“Beyond the Words” Swedish Artist Carl Kohler Exhibit (April 1 – August 31, 2010)
“Beyond the Words” Swedish Artist Carl Kohler Exhibit (May 1 – August 31, 2010)
Robson Reading Series Welcomes Lee Henderson at Vancouver Island Public Library
View Larger Map On April 1, 2010, 7-8pm author Lee Henderson will be reading in Courtenay, British Columbia’s Vancouver Island Public Library. Sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre’s Robson Reading Series, Lee will be reading from ‘The Man Game‘. On a recent Vancouver Sunday afternoon, a young man stumbles upon a secret sport […]
RBSC's Alice in Wonderland collection featured on CBC TV
UBC Library’s exceptional Alice in Wonderland collection, housed in Rare Books and Special Collections, is featured on CBC TV news. The reporter, Bob Nixon, features some thoughts and a video clip of the story here.
Jack Zipes' Utopian Tendencies of Oddly Modern Fairy Tales Webcast
Jack Zipes is one of the world’s leading authorities on fairy tales, writing about and translating them. An internationally renowned scholar and author of more than 50 books on many subjects, he has through his writings transformed research on fairy tales, particularly with respect to how they function in the socialization of readers.
Celebrate UBC Authors Presents Dr. Neil Safier at IKBLC
Come join us as Professor of History, Neil Safier presents from his book, Measuring the New World: Enlightenment Science and South America.
Robson Reading @ IKBLC Presents Lee Henderson, March 25, 2010
Thursday March 25th, 2010, 2:00-3:00pm Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Room 301 Point Grey Campus, 1961 East Mall
First Nations donation/exhibition featured in UBC Reports
An exhibition of First Nations portraits, on display during March 2010 at the Learning Centre Gallery, is featured in the latest edition of UBC Reports. B.C. artist Patricia Richardson Logie recently donated the portrait collection to UBC Library. You can view the article here.
The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Olympic Programming Presents "Quintathalon"
A free lunchtime concert featuring chamber ensembles from the
UBC School of Music Woodwind, Brass, and Percussion Division
Monday, March 8, 2010 at Noon
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 […]
Display on Pang Jingtang Collection at IKBLC Gallery, March 2-30, 2010
Important historical materials, the works of Pang Jingtang provides important reference resources for the research and study of contemporary Chinese history.