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Please join us for our first APF discussio n of 2015 which aims to address the relevance of freedom of speech in the A sia Pacific in connection to religious fundamentalism\, in the wake of the terrorist attack on the Charlie Hebdo publication in Paris\, France.

Moderator
Dr. Tim Cheek\, Professor\, Institut e of Asian Research and the Department of History\, Director of the Centre for Chinese Research *

Panelists
Dr. Jennifer Chan\, Associate Professor\, Department of Educational Studies

Dr. Jessica Main\, Assistant Professor\, Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundati on Chair in Buddhism and Contemporary Society\, Institute of Asian Research and Department of Asian Studies

Mr. Ian Marlow\, Asia-Pacific Corres pondent\, Globe and Mail

Dr. Tsering Shakya\, Associate Professor\, C anada Research Chair on Religion and Contemporary Society in Asia\, Institu te of Asian Research

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IAR Asia Pacific Forum is a student-led initiative operating out of the In stitute of Asian Research\, The University of British Columbia.

Sponsor: MAAPPS Student Association
By: D r. Jennifer Chan\, Associate Professor\, Department of Educational Studies\ ; Dr. Jessica Main\, Assistant Professor\, Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundatio n Chair in Buddhism and Contemporary Society\, Institute of Asian Research and Department of Asian Studies\; Mr. Ian Marlow\, Asia-Pacific Corresponde nt\, Globe and Mail\; Dr. Tsering Shakya\, Associate Professor\, Canada Res earch Chair on Religion and Contemporary Society in Asia\, Institute of Asi an Research
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URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/iar-asia-pacific-forum-char lie-hebdo-and-freedom-of-speech-in-the-asia-pacific/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160607T1633Z-1465317223.7704-EO-20174-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160606T221344Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233006Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150122T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150122T140000 SUMMARY: Ethnographic Fieldwork in South Asia: A graduate student workshop led by Dr. Rémy Delage DESCRIPTION: This workshop focuses on the theory and practice of fieldwork in South Asia\, primarily discussing religion and identity in South Asia. D r. Delage has conducted fieldwork at Sufi shrines in India and Pakistan\, a nd this workshop is an opportunity for graduate students to broaden their p erspective on field methods. Some of the questions Dr. Delage […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

[caption id="attachment_20175" align="alig ncenter" width="796"]Dha maal performers at the shrine of Shewan Sharif. Photo credit: Mutamainna Sy ed (http://www.dostpakistan.pk/sehwan-sharif-city-of-hazrat-laal-shahbaz-qa landar/) Dhamaal performers at the shrine of S hewan Sharif. Photo credit: Mutamainna Syed (http://www.dostpakistan.pk/seh wan-sharif-city-of-hazrat-laal-shahbaz-qalandar/)[/caption]

This work shop focuses on the theory and practice of fieldwork in South Asia\, primar ily discussing religion and identity in South Asia. Dr. Delage has conducte d fieldwork at Sufi shrines in India and Pakistan\, and this workshop is an opportunity for graduate students to broaden their perspective on field me thods. Some of the questions Dr. Delage addresses through his fieldwork: Ho w do followers of saints and other kinds of devotees\, by participating in mass religious gatherings\, understand and articulate their religious affil iations? Can we draw clear boundaries between Sufism and other local forms of worship\, such as Hinduism? And how do these local religious practices r elate to broader configurations of Islam in a globalized world?

Speaker: 

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Dr. Rémy Delage received his PhD. in Social and Cultural Geography at the French National C entre for Scientific Research (CNRS)\, and is a member of the Centre d'Étud es de l'inde et de l’École des Hautes Études en Science Sociales\, Paris. H e joined the Centre for Social Sciences and Humanities (CSH) in 2010.

Dr. Delage's research focuses on the social\, territorial and political dy namics of religious movements in contemporary India and Pakistan. In additi on to coordinating a project at the CSH dealing with religious minorities i n contemporary India\, he is also working on a project dealing with the urb an history of Sufi shrine in southern Pakistan.

Refreshments will be provided. We encourage all graduate students and faculty interested in Sout h Asian Studies to attend\, and to RSVP at the following address: RSVP

Sponsor: The Centre for India a nd South Asia Research\, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies\, and th e Department of History at UBC.
By: The Centre for In dia and South Asia Research
Type: Workshop

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About The Speaker:

Chris Lupke

Dr. Christopher Lupke is th e editor of The Magnitude of Ming: Command\, Allotment and Fate in Chinese Culture (University of Hawai'i Press\, 2005) and New Perspectives on Contem porary Chinese Poetry (Palgrave Macmillan\, 2008). Lupke's early work cente red on the interrogation of the cohesive nation state in contemporary Chine se literature. He has recently completed a book on the Taiwanese auteur fil mmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien that is forthcoming from Cambria Press. His current work is on a book-length project on the Chinese notion of filiality (xiào) as it has been represented in the modern era.

Abstract:

The Confucian notion of filiality (孝 xiao) is one of the fundamen tal building blocks of traditional Chinese philosophical discourse and soci al practice. As such\, during the early 20th century it was subjected to a thoroughgoing critique by the intellectual iconoclasts who fueled China’s r adical transformation into the modern era. The central question of this pap er is how has the battered notion of filiality survived through to the cont emporary era in Chinese visual representation? The artist Zhang Xiaogang\, for example\, is preoccupied with visual images of the family in his now ic onic “bloodlines” series. What exactly Zhang Xiaogang is suggesting in thes e pastiche renderings of the classic family portrait from the Maoist Era\, embellished with slender lines in red that connect the people\, is not enti rely clear. Serendipitously\, the filmmaker Zhang Yang provides a partial a nswer to this question of his own\, inserting Zhang Xiaogang’s work into th e narrative of his own work\, the film Sunflower\, released in 2004. Sunflo wer resurrects the traditional trope of filiality and places the responsibi lity for the disintegration of the family in general\, and the father-son r elationship in particular\, squarely at the feet of the Cultural Revolution . The film features Gengnian\, an artist separated from his family for six years of ideological retraining in the countryside. On his return\, he disc overs his son Xiangyang\, whose name means “face the sun\,” an overt refere nce to Chairman Mao\, has grown distant and wary of the father. Their relat ionship throughout the film is extremely strained. It also is overlaid with other issues\, such as Xiangyang’s relationship with his girlfriends\, who in each case but for different reasons obtain abortions. The film is a per fect example of how contemporary China\, with its post-Mao legacy\, rampant free market sensibility\, inexorable dismantling of its traditional domest ic architecture\, and move toward the nuclear family as the basic social un it\, has been catastrophic for the traditional concept of filiality. And ye t filiality\, as a notion that informs familial bonds and directs ethical b ehavior and a sense of responsibility\, continues to stubbornly assert itse lf in this uncongealed social formation. Near the end of the film\, and pre cisely in front of Zhang Xiaogang’s paintings\, the father and son reconcil e\, illustrating that redemption is still possible in this fractured world of atomistic identity. Thus\, despite the challenges that have beset filial ity in the modern era\, the concept and practice has not entirely died out\ , though it has been severely undermined. Filiality continues to weigh on t he minds of Chinese intellectuals dedicated to representing the current soc ial milieu in visual\, aesthetic forms.

Sponsor: Cen tre for Chinese Research\, Fulbright Canada
By: Dr. C hristopher Lupke\, Professor of Chinese and Cinema Studies\, Department of Foreign Languages & Cultures\, Washington State University
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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/zhang-yang-and-sixth-genera tion-representations-of-filiality-in-chinese-cinema/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160607T1633Z-1465317223.7949-EO-20180-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160606T221809Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233006Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150123T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150123T170000 SUMMARY: Modern Times in North Korea: Scenes from the Founding Years DESCRIPTION: North Korea is often portrayed in mainstream media as a backwa rd place\, a Stalinist relic without a history worth knowing. But during it s founding years (1945-1950)\, North Korea experienced a radical social rev olution when everyday life became the primary site of political struggle\, including quite deliberately a feminist agenda. With historical comparisons to revolutions in […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

North Korea is often portrayed in mainstre am media as a backward place\, a Stalinist relic without a history worth kn owing. But during its founding years (1945-1950)\, North Korea experienced a radical social revolution when everyday life became the primary site of p olitical struggle\, including quite deliberately a feminist agenda. With hi storical comparisons to revolutions in the early 20th century\, Suzy Kim in troduces her book through rarely seen archival photos\, situating the North Korean revolution within the broader history of modernity.

S peaker Bio:

CKR Suzy Kim Jan 23\, 2015

Suzy Kim is an Assistant Professor in the Department of A sian Languages & Cultures at Rutgers University. She received her Ph.D. in History from the University of Chicago. Her book Everyday Life in the North Korean Revolution\, 1945-1950 was published by Cornell University Press in 2013. Her teaching and research interests focus on modern Korean history w ith particular attention to social and cultural history\, gender studies\, oral history\, and social theory.

Sponsor: Centre fo r Korean Research
By: Dr. Suzy Kim\, Rutgers Universi ty
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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/modern-times-in-north-korea -scenes-from-the-founding-years/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160607T1633Z-1465317223.8095-EO-20183-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160606T221956Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233006Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150127T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150127T133000 SUMMARY: The Rise of the Beautician in Modern Japan DESCRIPTION: The Meiji period (1868-1912) was a turning point in Japanese s ociety\, which underwent a renaissance in law\, politics\, and social struc ture. With the renewal of society\, cosmetic culture and makeup practices f ollowed suit. Shaved eyebrows and blackened teeth fell out of fashion. Late r\, Japanese makeup adopted more influences from western cultural aesthetic s. This new western […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Meiji period (1868-1912) was a turning point in Japanese society\, which underwent a renaissance in law\, politic s\, and social structure. With the renewal of society\, cosmetic culture an d makeup practices followed suit. Shaved eyebrows and blackened teeth fell out of fashion. Later\, Japanese makeup adopted more influences from wester n cultural aesthetics. This new western style was introduced to Japanese cu lture by a renowned hairdresser\, and paved the way for the profession of t he beautician. These new beauticians began running their own salons while o ccasionally contributing their research to articles in Japanese womens’ mag azines. While answering questions about beauty from their readers\, they fo und the opportunity to promote or advertise their own products.

Sponsor: Centre for Japanese Research\, Department of Asian Stu dies
By: Professor Yasuko Tamaki (Nikkei National Mus eum and Cultural Centre)
Type: Event

LOCATION:Room 604\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-rise-of-the-beautician- in-modern-japan/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160607T1633Z-1465317223.8218-EO-20184-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160606T222153Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233006Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150129T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150129T210000 SUMMARY: An Intercultural Dialogue on Identity for Chinese Speakers – Searc hing for Identities: Education DESCRIPTION: Sponsor: Centre for Chinese Research\, Institute of Asian Rese arch\, UBC Equity and Inclusion Office Type: Discussion X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

IAR Jan 29\, 2015 Dialogue (1)

Sponsor: Centre for Chine se Research\, Institute of Asian Research\, UBC Equity and Inclusion Office
Type: Discussion

LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/an-intercultural-dialogue-o n-identity-for-chinese-speakers-searching-for-identities-education/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160607T1633Z-1465317223.8352-EO-20189-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160606T222810Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233006Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150130T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150130T140000 SUMMARY: Multipolarity and Globalization: Incompatible Pairing? DESCRIPTION: About the talk: What growing multipolarity will mean for inves tors and for Emerging Markets such as China and India in 2015 Investors are going to have to become aware of how geopolitics and economics intersects in the post-Cold War era. A central theme of this era is the rise of global multipolarity. Multipolarity implies that the […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

About the talk:
What growing multipolarity will mean for investors and for Emerging Mark ets such as China and India in 2015

Investors are going to have to be come aware of how geopolitics and economics intersects in the post-Cold War era. A central theme of this era is the rise of global multipolarity. Mult ipolarity implies that the number of states powerful enough to pursue an in dependent and globally-relevant foreign policy (so-called ‘great powers’) i s greater than one (unipolarity) or two (bipolarity). Today\, multipolarity is the product of America’s decaying unipolar moment\, which lasted for tw o decades following the Cold War. But multipolarity may be temporary\, a tr ansitory state between the post- Cold War era\, and either an even greater unipolar hegemony (of perhaps a rising China or a revitalized America) or\, more likely\, a world of balancing coalitions.

While future is uncle ar\, we know from International Relations theory and empirics that multipol arity is unstable and more likely to produce military conflict. Furthermore \, evidence from World System theorists suggests that it is also incompatib le with economic globalization. The stakes for investors are therefore cons iderable\, particularly as the U.S. geopolitically deleverages from the Mid dle East and focuses on containing China. One thing is clear\, the ‘Goldilo cks Era’ for investors is over. The time when geopolitics could be ignored for the sake of ceteris paribus is over.

Speaker Bio:

Marko Papic

Marko Papic joined BCA Research in September 2011 and is the Chief Strategist of BCA’s Geo political Strategy service. Marko launched Geopolitical Strategy in Ma rch\, 2012\, a service that blends BCA’s macroeconomic research with the ge opolitical methodology\, with the goal of avoiding bias and providing inves tment-relevant forecasts. The GPS service is the financial industry’s only dedicated geopolitical strategy.

Prior to joining BCA he was a Senior Analyst for STRATFOR\, a premier global intelligence agency where he contr ibuted to the firm’s global geopolitical strategy as well as its analyst re cruitment and training program. Marko is a sought after geopolitical strate gist\, having been interviewed by numerous media organizations – including The New York Times\, CNN\, BBC\, CNBC\, Al Jazeera\, Associated Press\, etc . Before joining BCA\, he also helped create the Center for European Union Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Marko holds graduate degrees from the University of Texas at Austin and the University of British Columb ia\, and has lived in 8 countries on three continents.

Dis cussants

Chair: Dr. Yves Tiberghien\, D irector\, Institute of Asian Research
Dr. Kurt Huebnert\, Director\, I nstitute for European Studies
Dr. Murali Chandrashekaran\, Senior Asso ciate Dean\, Sauder School of Business

Lunch will be served to regist ered guests. Please sign up by Wednesday\, January 28\, 2015.

Sponsor: Institute of Asian Research\, Sauder School of Business\ , Institute for European Studies
By: Mr. Marko Papic\ , Chief Strategist\, BCA Research
Type: Event

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/multipolarity-and-globaliza tion-incompatible-pairing/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160607T1633Z-1465317223.8504-EO-20186-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160606T222455Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233006Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150130T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150130T203000 SUMMARY: Bhavanjli: A Lecture-Demonstration to Indian Classical Music DESCRIPTION: A lecture demonstration to Indian classical music. Sargam UBC will be presenting the two forms of Indian classical music\, namely\, the H industani and the Carnatic styles. Performers: Sargam UBC is a group involv ed in promoting Indian Classical Music. It enables students to learn about this form of music through sessions conducted by various artists and also [ …] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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A lecture demonstration to Indian classical music. Sargam UBC w ill be presenting the two forms of Indian classical music\, namely\, the Hi ndustani and the Carnatic styles.

Performers: Sargam UBC is a group i nvolved in promoting Indian Classical Music. It enables students to learn a bout this form of music through sessions conducted by various artists and a lso encourages students who have learnt some form of classical music or are interested in the genre to expand their knowledge through musical and inst ructional sessions. Sargam UBC provides a platform for students to perform around Vancouver. Like their page on Facebook for details about their futur e events SARGAM

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Sponsor: The Centre for India and South Asia Research
By: The Centre for India and South Asia Research and Sargam (UBC)
Type: Event

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/bhavanjli-a-lecture-demonst ration-to-indian-classical-music/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160531T1631Z-1464712275.1735-EO-20096-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160530T180251Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233006Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150202T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150202T170000 SUMMARY: Xi Jinping’s ‘New Normal’ in China: Assessing the 4th Plenum of th e CCP DESCRIPTION: A Roundtable Discussion on the Fourth Plenum The Communist Par ty of China’s fourth plenum sessions are traditionally opportunities for Ch ina’s leadership to discuss administrative and ideological strategies and e ngage in party-building measures. The fourth plenum of the 18th CCP Central Committee in October 2014 focused heavily on the “rule of law” in China. A t the […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

A Roundtable Discussion on the Fou rth Plenum

The Communist Party of China’s fourth plenum sess ions are traditionally opportunities for China’s leadership to discuss admi nistrative and ideological strategies and engage in party-building measures . The fourth plenum of the 18th CCP Central Committee in October 2014 focus ed heavily on the “rule of law” in China. At the closing of the four-day di scussion\, the CCP Central Committee issued a communiqué that emphasized “c omprehensively advancing ruling the country according to the law”. What are the goals and some takeaways from the fourth plenum? How should we assess the sessions?

Speakers

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ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSANTS (FROM LEFT TO RIGHT)

C hair: Dr. Timothy Cheek\, Director\, Centre for Chinese Research\; Professor\, UBC Institute of Asian Research

Dr. Jie Cheng\, Associate Professor\, UBC Law Faculty
< u>Centralization as Path Dependence in Chinese Political Reform

< strong>Dr. Pitman Potter\, Professor\, UBC Faculty of Law
Judicial Reform by the Party/State

Dr. Yulin Fu\ , Professor\, Peking University Law School
The Goals of Judicial Re form from Diverse Perspectives (the Party\, the Courts\, and the Scholars)< /u>

Dr. Yves Tiberghien\, Director\, UBC Institute O f Asian Research\; Associate Professor\, Dept. of Political Science
Fourth Plenum Reforms and China’s Socio-Economic Predicaments

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Sponsor: Centre for Chines e Research\, Faculty of Law
By: Dr. Timothy Cheek\, D r. Jie Cheng\, Dr. Pitman Potter\, Dr. Yulin Fu\, Dr. Yves Tiberghien
Type: Discussion

LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/xi-jinpings-new-normal-in-c hina-assessing-the-4th-plenum-of-the-ccp/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160531T1631Z-1464712275.1958-EO-20099-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160530T180435Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233006Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150204T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150204T133000 SUMMARY: What Did Panasonic Learn in China? Japanese Electronics Firms and the Greater China Market DESCRIPTION: Japanese electronics firms such as Panasonic\, Sony\, Hitachi and Toshiba have set up a wide array of factories\, sales offices and manag ement offices over the past 35 years. This study focuses on how their strat egies have changed since China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001. Theoretically\, Japanese companies should now have a greater opportunity [ …] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Japanese electronics firms such as Panason ic\, Sony\, Hitachi and Toshiba have set up a wide array of factories\, sal es offices and management offices over the past 35 years. This study focuse s on how their strategies have changed since China joined the World Trade O rganization in 2001. Theoretically\, Japanese companies should now have a g reater opportunity of increasing local sales and expanding their market sha re based on unique technologies and brand power. The investigation is based on interviews in Hong Kong\, Taipei\, Shanghai and Beijing with 15 major f irms in consumer and industrial electronics. The results indicate that whil e Japanese companies expanded their operations over the past 10 years or so \, they face many difficulties in penetrating the Chinese market\, includin g competition from Korean and Taiwanese companies\, as well as Chinese firm s. Indeed\, for many Japanese electronics makers the traditional objective of entering China in order to take advantage of `cheap wage’ export-oriente d production to markets outside the country remains the most important func tion. Panasonic\, however\, has set itself apart from the others by opening Lifestyle Research Centres in Shanghai and Taipei and attempting to focus on designing local products to match consumer household needs.

Sponsor: Centre for Japanese Research\, Department of Asian Stud ies
By: Professor David W. Edgington\, Department of Geography
Type: Event

LOCATION:Room 604\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/what-did-panasonic-learn-in -china-japanese-electronics-firms-and-the-greater-china-market/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160531T1631Z-1464712275.2079-EO-20100-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160530T180617Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233007Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150205T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150205T140000 SUMMARY: Oil price drops to $50: What is the Impact on Asian Economies? DESCRIPTION: IAR Asia Pacific Forum Presents Oil price drops to $50: What i s the Impact on Asian Economies? We are looking forward to a stimulating di scussion on the cross-disciplinary topic of the falling oil prices and how it will effect the economies of Asia in particular\, and the entire globe i n general. Please join us and […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

IAR Asia Pacific Forum Presents

Oil price drops to $50: What is the Impact on Asian Economies?

We are looking forward to a stimulating discussion on the cross-disc iplinary topic of the falling oil prices and how it will effect the economi es of Asia in particular\, and the entire globe in general. Please join us and contribute your own comments\, questions or projections on the impact o f this global phenomenon.

Tea\, coffee and a light lunch will be serv ed.

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< strong>Sponsor: MAAPPS Student Association\, Institute of Asian Re search
By: Student Initiative\, in cooperation with t he Institute of Asian Research
Type: Event

LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/oil-price-drops-to-50-what- is-the-impact-on-asian-economies/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160531T1631Z-1464712275.22-EO-20102-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160530T180759Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233007Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150205T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150205T173000 SUMMARY: Buddhism and Gagaku DESCRIPTION: Speaker bio: Dr. LeRon Harrison is a visiting assistant profes sor at the University of Oregon who researches Japanese court poetry and it s appropriations of Chinese poetics. He also has been playing gagaku (Japan ese court music) for 11 years and researches the history of the music in Ja pan and its importation and growth in America. Abstract: […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Speaker bio:
Dr. LeR on Harrison is a visiting assistant professor at the University of Oregon w ho researches Japanese court poetry and its appropriations of Chinese poeti cs. He also has been playing gagaku (Japanese court music) for 11 years and researches the history of the music in Japan and its importation and growt h in America.

Abstract:
Gagaku (Japanese court music) and Buddhism share some commonalities: both were imported into Japan from the Asian continent\; both have a long history in Japan\; and both we re parts of the lives of the nobles of the Imperial court. But the history of gagaku and Buddhism also involves interconnection and interaction betwee n the two\, something that has yet to be discussed in English scholarship. This presentation will provide a brief introduction to gagaku and the relat ionship between gagaku and Buddhism in different points of Japanese history .

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Sponsor: Centre for Japanese Research\, Department of Asian St udies
By: Professor LeRon Harrison\, University of Or egon
Type: Seminar

LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/buddhism-and-gagaku/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160531T1631Z-1464712275.231-EO-20104-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160530T180942Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233007Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150206T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150206T183000 SUMMARY: Centre for Japanese Research Open House DESCRIPTION: Sponsor: Centre for Japanese Research\, Institute of Asian Res earch Type: Event X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

CJR Open House Invite

Sponsor: Centre for Japanese Research\, Institute of Asian Research
Type: Event

LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/centre-for-japanese-researc h-open-house/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160531T1631Z-1464712275.2446-EO-20106-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160530T181221Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233007Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150224T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150224T143000 SUMMARY: 2015 Lunar New Year Festival DESCRIPTION:   Celebrate the Lunar New Year with the Institute of Asian Res earch at the C.K. Choi Building. Welcome the year of the sheep with music\, food and entertainment! Program Schedule: 12:30pm – 12:45pm (Main Entrance ) and 1:00pm – 1:15pm (Room 120) Lion dance performance by the UBC Kung Fu Association 11:30am – 2:30pm (IAR Lobby) […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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Celebrate the Lunar New Year with the Institute of Asian Research at the C .K. Choi Building. Welcome the year of the sheep with music\, food and ente rtainment!

Program Schedule:

12:30pm – 12:45pm (Main Entrance) and 1:00pm – 1:15pm (Room 120)
Lion dance performance by the UBC Kung Fu Association

11:30am – 2:30pm (IAR Lobby)
Foo d sale featuring a variety of Asian foods including Sri Lankan dishes\, Ind onesian cuisine and Japanese traditional pastries. Cash only.

12:00pm – 2:00pm (Room 129)
Lunar New Year Crafts sponsored by the UBC Chinoi serie Student Club

1:30pm – 2:00pm (Room 120)
UBC Korean Percuss ion Ensemble (P'ungmulp'ae San Param)

RSVP for the Lunar New Year Fes tival here.

Capture the Lunar New Year Through the Lens of Your Camera! 

< p>Participate in the Institute of Asian Research’s inaugural Lunar New Year Photo Contest by answering the question: What does the Lunar New Year look like to you? Deadline extended: Thursday\, February 19\, 2015 at 12:00pm

Sponsor: Institute of Asian Research
By: Institute of Asian Research
Type: Other

LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/2015-lunar-new-year-festiva l/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160531T1631Z-1464712275.2581-EO-20108-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160530T181446Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233007Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150225T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150225T130000 SUMMARY: Chindia: Leaving the BRICs Behind? DESCRIPTION: IAR Asia Pacific Forum & UBC Political Science Student Associa tion Presents Chindia: Leaving the BRICs Behind? Please join us for our sev enth meeting which will feature a discussion of rising economies in the con text of India’s growth rate surpassing that of China. What does the growth of these two Asian powers mean for the global […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

IAR Asia Pacific Forum & UBC Political Sci ence Student Association Presents

Chindia: Leaving the BRICs Behind?

Please join us for our seventh meeting which will fe ature a discussion of rising economies in the context of India's growth rat e surpassing that of China. What does the growth of these two Asian powers mean for the global economy and is there still a prospect for other rising economies to take a leading role in international economic institutions?

Speakers:

Dr. Yves Tiberghien\, Director of Inst itute of Asian Research\, Associate Professor of Political Science

Mi chael Byers\, Professor\, Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and Inte rnational Law

Déborah Farias\, Liu Scholar at Liu Institute for Globa l Issues \,PhD Student\, Political Science

Tea and a light lunch will be served.

Please RSVP here.< /p>

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Sponsor: MAAPPS Student Association and UBC Political Science Student Association
By: Professor Yves Tiberghien\, Director of Institute of Asian Research\, Associate Profe ssor of Political Science\; Professor Michael Byers\, Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law\; Déborah Farias\, Liu Scholar at Liu Institute for Global Issues \,PhD Student\, Political Science
Type: Event

LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/chindia-leaving-the-brics-b ehind/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160531T1631Z-1464712275.2709-EO-20114-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160530T182027Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233007Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150227T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150228T151500 SUMMARY: Press Start: Culture\, Industry\, and Innovation in Japanese Gamin g DESCRIPTION: Press Start is a two-day conference on Japanese videogames to be held at The University of British Columbia in Vancouver\, Canada. The ev ent will bring together scholars\, players\, and game industry representati ves for a wide variety of panels and discussions relating to Japanese gamin g culture. Press Start is completely free and open to the public […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Press Start

Pre ss Start is a two-day conference on Japanese videogames to be held at The U niversity of British Columbia in Vancouver\, Canada. The event will bring t ogether scholars\, players\, and game industry representatives for a wide v ariety of panels and discussions relating to Japanese gaming culture.

Press Start is completely free and open to the public with RSVP (on the website)!

Conference Website here.

View the PDF Poster here.

Place: UBC Asian Centre Auditorium (1871 West Mal l)
By: UBC Centre for Japanese Research
Type: Conference
Dates: Friday\, Feb 27\, 20 15 to Saturday\, Feb 28\, 2015
Time: 9-6 pm on Friday and 10-3:15 pm on Saturday

LOCATION:Asian Centre Auditorium GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/press-start-culture-industr y-and-innovation-in-japanese-gaming/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160531T1631Z-1464712275.2854-EO-20110-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160530T181614Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233007Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150227T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150227T113000 SUMMARY: Public Lecture by Professor Edmund Terence Gomez DESCRIPTION: Dr EDMUND TERENCE GOMEZ is Professor of Political Economy at t he Faculty of Economics and Administration\, University of Malaya. Between 2005 and 2008\, he served as Research Coordinator at the United Nations Res earch Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)\, in Geneva\, Switzerland. He has held Visiting Professorships at Kobe University (Japan)\, the Univer sity of Michigan-Ann Arbor\, […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Dr EDMUND TERENCE GOMEZ is Professor of Po litical Economy at the Faculty of Economics and Administration\, University of Malaya. Between 2005 and 2008\, he served as Research Coordinator at th e United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)\, in Ge neva\, Switzerland. He has held Visiting Professorships at Kobe University (Japan)\, the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor\, and the University of Cali fornia-San Diego. Other academic appointments include fellowships at the Un iversity of Leeds (UK)\, Murdoch University (Australia)\, the Australian Na tional University in Canberra\, and the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies ( Denmark). Well-known publications include Malaysia's Political Economy: Pol itics\, Patronage and Profits (with KS Jomo\; Cambridge: Cambridge Universi ty Press\, 1999) and Chinese Business in Malaysia: Accumulation\, Ascendanc e\, Accommodation (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press\, 1999).

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Sponso r: Centre for Southeast Asia Research\, Institute of Asian Researc h
By: Professor Edmund Terence Gomez\, Political Econ omy\, Faculty of Economics and Administration\, University of Malaya
< strong>Type: Event

LOCATION:Room 351\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/public-lecture-by-professor -edmund-terence-gomez/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160531T1631Z-1464712275.2996-EO-20112-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160530T181734Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233007Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150227T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150227T170000 SUMMARY: The Scope of Foreign Engagement in the DPRK\, 1995-2012 DESCRIPTION: The Centre for Korean Research is pleased to present “The Scop e of Foreign Engagement in the DPRK\, 1995-2012” by Andrew Yeo (Catholic Un iversity of America). Abstract: What is the scope of foreign engagement ins ide the DPRK? What are the potential benefits and risks of engagement for v arious organizations operating inside the DPRK on one hand\, and […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Centre for Korean Research is pleased to present “The Scope of Foreign Engagement in the DPRK\, 1995-2012” by And rew Yeo (Catholic University of America).

Abstract:< /p>

What is the scope of foreign engagement inside the DPRK? What are the potential benefits and risks of engagement for various organizations opera ting inside the DPRK on one hand\, and for the North Korean state and socie ty on the other hand? Although North Korea remains one of the most isolated countries in the world\, hundreds of foreign actors continue to work quiet ly inside the country. Based on data from the Engage DPRK mapping initiativ e and interviews with various NGO\, IGO\, and business representatives\, I present basic trends related to people-to-people engagement. This is follow ed by a broader discussion on the implications of such interactions in diff erent sectors including humanitarian relief\, development assistance\, prof essional training\, and business.

About the Speaker:

Andrew I. Yeo is associate professor of politics at the Catholic Uni versity of America in Washington\, DC. He is the author of Activists\, Alli ances\, and Anti-U.S. Base Protests (Cambridge University Press 2011) and i s currently writing a book on U.S. bilateral alliances and multilateralism in Asia. His research and teaching interests include international relation s theory\, Asian security\, U.S. overseas military presence\, social and tr ansnational movements\, and North Korea. His research has appeared in the E uropean Journal of International Relations\, International Studies Quarterl y\, Journal of East Asian Studies\, Comparative Politics\, and North Korean Review.  He received his PhD from Cornell University in 2008.

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Sponsor: Institu te of Asian Research\, Centre for Korean Resesarch
By: Professor Andrew Yeo\, Catholic University of America
Type:< /strong> Seminar

LOCATION:Room 351\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-scope-of-foreign-engage ment-in-the-dprk-1995-2012/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160525T1622Z-1464193375.263-EO-19938-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160524T170532Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233007Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150302T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150302T143000 SUMMARY: “Is This Just One More Folk Legend?” DESCRIPTION: Dr. Brenda Beck is a professor at the University of Toronto an d has invested nearly fifty years in the study of Tamil culture and society \, making the foucus of much of her research a folk tale she happened upon quite by accident while doing fieldwork in India in 1964-1966.  Dr. Beck’s mission has been to […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Dr. Brenda Beck is a professor at the Univ ersity of Toronto and has invested nearly fifty years in the study of Tamil culture and society\, making the foucus of much of her research a folk tal e she happened upon quite by accident while doing fieldwork in India in 196 4-1966.  Dr. Beck's mission has been to capture this localized epic story\; known locally as the Annanmar Kathai\; and bring it to the world with new insight\, new life\, and new technology.

Dr. Beck’s love aff air with India began as a teenager when\, in 1954\, she set out with her fa mily on a trek that would take them from Beirut\, across Turkey\, Iran\, Af ghanistan\, Pakistan\, and finally into the South of India. A decade later\ , as a doctoral student at Oxford’s Institute of Social Anthropology (Somer ville College)\, Dr. Beck elected to return to South India to immerse herse lf in Tamil culture. Settling in the village of Olappalayam in early 1965\, she began what she thought would be a routine cultural documentation proje ct centred on social customs. When she found out that story telling was the preferred form of entertainment in the life of the village\, however\, her adventure brought unexpected discoveries.

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S ponsor: The Centre for India and South Asia Research
By: The Centre for India and South Asia Research
Type : Event

LOCATION:Room 351\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/is-this-just-one-more-folk- legend/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160525T1622Z-1464193375.2779-EO-19940-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160524T171058Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233007Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150302T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150302T170000 SUMMARY: Conference on Future of National Security / National Defense of Ja pan DESCRIPTION: The Future of Japan’s National Security and Defense  On  July 1\, 2014\, the Japanese cabinet under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a deci sion to reinterpret article 9 of the Constitution of Japan\, which renounce d war power and prohibited armed forces in Japan. This is a radical departu re from the past interpretation which totally denied the […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Future of Japan's National Sec urity and Defense 

March -2-2015

On  July 1\, 2014\, the Japanese cabinet under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a decision to reinterpret article 9 of the Constitution of Japan\, wh ich renounced war power and prohibited armed forces in Japan. This is a rad ical departure from the past interpretation which totally denied the right of collective self-defense and it opened windows  for Japan to assert the r ight of collective self-defense under certain circumstances.  What is the b ackground for this reinterpretation? Was this reinterpretation really neces sary? Was it constitutional? What will be the likely impacts of this reinte rpretation? What will be the future of the national security/national defen se policy of Japan? How does this reinterpretation affect other Asian natio ns?

2015-03-02-speakers

Left to ri ght:

  • Professor Asaho Mizushima\, Waseda University\, Faculty of Law
  • Professor Masayuki Tadokoro\, Keio University\, Faculty of Law< /li>
  • Professor Brian Job\, University of British Columbia\, Department o f Political Science and Institute of Asian Research
  • Mr. Joseph Caro n\, Former Ambassador to Japan\, Honorary Professor\, Institute of Asian Re search

Sponsor: Centre for Japanese ResearchBy: Professor Asaho Mizushima\, Waseda University\, Fa culty of Law\; Professor Masayuki Tadokoro\, Keio University\, Faculty of L aw\; Professor Brian Job\, University of British Columbia\, Department of P olitical Science and Institute of Asian Research\; Mr. Joseph Caron\, Forme r Ambassador to Japan\, Honorary Professor\, Institute of Asian Research
Type: Conference

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/conference-on-future-of-nat ional-security-national-defense-of-japan/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160525T1622Z-1464193375.2898-EO-19945-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160524T171324Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233007Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150303T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150303T140000 SUMMARY: The Challenges and Opportunities of Doing Business with China DESCRIPTION: The Institute of Asian Research is proud to invite Christopher Maclean\, Counsellor (Commercial) and Senior Trade Commissioner at the Can adian Embassy in Beijing on Tuesday March 3rd\, 2015 from 12:30-2:00pm. A l ight lunch will be served.  ABSTRACT: The rapid changes occurring in China present constantly evolving challenges and opportunities in terms of doing business with China. […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Institute of Asian Research is proud t o invite Christopher Maclean\, Counsellor (Commercial) and Senior Trade Com missioner at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing on Tuesday March 3rd\, 2015 fr om 12:30-2:00pm. A light lunch will be served.

 ABSTRACT:

The rapid changes occurring in China present constantly evolvin g challenges and opportunities in terms of doing business with China.  Mr. MacLean will speak to some of the recent trends\, their significance for Ca nadian interests\, and the steps the Embassy in Beijing is taking to addres s these.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Christopher MacLean has been Counsellor (Commercial) and Senior Trade Commissioner at the Cana dian Embassy in Beijing since July\, 2014\, where he is responsible for man aging issues relating to two-way investment\, science and technology cooper ation\, as well as promoting bilateral opportunities in the manufacturing a nd high-tech sectors.

Before coming to Beijing\, Mr. MacLean headed u p the commercial side of the Greater China Division at the Canadian Dept. o f Foreign Affairs\, Trade and Development in Ottawa.  Mr. MacLean was previ ously Counsellor (Commercial) and Senior Trade Commissioner at the Canadian Embassy in Berlin.  Since joining the diplomatic service in 1986 he has al so had assignments in Vienna\, London and Duesseldorf.

Mr. MacLean ha s an M.A. in International Affairs from the Norman Paterson School at Carle ton University in Ottawa.  He is married to Roswitha Diehl-MacLean\, and ha s three sons.

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A light lunch will be provided for registered participant s.

Sponsor: Institute of Asian Researc h
By: Christopher Maclean\, Counsellor (Commercial) a nd Senior Trade Commissioner at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing
Type: Seminar

LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-challenges-and-opportun ities-of-doing-business-with-china/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160525T1622Z-1464193375.3001-EO-19947-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160524T171518Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233007Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150304T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150304T133000 SUMMARY: Market-oriented urbanism and residential outcomes in urban China DESCRIPTION: ABSTRACT:  Three decades’ market reform has given rise to trem endous transformation in city space\, urban governance and community activi ties in urban China. This talk will present my research concerning housing and community outcomes in urban China against the backdrop of market-orient ed urbanism. On the one hand\, China’s contemporary urbanism is associated with growing housing disparities […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

ABSTRACT: 

Three de cades’ market reform has given rise to tremendous transformation in city sp ace\, urban governance and community activities in urban China. This talk w ill present my research concerning housing and community outcomes in urban China against the backdrop of market-oriented urbanism. On the one hand\, C hina’s contemporary urbanism is associated with growing housing disparities among different social groups\, such as locals and migrants. On the other hand\, the dismantlement of socialist mode of community governance granted urban citizens greater autonomy of local affairs\, motivating community par ticipation. My empirical research points to a civic virtue of communal spac e and provides nascent evidence regarding neighborhood contexts of grassroo ts participation in urban China.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:< /p>

Yushu Zhu is currently a postdoctoral researcher in Spatial Structure s in the Social Sciences (S4) and Population Studies at Brown University\, U.S.. She received her Ph.D. degree in Architecture from University of Illi nois at Urbana Champaign and a master degree in Human Geography from Sun Ya t-sen University in China.

Yushu's overarching research interest lies in exploring the relationship between social processes and consequent spat ial and community outcomes. She pursues this scholarship through empirical investigations of housing and community related issues at the neighborhood\ , regional\, and national levels in the contexts of United States and China . Her work draws on multiple disciplines including urban planning\, urban g eography\, sociology and political economy.

Specifically\, Yushu is i nterested in examining spatial patterns of residential behaviors (e.g.\, mi gration) and outcomes (e.g.\, housing stratification) and the underlying me chanisms. Her other intellectual inquiry pertains to community building and urban governance. She looks at how the physical and social contexts at the neighborhood level shape local community governance\, and how people perce ive and interact with the built environment and others to make their own pl ace.

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A light lunch will be p rovided for registered participants.

Sponsor: Centre for Chinese Research
By: Dr. Yushu Zhu \, Brown University
Type: Seminar

LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/market-oriented-urbanism-an d-residential-outcomes-in-urban-china/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160525T1622Z-1464193375.3103-EO-19949-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160524T171658Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233008Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150305T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150305T210000 SUMMARY: Dialogue: Identities – Traditional Festivals | 對話：對身份的探討──傳統節日 DESCRIPTION: *確認出席請務必註冊。註冊截止於3月4日（週三）中午12點。 RSVP is required to attend befo re the noon of March 4th\, 2015: http://goo.gl/forms/TAlMVGLRlA 藉此元宵佳節到來之際， 誠邀兩岸四地及海外華人學生 聽懂別人，聽懂自己。 傾聽、尊重、分享 Listen\, Respect and Share 第四次對話的主題：傳統節日 Theme of the fourth Dialogue event: Traditional Festivals 形式：破冰遊戲，學生主導小組＋大組 討論－傳統節日如何影響我們對多元身份的探討 Format: Ice breaking game\, Student-led small + big g roup discussion – How do traditional festivals shape our identities? 語言：你最為 熟悉的語言（包含普通話/國語、粵語及英語） Use the language that you […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

*確認出席請務必註冊。註冊截止於3月4日（週三）中午12點。
RSVP is required to attend before the noon of March 4th\, 2015:< a href="http://goo.gl/forms/TAlMVGLRlA"> http://goo.gl/forms/TAlMVGLRlA

藉此元宵佳節到來之際，誠邀兩岸四地及海外華人學生
聽懂別人，聽懂自己。

傾聽、尊重、分享
Listen\ , Respect and Share

第四次對話的主題：傳統節日
Theme of the fourth Dialogue e vent: Traditional Festivals

形式：破冰遊戲，學生主導小組＋大組討論－傳統節日如何影響我們對多元身份的探討
Format: Ice breaking game\, Student-led small + big group discussion - H ow do traditional festivals shape our identities?

語言：你最為熟悉的語言（包含普通話/國 語、粵語及英語）
Use the language that you are most comfortable with (includin g Mandarin\, Cantonese\, and English).

活動提供湯圓及茶水。活動將持續3小時，大家記得吃點“晚飯”再 來喲~
Tang-yuan and drink Provided. We suggest that you grab some dinner before the event though.

[Direction] Room 301 (Lill ooet Room)\, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre:
http://www.maps.ubc.ca/PROD/inde x_detail.php?locat1=516

如有任何疑問，請私信UBC對話臉書公共主頁賬號。
Please mess age UBC Dialogue Facebook Fan Page if you have any question.

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Sponsor: Centre for C hinese Research\, Institute of Asian Research\, UBC Equity and Inclusion Of fice
By: Dialogue
Type: Event LOCATION:Lillooet Room (301)\, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre GEO:49.267581;-123.252321 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/dialogue-identities-traditi onal-festivals-%e5%b0%8d%e8%a9%b1%ef%bc%9a%e5%b0%8d%e8%ba%ab%e4%bb%bd%e7%9a %84%e6%8e%a2%e8%a8%8e%e2%94%80%e2%94%80%e5%82%b3%e7%b5%b1%e7%af%80%e6%97%a5 / END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160525T1622Z-1464193375.3216-EO-19951-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160524T172225Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233008Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150306T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150307T170000 SUMMARY: SACPAN 2015: South Asia Conference of the Pacific Northwest DESCRIPTION: This year’s installment of the long-running SACPAN conference is themed “Works in Progress” and involves presentations of current researc h on South Asia by scholars and graduate students at a number of institutio ns across the Pacific Northwest. We are pleased to announce that SACPAN 201 5 will feature three longer lectures by leading scholars in the field: Sumi t Guha (University […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

This year’s installment of the long-runnin g SACPAN conference is themed “Works in Progress” and invo lves presentations of current research on South Asia by scholars and gradua te students at a number of institutions across the Pacific Northwest.

We are pleased to announce that SACPAN 2015 will feature three longer lect ures by leading scholars in the field:

Sumit Guha (U niversity of Texas\, Austin)\, "The Political Ecology of the Horse in India  During the Second Millennium CE"
Andrea Pinkney (McG ill University)\, " "Driving to the Gods: Roads\, Infrastructure and Access ibility in Uttarakhand Pilgrims’ Literature (Māhātmyas)"
Mukes h Eswaran (UBC)\, "A Gender-Based Theory of the Origin of the Cast e System of India"

We are also thrilled to include a special evening plenary session with the acclaimed novelist Shauna Singh Baldwin\, who will give a talk titled\, “Mind-Dancing with Language\,” on Fr iday\, March 6\, 6PM\, Asian Centre Auditorium\, 1871 West Mall.

For the complete program of events\, please see the attached PDF\, or visit here.

Please join us in Vancouver this Marc h for what promises to be a fruitful and stimulating conference!
All e vents are free and open to the general public. Please RSVP to adheesh.sathaye@ubc.ca if you plan to attend the Friday reception.

Presented by the Centre for India and Sout h Asia Research and Department of Asian Studies at the University of Britis h Columbia\, Vancouver\, in collaboration with the South Asia Center at the University of Washington and the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies at t he University of Oregon.

