Minghui Yu
Sandor Katz – The Art of Fermentation
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the UBC Reads Sustainability. The Art of Fermentation is the most comprehensive guide to do-it-yourself home fermentation ever published. Sandor Katz presents the concepts and processes behind fermentation in ways that are simple enough to guide a reader through their first experience making […]
"The Broken Destiny of Poetry" Film Screening
April 20, 2013, 1.00-4.00PM at the Lillooet Room (Rm 301) of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
Fred Wah – Standing in the Doorway – the Hyphen in Chinese-Canadian Poetry
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by Richmond Public Library as part of the “The Joy Of Reading: Chinese Literature Appreciation” lecture series. This talk focuses on living and writing between two cultures, Chinese and Canadian. Racial hybridity has informed most of Prof. Wah’s writing and that of many Chinese-Canadian […]
Paul Bloom – There Is Nothing Special About Religion
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by Green College. Most people believe in deities, immaterial souls, life after death, and the divine creation of humans and other animals. Research from developmental psychology (including the study of babies) and social psychology supports a minimalist theory of why we have such beliefs, which […]
Anabel Quan-Haase – Serendipity Models: How We Encounter Information and People in Digital Environments
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the School of Library, Archival, and Information Studies (SLAIS). Much of the research on how we encounter information tends to focus on linear models of intentional information search. Recently a number of studies and frameworks have suggested that not all information individuals encounter […]
Jim Silverman – California Fairy Tales: Gold Rush to Hollywood
Jim Silverman, children’s book historian, Wednesday, March 27th, 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
World Poetry Canada International Festival Presents Inspire Peace!
The Theme for the Third World Poetry Canada International Peace Festival is Inspire Peace! Special events run from April 4th to 30th.
Social-Biblio.ca: Meaning and Method Behind Public Library Micro-Blogging Practices
Dr. Mary F. Cavanagh on Thursday, March 21, 12-1 pm, Dodson Room (Rm 302), Irving K Barber Learning Centre
Barnor Hesse – Raceocracy: How the Racial Exception Proves the Racial Rule
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by Green College. Dr. Barnor Hesse. Associate Professor of African American Studies, Political Science and Sociology, Department of African American Studies, Northwestern University. ‘Raceocracy: How the racial state of exception proves the racial rule’. The talk is based on the forthcoming: ‘Creolizing the […]
UBC Photo Society Presents Click
March 1 to March 31 in the IKBLC Foyer and Ike’s Cafe