Minghui Yu
Lung Ying-tai – Big River, Big Sea – Untold Stories of 1949 (Chinese Lecture)
Lung Ying-Tai, Celebrated writer, literary critic and public intellectual of contemporary Taiwan. Her works also have great influence in the Chinese language world in Hong Kong, China, and North America. Lung Ying-tais most recent work is Big River, Big Sea: Untold Stories of 1949, published to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the founding of […]
Taiwanese Author Lung Ying-tai at IKBLC (Posted October 15)
“Why 1949?” (in Chinese) Saturday, October 17, 2:00 – 4:00 pm Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, 6265 Crescent Road, University of British Columbia (Parking available at the Rose Garden Parkade, 6278 SW Marine Drive; additional parking available at the Fraser River Parkade, 1913 West Mall opposite the Asian Centre) Reception: immediately follows the talk, […]
Insight newsletter – Fall 2009 (posted October 16)
The Fall 2009 issue of Insight, UBC Library’s newsletter for faculty, is now available. Read about digitization, the First International Open Access Week, UBC Library Vault, collections developments, the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and more. You can view the issue here: Insight – Fall 2009
UBC and Open Access Week in e-Strategy (posted October 16)
UBC’s participation in the First International Open Access Week, which takes place on campus from October 20 to October 22, is highlighted in the latest issue of e-Strategy, the newsletter from UBC IT. Open access (OA) is about access to information and knowledge for all. It is a growing international movement that encourages the unrestricted […]
IKBLC Welcomes Author Patti Gully (Posted Oct 15, 2009)
Patti Gully – October 22, 2009, 2:00pm – 3:00pm In the late 1930s, as the world moved closer to war, three vivacious females defied gender perceptions by becoming pilots. Driven by a fierce independent spirit, they realized their dream of flying, completed barnstorming goodwill missions across the Western Hemisphere, and captured the imagination of all […]
UBC Library/City of Vancouver Archives site featured in the Vancouver Observer (posted October 14)
The Chinese Experience in British Columbia, a new website that offers a fascinating look at a century of local Chinese-Canadian heritage, is featured in the Vancouver Observer. The site, which features digitized holdings from the Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection at UBC, and the Yip family and Yip Sang Company collection at […]
Drugs in the Olympics
October 14, 2009, 7:00 – 9:00pm
John Hoberman – Drugs in the Olympics
Dr. Hoberman is a European cultural and intellectual historian and has done extensive research on sports doping and the intersection of sports, politics, science, public opinion and the Olympics. He has taught courses on sport and politics at Harvard University, the University of Chicago, and The University of Texas at Austin. This talk was held […]
Cantonese Music: Where East meets West
October – December, 2009
Daniel Schachter – Constructive memory: Remembering The Past to Imagining The Future
As part of UBC Psychologys 5th Annual Quinn Memorial Lecture (QML), held on Friday, 9 October 2009, from 4:30 – 5:30 pm. The title of this lecture is “Constructive memory: Remembering the past to imagine the future. ” Daniel L. Schachter is Kenan Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. Schachter is a renowned researcher whose […]