Events at: UBC Coach House, Green College

Rethinking Time in Indigenous Territories

RETHINKING TIME IN INDIGENOUS TERRITORIES: TRANSFORMATIVE EVENTS AND PERSONHOOD AMONG THE WAYUU OF COLOMBIA Weildler Guerra, Universidad de Los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia); Visiting Scholar, School of Social Work and Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice UBC Coach House, Green College, UBC Tuesday, November 27, 5-6:30 pm, with reception to follow in the series […]

Sacred Himalaya in the Anthropocene

Drawing from posthumanist, decolonial and Indigenous literature, this lecture considers the concept of the Anthropocene in relation to sacred Himalayan landscapes. Bringing questions raised by the species-thinking designation of the current epoch anchored in the West into discussions of Himalayan environments, the presentation opens pathways for co-production of knowledge without erasing marginalized voices. Pasang Yangjee […]

Global Economic Governance at a Crossroads: Is the Bretton Woods System Unravelling?

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the 1944 Bretton Woods conference, one of the most famous international economic meetings of all time. This lecture examines the innovations and legacies of the Bretton Woods conference in the context of current challenges to its core principles at this time of global economic upheaval.