Andrew Goudie was Professor of Geography and a Fellow of Hertford College from 1984 to 2003. A distinguished physical geographer, he was awarded the DSc by the University in 2002, a Royal Medal from the Royal Geographical Society […]
Michael Byers – African Leadership on International Human Rights
Dr. Byers’ work focuses on the interaction of international law and politics, particularly with respect to human rights, international organizations, the use of military force, the Arctic, and Canada-United States relations. He has published six books, dozens of academic papers and more than 100 op-ed articles in international newspapers, the Globe and Mail, National Post, […]
Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi – Africa and Global Leadership
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the Africa Awareness Initiative. Geraldine Fraser Moleketi is a South African Politician. Former Minister of Public Service and Administration (1999 – 2008). Former member of the ANC National Executive Committee of the (2007). Following the resignation of President Thabo Mbeki in September 2008, […]
Joan Chiao – Cultural Neuroscience: Bridging Cultural and Biological Sciences
<a href=”http://webcasts.ikebarberlearningcentre.ubc.ca/sites/default/files/captions(101).sbv”>captions(101).sbv</a> The study of culture and biology has long stood stratified within the social and natural sciences, a gap that physicist C.P. Snow (1959) famously called “the two cultures.” To examine the bidirectional influence of culture and genes on brain and behavior, cultural neuroscience is an emerging, interdisciplinary science examining how cultural values, practices, […]