On November 19, 2024 at 5:00 pm PT, the UBC Department of History and the History Holocaust Education Committee are pleased to invite you to “Jewish History and Theresienstadt: How should we write a history of prisoner society?,” a 2024 Rudolf Vrba Memorial Lecture delivered by Dr. Anna Hájková (University of Warwick). Talk Abstract Where […]

The Whole Cloth Reading Series Joyelle McSweeney, poet Coach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamed Wednesday, November 20, 5-6:30 pm In this follow-up to her award-winning collection, Toxicon and Arachne, Joyelle McSweeney proposes a link between style and survival, even in the gravest of circumstances. Setting herself the task of writing a poem a day […]

CS Distinguished Lectures are free and open to everyone.  No registration is required. Location:  Fred Kaiser Building (2332 Main Mall), Room 2020/2030 Speaker:  Dr. Stefan Saroiu, Microsoft Research Title: Six Years of Rowhammer: Breakthroughs and Future Directions Abstract: This talk will present the work done over the past six years as part of Project STEMA […]

Disciplines Over Time: Making, Keeping and Breaking the Boundaries of Knowledge Co-organized with the UBC Emeritus College Richard Johnston, Professor Emeritus of Political Science (and Canada Research Chair in Public Opinion, Elections, and Representation); Afsoun Asahi, Assistant Professor of Political Science; and Henrik Jacobsen, Society Member of Green College and PhD Candidate, Political Science Coach […]