What It Means To Be “American” – Heather Cox Richardson

10 April 2025 6:30 pm

Venue: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
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Join Heather Cox Richardson as she draws from a deep well of historical knowledge to contextualize the current threats to American democracy.

The Tamil Question in Post-Crisis Sri Lanka

28 April 2025 10:00 am

Venue: Virtual (Zoom)
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Join us for a critical conversation on Tamil self-determination, Sinhala-Buddhist nationalism, and Sri Lanka’s shifting political landscape.

The Liu Lobby Gallery: Weaving Belonging

01 May 2025 9:00 am - 11 July 2025 6:00 pm

Venue: Lobby Gallery, Liu Institute for Global Issues
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The Liu Lobby Gallery invites you to the latest exhibition in the series Roots and Reflections: On Personal and Collective Identity. Weaving Belonging: Stories from Unceded Territories features artwork by Aaniya Asrani co-created in conversation with Antje Ellermann, Chief Janice George, Elmir lsmayilov, Gloria Tsui, Sussan Yanez, Valentina Voloshko and Willard ‘Buddy’ Joseph. Visit the […]

POSTPONED Ingat: A Transnational Palimpsest of Creative Writing

10 May 2025 6:00 pm

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The UBC Centre for Southeast Asian Research is proud to sponsor this transnational community event, taking place at the UBC Learning Exchange in the Downtown Eastside

Have People Stopped Listening to Expertise?

15 July 2025 12:30 pm

Venue: Room 120, C.K. Choi Building
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This talk by CSDI presents key results from the comparative, mixed-methods research project ‘REACTOR’, using collected data to study what makes lay citizens accept, resist or ignore expertise