Sponsor: Centre for In dia and South Asia Research and the Department of Asian Studies
Place: Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building\, 1855 West Mall\, Vancouve r BC
Type: Conference
Dates: Fr iday\, Mar 06\, 2015 to Saturday\, Mar 07\, 2015
Time: 9:00- 5:00pm

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/sacpan-2015-south-asia-conf erence-of-the-pacific-northwest/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160525T1622Z-1464193375.3329-EO-19954-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160524T173409Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233008Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150306T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150306T200000 SUMMARY: An Evening with Shauna Singh Baldwin DESCRIPTION: “MIND-DANCING WITH LANGUAGE” A special evening with the acclai med novelist Shauna Singh Baldwin Languages our families brought from the o ld country\, and that welled up from this land\, whisper in the rhythms of our stories. Will you stumble or glide with this tool you’ve received\, thi s English language so filled with biblical references\, colonial constructs \, and […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

"MIND-DANCING WITH LANGUAGE"

A special evening with the acclaimed novelist Shauna Sing h Baldwin

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Languages o ur families brought from the old country\, and that welled up from this lan d\, whisper in the rhythms of our stories. Will you stumble or glide with t his tool you’ve received\, this English language so filled with biblical re ferences\, colonial constructs\, and publishing conventions?

Shauna d iscusses a few steps you can take to show the beauty and pathos of characte rs moving to unheard music.

Brought to you by the Centre for India an d South Asia Research\, the Dept. of Asian Studies\, and the Program in Asi an Canadian and Asian Migration Studies at UBC.

Sponsor: Centre for India and South Asia Research\, Department of Asian Studies \, Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies Program at UBC
B y: Shauna Singh Baldwin
Type: Event

LOCATION:Asian Centre Auditorium GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/an-evening-with-shauna-sing h-baldwin/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160525T1622Z-1464193375.3467-EO-19956-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160524T173629Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233008Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150307T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150307T213000 SUMMARY: Courting Komachi: A Noh Demonstration DESCRIPTION: Join us for an evening with master Konparu noh actor and cultu ral envoy Yamai Tsunao. A brief performance and demonstration will be compl emented by short presetations from specialists\, practiconers\, and researc hers including Maiko Behr\, Stefania Burk\, Christina Laffin and Colleen La nki. We will close the evening with a preview of the noh and chamber opera […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us for an evening with master Konparu noh actor and cultural envoy Yamai Tsunao. A brief performance and demonst ration will be complemented by short presetations from specialists\, practi coners\, and researchers including Maiko Behr\, Stefania Burk\, Christina L affin and Colleen Lanki.

We will close the evening with a preview of the noh and chamber opera musical collaboration compsed by Farshid Samandar i and featuring Yamai Tsunao\, based on the noh play Courting Komachi (Kayo i Komachi).

This event is free of charge and open to the public.

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Sponsor: Centre for Japanese Research\, Department of Asian Studies\, British Columbia Arts Cou ncil\, UBC Asian Library
By: Yamai Tsunao (Noh Actor and Cultural Envoy)
Type: Event

LOCATION:Asian Centre Auditorium GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/courting-komachi-a-noh-demo nstration/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160525T1622Z-1464193375.3565-EO-19958-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160524T173929Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233008Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150311T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150311T180000 SUMMARY: Special Events to Mark the 3.11 Disaster in Japan DESCRIPTION: Special Events to Mark the 3.11 Disaster in Japan Presented By The Centre for Japanese Research\, UBC EVENT #1 12pm to 2pm – Lunchtime Pr esentations “The ‘Triple Disaster’ in Japan on March 11 2011 – Four Years L ater” CK Choi Building\, Room 120\, 1855 West Mall\, UBC Affected Communiti es in Northern Japan Struggle for Recovery […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Special Events to Mark the 3.11 Disaster i n Japan Presented By The Centre for Japanese Research\, UBC

E VENT #1
12pm to 2pm – Lunchtime Presentation s

"The ‘Triple Disaster’ in Japan on March 11 2011 - Four Years Later "
CK Choi Building\, Room 120\, 1855 West Mall\, UBC

Affected Co mmunities in Northern Japan Struggle for Recovery
Millie Creig hton\, Anthropology\, UBC

Radiation Issues in Fukushima
David Edgington\, Geography\,UBC

Alternative Energy Futures in Japan
Andrew DeWitt\, Rikkyo University

RSVP here by Friday\, March 6\, 2015 ~ RSVP EXTENDED

EVENT #2
4pm-6pm – Documentary Film Screening

“A2-B- C” Radiation and Medicine in Fukushima\, Japan
Asian Centre Auditorium \, Asian Centre\, 1871 West Mall\, Vancouver \, BC

Followed by Q+A with Director Ian Thomas Ash\, U niversity of Tokyo 4pm – Film 5.15 - Q+A 5.45 - Reception

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RSVP here by Friday\, March 6\, 2015 ~ RSVP EXTENDED

For more info\, contact: david.edgington@ubc.ca

Sponsor: Urban Studies Program\, Centre for Japanese Research\, Institute of Asian Research\, Department of Asian Studies\, Faculty of Arts
Place: C.K. Choi Building and Asian Centre (See belo w for details)
By: Professor Millie Creighton\, Depar tment of Anthropology\; Professor David Edgington\, Department of Geography \; Professor Andrew DeWitt\, Rikkyo University\; Director Ian Thomas Ash\, University of Tokyo
Type: Event
Dates: Wednesday\, Mar 11\, 2015 to Wednesday\, Mar 11\, 2015
Time: 12:00-2:00pm to 4:00-6:00pm

LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/special-events-to-mark-the- 3-11-disaster-in-japan/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160525T1622Z-1464193375.3706-EO-19960-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160524T174214Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233008Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150312T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150312T130000 SUMMARY: The Environmental Dilemma – Winners and Losers in Asia DESCRIPTION: IAR Asia Pacific Forum Presents The Environmental Dilemma – Wi nners and Losers in Asia Please join us for an interdisciplinary discussion on how environmental issues like food security\, waste management\, rising sea levels and air pollution affect government policy and society in gener al within Asia. Tea and light lunch will be served. Please RSVP here […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

IAR Asia Pacific Forum Present s
The Environmental Dilemma - Winners and Losers in Asia

Please join us for an interdisciplinary discussion on how environmental issues like food security\, waste management\, rising sea levels and air pollution affect government policy and society in genera l within Asia.

Tea and light lunch will be served.

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IAR Asia Pacific Forum is a student-led initiative operati ng out of the Institute of Asian Research\, University of British Columbia.

Sponsor: MAAPPS Student Association
By: Student Initiative\, in cooperation with the Institute of A sian Research
Type: Event

LOCATION:Room 351\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-environmental-dilemma-w inners-and-losers-in-asia/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160525T1622Z-1464193375.3813-EO-19963-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160524T174345Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233008Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150313T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150313T130000 SUMMARY: Public Lecture by Singaporean Sculptor Chong Fah Cheong DESCRIPTION: Public Lecture by Singaporean sculptor Chong Fah Cheong Singap ore’s newspaper of record\, The Straits Times\, calls him “Singapore’s Most Famous Unknown Artist”. Fah Cheong is a self-taught artist whose style ran ges from the abstract to the figurative. He uses wood\, stone and bronze as mediums to create sculptures that interpret society and social issues. Man y […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Public Lecture by Singaporean sculptor Chong Fah Cheong

Singapore's newspaper of reco rd\, The Straits Times\, calls him "Singapore's Most Famous Unknown Artist" . Fah Cheong is a self-taught artist whose style ranges from the abstract t o the figurative. He uses wood\, stone and bronze as mediums to create scul ptures that interpret society and social issues. Many of his works comment on the pursuit of position\, wealth and power\, as well as speak to the pow er of nostalgia and memory. In 2014\, Fah Cheong was awarded the Cultural M edallion\, Singapore’s highest accolade for artistic pursuit\, by His Excel lency Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam\, the President of the Republic of Singapore. Th is award was a recognition to his lifetime’s work and dedication to his art \, which has resulted in numerous iconic sculptures that can be found in Si ngapore. (More information on him can be found on www.fahcheong.com\, and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJG_tTCWh5k)

Be yond that\, Fah Cheong is a proud British Columbian\, having been based in Merritt\, BC\, since the early 1990s. His time in Canada has seen him being somewhat inspired by traditions of the First Nations and has allowed him t o explore new mediums such as jade for his art works.  As such\, the Centre is proud to host Fah Cheong\, who will deliver a lecture expounding his pe rsonal artistic philosophies\, and situate his art in the midst of many con temporary issues facing the city-state of Singapore\, which this year will celebrate its 50th year of independence.

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*A light Lunch will be provided for registered participants.

Sponsor: Centre for Southeast Asia Research
By: Chong Fah Cheong
Type: Event

LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/public-lecture-by-singapore an-sculptor-chong-fah-cheong/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160525T1622Z-1464193375.3915-EO-19964-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160524T174458Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233008Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150313T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150313T170000 SUMMARY: Making Sense of a Worker Self-Immolation in 1970s South Korea DESCRIPTION: The death of young garment worker Chun Tae-il by self-immolati on on November 13\, 1970 has been widely acknowledged among both activists and scholars as the watershed event for the South Korean democracy movement and for the labor movement in particular.  As dissident activists searched for a viable counter-narrative against the powerful developmentalist disco urse of the […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The death of young garment worker Chun Tae -il by self-immolation on November 13\, 1970 has been widely acknowledged a mong both activists and scholars as the watershed event for the South Korea n democracy movement and for the labor movement in particular.  As dissiden t activists searched for a viable counter-narrative against the powerful de velopmentalist discourse of the Park Chung Hee and Chun Doo Hwan regimes ov er the 1970s and 1980s\, a particular narrative of the meaning of Chun Tae- il’s life and death emerged and became hegemonic in the anti-authoritarian democracy movement.  Cho Young-rae’s biography of Chun\, written over the 1 970s and published in 1983\, played a key role in fixing and disseminating Chun’s thought and legacy.  This paper examines how Cho read texts by Chun\ , and provides an alternative reading of Chun Tae-il’s story\, which sheds light on the changes the 1970s brought to South Korean politics.

Biography:

Hwasook Nam is a James B. Palais Endowed A ssociate Professor in Korea Studies\, holding a joint appointment in the Ja ckson School of International Studies and the Department of History at the University of Washington.  She received her B.A. and M.A. degrees in Korean history from Seoul National University and her Ph.D. from the University o f Washington.  Her first book\, Building Ships\, Building a Nation: Korea’s Democratic Unionism under Park Chung Hee (2009\, University of Washington Press) won the James B. Palais Book Prize in 2011\, and has been translated into Korean (2014\, Humanitas).  She is currently working on the history o f martyrdom in the South Korean labor movement and on gender politics of th e post-1945 decades.

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Sponsor: Centre for Korean Research
By: Professor Hwasook Nam\, University of Washington
Type: Seminar

LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/making-sense-of-a-worker-se lf-immolation-in-1970s-south-korea/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160525T1622Z-1464193375.4023-EO-19966-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160524T174616Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233008Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150317T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150317T163000 SUMMARY: Biographical Imperatives\, Autobiographical Pacts: Hongyi Dashi an d the Construction of Buddhist Lives in 20th c. China DESCRIPTION: The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society and the UBC Buddhist Studies Forum are delighted to we lcome Professor Raoul Birnbaum (University of California\, Santa Cruz). He will present a lecture entitled\, Biographical Imperatives\, Autobiographic al Pacts: Hongyi Dashi and the Construction of Buddhist Lives in 20th c. Ch ina. The elusive […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Prog ram in Buddhism and Contemporary Society and the UBC Buddhist Studies Forum are delighted to welcome Professor Raoul Birnbaum (University of Californi a\, Santa Cruz). He will present a lecture entitled\, Biographical Imperati ves\, Autobiographical Pacts: Hongyi Dashi and the Construction of Buddhist Lives in 20th c. China.

The elusive monk Hongi Dashi (弘一大師\, 1880-19 42)\, one of the pre-eminent Buddhists of twentieth-century China\, was a c omplex man who lived in a complex time. This talk looks to Hongyi’s great i nterest in studying\, editing\, and composing biographical and autobiograph ical texts\, as well as his careful visual self-representations through cal ligraphic works\, self-portraits\, and posed photographs. What was he doing and why? What relation may all of this have to the later construction of t exts and images that attempt to say something about him?

Abou t the Speaker:

Raoul Birnbaum is a professor of Buddhist stu dies and Rebele Chair in History of Art & Visual Culture at UC Santa Cruz. His publications include The Healing Buddha\, Studies on the Mysteries of M añjuśrī\, and many other works. Current research focuses on two projects: a biographical study of the enigmatic and extravagantly talented Chinese Bud dhist monk Hongyi\; and a study of the seventeenth-century monk-painter Kun can\, as part of a larger project that will include a major exhibition at t he Los Angeles County Museum of Art in late 2016.

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Sponsor: The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Budd hism and Contemporary Society\, UBC Buddhist Studies Forum
By: Professor Raoul Birnbaum\, Buddhist Studies\, University of Calif ornia\, Santa Cruz
Type: Event

LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/biographical-imperatives-au tobiographical-pacts-hongyi-dashi-and-the-construction-of-buddhist-lives-in -20th-c-china/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160525T1622Z-1464193375.4133-EO-19968-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160524T174807Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233008Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150319T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150319T130000 SUMMARY: Global Art\, Global Mind DESCRIPTION: Speaker Bio Abby Aldrich Rockefeller professor of Asian art at Harvard University\, Eugene Wang is widely recognized as one of the more d ynamic scholars thinking about the history of Chinese art—from early Buddhi st art to contemporary installations—in contemporary terms. He is best know n for his award-winning book\, Shaping the Lotus Sutra: Buddhist Visual Cul ture in […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Speaker Bio

Abby Al drich Rockefeller professor of Asian art at Harvard University\, Eugene Wan g is widely recognized as one of the more dynamic scholars thinking about t he history of Chinese art—from early Buddhist art to contemporary installat ions—in contemporary terms. He is best known for his award-winning book\, S haping the Lotus Sutra: Buddhist Visual Culture in Medieval China (2005)\, but is also the prolific author of articles that are opening new avenues of approach to questions of Chinese art history that others have not yet thou ght to ask.

During his visit to Vancouver to give the14th Annual Hell er Lectures at the Vancouver Art Gallery (downtown on Tuesday 17 March at 7 pm)\, Professor Wang has happily agreed to meet with graduate students\, f aculty\, and others at UBC interested in how to think about Chinese art and culture in a global setting.

He will make a brief presentation on th e theme of his new project\, “Global Art\, Global Mind\,” then take part in a wide-ranging discussion of how to think about art in the context of reco vering and re-imaging Chinese history.

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Sponsor: Centre for Chinese Research
By: Abby Aldrich Rockeffeller Professor Eugene Wang\, Asian Art\, Har vard University
Type: Seminar

LOCATION:Room 129\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/global-art-global-mind/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160525T1622Z-1464193375.4304-EO-19970-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160524T175003Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233008Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150319T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150319T180000 SUMMARY: Consuming Civility: Writings on Tea Culture for Women\, 1720-1920 DESCRIPTION: Through an examination of writings about tea practice for wome n I excavate a neglected history of one group of tea practitioners and the reasons why they participated in tea culture. These writings include both p rivately circulated manuscripts and commercially published texts. I argue t hat there were two ways in which tea practice for women was […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Through an examination of writings about t ea practice for women I excavate a neglected history of one group of tea pr actitioners and the reasons why they participated in tea culture. These wri tings include both privately circulated manuscripts and commercially publis hed texts. I argue that there were two ways in which tea practice for women was framed prior to the modern period: for elite women studying tea was pr esented as a way of developing morals\, ethics\, and control over the mind\ ; for commoner women\, the touted benefits were cultivating genteel feminin ity by learning comportment\, etiquette\, and manners associated with the e lite. Both ways of framing women’s tea practice played a role in shaping wr itings on women’s tea practice during the Meiji period. Women were now enco uraged to study tea to cultivate the mind\, develop morals and ethics\, and to acquire gracefulness. They were also encouraged to study tea for a new reason: to develop or preserve the essence of a Japanese genteel femininity .

Speaker Bio

Rebecca Corbett is a Postdoctora l Fellow in Japanese Studies at the Center for East Asian Studies\, Stanfor d University (2013-2015). She received a Ph.D. in Japanese Studies from the University of Sydney in 2009 for a dissertation on the history of women’s participation in Japanese tea culture during the Edo (1600-1868) and Meiji (1868-1912) periods. She has previously been a Visiting Assistant Professor in East Asian History at the University of California\, Santa Cruz\, and h eld visiting teaching positions at the University of Sydney and University of Western Sydney.

Sponsor: Centre for Japanese Rese arch\, Department of Asian Studies\, SABI Tea Arts
By: Dr. Rebecca Corbett\, Stanford Center for East Asian Studies
Type: Event
Dates: Thursday\, Mar 19\, 2015 to Thursday\, Mar 19\, 2015
Time: 3pm Lecture / 5pm Matcha Tea Demonstration

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/consuming-civility-writings -on-tea-culture-for-women-1720-1920/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160525T1622Z-1464193375.4411-EO-19972-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160524T175154Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233008Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150323T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150323T130000 SUMMARY: Green Growth: Agriculture and Sustainability in the Indonesian Eco nomy DESCRIPTION: The Indonesian economy has long been buttressed by the all-imp ortant agricultural sector – plantations and commodities remain at the hear t of Indonesia’s continued economic growth. However\, as Indonesia continue s it trajectory towards development\, widespread environmental degradation as a result of unsustainable farming practices remains a huge stumbling blo ck. This seminar attempts to tackle head-on Indonesia’s […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Indonesian economy has long been buttr essed by the all-important agricultural sector – plantations and commoditie s remain at the heart of Indonesia’s continued economic growth. However\, a s Indonesia continues it trajectory towards development\, widespread enviro nmental degradation as a result of unsustainable farming practices remains a huge stumbling block. This seminar attempts to tackle head-on Indonesia’s efforts to balance agricultural production and environmental sustainabilit y\, given President Joko Widodo’s renewed turn towards agriculture as an en gine of future Indonesian economic growth.

This Seminar is a joint co llaboration between the Centre for Southeast Asia Research at the UBC Insti tute of Asian Research\, and the Australian National University Indonesia P roject. We are grateful to the Consulate-General of the Republic of Indones ia in Vancouver for their generous support.

Speaker List:

  • Dr. Rick Barichello\, Food and Resource Economics\, UBC
  • Mr. Robertu s Dhewangga\, Chemical and Biological Engineering\, UBC
  • Dr. Joanne Gaskell\, Young Professonal\, World Bank
  • Prof. Mark Liew\, Food and Resource Economics\, UBC

Moderated by Mr. Ben Wilson\, Managin g Editor of the Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies

This talk wil l preceed the Centre for Southeast Asia's Opening Ceremony on their week on Indonesia.

Professors Adidin Kusno\, Kai Ostwald\, Director Yves Tib erghien\, and Consul-General of Indonesia Sri Wiludjeng will all talk at th e opening ceremony.

An Indonesian lunch will be provided after the se minar.

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Sponsor: Centre for Southeast As ian Research
Type: Conference

LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/green-growth-agriculture-an d-sustainability-in-the-indonesian-economy/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160525T1622Z-1464193375.4522-EO-19974-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160524T175458Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233009Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150324T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150324T160000 SUMMARY: Japan’s Role in the Middle East DESCRIPTION: What kind of role could and should Japan play in peace buildin g in Afghanistan and the Middle East? Based on his two-year experience in A fghanistan\, Consul General Seiji Okada of Japan will disccuss the challeng es of peace building and examine the role of Japan in the Middle East ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Mr. Okada joined the […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

What kind of role could and should Japan p lay in peace building in Afghanistan and the Middle East? Based on his two- year experience in Afghanistan\, Consul General Seiji Okada of Japan will d isccuss the challenges of peace building and examine the role of Japan in t he Middle East

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

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Mr. Okada joined the Japanese Ministry of Fo reign Affairs in 1981 and was stationed in many sites around the world\, in cluding Canada\, Bahrain\, Korea\, and Kenya.  Before taking up his current post leading the Consulate-General of Japan in VAncouver\, he served as De puty Ambassador at the Embassy of Japan in Afghanistan from 2010 to 2012.

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Sponsor: Centre for Japanese Research
By: Seiji Okada\, Consulate-General of Japan
Type: Seminar

LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/japans-role-in-the-middle-e ast/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160525T1622Z-1464193375.4632-EO-19977-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160524T175637Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233009Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150325T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150325T153000 SUMMARY: Gayatri Rajapatni: The Woman Behind the Glory of Majapahit DESCRIPTION: Mr Earl Drake\, IAR Honorary Professor and former Canadian Amb assador to Indonesia\, will be delivering a Public Lecture on Gayatri Rajap atni\, the queen consort of Majapahit’s founder and first king Kertarajasa Jayawardhana\, and also the mother of Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi\, the que en regnal of Majapahit. Mr Drake asserts that Gayatri’s contributions have been forgotten by posterity\, […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Mr Earl Drake\, IAR Honorary Professor and former Canadian Ambassador to Indonesia\, will be delivering a Public Lect ure on Gayatri Rajapatni\, the queen consort of Majapahit's founder and fir st king Kertarajasa Jayawardhana\, and also the mother of Tribhuwana Wijaya tunggadewi\, the queen regnal of Majapahit. Mr Drake asserts that Gayatri’s contributions have been forgotten by posterity\, and she should now be rec ognized as a national heroine. The Lecture will be moderated by Dr Thomas H unter\, CSEAR Management Committee member and UBC lecturer of Sanskrit and Indonesian studies.

Speaker Bio

After obtainin g an MA in history\, he joined th Canadian Foreign Service and gradually ro se from junior diplomatic positions in Karachi and Kuala Lumpur to Ambassad or in Jakarta and Beijing. As well\, he served as a senior Canadian represe ntative to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris and the World Bank in Washington\, DC.  Interspersed with his ove rseas postings were senior positions in Ottawa as Assistant Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Vice-President in the Canadian International Develo pment Agency (CIDA).

He is now retired in Vancouver where he is Honor ary Professor in Residence at the Institute of Asisan Research at UBC.  He has published his memoirs\, A Stubble Jumper in Striped Pants: Memoirs of a Prairie Diplomat (University of Toronto Press\, 1999) and Gayatri Rajapatn i: Perempuan di Balik Kejayaan Majapahit (Yogyakarta\, Ombak 2012).  His fi rst published book was Regina The Queen City [McClelland & Stewart\, 1955].

Afternoon tea and refreshments will be provided.

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Sponsor: Centre for Southeast Asian Research
By: Earl Drake\, IAR Honorary Professor and former Canadia n Ambassador to Indonesia
Type: Discussion

LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/gayatri-rajapatni-the-woman -behind-the-glory-of-majapahit/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160525T1622Z-1464193375.4741-EO-19981-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160524T180132Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233009Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150326T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150326T140000 SUMMARY: Canada’s Reawakening: Military\, economic and diplomatic vision fo r the Asia Pacific DESCRIPTION:  IAR Asia Pacific Forum Presents Canada’s Reawakening: Militar y\, economic and diplomatic vision for the Asia Pacific Please join us for our final APF discussion of the season\, which will address Canada’s involv ement in the Asia Pacific region today and look at future prospects in the field of: Military and Security: Dr. Brian Job\, Liu Institute […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

 IAR Asia Pacific Forum Presents

Canada's Reawakening: Military\, economic and dip lomatic vision for the Asia Pacific

Please join us for our final APF discussion of the season\, which will address Canada's involv ement in the Asia Pacific region today and look at future prospects in the field of:

  • Military and Security: Dr. Brian Job\, Liu Institute f or Global Studies & Political Science Department
  • Economic and Trade : Dr. Yves Tiberghien\, Director of the Institute of Asian Research

    • Tea and a light lunch will be served.

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    IAR As ia Pacific Forum is a student-led initiative operating out of the Institute of Asian Research\, University of British Columbia.

    Spo nsor: Asia Pacific Forum in cooperation with the Institute of Asia n Research and UBC Political Science Student Association (PSSA)
    By:     Professor Brian Job\, Liu Institute for Global Studies & Pol itical Science Department\, Dr. Yves Tiberghien\, Director of the Institute of Asian Research
    Type: Event

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/canadas-reawakening-militar y-economic-and-diplomatic-vision-for-the-asia-pacific/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160525T1622Z-1464193375.4849-EO-19979-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160524T175925Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233009Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150326T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150326T200000 SUMMARY: Daniel Ziv: Public Lecture + Screening of “Jalanan” – A Music Docu mentary DESCRIPTION: Public Lecture by Mr. Daniel Ziv\, Followed by a Screening of Jalanan Jalanan Jalanan (‘Streetside’)\, an award-winning 2013 feature-leng th Indonesian documentary film directed and produced by Daniel Ziv and feat uring Jakarta street musicians Bambang “Ho” Mulyono\, Titi Juwariyah and Bo ni Putera. It tells the captivating story of Boni\, Ho & Titi\, three gifte d\, charismatic street musicians […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Public Lecture by Mr. Daniel Ziv\, Followed by a Screening of Jalanan

    Jalanan

    Jalanan ('Streetside')\, an award-winning 2013 feature-length Indon esian documentary film directed and produced by Daniel Ziv and featuring Ja karta street musicians Bambang "Ho" Mulyono\, Titi Juwariyah and Boni Puter a. It tells the captivating story of Boni\, Ho & Titi\, three gifted\, char ismatic street musicians in Jakarta over a tumultuous 5-year period in thei r own lives and that of Indonesia. The film follows the young marginalized musicians and their never before seen sub-culture\, while also painting a s triking\, moody and intimate portrait of Indonesia’s frenzied capital city. Using the powerful soundtrack of the musicians' original compositions to d rive the film\, it traces their elusive quest for identity and love in the day-to-day of a city overrun by the effects of globalization and corruption .

    Speaker Bio

    A native of Canada\, Daniel Ziv moved to Jakarta in 1999 and began documenting urban life in Indonesia’s bu stling capital city as a writer\, magazine editor and filmmaker He founded and edited the popular monthly Djakarta! – The City Life Magazine\, and is author of the urban pop culture book Jakarta Inside Out\, an Asian bestsell er\, and its follow-up volume Bangkok Inside Out. He holds an MA in Southea st Asian Studies from the University of London\, and is fluent in Indonesia n.

    He will be lecturing on contemporary Indonesian issues\, and then he will treat us to a screening of his critically-acclaimed film Jalanan\, the captivating story of three gifted and charismatic street musicians in J akarta over a tumultuous 5-year period in their own lives and that of Indon esia. The Public Lecture will be moderated by Dr John Roosa\, CSEAR Managem ent Committee member and Associate Professor of History at UBC.

    An In donesian dinner will be provided from 5.00pm-6.00pm.

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    Sponsor: Centre for Southeast Asia Research
    By: Daniel Ziv\, Director
    Type: Event

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/daniel-ziv-public-lecture-s creening-of-jalanan-a-music-documentary/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160525T1622Z-1464193375.4965-EO-19983-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160524T180420Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233009Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150327T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150327T140000 SUMMARY: «50 Ans d’action Diplomatique Française en Chine: Qu’en Retenir?» 50 Years of French Diplomacy in China: What Did We Learn? DESCRIPTION: Résumé: Depuis l’acte historique de la reconnaissance de la Ch ine Populaire en janvier 1964\, la diplomatie française a été aux premières loges des relations de la Chine avec le monde occidental \; la révolution culturelle\, le 3e plénum et le mur de la démocratie\, les réformes des ann ées 80\, les trois « T » (Tiananmen\, […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Résumé:

    Depuis l’acte histori que de la reconnaissance de la Chine Populaire en janvier 1964\, la diploma tie française a été aux premières loges des relations de la Chine avec le m onde occidental \; la révolution culturelle\, le 3e plénum et le mur de la démocratie\, les réformes des années 80\, les trois « T » (Tiananmen\,  Tai wan\, Tibet)\, les Jeux Olympiques\, le « rêve chinois »… 30 minutes pour 3 0 ans d’histoire des relations entre la Chine et l’Occident vue par un dipl omate français.

    Summary:

    Since the historic al recognition of the People’s Republic in January 1964\, French diplomacy has been at the forefront of China’s relations with the West \; the cultura l revolution\, the third plenum and the wall of democracy\, the reforms of the eighties\, the three “T”s (Tiananmen\, Taiwan\, Tibet)\, the Beijing Ol ympics\, the “Chinese dream”… 30 minutes to tell 30 years of the history of the relations of China with the West by a French diplomat.

    About the Speaker:

    Formerly the Chief Information Officer\, Ministry of Foreign Affairs\, France from 2011 – 2015\, Mr. Nicolas Chapuis is the new est Ambassador of France to Canada.

    For more information on Mr. Chapu is (in French)\, please click here.

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    *A light lunch will be served to registered participants.

    Sponsor: Institute of Asian Research\, Liu Institute for Global Issues\, Consulate General of France in Vancouver
    By: Nicolas Chapuis\, Ambassador of France to Canada
    Type: Event

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/50-ans-daction-diplomatique -francaise-en-chine-quen-retenir-50-years-of-french-diplomacy-in-china-what -did-we-learn/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160525T1622Z-1464193375.5078-EO-19985-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160524T180632Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233009Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150330T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150330T173000 SUMMARY: Fixing China’s “Airpocalypse”: Roundtable Discussion on Under The Dome DESCRIPTION: Made by former China Central Television newscaster Chai Jing\, “Under the Dome”\, the 104-minute\, TED-style film drew more than 150 mill ion viewers in the first days after Chai posted it online. In three weeks\, Chai’s film has gone from Internet sensation\, to being blocked by governm ent censors\, to being the subject of a question to […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Made by former China Central Television ne wscaster Chai Jing\, “Under the Dome”\, the 104-minute\, TED-style film dre w more than 150 million viewers in the first days after Chai posted it onli ne. In three weeks\, Chai’s film has gone from Internet sensation\, to bein g blocked by government censors\, to being the subject of a question to Pre mier Li Keqiang at a press conference. Will Chai’s film bring any change to the status quo of pollution problems in China? Is the science in the film accurate? Is this film an example of dissent\, government infighting\, or c itizen activism?

    The event will begin with a 15 minute-viewing of Under The Dome.  The full video with English subtitiles is available here.

    ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSANTS

    • Dr. Timothy Cheek\, Director\ , Centre for Chinese Research\; Professor\, UBC Institute of Asian Research (Chair)
    • Dr. Michael Brauer\, Professor\, Director\, Bridge Program \, School of Population and Public Health
    • Dr. Milind Kandlikar\, Pr ofessor\, Liu Institute for Global Issues & Institute for Resources\, Envir onment and Sustainability
    • GUO Li\, Ph.D Candidate in Political Scie nce\, Dept. Political Science
    • Lotus RUAN Yang\, M.A. Candidate in A sia Pacific Policy Studies\, Institute of Asian Research

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    Sponsor: Centre for Chinese Research\, Institu te of Asian Research\, School of Population and Public Health\, Liu Institu te for Global Issues
    By: Centre for Chinese Research\ , Institute of Asian Research\, School of Population and Public Health\, Li u Institute for Global Issues
    Type: Event

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/fixing-chinas-airpocalypse- roundtable-discussion-on-under-the-dome/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160525T1622Z-1464193375.5186-EO-19987-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160524T180811Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233009Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150331T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150331T173000 SUMMARY: Book Launch: “Middle Power\, Middle Kingdom: What Canada Needs to Know about China in the 21st Century” DESCRIPTION: Chair: Brian Job\, Associate Director\, Institute of Asian Res earch Discussant: Yuen Pau Woo\, Senior Fellow in Public Policy\, Institute of Asian Research China’s rise is having a direct impact on our prosperity \, our health and well-being\, and our security here in Canada. The road to achieving many of our middle-power aspirations now runs through the […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Chair: Brian Job\, Associ ate Director\, Institute of Asian Research
    Discussant : Yuen Pau Woo\, Senior Fellow in Public Policy\, Institute of Asian Resear ch

    China’s rise is having a direct impact on our prosperity\, our hea lth and well-being\, and our security here in Canada. The road to achieving many of our middle-power aspirations now runs through the Middle Kingdom. We need to start paying closer attention\, says David Mulroney\, author of the new book Middle Power\, Middle Kingdom. China has become our second lar gest economic partner\, not as important as the US is\, but far bigger than all the rest. An assertive China is challenging the balance of power in th e Pacific\, and it is more than willing to reach across borders\, including Canada’s\, to steal technologies and to confront challenges to its ideolog y. We must do better. David Mulroney will also discusses what our challenge s in Afghanistan were and how we eventually got it right\, and how these le ssons can be applied to the future challenges of China\, and beyond. He is uniquely positioned to discuss these issues.

    About the Speake r:
    David Mulroney is currently a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and a Distingu ished Fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. He served as the Dep uty Minister responsible for the Afghanistan Task Force\, overseeing interd epartmental coordination of all aspects of Canada’s engagement in Afghanist an. He then served as Ambassador of Canada to the People’s Republic of Chin a from 2009 tom 2012.

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    Sponsor: Institute of Asian Reserach
    By: Mr. David Mulroney\, Former Canadian Ambassador to th e People’s Republic of China
    Type: Event

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/book-launch-middle-power-mi ddle-kingdom-what-canada-needs-to-know-about-china-in-the-21st-century/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160525T1622Z-1464193375.5294-EO-19918-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160524T163738Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233009Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150401T094500 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150401T114500 SUMMARY: Singapore After Lee Kuan Yew: A Roundtable Discussion DESCRIPTION: As the city-state of Singapore mourns its founding father\, ma ny around the world are slowly realizing the enormous impact he had on Asia n geopolitics and international relations. Former US Secretary of State Geo rge P Shultz dubs him a “one-man world intelligence agency”\, and in death he has been lauded by the likes of Henry Kissinger\, […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    As the city-state of Singapore mourns its founding father\, many around the world are slowly realizing the enormous i mpact he had on Asian geopolitics and international relations. Former US Se cretary of State George P Shultz dubs him a "one-man world intelligence age ncy"\, and in death he has been lauded by the likes of Henry Kissinger\, He lmut Schmidt\, Tony Blair\, and Li Lanqing among many other statesmen. At t he same time\, it is this same Lee Kuan Yew that has been accused of exhibi ting authoritarian tendencies\, suing journalists for libel and detaining p olitical opponents whilst implementing draconian laws regulating the person al behaviour of Singaporeans. This seminar will assess Lee Kuan Yew's mark on Singapore and the world\, and imagine a Singapore and an Asia without on e of its giants on the world stage.

    Roundtable Discussion Pan alists

    Mr Edgar Liao\, PhD Candidate\, Department of History

    Ms Clarrie Ng\, MAAPPS Candidate\, Institute of Asian Research

    Dr Kai Ostwald\, Co-Director\, Centre for Southeast Asia Research

    Dr John Roosa\, Associate Professor\, Department of History

    Dr Yves Tib erghien\, Director\, Institute of Asian Research

    Mr Willy Wong\, Reti red lecturer and administrator\, Singapore Polytechnic

    The Roundtable Discussion will be moderated by Dr Kai Ostwald\, Co-Director\, Centre for Southeast Asia Research

    Light beverages and referesments will be prov ided

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    Sponsor: Centre for Southeast A sia Research
    By: Mr. Edgar Liao\, UBC History Deptart ment PhD Candidate\; Ms. Clarrie Ng\, IAR MAAPPS Candidate\; Dr. Kai Ostwal d\, Co-Director\, Centre for Southeast Asia Research\; Dr. John Roosa\, UBC History Department\, Associate Professor\; Dr. Yves Tiberghien\, IAR Direc tor\; Mr. Willy Wong\, retired Singapore Polytechnic Lecturer
    Type: Event

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/singapore-after-lee-kuan-ye w-a-roundtable-discussion/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160525T1622Z-1464193375.54-EO-19916-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160524T163610Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233009Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150401T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150401T140000 SUMMARY: Lunchtime Discussion on Zhu Xiaoyang’s Video Documentary on China’ s Collective Resistance to To-Down Urbanization DESCRIPTION: Professor Zhu Xiaoyang has carried out ethnographic work in Yu nnan\, China and published several books on developments in China’s village s as well as documentary films. Dr. David Kelly will discuss China’s housin g crisis on some of Zhu’s work. About the speaker Concurrently a Visiting P rofessor at Peking University\, Dr. David Kelly leads the governance and [… ] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Professor Zhu Xiaoyang has carried out eth nographic work in Yunnan\, China and published several books on development s in China's villages as well as documentary films. Dr. David Kelly will di scuss China's housing crisis on some of Zhu's work.

    About the speaker

    Concurrently a Visiting Professor at Peking Univers ity\, Dr. David Kelly leads the governance and law\, and geopolitics teams at China Policy\, a Beijing based research and advisory company. His intere sts encompass a sweep of issues affecting China’s domestic reforms and its strategic positioning\, with a particular interest in the external impact o f China’s governance model. His more than thirty years research on China co mbined with his early IT training\, created the ChinaBase\, a bilingual res earch tool specialized for tracking China’s policy realm. Dr. Kelly holds a n honours degree in anthropology and philosophy and a PhD in Chinese studie s from the University of Sydney. A sought-after international media comment ator\, he frequently appears on the BBC\, Voice of America\, Australian ABC \, Al Jazeera and in leading print media.

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    A light lunch will be provided for resgistered participants

    Sponsor: Centre for Chinese Research
    By: D r. David Kelly\, Research Director\, China Policy
    Type:     Discussion

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/lunchtime-discussion-on-zhu -xiaoyangs-video-documentary-on-chinas-collective-resistance-to-to-down-urb anization/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160525T1622Z-1464193375.5509-EO-19920-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160524T164056Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233009Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150401T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150401T180000 SUMMARY: China’s World: Chineseness and Civilization without Borders DESCRIPTION: China seeks to be a global power while preserving an essential Chineseness. Understandable in general terms\, this stubborn national iden tity complex is mainly politically-driven. Outside actors need to understan d the internal conversation that dominates and colours the formal positions over a range of national issues\, most recently the college curriculum. Th e controversies need to be […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    China seeks to be a global power while pre serving an essential Chineseness. Understandable in general terms\, this st ubborn national identity complex is mainly politically-driven. Outside acto rs need to understand the internal conversation that dominates and colours the formal positions over a range of national issues\, most recently the co llege curriculum. The controversies need to be seen in the perspective of s hifts in national self-perception since the late 19th century. But as well as history\, the natural history of ‘values’ as aspects of the social order have to be sorted out.

    About the speaker:

    Con currently a Visiting Professor at Peking University\, Dr. David Kelly leads the governance and law\, and geopolitics teams at China Policy\, a Beijing based research and advisory company. His interests encompass a sweep of is sues affecting China’s domestic reforms and its strategic positioning\, wit h a particular interest in the external impact of China’s governance model. His more than thirty years research on China combined with his early IT tr aining\, created the ChinaBase\, a bilingual research tool specialized for tracking China’s policy realm.

    Dr. Kelly holds an honours degree in a nthropology and philosophy and a PhD in Chinese studies from the University of Sydney. A sought-after international media commentator\, he frequently appears on the BBC\, Voice of America\, Australian ABC\, Al Jazeera and in leading print media.

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    Sponsor: Centre for Chinese Research\, Asia Pac ific Foundation of Canada
    By: Dr. David Kelly\, Resea rch Director\, China Policy
    Type: Seminar

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/chinas-world-chineseness-an d-civilization-without-borders/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160525T1622Z-1464193375.5615-EO-19922-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160524T164237Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233009Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150402T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150402T180000 SUMMARY: Languages of Legitimacy in China: Roundtable Discussion with Resea rchers DESCRIPTION: Problems of legitimacy are volatile elements in China’s politi cal system\, as in few other regimes. Driven to monopolise all sources of l egitimacy\, the Marxist-Leninist Party system suffers from a legitimacy def icit. Mechanisms geared to compensate for this deficit are easy to spot: pe rsonality cults\, hyper- nationalism\, megaprojects\, factional struggle nu merous forms\, e.g. anti-corruption drives. China’s […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Problems of legitimacy are volatile elemen ts in China’s political system\, as in few other regimes. Driven to monopol ise all sources of legitimacy\, the Marxist-Leninist Party system suffers f rom a legitimacy deficit. Mechanisms geared to compensate for this deficit are easy to spot: personality cults\, hyper- nationalism\, megaprojects\, f actional struggle numerous forms\, e.g. anti-corruption drives. China’s pol itical system is not purely Marxist-Leninist\, however\; a renewal of the P arty’s mandate may work to counteract the deficit and its consequences. The conflict may be seen represented in the video documentary 穹顶之下 (Qiongding Zhixia\, “Under the Dome”) targeting political sources of air pollution.

    About the speaker

    Concurrently a Visiting Profes sor at Peking University\, Dr. David Kelly leads the governance and law\, a nd geopolitics teams at China Policy\, a Beijing based research and advisor y company. His interests encompass a sweep of issues affecting China’s dome stic reforms and its strategic positioning\, with a particular interest in the external impact of China’s governance model. His more than thirty years research on China combined with his early IT training\, created the ChinaB ase\, a bilingual research tool specialized for tracking China’s policy rea lm.

    Dr. Kelly holds an honours degree in anthropology and philosophy and a PhD in Chinese studies from the University of Sydney. A sought-after international media commentator\, he frequently appears on the BBC\, Voice of America\, Australian ABC\, Al Jazeera and in leading print media.

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    Sponsor: Centre for Chi nese Research
    By: Dr. David Kelly\, Research Director \, China Policy
    Type: Event

    LOCATION:Room 351\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/languages-of-legitimacy-in- china-roundtable-discussion-with-researchers/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160525T1622Z-1464193375.5717-EO-19924-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160524T164539Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233009Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150409T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150409T130000 SUMMARY: Communication\, Authoritarian Resilience\, and Democracy in China and Taiwan DESCRIPTION: In 2010-2011\, the “Arab Spring” brought unexpected revolution s to many Middle Eastern and North African countries. Why did these seeming ly invincible regimes fall\, while China remained durably authoritarian? Ma ny observers credited global media for the political transformations. While the hopes of Arab Spring democracy have proven to be fragile or short-live d\, we can profitably explore […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    In 2010-2011\, the "Arab Spring" brought u nexpected revolutions to many Middle Eastern and North African countries. W hy did these seemingly invincible regimes fall\, while China remained durab ly authoritarian? Many observers credited global media for the political tr ansformations. While the hopes of Arab Spring democracy have proven to be f ragile or short-lived\, we can profitably explore the relationship between political communication and regime stability by comparing Chinese authorita rian resilience with Taiwan’s remarkable democratization\, which remains un der-appreciated by the international community.

    This talk considers p olitical change in China and Taiwan since the late 1970s\, with an eye towa rd understanding the ways in which communication by state and societal acto rs has affected regime stability and democratization. Professor Esarey argu es that media commercialization\, re-packaging of propaganda\, and informat ion control have contributed to regime stability in China\, while the Chian g Ching-kuo administration’s diminishing capacity to control a small but in fluential opposition media\, and even mainstream newspapers\, permitted ref ormers to press for democratization by reframing debates\, resetting the po litical agenda\, and challenging state narratives and legitimacy claims.

    When viewed in comparative perspective\, Taiwan’s successful democratiz ation suggests that seeking regime change is impracticable\, and possibly e ven perilous\, without considerable and sustainable media freedom as well a s opportunities for the public to advocate\, evaluate\, and internalize alt ernative political views. A balance of “communication power” between state and societal actors facilitates a negotiated and peaceful transition from a uthoritarianism.

