History and Civilization
Natalie Zemon Davis – Dealing with Strangeness: Language and Information Flow in an 18th Century Slave Society
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. This lecture describes the language and practices of translation among slaves and masters in the plantation society of 18th century Suriname. Slaves from different parts of western Africa created a creole language to talk to each other. Two dictionaries were produced of that language through collaboration [...]
Robert Crawford – Upstart Crew: Mutinous Winds in Shakespeare’s Tempest
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by UBC Arts One. Shakespeare’s final, richly allegorical play has been subjected to widely differing interpretation. Shakespeare disguises these dangerous interests in a subtle allegory hinging on an established linkage between seamanship and rulership, and in the seemingly minor characters of boatswain, master, and [...]
R.J. Aquino- Asian Heritage Month National Conference
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. R.J. Aquino is a Vancouver speaker at the 2nd Annual Asian Heritage Month National Video Conference presented by VAHMS as part of explorASIAN 2012 in partnership with IKBLC and the Chinese Canadian Historical Society of BC. R.J. will be presenting on his experience with invigorating and [...]
Henry Yu – Asian Heritage Month National Symposium – Chinese Canadian Stories
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Dr. Henry Yu is a Vancouver speaker at the 2nd Annual Asian Heritage Month National Video Conference presented by VAHMS as part of explorASIAN 2012 in partnership with IKBLC and the Chinese Canadian Historical Society of BC. Dr. Henry Yu will be presenting his involvement and [...]
Joy Kogawa and Maggie Devries – An Evening with Acclaimed Canadian Authors Joy Kogawa and Maggie DeVries
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Sponsored by the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) and Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable. Joy Kogawa (Naomi’s Tree) and Maggie DeVries (Hunger Journeys and Chance and the Butterfly) will discuss the ways in which contemporary children’s literature can address the effects of social conflict in the world, and [...]
Tara Zahra – Saving the Children? Humanitarianism and Displaced Children in 20th Century Europe
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the UBC History Department Graduate Students Assocation. During the Second World War, an unprecedented number of families were torn apart. As the Nazi empire crumbled, millions roamed the continent in search of their loved ones. The Lost Children tells the story of these [...]
Leung Ping-kwan – Literary Adaptation and Cultural Negotiation in Hong Kong Cinema of the 1950s
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the department of Asian Studies. Professor Leung Ping-kwan 梁秉鈞 (pen name: Ye Si 也斯) is a highly prolific poet, novelist, cultural critic, and multimedia artist. Dr. Leung is Chair Professor of Comparative Literature, Lingnan University in Hong Kong. His recent research on the [...]
Susan Rowley – Museum of Anthropology (MOA) Curator Talk: Inuit Art
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Using examples from MOA’s collection, Curator of Archaeology and UBC Associate Professor Susan Rowley gives an illustrated talk about the creation of the Inuit art market. Dr. Rowley’s research interests are in public archaeology, Arctic archaeology, oral history, ethnohistory, and material culture. For more information, please [...]
Geoffrey Harpham and Kathleen Woodward – Humanities From Here
Geoffrey Harpham is president and director of the National Humanities Center in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, the only institute for advanced study in the world dedicated exclusively to the humanities. Kathleen Woodward is Professor of English at the University of Washington and has served as Director of the Simpson Center for the Humanities since [...]
St. John’s College Special Panel Discussion – “Implications of the Death of Osama Bin Laden”
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Hosted by St. John’s College. Moderated by St. Johns College Alumnus, Asad Kiyani, this panel features experts who will discuss the global implications of the recent death of Osama Bin Laden. This panel includes Dr. Jon Beasley-Murray (UBC French, Hispanic, and Italian Studies); Dr. Maxwell A. [...]
