IKBLC Webcast of Don Page's Black Hole Information Loss: Hawking's Greatest Mistake?
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.
Douglas Coupland speaks at the Learning Centre for Media Studies conference
The upcoming Media Transatlantic conference, which focuses on the topic of media studies, runs from Thursday, April 8 – Saturday, April 10 at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Registration is required for the conference, but all are welcome to attend the keynote address by B.C. writer and artist Douglas Coupland, which takes place at […]
Colourism Exhibition at IKBLC Gallery, April 1 to April 30, 2010
By exploring the diversity of shades and hues, the photographers attempt to express the vitality of COLOURS that saturate our life.
“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.