Sanjay Subrahmanyam - Keynote Address - Courtly Encounters in Early Modern Eurasia

Sanjay Subrahmanyam – Keynote Address – Courtly Encounters in Early Modern Eurasia

March 5, 2010

Global Encounters Initiative Symposium webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Hosted by St. Johns College, Sanjay Subrahmanyam (History, UCLA) and introduced by Luke Clossey (History, SFU). Sanjay Subrahmanyam, Professor and holder of the Navin and Pratima Doshi Chair of Indian History, joined UCLA in 2004. From 1983 to 1995, with brief interruptions, he taught economic history and comparative economic development at the Delhi School of Economics, where he was named Professor of Economic History (1993-95). In the course of the 1990s, Subrahmanyams work has embraced new sources and archives, both Asian and European. This accompanied his move to Paris as Directeur détudes in the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, where he taught from 1995 to 2002. Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (IKBLC).

 

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Subrahmanyam, S. (2005). From the tagus to the ganges. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

Subrahmanyam, S. (1994). Money and the market in India, 1100-1700. New York; Delhi: Oxford University Press.

Subrahmanyam, S. (1996). Merchant networks in the early modern world. Aldershot, Great Britain; Brookfield, Vt., USA: Variorum.

Subrahmanyam, S. (2001). Penumbral visions: Making polities in early modern South India. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

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South Asian Studies

History

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Jonathan Lamb – The Things Things Say: On the Metamorphosis of Captain Cook

March 5, 2010

Global Encounters Initiative Symposium webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Hosted by the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, The Jonathan Lamb (English, Vanderbilt University) presents Things Things Say: On the Metamorphosis of Captain Cook. Introduced by Jennifer Spear (History, SFU).

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Lamb, J. (2011). The things things say. Princeton [N.J.]: Princeton University Press.

Lamb, J. (2001). Preserving the self in the south seas, 1680-1840. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Lamb, J., & MyiLibrary. (1995). The rhetoric of suffering: Reading the book of job in the eighteenth century. Oxford; New York: Clarendon Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198182641.001.0001

Lamb, J. (2011). Imagination, conjecture, and disorder. Eighteenth-Century Studies, 45(1), 53. [Link]

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English

History

 

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Jessica Stern and Neil Whitehead – American Encounters in a Global Context

March 5, 2010

Global Encounters Initiative Symposium webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Hosted by St. Johns College, American Encounters in a Global Context panel includes:

(a) Jessica Stern (History, California State University, Fullerton) – Godalming Kerseys

Amerindian Barbecue

(b) Neil Whitehead (Anthropology, Wisconsin) – Cannibal Bodies
(c) Commentator: Gaston Gordillo (Anthropology, UBC)

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Stern, J. (1999). The ultimate terrorists. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Stern, J. (2003). Terror in the name of god: Why religious militants kill. New York: Ecco.

Stern, J. R. (2011). A key into the bloudy tenent of persecution: Roger Williams, the pequot war, and the origins of toleration in america. Early American Studies, 9(3), 576-616. [Link]

Stern, J. (2014). Response to marc sageman’s “the stagnation in terrorism research”. Terrorism and Political Violence, 26(4), 607-613. doi:10.1080/09546553.2014.895654. [Link]

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History

 

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Florence Hsia, Jorge Flores and Nicholas Dew – Moving Knowledge Across Early Modern Frontiers

March 5, 2010

Global Encounters Initiative Symposium webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Hosted by St. Johns College, Moving Knowledge Across Early Modern Frontiers panel includes:

(a) Jorge Flores (History, Brown) – Adams Peak
(b) Florence Hsia (History of Science, Wisconsin) – Collection of Chinese works in manuscript, c.1716
(c) Nicholas Dew (History, McGill) – The Oriental Library
(d) Commentator: Benjamin Schmidt (History, Washington)

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Hsia, F. C. (2009). Sojourners in a strange land: Jesuits and their scientific missions in late imperial China. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. [Link]

Hsia, F. (2008). Chinese astronomy for the early modern European reader. Early Science and Medicine, 13(5), 417-450. doi:10.1163/157338208X345731. [Link]

Flores, J. M., & Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. (2007). Re-exploring the links: History and constructed histories between portugal and sri lanka. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.