    About the speaker

    Dr. Ashley Esarey received his PhD in Political Science from Columbia University and w as awarded the An Wang Postdoctoral Fellowship by Harvard University. He ha s held academic appointments at Middlebury College\, Whitman College\, and the University of Alberta\, where he is an instructor in the departments of East Asian Studies and Political Science and a research associate of the C hina Institute. Dr. Esarey has written on democratization and authoritarian resilience\, digital media and politics\, and information control and prop aganda. His recent publications include My Fight for a New Taiwan: One Woma n’s Journey from Prison to Power (with Lu Hsiu-lien) and The Internet in Ch ina: Cultural\, Political\, and Social Dimensions (with Randolph Kluver).

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    Sponsor: Centre for Chines e Research
    By: Dr. Ashley Esarey\, Visiting Assistant Professor\, University of Alberta
    Type: Event

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/communication-authoritarian -resilience-and-democracy-in-china-and-taiwan/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160525T1622Z-1464193375.5821-EO-19926-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160524T164730Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233010Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150410T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150410T173000 SUMMARY: Wendi Adamek on Fathers and Daughters in Chinese Buddhism DESCRIPTION: In Mothers and Sons in Chinese Buddhism\, Alan Cole traced the development of a distinctive Buddhist discourse on filial piety. He focuss ed exclusively on mothers and sons\, but there is much that could be said a bout Buddhist father-daughter relationships. Most famously\, father-daughte r conflict and reconciliation drives the plot of The Precious Scroll of Inc ense Mountain\, […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    In Mothers and Sons in Chinese Buddhism\, Alan Cole traced the development of a distinctive Buddhist discourse on fil ial piety. He focussed exclusively on mothers and sons\, but there is much that could be said about Buddhist father-daughter relationships. Most famou sly\, father-daughter conflict and reconciliation drives the plot of The Pr ecious Scroll of Incense Mountain\, a sixteenth-century tale of the bodhisa ttva Avalokiteśvara’s past life as the Princess Miaoshan. In this talk I ex amine much earlier material on filial Buddhist daughters. In the seventh ce ntury\, a Buddhist nun named Zhijue dedicated a niche and wrote a memorial for her father\, a respected magistrate. The memorial is full of praise for his commitment to Buddhist practice\, and it appears that she and her fath er were united against the rest of their family. In the eighth century\, fi lial devotion and master-disciple devotion appear to dovetail in the accoun ts of two female followers of the Chan Master Wuzhu. Finally\, I look at a well-loved Chan/Zen fictional character: Lingzhao\, the daughter of Layman Pang\, who was said to have died in the ninth century. In these three accou nts of Buddhist daughters\, we see literary and cultural conventions re-neg otiated and re-appropriated in various ways.

    Speaker Bio

    Wendi L. Adamek is Associate Professor in the Department of Reli gious Studies at the University of Calgary and holder of the Numata Chair i n Buddhist Studies. Her forthcoming book Practicescape: The Buddhists of Ba oshan centers on a seventh-century community in Henan\, China. Previous pub lications include The Mystique of Transmission (2008 AAR Award for Excellen ce in Textual Studies)\, and The Teachings of Master Wuzhu: Zen and Religio n of No-Religion (2012). Born in Hawai’i\, she earned her degrees at Stanfo rd University and has been a research fellow at Kyoto University\, Peking U niversity\, and the Stanford Humanities Center. Her research interests incl ude medieval Chinese Buddhism and Daoism\, Buddhist art\, comparative philo sophy\, and environmental literature.

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    Sponsor: The Robert H. N. Ho Fami ly Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society and the UBC Tzu- chi Buddhist Studies Forum
    Place: Auditorium\, Asian Centre\, 1871 West Mall\, Vancouver\, BC
    By: Associat e Professor Wendi Adamek\, Religious Studies\, University of Calgary
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    Dates: Friday\, Apr 10\, 2015 to Friday\, Apr 10\, 2015
    Time: 4:00-5:30PM

    LOCATION:Asian Centre Auditorium GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/wendi-adamek-on-fathers-and -daughters-in-chinese-buddhism/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160525T1622Z-1464193375.5935-EO-19928-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160524T165151Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233010Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150410T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150412T120000 SUMMARY: Graduate Student Conference: What is Asia? Security and social Cha nge in the Asia Pacific region DESCRIPTION: The UBC Master of Arts Asia Pacific Policy Studies (MAAPPS) pr ogram is hosting an International Graduate Conference on contemporary issue s in the Asia-Pacific Region. The conference will be an interdisciplinary f orum for graduate students to exchange ideas\, compare methodologies and di scuss current research on contemporary Asia and Asia-Pacific affairs. The c onference keynote speech and opening […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The UBC Master of Arts Asia Pacific Policy Studies (MAAPPS) program is hosting an International Graduate Conference o n contemporary issues in the Asia-Pacific Region.

    The conference will be an interdisciplinary forum for graduate students to exchange ideas\, co mpare methodologies and discuss current research on contemporary Asia and A sia-Pacific affairs. The conference keynote speech and opening dinner will take place on Friday April 10.

    RSVP here.

    To view the Asia Pacific Graduate Conference websit e\, click he re.

    By: UBC MAAPPS Student Association
    Type:     Conference
    Dates: Friday\, Apr 10\ , 2015 to Sunday\, Apr 12\, 2015
    Time: 4pm - 8pm Frid ay\; 9am - 5pm Saturday\; 9am - 12pm Sunday

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    LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/graduate-student-conference -what-is-asia-security-and-social-change-in-the-asia-pacific-region/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160525T1622Z-1464193375.6069-EO-19930-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160524T165414Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233010Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150411T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150411T173000 SUMMARY: Dialogue Searching for Identity: Living in a Different Place DESCRIPTION: This 5th Dialogue hosted by UBC Dialogue hopes to exchange ide as and provide a greater flow of  communication between Mainland China\, Ta iwan\, Hong Kong\, and Macau by overseas students from those respective cou ntries in regards to the change in terms of academic participation and free dom\, and lifestyle that has come with living in and going […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This 5th Dialogue hosted by UBC Dialogue h opes to exchange ideas and provide a greater flow of  communication between Mainland China\, Taiwan\, Hong Kong\, and Macau by overseas students from those respective countries in regards to the change in terms of academic pa rticipation and freedom\, and lifestyle that has come with living in and go ing to school in Canada.  For most of international students in UBC\, they live in Vancouver for the purpose of acquiring a better education. In this dialogue\, we will discuss about the change of their lives of studying aboa rd and the academic participation and freedom.

    Timeline

    1:55 – 2:10 Reception

    2:15 – 2:30 Introduction

    2:30 – 3:45 Small Group Discussion

    3:45 – 4:05 Break

    4:05 – 5:10 Big Group Discussion

    5:10 – 5:30 One-sentence Comment

    View Cantones e/English PDF Poster here.

    View Mandarin/ E nglish PDF Poster here.

    Please RSVP here by noon on April 9\, 2015.

    Spon sor: Equity and Inclusion Office\, Centre for Chinese Research
    Type: Discussion

    LOCATION:Lillooet Room (301)\, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre GEO:49.267581;-123.252321 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/dialogue-searching-for-iden tity-living-in-a-different-place/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160525T1622Z-1464193375.621-EO-19933-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160524T165552Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233010Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150417T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150417T160000 SUMMARY: Envisioning the City: Urban Cartography in Early Modern China DESCRIPTION: Beginning in the Song dynasty (960-1279) cities and urban life in China began to be represented in new ways\, and in ever greater abundan ce. Maps of cities began to be produced and circulated in new formats and c ontexts\, including gazetteers\, guidebooks\, and travel narratives. This t alk will explore a variety of images of cities\, including […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Beginning in the Song dynasty (960-1279) c ities and urban life in China began to be represented in new ways\, and in ever greater abundance. Maps of cities began to be produced and circulated in new formats and contexts\, including gazetteers\, guidebooks\, and trave l narratives. This talk will explore a variety of images of cities\, includ ing Suzhou\, Hangzhou and Beijing\, from the Song through the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) in order to inquire into how and why such images were produced\ , how they were viewed and used\, and how maps in particular constructed a discourse of knowledge\, through processes of inclusion and exclusion\, whi ch served and articulated interests both public and private.

    ABOUT THE SPEAKER

    Dr. Ken Hammond is Professor of History at New Mexico State University. He received his PhD from Harvard University i n History and East Asian Languages in 1994. He researches the history of Ch ina in the Early Modern period\, especially the sixteenth century\, as well as the rise of global capital and the revival of Confucian thought in twen ty-first-century China. He has written and edited numerous books and articl es on Chinese intellectual and political history\, including Pepper Mountai n: The Life\, Death\, and Posthumous Career of Yang Jisheng and The Human T radition in Premodern China. His most recent work\, an edited volume with J effrey L. Richey\, The Sage Returns: Confucian Revival in Contemporary Chin a (SUNY Press) came out in February\, 2015.

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    Sponsor: Centre for Chines e Research
    By: Dr. Ken Hammond\, Professor\, Departme nt of History\, New Mexico State University
    Type: Sem inar

    LOCATION:Room 1197\, Buchanan Tower GEO:49.268589;-123.253408 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/envisioning-the-city-urban- cartography-in-early-modern-china/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160525T1622Z-1464193375.6343-EO-19936-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160524T170010Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233010Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150421T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150421T133000 SUMMARY: Social Movements and the Political Polarization of South Korea and Taiwan DESCRIPTION: There has been a widespread perception that politics in South Korea and Taiwan have become increasingly polarized in recent elections. Ar e the electorates in both countries also polarized\, and if so\, what are t he sources of this polarization? Visiting Scholar Hyunji Lee will briefly d iscuss some common causes of the recent social movements in both […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    There has been a widespread perception tha t politics in South Korea and Taiwan have become increasingly polarized in recent elections. Are the electorates in both countries also polarized\, an d if so\, what are the sources of this polarization? Visiting Scholar Hyunj i Lee will briefly discuss some common causes of the recent social movement s in both countries -- i.e.\, the candlelight protests in Korea (2008) and the Sunflower movement in Taiwan (2014) -- and identify some similarities a nd differences between Korea and Taiwan in the patterns of political cleava ges.  More specifically\, Hyunji Lee employs "affect" rather than "ideology " as an indicator of mass polarization\, and find that the electorates both in Korea and Taiwan are clearly polarized when defined in terms of likes a nd dislikes toward political parties ("affect").  Hyunji Lee will demonstra te that political trust or a lack thereof is at the root of affective polar ization both in Korea and Taiwan.  Discontent regarding democratic represen tation is closely associated with cold feelings toward the ruling right-win g party in each country\; and Hyunji Lee argues that this may reflect the p ersistence of a softer version of the old pro-democracy vs. anti-democracy cleavage that originated during the pre-democratic period.

    Ab out the Speaker

    Hyunji Lee\, is a Visiting Researcher at IAR .  Hyunji’s research focus is concentrated on public opinion and policies a bout issues that entail risk and uncertainty\; impacts of parties and elect oral systems on policy-making (South Korea and Taiwan)\; and gender differe nces in public opinion.

    View PDF Poster here.

    RSVP here.

    Sponsor: Institu te of Asian Research\, Centre for Korean Research
    By: Hyunji Lee\, IAR Research Associate
    Type: Discussion

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/social-movements-and-the-po litical-polarization-of-south-korea-and-taiwan/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160525T1622Z-1464193375.6462-EO-19935-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160524T165716Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233010Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150421T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150421T180000 SUMMARY: Cancelled – Open House at the Centre for India and South Asia Rese arch DESCRIPTION: CANCELLED The Centre for India and South Asia Research at the Institute of Asian Research is pleased to invite you to its annual Open Hou se on April 21\, from 3-6 pm at the C.K. Choi Building lounge. We are excit ed to showcase the Centre’s achievements in the last academic year\, 2014-2 015 and there will be […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    CANCELLED

    The Centr e for India and South Asia Research at the Institute of Asian Research is p leased to invite you to its annual Open House on April 21\, from 3-6 pm at the C.K. Choi Building lounge. We are excited to showcase the Centre's achi evements in the last academic year\, 2014-2015 and there will be a lecture\ , refreshments and entertainment for all to enjoy.

    More details to fo llow soon!

    Sponsor: Centre for India and South Asia Research
    Type: Event

    LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/cancelled-open-house-at-the -centre-for-india-and-south-asia-research/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160521T0244Z-1463798662.1199-EO-19894-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160520T175825Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233010Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150504T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150504T143000 SUMMARY: India’s New Globality: Modi’s Visits to Canada and China DESCRIPTION: More details coming soon. View PDF poster here. Please RSVP as imup@gmail.com Sponsor: Centre for India and South Asia Research\, Institut e of Asian Research By: Stewart Beck\, CEO\, Asia Pacific Foundation\; Prof essor Yves Tiberghien\, Director\, Institute of Asian Research\; Sukesh Kum ar\, KPMG\; Professor Brian Job\, Associate Director\, Institute of Asian R esearch Type: Event Time: 12:00-1:00pm (Lunch)\, 1:00-2:30pm […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    More details c oming soon.

    View PDF poster here.

    Please RSVP asimup@gmail.c om

    Sponsor: Centre for India and South Asia Rese arch\, Institute of Asian Research
    By: Stewart Beck\, CEO\, Asia Pacific Foundation\; Professor Yves Tiberghien\, Director\, Ins titute of Asian Research\; Sukesh Kumar\, KPMG\; Professor Brian Job\, Asso ciate Director\, Institute of Asian Research
    Type: Ev ent
    Time: 12:00-1:00pm (Lunch)\, 1:00-2:30pm (Roundta ble Discussion)

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/indias-new-globality-modis- visits-to-canada-and-china/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160521T0244Z-1463798662.1622-EO-19896-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160520T180028Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233010Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150515T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150515T200000 SUMMARY: Buddhism and the Ecological Challenge DESCRIPTION: Buddhism\, like many forms of “spirituality\,” tends to be div orced from the needs for collective social transformation. As Buddhism inte racts with democratic societies\, there is an opportunity for an integratio n of personal and public via the traditional technologies of “waking up.” D avid argues that there is an important parallel between what Buddhism says about our […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Buddhism\, like many forms of “spiritualit y\,” tends to be divorced from the needs for collective social transformati on. As Buddhism interacts with democratic societies\, there is an opportuni ty for an integration of personal and public via the traditional technologi es of “waking up.” David argues that there is an important parallel between what Buddhism says about our personal predicament and our collective predi cament today in relation to the rest of the biosphere.

    David Robert L oy is a professor\, writer\, and Zen teacher in the Sanbo Kyodan tradition of Japanese Zen Buddhism. He is a prolific author\, whose essays and books have been translated into many languages. His articles appear regularly in the pages of major journals such as Tikkun and Buddhist magazines including Tricycle\, Turning Wheel\, Shambhala Sun and Buddhadharma. David lectures nationally and internationally on various topics\, focusing primarily on the encounter between Buddhism a nd modernity: what each can learn from the other. He is especially concerne d about social and ecological issues.

    For more information\, please v isit Buddhism and Contemporary Soc iety's website.

    Sponsor: Asian Centre\, Institut e of Asian Research
    By: David Robert Loy\, professor\ , writer\, and Zen teacher
    Type: Seminar

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    LOCATION:Asian Centre Auditorium GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/buddhism-and-the-ecological -challenge/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160521T0244Z-1463798662.1752-EO-19898-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160520T180200Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233010Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150526T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150526T170000 SUMMARY: Buddhism\, Christianity and the Silk Road: A Talk with Dr. Frances Wood DESCRIPTION: In celebration of UBC Library’s centennial\, author and former British Library curator of Chinese collections Dr. Frances Wood\, will spe ak on the movement of ideas and icons across Central Asia facilitated by th e Silk Road trade routes. The rich variety of religions was evidenced by th e great cache of manuscripts discovered in Dunhuang in 1900. […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    In celebration of UBC Library’s centennial \, author and former British Library curator of Chinese collections Dr. Fra nces Wood\, will speak on the movement of ideas and icons across Central As ia facilitated by the Silk Road trade routes.

    The rich variety of rel igions was evidenced by the great cache of manuscripts discovered in Dunhua ng in 1900. Since the first removal of manuscripts to London by Aurel Stein in 1907 and to Paris by Paul Pelliot in the following year\, scholars have been astounded by the richness of this manuscript hoard. In addition to sh owing the significance of Buddhism in the daily life of Tang China\, these treasures also reveal the importance of religion to the Sogdian traders who dominated the northern Silk Road and underline the cosmopolitan nature of Tang China.

    Dr. Frances Wood’s visit is made possible through the gen erous support of Willem and Rosalie Stronck. Events are presented by UBC Li brary (Asian Library and Irving K. Barber Learning Centre) in partnership w ith the Department of Asian Studies\, Institute of Asian Research\, Canadia n Society for Asian Arts and explorAsian: Vancouver Asian Heritage Month So ciety.

    About Dr. Frances Wood
    Frances Wood studied art at Liverpool Art School and then Chinese at the University of Cambridge. Sh e spent a year at the Beijing Languages Institute and Peking University\, b efore completing her PhD work on traditional domestic architecture in the B eijing area. She worked in the School of Oriental and African Studies Libra ry at the University of London before moving to the British Library in the early 1980s. She retired in 2013 after more than 30 years there as curator of the Chinese collections. Dr. Wood is well published on Chinese culture a nd history\; her books include Did Marco Polo Go To China?(1995)\, The Blue Guide to China (2002)\, The Silk Road (2003)\, The Forbidden City (2005) and Picnics Prohibited: Diplomacy in a chaotic China during the First World War (2014).

    RSVP for thi s free event by May 22 to libra ry.development@ubc.ca.

    For more information\, please visit UBC Library's page .

    Sponsor: UBC Library\, Department of Asian Stu dies
    By: Dr. Frances Wood\, author and former British Library curator of Chinese collections
    Type: Seminar

    LOCATION:Asian Centre Auditorium GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/buddhism-christianity-and-t he-silk-road-a-talk-with-dr-frances-wood/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160521T0244Z-1463798662.1904-EO-19899-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160520T180611Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233010Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150528T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150530T120000 SUMMARY: Buddhism and Wellbeing Conference DESCRIPTION: The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society\, University of British Columbia\, will host the fifth annual Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation Conference at UBC. Thursday\, M ay 28: 12:00 PM onwards REGISTRATION 1:30 – 3:00 PM   PANEL 1 Concepts of H ealth and Wellbeing  Stephen Harris (Leiden University): “Buddhism\, Suffer ing […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Prog ram in Buddhism and Contemporary Society\, University of British Columbia\, will host the fifth annual Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation Conference at UBC.

    Thursday\, May 28:

    12:00 PM onwards REGISTRATION

    1:30 – 3:00 PM   PANEL 1 Concepts of Health and Wellbeing 

    Stephen Harris (Leiden University): “Buddhism\, S uffering and Philosophical accounts of Well-Being”

    Eyal Aviv (George Washington University): "Toward a Buddhist Theory of Wellbeing"

    Giuli ano Giustarini (Mahidol University): "The Philosophy of Health in Pali Budd hist Texts"

    3:30 – 5:00 PM   PANEL 2a Taking Medicine into An cient Buddhism 

    Hin-Tak Sik (University of Hong Kong): “Anci ent Indian Medicine in the Bhaiṣajya-skandhaka of the Dharmaguptaka-vinaya”

    Ming Chen (Peking University): "Ancient Indian Remedies in Chinese M edical and Buddhist Manuscripts from Dunhuang and Turfan"

    A. Mujeeb K han (University of Cambridge):"Buddhist Medicine in Ancient Japan: Ishinpō and Its Sources"

    3:30 – 5:00 PM   PANEL 2b Bringing Tradition into the Secular

    Cody Bahir (Leiden University): "The Dharm akāya’s Personal Physician: Wuguang’s (1918-2000) Hermeneutic of Healing an d Resurrection of Zhenyan"

    Celine Coderey (National University of Sin gapore): "Buddhism and Indigenous Medicine in Myanmar"

    Tyler Phan (Un iversity College London): "Buddhism and Traditional Vietnamese Medicine: An Account of Buddhist Medicine in Secularized Viet Nam at Quang Pagoda (Chùa Tuờng Quang)"

    Friday\, May 29:

    10:0 0 AM – 12:00 PM   PANEL 3a Premodern Chinese Buddhism 

    Jinhu a Chen (University of British Columbia): "Zhiyi as a Meditation Master and Physician"

    Susan Andrews (Mount Allison University): "Gathering Medic ines Among the Cypress: The Relationship between Healing and Place in the E arliest Records of Mount Wutai"

    Robban Toleno (University of British Columbia): "Non-Cartesian Nourishment? Four-Foods Doctrine in Chinese Buddh ism"

    Hsin Yi Lin (Columbia University): "Dealing with Childbirth in M edieval Chinese Buddhism: Healing Resources in the Medieval Buddhist Texts"

    10:00 AM – 12:00 PM   PANEL 3b Contemporary Engagements with Mental Health 

    Chikako Ozawa-de Silva (Emory University): " Exploring the Wider Ethical and Cognitive Resources of Buddhism for Psychot herapy: The Case of Japanese Naikan Practice and CBCT (Cognitively-Based Co mpassion Training)"

    Brendan R. Ozawa-de Silva (Life University): "Hea ling Through Compassion: The Implementation of Buddhism-Derived Compassion Training in Schools and Other Contexts"

    Bryan Phillips (University of Virginia): "Floatation REST and Buddhist Perspectives: Reconsidering Calm Abiding (samatha)\, Single-pointed Concentration (samadhi)\, and Inner Clar ity (nang-gsal) in a Novel Practice Context"

    Ann Gleig (University of Central Florida): "Synaptic Dharma\, Secure (Non)-Attachment\, and Healing Trauma: From Reductive to Dialogical Perspectives in the Buddhist-Psychoan alytic Encounter"

    2:00 – 4:00 PM   PANEL 4a Enhancing Health in Tibetan Buddhism

    Douglas Duckworth (Temple University): " Three Types of Healing Practice in the Kagyü Tradition of Tibet"

    Geof frey Samuel (Cardiff University): "Aspects of Health within the Tibetan Lon g-Life Practice of Amitāyus"

    Charles Oliphant (University of Oxford):  "Ancient Tibetan Formulas for Life Enhancement: The Tibetan Tradition of b cud len (essence extraction)"

    Frances Garrett (University of Toronto) : "Therapeutic Technologies for Creating Children"

    2:00 – 4:0 0 PM   PANEL 4b Social and Public Dimensions of Movements for Health

    Jessica L. Main (University of British Columbia): "Shin Buddhism a nd the National Campaign to Eradicate Leprosy in the 20th Century: Repurpos ing the Symbol of Empress Kōmyō Nursing a Leper"

    Melissa Anne-Marie C urley (University of Iowa): "A Special Faculty of Taste: Diet and Ascesis i n Western Buddhism"

    Wakoh Shannon Hickey (Notre Dame of Maryland Univ ersity): "Meditation as Medicine: A History and Critique"

    Pemarathana Soorakkulame (University of Pittsburgh): "Ritual Worship of the Buddha and Psychological Wellbeing"

    7:00 – 8:30 PM   KEYNOTE ADDRESS To ward a Global History of Buddhism & Medicine

    Asian Centre Au ditorium\, 2329 West Mall\, Vancouver\, BC

    Pierce Salguero (Penn Stat e University’s Abington College)

    Saturday\, May 30:

    10:30 – 12:00 PM PANEL 5a  Anthropological Approaches to He aling

    Rao Lide (Yanzheng) (University of Hong Kong): "Buddhi st Stories of Healing Based on the Section of Benefactors in the Five Biogr aphies of Eminent Monks"

    Antje Richter (University of Colorado at Bou lder): "Making Sense of Illness and Healing: The Vimalakīrti Sūtra in Medie val Chinese Literature"

    Susannah Deane (Cardiff University): "Sadness \, Faith\, and Healing: A Case Study of Buddhism and Madness in a Tibetan E xile"

    10:00 –12:00 PM PANEL 5b Targeted Care: Addiction\, Com pulsion\, End of Life

    Clark Chilson (University of Pittsburg h): "Contemplation over Compulsion: Naikan as an Analytical Meditation for Treating Addiction"

    Kenta Kasai (Center for Information on Religion):  "Buddhism and Addiction Recovery"

    Sara Lytle (Rush University Medica l Center): "Walking the Path Together\, Crossing Alone: The Practice of Car e in Buddhist Hospices"

    Upali Sraman (Harvard University): "Healing t hrough Spiritual Care: Arts and Ethics of Chaplaincy as Gleaned from Some B uddhist Narratives"

    12:00 PM   CLOSING

    For mor e information on the Buddhism and Wellbeing Conference\, please visit the < a href="http://buddhism.arts.ubc.ca/conferences/buddhism-and-wellbeing-may- 28-30-2015/">Conference Page or visit bcsprogram@gmail.com for registration details.

    Spons or: The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society
    Place: St. John's College\, 2111 Lower Mall\, Vancouver\, BC
    Type: Conference
    Dates:     Thursday\, May 28\, 2015 to Saturday\, May 30\, 2015< br />Time: Thursday noon-5:00pm\, Friday 9:30am-8:30pm\, S aturday 10:00am-noon

    LOCATION:St. John's College GEO:0;0 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/buddhism-and-wellbeing-conf erence/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160521T0244Z-1463798662.209-EO-19900-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160520T181241Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233010Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150529T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150529T170000 SUMMARY: In Conversation: Frances Wood and Tim Brook DESCRIPTION: Republic of China Chair and China historian\, Dr. Timothy Broo k\, will be interviewing Dr. Wood on their shared experience as students in China during the Cultural Revolution. About the Event Republic of China Ch air and China historian\, Dr. Timothy Brook\, in an extended interview of D r. Frances Wood on their shared experience as students in […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Republic of China Chair and China historia n\, Dr. Timothy Brook\, will be interviewing Dr. Wood on their shared exper ience as students in China during the Cultural Revolution.

    Ab out the Event

    Republic of China Chair and China historian\, Dr. Timothy Brook\, in an extended interview of Dr. Frances Wood on their s hared experience as students in China during the Cultural Revolution\, and how it shaped their views of China. Dr. Wood retired in 2013 after more tha n 30 years at the British Library as curator of the Chinese collections\, a nd is well-published on Chinese culture and history.

    Her visit to UBC is on the occasion of the UBC Library Centennial\, and is made possible th rough the generous support of Willem and Rosalie Stronck. Events are presen ted by UBC Library (Asian Library and Irving K. Barber Learning Centre) in partnership with the Department of Asian Studies\, Institute of Asian Resea rch\, Canadian Society for Asian Arts and explorAsian: Vancouver Asian Heri tage Month Society.

    Please visit library.ubc.ca for a full li st of events featuring Dr. Frances Wood.

    Please RSVP here.

    Sponsor: Centre for Chinese Research\ , the Institute of Asian Research
    By: Dr. Timothy Bro ok\, Centre for Chinese Research Chair\; Dr. Frances Wood\, author and form er British Library curator of Chinese collections
    Type: Discussion

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/in-conversation-frances-woo d-and-tim-brook/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160517T1607Z-1463501261.0357-EO-19844-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160516T180425Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233010Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150602T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150602T203000 SUMMARY: Panel Discussion: Nepal’s Earthquake 2015 DESCRIPTION: Two major earthquakes\, one 7.8 magnitude on April 25 and anot her 7.4 magnitudes on May 12\, struck Nepal\, killing more than 8\,600 peop le\, injuring over 18\,000 others\, and displacing more than half a million families. The disaster is expected to worsen with landslides that have sta rted to occur in the Himalayan nation and the monsoon […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Two major earthquakes\, one 7.8 magnitude on April 25 and another 7.4 magnitudes on May 12\, struck Nepal\, killing m ore than 8\,600 people\, injuring over 18\,000 others\, and displacing more than half a million families. The disaster is expected to worsen with land slides that have started to occur in the Himalayan nation and the monsoon s eason to follow. While the United Nations has appealed for $423 million to provide basic relief such as tents\, food\, and safe drinking water for two million survivors for the next three months\, only 22 percent of the requi red funds have been raised. In the wake of the largest humanitarian disaste r in Nepal’s recent history\, challenges lie ahead to rebuild the fragile n ation.

    Moderator

    Dr. Stacy Pigg\, Professor of Anthropology\, Simon Fraser University

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    Dr. Ram Pandit\, Assistant Professor\ , School of Agricultural and Resource Economics\, The University of Western Australia\, Australia
    Nepal's geography\, impact of earthquake on landscape and natural resources

    Dr. Sara Shneiderman\, Assistant Professor\, Dept. of Anthropology and Ins titute of Asian Research (IAR)\, UBC
    Nepal's local politics\, rura l economy and community engagement

    Kapil Dev Regmi\, PhD Candidate and Sessional Lecturer\, Dept. of Educat ion Studies\, UBC
    First-hand experience of Nepal's earthquake\, ro le of youths in relief\, recovery and rebuilding effort

    Anil Pradhan\, President\, Nepal Cultural Society of British Colum bia\, Vancouver
    Role of Nepali Diaspora in earthquake relief\, rec overy and rebuilding effort

    Refreshments will be provided. Volun tary donations for earthquake relief will be accepted. Please RSVP here.

    Sponsor: UBC Nepali Students Association\, Institute of Asian Research
    Type: Discussion

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/panel-discussion-nepals-ear thquake-2015/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160517T1607Z-1463501261.0679-EO-19840-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160516T175644Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233011Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150709T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150709T123000 SUMMARY: The Rise of Xi Jinping and the Closing of the Chinese Mind DESCRIPTION: Renowned for his coverage of China’s elite politics and leader ship transitions\, sinologist and veteran China journalist Willy Wo-Lap Lam is the author of five books analyzing China’s political front figure since Zhao Ziyang. His most recent book\, “The Rise of Xi Jinping and the Closin g of the Chinese Mind”\, explores how a relatively undistinguished regional […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Renowned for his coverage of China's elite politics and leadership transitions\, sinologist and veteran China journal ist Willy Wo-Lap Lam is the author of five books analyzing China's politica l front figure since Zhao Ziyang. His most recent book\, “The Rise of X i Jinping and the Closing of the Chinese Mind”\, explores how a relati vely undistinguished regional official became one of the most powerful and charismatic leaders in the history of the People’s Republic.

    Dr. Lam describes Xi's personal history and his fascination with quasi-Maoist value s\, the factional politics through which he ascended\, the configuration of power of the Fifth-Generation leadership\, and the country's likely future directions under the charismatic "princeling."

    Dr. Lam's book has re ceived a large volume of media coverage and reviews such as  Chinese Politics in the Era of Xi Jinping and Book Review: Chinese Poli tics in the Era of Xi Jinping by By John Berthelsen. An interview with Dr. Lam can also be read on the New York Times.

    About the Speaker

    With more than 30 years of experience in writing and researchin g about China\, Dr. Willy Wo-Lap Lam is a recognized authority on areas inc luding the Chinese Communist Party\, public administration\, foreign policy \, the People’s Liberation Army\, as well as the country’s economic and pol itical reform. Dr. Lam has worked in senior editorial positions in internat ional media including Asiaweek newsmagazine\, South China Morning Post\, an d the Asia-Pacific Headquarters of CNN.

    Dr. Lam is a Senior Fellow at The Jamestown Foundation. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Center fo r China Studies\, the History Department and the Program of Master’s in Glo bal Political Economy at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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    Sponsor: Centre for Chinese Research\, Institute of Asian Research
    By:     Dr. Willy Wo-Lap Lam
    Type: Discussion

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-rise-of-xi-jinping-and- the-closing-of-the-chinese-mind/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160517T1607Z-1463501261.0785-EO-19842-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160516T175817Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233011Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150716T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150716T120000 SUMMARY: The Impact of China’s New Free Trade Zones on Chinese Reform Path and Financial Liberalization DESCRIPTION: China’s President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang have empha sized several times that the Shanghai free trade zone (FTZ) should accelera te reforms\, especially financial reforms\, and replicate them elsewhere in China as soon as possible. Thus\, the undergoing reforms in Shanghai FTZ a re indeed the future macroeconomic policies in China. As a senior governmen t consultant\, […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    China’s President Xi Jinping and Premier L i Keqiang have emphasized several times that the Shanghai free trade zone ( FTZ) should accelerate reforms\, especially financial reforms\, and replica te them elsewhere in China as soon as possible. Thus\, the undergoing refor ms in Shanghai FTZ are indeed the future macroeconomic policies in China. A s a senior government consultant\, Dr. Bo Chen gives an in-depth analysis o n the reforms and China's economic perspectives that are of particular inte rest to international observers and investors.

    About Dr. Bo C hen

    Professor Bo Chen received his Ph.D. in Economics in 200 8 from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver.  Besides his current appointme nt at the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SHUFE)\, Dr. Chen i s also a Research Associate at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and the P acific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC). Since  June 2013\, Dr. Chen has served as the Executive Director of the Research Centre on Free Trade Zone and participated in the consultation for the establishment of China (Shang hai) Free Trade Trial Zone. He was selected to give talks on Shanghai FTZ t o senior officers at the ministries of treasury and commerce. He was also a ppointed to give lectures to senior executives of central State-owned Enter prises (SOEs) by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Comm ission of the State Council. Dr. Chen remains a key consultant to both the Chinese central government and Shanghai municipal government on various ong oing macroeconomic reforms\, especially on the policies on trade\, investme nt\, and state-owned enterprises.

    His insight about China’s economy p olicies appear in various mainstream media\, including CCTV\, BBC\, The Eco nomist\, The Wall Street Journal\, and Lianhe Zaobao. Besides the federal g overnments of China\, Canada\, and Australia\, Dr. Chen has also given keyn ote speeches on China Macroeconomic Policies and Reforms to many leading bu siness groups and think tanks such as the Goldman Sacks Group\, HSBC\, Deut sche Bank\, Bank of America\, Asia Society\, and the Rhodium Group.

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    Spon sor: Centre for Chinese Research\, Institute of Asian Research
    By: Dr. Bo Chen\, Assistant Professor and Associate Depa tment Chair School of International Business Administration\, Shanghai Univ ersity of Finance and Economics
    Type: Seminar

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-impact-of-chinas-new-fr ee-trade-zones-on-chinese-reform-path-and-financial-liberalization/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160517T1607Z-1463501261.0893-EO-19839-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160516T175510Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233011Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150826T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150826T134500 SUMMARY: Dr. Noel Johnston: ‘How Taking from Foreigners Affects Domestic Hu man Rights’ DESCRIPTION: David Hume and the founders of the modern economy argued that it is critical for a government to protect the property rights of its citiz ens. It is unclear\, however\, if this applies to foreign-owned property as well: government leaders often attest that expropriations increase public welfare and\, by international law\, an expropriation is only legal […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    David Hume and the founders of the modern economy argued that it is critical for a government to protect the property rights of its citizens. It is unclear\, however\, if this applies to forei gn-owned property as well: government leaders often attest that expropriati ons increase public welfare and\, by international law\, an expropriation i s only legal if undergone for a public purpose. But in reality\, does seizi ng assets of foreigners typically benefit the public? Johnston and his co-a uthors (Paasha Mahdavi\, Georgetown University\, and Nicole Janz\, Universi ty of Cambridge) argue that it does not. This is the first work in politica l science and economics to rigorously analyze the consequences of internati onal expropriations for domestic human and economic rights. Their theory su ggests that\, while seized assets may be assessed as a short-term windfall for the government\, the negative consequences are numerous and can dwarf t he financial upsides of switching ownership.

    Bio: Dr . Noel Pereyra Johnston is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Blavatnik School of Government\, University of Oxford\, and Research Fellow at Nuffie ld College. Noel's research explores the structure of compliance in the glo bal political economy. With particular focus on foreign investment and trad e policies\, his research touches on topics including international institu tions\, human rights\, globalization\, development\, and the politics of in ternational property rights. He has worked for the Institute for Training a nd Research at the United Nations (UNITAR) and the United Bank of Switzerla nd. His work to date has appeared in Comparative Political Studies and the Journal of Theoretical Politics.

    Sponsor: Institute of Asian Research\, Department of Political Science
    By: Dr. Noel Johnston\, University of Oxford
    Type: Sem inar

    LOCATION:Buchanan C403 GEO:49.268255;-123.254678 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/dr-noel-johnston-how-taking -from-foreigners-affects-domestic-human-rights/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160517T1607Z-1463501261.1001-EO-19801-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160516T161821Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233011Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150912T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150912T163000 SUMMARY: Symposium: Contemporary Buddhist Philosophy DESCRIPTION: Join us for an upcoming symposium on Buddhism and Contemporary Philosophy hosted by UBC’s Evan Thompson and Jessica Main. We are pleased to welcome Bronwyn Finnigan\, Tom Tillimans\, and Koji Tanaka through the s upport of the Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation\, supported by The Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us for an upcoming symposium on Buddh ism and Contemporary Philosophy hosted by UBC's Evan Thompson and Jessica M ain. We are pleased to welcome Bronwyn Finnigan\, Tom Tillimans\, and Koji Tanaka through the support of the Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation\, sup ported by The Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Cont emporary Society at UBC.

    Bronwyn Finnigan

    "Discovering Fear: A Study in Buddhist Philosophy of Mind" 

    Buddhists assume that mental states can be both reportable events in ph enomenal consciousness and have a 'background' causal influence on our expe rience and behavior of which we are not immediately aware but need meditati on and reflection to uncover. This paper will investigate what the nature o f mental states must be like to admit these possibilities and will examine whether Buddhist philosophies of mind are adequate to the task.

    Tom Tillimans

    "How to Do Philosophy with Buddhism " 

    One can clearly do analytic metaphysics with some of the  great Buddhist philosophers. Other  Buddhists - especially some Madhyamika s\, i.e.\, the followers of Nagarjuna and the Middle Way School - are quite out of step with our current metaphysical debates and orientations. They r epresent a kind of minority approach\, a type of quietism whose interest wo uld lie in what it offers to metaontology rather than to substantive debate s in metaphysics. Two Buddhisms and two quite different connections to Phil osophy: we'll look at the prospects for both.

    Koji Tanaka

    "Prasanga an d the Norms of Logic"

    Gilbert Harman argues that logic\, as a science of consequence relations ('proof or argument')\, is not the same thing as reasoning in the sense of a procedure for 'reasoned change in view '. He maintains that logic does not tell us how to rationally change our vi ews (or beliefs). Hartry Field understands Harman to be arguing that logic has no normative role in reasoning. By referring to the debate between Bhav iveka (6th C.E.) and Candrakirti (7th C.E.) regarding the nature of pra sanga (reductio ad absurdum)\, I will demonstrate that Harman is mistaken to deny that logic has a significant normative role in reasoni ng.

    We hope you will join us for this special event! Please click on the link below to register or RSVP. Thank you!

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    Sponsor: Buddhism and Contemporary Society\, Department of Philosophy\, Institute of Asian Research
    By: Bronwyn Finnigan\, Tom Tillimans\, and Koji Tanaka
    Type: Con ference

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/symposium-contemporary-budd hist-philosophy/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160517T1607Z-1463501261.1105-EO-19802-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160516T162024Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233011Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150914T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150914T140000 SUMMARY: Talk: Japan’s Entry into International Society DESCRIPTION: Japan’s 19th-century entry into international society was sudd en\, dramatic\, and fraught with danger\, both domestic and international. Between 1853 and 1899 Japan reinvented itself as a modern sovereign state\, shedding its historical isolation and long-standing patterns and practices of politics and governance. A crucial task Japanese leaders faced was figu ring out how to conform to […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Japan’s 19th-century entry into internatio nal society was sudden\, dramatic\, and fraught with danger\, both domestic and international. Between 1853 and 1899 Japan reinvented itself as a mode rn sovereign state\, shedding its historical isolation and long-standing pa tterns and practices of politics and governance. A crucial task Japanese le aders faced was figuring out how to conform to existing norms of internatio nal society\, which were largely European in origin. How did they balance i nternational and domestic constraints and resources? What effect did Japan’ s entry into international society have on international society itself? Wh at implications does the Japanese experience hold for other countries today who are in the process of either attempting to conform\, or actively resis ting fully conforming\, to prevailing international norms?

    Bi o: Tomoko Okagaki is Professor of Political Science at Dokkyo Univ ersity in Japan. She holds a doctoral degree in political science from the University of Michigan and was a visiting student at the University of Toro nto (Sankei Scholarship) in 1986-1987. She also studied at the University o f British Columbia as a recipient of a Government of Canada Award 1988-89\, obtaining her master’s degree there. Her long-standing research interests in international politics include\, inter alia\, state socialisation\, Asia n regionalism\, and political thoughts of international relations. In 2013 she had her monograph\, The Logic of Conformity: Japan’s Entry in Internati onal Society\, published by the University of Toronto Press. Her other rece nt publications include the co-translation of Kenneth Waltz’s Man\, the Sta te\, and War (Keiso Shobo\, 2013) and Theory of International Politics (Kei so Shobo\, 2011). She held an Abe Fellowship from 2008-2010\, spending a to tal of two years as an academic associate at the Weatherhead Center for Int ernational Affairs and as a visiting scholar at the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies\, both at Harvard University. She recently returned from her teaching engagement with le Départment de Géographie\, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne as a professeure invitée and with L’institut national des langues et civilisations orientales\, where she taught comparative regi onalism.

    Sponsor: Centre for Japanese Research\, Jap an Foundation\, Japan Studies Association of Canada
    By: Tomoko Okagaki\, Professor of Political Science\, Dokkyo University
    Type: Seminar

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/talk-japans-entry-into-inte rnational-society/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160517T1607Z-1463501261.1206-EO-19814-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160516T170213Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233011Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150915T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150915T140000 SUMMARY: China’s Road Towards Democratic Governance: Thoughts on Political Development Since the Reform DESCRIPTION: The speaker\, Professor Yu Keping\, will make a general observ ation of the dominant processes and breakthrough points of China’s politica l reforms towards democratic governance over the last 35 years since the Re form. His speech will summarize the major achievements and the ongoing chal lenges of China’s democratic governance. It will offer a brief analysis and reflection […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The speaker\, Professor Yu Keping\, will m ake a general observation of the dominant processes and breakthrough points of China’s political reforms towards democratic governance over the last 3 5 years since the Reform. His speech will summarize the major achievements and the ongoing challenges of China’s democratic governance. It will offer a brief analysis and reflection of the underlying reasons for these reforms and the main characteristics of China’s governance model. He also will tal k about the recent political development under the leadership of President Xi Jinping\, and explain what does the “New Normal” mean in term of Chinese politics and what is the meaning of modernizing the state governance syste m and the state’s governing capacity as the general goal of further reform by 2020.

    Bio: Professor YU Keping is a leading schol ar and advocate of democratic governance in China. He is the Deputy Preside nt of the Central Compilation & Translation Bureau (CCTB)\, and the finding Director of the China Center for Comparative Politics and Economics (CCCPE )\, he also serves as Professor and Director of the Center for Chinese Gove rnment Innovations at Peking University\, and Professor and Director of the Institute of Political Development at Tsinghua University. He also served as a visiting professor or senior fellow at many top universities include H arvard University and Duke University in the US\, Free University in German y and Nottingham University in the UK. His major fields include political p hilosophy\, comparative politics\, globalization\, civil society\, governan ce and politics in China. He has many publications\, including Globalizatio n and Changes in China’s Governance (Brill\, 2013)\, Governance and Rule of Law in China (ed.\, Brill\, 2012) and Democracy Is a Good Thing (Brookings \, 2010). As a leading intellectual in China\, Professor Yu was selected to be as one of the “30 most influential figures in the past 30 years since t he Reform in China” in 2008 and ranked 19 of the “2011 Global Top 100 Think ers” by Foreign Policy in the US.

