Events at: Boardroom, Liu Institute for Global Issues

Liu Case RoomPublic Talk and Workshop with Dr. Abraham Acosta

The Liu Institute’s Latin America and the Global Network is hosting Dr. Abraham Acosta for a public talk and a workshop. Dr. Acosta is the author of important book Thresholds of Illiteracy Theory, Latin America, and the Crisis of Resistance, published by Fordham University Press (2014). The public lecture open to the UBC community and the […]

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Democracy and Politics in the Andes after the Commodities Bonanza

Join us for a panel which analyses the difficult choices facing Andean leaders with the end of the commodities bonanza and looming economic austerity, and considers their implications for the survival of often precarious democracies. Friday, November 3 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Liu Institute for Global Issues – Boardroom RSVP here Refreshments included. Panelists: […]

Liu Institute West Mall entranceResearch on the edge: A talk by Professor Christina Clark-Kazak

Join us for “Research on the edge: Ethical and methodological questions of inter-disciplinary research with people in forced migration,” a lunch time talk by Professor Christina Clark-Kazak. Thursday, November 30th 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Boardroom (3rd floor), Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia We acknowledge that the UBC Point Grey campus is […]