Minghui Yu
Chung Collection
UBC Library is proud to unveil a documentary film and a book looking at the fascinating stories behind the Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection – a designated national treasure that was donated to the Library in 1999. Pieces from the Chung Collection is currently available to view in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre’s foyer.
Walid Bitar, Basma Kavanagh, and Missy Marston
Join us on Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 7pm UBC Bookstore at Robson Square for readings by dramatic monologues artist Walid Bitar (Divide and Rule), the engaging Basma Kavanagh (Distillō) and the “weird and funny” Missy Marston (The Love Monster). Admission is free and books will be available for purchase and signing.
Anabel Quan-Haase – Serendipity Models: How We Encounter Information and People in Digital Environments
February 27, 2012, 12.00PM-1.00PM, Lillooet Room, Room 301, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
When Experts Disagree: The Art of Medical Decision Making
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the Vancouver Institute Lecture Series. Dr. Jerome Groopman is the Dina and Raphael Recanati Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Chief of Experimental Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and one of the world’s leading researchers in cancer and AIDS. He […]
Life at the Intersection: A Conversation with Dr. Carl James
Dodson Room, February 8th, 2013 | 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Anatoliy Gruzd – Automated Discovery and Visualization of Communication Networks from Social Media
February 5, 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m in Room 461, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
Natalie Zemon Davis – Dealing with Strangeness: Language and Information Flow in an 18th Century Slave Society
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. This lecture describes the language and practices of translation among slaves and masters in the plantation society of 18th century Suriname. Slaves from different parts of western Africa created a creole language to talk to each other. Two dictionaries were produced of that language through collaboration […]
Arianto Patunru and Zakir Machmud – Poverty and Globalization in Indonesia
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by Green College. The costs and benefits of globalization have long been a major debate in the literature of development economics. Arianto Patunru and Zakir Machmud argue that it is important to understand the link between globalization and poverty for the case of developing […]
Update: Robson Reading Series
For more than 10 years, the Robson Reading Series has helped the University share knowledge and engage communities at UBC and beyond. The series featured seasoned and debut writers reading from their works in various genres, and gave them a platform to discuss their works with the audience in a warm and welcoming environment – […]
אורים ותמים : Lux et Veritas presented by Uryel Cho
January 24th to February 20th, 2013
Exhibit opening Saturday, January 26, 2013 from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm in the Chilcotin Room (Room 256) and is free and open to the public.