Minghui Yu
Florence Hsia, Jorge Flores and Nicholas Dew – Moving Knowledge Across Early Modern Frontiers
Global Encounters Initiative Symposium webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Hosted by St. Johns College, Moving Knowledge Across Early Modern Frontiers panel includes: (a) Jorge Flores (History, Brown) – Adams Peak (b) Florence Hsia (History of Science, Wisconsin) – Collection of Chinese works in manuscript, c.1716 (c) Nicholas Dew (History, McGill) – […]
Giancarlo Casale, Hussein Fancy and Natalie Rothman – Crossings in the Early Modern Ottoman and Iberian Worlds
Global Encounters Initiative Symposium webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Hosted by St. Johns College, Crossings in the Early Modern Ottoman and Iberian Worlds panel includes: (a) Hussein Fancy (History, Michigan) – Muslim Crusader (b) Natalie Rothman (History, Toronto) – Venetian-Ottoman Miniature Album (c) Giancarlo Casale (History, Minnesota) – Ottoman World Map […]
Jonathan Lamb – The Things Things Say: On the Metamorphosis of Captain Cook
Global Encounters Initiative Symposium webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Hosted by the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, The Jonathan Lamb (English, Vanderbilt University) presents Things Things Say: On the Metamorphosis of Captain Cook. Introduced by Jennifer Spear (History, SFU). Select Articles and Books Available at UBC Library Lamb, J. (2011). […]
Sanjay Subrahmanyam – Keynote Address – Courtly Encounters in Early Modern Eurasia
Global Encounters Initiative Symposium webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Hosted by St. Johns College, Sanjay Subrahmanyam (History, UCLA) and introduced by Luke Clossey (History, SFU). Sanjay Subrahmanyam, Professor and holder of the Navin and Pratima Doshi Chair of Indian History, joined UCLA in 2004. From 1983 to 1995, with brief interruptions, […]
Shaunee Casavant – Backstory: Nuuchaanulth Ceremonial Curtains and the Work of Ki-ke-in
(Global Encounters Initiative Symposium webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre). Hosted by the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Shaunee Casavant (Chief Councillor, Hupacasath Nation) presents Backstory: Nuuchaanulth Ceremonial Curtains and the Work of Ki-ke-in. Shaunee Casavant talks about the many roles of her thliitsapilthim in domestic and ceremonial life. Commentator: Charlotte […]
Nika Collison, Shaunee Casavant, Sheryl Lightfoot and Tirso Gonzales – Global Indigeneities: Views from Near and Far
Global Encounters Initiative Symposium webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Welcome by Linc Kesler (Director, First Nations Studies Program, UBC) and Elder Larry Grant (Musqueam Nation). Introduction by Neil Safier (History, UBC), Principal Investigator of the Global Encounters Initiative. Global Indigeneities Views from Near and Far panel includes: (a) Naasḳuu-isaḳs, Shaunee Casavant […]
Sandra Singh – The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre: How Did We Get Here and Where Are We Going?
Presented by the School of Library, Archival, and Information Studies (SLAIS) Colloquium Series, The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, which is part of the UBC Library system, has an intriguing and ambitious mission relating to its physical geography and that of the province of BC. As part of a vast campus community, the Learning Centre […]
Itineraries of Exchange: Cultural Contact in a Global Frame
How do societies change in response to contact with other cultures? And what roles do objects play in mediating these connections over time and place? This two-and-a-half-day symposium – held March 4 through March 6 at the UBC Vancouver campus – brings together anthropologists, geographers, historians, Indigenous artists and activists, and literary scholars whose research focuses on cross-cultural encounters […]
Pang Jingtang
March 2010