    Sponsor: Centre fo r Chinese Research\, Institute of Asian Research
    Place: Room 120\, C. K. Choi Building\, 1855 West Mall\, Vancouver\, B.C.
    By: Yu Keping
    Type: Seminar
    Dates:     Tuesday\, Sep 15\, 2015 to Tuesday\, Sep 15\, 2015
    Time: 12:30PM - 2PM

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/chinas-road-towards-democra tic-governance-thoughts-on-political-development-since-the-reform/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160517T1607Z-1463501261.1338-EO-19816-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160516T170456Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233011Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150917T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150917T170000 SUMMARY: The AIIB and the Future of the Global Economic Order: Myth and Rea lity DESCRIPTION: Sponsor: Centre for Chinese Research\, the Institute of Asian Research Type: Seminar Dr. Sohn will argue that\, to avoid overdependence o n existing global institutions\, East Asia has been pursuing a counterweigh t strategy by developing regional supplements without antagonizing key play ers outside the region. He will also identify key factors that may shape th e future development […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Sponsor: Centre for Chine se Research\, the Institute of Asian Research
    Type: S eminar

    Dr. Sohn will argue that\, to avoid overdependence on existing global institutions\, East Asia has been pursuing a counterweight strategy by developing regional supplements without antagonizing key players outsid e the region. He will also identify key factors that may shape the future d evelopment of the AIIB and international monetary order.

    Abou t the Speaker: Dr. Injoo Sohn is an associate professor in the Dep artment of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Hong Kon g. Trained as a political scientist and specialist on East Asia\, Dr. Sohn’ s research interests include Asian regional integration\, Chinese foreign p olicy\, and global economic governance.

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    LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:0;0 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-aiib-and-the-future-of- the-global-economic-order-myth-and-reality/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160517T1607Z-1463501261.1443-EO-19817-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160516T170713Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233011Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150917T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150917T170000 SUMMARY: South Korea’s Foreign Policy\, Viewed from Inside vs. Outside DESCRIPTION: The presentation examines challenging security issues that the Republic of Korea face today including North Korea policy\, future of ROK- U.S. alliance\, relations with the PRC and Japan\, re-unification of Korean Peninsula\, and the roles of Global Korea. Several controversial and conte nding policy debates will be introduced with related illustrations and anec dotes. Also\, a number of […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The presentation examines challenging secu rity issues that the Republic of Korea face today including North Korea pol icy\, future of ROK-U.S. alliance\, relations with the PRC and Japan\, re-u nification of Korean Peninsula\, and the roles of Global Korea. Several con troversial and contending policy debates will be introduced with related il lustrations and anecdotes. Also\, a number of comparative analyses will be given to show how a same security agenda is differently viewed from Korean society and outside world.

    Bio:

    (Present) Prof essor of the Department of Political Science at Sungkyunkwan University\; V ice-President at the New Asia Research Institute\; Editor of the New Asia J ournal\; Senior Advisor to the Expert Global Korea Mission at the CSIS\; re gular columnist for Chosun Daily Newspaper\; visiting scholar at UC Berkele y.

    (Former) Dean of the Graduate School for National Strategy at Sung kyunkwan University (2015)\; Senior Secretary to the President for National Security (2012)\, Deputy National Security Advisor (2008-2011)\, Professor at the Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (2002-2005).

    Sponsor: Centre for Korean Research\, Institute of Asia n Research
    By: Taehyo Kim\, Sungkyunkwan University\, Korea
    Type: Seminar

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/south-koreas-foreign-policy -viewed-from-inside-vs-outside/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160517T1607Z-1463501261.1534-EO-19819-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160516T170914Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233011Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150918T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150918T190000 SUMMARY: CISAR Open House DESCRIPTION: The Centre for India and South Asia Research invites you to it s Open House on Sept. 18\, 2015 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the C. K. Choi Building . The Open House will showcase CISAR’s achievements over the 2014 to 2015 a cademic year and will feature a cultural performance by UBC students. Refre shments will be […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Centre for India and South Asia Research invites you to its Open House on Sept. 18\, 2015 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the C. K. Choi Building. The Open House will showc ase CISAR's achievements over the 2014 to 2015 academic year and will featu re a cultural performance by UBC students.

    Refreshments will be serve d.

    We hope you can join us for this special celebration. Please RSVP here.

    Sponsor: Centre for I ndia and South Asia Research\, Institute of Asian Research
    Typ e: Event

     

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/cisar-open-house/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160517T1607Z-1463501261.1639-EO-19820-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160516T171323Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233011Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150921T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150921T173000 SUMMARY: PRC Environmental Tradeoffs: Modern China’s Environment\, Science( s) and Landscapes DESCRIPTION: The theme of this conference\, “PRC Environmental Tradeoffs: M odern China’s Environment\, Science\, and Landscapes”\, aims to create syne rgy among Pacific Northwest scholars engaged in environmental studies of Ch ina\, to explore the relationship between China’s policies/politics\, histo ry\, and physical environment\, and to investigate issues of different effe cts (social-ecological) at different scales. Three panels will address issu es […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The theme of this conference\, “PRC Enviro nmental Tradeoffs: Modern China’s Environment\, Science\, and Landscapes”\, aims to create synergy among Pacific Northwest scholars engaged in environ mental studies of China\, to explore the relationship between China’s polic ies/politics\, history\, and physical environment\, and to investigate issu es of different effects (social-ecological) at different scales. Three pane ls will address issues ranging from the effect of environmental impact asse ssments and NGOs to CAFO policies\, earthquake reconstruction to fire\, flo ods and flood control\, and the socio-ecological implications of medicinals production to developments in socio-ecological resiliency\, ecosystem vuln erability & disasters.

    The conference is open to the public and stude nts.

    Workshop Schedule

    Coffee/Tea & Snacks ( 8:30am-9:00am)

    Opening Comments (8:50-9:00am)

    Governance\, Policy\, and Politics Panel (9:00am-11:45am)< br />Timothy Cheek (UBC) (Chair/Discussant)
    Paul Thiers (WSU Vancouver )\, Assessing Policies to Promote Biogas Energy on Concentrated Animal Feed ing Operations: Lessons from the Clean Development Mechanism in China
    Robert Hanlon (TRU)\, China's Climate Agenda and the Asian Infrastructure I nvestment Bank
    Guo Li (UBC)\, Greening the Dragon: International Envir onmental NGOs in China's Environmental Policy Making.
    Pitman Potter (U BC)\, Coordinating Human Rights and Trade Policy in China: The Case of Envi ronmental Protection.

    Lunch at KPU Richmond (3rd Floor) (11:45am-12:30pm)

    Disasters\, Ecosystems and Urbanity Pan el (12:30pm-2:45pm)
    John Friedman (UBC) (Chair/Discussant)
    Ye Zhiguo (SPU)\, Cities under Siege: Flood in 1931 and the Environmenta l Challenges of Chinese Urban Modernization
    Jack Hayes (KPU/UBC)\, Fir es in the Country\, Fires at Home: Scaling and Understanding Rural\, Periur ban and Urban Fire Policies in Modern China
    Dan Abramson (UW)\, Post-E arthquake Reconstruction in Ethnic Qiang Settlements of the Upper Min River Watershed\, Sichuan

    History\, Economy\, and Society Panel (3:00pm-5:30pm)
    Tracey Kinney (KPU) (Chair/Discussant)
    Ste van Harrell (UW)\, Intensification\, Vulnerability\, and Disaster in Chines e History
    Denise Glover (UPS)\, Traditional Medicine Production: Small -scale Benefits\, Large-scale Concerns
    Jennifer Tippins (BERK Consulti ng)\, Considering Scale in Resilience Indicators for Socio-ecological Syste ms: Lessons from China's linpan Landscape

    Workshop Participan ts Dinner at Dynasty (after 5:30pm-7:30pm)

    Participant Bios

    Steve Harrell
    Dr. Stevan Harrell is Professor of Anthropology and Environmental and Forest Sciences\, and Adjunct Profes sor of Chinese at the University of Washington. Over the last 40+ years\, h is research in Taiwan and China has covered topics including family and dem ography\, folk religion\, economic development\, ethnicity and ethnic relat ions\, rural education\, material culture\, and more recently human-environ ment interactions. He currently has two edited books in press with the Univ ersity of Washington Press: Transformations of Chinese Patriarchy\, co-edit ed with Gonçalo Santos\, and Rural China on the Eve of the Communist Takeov er: G. William Skinner’s Field Notes from Sichuan\, 1949-1950\, co-edited w ith William Lavely. He is at work\, sporadically\, on a history book tentat ively titled An Ecohistory of People’s China.

    Pitman Potter
    Dr. Pitman B. Potter is Professor of Law at UBC Law Faculty an d HSBC Chair in Asian Research at UBC’s Institute of Asian Research. His te aching and research focus on PRC and Taiwan law and policy in the areas of foreign trade and investment\, dispute resolution\, property law\, contract s\, business regulation\, and human rights. Dr. Potter has published severa l books\, including most recently Assessing Treaty Performance in China: Tr ade and Human Rights (Vancouver: UBC Press\, 2014) and The Legal System of the People’s Republic of China (Cambridge: Polity Press\, 2013). He has als o published over 100 articles and essays. In addition to his academic activ ities\, Dr. Potter is admitted to the practice of law in British Columbia\, Washington\, and California (inactive)\, and serves as a consultant to the Canadian national law firm of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP. Dr. Potter is eng aged in international trade arbitration work involving China and is on the panel of arbitrators for the China International Economic and Trade Arbitra tion Commission as well as several regional arbitral bodies. He has served on the Board of Directors of several public institutions\, including the As ia Pacific Foundation of Canada where he is currently a Senior Fellow. He r ecently chaired the APFC Taskforce Report\, “Advancing Canada’s Engagement with Asia on Human Rights: Integrating Business and Human Rights” (2013). D r. Potter is ordained a Deacon in the Anglican Church of Canada.

    Jack Patrick Hayes
    Dr. Jack Hayes joined the Asian Studie s and History faculty at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in 2013. He is als o Research Associate at the Center for Chinese Research in UBC’s Institute of Asian Research. Dr. Jack’s teaching areas at KPU include late imperial a nd modern Chinese and early modern and modern Japanese history\, as well as global and Asian environmental history\, Asian religions\, tea society and culture in Asia\, and Asian film classes. Dr. Jack’s research focuses on e nvironmental issues\, fire and climate disasters\, ethnic relations\, the i ntersection of Asian warfare and natural ecosystems\, and sometimes tourism in western China. He has published a number of articles on Chinese environ mental history\, most recently on fire ecosystems and Chinese legal history \, and wetlands and warfare in Chinese history. His first book\, A Change i n Worlds on the Sino-Tibetan Borderlands (Lexington/Rowman & Littlefield\, 2013) analyzes the social and environmental history of Sino-Tibetan north S ichuan. Dr. Jack is currently working on articles related to climate change \, grasslands policy\, and western China and fire in Mediterranean/Med-like ecosystems and policy frameworks. He is also completing a manuscript on th e fire environmental history of China from the 1600s to contemporary policy . Dr. Hayes also serves on the editorial board and as Assistant Editor (rev iews) for the journal Environmental History and Associate Editor (China) fo r the journal Pacific Affairs. In addition to his academic activities\, Dr. Jack has served as a consultant on number of environment and history proje cts in China and the United States.

    Ye Zhiguo
    D r. Zhiguo Ye is currently an assistant professor of history at Seattle Paci fic University. She received her PhD in history at the University of Minnes ota in Twin Cities in 2010. Her research interests include the socioeconomi c and cultural history of modern China\, Chinese urban history\, and enviro nmental studies. Belonging to the generation who grew up in the reform era and witnessed China’s most remarkable urban revolution\, she always wants t o understand China’s model of urbanism and its formation from a historical perspective. She is currently working on a manuscript based on her disserta tion entitled “Big Is Modern: The Making of Wuhan as a Mega-City in Early T wentieth Century China\, 1889-1957.” It examines the city making process of Wuhan out of three independent cities separated by the Yangzi River and it s largest tributary. The study aims to historicize the formation of a “big” vision of urban modernity—gigantic and centralized developed along the fif ty years of making “Great Wuhan” and how the fascination with “bigness” was shared by both the Nationalists and Communists and ran across time and ide ology to even shape urban landscape of China today. Dr. Ye also published a few articles on related topic in both Chinese and English languages\, incl uding the most recent ones “Rethinking China’s Model: Contending Perspectiv es on Chinese Economic Reform and State Governance” published in The Journa l of International and Global Studies (Volume 5\, April 2014) and “Remappin g Chinese Cities: From Empire’s Political Centers to the Battle Field of ‘T rade War’” published in Modern China (March 2016 forthcoming)

    Dan Abramson
    Dr. Daniel Benjamin Abramson is Associate Profe ssor of Urban Design and Planning\; Adjunct Associate Professor of Architec ture and Landscape Architecture\; and member of the Global Studies\, China Studies and Canadian Studies faculties at the University of Washington\, Se attle\, USA. His degrees include a BA in History from Harvard University\; an M.Arch. and M.C.P. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology\; and a doctorate in Urban Planning from Tsinghua University\, Beijing. (He is th e first American to receive a Chinese graduate degree in urban planning.) H e held a Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship at the UBC Centre for Human Settlem ents in 1998-2000\, and was a founding board member and Secretary of the In ternational Association for China Planning (IACP) from 2005-2009. His proje cts in China include community-based urban neighborhood preservation and re vitalization and research on property rights\, housing and land policies. S ince 2008\, including six months as a Fulbright Senior Research Scholar in 2010 and currently as a Visiting Professor at Sichuan University\, he has w orked on post-earthquake reconstruction projects in ethnic minority village s of the Upper Min River watershed\, and rural urbanization planning in the Chengdu Plain/Lower Min River watershed. He has also collaborated with Kob e University on earthquake recovery planning in Japan\, and with geohazards scientists and emergency management officials and policy experts to improv e earthquake and tsunami preparedness and resilience in the Puget Sound and coastal tribal communities in Washington. He teaches urban and site analys is design\; cross-cultural and international field studios in urban design and community planning\; and methods of community engagement.

    Denise Glover
    Dr. Denise M. Glover teaches anthropology and Asian Studies at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma\, WA\, where she h as been since 2008. She earned her PhD in anthropology from the University of Washington in 2005 (under Steve Harrell). Her research focuses on issues of ethnic identity and representation\, medicine production\, and environm ental knowledge in the Rgyalthang area (aka Shangrila) in NW Yunnan Provinc e\, PRC. She has published various articles and book chapters\, was lead ed itor for Explorers and Scientists in China’s Borderlands\, 1880-1950 (2011\ , University of Washington Press\; Steve Harrell\, co-editor) and co-editor (with Sienna Craig) of a special issue of the journal Asian Medicine\, tit led “Conservation\, Cultivation\, and Commodification of Medicinal Plants i n the Greater Himalayan-Tibetan Plateau.” Most recently\, she has written a bout the challenges of cultural relativism with children’s health in the fi eld (in upcoming publication Doing Fieldwork in China…with Kids! Nordic Ins titute of Asian Studies). She is a Board member and Treasurer for the Socie ty of Ethnobiology\, and an editorial board member for the journal Ethnobio logy Letters. At the University of Puget Sound her classes include Asian Me dical Systems\; People\, Plants\, and Animals\; Introduction to Anthropolog y\; Indigenous Peoples\; Linguistic Anthropology\, and Environmental Anthro pology.

    Jennifer Tippins
    Jennifer L. Tippins ho lds Masters degrees in International Studies-China Studies and Urban Planni ng from the University of Washington. Her MUP thesis addressed “Planning fo r Resilience: A Proposed Landscape Evaluation for Redevelopment Planning In the Linpan Landscape”. She is currently an Associate Planner with BERK Con sulting in Seattle.

    Robert Hanlon
    Dr. Robert Ha nlon is a political scientist and consultant whose research explores the li nks between corporate social responsibility\, sustainable development and h uman rights in emerging Asian economies. He teaches International Relations at Thompson Rivers University and is an associate faculty member in the Sc hool of Humanitarian Studies at Royal Roads University. Prior to joining TR U in 2013\, Dr. Hanlon served as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Inst itute of Asian Research\, University of British Columbia\, for three years. He has taught at theUniversity of British Columbia\, Kwantlen Polytechnic University\, Simon Fraser University and the Royal Military College of Cana da. Outside academia\, Dr. Hanlon has worked for the Asian Human Rights Com mission\, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong\, as well as the Hi gh Commission of Canada in Australia. He holds a PhD in International Relat ions and Asian Politics from City University of Hong Kong\, a master’s degr ee in Peace and Conflict Resolution from the University of Queensland\, as well as a BA in Political Science and Philosophy from the University of Vic toria. He has been a visiting scholar at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies (Oxford)\, the Liu Institute for Global Issues (UBC)\, the Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration (Chulalongkorn)\, and most recently th e Balsillie School of International Affairs in Waterloo\, Canada

    Paul Thiers
    Dr. Paul Thiers received his Ph.D. in Politic al Science from the University of Oregon in 1999. He is now an Associate Pr ofessor of Political Science at Washington State University’s Vancouver cam pus where he teaches comparative and environmental policy and directs the u ndergraduate and graduate programs in Public Affairs. His research focuses on connections between globalization and local environmental governance wit h specific regional emphases on rural China and the US Pacific Northwest. I n China\, projects have focused on Chinese pesticide policy\, China’s integ ration into international organic food markets and China’s bioenergy and cl imate change policy. In the Pacific Northwest\, he is part of the NSF Portl and-Vancouver ULTRA-EX project\, a multi-institutional and multidisciplinar y research effort looking at environmental governance across a politically bifurcated ecological region. The core research question for Dr. Thiers is how biophysical systems interact with social systems on local\, regional an d global scales.

    Guo Li
    Guo Li is a PhD Candida te in the Department of Political Science at the University of British Colu mbia. Her research fields are comparative politics and politics theory\, wi th a focus on public participation in environmental politics in China and C hina’s civil society development.

    Since joining UBC\, Li Guo has part icipated in a range of research programs including Professor Mark Warren’s Deliberative Democracy research\, Canada-China joint program in China’s Cha rity Law Development\, as well as China’s GMO and bio-diversity politics an d policy in Professor Yves Tiberghien’s global governance research projects .

    Timothy Cheek
    Dr. Timothy Cheek (齐慕实) is Prof essor and Louis Cha Chair in Chinese Research at the Institute of Asian Res earch and Department of History\, UBC. His research\, teaching and translat ing focus on the recent history of China\, especially the role of Chinese i ntellectuals in the twentieth century and the history of the Chinese Commun ist Party. Currently pursuing three projects: Contemporary Thought and Soci ety in China: The ideas\, debates\, writings\, and roles of intellectuals i n contemporary China with a focus on "certified knowledge" and institutions of intellectual life. Most of my graduate supervision focuses on this topi c. My recent papers and articles have been in this area. Mao Zedong: Transl ating and editing Mao texts with Stuart Schram for vol. VIII of Mao Zedong’ s Road to Power\, being the complete works of Mao in English for 1942-1945\ ; also edited A Critical Introduction to Mao (2010). Thinking about Chinese Thinking (反思中国思想) An interdisciplinary project to coordinate the disciplin es of history\, social psychology\, and political theory in the study of Si nophone discourse about public issues and ideologies\, such as liberalism. Recent publications include: The Intellectual in Modern Chinese History (Ca mbridge: Cambridge University Press\, 2015)\, Mao’s Road to Power: Revoluti onary Writings\, 1912-1949\, Vol. VIII\, co-editor with Stuart R. Schram (L ondon: Routledge\, 2015)\, and “Chinese Socialism as Vernacular Cosmopolita nism\,” Frontiers of History in China\, vol. 9:1 (March\, 2014)\, 2-28.

    John Friedmann
    Dr. John Friedmann is Professor Eme ritus in the School of Public Affairs at UCLA and Honorary Professor in the School of Community and Regional Planning at UBC. He was founding professo r of Program for Urban Planning in the Graduate School of Architecture and Planning at UCLA\, and at various times between 1969 and 1996 served as its head for a total of 14 years. In 1988\, he received the American Collegiat e Schools of Planning Distinguished Planning Educator Award. International recognition for his achievements includes Honorary Doctorates from the Cath olic University of Chile and the Technical University of Dortmund\, Germany . His publication record includes 15 individually authored books\, 11 co-ed ited books\, and more than 150 chapters\, articles\, and reviews. Prior to coming to SCARP\, Friedmann was a Professorial Fellow in the Faculty of Arc hitecture\, Building and Planning of the University of Melbourne (1998-2001 ). His current research is on urbanization processes with special reference to China. His most recent books include Empowerment: A Theory of Alternati ve Development (1993)\, Cities for Citizens: Planning and the Rise of Civil Society (with Mike Douglass) (1996)\, The Prospect of Cities (2002)\, Chin a’s Urban Transition (2005)\, and Insurgencies: Essays in Planning Theory ( 2011).

    Tracey Kinney
    Dr. Tracey J. Kinney gradu ated with a Ph.D. in Nineteenth Century German History from the University of British Columbia in 1997. Her research focused on the Young German movem ent\, looking in particular at the intersection of literature\, censorship\ , and political development during the Vormärz era. Her dissertation is ent itled\, “Challenging the Myth of ‘Young Germany’: Conflict & Consensus in t he Works of Karl Gutzkow\, Heinrich Laube\, Theodor Mundt\, and Ludolf Wien barg”. Her sub-fields included the social & cultural history of the 20th Ce ntury United States and modern Chinese peasant movements. In recent years T racey's teaching interests have expanded into such topics as the role of te xtile production in global history and\, most recently\, food in global his tory. She will begin her second consecutive term as Chair of the History De partment and her first term as Coordinator of the Asian Studies Program in Fall 2015.

    She is the author of Conflict & Cooperation: Documents on Modern Global History (OUP)\, 4th Edition\, forthcoming 2017\, and co-autho r of The Twentieth-Century World: An International History\, with William K eylor & Jerry Bannister (OUP)\, 2nd Canadian Edition.

    Sponsor : Centre for Chinese Research\, Institute of Asian Research\, Kwan tlen Polytechnic University Faculty of Arts
    By: S. Ha rrell (UW)\, J. Hayes (KPU/UBC)\, T. Cheek (UBC)\, J. Friedmann (UBC)\, T. Kinney (KPU)\, P. Potter (UBC)\, R. Hanlon (TRU)\, P. Thier (UW Vanc)\, D. Abramson (UW)\, Z.G. Ye (SPU)\, D. Glover (UPS)\, J. Tippins (BERK Conslt)\ , G. Li (UBC)
    Type: Conference

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    LOCATION:Kwantlen Polytechnic University Melville Conference Centre GEO:49.174658;-123.127408 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/prc-environmental-tradeoffs -modern-chinas-environment-sciences-and-landscapes/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160517T1607Z-1463501261.2023-EO-19826-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160516T172232Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233011Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150924T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150924T133000 SUMMARY: Social Media in China: What Canadians Need to Know DESCRIPTION: What are the three things that every Canadian should know abou t social media in China? Is state control of social media tightening as muc h as many commentators outside China are warning? In light of new legislati on and regulations\, what are the prospects for virtual civil society in th e cyber domain? Please join us for a […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    What are the three things that every Canad ian should know about social media in China? Is state control of social med ia tightening as much as many commentators outside China are warning? In li ght of new legislation and regulations\, what are the prospects for virtual civil society in the cyber domain? Please join us for a panel discussion t hat will tackle these and other questions about China’s social media landsc ape. This event is open to members of the public.

    Speakers

    Dr. Paul Evans\, Professor\, Institute of Asian Research\, UBC \,

    -  Questions for Canadians on China's Social Media and CEO Emeritu s of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada

    Dr. Timothy Cheek\, Louis Cha Chair in Chinese Research\, UBC

    - The Big Picture of China's Publ ic Sphere

    Ms. Lotus Ruan\, M.A. Candidate\, Asia Pacific Policy Studi es\, UBC

    - Pull Out your Smartphone : a Guide to Chinese Social Media

    Dr. Zhao Yuezhi\, Professor of Communication\, SFU

    - Selling\, Serving\, and Subverting Social media

    Please RSVP to events@ asiapacific.ca.

    Sponsor: Centre for Chinese Research\, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
    By: T. Cheek (UBC)\, P. Evans (UBC)\, L. Ruan (UBC)\, Y. Zhao (SFU)
    T ype: Event

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    LOCATION:Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada Boardroom GEO:49.284659;-123.114874 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/social-media-in-china-what- canadians-need-to-know/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160517T1607Z-1463501261.2127-EO-19824-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160516T171828Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233011Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150924T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150924T140000 SUMMARY: Decentralisation in Indonesia: Promise and Unfinished Business DESCRIPTION: Register for this event HERE. Sponsor: Centre for Southeast As ian Research\, ANU Indonesia Project By: Dr. Andi Irawan (Illinois Urbana-C hampaign) Type: Seminar X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Register for this event HERE.

    Sponsor: Centre for Southeast Asian Research\, ANU Indonesia Project
    By: Dr. Andi Irawan (Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
    Type: Se minar

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/decentralisation-in-indones ia-promise-and-unfinished-business/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160517T1607Z-1463501261.2225-EO-19829-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160516T172430Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233012Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150924T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150924T161500 SUMMARY: Global Development & Economic Governance: A Discussion with Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz DESCRIPTION: **Note: The event location has been changed to The Dodson Room in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.** Columbia University economist J oseph Stiglitz is a leading scholar on the causes of inequality and a stron g advocate for political and economic reform to address its consequences. H e is a former senior vice president and chief economist of […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    **Note: The event location has been change d to The Dodson Room in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.**

    Colum bia University economist Joseph Stiglitz is a leading scholar on the causes of inequality and a strong advocate for political and economic reform to a ddress its consequences. He is a former senior vice president and chief eco nomist of the World Bank and author of several books including\, The Great Divide: Unequal Societies and What We Can Do About Them (2015).

    Yves Tiberghien is the Director of the Institute of Asian Research\, Executive D irector of the UBC China Council\, Co-Director of the Master of Public Poli cy and Global Affairs\, and Associate Professor of Political Science. Prof. Tiberghien studies global economic governance.

    Sponsor: Political Science department\, Institute of Asian Research\, Master of Public Policy & Global Affairs Program
    By: Joseph St iglitz (Columbia University)\, Yves Tiberghien (UBC)
    Type: Discussion

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    LOCATION:Dodson Room\, Room 302\, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre GEO:49.267581;-123.252321 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/global-development-economic -governance-a-discussion-with-nobel-laureate-joseph-stiglitz/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160517T1607Z-1463501261.2346-EO-19822-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160516T171550Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233012Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150924T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150924T190000 SUMMARY: Symposium on Nepal: Reconstruction and Regeneration After the Eart hquakes DESCRIPTION: Join us for a discussion of Nepal’s experiences with relief an d reconstruction after the devastating earthquakes of April and May 2015. S peakers will give brief presentations highlighting economic\, engineering\, linguistic and socio-political dimensions of earthquake response in Nepal\ , with a focus on Vancouver-linked initiatives. Moderator Dr Tsering Shakya \, Institute of Asian Research\, UBC Speakers Dr […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us for a discussion of Nepal’s experi ences with relief and reconstruction after the devastating earthquakes of A pril and May 2015. Speakers will give brief presentations highlighting econ omic\, engineering\, linguistic and socio-political dimensions of earthquak e response in Nepal\, with a focus on Vancouver-linked initiatives.

    Moderator

    Dr Tsering Shakya\, Institute of Asian Research\, UBC

    < h2>Speakers

    Dr Bishnu Pandey\, Civil Engineering\, BCIT

    Dr Sar a Shneiderman\, Anthropology and the Institute of Asian Research\, UBC

    < p>Dr Ratna Shrestha\, Economics\, UBC\, and Board Member of the Nepali Heri tage Charity Foundation (NHCF)

    Dr Mark Turin\, Anthropology and First Nations and Endangered Languages Program (Chair)\, UBC

    Followed by d iscussion and dialogue: Open floor. All are welcome

    UBC Nepali Studen ts Association will be selling homemade momos (Nepali dumplings) as a fundr aiser for ongoing efforts in Nepal after the discussion.

    To RSVP\, pl ease visit here.

    Spons or: Centre for India and South Asia Research
    By: Professor Sara Shneiderman\, Anthropology and Institute of Asian Resea rch
    Type: Event

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/symposium-on-nepal-reconstr uction-and-regeneration-after-the-earthquakes/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160517T1607Z-1463501261.2447-EO-19832-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160516T172553Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233012Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150925T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150925T170000 SUMMARY: Book launch of Professor Peter Nosco’s new edited volume: Dissent on Core Beliefs: Religious and Secular Perspectives DESCRIPTION: Difference\, diversity and disagreement are inevitable feature s of our ethical\, social and political landscape. Dissent on Core Beliefs investigates the ways that various ethical and religious traditions have de alt with intramural dissent. The volume considers the traditions of Confuci anism\, Buddhism\, Christianity\, Judaism\, Islam\, liberalism\, Marxism\, South Asian religions\, and natural law. The collection begins a […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Difference\, diversity and disagreement ar e inevitable features of our ethical\, social and political landscape. Diss ent on Core Beliefs investigates the ways that various ethical and religiou s traditions have dealt with intramural dissent. The volume considers the t raditions of Confucianism\, Buddhism\, Christianity\, Judaism\, Islam\, lib eralism\, Marxism\, South Asian religions\, and natural law. The collection begins a dialogue on the common challenges facing all traditions: how to m aintain cohesion and core values in the face of pluralism\, and how to do t his in a way that is consistent with the internal ethical principles of the traditions.

    Sponsor: Centre for Japanese Research\, Department of Asian Studies
    Type: Event

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/book-launch-of-professor-pe ter-noscos-new-edited-volume-dissent-on-core-beliefs-religious-and-secular- perspectives/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160517T1607Z-1463501261.265-EO-19836-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160516T173823Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233012Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150930T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150930T140000 SUMMARY: Information Session on the “Kakehashi” program DESCRIPTION: Sponsor: Institute of Asian Research\, Centre for Japanese Res earch Type: Event X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Sponsor: Institute of Asi an Research\, Centre for Japanese Research
    Type: Even t

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/information-session-on-the- kakehashi-program/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160517T1607Z-1463501261.274-EO-19837-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160516T174003Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233012Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150930T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20150930T173000 SUMMARY: Lecture: Divergences and Convergences of India: China Contemporary Relations DESCRIPTION: Ahmad Zahir Faqiri is a former Diplomat for Afghanistan and is going to be delivering a lecture in Room 120 of the C.K Choi Building\, 4p m to 5:30pm on Wednesday September 30th. This lecture will focus on the dyn amics and driving factors of the China -Indian relationship are with partic ular focus on maritime security\, economics\, energyscourge of regional ter rorism and bilateral dialogue. […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Ahmad Zahir Faqiri is a former Diplomat fo r Afghanistan and is going to be delivering a lecture in Room 120 of the C. K Choi Building\, 4pm to 5:30pm on Wednesday September 30th. This lecture w ill focus on the dynamics and driving factors of the China -Indian relation ship are with particular focus on maritime security\, economics\, energysco urge of regional terrorism and bilateral dialogue. Since the 1962 China -In dian War\, there have been competitive elements within the China-Indian rel ationship.

    Prior to his official visit to Beijing Prime Minister Modi in a press briefing highlighted with confidence that "My visit to Chi na would be a new Milestone for the entire Asia"\, which begs the question: What does Modi really want to bring to Asia? Mr. Faqiri has thoroughly res earched India's relationship with China and would like to share his experti se. This is a free and open lecture to the public\, so please feel free to join us. No RSVP required.

    Sponsor: Centre for India and South Asia Research
    By: Ahmad Zahir Faqiri\, For mer Diplomat for Afghanistan
    Type: Seminar

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/lecture-divergences-and-con vergences-of-india-china-contemporary-relations/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160422T2308Z-1461366504.9479-EO-19669-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160422T194010Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233012Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151001T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151001T190000 SUMMARY: Launch of Sara Shneiderman’s new book: Rituals of Ethnicity DESCRIPTION: Full Event Details Sponsor: UBC Department of Anthropology\, I nstitute of Asian Research\, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Full Event D etails

    Sponsor: UBC Department of Anthropology\, Institute of Asian Research\, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies

    LOCATION:Seminar 307\, The Peter Wall Institute of Advanced Studies GEO:49.268667;-123.256919 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/launch-of-sara-shneidermans -new-book-rituals-of-ethnicity/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160422T2308Z-1461366504.9592-EO-19671-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160422T194238Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233012Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151004T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151005T180000 SUMMARY: Paper\, Print and Cyberspace: The Perspective of a Global Network for the Multimedia and Interdisciplinary Studies of East Asian Religions DESCRIPTION: http://www.ddmba.ca/ddmba/upcoming_special.php?id=92 This acad emic workshop\, co-sponsored by Dharma Drum Vancouver Center and the UBC Bu ddhist Studies Forum and supported by the Centre of Japanese Research\, bri ngs together scholars to discuss Buddhism and other East Asian religions fr om a variety of perspectives. Free of charge and open to the public. Sponso r: UBC Buddhist Studies Forum\, Dharma Drum […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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    This academic workshop\, co-s ponsored by Dharma Drum Vancouver Center and the UBC Buddhist Studies Forum and supported by the Centre of Japanese Research\, brings together scholar s to discuss Buddhism and other East Asian religions from a variety of pers pectives. Free of charge and open to the public.

    Sponsor: UBC Buddhist Studies Forum\, Dharma Drum Vancouver Center\, Centre fo r Japanese Research

    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/paper-print-and-cyberspace- the-perspective-of-a-global-network-for-the-multimedia-and-interdisciplinar y-studies-of-east-asian-religions/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160422T2308Z-1461366504.9669-EO-19645-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160422T183835Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233012Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151007T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151007T133000 SUMMARY: Lunchtime Lecture Series: Joshua Mostow on “A Third Gender: Beauti ful Youth in Japanese Prints” DESCRIPTION: Lunchtime Lecture Series featuring Joshua Mostow on “A Third G ender: Beautiful Youth in Japanese Prints\,” his upcoming Royal Ontario Mus eum exhibition co-organized with UBC alumna Asato Ikeda (Asian Centre 604) X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Lunchtime Lecture Series featuring Joshua Mostow on “A Third Gender: Beautiful Youth in Japanese Prints\,” his upcomi ng Royal Ontario Museum exhibition co-organized with UBC alumna Asato Ikeda (Asian Centre 604)

    LOCATION:Room 604\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/lunchtime-lecture-series-jo shua-mostow-on-a-third-gender-beautiful-youth-in-japanese-prints/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160422T2308Z-1461366504.9755-EO-19648-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160422T184446Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233012Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151009T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151009T140000 SUMMARY: Talk: Can the Yuan Challenge the Dollar for Monetary Supremacy? DESCRIPTION: Abstract: The US dollar has long been the dominant currency in the international monetary system\, providing great geopolitical advantage s to the United States. Today\, many observers predict that China’s yuan is destined to surpass America’s greenback\, perhaps even before the end of t he present decade. Benjamin Cohen\, however\, disagrees. A look back over t he last […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Abstract: The US dollar h as long been the dominant currency in the international monetary system\, p roviding great geopolitical advantages to the United States. Today\, many o bservers predict that China's yuan is destined to surpass America's greenba ck\, perhaps even before the end of the present decade. Benjamin Cohen\, ho wever\, disagrees. A look back over the last seventy five years shows that at least three other currencies have\, for a time\, appeared to pose a seri ous challenge to the dollar. These were the Deutsche mark\, the Japanese ye n\, and the euro. Yet in the end\, none succeeded in ending the dollar's su premacy. Detailed historical analysis by Professor Cohen\, based on a struc tured comparative case study approach\, identifies five factors that are mo st critical in determining the international competitiveness of a currency. Today\, only the greenback offers all five elements\, whereas the yuan fal ls far short. The dollar\, Cohen argues\, is fated to remain dominant for t he foreseeable future.

     

    Bio: Benjamin J. Cohen is the Louis G. Lancaster Professor of International Pol itical Economy at the University of California\, Santa Barbara\, where he h as been a member of the Political Science Department since 1991. He was edu cated at Columbia University\, earning a PhD in Economics in 1963. He has w orked as a research economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (1962 -­‐1964) and previously taught at Princeton University (1964-­‐1971)\, as w ell as the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy\, Tufts University (1971-­‐ 1991). He has also been a visiting professor at Harvard University\, Univer sity College London\, and the Institute of Political Study (Sciences-­‐Po) in Paris. A specialist in the political economy of international money and finance\, he is the author of fifteen books\, including most recently\, Cur rency Politics: Understanding Monetary Rivalry\, published by Princeton Uni versity Press in 2015. He has won numerous awards and in 2000 was named Dis tinguished Scholar of the year by the International Political Economy Secti on of the International Studies Association.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/talk-can-the-yuan-challenge -the-dollar-for-monetary-supremacy/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160422T2308Z-1461366504.9851-EO-19646-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160422T184208Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233012Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151009T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151009T200000 SUMMARY: Special Lecture: The South China Sea\, The View from the Philippin es DESCRIPTION: A panel of experts will gather to discuss the issues around th e international dispute over the South China Sea. This event features a pre sentation by Justice Antonio T. Carpio\, Senior Associate Justice of the Ph ilippines Supreme Court. What are the implications of China’s recent buildu p in these waters? What should the Philippine response be? And […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    justice carpio invite ver5A panel of experts will gather to discuss the issues aro und the international dispute over the South China Sea. This event features a presentation by Justice Antonio T. Carpio\, Senior Associate Justice of the Philippines Supreme Court.

    What are the implications of China's r ecent buildup in these waters? What should the Philippine response be? And how should the rest of Southeast Asia\, and the global community respond? A re there hopes for a resolution? Justice Carpio will give his presentation to be followed by expert reactions and a question-and-answer session.
    Refreshments will be provided after the forum.

    RSVP by email at rsvp@vancouverpcg.org  (subject: Justice Carpio) or online at http://ow.ly/SOKdJ.

    Sponsor: Centre fo r Southeast Asia Research\, Institute of Asian Research\, and The Philippin e Consulate General in Vancouver

     

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/special-lecture-the-south-c hina-sea-the-view-from-the-philippines/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160422T2308Z-1461366504.9937-EO-19650-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160422T185008Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233012Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151014T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151014T140000 SUMMARY: DESCRIPTION: Centre for the Study of Historical Consciousness – Visiting Sc holars Program with the support of the Centre for Japanese Research\, the D epartment of History\, and the Department of Language and Literacy Educatio n   Nobuyoshi Takashima University of the Ryukyus\, Japan “The Threat of Re visionism to Japanese History Textbooks: State Intervention and Citizen Res istance”   Wednesday 14 […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Centre for the Study of Historical Consciousness - Visiting Scholars Program

    with the support of the Centre for Japanese Research\, the Department of History\,

    and the Department of Language and Literacy Education

     

    Nobuyoshi Takashima
    University of the Ryukyus\, Japan

    “The Thre at of Revisionism to Japanese History Textbooks: State Intervention and Cit izen Resistance”

     

    Wednesday 14 Oct. 2015\, 12:30-2: 00 pm (light lunch at 12:00 pm)

    Scarfe Building\, Room 310

     

    Over the past two decades\, Japan’s junior high school history textbooks have be en highly politicized. Conservative scholars\, politicians\, and journalist s have attempted to justify Imperial Japan’s military aggression in Asia\, culminating in the publication of two junior high school history textbooks written from a revisionist perspective. However\, many teachers and scholar s have resisted this movement by describing historical facts accurately in other textbooks. Working collaboratively with schoolteachers from 1975 onwa rd\, I carried out fieldwork collecting documents and testimonies on the at rocities committed by the Japanese the Japanese Imperial Army in Southeast Asia. Current and retired teachers have also edited an alternative textbook to be implemented from 2016. This talk will examine the political backdrop of revisionism and ongoing resistance efforts.

     

    Nobuy oshi Takashima is Professor Emeritus of the University of the Ryuk yus in Japan. He has worked as a high school social studies teacher\, a tea cher educator\, and an author of history textbooks. In the 1970s\, he began conducting research on the Imperial Japanese Army’s atrocities committed i n Southeast Asia. He has also investigated Japanese civilians’ sufferings d uring the Battle of Okinawa and the politics of history textbooks in Japan. Since 1983\, he has organized an annual study tour for Japanese teachers t o learn about Imperial Japan’s invasion of Southeast Asia. His numerous pub lications include: Hachijûnen dai no kyôkasho mondai [Textbook Con troversies in the 1980s] (1984)\; Tabi shiyô tônan ajia e [An Invi tation to Southeast Asia Travel] (1987)\; and Ryokô gaido ni n ai ajia o aruku: Marêshia [Off the Beaten Track in Asia: Malaysia] (20 10).

    Full detail event poster here< /p> LOCATION:Room 310\, Neville Scarfe Building GEO:49.264192;-123.253191 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/19650/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160422T2308Z-1461366505.0078-EO-19652-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160422T185255Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233012Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151014T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151014T170000 SUMMARY: China’s Civil War: A Social History\, 1945-1949 DESCRIPTION: Abstract China’s Civil War is a social history of the 1945-9 c ivil war that brought the Chinese Communist Party to power.  It integrates history and memory to help to understand a period of intense upheaval. Draw ing from biographies\, memoirs\, illustrations and oral histories the book gives voice to those who experienced the war at first […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Abstract
    China’s Civil War is a social history of the 1945-9 civil war that brough t the Chinese Communist Party to power.  It integrates history and memory t o help to understand a period of intense upheaval. Drawing from biographies \, memoirs\, illustrations and oral histories the book gives voice to those who experienced the war at first hand.  The book explores the long-term im pacts of the social upheaval\, the separations\, the exiles and political d ivides that came from the civil war.
    Reviews & Endorsements 
    “Professor Lary has analysed in depth the social forces that prepared for the CCP's victory. She writes with deep compassion for the Chinese people who have gone through the great est social upheaval in their history. A huge contribution to the understand ing of China's Civil War.”
    -- Pai Hsien-Yung\, author of Taipei P eople
    "What Diana Lary has achieved is a tour de force\, a wonderful telling of the tumultuous social history of the Chinese Civil War through personal anecdotes and stories of individual and family experiences. Expertly crafted\, the book fills a huge hole in our understan ding of the Chinese civil war and its subsequent impact on the social histo ry of the PRC."
    Stephen R. MacKinnon\, Arizona State University
    Please click here for more details on Dr. Lary's boo k\, "China's Civil War: A Social History\, 1945-1949" (Cambridge\, 2015). < /b>
    About the speaker

    Diana Lary is professor emerita in the Department of History at th e University of British Columbia. She has published over a dozen books on t he history warfare\, migration\, regionalism\, and suffering in modern Chin a.
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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/chinas-civil-war-a-social-h istory-1945-1949/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160422T2308Z-1461366505.0178-EO-19654-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160422T190423Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233013Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151015T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151015T173000 SUMMARY: Seventy Years after the Asia Pacific War: Interrogating Japan’s Wa r Responsibility DESCRIPTION: Centre for Japanese Research\, Public lecture by Nobuyoshi Tak ashima – University of the Ryukyus “Seventy Years after the Asia Pacific Wa r: Interrogating Japan’s War Responsibility” 「アジア太平洋戦争終結７０年：問われ続ける日本の戦争責任」 Commentator: Hyung-Gu Lynn – UBC Institute of Asian Research Thursday\, Oct ober 15\, 2015 4:00 – 5:30 pm (Reception follows) Conference Room\, C.K. Ch oi Building Supported by: Institute for Asian Research\, Department […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Centre for Japanese Research\, Pub lic lecture by Nobuyoshi Takashima - University o f the Ryukyus

    "Seventy Years after the Asia Pacific War: Inte rrogating Japan’s War Responsibility"

    「アジア太平洋戦争終結７０年 ：問われ続ける日本の戦争責任」

    Commentator: Hyung-Gu Lynn - UBC Institute of Asian Research

    Thursday\, October 15 \, 2015

    4:00 – 5:30 pm ( Reception follows)

    Conference Room\, C.K. C hoi Building

    Supported by: Institute for Asian Resea rch\, Department of Asian Studies and Department of Langua ge and Literacy Education

    ABSTRACT: Prime M inister Abe’s recent statement on the 70th anniversary of the end of the As ia Pacific War reflected a revisionist view justifying Imperial Japan’s col onialism and violence. The general acceptance of the statement stems from J apan’s postwar failure to scrutinize its war responsibility. This has led w ell-meaning activists and educators to position Japan solely as a war victi m. My fieldwork conducted with schoolteachers\, however\, has clearly revea led Japan’s role as a victimizer in Southeast Asia. It has also raised cont entious questions: How could Japanese soldiers as “ordinary” people commit such atrocities? Why have some Southeast Asian political leaders expressed forgiveness for Japan? How do we come to terms of young people’s refusal to take on Japan’s lasting responsibility?

