Events

Celebrating Canada – The Jewish Experience

This nine-panel Exhibition, prepared by volunteers and funded by private donations, presents a powerful sample of almost 250 years of contributions by the Canadian Jewish community to Canadian society – from Human Rights and Architecture to Sports and the Arts. Visit the Exhibition in the Irving K. Barber Learning Center Lobby, or view it online.

Nuxalk Radio: One Nation, Many Voices

Indigenous community radio is a powerful tool. In this exhibition, UBC museum anthropology students worked with Nuxalk Radio in their mission to “Broadcasting the Laws of the Lands and Waters.”
Nuxalk Radio expresses the many voices of the Nuxalk Nation. Through the airwaves and online, the Radio connects the Nuxalk people to each other and to other Indigenous communities. It inspires Nuxalk language learning and promotes the return to ancestral governance. It fosters community well-being now and in the future for those not yet born and asserts Indigenous rights.

The Dimensions of a Scholarly Publication

This presentation by Dr. Bonnie Mak explores how the materiality of scholarly publication affects the production and transmission of knowledge. By following a series of examples through the process of creation and dissemination, we will consider how unorthodox research is received by the academy, whether current institutional infrastructures are equipped to support such performances of scholarship, and who should bear the costs.

The Legend and Reality of Ancient Sparta – What the Movie 300 Didn’t Tell You

In Charlottesville, Berlin, Vienna and elsewhere today, right-wing nationalist demonstrators wearing t-shirts or carrying shields with Spartan logos claim ancient Sparta as a justification for their extreme attitudes. This session will explore the reality of ancient Spartan life that has been hidden for centuries behind a screen of propaganda and distortion.