Dew, N. (2009). Orientalism in Louis XIV’s France. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press.

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History

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Giancarlo Casale, Hussein Fancy and Natalie Rothman – Crossings in the Early Modern Ottoman and Iberian Worlds

March 5, 2010

Global Encounters Initiative Symposium webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Hosted by St. Johns College, Crossings in the Early Modern Ottoman and Iberian Worlds panel includes:

(a) Hussein Fancy (History, Michigan) – Muslim Crusader
(b) Natalie Rothman (History, Toronto) – Venetian-Ottoman Miniature Album
(c) Giancarlo Casale (History, Minnesota) – Ottoman World Map
(d) Commentator: Bronwen Wilson (History of Art, UBC)

 

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Casale, G., & ACLS Humanities E-Book. (2010). The ottoman age of exploration. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195377828.001.0001. [Link]

Casale, G. (2007). Global politics in the 1580s: One canal, twenty thousand cannibals, and an ottoman plot to rule the world. Journal of World History, 18(3), 267-296. doi:10.1353/jwh.2007.0020. [Link]

Rothman, E. N., & Ebrary Academic Complete (Canada) Subscription Collection. (2012). Brokering empire: Trans-imperial subjects between Venice and Istanbul. Ithaca, N.Y: Cornell University Press. [Link]

Fancy, H. (2013). Theologies of violence: The recruitment of Muslim soldiers by the crown of Aragon. Past & Present, 221, 39-73. doi:10.1093/pastj/gtt022. [Link]

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History

Persian Studies

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Shaunee Casavant – Backstory: Nuuchaanulth Ceremonial Curtains and the Work of Ki-ke-in

March 4, 2010

(Global Encounters Initiative Symposium webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre). Hosted by the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Shaunee Casavant (Chief Councillor, Hupacasath Nation) presents Backstory: Nuuchaanulth Ceremonial Curtains and the Work of Ki-ke-in. Shaunee Casavant talks about the many roles of her thliitsapilthim in domestic and ceremonial life. Commentator: Charlotte Townsend-Gault (Art History, UBC), Exhibition Curator.

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Green, D. N. (2014). Producing materials, places and identities: A study of encounters in the Alberni valley.

Anderson, E. N. (2014). Native art of the northwest coast: A history of changing ideas. Middletown: American Library Association CHOICE. [Link]

Arnold, G., Gagnon, M., Jensen, D., & Vancouver Art Gallery. (1996). Topographies: Aspects of recent B.C. art. Vancouver, B.C: Vancouver Art Gallery.

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Art History

First Nations Art

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Nika Collison, Shaunee Casavant, Sheryl Lightfoot and Tirso Gonzales – Global Indigeneities: Views from Near and Far

March 4, 2010

Global Encounters Initiative Symposium webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Welcome by Linc Kesler (Director, First Nations Studies Program, UBC) and Elder Larry Grant (Musqueam Nation). Introduction by Neil Safier (History, UBC), Principal Investigator of the Global Encounters Initiative.

Global Indigeneities Views from Near and Far panel includes:
(a) Naasḳuu-isaḳs, Shaunee Casavant (Chief Councillor, Hupacasath Nation) – Naasḳuu-isaḳs thliitsapilthim
(b) Nika Collison (Jisgung, Tsaahl Eagle Clan, Haida Gwaii) –
Bartered Skulls
(c) Tirso Gonzales (Indigenous Studies, UBC-Okanagan) – Andean Pacha and Mama Kawsay
(d) Sheryl Lightfoot (Political Science and First Nations Studies, UBC) – Declaration of Indigenous Rights
(e) Commentator: Coll Thrush (History, UBC)