    Nobuyoshi TAKASHIMA is Profe ssor Emeritus of the University of the Ryukyus in Japan. He has worked as a high school social studies teacher\, a teacher educator\, and an author of history textbooks. In the 1970s\, he began conducting research on the Impe rial Japanese Army’s atrocities committed in Southeast Asia. He has also in vestigated Japanese civilians’ sufferings during the Battle of Okinawa and the politics of history textbooks in Japan. Since 1983\, he has organized a n annual study tour for Japanese teachers to learn about Imperial Japan’s i nvasion of Southeast Asia.

    Sponsor: Centre for Japan ese Research\, the Institute of Asian Research\, Department of Asian Studie s\, Department of Language and Literacy Education

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/seventy-years-after-the-asi a-pacific-war-interrogating-japans-war-responsibility/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160422T2308Z-1461366505.0276-EO-19659-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160422T191358Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233013Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151021T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151021T133000 SUMMARY: Lunchtime Lecture Series: Professor Nakano Kiwa on “How Do People Reconstruct Former Disaster Areas? The Case of Genkai Island” DESCRIPTION: Lunchtime Lecture Series featuring Professor Nakano Kiwa (Dait o Bunka University\; visiting scholar\, Department of Anthropology) How Do People Reconstruct Former Disaster Areas? －The Case of Genkai Island : Fuku oka Prefecture Western Offshore Earthquake－   ABSTRACT After the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11\, 2011\, rebuilding the devastated area becam e a major challenge. Many areas […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Lunchtime Lecture Series featuring Profess or Nakano Kiwa (Daito Bunka University\; visiting scholar\, Department of A nthropology)

    How Do People Reconstruct Former Disaster Areas?

    － The Case of Genkai Island : Fukuoka Prefecture Western Offshore Earthquake－

     

    ABSTRACT

    After the Great East Japan Earthquake on Marc h 11\, 2011\, rebuilding the devastated area became a major challenge. Many areas in Japan have suffered natural disasters\, but there are few studies that have recorded and analyzed the social and cultural background of the process of reconstruction over time. It is generally believed that the goal of reconstruction is rebuilding facilities\, but I believe that we should continue to observe reconstruction over a long period of time\, even after facilities have been rebuilt.

     

    For residents\, their new lives start after rebuilding facilities\, and they may face various problems at that time\, I believe that these problems are not limited to one particular area\, but are shared by all disaster areas. Therefore\, we must first rec ognize those problems as well as the cultural and social background of the disaster areas\, and then record them. Therefore\, I have chosen to researc h former disaster areas from this perspective.

     

    I would like t o focus on Genkai Island in Fukuoka Prefecture. This island is a community that was affected by the Fukuoka Prefecture Western Offshore Earthquake on March 20\, 2005\, but it was reconstructed in just three years. Its path to recovery is viewed as a model of reconstruction for Tōhoku communities.

     

    How did the residents on this island handle their situation\, a nd how did they try to reconstruct and rebuild their lives? Looking at the island over time\, what kinds of things did the residents prioritize during reconstruction\, and what kinds of new problems occurred after they starte d their new lives? I would like to consider their path to recovery in detai l over time.

     

    過去の被災地はいかに復興されたのか？

    －福岡県西方沖地震の被災地・玄界島の事例から－

     

    【概略】

    東 日本大震災が起こって以降、被災地の生活基盤の再生が大きな課題となっている。日本には災害被災地域 は複数あるが、災害復興過程に関する先行研究はけっし て多いとは言えない。被災直後の各地の取り組みに注目した研究はあっても、一定の時間が経ったときに浮上 する問題についての記録と分析はきわめて少ない。 これは、かなり長期にわたる観察が必要となること、建物や土地の復興が一つ区切りとみなされてしまうからだと 考えられる。

    し かし、当事者にとってはそこから「日常」が始まるのであり、そこで直面する問題も多い。それらの問題は一地域にとどまるものでは なく、災害被災地の各地で 共有すべき問題もあると思われる。まずは問題の把握とその文化的、社会的背景について明らかにすること、それらを記録することが重要 であろう。このような 問題意識から、今なお災害が続く複数の地域の聞き取り調査を進めているところである。

    本発表では、その一部として、200 5年の福岡県西方沖地震で被災した福岡県の玄界島の復興について取り上げたい。当日の全島避難から復興後の帰島まで、3年 という短期間で現地回復型の復興を遂 げたことから、東北でも復興のモデルケースの一つとして取り上げられることが多い。この島がどのように復興を遂げてき たのか、生活基盤の破壊に対し住民がどの ように状況を受け入れ、生活を回復、創造しようとしたのか、新たにどのような問題が起こっているのか、一定の時間 を経た今だからこそ、様ざまな課題の検討が可 能となる。

    LOCATION:Room 604\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/lunchtime-lecture-series-pr ofessor-nakano-kiwa-on-how-do-people-reconstruct-former-disaster-areas-the- case-of-genkai-island/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160422T2308Z-1461366505.0377-EO-19657-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160422T191014Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233013Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151021T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151021T170000 SUMMARY: China’s Age of Irreverence: Christopher Rea in Conversation with T imothy Brook DESCRIPTION: Abstract China’s entry in modernity was not just traumatic\, b ut uproarious. As its last dynasty fell and was replaced by a republic\, po litical and cultural discussion erupted into invective\, with critics gleef ully jeering and deriding rivals in public. Farceurs drew followings in the popular press\, promoting a culture of practical joking and buffoonery. Th ese various […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Abstract

    China’s en try in modernity was not just traumatic\, but uproarious. As its last dynas ty fell and was replaced by a republic\, political and cultural discussion erupted into invective\, with critics gleefully jeering and deriding rivals in public. Farceurs drew followings in the popular press\, promoting a cul ture of practical joking and buffoonery. These various expressions of hilar ity proved so offensive to high-brow writers that they launched a concerted campaign to displace the old forms of mirth with a new one they called you mo (humor). What can we learn about modern history from the perspective of those who laugh their way through it? Focusing on the case of China\, this conversation will discuss how political turmoil\, new media\, and other for ces have nurtured cultures of humor in a modernizing society\, from the las t days of empire to the digital age.
    Please click here for more details on Dr. R ea's book\, "The Age of Irreverence: A New History of Laughter in China" (U niversity of California Press\, 2015).

    About the Speakers

    Dr. Christopher Rea is Associate Professor of Modern Chinese Li terature in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of British Co lumbia. He is the editor of Humans\, Beasts\, and Ghosts: Stories and Essay s by Qian Zhongshu and the coeditor of The Business of Culture: Cultural En trepreneurs in China and Southeast Asia\, 1900–60.

    Dr. Timothy Brook is a professor and writer on Chinese and world history at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Dr. Brook is also the Republic of China Cha ir and Professor of History at the University of British Columbia. A native of Toronto and graduate of the University of Toronto\, Brook moved from To ronto to become principal of St. John’s College at UBC in 2004\, where he w as named to the Republic of China Chair. He has also held positions at the University of Alberta (1984-86)\, Stanford University )1997-99)\, and the U niversity of Oxford\, where he was Shaw Professor of Chinese from 2007 to 2 009.

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    Sponsor: Centre for Chi nese Research\, The Peter Wall Institute of Advanced Studies

    Full det ail event poster here

    LOCATION:Seminar 307\, The Peter Wall Institute of Advanced Studies GEO:49.268667;-123.256919 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/chinas-age-of-irreverence-c hristopher-rea-in-conversation-with-timothy-brook/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160422T2308Z-1461366505.0471-EO-19660-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160422T191616Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233013Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151022T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151022T193000 SUMMARY: The Maiden at Dojoji Temple: A Lecture and Demonstration on the Ar t of Kabuki DESCRIPTION: The Maiden at Dōjōji Temple: Performance Interpretations A Lec ture and Demonstration on the Art of Kabuki 6:00 – 7:30 pm Thursday\, Octob er 22 Frederic Wood Theatre (6354 Crescent Road\, University of British Col umbia) Free of charge   Nakamura Gankyō was born and raised in Southern Cal ifornia. He is the first non-Japanese citizen to become a professional Kabu ki actor\, […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Maiden at Dōjōji Temple: Perf ormance Interpretations

    A Lecture and Demonstration on the Art of Kab uki

    6:00 – 7:30 pm Thursday\, October 22

    Frederic Wood Theatre (6354 Crescent Road\, University of British Columbia)

    Free of charge< /p>

     

    Nakamura Gankyō was born and raised in Southern California. H e is the first non-Japanese citizen to become a professional Kabuki actor\, being apprenticed to the National Living Treasure Sakata Tōjūrō. Along wit h his master\, Gankyō has traveled extensively\, conducting workshops\, lec tures and demonstrations worldwide to introduce various aspects of the Kabu ki Theater to a global audience. He is currently a PhD Candidate in the Dep artment of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of California\, L os Angeles and has spent the past several years conducting research at both Waseda University and Tokyo University as a Fulbright Fellow.

    In his presentation\, Gankyō will compare the kata and kaishaku \, or “form” and “interpretation\,” of scenes from the famous play The Maiden at Dōjoji Temple (Musume Dōjōji)\, as performed by two modern kabuki stars\, his own teacher Tōjūrō and the late Bandō Mitsugorō VIII. Gankyō will explain the differences between the performance styles in his lecture and demonstrate them in a concluding dance-performance.

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    LOCATION:Frederic Wood Theatre GEO:49.268043;-123.257021 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-maiden-at-dojoji-temple -a-lecture-and-demonstration-on-the-art-of-kabuki/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160422T2308Z-1461366505.0564-EO-19662-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160422T191904Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233013Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151023T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151023T170000 SUMMARY: The Birth of Nishikawa Sukenobu’s Shunpon: “Sex” and Publishing Cu lture DESCRIPTION: The Birth of Nishikawa Sukenobu’s Shunpon: “Sex” and Publishin g Culture Professor Takashi Nakajima (Waseda University) Illustrated three- volume works by Nishikawa Sukenobu—said even to be the cause of the governm ent’s publishing restrictions of the Kyōhō era—were revolutionary shunpon ( pornographic books) because of a particular rich aesthetic consciousness. I ro hiinagata (1711) and Nasake hiinagata (1712)\, written by […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Birth of Nishikawa Sukenobu’s Shunpon:

    “Sex” and Publishing Culture

    Professor Takashi Nakajima (Waseda University)

    Illustrated three-volume works by Nishikawa Sukenobu—said even to be the cause of the government’s publishing restrictions of the Kyōhō era—were revolutionary shunpon (pornographic books) because of a particular rich aesthetic consciousness. Iro hiinagata (1711) and Nasake hiinagata (1712)\, written by Ejima Kiseki and illustrated by Sukenobu and published in five yokobon volumes by Hachimonjiya\, are taken as the pioneer ing works. Moreover\, in both works we see the early trends taken by erotic works (kōshokubon) since Saikaku’s Life of an Amorous Man (Kōshoku ichidai otoko)\, as kōshokubon gradually revea l aspects of shunpon. I suspect that trends of the Edo market infl uenced the phenomenon of Kamigata kōshokubon turning into shun pon. Yama no Yatsu and Nishimura Ichirōemon were both author-publisher s who encouraged such a of trend. Differing from Saikaku’s kōshoku ukiy o-zōshi\, the format of kōshokubon was half-sheet-sized books (hanshibon\, approx. 23 x 16 cm)\, the content lascivious\, and t here were many in which sexual acts were depicted in the illustrations. In this lecture\, I will take up such Genroku-and Hōei-era works as Kōshok u Haru no akebono—which mentions Yonosuke\, the hero of Life of an Amorous Man\, who crossed over to the Isle of Women—and discuss the d evelopment toward Sukenobu’s shunpon and the historical cultural s ignificance of kōshokubon and shunpon.

    Nakajima Ta kashi is Professor of Japanese Literature at Waseda University\, Tokyo. Amo ng his many books are Saikaku and Genroku Media (2011)\, The D evelopment of Early Ukiyo-zōshi (1996)\, and the prize-winning histori cal novel The Notebook of Yoemon of the Pleasure Quarter (2007).

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    LOCATION:Room 129\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-birth-of-nishikawa-suke nobus-shunpon-sex-and-publishing-culture/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160422T2308Z-1461366505.0681-EO-19664-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160422T193131Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233013Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151023T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151023T170000 SUMMARY: Glossolalia\, Cacophony\, Intensity DESCRIPTION: This seminar discusses glossolalia (“speaking in tongues”) and cacophony in settings of fervent group prayer among Protestant Christians in Seoul. Ethnographic field data on prayer\, preaching\, music\, and other features of Christian worship reveal how processes of semiotic intensifica tion and the production of unintelligible speech contribute to collective e xperiences of spiritual contact. The analysis develops […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This seminar discusses glossolalia (“speak ing in tongues”) and cacophony in settings of fervent group prayer among Pr otestant Christians in Seoul. Ethnographic field data on prayer\, preaching \, music\, and other features of Christian worship reveal how processes of semiotic intensification and the production of unintelligible speech contri bute to collective experiences of spiritual contact. The analysis develops broader questions about “intensity” as a both an analytical category across disciplines and as a local cultural category in South Korea.

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    LOCATION:Room 400\, UBC School of Music GEO:49.267670;-123.256470 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/glossolalia-cacophony-inten sity/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160422T2308Z-1461366505.0765-EO-19666-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160422T193348Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233013Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151028T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151028T170000 SUMMARY: The Inaugural Session of ‘Ming and More: Classical Chinese/Wenyan/ Hanmun/Kanbun Reading Group’ DESCRIPTION: You’re welcome to join us whatever your background or interest in Classical/Literary texts. We will be reading primary sources\, generall y connected to the participants’ research interests\, with a center of grav ity in the Ming but by no means exclusive to that period (hence the name). The goal is to work together on language skills\, to […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    You’re welcome to join us whatever your ba ckground or interest in Classical/Literary texts. We will be reading primar y sources\, generally connected to the participants’ research interests\, w ith a center of gravity in the Ming but by no means exclusive to that perio d (hence the name). The goal is to work together on language skills\, to th ink about how to use primary sources for research\, and to share the wide r ange of expertise that members of the China studies community can bring in.

    Reading Material: Wanli yehuo bian 萬曆野獲編  by Shen Defu (1578-1642) ( First seven pages: https://oned rive.live.com/redir?resid=534425D36335DBFF!143808&authkey=!AP2PsGjN6T6jvCs& ithint=file%2cpdf )

    Contact: Bruce Rusk (bruce.rusk@ubc.ca)

    Sponsor: Departmen t of Asian Studies\, Centre for Chinese Research

    LOCATION:Room 1197\, Buchanan Tower GEO:49.268589;-123.253408 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-inaugural-session-of-mi ng-and-more-classical-chinesewenyanhanmunkanbun-reading-group/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160422T2308Z-1461366505.0854-EO-19667-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160422T193713Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233013Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151030T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151030T180000 SUMMARY: Documentary Screening of “Minako: Last Geisha of the Yoshiwara” DESCRIPTION: Minako: Last Geisha of the Yoshiwara Documentary movie on the last living geisha of the Yoshiwara district Brief presentations on geisha and Edo culture by director Makoto Yasuhara and Edo specialist Kenji Watana be\, followed by a screening of Minako   Minako: Last Geisha of the Yoshiwa ra Director Makoto Yasuhara spent six years getting to know […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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    Documentary movie on the last living geisha of the Yoshiwara district

    Brief presentations on geisha and Edo culture by director Makoto Yasuhara and Edo specialist Kenji Watanabe\, followed by a screening of Minako

     

    Minako: Last Geisha of th e Yoshiwara

    Director Makoto Yasuhara spent six years getting to know and document the life of a practicing geisha of the Yoshiwara district of Tokyo. Until Minako’s death in 2010 at age 90\, she was the last living geisha (literally “a practitioner of the arts”) of the Yoshiwara\, the onl y licensed area for prostitution in the old city of Edo (present Tokyo). Yo shiwara was once occupied by courtesans and those versed in traditional art s. Following World War II\, the district was officially closed\, but the cu ltural traditions lived on through the work of geisha like Minako.

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    This screening is free of charge and all are welcome.

     

    C o-sponsored by the Centre for Japanese Research\, the Department of Asian S tudies\, and TomoeArts

    LOCATION:Asian Centre Auditorium GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/documentary-screening-of-mi nako-last-geisha-of-the-yoshiwara/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160421T1616Z-1461255385.1849-EO-19589-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160420T221904Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233013Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151102T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151102T134500 SUMMARY: Historical Ownership and Territorial Indivisibility: Survey Eviden ce from China DESCRIPTION: Some of the most enduring and dangerous territorial disputes s eem to display the characteristic of so-called issue indivisibility\, with at least one side of a dispute taking a position of all-or-nothing. Moreove r\, historical ownership is frequently invoked in such disputes to justify uncompromising policy stances. We investigate these phenomena by developing a theoretical argument for […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Some of the most enduring and dangerous te rritorial disputes seem to display the characteristic of so-called issue in divisibility\, with at least one side of a dispute taking a position of all -or-nothing. Moreover\, historical ownership is frequently invoked in such disputes to justify uncompromising policy stances. We investigate these phe nomena by developing a theoretical argument for how historical ownership ca n be a source of a perception of territorial indivisibility\, which then ca n cause bargaining failure and war. We implement a survey experiment in Chi na to test the hypotheses derived from the theory. We find that historical ownership plays a significant role in the respondents' perception of territ ory indivisibility compared with the alternative scenario of no such owners hip. Furthermore\, those who perceive a territory to be indivisible are mor e likely to favor economic sanctions and military solutions to the dispute\ , and much less likely to support bilateral negotiation and IO arbitration. These findings are broadly consistent with our theoretical expectations an d have significant policy implications.

    Please RSVP here. Light lunch and beverage will b e provided for registered participants.

    Sponsor: Cen tre for Chinese Research\, Department of Political Science

    LOCATION:Buchanan Penthouse GEO:49.268156;-123.254620 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/historical-ownership-and-te rritorial-indivisibility-survey-evidence-from-china/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160421T1616Z-1461255385.2044-EO-19590-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160420T222051Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233013Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151102T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151102T173000 SUMMARY: Andy Lau and the Popular Presentation of Cultural Identity DESCRIPTION: In this talk\, Dr. Christensen will argue that the placement o f celebrities within a nationalist discourse\, whilst hardly a new phenomen on\, is an approach deserving of re-evaluation in light of the recent recog nition of transnational cultural flows within film theory as well as the pa rticular complexities of Hong Kong’s historical position and the rising pow er […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    In this talk\, Dr. Christensen will argue that the placement of celebrities within a nationalist discourse\, whilst h ardly a new phenomenon\, is an approach deserving of re-evaluation in light of the recent recognition of transnational cultural flows within film theo ry as well as the particular complexities of Hong Kong’s historical positio n and the rising power of China on the global stage. Briefly examining the success of Hong Kong film and recording star\, Andy Lau\, in the Pan-Asian domain will allow us to test theories about how cultural identity is expres sed through popular culture. Part of this discussion will be dependent upon a deeper understanding of Lau’s local star persona\, which Dr. Christensen believes to a large extent was shaped by his actions around the time of Ho ng Kong’s reunification with mainland China. Specifically\, Lau’s involveme nt in the production of the film Made in Hong Kong – one of the few signifi cant pieces of Handover-themed cinema to be released during that period – c ombined with his promotion of re-Sinification through various musical texts \, provides an effective demonstration of the star’s increasingly assured p ositioning of his own cultural identity.

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    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/andy-lau-and-the-popular-pr esentation-of-cultural-identity/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160421T1616Z-1461255385.2118-EO-19592-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160420T222349Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233013Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151104T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151104T173000 SUMMARY: The Native Language of Space: The Spatial Connotations of Southern Fujian-Style He-Yuan Architecture 空間母語：閩南合院建築的空間意涵 DESCRIPTION: Abstract In Taiwan or China\, it is easily to notice that a la rge of common words or idioms can connect to the cultural connotations of H e-Yuan合院architecture. For example\, the idioms quoted from the classic stor ies of “Lun-Yu”論語 — “wàn-rèn-gōng-qiáng”萬仞宮牆（palace wall higher than ten th ousand meters）\, “fèn-tǔ-zhi-qiáng”糞土之牆（wall of dirty soil）\, and “dēng-tán g-rù-shì”登堂入室（pass through the hall into […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Abstract

    In Taiwan or China\, it is easily to notice that a large of common words or idioms ca n connect to the cultural connotations of He-Yuan合院architecture. For exampl e\, the idioms quoted from the classic stories of “Lun-Yu”論語 -- “wàn-rèn-gō ng-qiáng”萬仞宮牆（palace wall higher than ten thousand meters）\, “fèn-tǔ-zhi-qi áng”糞土之牆（wall of dirty soil）\, and “dēng-táng-rù-shì”登堂入室（pass through the hall into the inner）. Taiwanese or Chinese also often use He-Yuan architect ural terms to describe human relationships\, such as: dà-fáng大房\, èr-fáng二房 \, zhèng-shì正室\, cè-shì側室\, cousin堂兄弟\, and jia-guó-dòng-liáng家國棟梁（a person able to bear heavy responsibilities）. Being the main cultural fountainhead of Chinese traditional buildings\, He-Yuan architecture has a long history . Through architectural style\, we can understand how the people suffice th e way of life\, express their thoughts and consciousness\, and extend natur alism into a man-made environment. In this lecture\, Professor Shu-Cheng Hu ang will use Chinese traditional literature and aesthetics theories to expl ore the spatial connotations of He-Yuan architecture. Professor Huang will highlight as a case study\, the Lin An-Tai Historical House in Taipei\, whi ch preserves the architectural style of southern Fujian.

    合院，作為中國傳統建築的 主題，由來久遠。它是漢民族滿足其思想觀念、生活方式與實質環境等需求，在建築上所營造出來的具體民居形式，所以生活中出 現許多與它相關的語彙。如出自《論語 》的「萬仞宮牆」、「糞土之牆」、「登堂入室」等；甚至一般人所謂的「大房」、「二房」，「正室」、「側室」，「堂」 兄弟，「家國棟梁」等，也都是以建築名詞 做為德行判斷或關係親疏的說明和比方。

    《大學》：「富潤屋，德潤身。」合院建築與儒家思想遙相呼應。因此，本講題以林安泰古厝為例，分從一、「堂 」的空間安排；二、堂前「庭」的安排；三、空間位序的正偏、內外與層次；四、重門疊院的充實與生機等四個面相，探討閩南式合院建築的空間意涵。

    < strong>About the Speaker

    Shu-Cheng Huang was born and raised in Taichung country in central Taiwan. She received her M.A. (2002) and Ph .D. (2006) from the Department of Chinese of National Taiwan Normal Univers ity. Her dissertation focuses on the textual structure and rhetorical style of Chinese literature\, including classical and modern poetry and essays\, Song dynasty lyric poetry (ci)\, and other genres. Recently\, she has also used theories and principles of structure to explore the spatial aesthetic s of Chinese traditional He-Yuan合院  architecture. Her research has been gen erously funded by the ROC Ministry of Science and Technology. She also taug ht Chinese language at a Taiwanese junior high school from 1989 to 2006.

    She is currently an associate professor the Department of Oriental Lang uages and Cultures of Tzu Chi University in Hualien. For 2015-16\, she is a visiting scholar in UBC’s Department of Asian Studies.

    Please note t hat the talk will be given in Mandarin.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-native-language-of-spac e-the-spatial-connotations-of-southern-fujian-style-he-yuan-architecture-%e 7%a9%ba%e9%96%93%e6%af%8d%e8%aa%9e%ef%bc%9a%e9%96%a9%e5%8d%97%e5%90%88%e9%9 9%a2%e5%bb%ba%e7%af%89/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160421T1616Z-1461255385.2238-EO-19594-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160420T223938Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233013Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151105T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151105T200000 SUMMARY: Feature Film: ‘Shakespeare Wallah’ DESCRIPTION: Sponsor: Centre for India and South Asia Research\, UBC Depart ment of Asian Studies. By: South Asian Film Education Society X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Bard2-page-001Sponsor:< /strong> Centre for India and South Asia Research\, UBC Department of Asian Studies.

    By: South Asian Film Education Society

    LOCATION:Asian Centre Auditorium GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/feature-film-shakespeare-wa llah/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160422T2308Z-1461366505.1222-EO-19617-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160421T165619Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233013Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151112T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151112T170000 SUMMARY: CANADA-CHINA ENGAGEMENT: THE 45TH ANNIVERSARY DESCRIPTION: The University of British Columbia (UBC) and the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APFC) would like to bring to your attention an event on Canada-China relations to be hosted at UBC on the day of November 12th. The year of 2015 marks the 45th anniversary of the exchange of diplomatic r elations between Canada and China. UBC and APFC are […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The University of British Columbia (UBC) a nd the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APFC) would like to bring to your attention an event on Canada-China relations to be hosted at UBC on the da y of November 12th.

    The year of 2015 marks the 45th anniversary of th e exchange of diplomatic relations between Canada and China. UBC and APFC a re proud to host this one-day celebration in recognition of the significant bilateral relations that have been forged over the past 45 years. During t he day\, four panels and an armchair discussion will be arranged to allow f or discussions among witnesses and intellectuals from both Canada and China on topics of the past\, current and future connections between the two cou ntries.

    Sponsor: Agricultural Bank of China\, C.K. C hoi Foundation\, Dentons\, Istuary Innovation Group\, The UBC China Council \, The Institute of Asian Research

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    Speakers and Panelists

     

    Welcome Session (8:45 AM - 9:15 AM)

    Dr. Martha PIPER
    President\, University of British Columbia

    Dr. David EMERSON
    Chair\, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada\; Chairman of Emerson Services Ltd.

    H.E. LU Shumin
    Executive Vice President\, Chinese People's Institute of Foreig n Affairs\; Former Ambassador of China to Canada

    Panel I: The Future of Canada's Relation with China (9:15 AM - 10:30 AM)

    Dr. Gage AVERILL (Chair)
    Dean\, Faculty of Arts\, Un iversity of British Columbia

    Dr. Wendy DOBSON
    P rofessor and Co-Director\, Institute of International Business\, Rotman Sch ool of Management\, University of Toronto

    Dr. Paul EVANS
    Professor\, Institute of Asian Research\, University of British C olumbia

    Panel II: Trudeau to Martin\; Mao to Hu: Recognition and Engagement (10:45 AM - 12:00 PM)

    Dr. Sarah TAYLO R (Chair)
    Special Advisor\, ADM Asia Pacific\, Foreign Affair s\, Trade\, Development Canada\, Government of Canada

    Dr. B. Michael FROLIC

    Executive Vice President\, Chinese People's I nstitute of Foreign Affairs\; Former Ambassador of China to Canada

    Dr. Steven LEE
    Associate Processor\, Department of Hist ory\, University of British Columbia

    H.E. LU Shumin< br />Executive Vice President\, Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affai rs\; Former Ambassador of China to Canada

    Lunchtime Armchair Discussion (12:15 PM - 1:15 PM)

    Mr. Hugh STEPHENS (C hair)
    Principal\, Trans-Pacific Connections

    Hon . Jack AUSTIN 
    Co-Chair\, UBC China Council\; Honorary Profes sor\, Institute of Asian Research\, University of British Columbia

    H.E. ZHANG Junsai
    Former Ambassador of China to Canada< /p>

    Panel III: Whither Chinese Investment (1:30 PM - 2:45 PM)

    Mr. Stewart BECK (Chair)
    President and CE O\, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada

    Mr. Colin HANSEN
    President and CEO\, Advantage BC

    H.E. LAN Lijun
    Former Ambassador of China to Canada

    Mr. Hao SHI
    Chief Representative\, Agricultural Bank of China in Vancouver

    Dr. Yves TIBERGHIEN
    Director\, Institute of Asia n Research\; Executive Director\, UBC China Council\; Co-Director\, MPPGA\, University of British Columbia

    Panel IV: Future Growth Secto rs: Where is the Opportunity (3:00 PM - 4:15 PM)

    Mr. Paul LEE (Chair)
    Managing Partner\, Vanedge Capital Partners

    Mr. Ethan SUN
    Chairman and President\, Istuary Innovation Group

    Mr. Andrew TAYLOR
    President\, Singer Valve

    Mr. Michael H.K. WONG
    Principal\, Michael H.K. Wong Architects Inc.

    Dr. ZHOU Mi
    Deputy Director\, Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs\, Chine se Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation\, Ministry of Co mmerce of the People's Republic of China

    Closing Remarks (4:1 5 PM - 4:30 PM)

    Dr. Eva BUSZA
    Vice Pre sident\, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada

    Dr. Yves TIBERGHIE N
    Director\, Institute of Asian Research\; Executive Director \, UBC China Council\; Co-Director\, MPPGA\, University of British Columbia

    Reception (4:30 PM - 5:00 PM)

    Mr. Lin dsay GORDON (Keynote Remarks)
    Chancellor\, University of Brit ish Columbia

    LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:0;0 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/canada-china-engagement-the -45th-anniversary/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/04/45.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160422T2308Z-1461366505.1388-EO-19619-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160422T165939Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233013Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151112T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151112T133000 SUMMARY: Japan’s International Contribution through Innovation in the Field of International Health DESCRIPTION: Abstract While development of innovation brings about major ch anges to our daily life\, issues such as the spread of infectious diseases as well as malnutrition and poverty in developing countries still remain un resolved. As a result\, the gap between developed and developing countries continues to widen. The same can be said for post-war Japan when […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Abstract
    While devel opment of innovation brings about major changes to our daily life\, issues such as the spread of infectious diseases as well as malnutrition and pover ty in developing countries still remain unresolved. As a result\, the gap b etween developed and developing countries continues to widen. The same can be said for post-war Japan when infectious diseases such as malaria\, tuber culosis\, and a filarial disease were quite widespread in the country. Howe ver\, Japanese people became the first in the world to overcome these chall enges through tackling a crisis together as well as through their efforts i n research and development\, and by conducting innovative reforms including their social system. Based on Japan’s own past experience\, the country ha s been making tremendous contributions toward the amelioration of global pu blic health and the eradication of infectious diseases.
    In 2013\, the Government of Japan and five Japanese pharmaceutical companies formally ina ugurated a public-private partnership named Global Health Innovative Techno logy Fund (GHIT Fund) aimed at enhancing Japan’s contributions in the field of international health by exercisingJapan’s innovative capabilities.
    Dr. Kurokawa\, Board Chairman of the GHIT Fund will discuss how globalizat ion and innovation impacts society in both positive and negative ways. He i s also going to look at how countries such as Japan and Canada that lead th e world in innovation should actively collaborate on international health b y utilizing innovation.

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    LOCATION:Dodson Room\, Room 302\, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre GEO:49.267581;-123.252321 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/japans-international-contri bution-through-innovation-in-the-field-of-international-health/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160422T2308Z-1461366505.1481-EO-19621-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160422T170113Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233014Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151113T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151113T190000 SUMMARY: Mending Cracks: Trauma and Art Practice DESCRIPTION: Join us on Friday\, November 13th\, for a deeper look into the role of art in times of disaster\, featuring Raghavendra Rao\, an incredib ly talented CISAR Research Associate. Raghavendra Rao is an artist from Ban galore living in Vancouver\, Canada since 2012. He graduated from Ken Schoo l of Art\; Bangalore in 1990 and over the last […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us on Friday\, November 13th\, for a deeper look into the role of art in times of disaster\, featuring Raghavend ra Rao\, an incredibly talented CISAR Research Associate. Raghavendra Rao i s an artist from Bangalore living in Vancouver\, Canada since 2012. He grad uated from Ken School of Art\; Bangalore in 1990 and over the last two deca des has participated in several international residencies and exhibitions.< /p>

    Raghavendra's presentation explores Art Practice in the context of di saster. Through it\, he will explore how an artist as "victim" copes with t rauma to produce art. The goal is to provide a small window into artistic p rojects that embrace various media and forms to create Art that validates\, challenges\, and appeases trauma and its various manifestations. This will be a FREE\, PUBLIC EVENT.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/mending-cracks-trauma-and-a rt-practice/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160422T2308Z-1461366505.1557-EO-19624-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160422T170532Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233014Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151116T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151116T150000 SUMMARY: Myanmar’s Historic Elections: A Turning Point? DESCRIPTION: Speaker: Dr. Kate Frieson (Royal Roads University)\; Dr. Yves Tiberghien (UBC)\; Dr. Robert Hanlon (Thompson Rivers University)\; Mr. Lar ry Dohrs (Texas Christian University)\; Dr. Kai Ostwald (UBC)\; Dr. Rick Ba richello (UBC) Myanmar’s national elections on Nov 8\, 2015 will have impor tant consequences for the country’s complex political\, economic\, and peac e transitions. How will the roughly […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    MyaElections2015Speaker: Dr . Kate Frieson (Royal Roads University)\; Dr. Yves Tiberghien (UBC)\; Dr. R obert Hanlon (Thompson Rivers University)\; Mr. Larry Dohrs (Texas Christia n University)\; Dr. Kai Ostwald (UBC)\; Dr. Rick Barichello (UBC)

    Mya nmar's national elections on Nov 8\, 2015 will have important consequences for the country's complex political\, economic\, and peace transitions. How will the roughly 90 parties that have registered to contest the election f are? Will Aung San Suu Kyi's NLD capture enough votes to form a government? Will the ruling USDP party and its military backers respect the outcome? A nd most importantly\, what does the election mean for the everyday lives of the country's population both at home and abroad?

    Please join us to discuss these and other important questions on the future of Myanmar. Lunch will be provided.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/myanmars-historic-elections -a-turning-point/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160422T2308Z-1461366505.1644-EO-19626-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160422T170802Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233014Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151116T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151116T163000 SUMMARY: 馬習團: The Ma Ying-jeou – Xi Jinping Meeting: More than Just a Polit ical Show? DESCRIPTION: A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION About the Event On November 7\, 2015\, Ma Ying-jeou and Xi Jinping met in Singapore. The meeting was duly recogni zed as being historic: it was the first time that the political leaders of China and Taiwan had ever met. It was also acknowledged as an event of glob al importance: the world has […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION

    Abou t the Event
    On November 7\, 2015\, Ma Ying-jeou and Xi Jinpin g met in Singapore. The meeting was duly recognized as being historic: it w as the first time that the political leaders of China and Taiwan had ever m et. It was also acknowledged as an event of global importance: the world ha s a shared interest in the maintenance of peace across the Taiwan Straits. This event will convene a panel of experts to discuss the implications of t he Xi-Ma meeting. What does the moment symbolize? What might it presage? An d what does it mean in light of current political realities in China and Ta iwan?

    Speakers:
    Dr. Timothy Cheek\, Louis Cha Chair of Chinese Research\, UBC
    Dr. Josephine Chiu-Duke\, Associat e Professor of Asian Studies\, UBC
    Dr. Pitman Potter\, Professor of La w\, UBC
    Dr. Christopher Rea\, Director\, Centre for Chinese Research\, UBC
    Dr. Yves Tiberghien\, Director\, Institute of Asian Research\, UB C

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/%e9%a6%ac%e7%bf%92%e5%9c%98 -the-ma-ying-jeou-xi-jinping-meeting-more-than-just-a-political-show/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160422T2308Z-1461366505.1726-EO-19629-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160422T173256Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233014Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151118T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151118T130000 SUMMARY: Chinese Origins\, Indonesian Audiences: Contemporary Sino-Indonesi an Identity Politics in the Case of a Puppetry Genre DESCRIPTION: By: Dr. Josh Stenberg\, postdoctoral fellow in UBC’s Theatre a nd Film Type: Brownbag lunch talk Abstract This presentation examines wayan g potehi\, a cloth glove puppet theatre of southern Fujian origin performed in Indonesian on Java among ethnic Chinese. Rooted in temple-based ritual puppetry practice\, potehi (along with other public displays of Chinese cul ture) arrived on […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    poster_without logoBy : Dr. Josh Stenberg\, postdoctoral fellow in UBC’s Theatre and Film
    Ty pe: Brownbag lunch talk

    Abstract
    This presentat ion examines wayang potehi\, a cloth glove puppet theatre of southern Fujia n origin performed in Indonesian on Java among ethnic Chinese. Rooted in te mple-based ritual puppetry practice\, potehi (along with other public displ ays of Chinese culture) arrived on Java in the 18thcentury and was a featur e of many Sino-Javanese communities in the 19th and 20th centuries. Largely suppressed during Suharto’s New Order period (1965-98)\, it has become inc reasingly prominent in the Reformasi period (1998-)\, during which Chinese public displays and cultural identity have experienced a resurgence. While more traditional temple-based performance persists\, much contemporary pote hi patronage exhibits the strategies of the mixed-culture non-Chinese-speak ing communities of East and Central Java to perform a streamlined\, integra tionist\, and loyal Sino-Indonesian identity. This includes village outreac h\, combination with Javanese arts\, and prominent patriotic displays\, alt hough the material aspect of puppetry shows and the narratives have remaine d relatively similar to the Fujian ancestral form. Wayang potehi allows Sin o-Indonesian patrons and communities to integrate their activities into cor e concepts of Indonesian identity (i.e. wayang) while retaining ethnic and religious. As such\, new wayang potehi practices are committed to an idea o f Indonesia as a multicultural nation of which the Chinese are a constituen t group.

    About the Speaker
    Josh Stenberg is a S ocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fello w in the Department of Theatre and Film\, The University of British Columbi a. Specialising in contemporary ethnic Chinese performance\, his recent wor k has appeared in Theatre Research International\, Asian Theat re Journal and Journal of Southeast Asian Studies.

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    LOCATION:Boardroom\, Rm 231\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/chinese-origins-indonesian- audiences-contemporary-sino-indonesian-identity-politics-in-the-case-of-a-p uppetry-genre/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160422T2308Z-1461366505.1834-EO-19628-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160422T171015Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233014Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151118T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151118T133000 SUMMARY: Lunchtime Lecture Series: Textual Representations of Sexual Violen ce in Heian and Kamakura Monogatari and Beyond DESCRIPTION: Abstract: Readers and scholars of monogatari—court tales writt en between the ninth and the early twelfth century (during the Heian and Ka makura periods)—have generally agreed that much of their focus is on amorou s encounters. They have\, however\, rarely addressed the question of whethe r these encounters are mutually desirable or\, on the contrary\, uninvited and therefore aggressive. […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Abstract:
    Readers an d scholars of monogatari—court tales written between the ninth and the earl y twelfth century (during the Heian and Kamakura periods)—have generally ag reed that much of their focus is on amorous encounters. They have\, however \, rarely addressed the question of whether these encounters are mutually d esirable or\, on the contrary\, uninvited and therefore aggressive. I argue that not only can the phenomenon of sexual violence be clearly defined in the context of the monogatari genre\, but also that it is easily identifiab le within the text of these tales\, by virtue of the coherent and cohesive patterns used to represent it. Finally\, I map out further strategies to pu rsue the topic of sexual violence and its relationship with the female body beyond the monogatari genre\, into medieval setsuwa narratives\, raising a series of important questions regarding the continuity/ discontinuity betw een the monogatari and the setsuwa genres.

    LOCATION:Room 604\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/lunchtime-lecture-series-te xtual-representations-of-sexual-violence-in-heian-and-kamakura-monogatari-a nd-beyond/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160422T2308Z-1461366505.1908-EO-19631-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160422T173538Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233014Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151118T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151118T180000 SUMMARY: Challenges of the Nascent Democracy in Bhutan DESCRIPTION: Dr. Bhaskar Chakrabarti will grace CISAR with his presence to present his research on Bhutan\, a relatively mysterious and unique nation within South Asia. Bhaskar Chakrabarti is a Professor of Public Policy & Ma nagement at the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta works in the area o f local democracy\, environment\, and everyday politics.  Bhutan oscillates between […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Dr. Bhaskar Chakrabarti will grace CISAR w ith his presence to present his research on Bhutan\, a relatively mysteriou s and unique nation within South Asia. Bhaskar Chakrabarti is a Professor o f Public Policy & Management at the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta works in the area of local democracy\, environment\, and everyday politics .  Bhutan oscillates between the twin notions of cultural preservation and calibrated change.  The latter involves a set of transitional challenges wh ere old socio-political coordinates based on all-encompassing Buddhism is p aving way for the new types of egalitarian aspirations that democracy neces sarily brings in.

    The implications of these changes in terms of gover nance-challenges are analysed\, along with the nexus of organisational arra ngements in Bhutanese polity\, particularly the interface of religious and administrative structures.This is an ongoing study where the following rese archers are involved: Bhaskar Chakrabarti and Manish Thakur from the Public Policy and Management Group\, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta\, an d Jit Tshering from the Department of Research and Consultancy\, Royal Inst itute of Management\, Thimphu. This event is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/challenges-of-the-nascent-d emocracy-in-bhutan/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160422T2308Z-1461366505.1985-EO-19633-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160422T173755Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233014Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151120T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151120T170000 SUMMARY: 70 Years of Division for the Korean Peninsula: Implications for Pe ace and Unification DESCRIPTION: The Centre for Korean Research\, UBC and the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea are pleased to present: 70 Years of Division of t he Korean Peninsula: Implications for Peace and Unification Date: Friday\, November 20\, 2015 Time: 3-5 p.m. Location: Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building S peakers: Mr. Kie-Cheon Lee (Consul General\, the Consulate General of […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Centre for Korean Research\, UBC and t he Consulate General of the Republic of Korea are pleased to present:

    70 Years of Division of the Korean Peninsula: Implications for Peace and U nification

    Date: Friday\, November 20\, 2015

    Time: 3-5 p.m.

    Location: Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building

    Speakers: Mr. Kie-Cheon Le e (Consul General\, the Consulate General of ROK\, Vancouver)\, Dr. Yves Ti berghien (UBC)\, Dr. Sung Joo Han (Former Minister of Foreign Affairs\, ROK )\, Dr. Kyung-Ae Park (UBC)\, Mr. John Merrill (Former Chief\, Northeast As ia Division\, Bureau of Intelligence and Research\, State Department\, USA) \, Mr. Keith Luse (Executive Director\, National Committee on North Korea\ , USA)\, Dr. Wang Yong (Peking University)

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/70-years-of-division-for-th e-korean-peninsula-implications-for-peace-and-unification/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160422T2308Z-1461366505.2072-EO-19637-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160422T174317Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233014Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151124T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151124T140000 SUMMARY: The Problem of Legitimacy in Peacebuilding: Linking Research with Policy Practice DESCRIPTION: Dr. Daisaku Higashi Deputy Director\, Research Center of Susta inable Peace\, Institute of Advanced Global Studies\, Associate Professor. University of Tokyo. Registration: Click to RSVP Abstract Post-conflict pea cebuilding is a critical issue in world politics. Surprisingly\, however\, there has not been a full examination of concrete policies and implementati on strategies to generate legitimacy in “host states” […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Dr. Daisaku Higashi
    Deputy Director\, Research Center of Sustainable Peace\, Institute of Advanced Global Studie s\, Associate Professor. University of Tokyo.

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    Abstract

    Post-co nflict peacebuilding is a critical issue in world politics. Surprisingly\, however\, there has not been a full examination of concrete policies and im plementation strategies to generate legitimacy in "host states" by either i nternational relations (IR) theorists or practitioners. Dr. Daisaku Higashi will talk about  this question which was examined by his recently publishe d book\, "Challenges of Constructing Legitimacy in Peacebuilding: Afghanist an\, Iraq\, Sierra Leone\, and East Timor" (Routledge 2015).

