The Wild Ride: In and Out of Years and Over a Century of Picturebooks
The Wild Ride: In and Out of Years and Over a Century of Picturebooks is a chronological look at the evolution of the picturebook, one of the important literary art forms to emerge from the 20th Century. This exhibit is on display in IKBLC on the Level 2 foyer from March 4 through May 30, 2020.
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 10th Anniversary Exhibitions
Join us in looking back at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre’s past 10 years from August 27 through October 30, 2018 in the IKBLC Level 2 foyer and in Rare Books and Special Collections.
Double Exposure Japan-Canada: Missionary Photographs of Meiji-Taisho Japan
Take a rare glimpse into Japan in the 1890s-1920s through the photographs taken by a Canadian missionary, John Cooper Robinson. We can only begin to understand Cooper Robinson’s photographs by overlaying both Canadian and Japanese historical contexts and perspectives. Join our symposium led by art historians and historians who specialize in Japan and Canada, to […]
Vast Ocean, Vast Heaven: A multi-site exhibition at IKBLC, Asian Centre/Library, Rare Books & Special Collections
When: December 3, 2015 – January 31, 2016 | Where: Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (Level 2, Main Foyer art gallery), Rare Books and Special Collections (IKBLC level 1), and Asian Centre and Library. Exhibit is free and open to the public.
Pertaining to a structure: a conversation in six parts
On display on level 2 of the Irving k. Barber Learning Centre from November 2-30, 2015
Nitobe Memorial Garden: Concepts & Prospects symposium
January 9, Saturday 2016 | 10:30am-5:30pp | Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, (Rm. 301, Lillooet Room)
Spotlight on The Illustrated Alice
UBC Library is proud to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the publication of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland with a new exhibition featuring items from Rare Books and Special Collections’ Alice 100 collection.