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Daniel Burnett, Margot Young and Robert Diab – The Olympics and Freedom of Speech
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. […]
Harjap Grewal – The Myth of the Green Games
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 […]
Anthony Pagden – Perpetual Enmity: Reflections on Two Millenia of Conflict between East and West
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 […]
Arts One and IKBLC Present Discourse on the Origin of Inequality by Rousseau
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 […]
Arts One and IKBLC Present Shakespeare's Tempest Lecture
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 […]
Presentation and webcast: Variations in Reading Behaviours
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 […]
Chapman Discussion Series Presents: The Olympics and Freedom of Speech
Chapman Discussion Series Presents: The Olympics and Freedom of Speech November 19, Dodson Room, 5:30PM Come and take part in a discussion about the Olympics and its effect on our freedom of speech. The topics will include copyright, protest zones, signage and new legislation etc. Speakers include: Daniel W. Burnett, UBC Graduate School of Journalism […]
Drippytown comics exhibit featured in The Ubyssey
Drippytown – a fascinating exhibit featuring the work of six local comic artists that is on display in Rare Books and Special Collections – is reviewed in The Ubyssey, UBC’s student newspaper. You can read the article here: http://ubyssey.ca/culture/?p=10845 Drippytown runs until January 31, 2010. Rare Books and Special Collections is located on level one […]
Remix! A Panel Discussion on Copyright and Intellectual Property for Writers
Remix! A Panel Discussion on Copyright and Intellectual Property for Writers Copyright and intellectual property are new areas of focus for writers and artists as their works are produced and reproduced in an age of digital technology. This has many serious implications: legal, artistic, publishing, just to name the few. In collaboration between the Creative […]
The Learning Centre Welcomes author Jean Barman as part of Robson Reading Series
In collaboration with the the UBC Bookstore, UBC Library, the International Canadian Studies Centre, Alumni Affairs, and Learning Exchange, the Learning Centre welcomes author Jean Barman’s reading of the British Columbia: Spirit of the People. In 2008, British Columbia celebrated the founding of the Crown Colony of British Columbia and 150 years of cultural diversity, […]