    In addit ion to key arguments of the book\, he will also talk about how his academic research was linked with his diplomatic practices on the ground as a team leader for reconciliation and reintegration in UN Assistance Mission in Afg hanistan (2009-2010)\, as well as his role as a Minister-Counsellor in the Japanese mission to the UN (2012-2014) in charge of UN Peace Building Commi ssion.

    About the Speaker

    Daisaku Higashi is an associate professor in the University of Tokyo. He completed his Ph.D in t he University of British Columbia in Canada in 2012. He worked for United N ations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) from 2009 to 2010 as a tea m leader for reconciliation and reintegration\, stationing in Kabul. He als o worked as a Minister-Counsellor in the Permanent Mission of Japan to the UN from 2012 to 2014\, directing the activities of Peace Building Commissio n (PBC) as a part of exchange program between the University of Tokyo and M inistry of Foreign Affairs.

    His publication includes “Challenges of C onstructing Legitimacy in Peacebuilding” (Routledge 2015)\, "Why did we go to war: dialogue of the enemies in the Vietnam War (Warewarewa Naze Sensouw o Shitanoka)" (Heibonsha 2010)\, “Peacebuilding (Heiwa Kouchiku)” (Iwanami 2009)\, and "Can you hear the victims of crimes? (Hanzai Higaishanokoega Ki koemasuka)" (Shincho Bunko 2008).

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-problem-of-legitimacy-i n-peacebuilding-linking-research-with-policy-practice/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160422T2308Z-1461366505.2167-EO-19635-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160422T174033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233014Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151124T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151124T163000 SUMMARY: Tax Incentives & Credit Claiming in Single-Party Regimes: Vietnam\ , China & Russia DESCRIPTION: Tax Incentives & Credit Claiming in Single-Party Regimes: Viet nam\, China & Russia By: Dr. Eddy Malesky\, associate professor of politica l economy at Duke University. Sponsor: Centre for Southeast Asia Research\, Centre for Chinese Research\, Liu Institute for Global Issues About the Ev ent Both countries and sub-national governments commonly engage in competit ion for mobile capital\, offering […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Tax Incentives & Credit Claiming i n Single-Party Regimes: Vietnam\, China & Russia

    By: Dr. Edd y Malesky\, associate professor of political economy at Duke University.
    Sponsor: Centre for Southeast Asia Research\, Centre for Chinese Researc h\, Liu Institute for Global Issues

    About the Event< br />Both countries and sub-national governments commonly engage in competi tion for mobile capital\, offering generous incentives to attract investmen t. While suggesting such incentives allow politicians in democracies to tak e credit for firms’ investment decisions or escape blame if firms do not co me\, this seminar will present the strong empirical finding that authoritar ian countries offer greater tax incentives to foreign investors than their democratic counterparts\, both in terms of variety and size of the reductio ns. Using cross-national and firm-level data from Russia and Vietnam\, Dr. Malesky will also discuss what conditions the authoritarian anomaly and gen erates the upward accountability.

    About the Speaker< br />Eddy Malesky is an associate professor of political economy at Duke Un iversity. He has published in leading political science and economic journa ls\, including the American Political Science Review and Journal of Politic s\, and has been awarded the Harvard Academy Fellowship and Gabriel Almond Award for best dissertation in comparative politics. Malesky serves as the lead researcher for the Vietnam Provincial Competitiveness Index and is a n oted specialist in the political development in Vietnam and China\, compara tive political economy in Southeast Asia\, as well as economic transitions in developing economies.

    Light refreshments will be served. Please RS VP here.

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    LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:0;0 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/tax-incentives-credit-claim ing-in-single-party-regimes-vietnam-china-russia/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160422T2308Z-1461366505.2255-EO-19639-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160422T174533Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233014Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151126T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151126T173000 SUMMARY: On the Selection of Leaders in a Political Meritocracy: The Case o f China DESCRIPTION: Abstract: In his talk\, drawing on his new book The China Mode l: Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy (Princeton University Press)\, Daniel A. Bell will make the following assumptions: (1) it is good for a political community to be governed by high-quality leaders\; (2) Chi na’s one-party political system is not about to collapse\; (3) […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Abstract:
    In his tal k\, drawing on his new book The China Model: Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy (Princeton University Press)\, Daniel A. Bell will make the following assumptions: (1) it is good for a political community to be governed by high-quality leaders\; (2) China’s one-party political system i s not about to collapse\; (3) the meritocratic aspect of the system is part ly good\; and (4) it can be improved.  But how to judge whether China has i mproved its meritocratic system? Government officials should be selected an d promoted on the basis of ability and morality\, rather than political loy alty\, wealth\, or family background. But which qualities – abilities\, ski lls\, and virtues – matter for political leaders in a Chinese context? And what sorts of mechanisms and institutions can increase the likelihood that officials are selected and promoted on the basis of those qualities?  This talk will attempt to answer these questions.

    The China Model: Politic al Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy is available at UBC Bookstore wi th 20% discount.

    About the Speaker:
    Daniel A. B ell (贝淡宁) was born in Montreal and educated at McGill and Oxford. He is pro fessor at Tsinghua University in Beijing and director of the Berggruen Phil osophy and Culture Centre.

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    Sponsor: Centre for Chinese Research\, St. John Col lege

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    LOCATION:St. John's College GEO:0;0 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/on-the-selection-of-leaders -in-a-political-meritocracy-the-case-of-china/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160422T2308Z-1461366505.2351-EO-19643-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160422T180026Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233014Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151127T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151127T170000 SUMMARY: Chinese Models and Chinese Dreams: Myths and Realities of Politica l Governance in Contemporary China DESCRIPTION: “The China Dream” (Zhongguo meng)\, which Chinese President Xi Jinping invoked in a March 2013 speech\, has since become the signature id eology of the Xi administration. China should be aspirational. Like Hu Jint ao’s “Harmonious Society” (hexie shehui)\, the phrase has been actively pro moted by the Chinese Party-state as a means to unify the populace with […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    CCR - Mr. Bell poster (1)"The China Dream" (Zhongguo meng)\, which Chinese President Xi Jinping invoked in a March 2013 speech\, has since become the signature id eology of the Xi administration. China should be aspirational. Like Hu Jint ao’s “Harmonious Society” (hexie shehui)\, the phrase has been actively pro moted by the Chinese Party-state as a means to unify the populace with a si ngle Big Idea\, and to promote a positive vision of the People’s Republic a broad. Though vaguely defined\, the China Dream is one of China advancing o n its own terms\, relying on what Xi called a “China Way” of “Socialism wit h Chinese Characteristics.”

    This panel will discuss the ho w The China Dream intersects—in rhetoric and in practice—with governance in contemporary China. As Geremie Barmé points out\, Chinese officials and me dia outlets alike routinely use “the word ‘dream’ (meng) metaphorically to describe the country’s re-emergence as a major power.” Political theorists like Daniel A. Bell have recently argued that there exists a “China Model” of meritocratic political culture that is in some respects superior to Amer ican-style democracy. Has China\, as Bell argues\, “evolved a model of demo cratic meritocracy that is morally desirable and politically stable\,” real izing a key hope of the China Dream? Or does the notion of a China Model re present yet another form of “Sinomania\,” a Western disposition to find sup eriority in Chinese difference? More fundamentally\, how are we to reconcil e various hypothetical Chinese Dreams and Chinese Models with the actual re alities of governance in contemporary China?

    Panel ists:

    Dr. Daniel A. Bell\, Chair Professor of the Schwartzman Scholar Program\, Tsinghua University

    Dr. Tim othy Cheek\, Louis Cha Chair in Chinese Research\, UBC

    Dr. Paul Evans\, Professor\, Institute of Asian Research and Liu Institute for Global Issues\, UBC

    Dr. Xiaojun Li\, Assistant Professor of Political Science\, UBC

     

    Moderated by Dr. Alison Bailey\, Research Associate\, Centre for Chinese Research\, UBC

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    Sponsored by the UBC Centre for Chinese Research

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/chinese-models-and-chinese- dreams-myths-and-realities-of-political-governance-in-contemporary-china/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160421T1616Z-1461255385.2365-EO-19575-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160420T214527Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233014Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160104T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160104T140000 SUMMARY: Democracy at Last in Myanmar?: the November elections and the afte rmath DESCRIPTION: Myanmar’s historic 2015 elections have fulfilled a promise mad e to the population of Myanmar 25 years ago to end decades of military rule through a peaceful\, democratic transition. The results\, predicted by ver y few inside or outside of Myanmar\, produced a landslide victory for Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy\, not only in […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Myanmar’s historic 2015 elections have ful filled a promise made to the population of Myanmar 25 years ago to end deca des of military rule through a peaceful\, democratic transition. The result s\, predicted by very few inside or outside of Myanmar\, produced a landsli de victory for Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy\, not only in the central Bamar ethnic areas\, but also in nearly all ethnic states. T he NLD will control two of the three highest executive branch offices\, pre sident and first vice president\; have supermajorities in both houses of th e legislature\; and name the chief minister or highest executive official i n at least ten of the 14 states and regions as well as the speakers of stat e and region parliaments. Ironically the military\, not other civilian part ies\, now constitutes the main check on the NLD’s power\, an outcome feared by the military and which they sought to mitigate by a 2008 constitution t hat reserves three key ministries to the military and provides numerous mec hanisms by which the military could attempt to suspend civilian authority. The transition initiated in 2011 has been an elite dominated\, top down pro cess dominated by the military and its party instrument\, the USDP. Will th e NLD need to break with this elite process to try to address the enormous expectations created by its landslide victory? Will it become the most succ essful democratic transition in Southeast Asia or resort to the authoritari an temptations prevailing in most of its neighbors?

    Sponsor:< /strong> Centre for Southeast Asia Research and Centre for the Study of Dem ocratic Institutions

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/democracy-at-last-in-myanma r-the-november-elections-and-the-aftermath/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160421T1616Z-1461255385.2451-EO-19577-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160420T214806Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233014Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160106T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160106T170000 SUMMARY: Taiwan’s 2016 Elections and the Future of Cross-Strait Relations X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Poster - Chen yuan Tung LOCATION:St. John's College GEO:0;0 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/taiwans-2016-elections-and- the-future-of-cross-strait-relations/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160421T1616Z-1461255385.2615-EO-19579-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160420T220113Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233015Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160112T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160112T203000 SUMMARY: Who benefits? Canada and the TPP\, a discussion with federal Cabin et Minister Chrystia Freeland DESCRIPTION: Who benefits? Canada and the TPP\, a discussion with federal C abinet Minister Chrystia Freeland Please join us for a panel discussion on the TPP with The Honourable Chrystia Freeland\, Minister of International T rade and MP for University-Rosedale. This is part of a national consultatio n tour. Date: 6:30pm\, Tuesday\, January 12th Venue: Liu Institute for Glob al […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Who benefits? Canada and the TP P\, a discussion with federal Cabinet Minister Chrystia Freeland

    Please join us for a panel discussion on the TPP with The Honourab le Chrystia Freeland\, Minister of International Trade and MP for Universit y-Rosedale. This is part of a national consultation tour.
    Date : 6:30pm\, Tuesday\, January 12th
    Venue: Liu Institute for Global Issues - Multipurpose Room\, 6476 NW Marine Drive
    Light refreshments will be offered.

    Welcome by Moura Quayl e\, Liu Director\, Co-Director\, Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs
    Moderated by Yves Tiberghien\, Associate Professor\, Political Scienc e & Director\, Institute of Asian Research\, Co-Director\, Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs

    The panel includes:
    John Ries\, Professor\, Strategy and Business Economics Division\, Sauder School of Business
    Matilde Bombardini\, Associate Professor\, Vancouve r School of Economics
    Ashok Kotwal\, Professor and Director of the Bac helor of International Economics Program\, Vancouver School of Economics

    Speaker's Bio: The Honourable Chrystia Freeland\, Mini ster of International Trade and MP for University-Rosedale was first electe d as the Member of Parliament for Toronto Centre in a by-election in Novemb er 2013\, and then as the Member of Parliament for University–Rosedale in O ctober 2015. She was the Critic for International Trade in 2014.
    She w as born in Peace River\, Alberta\, received her undergraduate degree from H arvard University\, and continued her studies on a Rhodes Scholarship at Ox ford University.
    After cutting her journalistic teeth as a Ukraine-bas ed stringer for the Financial Times\, The Washington Post\, and The Economi st\, Chrystia went on to wear many hats at the Financial Times\, including deputy editor\, UK news editor\, Moscow bureau chief\, Eastern Europe corre spondent\, editor of its weekend edition\, and editor of FT.com.
    Betwe en 1999 and 2001\, she served as deputy editor of The Globe and Mail\, befo re becoming a managing editor at the Financial Times. In 2010\, Chrystia jo ined Canadian-owned Thomson Reuters as editor-at-large. She most recently w orked as Managing Director and Editor of Consumer News. Chrystia was a week ly columnist for The Globe and Mail\, writing extensively about the challen ges facing the middle class.
    Her books include Sale of a Century: The Inside Story of the Second Russian Revolution (2000) and Plutocrats: The Ri se of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else (2012).
    Chrystia is married and a proud mother of three children.
    Supp orted by: Policy@UBC\, Liu Institute for Global Issues\, Institute of Asian Research\, the Vancouver School of Economics and the Master of Pu blic Policy and Global Affairs

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    LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:0;0 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/who-benefits-canada-and-the -tpp-a-discussion-with-federal-cabinet-minister-chrystia-freeland/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/04/chr.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160421T1616Z-1461255385.2799-EO-19581-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160420T220324Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233015Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160118T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160118T140000 SUMMARY: Memories of Trust Broken: Representation\, Fragmentation\, and the Cultural Politics of Environmental Activism in India DESCRIPTION: Sponsor: Centre for India and South Asia Research\, UBC Depart ment of Anthropology See full poster details here X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Sponsor: Centre for India and South Asia Research\, UBC Department of Anthropology

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/memories-of-trust-broken-re presentation-fragmentation-and-the-cultural-politics-of-environmental-activ ism-in-india/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160421T1616Z-1461255385.2942-EO-19583-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160420T220517Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233015Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160120T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160120T133000 SUMMARY: The Complexity of Dark Tourism: Packaging ‘Edutainment’ of War Tou rism in Japan DESCRIPTION: Abstract: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and Park and the Nag asaki Peace Park are internationally recognized war-related tourist destina tions. While these ‘A-bomb’ sites have been often criticized for relying on “victim consciousness”\, the discussion of interpretation and presentation of these sites has become extremely complex. Comparing two war-related des tinations of Hiroshima and Nagasaki\, this talk discusses […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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    Hiroshima Peace Memorial M useum and Park and the Nagasaki Peace Park are internationally recognized w ar-related tourist destinations. While these ‘A-bomb’ sites have been often criticized for relying on “victim consciousness”\, the discussion of inter pretation and presentation of these sites has become extremely complex.

    Comparing two war-related destinations of Hiroshima and Nagasaki\, this talk discusses contrasting relationships of memorial and touristic sit es presented at the destinations. It explores how the memory of A-bomb trag edy has been constructed\, interpreted\, publicized\, and embedded in war t ourism\, by examining various tourist materials including brochures and sch ool trip promotional materials.

    Certainly both cities remain focal de stination for historical education for the young generations of contemporar y Japan. Yet\, while Hiroshima seems to take an approach to highlight the d estination as the symbol of national of tragedy\, Nagasaki well blends educ ational component of war memorials in an aesthetic cultural landscape of a historic city. The findings from the study further our understanding the co mplexity of war and tourism at the two destinations.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-complexity-of-dark-tour ism-packaging-edutainment-of-war-tourism-in-japan/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160421T1616Z-1461255385.3063-EO-19585-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160420T220644Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233015Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160121T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160121T170000 SUMMARY: Making and Defending Sacred Space: Parasols in Dunhuang Buddhist R ituals DESCRIPTION: About the Event The author investigated all manuscripts concer ning parasols\, mainly focusing on “Liturgies for Installing Parasols” 安傘文  from Dunhuang. He argues that parasols served as special ritual instruments for guarding the local community. The sacred power of parasols was based o n the apotheosis of their practical function of shielding and protecting an d was enhanced by the […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    About the Event

    The auth or investigated all manuscripts concerning parasols\, mainly focusing on “L iturgies for Installing Parasols” 安傘文 from Dunhuang. He argues that parasol s served as special ritual instruments for guarding the local community. Th e sacred power of parasols was based on the apotheosis of their practical f unction of shielding and protecting and was enhanced by the beliefs and pra ctices associated with the Mother of Buddhas with Great White Canopy 大白傘蓋佛母  in late Tang and Five Dynasties. Installing parasols or carrying them in a procession around the city was equivalent to delimiting a boundary\, setti ng up a defense\, and creating a sanctuary.

    The Great White Canopy Dh āraṇī is filled with mysterious power\, whether it is worn on the body as a n exorcising object\, placed in the four gates as a symbol of guarding pass age\, or put into the parasol and paraded around the city as a way of cutti ng lines through open space. In all these cases\, the practice distinguishe s between inside and outside\, self and other\, purity and impurity\, and h as the power to exterminate plagues and disasters\, solemnify the space and obtain blessings\, and bring purification\, health\, and peace to all. Suc h technologies are indebted to esoteric Buddhism but may also share techniq ues with traditional Chinese methods (fangshu 方術) and Daoist exorcistic pra yer.

    About the Speaker
    YU Xin (余欣) is a historian of medi eval China\, specializing in the study of Dunhuang manuscripts and the Tang dynasty. He received his BA (1997) and MA (2000) from Zhejiang University\ , and Ph. D (2003) in Chinese History from Peking University. He joined Fud an University in 2003 and now is Professor of Medieval Chinese History.
    Professor Yu’s research interests lie in natural history\, manuscript cul ture\, and the social history of religion. He aims to develop a comprehensi ve understanding of the role of different source materials (historical reco rds\, archaeological evidence\, bamboo slips and silk texts\, Dunhuang and Turfan manuscripts\, lost Chinese books in Japan\, and literature on Sino-f oreign relations) in the production of knowledge and religious practice\, a nd to re-think the role of manuscripts and images in intellectual history\, belief\, and daily life. He has published numerous books\, including Way o f Gods\, Life of Humans: Social History of Livelihood Religions in Dunhuang during the Tang and Song Dynasties (2006)\;Signs of the Extraordinary in M edieval China: Erudition\, Belief\, and Society in the Age of Manuscripts ( 2011). He is also the editor of a series of research monographs: Studies of Knowledge\, Faith\, and Institutions in Medieval China (12 volumes\, 2012- 2014).

    Recent Publications
    Dunhuang de bowuxue shijie  敦煌的博物學世界 [The World of Natural History in Dunhuang] (Lanzhou: Gansu jiaoyu chubanshe\, 2014).
    Bowang mingsha: Zhonggu xieben yanjiu yu xiandai Z hongguo xuehshushi zhi huitong 博望鳴沙 : 中古寫本研究与現代中國學術史之會通[Facing a New Fronti er: Integrated Studies of Medieval Manuscript Culture and Modern Chinese In tellectual History] (Shanghai: Shanghai guji chubanshe\, 2012).
    Zhongg u yixiang: xieben shidai de xueshu xinyang yu shehui 中古異相 : 寫本時代的學術、信仰與社會 [ Signs of the Extraordinary in Medieval China: Erudition\, Belief and Societ y in the Age of Manuscripts] (Shanghai: Shanghai guji chubanshe\, 2011\, re printed 2015).
    Shendao renxin: Tang Song zhi ji Dunhuang minsheng zong jiao shehuishi yanjiu 神道人心: 唐宋之際敦煌民生宗教社會史研究 [Way of Gods\, Life of Humans: Social History of Livelihood Religions in Dunhuang during the Tang and Song Dynasties] (Beijing: Zhonghua shuju\, 2006).

    For more inf ormation\, click here< /a>.

    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/making-and-defending-sacred -space-parasols-in-dunhuang-buddhist-rituals/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160421T1616Z-1461255385.3199-EO-19586-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160420T220818Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233015Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160122T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160122T163000 SUMMARY: Shareholder Primacy in Japan: Layoff\, Dividend Cuts and Corporate Governance DESCRIPTION: Abstract: Top managers in large Japanese firms are considered to focus on the interests of stakeholders rather than on those of sharehold ers. We examine employment reduction and dividend cut behaviour and find a significant shift in firm behaviour. Since 2000\, firms have been more like ly to reduce employees and less likely to reduce dividends. We also […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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    Top managers in large Japa nese firms are considered to focus on the interests of stakeholders rather than on those of shareholders. We examine employment reduction and dividend cut behaviour and find a significant shift in firm behaviour. Since 2000\, firms have been more likely to reduce employees and less likely to reduce dividends. We also examine the effect of corporate governance on firms’ cho ice. Firms that have conducted director reforms tend to reduce employment a nd have a low likelihood of reducing their dividend. These results are cons istent with the assertion that firms have moved toward emphasizing sharehol ders’ interests.

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    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/shareholder-primacy-in-japa n-layoff-dividend-cuts-and-corporate-governance/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160421T1616Z-1461255385.3296-EO-19588-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160420T221117Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233015Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160127T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160127T133000 SUMMARY: Moomin and the Conceptual Chase: What Moomin in Japan Tells Us abo ut Globalization DESCRIPTION: By: Professor Hyung-Gu Lynn Moomin has been popular in Japan s ince 1969 when an animated series based on Tove Janssen’s books hit the air waves. This talk will present a project in its early stages using the histo ry and the popularity of Moomin in Japan to question notions of soft power\ , globalization\, glocalization\, and contraflow. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    By: Professor Hyung-Gu Ly nn

    Moomin has been popular in Japan since 1969 when an animated serie s based on Tove Janssen's books hit the airwaves. This talk will present a project in its early stages using the history and the popularity of Moomin in Japan to question notions of soft power\, globalization\, glocalization\ , and contraflow.

    LOCATION:Room 604\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/moomin-and-the-conceptual-c hase-what-moomin-in-japan-tells-us-about-globalization/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160421T1616Z-1461255385.3449-EO-19574-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160420T214317Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233015Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160204T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160204T163000 SUMMARY: IMAGinE Mongolia Outreach DESCRIPTION: IMAGinE Mongolia Outreach You are invited to learn about the “ Integrated Management and Governance in Extractives (IMAGinE) Mongolia” pro ject from the Canadian International Resources and Development Institute (C IRDI). Project lead\, Dr. Julian Dierkes (Institute of Asian Research\, UBC )\, will introduce the planned activities and invite collaboration from gra duate students and colleagues who are focused on […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    IMAGinE Mongolia Outreach

    You are in vited to learn about the "Integrated Management and Governance in Extractiv es (IMAGinE) Mongolia" project from the Canadian International Resources an d Development Institute (CIRDI).

    Project lead\, Dr. Julian Dierkes (I nstitute of Asian Research\, UBC)\, will introduce the planned activities a nd invite collaboration from graduate students and colleagues who are focus ed on governance\, policy and education related to mining\; landlockedness\ ; and Mongolia.

    IMAGinE Mongolia is a multi-year project that support s provincial and local administrations in Mongolia with increased informati on so they can fully participate in the sustainable management of Mongolia’ s extractive resources.

    CIRDI’s mission: To improve\, in a measurable way\, the ability of developing countries to manage and benefit from their extractive sectors in order to catalyze sustainable economic growth and re duce poverty.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/imagine-mongolia-outreach-2 / END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160219T0437Z-1455856622.2462-EO-18654-2671@137.82.234.3 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160218T201426Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233015Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160205T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160205T150000 SUMMARY: Japanese Rare Books Workshop: A material introduction to the histo ry of Japanese books DESCRIPTION: This workshop is a rare opportunity to view\, handle\, and lea rn about Japanese materials from the ancient period to the present. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This workshop is a rare opportunity to vie w\, handle\, and learn about Japanese materials from the ancient period to the present.

    Instructed by Professor Takahiro Sasaki (Keio Unive rsity Institute of Oriental Classics) in Japanese with English interpretati on.

    Chapter 1: Bindings and Types of Japanese Books (w ahon)

    Chapter 2: The History of Japanese Illustrated Books

    Please register via Professor Christina Laffin at Christina.Laffin@ubc.ca by January 25\ , 2016. Lunch will be provided and a reception will follow the workshop.

    LOCATION:Lillooet Room (301)\, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre GEO:49.267581;-123.252321 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/japanese-rare-books-worksho p-a-material-introduction-to-the-history-of-japanese-books/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/02/rare-Book.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160219T0437Z-1455856622.2564-EO-18655-2671@137.82.234.3 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160218T201743Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233015Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160205T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160205T140000 SUMMARY: IAR Lunar New Year Celebrations DESCRIPTION: Join us Friday\, February 5th\, 2016 for our Lunar New Year Ce lebration! Welcome the Year of the Monkey. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    emailinvitationJoin us Friday \, February 5th\, 2016 for our Lunar New Year Celebration! Welcome the Year of the Monkey from 11:30am to 2:00pm with a fun-filled day full of activit ies. The Institute will be hosting events including: a lion dance performan ce\, a food sale (cash only)\, and a guqin performance by Performer and Edu cator of Guqin\, Diana Tong.

    No registration needed\, all are welcome !

    LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/iar-lunar-new-year-celebrat ions/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/02/LunarNewyear-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160219T0437Z-1455856622.2709-EO-18650-2671@137.82.234.3 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160218T192042Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233015Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160211T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160211T123000 SUMMARY: Ambassador Mark McDowell: The Political Transition in Myanmar DESCRIPTION: The University of British Columbia’s Centre for Southeast Asia Research (CSEAR) at the Institute of Asian Research (IAR) presents X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Ambassador Mark McDowell is Canada’s first resident ambassador to Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Since joining the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in 1994\, he has ser ved in New York\, Taipei\, Bangkok and Beijing. He was the Director of Publ ic Diplomacy and Domestic Outreach at his most recent position at headquart ers\, and has works extensively on international indigenous issues. Ambassa dor McDowell received his Masters degrees from the University of Toronto an d Harvard University. He was also an Asia Research Fellow at the Ash Instit ute for Governance and Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ambassador-mark-mcdowell-th e-political-transition-in-myanmar/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/02/MarKMacdowell.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160219T0437Z-1455856622.2779-EO-18652-2671@137.82.234.3 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160218T192316Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233015Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160211T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160211T163000 SUMMARY: Digital Diplomacy Strategy: Are Canadians Engaged? DESCRIPTION: Many Canadian missions abroad maintain a presence on social me dia. Likewise\, many foreign missions in Ottawa are represented as well. Ye t\, in a recent survey of Global Affairs’ digital diplomacy\, Julian Dierke s and students in his Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs course fou nd that Global Affairs’ communications seem to be aimed almost entirely […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    poster-editedMany Canadian missio ns abroad maintain a presence on social media. Likewise\, many foreign miss ions in Ottawa are represented as well. Yet\, in a recent survey of Global Affairs' digital diplomacy\, Julian Dierkes and students in his Master of P ublic Policy and Global Affairs course found that Global Affairs' communica tions seem to be aimed almost entirely at audiences and stakeholders outsid e of Canada. The Liberal government has made openness to and engagement of Canadians a priority\, so this panel will consider how and toward what stra tegic aims Canadians can and should be engaged by digital diplomacy.

    Intro and Moderator:
    Julian Dierkes\, Associate Prof essor\, Institute of Asian Research

    Panelists:

    Mark McDowell\, Canadian Ambassador to Myanmar

    Julian Dierkes\, Asso ciate Professor\, Institute of Asian Research

    Colin McKay\, Head of P ublic Policy & Government Relations\, Google Canada
    The event will be live-tweeted using #CDNdigiFP

     

    Julian Dierkes interview by UBC Public Affairs on digital diplomacy\, F ebruary 10\, 2016.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/digital-diplomacy-strategy- are-canadians-engaged/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160219T0437Z-1455856622.2885-EO-18648-2671@137.82.234.3 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160218T191817Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233015Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160217T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160217T190000 SUMMARY: Buddhist Art: A Fragile Inheritance DESCRIPTION:         By: Professor David Park The spread of Buddhism from I ndia throughout Asia has left a legacy of truly great art. This sumptuous n ew film by award-winning filmmakers Mark Stewart Productions tells the stor y of that fragile inheritance through the treasures of Bhutan and Ladakh in the Himalayas and the Dunhuang Grottoes on the […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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    By: Professor David Park

    The spread of Buddhi sm from India throughout Asia has left a legacy of truly great art. This su mptuous new film by award-winning filmmakers Mark Stewart Productions tells the story of that fragile inheritance through the treasures of Bhutan and Ladakh in the Himalayas and the Dunhuang Grottoes on the Silk Road in China . Efforts to save valuable wall paintings in these regions are contrasted w ith imminent threats of fire\, flood\, tourists\, and devotional practice. The film focuses on the conservation work undertaken by the Courtauld Insti tute of Art (University of London) in collaboration with the Dunhuang Acade my\, Getty Conservation Institute and Bhutan’s Department of Culture. It al so highlights the Courtauld’s efforts to promote awareness and understandin g of the issues involved in conserving Buddhist art\, through teaching and through the Buddhist Art Forum\, a major conference sponsored by The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation.

     

    Professor David Park is Director of The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Centre for Buddhist Art and Conse rvation at The Courtauld\, including its MA program and related public even ts such as the Buddhist Art Forum of 2012 (published in 2013 as Art of Meri t: Studies in Buddhist Art and Conservation). He is also Director of the Co nservation of Wall Painting Department at The Courtauld\, which is responsi ble for teaching MA and PhD students from around the world\, and for conser vation and research projects in Bhutan\, India and elsewhere. His art-histo rical publications focus mainly on western medieval art\, the most recent c o-authored book – Wall Paintings of Eton – being awarded the 2013 William M . B. Berger Prize for British Art History.

     

    Credit for the ima ge:

    Trongsa (Bhutan): detail of 17th-century wall painting

    Phot o © Courtauld Institute of Art/Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs of Bhu tan

    LOCATION:Frederic Wood Theatre GEO:49.268043;-123.257021 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/buddhist-art-a-fragile-inhe ritance/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160219T0437Z-1455856622.2993-EO-18647-2671@137.82.234.3 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160218T191357Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233015Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160223T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160223T140000 SUMMARY: The Belt and Road Initiative: China’s New Grand Strategy for the 2 1st Century? DESCRIPTION: By: Dr. Yong Wang (Peking University\, UBC) Event Abstract: Si nce 2013\, China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has attracted much attent ion\, but has also caused different explanations. This presentation will tr y to answer key questions about the Initiative such as: How do we define th e nature of the BRI? What factors drove the formulation of […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    By: Dr. Yong Wang (Peking University\, UBC )

    Event Abstract:
    Since 2013\, China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has attracted much attention\, but has also caused d ifferent explanations. This presentation will try to answer key questions a bout the Initiative such as: How do we define the nature of the BRI? What f actors drove the formulation of this policy? What implications will it have on China’s foreign relations (particularly the US-China relations)\, and t he geo-political economy of the 21st century?

    This talk will argue th at the BRI is driven by the growing pressures of dealing with the Chinese e conomy that is slowing down\, as well as the deterioration of the relations between China and its neighboring countries\, rather than pursuing grand s trategy interests. However\, once the BRI was implemented\, it has created an influence of grand strategy\, a reshaping of governance structure and in ternational and regional order\, and began influencing the direction of Chi na-US strategic rivalry. This suggests that the BRI\, by nature\, is genera lly an open platform of international cooperation\, and has the great poten tial to enhance the prospects of peace and prosperity in the Eurasian conti nent and other regions involved.

    Speaker Bio:    Yong WANG is a Professor at the School of International Studies\, and t he Director of the Center for International Political Economy\, Peking Univ ersity. He is also a Professor at the Party School of Ministry of Foreign A ffairs of China\, Appointed Lecturer for the HKSAR Senior Civil Servants Tr aining Program on Chinese Affairs at Peking University\, and a former consu ltant of the Asia Development Bank (ADB). He received his B.A.\, M.A.\, and PhD from Peking University.

    His major authored books include Interna tional Political Economy in China: A Global Conversation(co-edited with Gre g Chin and Margaret Pearson\, Routledge\, 2015) \, the Political Economy of International Trade (China Market Press\, 2008)\; the Political Economy of China-U.S. Trade Relations (China Market Press\, 2007)\, amongst others.

    He has published numerous papers and book chapters in Chinese\, Englis h\, Japanese\, Korean and Spanish\, on the topics of Chinese political econ omy\, foreign policy\, China-US relations\, regional cooperation\, internat ional political economy\, World Trade Organization (WTO) and global governa nce.

    Now he serves as Visiting Chevalier Chair Professor at the Insti tute of Asian Research (IAR)\, University of British Columbia(UBC)\, beginn ing in September 2015.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-belt-and-road-initiativ e-chinas-new-grand-strategy-for-the-21st-century/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160219T0437Z-1455856622.3076-EO-18646-2671@137.82.234.3 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160218T190806Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233016Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160224T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160224T133000 SUMMARY: Do Virtual Earthquakes Still Shake Us to the Core? Simulating Surv ival in Japan’s Disaster Report Video Game DESCRIPTION: By: Ben Whaley (Ph.D. student\, Asian Studies) Abstract: This talk asks the question of whether a video game might help us better underst and the trauma of another through an analysis of the PlayStation 2 game Zet taizetsumei Toshi (2002\, Disaster Report\, 2003). In the game\, players mu st use limited resources to escape from an earthquake- and […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    By: Ben Whaley (Ph.D. student\, Asian Stud ies)

    Abstract:
    This talk asks the question of w hether a video game might help us better understand the trauma of another t hrough an analysis of the PlayStation 2 game Zettaizetsumei Toshi (2002\, D isaster Report\, 2003). In the game\, players must use limited resources to escape from an earthquake- and tsunami-stricken Japanese city\, while resc uing other survivors and crafting tools for survival. Ian Bogost (2011) arg ues that if video games are to foster empathy for real-world situations\, t hen players should be cast as the “downtrodden.” I introduce the idea of “l imited engagement” or a form of operationalized weakness in which the game design intentionally subtracts in-game skills and items in order to communi cate a sense of vulnerability and victimhood to the player. Drawing on a pe rsonal interview with the game’s creator\, this talk discusses the real-wor ld survival skills and techniques the game series is credited with teaching Japanese players. I conclude by discussing disaster photography within the video game and how its presence within a larger interactive framework migh t prompt a stronger empathetic engagement with representational media.

    LOCATION:Room 604\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/do-virtual-earthquakes-stil l-shake-us-to-the-core-simulating-survival-in-japans-disaster-report-video- game/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160219T0437Z-1455856622.3175-EO-18640-2671@137.82.234.3 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160218T185935Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233016Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160226T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160226T140000 SUMMARY: Women’s Access to Public Space for their Livelihoods: India\, Thai land and the Philippines in Comparative Perspective DESCRIPTION: This presentation will undertake a high-level comparative anal ysis of the cultural and legal issues surrounding women’s access to urban p ublic space in South versus Southeast Asia. Specifically\, reference will b e made to the cases of India\, Thailand\, and the Philippines\, which bring diverse legal traditions and cultural issues to the fore. Our speaker\, Dr . Gisèle Yasmeen\, is the […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This presentation will undertake a high-le vel comparative analysis of the cultural and legal issues surrounding women 's access to urban public space in South versus Southeast Asia. Specificall y\, reference will be made to the cases of India\, Thailand\, and the Phili ppines\, which bring diverse legal traditions and cultural issues to the fo re.

    Our speaker\, Dr. Gisèle Yasmeen\, is the Director of Social Prot ection for WIEGO and a Senior Fellow at UBC's Institute of Asia Research. P lease join us to hear from an expert who will be providing a valuable insig ht on the cultural and legal issues surrounding women's access to urban pub lic space in South and Southeast Asia. Please see attached poster for more details.

    Please RSVP at http://ow.ly/Y0t AY.

    View the full poster of the event here.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/womens-access-to-public-spa ce-for-their-livelihoods-india-thailand-and-the-philippines-in-comparative- perspective/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160219T0437Z-1455856622.3249-EO-18644-2671@137.82.234.3 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160218T190542Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233016Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160226T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160226T140000 SUMMARY: Can the Subaltern Bark? Dogs\, Japan\, and the Making of the Moder n Imperial World DESCRIPTION: By: Aaron Skabelund (Brigham Young University) Abstract: This presentation uses Spivak’s famous query to explore human-animal relations i n three ways.  First\, from an epistemological perspective\, it considers w hy researchers in the social sciences and the humanities have directed thei r attention almost entirely to human affairs\, relegating the study of the non-human world to the natural sciences. […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    SkabelundVer1By: Aaron Skabelund (Brigham Young University)

    Abstract:
    This prese ntation uses Spivak’s famous query to explore human-animal relations in thr ee ways.  First\, from an epistemological perspective\, it considers why re searchers in the social sciences and the humanities have directed their att ention almost entirely to human affairs\, relegating the study of the non-h uman world to the natural sciences. Second\, it argues that two modern tech nologies—photography and taxidermy—allow some animals to “speak.” And third \, it highlights the tremendous transformation of certain dogs in the imper ial world from the nineteenth century to the present\, especially in Japan. To explore these three issues\, the talk focuses in on two moments of huma n-canine relations in Japan: the latter half of the nineteenth century when Japan was the object of Western imperialism\, and the 1930s when Japan bec ome a major imperial power in its own right.

    LOCATION:Room 1197\, Buchanan Tower GEO:49.268589;-123.253408 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/can-the-subaltern-bark-dogs -japan-and-the-making-of-the-modern-imperial-world/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160219T0437Z-1455856622.3462-EO-18642-2671@137.82.234.3 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160218T190158Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233016Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160226T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160226T170000 SUMMARY: Madame Shrine Keeper and the Anthropologist DESCRIPTION: By: Dr. Clark Sorensen (University of Washington) This paper i s a first run for a final chapter to a manuscript I am writing called “Enco unters with Korean Folk Religion”. The manuscript weaves together a number of stories in a memoir-like narrative. These stories are: (1) the story of an anthropologist’s encounters with Korean folk religious […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    By: Dr. Clark Sorensen (University of Wash ington)

    This paper is a first run for a final chapter to a manuscript I am writing called “Encounters with Korean Folk Religion”. The manuscript weaves together a number of stories in a memoir-like narrative. These stor ies are: (1) the story of an anthropologist’s encounters with Korean folk r eligious rites in a single village over a year’s fieldwork\, and how he tri ed to understand them\, (2) the story of the ageless seasonal rhythm of agr icultural life punctuated by regular calendrical rites\, and of weddings an d bethrothals that occur mostly in the winter\, contrasted with the life cr isis rituals (funerals\, ritual cures) that occur irregularly (3) the story of the sickness\, shamanistic treatment\, and death of a prominent village woman from May to November 1977\, (4) the story of the shrine keeper shama n living at the top of the mountain who was driven off the mountain in 1982 \, but (I only found out recently) still lives in the area. This epilogue i s an attempt to write the final chapter of this last narrative by reflectin g on the shaman’s fate and nature of the mountain gods after interviewing h er in May 2015 thirty-eight years after I last met her in December 1977.

    The event is free and open to the public.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/madame-shrine-keeper-and-th e-anthropologist/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160219T0437Z-1455856622.355-EO-18638-2671@137.82.234.3 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160218T185618Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233016Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160229T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160229T140000 SUMMARY: Manga Formosa: The Wild World of Taiwanese Comics DESCRIPTION: About the Event Although comics and cartoons (known in Mandari n as manhua) have existed as form of popular entertainment in Taiwan for ov er a century\, in comparison to Japanese manga\, they are almost completely unknown to the Anglophone world. Recently\, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of China has been working to rectify this […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    About the EventManga Formosa- The Wild World of Taiwanese Comic s
    Although comics and cartoo ns (known in Mandarin as manhua) have existed as form of popular entertainm ent in Taiwan for over a century\, in comparison to Japanese manga\, they a re almost completely unknown to the Anglophone world. Recently\, the Minist ry of Culture of the Republic of China has been working to rectify this sit uation through their flagship program Books from Taiwan\, which just last m onth released a 300-page translation sample of thirteen representative work s of Taiwanese cartooning\, from Chang Sheng’s post-apocalyptic thriller BA BY\, to Akimma Lee’s adaption of Wu Nien-Jen’s acclaimed drama Midnight in Taipei. This talk will explore not only the wild world of Taiwanese comics\ , but also the challenging process of translating and lettering graphic tex ts.

    About the Speaker
    Nick Stember is a transla tor of Chinese comics and popular culture who lives in Vancouver\, BC. In 2 015 he earned a Master of Arts in the Department of Asian Studies at the Un iversity of British Columbia with his (very readable and not at all obscure ) thesis on the formation of the Shanghai Manhua Society in the late 1920s.
    He is currently working on a translation of the “Chinese Game of Thro nes.”
    Please check Nick Stember’s personal website for more details: < a href="http://www.nickstember.com/" target="_blank">http://www.nickstember .com/

    Please RSVP here.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/manga-formosa-the-wild-worl d-of-taiwanese-comics/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160225T2328Z-1456442884.4158-EO-18666-2671@137.82.234.3 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160225T220454Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233016Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160229T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160229T180000 SUMMARY: Experience Japanese Tea Culture DESCRIPTION: About: The Consulate General of Japan and the Centre for Japan ese Research are pleased to present a special Japanese tea ceremony present ation on Monday\, February 29th\, 2016\, at 3:30 pm and also at 4:30 pm at the Tea Gallery\, UBC Asian Centre. The presentation features Japanese tea ceremony lecture and demonstration\, as well as Matcha […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    About:
    The Consulate General of Japan and the Centre for Japanese Research are pleased to prese nt a special Japanese tea ceremony presentation on Monday\, February 29th\, 2016\, at 3:30 pm and also at 4:30 pm at the Tea Gallery\, UBC Asian Centr e. The presentation features Japanese tea ceremony lecture and demonstratio n\, as well as Matcha and Wagashi tasting.

    Omotesenke Presentation by Ms. Maiko Behr: 3:30 pm - 4:15 pm
    Urasenke Presentation by Mr. Keith Snyder: 4:30 pm - 5:15

    Admission is free. Early reservation is recomm ended as the presentation is expected to fill up quickly. Please reserve yo ur seat for both or either presentations with your full name by email to culture@vc.mofa.go.jp.

    Bios:
    Ms. Maiko Behr is a certified instructor from Omotes enke\, who has an extensive background in Japanese culture and fine arts.Mr. Keith Snyder is a certified instructor from Urasenke\, who is also the representative of Urasenke Foundation\, Kyoto\, in Vancouver.

    See the full poster of the event here.

    LOCATION:Tea Gallery\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/experience-japanese-tea-cul ture/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160225T2328Z-1456442884.427-EO-18668-2671@137.82.234.3 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160225T221218Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233016Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160301T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160301T140000 SUMMARY: Planning for Smart Cities in Japan DESCRIPTION: Many cities are undertaking initiatives to improve environment al performance\, creating ‘Smart Cities’ by introducing innovative technolo gies and plans to promote efficient energy use\, recycling and environmenta lly-friendly traffic management. Yokohama and Kitakyushu are examples of ci ties working to become smarter. They are linking their environmental polici es with those relating to economic revitalization\, urban planning\, health \, and welfare\, […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Prof.ImuraVer3Many cities are u ndertaking initiatives to improve environmental performance\, creating ‘Sma rt Cities’ by introducing innovative technologies and plans to promote effi cient energy use\, recycling and environmentally-friendly traffic managemen t. Yokohama and Kitakyushu are examples of cities working to become smarter . They are linking their environmental policies with those relating to econ omic revitalization\, urban planning\, health\, and welfare\, particularly post 3/11.

    Professor Imura will discuss shifting Japanese perspective s on energy management and smart technology investment\, not only for the c reation of low-carbon cities and a green economy\, but also for disaster re covery.