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Lightfoot, S. (2012). Selective endorsement without intent to implement: Indigenous rights and the anglosphere. The International Journal of Human Rights, 16(1), 100-122. doi:10.1080/13642987.2012.622139. [Link]

Lightfoot, S. R. (2010). Emerging international indigenous rights norms and ‘over-compliance’ in New Zealand and Canada. Political Science, 62(1), 84-104. doi:10.1177/0032318710370584. [Link]

Lightfoot, S. R. (2008). Indigenous rights in international politics: The case of “overcompliant” liberal states. Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, 33(1), 83-104. doi:10.1177/030437540803300105. [Link]

Lightfoot, S. (2013). The international indigenous rights discourse and its demands for multilevel citizenship. (pp. 127-146). Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. doi:10.9783/9780812208184.127. [Link]

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Aboriginal Studies

Indigenous Studies

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Sandra Singh – The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre: How Did We Get Here and Where Are We Going?

March 3, 2010

Presented by the School of Library, Archival, and Information Studies (SLAIS) Colloquium Series, The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, which is part of the UBC Library system, has an intriguing and ambitious mission relating to its physical geography and that of the province of BC. As part of a vast campus community, the Learning Centre is charged with a mandate to support academic excellence by providing diverse learning and teaching supports as well as inspiring people spaces. Dedicated to the prosperity of the province and to integrating community into our work here on campus, we also look outward, searching for opportunities to connect and support connections between UBC and communities across BC. How does all this fit within the traditional role of the academic library? Does it or is the Learning Centre an entirely different entity with simply an administrative connection to the UBC Library? Join Learning Centre Director Sandra Singh as she discusses the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, its mission and activities, and its place on both the University campus generally and within the context of the UBC Library. Sandra Singh is Director of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.

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Telling the library’s story. (2006). Library Journal, 131(5), S42.

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Library, Archival, and Information Science

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Itineraries of Exchange: Cultural Contact in a Global Frame

March 1, 2010

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 and material exchange in a global context. Invited speakers will share works-in-progress and critically assess their own approaches toward the study of cultural exchange between peoples, places and things.

UBC Library is proud to support this event. Rare Books and Special Collections has worked with organizer Neil Safier of UBC’s Department of History on an accompanying digital collection, and the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre is an event sponsor.

For more information, please visit http://globalencounters.ubc.ca/symposium.

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Patricia Richardson Logie-Chronicles of Pride

March 1, 2010

Patricia Richardson Logie – Chronicles of Pride

Patricia Richardson Logie – Chronicles of Pride

Patricia Richardson Logie has been doing commission work in Vancouver – mostly in the area of portraiture – for the last forty years. Her work is representational, her technique is strong, vibrant, and with a great sense of life force, her brushwork is of the bravura school of painting. Between 1970 and 1983, Logie painted in London, England, where she attended Sir John Cass College and exhibited extensively during that time with The Cass Group, The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, The Society of Women Artists and The Pastel Society. During that time she also exhibited in Canada with the Federation of Canadian Artists and The Society of Women Artists in 1979. She also taught portraiture at the Federation and the University of British Columbia.

In 1983 Patricia turned her energies to Canada and started the series ‘Chronicles of Pride‘, consisting of thirty-one paintings, a truly Canadian project concerning the contributions being made to society by contemporary Indigenous peoples. Through various circumstances, she came to the belief that it was her responsibility as an artist to show Indigenous people in their true light. In 1990, a book was published, called Chronicles of Pride: A Journey of Discovery by Detselig Enterprises Ltd., and a teacher resource guide and a video that contains profiles of the portrait subjects accompanied the book. These resources are available at various UBC Library branches, including Xwi7xwa Library, the only Indigenous branch of a university library in Canada.

Chronicles of Pride is an awareness study dealing with the contributions to society by First Nations people. Portraits in this collection of 31 paintings has now been purchased by the National Portrait Gallery in Ottawa; the Squamish Nation and the Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria, BC.

To see more photos of this exhibition, please find here.

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