    Bio:
    Hidefumi Imura is Professor at the Global Cooperation Institute for Sustainable Cities of Yokohama City Unive rsity and Professor Emeritus of Nagoya University\, and a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies. He received his PhD in A pplied Physics from the University of Tokyo\, and has worked for the Japan Environment Agency\, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Yokohama Munic ipal Government.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/planning-for-smart-cities-i n-japan/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160225T2328Z-1456442884.436-EO-18670-2671@137.82.234.3 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160225T222522Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233016Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160303T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160303T170000 SUMMARY: Explaining the Persistence of Supplementary Education in East Asia : The Case of Japan DESCRIPTION: Due to progressing globalization in education and demographic change\, the education systems of numerous countries have undergone rapid c hanges over the last two decades. In the case of Japan\, two main developme nts affect education today: (1) steadily decreasing student populations\; a nd (2) the reorientation of education towards relaxation (yutori) and inter nationalization (kokusaika). Both these trends […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Due to progressing globalization in educat ion and demographic change\, the education systems of numerous countries ha ve undergone rapid changes over the last two decades. In the case of Japan\ , two main developments affect education today: (1) steadily decreasing stu dent populations\; and (2) the reorientation of education towards relaxatio n (yutori) and internationalization (kokusaika). Both these trends were bel ieved to make the Japanese shadow education industry\, a vast private educa tion market supplementing students’ educational careers\, superfluous. Howe ver\, shadow education in Japan remained surprisingly strong. Hence\, the a uthor addresses the question how Japanese shadow education manages to remai n strong despite these unfavorable circumstances. Previous research simply missed to discuss this topic\, even though a strong dependence on shadow ed ucation has major implications for a national education system in terms of educational quality and opportunities as well as social inequality issues. Based on the author’s recent fieldwork and data collection\, the ongoing su ccess of shadow education in Japan is explored in relation to these changes . Findings show that the originally highly specialized supplementary school s\, the juku\, have expanded their range of supply and taken on additional functions to respond to changing educational demands. In conclusion\, these findings imply that instead of vanishing\, the juku-industry further gains importance as educational gap-closer and authority in educational and soci al matters. Juku increasingly take on functions outside their original purv iew such as care\, counseling and guidance and thus achieve many of the yut ori education goals that regular schools struggle to accomplish. The author argues that the evaluation of the development of a country’s shadow educat ion system allows conclusions about the state of progress and the success o f educational reforms in the regular schooling system as well.

    Bio:
    Steve R. Entrich is a research assistant and lecturer at the Chair for Social Scientific Educational Research and the vice-speake r of the Department for Education at the University of Potsdam. He graduate d with a Master’s degree in History and Educational Sciences at the same un iversity\, before studying Japanese at the Humboldt University\, Berlin. Cu rrently\, he pursues his PhD in educational sociology focusing on shadow ed ucation in Japan\, wherefore he carried out fieldwork as a “visiting gradua te student” at Dōshisha University\, Kyoto\, and as a scholarship fellow at the German Institute for Japanese Studies\, Tokyo\, in 2012 and 2013.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/explaining-the-persistence- of-supplementary-education-in-east-asia-the-case-of-japan/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160225T2328Z-1456442884.4446-EO-18671-2671@137.82.234.3 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160225T222907Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233016Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160303T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160303T170000 SUMMARY: Adapting in the Dust: Lessons Learned from Canada’s War in Afghani stan DESCRIPTION: About the Speaker Stephen Saideman holds the Paterson Chair in International Affairs at Carleton University’s Norman Paterson School of I nternational Affairs. He has written four books: The Ties That Divide: Ethn ic Politics\, Foreign Policy and International Conflict\; For Kin or Countr y: Xenophobia\, Nationalism and War (with R. William Ayres)\; NATO in Afgha nistan: Fighting Together\, Fighting […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    About the Speaker

    S tephen Saideman holds the Paterson Chair in International Affairs at Carlet on University’s Norman Paterson School of International Affairs. He has wri tten four books: The Ties That Divide: Ethnic Politics\, Foreign Policy and International Conflict\; For Kin or Country: Xenophobia\, Nationalism and War (with R. William Ayres)\; NATO in Afghanistan: Fighting Together\, Figh ting Alone (with David Auerswald)\; and now Adapting in the Dust: Lessons L earned from Canada’s War in Afghanistan\, as well as articles and chapters on nationalism\, ethnic conflict\, civil war\, and civil-military relations .

    Prof. Saideman’s research has been funded by the Social Sciences an d Humanities Research Council of Canada\, the Carnegie Corporation of New Y ork\, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization\, the Canadian of National Def ense\, and the Social Science Research Council in cooperation with Japan Fo undation Center for Global Partnership. He is also a Canadian Global Affair s Institute Fellow. Prof. Saideman writes online at OpenCanada.org\, Political Violence at a Glanc e\, Duck of Minerva and his own site saideman.blogspot.com\; he also tweets at @smsaideman.

    He has won two awards for teaching and one for mentoring other facul ty. He is currently working on the role of legislatures in civil-military r elations in democracies around the world as well as on projects relating to the domestic and international dynamics of ethnic conflict.

    Please RSVP here.

    See the full < a href="https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/02/Po ster2.pdf" target="_blank" rel="">poster of the event.

    LOCATION:Room 351\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/adapting-in-the-dust-lesson s-learned-from-canadas-war-in-afghanistan/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160301T1721Z-1456852903.123-EO-18679-2671@137.82.234.3 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160229T191811Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233016Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160303T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160303T180000 SUMMARY: Japan’s Post-TPP Trade Policy DESCRIPTION: The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was broadly agreed in Atla nta in October 2015 and signed by the 12 members in February 2016\, which i s good for Abenomics. I first review Japan’s trade and investment activitie s primarily in the Asian region. I show that Asia is the most profitable re gion for Japanese multinational corporations. Next I discuss […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was br oadly agreed in Atlanta in October 2015 and signed by the 12 members in Feb ruary 2016\, which is good for Abenomics.
    I first review Japan’s trade and investment activities primarily in the Asian region. I show that Asia is the most profitable region for Japanese multinational corporations. Next I discuss Japan’s approach to economic partnership (or free trade) agreeme nts\, the importance of TPP and regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) for Japan\, and Japan’s challenges in implementing the TPP and forg ing RCEP. I identify the next challenges to be: TPP ratification in both ho uses\; agricultural sector reform\; acceleration of CJK FTA\, RCEP\, and EU -Japan EPA negotiations\; and TPP membership expansion. Finally\, I explore implications of the development of mega-regionals for the WTO. I argue tha t Japan can encourage the WTO to reform itself to restore its role in globa l trade governance and to more pro-actively support global trade and invest ment liberalization and rule-making.

    Bios:

    Dr. Masahiro Kawai began his professional career as a Research Fellow at the B rookings Institution. He also served as Chief Economist for the World Bank' s East Asia and the Pacific Region\, as Deputy Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs of Japan's Ministry of Finance\, as President of the Policy Research Institute of Japan's Finance Ministry\, as Special Advisor to the Asian Development Bank (ADB ) President in charge of regional recon omic cooperation and integration\, and as Dean and CEO of the Asian Develop ment Bank Institute (ADBI). Dr. Kawai assumed his current position\, Profes sor at the Graduate School of Public Policy\, University of Tokyo\, in Apri l 2014.

    Dr. Saori N. Katada is an Associate Professor at the School o f International Relations at the University of Southern California. She is the author of Banking on Stability: Japan and the Cross-Pacific Dynamics of International Financial Crisis Management (University of Michigan Press\, 2001)\, which was awarded the Masayoshi Ohira Memorial Book Award in 2002. She has her Ph.D from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Poli tical Science) in 1994\, and B.A. from Hitotsubashi University (Tokyo). Bef ore joining USC\, she served as a researcher at the World Bank in Washingto n\, D.C.\, and as International Program officer at the UNDP in Mexico City.

     

    See the full poster of the event here.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/japans-post-tpp-trade-polic y/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160225T2328Z-1456442884.4539-EO-18673-2671@137.82.234.3 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160225T223156Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233016Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160304T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160304T123000 SUMMARY: COP21 in Paris – Why was an Agreement Possible? DESCRIPTION: Join a discussion with French Ambassador HE Mr. Chapuis on the COP21 Paris agreement\, with a focus on the France-China relationship. Stu dents\, faculty\, staff\, and community members are warmly invited to atten d. Bio: Mr. Nicolas Chapuis is the Ambassador of France to Canada. He has h eld successive posts in Peking\, Boston\, Singapore\, Shanghai (as Consul [ …] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join a discussion with French Ambassador H E Mr. Chapuis on the COP21 Paris agreement\, with a focus on the France-Chi na relationship.

    Students\, faculty\, staff\, and community members a re warmly invited to attend.

    Bio:

    Mr. Nicolas Chapuis is the Ambassador of France to Canada. He has held successive posts in Peking\, Boston\, Singapore\, Shanghai (as Consul Gene ral)\, London (as Cultural Counsellor and director of the United Kingdom Al liance française)\, and Ulan Bator (as Ambassador). He has translated a num ber of Chinese texts and he wrote an essay\, entitled Tristes automnes [Sad autumns]\, in 2001. Nicolas Chapuis studied at Lycée Condorcet and St Paul ’s School in Concord\, New Hampshire. He earned a bachelor’s degree and he pursued further study of the Chinese and Mongolian languages at the Institu t national des langues et civilisations orientales. He also studied history at Université Paris VII. He began working for the French Ministry of Forei gn Affairs in September 1980\, when he was sent to Peking to work as the pr ess attaché. He is married with two children.

    This event is sponsored by the Institute for European Studies\, Institute of Asian Research\, Liu Institute for Global Issues\, the Master of Public Policy and Global Affair s\, and the Policy@UBC series.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/cop21-in-paris-why-was-an-a greement-possible/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160225T2328Z-1456442884.4615-EO-18674-2671@137.82.234.3 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160225T223337Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233016Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160309T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160309T170000 SUMMARY: The 2011 March 11th (3.11) Disaster and Nuclear Power Plant Accide nt in Tohoku\, Japan: Five Years On. DESCRIPTION: Part 1: Time: March 9 12:00-2:00 @ IAR Room 120: Lunchtime Wor kshop (Refreshments will be served): -Millie Creighton (Anthropology\, UBC) \, “Community Recovery in Tohoku after 3.11” -Noritsugu Fujimoto (Symbiotic Systems Science\, Fukushima University)\, “3.11 and Manga: The Oishinbo No sebleed Issue” -Kiwa Nakano (Business Management\, Daito Bunka University)\ , “Recovery from the Disaster in Onagawa\, Japan” Moderated […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Part 1:

    T ime: March 9 12:00-2:00 @ IAR Room 120:

    Lunchtime Workshop (Ref reshments will be served):
    -Millie Creighton (Anthropology\, UBC)\, “C ommunity Recovery in Tohoku after 3.11”
    -Noritsugu Fujimoto (Symbiotic Systems Science\, Fukushima University)\, “3.11 and Manga: The Oishinbo No sebleed Issue”
    -Kiwa Nakano (Business Management\, Daito Bunka Univers ity)\, “Recovery from the Disaster in Onagawa\, Japan”
    Moderated by Dr . Edgington (Geography\, UBC)

    Part 2:

    Time: March 9 4:00-6:00 @ Asian Centre Auditorium
    Film Showing : “N uclear Japan: An Inconvenient Truth in Nuclear Energy Policy and Regulation of Japan” English Subs (Dir. Hiroyuki Kawai\, 2015)

    4:00 Introduction by Fumi Mano (Fukushima Regional Creation Center)\, followed b y the showing of the Japanese documentary with English sub-titles: “Nuclear Japan: An Inconvenient Truth in Nuclear Energy Policy and Regulation of Ja pan” (Dir. Hiroyuki Kawai\, 2015).
    4.50 Q and A Session
    5:15 – 6: 00 Reception in Asian Centre Foyer

    Part 3:

    Time 3:00-5:00 Place: TBD

    "Pop Culture\ , History and “Contents Tourism” in Japan"
    Prof. Philip Seaton (Hokkai do University)

     

    Abstract:
    In recent years\, the phenomenon of people travelling to further an interest in work s of popular culture has gained much attention from the tourism industry an d researchers alike. Lord of the Rings locations in New Zealand\, Disneylan d theme parks\, Star Trek Conventions and the Sherlock Holmes museum in Lon don are some of the many well-known examples. In Japan\, the phenomenon gai ned widespread media attention when many Japanese fans of the Korean drama Winter Sonata visited South Korea in 2004. Since 2005\, the Japanese govern ment has actively encouraged local authorities to develop tourism assets re lating to works of popular culture as a way of enhancing their local identi ty and tourism brand.

    The term in Japanese used to describ e such tourism induced by popular culture is “contents tourism”. The “conte nts” are the narratives\, characters\, locations and other creative element s of popular cultural forms such as films\, manga\, anime and computer game s that inspire fans to visit a particular destination. Not only fictional s tories but also historical narratives based on real people and events can b e considered to be “contents”. Within the context of a broader “history boo m” in Japan\, the popularity of historical narratives in television dramas\ , computer games and novels has generated some extraordinary tourism booms.

    This lecture presents examples of tourism to heritage sit es in Japan that has been inspired by recent works of popular culture. I wi ll present this phenomenon with examples from three periods of Japanese his tory\, the Sengoku Period (c.1467-c.1603)\, the Bakumatsu/Meiji Period (185 3-1912)\, and the Early Showa Period (1926-1945). In the first section\, I discuss travel inspired by the computer game Sengoku Basara and the activit ies of female history fans (rekijo) who travel to honour their favourite sa murai warriors.  In the second section\, I discuss tourism related to Bakum atsu period visionary Sakamoto Ryoma and the novel/drama Clouds Upon the Hi ll about the Russo-Japanese War. In the third section\, I examine tourism i nduced by World War II films and the semi-fictionalized biopic of whisky ma ker Taketsuru Masataka which was the subject of the recent NHK morning dram a Massan.

    All these examples indicate the power of popular culture\, not only to inspire contents tourism\, but also to offer reinter pretations of the “historical contents” and thereby generate new perspectiv es on Japan’s past.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-2011-march-11th-3-11-di saster-and-nuclear-power-plant-accident-in-tohoku-japan-five-years-on/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160311T1715Z-1457716549.9636-EO-18822-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160310T220207Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233016Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160310T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160310T173000 SUMMARY: Elusive Sarasvati DESCRIPTION: Dr. Elizabeth Rohlman is an Associate Professor in the Departm ent of Religious Studies at the University of Calgary. Dr. Rohlman’s resear ch considers the role of narrative literature in articulating and construct ing religious identity in pre-modern South Asia. For this seminar\, Dr. Roh lm an focuses on Sarasvati and her role in Hindu lore. It has been argued [ …] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Dr. Elizabeth Rohlman is an Associate Prof essor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Calgary. Dr. Rohlman's research considers the role of narrative literature in articu lating and constructing religious identity in pre-modern South Asia. For th is seminar\, Dr. Rohlm an focuses on Sarasvati and her role in Hindu lore.< /p>

    It has been argued that Sarasvati is the most ancient goddess of Hind uism\, and perhaps the first river to be worshipped as a goddess in Hindu t radition. Generations of Indologists have carefully traced the evolution of Sarasvati through Sanskrit tradition\, from the river of the Vedas\, throu gh her association with the Vedic goddess of speech\, Vac\, to her emergenc e as a deity who is both a river goddess and the goddess of knowledge. Yet these catalogues of Sarasvati's textual appearances do not tell the full st ory of Sarasvati's place in Hindu traditions. Using as a metaphor the river that bears her name\, this paper article examines the elusive and sometime s paradoxical position of Sarasvati in the history of Hinduism. The River S arasvati is herself cloaked in mystery-already described as "lost" in the V edas\, she is a river that is believed to appear and disappear from the sur face of the earth at will. Yet this mysterious nature conveys a great deal of power. The Sarasvati River carries ability to define the religious geogr aphy and tradition of a region\, as she does in numerous regional Sarasvati traditions across India\, or to sanctify the vast land of Bharata\, as she does in the great epic\, the Mahabharata. This paper argues that Sarasvati the goddess is no less elusive nor powerful than the river\, arguing that it is her compound role as River\, Speech\, and Goddess that she develops i nto such a perplexing figure.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/elusive-sarasvati/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160311T1715Z-1457716550.0039-EO-18823-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160310T220613Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233016Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160311T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160311T140000 SUMMARY: Interaction and Collaboration as a Source of Community Recovery an d Empowerment DESCRIPTION: Interaction and Collaboration as a Source of Community Recover y and Empowerment: Insights from Minamata and Kizawa (Chuetsu) for Post-dis aster Sustainable Community Development The Great East Japan Earthquake occ urred on 11 March 2011 and shocked both Japan and the world with its scale and seriousness of the adverse impacts on human communities and living envi ronment. It […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Interaction and Collaboration as a Source of Community Recovery and Empowerment: Insights from Minamata and K izawa (Chuetsu) for Post-disaster Sustainable Community Development

    The Great East Japan Earthquake occurred on 11 March 2011 and shock ed both Japan and the world with its scale and seriousness of the adverse i mpacts on human communities and living environment. It has never been an ea sy task to overcome such an adversity and find a way to restore and revital ize communities in the post-disaster period. The government assistance is n ecessary to rebuild basic infrastructure and social services for any commun ity. A critical challenge remains if a community building could be sustaina ble in the long-run perspective. Therefore\, it can be useful if we look cl osely at cases moving into the direction. In this seminar\, we will examine the question by focusing on two particular cases: Minamata-city\, Kumamoto \, and Kizawa-community in Chuetsu\, Niigata. Minamata-city\, severely dama ged by organic mercury pollution for more than a half-century\, has become a leading environmental model city with local-grown vision\, policy\, and m ethod. Kizawa-community\, a small village hard hit by the 2004 Chuetsu Eart hquake in Niigata prefecture in Japan\, has gradually identified local asse ts through interaction with outsiders in the process of community reconstru ction. By sharing these two in its hardships\, measures overcoming the prob lems and community changes\, we would like to discuss keys to reconstruct a community in a sustainable form in the post-disaster phase.

    Bio:

    Takayoshi Kusago is a professor\, Faculty of Sociology\ , Kansai University\, and a visiting professor\, IRES\, UBC for 2015-2016. He holds a Ph.D. in international development from the University of Wiscon sin-Madison. From the perspective of human development and capability appro ach\, he has studied a variety of subjects pertinent to modernization and s ustainable community development. He has published research papers in acade mic journals including World Development\, Social Indicators Research\, and coauthored GNH (Gross National Happiness) in 2011.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/interaction-and-collaborati on-as-a-source-of-community-recovery-and-empowerment-insights-from-minamata -and-kizawa-chuetsu-for-post-disaster-sustainable-community-development/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160301T1721Z-1456852903.1875-EO-18681-2671@137.82.234.3 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160229T192202Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233017Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160311T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160311T170000 SUMMARY: Teaching the Asian Literary Classics: A Roundtable Discussion DESCRIPTION: The Tale of Genji\, Dream of the Red Chamber\, The Tales of Is e\, The Three Kingdoms – these and other masterworks are required reading f or students of Japanese and Chinese literature. But how did these works com e to be regarded as “classics”? What makes them significant works of litera ture? And how can an instructor best […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Teaching the Asi an Literary ClassicsThe Tale of Genji \, Dream of the Red Chamber\, The Tales of Ise\, The Three Kingdoms – these and other masterworks are required reading for students of Japanese and Chinese literature. But how did these works come t o be regarded as “classics”? What makes them significant works of literatur e? And how can an instructor best convey their artistry–especially in trans lation? Come hear distinguished scholars of Japanese and Chinese literature discuss the techniques they use in the classroom to help students find mea ning in Asian literary classics.

    Panelists:
    Dr Alison Bailey
    Dr Otilia Clara Milutin
    Dr Joshua Mostow
    Dr Ca therine Swatek
    Dr Christina Laffin (chair)

    Please RSVP here.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/teaching-the-asian-literary -classics-a-roundtable-discussion/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160311T1715Z-1457716550.0198-EO-18824-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160310T221326Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233017Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160314T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160314T163000 SUMMARY: Pop Culture\, History and “Contents Tourism” in Japan DESCRIPTION: By: Dr. Philip Seaton (Hokkaido University) In recent years\, the phenomenon of people traveling to further an interest in works of popul ar culture has gained much attention from the tourism industry and research ers alike. Lord of the Rings locations in New Zealand\, Disneyland theme pa rks\, Star Trek Conventions and the Sherlock Holmes museum in London […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    By: Dr. Philip Seaton (Ho kkaido University)

    In recent years\, the phenomenon of people traveli ng to further an interest in works of popular culture has gained much atten tion from the tourism industry and researchers alike. Lord of the Rings loc ations in New Zealand\, Disneyland theme parks\, Star Trek Conventions and the Sherlock Holmes museum in London are some of the many well-known exampl es. In Japan\, the phenomenon gained widespread media attention when many J apanese fans of the Korean drama Winter Sonata visited South Korea in 2004. Since 2005\, the Japanese government has actively encouraged local authori ties to develop tourism assets relating to works of popular culture as a wa y of enhancing their local identity and tourism brand.
    The term in Jap anese used to describe such tourism induced by popular culture is “contents tourism”. The “contents” are the narratives\, characters\, locations and o ther creative elements of popular cultural forms such as films\, manga\, an ime and computer games that inspire fans to visit a particular destination. Not only fictional stories but also historical narratives based on real pe ople and events can be considered to be “contents”. Within the context of a broader “history boom” in Japan\, the popularity of historical narratives in television dramas\, computer games and novels has generated some extraor dinary tourism booms.

    This lecture presents examples of tourism to he ritage sites in Japan that has been inspired by recent works of popular cul ture. I will present this phenomenon with examples from three periods of Ja panese history\, the Sengoku Period (c.1467-c.1603)\, the Bakumatsu/Meiji P eriod (1853-1912)\, and the Early Showa Period (1926-1945). In the first se ction\, I discuss travel inspired by the computer game Sengoku Basara and t he activities of female history fans (rekijo) who travel to honour their fa vourite samurai warriors.  In the second section\, I discuss tourism relate d to Bakumatsu period visionary Sakamoto Ryoma and the novel/drama Clouds U pon the Hill about the Russo-Japanese War. In the third section\, I examine tourism induced by World War II films and the semi-fictionalized biopic of whisky maker Taketsuru Masataka which was the subject of the recent NHK mo rning drama Massan.

    All these examples indicate the power of popular culture\, not only to inspire contents tourism\, but also to offer reinterp retations of the “historical contents” and thereby generate new perspective s on Japan’s past.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/pop-culture-history-and-con tents-tourism-in-japan/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160311T1715Z-1457716550.0301-EO-18825-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160310T221758Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233017Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160315T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160315T140000 SUMMARY: Pakistan as an Alternative to the Idea of an Impossible India DESCRIPTION: By: Atiya Singh (PhD Candidate\, University of Chicago) Accord ing to popular perceptions\, Pakistan came into being as a result of a spec ific vision of the Muslim League shaped in the political milieu of the 1940 s. Yet this perspective ignores the role played by the Communist-Left in In dia not only in articulating the idea of Pakistan\, […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    By: Atiya Singh (PhD Cand idate\, University of Chicago)

    According to popular perceptions\, Pak istan came into being as a result of a specific vision of the Muslim League shaped in the political milieu of the 1940s. Yet this perspective ignores the role played by the Communist-Left in India not only in articulating the idea of Pakistan\, but also providing organizational support to the League essential in fulfilling the dream of Pakistan. This talk re-evaluates the history of the creation of Pakistan from the standpoint of international Ma rxism and the ideological shifts that had occurred within it. These shifts had a profound effect on the political practice of the Communist-Left in In dia resulting in the division of the sub-continent.

    Atiya Singh c ompleted her PhD dissertation\, “The Vicissitudes of Democracy: The Failure of the Left in Pakistan\, 1940-1971\,” at the University of Chicago. Curre ntly\, as an associate member of the Committee on Southern Asian Studies\, she is completing a monograph on the fifty years of South Asia at the Unive rsity of Chicago. 

    Sponsored by the UBC Department of Asian Stud ies and the Centre for India and South Asia Research/The Institute for Asia n Research.

    LOCATION:Room 604\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/pakistan-as-an-alternative- to-the-idea-of-an-impossible-india/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160421T1616Z-1461255385.5942-EO-19565-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160420T212659Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233017Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160316T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160316T190000 SUMMARY: Study in Japan Information Session DESCRIPTION: Whether you are looking for a year abroad as an undergrad\, or to further your education as a graduate\, Japan is a great place to study. What’s your field? From arts to sciences\, we’ve got it covered. Don’t kno w much Japanese? Some universities offer preparatory Japanese language and culture courses\, while others offer programs in […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Whether you are looking for a year abroad as an undergrad\, or to further your education as a graduate\, Japan is a g reat place to study. What’s your field? From arts to sciences\, we’ve got i t covered. Don’t know much Japanese? Some universities offer preparatory Ja panese language and culture courses\, while others offer programs in Englis h.

    Attend our information session to learn about the benefits of stud ying in Japan\, including available financial assistance. Hear from former students\, who studied in Japan\, and have your questions answered.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/study-in-japan-information- session/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160311T1715Z-1457716550.0386-EO-18826-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160310T222041Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233017Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160317T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160317T140000 SUMMARY: Sikkimese Public Culture: Reconstructing Ethno-Cultural Histories through Visuality DESCRIPTION: By: Mr. Aadil Brar\, Anthropology Aadil Brar is an Anthropolog y student who spent 3 months in Sikkim (India)\, conducting ethnographic re search funded by MITACS Globalinks Research Award. This project explored th e history of Buddhist thangka art in Sikkim from a visual anthropological p erspective\, but the broader aim was to visualize the Sikimese identity\, c ultural history\, and […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    By: Mr. Aadil Brar\, Anth ropology

    Aadil Brar is an Anthropology student who spent 3 months in Sikkim (India)\, conducting ethnographic research funded by MITACS Globalin ks Research Award. This project explored the history of Buddhist thangka ar t in Sikkim from a visual anthropological perspective\, but the broader aim was to visualize the Sikimese identity\, cultural history\, and political economy.

    In May of 1975\, Sikkim was annexed by India under the leade rship of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. This historical moment began the tra nsition of Sikkim from a Kingdom to a state within Indian republic. Through my research I have attempted to establish a longer chronology of public cu lture in Sikkim\, beginning with the intervention of the British East India Company and the rise of territorial skirmishes in the Eastern Himalayas. S ikkim's unique position in postcolonial context requires to be situated in colonial histories and needs contextualizing of Namgyal dynasty within comp lex geopolitics of the region. This talk would trace the history of Sikkime se public culture through its visuality\, and delve into its ethno-cultural politics in contemporary times. I would also discuss the networks of socia l capital that emerged in post-annexation context. This talk will criticall y engage with visual culture as a methodology for reexamining the cultural histories in South Asia.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/sikkimese-public-culture-re constructing-ethno-cultual-histories-through-visuality/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160225T2328Z-1456442884.4717-EO-18675-2671@137.82.234.3 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160225T224351Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233017Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160317T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160317T170000 SUMMARY: Inventing the Way of the Samurai: Nationalism\, Internationalism\, and Bushido in Modern Japan DESCRIPTION: Abstract: This talk examines the development of the ‘way of th e samurai\,’ or bushidō\, which is popularly viewed as a defining element o f the Japanese national character and even the ‘soul of Japan.’ Rather than a continuation of ancient traditions\, however\, bushidō developed from a search for identity during Japan’s modernization in the late nineteenth […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Abstract:
    This talk examines the development of the 'way of the samurai\,' or bushidō\, which i s popularly viewed as a defining element of the Japanese national character and even the 'soul of Japan.' Rather than a continuation of ancient tradit ions\, however\, bushidō developed from a search for identity during Japan' s modernization in the late nineteenth century. The former samurai class we re widely viewed as a relic of a bygone age in the 1880s\, and the first si gnificant discussions of bushidō at the end of the decade were strongly inf luenced by contemporary European ideals of chivalry and gentlemanship. At t he same time\, Japanese thinkers increasingly looked to their own tradition s in search of sources of national identity\, and this process accelerated as national confidence grew with military victories over China and Russia. In this talk\, I consider the people\, events\, and writings that drove the rapid growth of bushidō\, which came to emphasize martial virtues and abso lute loyalty to the emperor. In the early twentieth century\, bushidō becam e a core subject in civilian and military education\, and was a key ideolog ical pillar supporting the imperial state until its collapse in 1945. The c lose identification of bushidō with Japanese militarism meant that it was r ejected immediately after the war\, but different interpretations of bushid ō were soon revived by commentators seeking to explain Japan's past\, prese nt\, and future. This talk explores some of the factors behind the resurgen ce of bushidō\, which has proven resilient through 130 years of dramatic so cial\, political\, and cultural change.

    Bio:
    Dr . Oleg Benesch is Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in East Asian History\, sp ecializing in the history of early modern and modern Japan and China. Befor e arriving at the University of York\, Dr. Benesch was Past & Present Fello w at the Institute of Historical Research at the University of London. He h as spent almost six years living and researching in Japan\, including two y ears at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo. Dr. Benesch’s publications and te aching interests cover a variety of fields\, including Japanese intellectua l\, religious\, and social history\, Chinese intellectual history\, as well as the transnational history of modern East Asia. He has presented his res earch findings at academic conferences and invited lectures throughout East Asia\, Europe\, North America\, and Australia. Dr. Benesch's recent monogr aph\, Inventing the Way of the Samurai: Nationalism\, Internationalism\, an d Bushido in Modern Japan\, was published by Oxford University Press in 201 4.  He is a co-author of the 2015 book\, Civilizing Emotions: Concepts in N ineteenth-Century Asia and Europe\, also published by Oxford University Pre ss. For further information about Dr. Benesch and his research\, please see his website: olegbenesch .com

    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/inventing-the-way-of-the-sa murai-nationalism-internationalism-and-bushido-in-modern-japan/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160311T1715Z-1457716550.0533-EO-18827-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160310T222415Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233017Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160318T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160318T170000 SUMMARY: Film Screening: Rinks of Hope DESCRIPTION: When two Canadian coaches volunteer to help kick-start youth h ockey in Mongolia\, they discover that even on the world’s most frigid outd oor rinks where obstacles to playing are many\, the love of hockey reigns s upreme. Rinks of Hope: Project Mongolia chronicles the five day road trip o f brothers Nate and Boe Leslie as they coach […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    When two Canadian coaches volunteer to hel p kick-start youth hockey in Mongolia\, they discover that even on the worl d’s most frigid outdoor rinks where obstacles to playing are many\, the lov e of hockey reigns supreme.

    Rinks of Hope: Project Mongolia chronicle s the five day road trip of brothers Nate and Boe Leslie as they coach chil dren and teach coaches in the big cities and small towns of northern Mongol ia.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/film-screening-rinks-of-hop e/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160311T1715Z-1457716550.0618-EO-18828-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160310T222536Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233017Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160318T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160318T183000 SUMMARY: Canada in Mongolia\, Advancing and Promoting our Partnership DESCRIPTION: By: Mr. Ed Jager\, Canadian Ambassador to Mongolia X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    By: Mr. Ed Jager\, Canadi an Ambassador to Mongolia

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/canada-in-mongolia-advancin g-and-promoting-our-partnership/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160311T1715Z-1457716550.0694-EO-18829-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160310T224118Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233017Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160321T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160321T140000 SUMMARY: King of Beasts: White Tiger Lore in the Ritual Culture of South Ch ina DESCRIPTION: About: “Even though the archive and the repertoire exist in a constant state of interaction\, the tendency has been to banish the reperto ire to the past.” – Diana Taylor As the “king of beasts\,” the white tiger is widely known across South China as a ferocious spirit to be ritually wor shipped for its apotropaic powers […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    About:

    “Even though the archive and the repertoire exist in a constant state of interaction\, the tendency has been to banish the repertoire to the past.” – Diana Taylor

    As the “king of beasts\,” the white tiger is widely known across Sou th China as a ferocious spirit to be ritually worshipped for its apotropaic powers of warding off evil\, danger\, or disease. This study analyzes a se t of early 20th century objects connected to popular white tiger lore and r itual worship\, including opera costumes\, woodblock prints\, and paper eph emera. Most of these objects were produced in Guangdong and are now stored at the UBC Museum of Anthropology. As museum “artefacts\,” they have been l abeled and sorted by geographic region and medium rather than studied as a group of objects tied to a shared ritual context. Stored away in the vaults of the museum\, the objects are also physically isolated from the communit ies who would recognize their value and connections to contemporary white t iger worship.

    As performance theorist Diana Taylor put it\, the so-ca lled tangible “archive” is preserved\, but the ephemeral “repertoire” of em bodied knowledge is “banished” or marginalized from view. To critique this institutionalized rift between objects and practices\, I will reconstruct t he ritual histories of these objects and reconnect them to various forms of contemporary white tiger worship\, a vibrant realm of activity that is wit nessing a stunning resurgence of interest in Guangdong\, Hong Kong\, and Si ngapore.

     

    Bio:

    April Liu is an Andrew W . Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow for Asia at the Museum of Anthropol ogy in Vancouver\, Canada. She completed her PhD at the University of Briti sh Columbia in 2012\, specializing in Chinese art history. Her current rese arch interests include Chinese print culture\, Cantonese opera\, contempora ry Asian art and visual cultures\, and critical heritage studies.

    Please RSVP here .

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/king-of-beasts-white-tiger- lore-in-the-ritual-culture-of-south-china/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999971.4728-EO-462-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160302T211411Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T232829Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160321T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160321T160000 SUMMARY: Growing Human Cities through Urban Agriculture DESCRIPTION: March 21st\, 2016 4:00 PM Liu Institute for Global Issues – Mu ltipurpose Room 6476 NW Marine Drive   Today we live in an urban world\, wi th more city dwellers than rural inhabitants. By 2050 70 per cent of the wo rld population is expected to live in cities\, with the majority of this ur ban growth taking […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
    Maria Alejandra PinedaMarch 21st\, 2016
    4:00 PM
    Liu Institute for Global Issues - Multipurpose Room
    6476 NW Marine Drive

     

    Today we live in an urban world\, with more city dwellers than rural inhabitants. By 2050 70 per cent of the world population is expected to live in cities\, with the majority of this urban growth taking place in the Global South. According to project ions\, by 2030\, 80 per cent of urban areas are expected to be located in t he developing world\, housing a population of around 5 billion\, many of wh om will be living in poverty.

    This scenario poses multiple challenges and opens the debate on how to create more humane and sustainable cities d esigned and planned for the welfare and development of its citizens. The ta lk centers its attention on one of these challenges: Food and Nutrition for urban populations.

    Drawing from the lessons learned through the “Towards the Hu man City” project\, the talk by Maria Alejandra Pineda-Escobar\, Liu In stitute Visiting Fellow in Residence at Green College\, presents examples o f local grass-roots initiatives that are creatively using urban agriculture to improve access to healthy food in emerging cities from countries such a s Brasil\, Colombia and Indonesia.

    Bio: Maria Alejan dra Pineda-Escobar is a Colombian consultant and researcher in inclusive bu siness and CSR in emerging and developing countries\, working with the Cent re of Partnerships for Development (CAD). Maria is also Regional Coordinato r for the Towards the Human City Project and Associate Professor at Politec nico Grancolombiano University\, where she lectures on sustainability\, glo balization and competitiveness in business. Member of the International Cen tre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) Experts Network\, and of the National Committee of Inclusive Business of Colombia (CONNIC). She has authored a couple of opinion pieces\, papers and book chapters on CSR and s ustainability at the BoP\, including her latest participation as one of the contributors in the book “Base of the Pyramid 3.0 Sustainable Development through Innovation and Entrepreneurship”. Professional in International Bus iness holds Masters degrees in Public Policy and Human Development (The Net herlands) and in Sustainability and CSR (Spain).

    This talk is part of UBC's Future of Food gl obal dialogue series and is hosted by the Centre for Susta inable Food Systems and the Liu Institute for Global Issues.

    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/growing-human-cities-throug h-urban-agriculture-ft-maria-pineda-liu-institute-visiting-fellow-in-reside nce-at-green-college/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/02/climatechange.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160421T1616Z-1461255385.6512-EO-19567-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160420T213025Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233018Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160322T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160322T184500 SUMMARY: The Mindful Teen: Secular and Buddhist Mindfulness for Adolescents DESCRIPTION: Sponsor: The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Budd hism and Contemporary Society Mindfulness means “Paying attention in a part icular way: On purpose\, in the present moment\, and nonjudgmentally” (Kaba t-Zinn). The field of mindfulness-based interventions for adolescents is cu rrently exploding. Emerging mindfulness-based interventions for youth are s howing significant promise in helping adolescents to cope […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Sponsor: The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society

    Mi ndfulness means “Paying attention in a particular way: On purpose\, in the present moment\, and nonjudgmentally” (Kabat-Zinn). The field of mindfulnes s-based interventions for adolescents is currently exploding. Emerging mind fulness-based interventions for youth are showing significant promise in he lping adolescents to cope with adversity\, improve health\, and promote res ilience and positive youth development. In this interactive presentation\, Dr. Vo will discuss the background\, science\, and practice of mindfulness-based interventions with adolescents. He will also discuss current controversies around “Buddhist” vs. “secular” mindfulness w ith adolescents in educational and health care settings.

    Dr. Vo’s lec ture will be followed by a book signing (The Mindful Teen: Powerful Ski lls to Help You Handle Stress One Moment at a Time)\, tea\, and snacks . Then at 7 pm\, Professor Mark Unno (University of Oregon) will join Dr. V o for a more informal panel discussion moderated by Dr. Carole Christensen\ , Professor Emerita of UBC’s School of Social Work.

    Dzung X. Vo\, MD\, FAAP\, is a pediatrician specializing in adolescent medi cine at British Columbia Children’s Hospital\, and clinical assistant profe ssor at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine\, Vancouver\ , Canada. His medical practice\, teaching\, and research emphasize promotin g resilience in young people to help them thrive in the face of stress and adversity. He co-developed (with Dr. Jake Locke at BC Children’s Hospital) a mindfulness training program called MARS-A\, or Mindful Awareness and Res ilience Skills for Adolescents. MARS-A is a developmentally appropriate ada ptation of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)\, for youth with chronic stress\, chronic pain\, d epression\, and anxiety. Dr. Vo is the author of The Mindful Teen: Powerful Skills to He lp You Handle Stress One Moment at a Time (New Harbinger\, 2015). Dr. Vo also serves on the Board of Directors for the BC Association for Living Mindfully (BCALM) and the Mindfulness in Education Network (MiEN).

    < p>Dr. Vo has been practicing mindfulness regularly since 1999\, and has exp erienced the transformational power of mindfulness practice firsthand. All trees have roots\, and Dr. Vo’s root mindfulness teacher is the Vietnamese Zen Master\, Nobel Peace Prize nominee\, and author\, Thich Nhat Hanh. Dr. Vo has also been deeply inspired by the pioneers of the mindfulness movemen t in the West\, including Jon Kabat-Zinn\, Jack Kornfield\, Zindel Segal\, Daniel Siegel\, and many others. Dr. Vo hopes to share the benefits of mind fulness to diverse youth in a universal\, secular way that is appropriate f or anyone\, of any religion\, or no religion at all.

    LOCATION:Asian Centre Auditorium GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-mindful-teen-secular-an d-buddhist-mindfulness-for-adolescents/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160421T1616Z-1461255385.6697-EO-19568-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160420T213201Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233018Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160323T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160323T180000 SUMMARY: Mapping Modern Chinese Intellectual Life: A Roundtable Conversatio n with Tim Cheek DESCRIPTION: By: Dr. Timothy Cheek (UBC)\, Dr. Josephine Chiu-Duke (UBC)\, Dr. Timothy Brook (UBC)\, Dr. Jeremy Brown (SFU)\, Dr. Christopher Rea (Cha ir) Mapping Modern Chinese Intellectual Life: A Roundtable Conversation wit h Tim Cheek Book launch of The Intellectual in Modern Chinese History  Abou t the Event This narrative history of Chinese intellectuals and public life provides a guide […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    By: Dr. Timothy Cheek (UB C)\, Dr. Josephine Chiu-Duke (UBC)\, Dr. Timothy Brook (UBC)\, Dr. Jeremy B rown (SFU)\, Dr. Christopher Rea (Chair)

    Mapping Modern Chinese Intellectual Life: A Roundtable Conversation with Tim Cheek
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    Book launch of The Intellectual in Modern Chinese History 

    About the Event

    This narrati ve history of Chinese intellectuals and public life provides a guide to mak ing sense of China today. It offers a map and a method for understanding th e intellectual in the long twentieth century\, from China’s defeat in the S ino-Japanese war in 1895 to the “Prosperous China” since the 2008 Beijing O lympics. It surveys the changing terrain of intellectual life over this tra nsformative century in Chinese history to enable readers to understand a pa rticular figure\, idea or debate. The map provides coordinates to track dif ferent times\, different social worlds and key concepts. The historical met hod focuses on context and communities during six periods to make sense of ideas\, institutions and individual thinkers across the century. Together t hey provide a memorable account of the scenes and protagonists\, and argume nts and ideas\, of intellectuals and public life in modern China.

    < b>About the Author

    Timothy Cheek is Professor and Louis Cha Chair in Chinese Research at the Institute of Asian Research and Depar tment of History at the University of British Columbia and Senior Fellow at St. John’s College. His research\, teaching and translating focus on the r ecent history of China\, especially the role of Chinese intellectuals in th e twentieth century and the history of the Chinese Communist Party. His oth er books include Living with Reform: China Since 1989 (2006)\, Ma o Zedong and China’s Revolutions (2002) and Propaganda and Culture i n Mao’s China (1997)\, as well as edited volumes\, Mao’s Road to Pow er: Revolutionary Writings\, 1912-1949\, Vol. VIII with Stuart R. Schra m (2015)\, A Critical Introduction to Mao (2010)\, New Perspectiv es on State Socialism in China (1997)\, with Tony Saich\, The Secret Speeches of Chairman Mao (1989) translated and edited with Roderick Ma cFarquhar and Eugene Wu\, and China’s Establishment Intellectuals (1 986)\, edited with Carol Lee Hamrin. In recent years Cheek has been working with some Chinese intellectuals to explore avenues of collaborative resear ch and translation.

    About the Di scussants

    Dr. Jeremy Brown\, Associate Professor\, Depa rtment of History\, SFU
    Dr. Josephine Chiu-Duke\, Associate Professor\ , Department of Asian Studies\, UBC
    Dr. Timothy Brook\, Professor\, De partment of History and Institute of Asian Research\, UBC
    Dr. Christop her Rea (Chair)\, Associate Professor\, Department of Asian Studies\; Direc tor\, Centre for Chinese Research\, UBC

    The Intel lectual in Modern Chinese History (Cambridge University Press\, 2015) c an be purchased at UBC Bookstore with 20% discount using provided sales for m. The electronic version is also available in UBC Library.

    Please RSVP here. Li ght refreshment is provided for registered participants. Book discount form can be downloaded here.

    LOCATION:St. John's College GEO:0;0 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/mapping-modern-chinese-inte llectual-life-a-roundtable-conversation-with-tim-cheek/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160421T1616Z-1461255385.6882-EO-19569-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160420T213328Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233018Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160324T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160324T133000 SUMMARY: Confucian Role Ethics and the “Casting” of Persons DESCRIPTION: Abstract In the introduction of Chinese philosophy and culture into the Western academy\, we have tended to theorize and conceptualize th is antique tradition by appeal to familiar Western categories. Confucian ro le ethics is an attempt to articulate a sui generis moral philosophy that a llows this tradition to have its own voice. I will use the […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    fl yer(1)Abstract

    In the introduc tion of Chinese philosophy and culture into the Western academy\, we have t ended to theorize and conceptualize this antique tradition by appeal to fam iliar Western categories. Confucian role ethics is an attempt to articulate a sui generis moral philosophy that allows this tradition to have its own voice. I will use the aesthetic of the casting of bronzes as an analogy for person-making in the Confucian tradition. That is\, this holistic philosop hy is fundamentally an aestheticism\, grounded in the primacy of relational ity and a narrative understanding of person\, and is a challenge to a found ational liberal individualism that has defined persons as discrete\, autono mous\, rational\, free\, and often self-interested agents. Confucian role e thics begins from a relationally constituted conception of person\, takes f amily roles and relations as the entry point for developing moral competenc e\, invokes a creative moral imagination and the growth in relations that i t can inspire as the substance of human morality\, and entails a human-cent ered\, a-theistic religiousness that stands in sharp contrast to the Abraha mic religions.
    About the Speaker
    Roger T. Ames is Professor of Philosophy at the Universit y of Hawai’i and editor of Philosophy East & West and China Review Internat ional. He has authored several interpretative studies of Chinese philosophy and culture: Thinking Through Confucius (1987)\, Anticipating China: Think ing Through the Narratives of Chinese and Western Culture (1995)\, and Thin king From the Han: Self\, Truth\, and Transcendence in Chinese and Western Culture (1998) (all with D.L. Hall)\, and most recently Confucian Role Ethi cs: A Vocabulary (2011).
    His publications include translations of Chinese classics: Sun-tzu: The Art of Warfare (1993)\; Sun Pin: The Art of Warfare (1996) and Tracing Dao to its Source (1997) (both with D.C. Lau)\; the Confucian Analects (1998) and the Classic of Family Re verence: A Philosophical Translation of the Xiaojing (2009) (both with H. R osemont)\, Focusing the Familiar: A Translation and Philosophical Interpret ation of the Zhongyong (2001)\, and A Philosophical Translation of the Daod ejing: Making This Life Significant (with D.L. Hall) (2003). Recently he ha s undertaken several projects that entail the intersection of contemporary issues and cultural understanding. His Democracy of the Dead: Dewey\, Confu cius\, and the Hope for Democracy in China (with D.L. Hall) (1999)\, and Co nfucian Role Ethics: Doing Justice to Justice (forthcoming) are a product o f this effort.
    Almost all of his publications are now available in Chinese translation\, including his philosophical translations of Chinese canonical texts. He has most recently been engaged in compiling the new Blackwell Sourcebook of Classical Chinese Philosophy\, and in writ ing articles promoting a conversation between American pragmatism and Confu cianism.
    Please RSVP here.  Light lunch will be provided for registered par ticipants.
    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/confucian-role-ethics-and-t he-casting-of-persons/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160225T2328Z-1456442884.4787-EO-18676-2671@137.82.234.3 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160225T224744Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233018Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160324T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160324T153000 SUMMARY: How Treaties are Approved and Concluded in Japan: From Negotiation to Execution DESCRIPTION: Abstract: There are various names that describe international agreements. What are they and how are they negotiated? Each country has its own practice and style in negotiating international agreements. How treati es are negotiated in Japan will be the focus in the first half followed by an explanation of how English texts are translated into Japanese […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Abstract:
    There are various names that describe international agreements. What are they and how are they negotiated? Each country has its own practice and style in negoti ating international agreements. How treaties are negotiated in Japan will b e the focus in the first half followed by an explanation of how English tex ts are translated into Japanese texts for final Diet approval.

    Bio:
    Deputy Consul General Uchida\, a graduate of Meiji Uni versity\, has three years working experience in a Japanese commercial bank. He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1985 and studied at Lancaster University where he obtained his Diploma and Master’s Degree in Strategic Studies and International Relations. He served in overseas Embassies in UK and Malaysia\, and at the Japanese Permanent Mission in Geneva. In Tokyo\, he worked in the Treaty Bureau\, WTO Dispute Settlement Division\, and the Second North American Division. His previous post was Senior Deputy Directo r for EPA/FTA Negotiations at Second Middle East Division.

    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/how-treaties-are-approved-a nd-concluded-in-japan-from-negotiation-to-execution/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160415T1632Z-1460737920.504-EO-19461-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160414T191332Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233018Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160329T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160329T180000 SUMMARY: Symposium: Queer Transfigurations in Postwar Japanese Popular Cult ure: Manga and Anime DESCRIPTION: UBC Manga Symposium Information and Schedule Charge: The event is free for all UBC and other local students with ID\, plus all preregiste red guests. Non-student\, non-preregistered guests will be charge $20 at th e door. Please preregister by sending an email message to: ubcqueertransfig s2016@gmail.com Description: Japanese manga and anime are popular world-wid e\, and one frequently cited […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    UBC Manga Symposium Information an d Schedule

    Charge: The event is free for all UBC and other l ocal students with ID\, plus all preregistered guests. Non-student\, non-pr eregistered guests will be charge $20 at the door.

    Please preregister by sending an email message to: ubcqueertransfigs2016@gmail.com

    Descriptio n: Japanese manga and anime are popular world-wide\, and one frequently cit ed reason for their popularity is the common theme of queering normative so cial structures to reveal transformative possibilities. This symposium will feature presentations by senior scholars of Japanese popular culture\, man ga creators\, and graduate students working on manga and anime.

    See t he full poster of the event here.

     

    Event Schedule:

    9:00am Welcome to our symposium!

    Research reports:
    Shiri n Eshghi (UBC): “Writing is Sexy: The Fetishization of Female Authorship in Erotic Manga”
    Sarah Wellington (UBC): (title TBA\; topic: Yuri manga)
    N’Donna Russell (U Vic): “Make Up! Magical Girls\, Myth\, and the Pow er of Transformation”

    10:00am Invited talk: Prof. James Welker (Kanag awa University\, Japan)

    “Transcending Gender in Manga?: From Cross-Dr essing Characters and Cross-Identifying Fans to Transgender Narratives”

    11:00am Keynote talk: Prof. Yukari Fujimoto (Meiji University\, Japan)

    “Women Loving: The History of ‘Yuri’ (=Girls’ Love) Manga”

    LUNCH BREAK

    1:00pm Invited talk: Prof. Keith Maillard (UBC)

    “Hibari\ , the Real”

    1:30pm Invited talk: Taylor Brown-Evans (UBC)

    “How comics aren’t manga: why storytelling\, not content\, defines the form”
    Research report:
    Cyrus Huiyong Qiu (UBC): “Keroro Gunso: Transfigura tion of Japan’s Imperial Army through Parody”

    2:30pm Invited talk: Pr of. Alisa Freedman (University of Oregon\, U.S.)

    “Cool Japan/American Masculinity: Transformations of Japanese Pop Culture Fandoms in U.S. Anima ted Sitcoms”

    3:00pm Invited talk: Prof. Andrea Wood (Winona State Uni versity\, U.S.)

    “Mapping Commercial and Cultural Flows: Overlap and I ntersection in Japanese Boys’ Love and Western M/M Romance Fiction”
    Re search reports:
    Dr. Nick Hall (UBC): (title TBA\; topic: Gay men in co ntemporary Japanese films)
    Benjamin Whaley (UBC): “Will the Real 日本人 P lease Stand Up: Queering the Japanese Family in Tezuka’s Gringo”

    4:30 pm Invited talk: Prof. Mark McLelland (University of Wollongong\, Australia )

    “Modes of Governmentality and Fan Resistance in the Japan Pop Cultu re Sphere”

    5:15pm Round Table Discussion

    6:00pm Event Closing R emarks

    LOCATION:Auditorium\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/symposium-queer-transfigura tions-in-postwar-japanese-popular-culture-manga-and-anime/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160415T1632Z-1460737920.5208-EO-19465-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160414T193005Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233018Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160329T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160329T133000 SUMMARY: The Rise of Cultural Entrepreneurship in Twentieth-Century China a nd Southeast-Asia DESCRIPTION: About the Event From the late nineteenth century to the mid-tw entieth century\, changes in mass media\, transportation\, and communicatio n technologies provided unprecedented opportunities for entrepreneurially m inded men and women in Asia. Come hear cultural historians Christopher Rea and Nicolai Volland discuss the rise of modern Chinese “cultural entreprene urs\,” business people who risked financial well-being and […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    About the Event

    The Bus iness of CultureFrom the late nineteenth c entury to the mid-twentieth century\, changes in mass media\, transportatio n\, and communication technologies provided unprecedented opportunities for entrepreneurially minded men and women in Asia. Come hear cultural histori ans Christopher Rea and Nicolai Volland discuss the rise of modern Chinese “cultural entrepreneurs\,” business people who risked financial well-being and reputation by investing in multiple cultural enterprises to build cultu ral\, social\, or economic capital.

    Drawing on their recent book\, Th e Business of Culture: Cultural Entrepreneurs in China and Southeast Asia\, 1900-65\, Rea and Volland will trace the emergence of three distinct arche types of cultural entrepreneur: the cultural personality\, the tycoon\, and collective enterprises. These include the likes of Lü Bicheng\, a famous c lassical poet\, who parlayed her literary prestige into a career as the pri ncipal of a Beijing girls’ school and then used her business fortune to bui ld a high-profile persona as a glamorous foreign correspondent\; Aw Boon Ha w\, the “tiger” behind the Tiger Brand of pharmaceuticals\; and the Shaw Br others\, ethnic Chinese filmmakers and exhibitors who drew thousands of peo ple out each night to watch movies in Singapore and British Malaya. Their c onversation with Dr Kai Ostwald will delve into the conditions that lead to the rise of modern Chinese cultural entrepreneurship\, and consider its re surgence in recent decades.

     

    About the Speakers

    Christopher Rea is Associate Professor of Asian S tudies and Director of the Centre for Chinese Research at UBC.
    Nicolai Volland is Assistant Professor of Asian Studies and Compa rative Literature at the Pennsylvania State University.
    Kai Os twald is Assistant Professor of Political Science and Director of the Centre for Southeast Asian Research at UBC.

     

    Please RSVP here.

    Read The Business of Culture: Cultural Entrepreneurs in China and Southeas t Asia\, 1900-65 (UBC Press\, 2015) online via the UBC Library website . Paperback copies are also available at UBC Press\, 2029 West Mall\, UBC c ampus.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-rise-of-cultural-entrep reneurship-in-twentieth-century-china-and-southeast-asia/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160415T1632Z-1460737920.5322-EO-19444-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160414T190910Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233018Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160329T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160329T180000 SUMMARY: Geopolitical Transformation in East Asia: Chinese Ambitions and Ja pan’s Reaction toward an Emergence of a New Regional Order DESCRIPTION: A power shift is currently transforming the regional order of East Asia. As history shows us\, this is not the first time that the world has undergone a hegemonic transition. But what can the past tell us about w hat the future beholds and what does Japan need to do in order to respond t o this […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    A power shift is currently transforming th e regional order of East Asia. As history shows us\, this is not the first time that the world has undergone a hegemonic transition. But what can the past tell us about what the future beholds and what does Japan need to do i n order to respond to this dynamic geopolitical change? As relative US domi nance wanes in the region\, a new political paradigm is gradually emerging as witnesses by an increasingly assertive and confident China that appears more willing to challenge the US in extending its sphere of influence.

    < p>China is not content with the current status quo and like Japan of the 19 30s is seeking ways that it can challenge the existing order in order to be tter pursue its national interests. This can be seen in its rapid military build-up and modernization\, artificial island building\, and through globa l finance initiatives such as the recently established Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) that is led by China. How will the quest for a “Pax Sinica” impact Pax Americana in this region? With this as a backdrop\, thi s talk will examine the evolution of the US-Japan-Asia strategic relationsh ip as well as contemplating the significance of what this transformation me ans for the future of Asia.

    Tosh Minohara (Kobe University)
    Tosh Minohara is a Professor of Japanese Diplomacy and US-Japa n Relations at the Graduate School of Law and Politics\, Kobe University\, where he holds a joint position with the Graduate School of International C ooperation Studies\, Kobe University. He received his B.A. in International Relations from University of California\, Davis\, and his M.A. and Ph.D. i n Political Science and Diplomatic History from Kobe University. He has had various visiting appointments with such universities as Harvard University \, University of Oxford\, Leiden University\, Stockholm University\, Kuwait University\, and Seoul National University. He has just published a book f rom Asahi Shimbun that examines the immigration issue in context of US-Japa n relations.

    See the full poster of the event here

    LOCATION:Room 101\, Allard School of Law GEO:49.269898;-123.253177 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/geopolitical-transformation -in-east-asia-chinese-ambitions-and-japans-reaction-toward-an-emergence-of- a-new-regional-order/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160301T1721Z-1456852903.2093-EO-18684-2671@137.82.234.3 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160229T192915Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233018Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160330T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160330T170000 SUMMARY: Why Create\, When You May Steal? Ai Weiwei and the Art of Appropri ation DESCRIPTION: “I don’t like this word\, creation. It has such religious impl ications.” The Chinese artist Ai Weiwei once declared\, and he meant it. Th is talk investigates how Ai employs\, borrows and “steals” the ideas\, prot otypes and expertise of others in the making of his artworks\, which range from massive and laborious to instant and cheaply recyclable […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
    flyer “I don’t like this word\, creation. It has such religious implications.” The Chinese artist Ai Weiwei once declared\, and he meant it. This talk investigates how Ai employs\, borrows and “stea ls” the ideas\, prototypes and expertise of others in the making of his art works\, which range from massive and laborious to instant and cheaply recyc lable but always end up bearing Ai’s unmistakable brand. Taking Ai as an em inent (though untypical) example\, this talk also explicates what constitut es authorship\, authenticity\, and hence value\, in the field of Chinese ar t and contemporary art at large.

     

    Bio:
    Chang Tan joined Penn State University as an assistant professor i n Art History and Asian Studies in 2014. Her research interests include mod ern and contemporary Chinese\, East Asian and Southeast Asian art\, museum culture and\, more recently\, ecological art in Asia. She publishes on jour nals such as Third Text\, World Art and Yishu\, and her book manuscript dea ls with different modes of appropriation in contemporary Chinese art.

     

    Please RVSP here.
    LOCATION:Auditorium\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/why-create-when-you-may-ste al-ai-weiwei-and-the-art-of-appropriation/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160415T1632Z-1460737920.5515-EO-19468-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160414T193352Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233018Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160330T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160330T183000 SUMMARY: Five Years after the Ladakh Flood: At the Intersections of Coping\ , Adaptation and Re-Experienced Trauma DESCRIPTION: Abstract: Five years after the 2010 flash flood\, Ladakh has r ecovered quickly in terms of infrastructures. New buildings have been erect ed in the same place\, communication lines and transportation restored. It almost looks like as if nothing ever happened\, but today the slightest sou nd of thunder and lightning and the unusual amount of rain revives […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Abstract:
    Five years after the 2010 flash flood\, Ladakh has recovered quickly in terms of infr astructures. New buildings have been erected in the same place\, communicat ion lines and transportation restored. It almost looks like as if nothing e ver happened\, but today the slightest sound of thunder and lightning and t he unusual amount of rain revives the psychological trauma. We used in-dept h interviews as well as narratives from flood survivors\, community leaders and students away from home who experienced disaster “secondhand” through extensive media coverage\, asking if coping strategies of 2010 eroded the f oundation for adaptation today.

    Nancy Perini Chin is an anthropologis t with training in population health. Her work examines the relationships b etween society\, culture\, and health with special attention to the effects of gender dynamics. She has developed expertise in ethnographic\, qualitat ive research with the goal of better understanding the links between higher order social and political processes and community health. Professor Chin has used this approach to contribute to studies on tobacco control in the D ominican Republic\, gender and health in Antarctica\, child health in Boliv ia\, community breastfeeding support in Rochester\, NY's low-income neighbo rhoods\, and women's health in Ladakh and Tibet.

    See the full poster of the event here .

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/five-years-after-the-ladakh -flood-at-the-intersections-of-coping-adaptation-and-re-experienced-trauma/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160505T1631Z-1462465887.0367-EO-19734-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160405T162015Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233018Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160331 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160402 SUMMARY: Vision 20: International Summit on Global Governance’s New Frontie rs DESCRIPTION: Improving Global Governance and Addressing Systemic Risk: How Can the G20 Take a Proactive Role in 2016? From March 31 – April 1\, 2016\, the Institute of Asian Research\, along with the Munk School of Global Aff airs and Zhejiang University\, co-led Vision 20: International Summit on Gl obal Governance’s New Frontiers in Hangzhou\, China. The event […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    YT_officialPhoto-V20 launch - 1Improving Global Governance and Addressing Systemic Risk: How Can t he G20 Take a Proactive Role in 2016?

    From March 31 – April 1\, 2016\, the Institute of Asian Research\, along with the Munk School of Global Affairs and Zhejiang University\, co-led Vision 20: International Su mmit on Global Governance’s New Frontiers in Hangzhou\, China. The event br ought together 50 world-class speakers and a dozen universities to seek a b igger-picture approach to the G20\, initiate a new network\, as well as pro duce a blue paper and book to influence the G20 in September.

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    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/vision-20-international-sum mit-on-global-governances-new-frontiers/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/04/Untitled-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160415T1632Z-1460737920.5615-EO-19471-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160414T193628Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233018Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160331T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160331T133000 SUMMARY: Rethinking Copyright for the Digital Age: An Example of Japanese C opyright Law DESCRIPTION: About the Event Recently in Japan several amendments have been adopted by the legislature to strengthen the position of copyright owners who demand stronger protection in the digitized\, Internet era. The “copy” right\, however\, has been transformed from the regulation of competition t o the restriction on personal freedom\, due to technological and environmen tal changes brought […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    About the Event

    Rec ently in Japan several amendments have been adopted by the legislature to s trengthen the position of copyright owners who demand stronger protection i n the digitized\, Internet era. The “copy” right\, however\, has been trans formed from the regulation of competition to the restriction on personal fr eedom\, due to technological and environmental changes brought by prevalenc e of reproduction technologies and Internet.

    Some measures should the refore be taken to correct the changes heavily affected by “minoritarian bi ases” in order to safeguard freedom and to realize actual intentions of sil ent majority amongst the rightholders.
    Those corrections should switch current balance between the stakeholders so that the minoritarian stakehol ders\, who are able to efficiently express their positions and interests in policy-making process\, should be required to take all the necessary actio ns and steps to protect their legitimate interests in enforcing their right s. Accordingly\, an introduction of fair use doctrine and renewal registrat ion system is a possible option at least in theory\, because the feasibilit y of their adoption is politically highly doubted in reality.

     

    About the Speaker

    Yoshiyuki Tamura is the professor of intellectual property at Hokkaido University. He also serves\, inter al ia\, as the Program Director of the Research Institute for Information Law & Policy at Hokkaido University\; Member

    of the Committee on Intellec tual Property Policy\, Industrial Structure Council\; Managing Director at Japan Association of Industrial Property Law\; Member of the Board of the C opyright Law Association of Japan\; and Member of the Committee at the Japa n Patent Attorneys Association.

    His research interests include\, but are not limited to\, copyright law\, patent law\, trademark law and unfair competition law. Professor Tamura has published more than ten books on vari ous topics of intellectual property (some of them have been published in se veral editions) and numerous law review articles\, which include Rethinking Copyright Institution for the Digital Age\, 1 W.I.P.O.J. 63-74 (2009)\; A theory of the Law and Policy of Intellectual Property: Building a New Frame work\, 2009 (1) NORDIC JOURNAL OF COMMERCIAL LAW 1-29 (2009)\; Patent Enfor cement in Japan\, in THE ENFORCEMENT OF PATENTS (Reto Hilty & Kung- Chung L iu eds.\, Kluwer Law International 2011) (co-authored with Prof. Masabumi S uzuki)\; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW (5th ed.\, Yuhikaku 2010) (in Japanese)\ ; Intellectual Property Law (Intellectual Property Publishing 2010) (in Chi nese)\; CASE GUIDE FOR PATENT LAW (4th ed.\, Yuhikaku 2012) (in Japanese). Besides\, he is also a frequent speaker at various international conference s all over the world and contributes to the ongoing debates concerning curr ent debates on intellectual property law and policy.

     

    See the full poster for the event here.

    LOCATION:Fasken Martineau Classroom\, Allard School of Law GEO:49.269898;-123.253177 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/rethinking-copyright-for-th e-digital-age-an-example-of-japanese-copyright-law/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999971.6103-EO-25904-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180911T200206Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180911T200206Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160331T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160331T170000 SUMMARY: Woven in Time: Images by Ashli Akins DESCRIPTION: On March 31st\, 2016 Liu Scholar Ashli Akins\, and Quechua you th\, Lisbeth Chavez Monge and Adrian Jimenez Suma discussed current changes faced by Quechua highland communities due to unsustainable tourism and dev elopment in the region\, as as well as local community responses to globali zation. 100% of the proceeds from Fair-trade handwoven Andean textiles went  to Mosqoy\, a charitable organization that fosters […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    On March 31st\, 2016 Liu Scholar Ashli Aki ns\, and Quechua youth\, Lisbeth Chavez Monge and Adrian Jimenez Suma discu ssed current changes faced by Quechua highland communities due to unsustain able tourism and development in the region\, as as well as local community responses to globalization.

    100% of the proceeds from Fair-trade hand woven Andean textiles went to Mosqoy\, a charitable organization that foste rs educational and cultural rights in the Peruvian Andes.

    Sponsored b y the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship\, Interdisciplinary Studies Gradua te Program\, and the Liu Institute for Global Issues. For more info on this exhibit\, contact Ashli at agakins@gmail.com. See the Woven in Time Exhibit poster.

    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/woven-in-time-images-by-ash li-akins/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/01/AkinsPeru6_large.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999971.6205-EO-1189-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160316T214412Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T232829Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160401T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160401T093000 SUMMARY: Research for International Development and Democracy DESCRIPTION: UBC and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) i nvite you to a day of programming about democratic transition and internati onal development priorities in the world. Date: April 1\, 2016 Location: Li u Institute for Global Issues (6476 NW Marine Drive\, Vancouver\, BC) Pleas e RSVP by March 25\, 2016 Light refreshments will be served starting at 9:3 0 […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    UBC and the International Development Rese arch Centre (IDRC) invite you to a day of programming about democratic tran sition and international development priorities in the world.

    Date: A pril 1\, 2016
    Location: Liu Institute for Global Issues (6476 NW Marin e Drive\, Vancouver\, BC)
    Please RSVP by March 25\, 2016

    Light refreshme nts will be served starting at 9:30 AM

    10:00-11:30 AM: Lecture & Book Launch by Mr. Sergio Bitar - President (Foundation for Democracy – Chile) & retired Chilean politician
    “Democratic Transitions: Conversations wi th World Leaders”
    (Full details here)

    1:30-2:30 PM: Lecture by Dr. Jean Lebel - President (IDRC)
    “Inter national Development Priorities”

    2:45-4:00 PM: Graduate Student & Ear ly Researcher Roundtable with Dr. Jean Lebel
    “Research for Development ”

    A detailed program can be found here.

    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/research-international-deve lopment-democracy/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/01/vsaranphotodotcom-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160415T1632Z-1460737920.5762-EO-19476-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160414T195715Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233018Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160404T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160404T140000 SUMMARY: How Huang Zunxian Helped Canadian-Chinese in an Age of Chinese Exc lusion (1882-1885) DESCRIPTION: About the Event The great poet\, diplomat\, and reformer Huang Zunxian (1848-1905) is one of the most widely studied figures of nineteent h-century China\, but so far little has been written about his activities i n the United States during his period of service as the Chinese Consul-Gene ral in San Francisco (1882-1885).  This talk will make use […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    About the Event
    J.D.Schmidt - Ap ril 4The great poet\, diplomat\, and refor mer Huang Zunxian (1848-1905) is one of the most widely studied figures of nineteenth-century China\, but so far little has been written about his act ivities in the United States during his period of service as the Chinese Co nsul-General in San Francisco (1882-1885).  This talk will make use of publ ished and manuscript documents to show how Huang managed to provide assista nce to Canadian-Chinese travelers who had to pass through U.S. Customs in S an Francisco\, just after the signing of the Chinese Exclusion Act by the U .S. President in 1882.

    About the Speaker
    J. D. Schmidt    施 吉瑞 was born in Oak Park\, Illinois and received h is undergraduate degree in Chinese from the Oriental Languages Department\, University of California\, Berkeley. He received both his M.A. and Ph.D. i n Classical Chinese poetry from the Asian Studies Department of UBC\, his P h.D. dissertation being supervised by Prof. Ye Jiaying叶嘉莹. He has published widely in the field of Classical Chinese poetry with monographs on the Son g poets Yang Wanli杨万里(1124-1206) and Fan Chengda范成大 (1126-1193)\, the latte r with Cambridge University Press\, and on the Qing poets Huang Zunxian黄遵宪 (1848-1905) (Cambridge)\, Yuan Mei袁枚 (1716-1798)\, and\, most recently\, Zh eng Zhen in The Poet Zheng Zhen and the Rise of Chinese Modernity\ , Leiden:  Brill Press\, 2013\, 720 pages.  A Chinese translation of the bo ok on Huang Zunxian has been published by Shanghai Classics Press上海古籍出版社\, and a Chinese translation of the monograph about Zheng Zhen will appear in 2016.  Currently Schmidt is writing three more monographs:  (1) a study of the poetry and prose writing of Zheng Zhen’s friends\, relatives\, and disc iples (the so-called Shatan沙滩 Group)\, (2) a book about Huang Zunxian’s ter m of office as Chinese Consul-General in San Francisco (1882-1885)\, and (3 ) a study of Classical Chinese poetry in Shanghai during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

    Please RSVP here.

    LOCATION:Room 604\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/how-huang-zunxian-helped-ca nadian-chinese-in-an-age-of-chinese-exclusion-1882-1885/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160219T0437Z-1455856622.2328-EO-18658-2671@137.82.234.3 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160218T202129Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160404T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160404T163000 SUMMARY: IMAGinE Mongolia Outreach DESCRIPTION: By: Dr. Julian Dierkes (UBC) You are invited to learn about th e “Integrated Management and Governance in Extractives (IMAGinE) Mongolia” project from the Canadian International Resources and Development Institute (CIRDI). Project lead\, Dr. Julian Dierkes (Institute of Asian Research\, UBC)\, will introduce the planned activities and invite collaboration from graduate students and colleagues who are […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    By: Dr. Julian Dierkes (UBC)

    You are invited to learn about the "Integrated Management and Governance in Extrac tives (IMAGinE) Mongolia" project from the Canadian International Resources and Development Institute (CIRDI).

    Project lead\, Dr. Julian Dierkes (Institute of Asian Research\, UBC)\, will introduce the planned activitie s and invite collaboration from graduate students and colleagues who are fo cused on governance\, policy and education related to mining\; landlockedne ss\; and Mongolia.

    IMAGinE Mongolia is a multi-year project that supp orts provincial and local administrations in Mongolia with increased inform ation so they can fully participate in the sustainable management of Mongol ia’s extractive resources.

    CIRDI’s mission: To improve\, in a measura ble way\, the ability of developing countries to manage and benefit from th eir extractive sectors in order to catalyze sustainable economic growth and reduce poverty.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/imagine-mongolia-outreach/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160415T1632Z-1460737920.5966-EO-19474-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160414T195521Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160404T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160404T170000 SUMMARY: Do Rewards Work to Maintain and Increase Tax Compliance? Evidence from the Randomization of Public Goods DESCRIPTION: Abstract: Do citizens react to positive inducements? Are the e ffects long lasting? Are prizes an appropriate incentive for rewarding good behavior? What types of rewards help to crowd in moral incentives? These q uestions are common in the behavioral economics literature but have been ha rdly looked at in the empirical tax compliance literature. In this paper\, […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Abstract:

    Do citize ns react to positive inducements? Are the effects long lasting? Are prizes an appropriate incentive for rewarding good behavior? What types of rewards help to crowd in moral incentives? These questions are common in the behav ioral economics literature but have been hardly looked at in the empirical tax compliance literature. In this paper\, we test the effect of positive i nducements and rewards for compliers\, by making use of a randomized experi ment in which a Municipality of Argentina awarded randomly the construction of 400 individual sidewalks among the more than 70\,000 taxpayers who had complied with the payment of their property tax during the previous year. R esults indicate that rewarding taxpayers for good behavior has large positi ve effects. First\, we find that conditional on construction the taxpayers who receive the reward were 8% more likely to continue paying. Second\, we find that results tend to fade over time but at a relatively slow pace. Thi rd\, we find spillover effects for the neighbors of those who received the reward. These effects are not universal but seem to depend on the salience of the reward. Overall\, these results have relevant implications for the l iterature and for policymakers.

    Please RSVP here.

    See the full poster for the event here.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/do-rewards-work-to-maintain -and-increase-tax-compliance-evidence-from-the-randomization-of-public-good s/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160415T1632Z-1460737920.61-EO-19483-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160414T210934Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160405T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160405T140000 SUMMARY: Research\, Field Experiments\, and Policy Outcomes DESCRIPTION: About the Speaker Carlos Scartascini is Principal Economist at the Research Department of the Inter-American Development Bank. His areas of expertise include Political Economy and Public Finance. His current rese arch focuses on uncovering the determinants of tax compliance in Latin Amer ica (through the use of natural and field experiments)\, explaining the pol itical economy of tax […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    About the Speaker
    Ca rlos Scartascini is Principal Economist at the Research Department of the I nter-American Development Bank. His areas of expertise include Political Ec onomy and Public Finance. His current research focuses on uncovering the de terminants of tax compliance in Latin America (through the use of natural a nd field experiments)\, explaining the political economy of tax reforms\, a nd understanding and measuring the process of government capacity accumulat ion. He has published seven books and more than 30 articles in edited volum es and specialized journals such as the American Journal of Political Scien ce\, Economía\, the Journal of Industrial Economics\, the Journal of Econom ic Behavior and Organization\, the Journal of Banking and Finance\, the Jou rnal of Conflict Resolution\, and the Journal of Theoretical Politics. He i s Associate Editor of the academic journal Economía\, and co-editor of Vox- LACEA. A native of Argentina\, Dr. Scartascini holds a Ph.D. and a M.A. in Economics from George Mason University.

    See full poster here

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/research-field-experiments- and-policy-outcomes/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160415T1632Z-1460737920.6183-EO-19485-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160414T211259Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160405T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160405T170000 SUMMARY: Discourses and Networks of North Korean Defector-Activists DESCRIPTION: Abstract The article aims to explain the evolutionary patterns of international discourses on North Korean human rights and the roles of ‘defector-activists’ played in the process. It analyses how individuals (No rth Koreans) build their professional networks in the new political environ ment (in South Korea) and connect with other international state- and non-s tate actors to constitute […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Abstract

    The articl e aims to explain the evolutionary patterns of international discourses on North Korean human rights and the roles of ‘defector-activists’ played in t he process. It analyses how individuals (North Koreans) build their profess ional networks in the new political environment (in South Korea) and connec t with other international state- and non-state actors to constitute and re constitute their public discourses (on North Korean human rights). It is do ing so by applying qualitative content analyses of 327 English and Korean t ext\, audio and video materials\, produced in 1998-2015 from a complexity p erspective. The author focuses on the five most active North Korean defecto r-activists internationally\, namely\, Kang Chol Hwan\, Shin Dong Hyuk\, Ki m Joo Il\, Park Ji Hyun and Park Yeon Mi\, and demonstrates how their respe ctive networks have grown over the past decade.

    Bio< /p>

    Jiyoung Song is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Si ngapore Management University\, Research Fellow/Director of Migration and B order Policy at Lowy Institute for International Policy in Sydney\, and Glo bal Ethics Fellow of the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affai rs in New York. Prior to her current positions\, Jiyoung was a Lecturer at the National University of Singapore\, Associate Fellow of Chatham House (R oyal Institute of International Affairs\, London)\, UN Consultant for the O ffice of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (Geneva)\, Post-doc Researc her at the Centre on Migration\, Policy and Society of the University of Ox ford and Academic Supervisor at the Department of Politics of the Universit y of Cambridge. She holds a PhD in Politics and International Studies (Camb ridge\, UK)\, LLM in Human Rights (Hong Kong)\, and BS in Mathematics (Seou l\, Korea). Her recent publications include The History of Human Rights Soc iety in Singapore\, 1965-2015 (London: Routledge\, forthcoming in 2016)\, I rregular Migration and Human Security in East Asia (London: Routledge\, 201 4)\, Human Rights Discourse in North Korea: Post-colonial\, Marxist and Con fucian Perspectives (London: Routledge\, 2010)\, “‘Smuggled Refugees’: the social construction of North Korean migration\,” International Migration (2 013). Jiyoung’s current research focuses on migration and human rights in E ast (South and North) Asia\, using complexity sciences.

    See full post er here

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/discourses-and-networks-of- north-korean-defector-activists/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160415T1632Z-1460737920.6281-EO-19479-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160414T205832Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160405T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160405T180000 SUMMARY: Utopia\, Dystopia and Uchronia – From ‘The Fat Years’ to ‘The Seco nd Year of Jianfeng: An Alternative History of New China’ DESCRIPTION: About the Speaker: Chan Koonchung is a sinophone writer living in Beijing. He is the Writer of the Year at the 2013 Hong Kong Book Fair. His 2009 novel “The Fat Years” has been translated into 13 languages. His 2 013 novel “The Unbearable Dreamworld of Champa the Driver” is available  in English and Dutch. His 2015 novel\, “The […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    About the Speaker:
    < a href="https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/04/ko onchung-flyer.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-19480">koonchung-flyerChan Koonchung is a sinophone writer living in B eijing. He is the Writer of the Year at the 2013 Hong Kong Book Fair. His 2 009 novel “The Fat Years” has been translated into 13 languages. His 2013 n ovel “The Unbearable Dreamworld of Champa the Driver” is available  in Engl ish and Dutch. His 2015 novel\, “The Second Year of Jianfeng: An Alternativ e History of New China”\, has been selected as “Ten Chinese Novels 2015” by Yazhou Zhoukan (Asia Weekly) of Hong Kong\, and “Twenty Chinese Novels 200 0-2015” by National Culture and Arts Foundation of the Republic of China.He is also the author of fictions “Nothing Happened”\, “The Story of A Presid ent”\, “Hong Kong Trilogy”，as well as many non-fiction books including “My Generation of Hongkongers”\, “Marxism and Literary Criticism”\, “Notes on a Hybrid City”\, “Hong Kong’s Unfinished Experiment” \, “Afterwards”\, “Chin ese Celestial Imperialism and Hong Kong”，and “Living Out the Contradictions of Our Time”.

    Please RSVP here. Light refreshment will be provided for registered participants.

    LOCATION:St. John's College GEO:0;0 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/utopia-dystopia-and-uchroni a-from-the-fat-years-to-the-second-year-of-jianfeng-an-alternative-history- of-new-china/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160415T1632Z-1460737920.6394-EO-19487-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160414T211508Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160406T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160406T133000 SUMMARY: Fifty Years Later in Indonesia: The Violence of 1965-66 in Histori cal Perspective DESCRIPTION: By: John Roosa\, Ayu Ratih\, Earl Drake It has been 50 years s ince the traumatic and large-scale mass killings of alleged communists in I ndonesia. What do we know about these events now? How does the world see th em\, and how are they seen in Indonesia? These and other questions will be discussed by three leading voices […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    By: John Roosa\, Ayu Rati h\, Earl Drake

    It has been 50 years since the traumatic and large-sca le mass killings of alleged communists in Indonesia. What do we know about these events now? How does the world see them\, and how are they seen in In donesia? These and other questions will be discussed by three leading voice s on the subject.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/fifty-years-later-in-indone sia-the-violence-of-1965-66-in-historical-perspective/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160415T1632Z-1460737920.6471-EO-19488-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160414T212059Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160407T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160407T180000 SUMMARY: Weaker States under the Shadow of Sino-US Great Power Competition: Myanmar and Thailand’s Foreign Policy Choices DESCRIPTION:  Abstract The rise of China in the recent decades has generate d tremendous amount of strategic anxiety among myriads of concerned parties . In the case of the United States\, concerned with losing its primacy in t he East Asian region to China\, has undertaken a series of actions aiming a t strengthening its existing security alliances while building […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

     Abstract

    The ri se of China in the recent decades has generated tremendous amount of strate gic anxiety among myriads of concerned parties. In the case of the United S tates\, concerned with losing its primacy in the East Asian region to China \, has undertaken a series of actions aiming at strengthening its existing security alliances while building new economic and trade ties that potentia lly target at the exclusion of China\, In the case of Southeast Asia\, many of the weaker states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have increasingly faced such competitive pressure from the two bigger powe rs. How can we theorize the foreign policy opportunities and challenges for such states in the context of big power competition? This talk examines th e foreign policy choices of two mainland Southeast Asian countries – Myanma r (Burma) and Thailand - since the start of the Cold War\, and analyzes the ir current trend and future trajectories.

    Bio
    < /b>Dr. Enze Han is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Politics and Intern ational Studies\, SOAS\, University of London. His research interests inclu de ethnic politics in China\, China's relations with Southeast Asia\, espec ially with Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand\, and the politics of state formati on in the borderland area between China\, Myanmar and Thailand. His recent publications include Contestation and Adapation: The Politics of National I dentity in China (OUP\, 2013)\, and with various articles appearing in The Journal of Contemporary China\, The China Quarterly\, Nationalities Papers\ , Security Studies\, Cambridge Review of International Affairs\, among othe rs. Previously\, Dr. Han was a postdoctoral fellow in the China and the Wor ld Program\, Princeton University. He received a Ph.D in Political Science from the George Washington University. He is currently a member at the Inst itute for Advanced Study in Princeton\, USA. His research has also been sup ported by the Leverhulme Research Fellowship.

    Please RSVP here: http:// goo.gl/forms/AWY8lnznCD. Light refreshment will be provided for registe red participants
    LOCATION:St. John's College GEO:0;0 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/weaker-states-under-the-sha dow-of-sino-us-great-power-competition-myanmar-and-thailands-foreign-policy -choices/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160415T1632Z-1460737920.6576-EO-19493-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160414T212315Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160407T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160407T173000 SUMMARY: The (Non) Strategic Thinking of Japan’s Decision-makers for World War II DESCRIPTION: Why did Japan undertake a war from 1937 to 1945 that it had no chance of winning? Moreover\, why did it undertake the war when prominent political leaders and journalists\, most notably seven time finance ministe r Takahashi Korekiyo and economic journalist Ishibashi Tanzan\, had been pu blicly stating for over a quarter of a century that […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Why did Japan undertake a war from 1937 to 1945 that it had no chance of winning? Moreover\, why did it undertake the war when prominent political leaders and journalists\, most notably seven time finance minister Takahashi Korekiyo and economic journalist Ishibashi Tanzan\, had been publicly stating for over a quarter of a century that Jap an not only could not fight the Chinese\, Americans\, Soviets\, British\, C anadians\, Dutch\, Indians\, and Australians in a war\, but also that in th e process of confronting those powers\, Japan would make itself poorer and military weaker? China in 1937 had a population seven times Japan’s\, which made the military pacification of a hostile China impossible. Not only did the United States have an economy over five times and an industrial capaci ty nine times Japan’s in 1938-1939\, but also it and the British dominions were the primary sources of petroleum and other essential materials for Jap an’s war in China. What led the Japanese leaders to think their country was a great power—that it could rival the United States and Great Britain—when economically Japan was Italy.

    Ri chard Smethurst (University of Pittsburgh)
    Professor Smethurst is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Pittsburgh\, having retired in 2013. He is the author of three books of modern Japanese History: A Social Basis for Prewar Japan ese Militarism (California\, 1974)\; Agricultural Development and Tenancy D isputes in Japan\, 1870-1940 (Princeton 1986)\; and From Foot Soldier to Fi nance Minister: Takahashi Korekiyo\, Japan’s Keynes (Harvard 2008). Profess or Smethurst recently signed a contract with Cambridge University Press to produce a fourth book\, tentatively entitled The Japanese Army in World War II. He has also written many articles. For the purposes of this talk\, see particularly “Japan\, the United States\, and the Road to World War II in the Pacific\,” in The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus\, online\, Septembe r 2012.

    See full poster here

    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-non-strategic-thinking- of-japans-decision-makers-for-world-war-ii/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999971.7134-EO-464-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160222T214011Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T232829Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160407T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160407T163000 SUMMARY: Nowhere People Project ft. Greg Constantine\, Allard Prize Photogr aphy Competition Winner DESCRIPTION: Liu Institute for Global Issues – Multipurpose Room 6476 North West Marine Drive   Join us for a presentation and discussion by Greg Cons tantine of his project and new book Nowhere People. Nowhere People is a 10- year investigation that documents the lives of stateless individuals and co mmunities around the world. A reception and book signing […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
    CONSTANTINE c hildren carrying mud_PrizeWinning Liu Institute for Global Issues - Mult ipurpose Room
    64 76 North West Marine Drive

     

    Join us for a presentation and discussion by Greg Constantine of his project and new book Nowhere People. Nowhere People is a 10-year investigation that documents the lives o f stateless individuals and communities around the world. A reception and b ook signing will follow.

    Greg Constantine is an award-winning documentary photojournalist f rom the United States and is one of the winners of the semi-annual Allard P rize Photography Competition.

    Eve ryone is welcome. Please RSVP.

    The N owhere People project documents individuals and ethnic co mmunities around the world who have had their citizenship stripped or denie d from them by governments (mostly because of discrimination\, racism & int olerance) and as a result\, are denied almost all fundamental rights\, do n ot have citizenship to any country and are stateless. The third and capston e book of the project\, Nowhere People\, was publ ished in November 2015.  The book was named a Notable Photo Book of the Yea r by PDN and was also named one of the 10 Best Photo Books of 2015 by Mother Jones Magazine.  

    Bio: Greg Constantine is an award-winning documentary photojournalist from the United States. In 2005\, he moved to southeast As ia and began work on his long-term project\, Nowhere People\, which documents the struggles and plight of stateless communities around the wor ld. Constantine has spent the past ten years documenting stateless communit ies from Bangladesh\, Myanmar\, Nepal\, Malaysia\, Sri Lanka\, Kenya\, Ivor y Coast\, Dominican Republic\, Ukraine\, Serbia\, Italy\, Iraq\, Kuwait and Lebanon. His work has been featured in various publications including the New York Times\, International Herald Tribune\, Newsweek\, The Atlantic\, C NN and Al-Jazeera. 

    In 2011\, a s eries of books from the Nowhere People project wa s released with the aim of not only chronicling and spreading more awarenes s of the plight of stateless people but also to help engage policy makers. Kenya’s Nubians: Then & Now was published in 2011 . Exiled To Nowhere: Burma’s Rohingya was publish ed in 2012 and was named a Notable Photo Book of the Year by the Independen t on Sunday in the UK and by the editors of PDN Magazine. Nowhe re People is the third book in the series.

    Sponsors: Allard School of La w\, Liu Institute for Global Issues
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    Location:
    Liu Instit ute for Global Issues – Research Room  (1st floor)
    6476 North West Mar ine Drive

    Join us for this engaging talk with Dr. Olga Rosenblum\, Ru ssian State University for the Humanities\, Moscow.

    With the Russian “foreign agent” law that went into effect on November 20\, 2012\, non-profi t organizations that receive foreign donations and are perceived to shape p ublic opinion are required to register as so-called "foreign agents". Many non-profit organizations have refused to register themselves. However\, sin ce May 2014\, the Ministry of Justice has the right to identify foreign age nts (at this time more than 100 organizations are in the list). The new dra ft legislation that is currently being discussed in the Russian parliament makes no distinction between non-partisan organizations which receive forei gn funds in order to support humanitarian projects\, and those with explici t political aims\; soon all non-governmental organizations could be forced to curtail their work. The efforts of one NGO\, the Civic Assistance Commit tee\, which promotes the rights of migrant adults and children\, will be di scussed in this context.

    Please RSVP .
    A light lunch will be included.

    Co-sponsored by the Department of Central\, Eastern\, and Northern European Stu dies\, Eurasian States and Societies: Past and Present lecture series at Gr een College\, Liu Institute for Global Issues\, UBC

    Fedor Makhlayuk via Compfight cc" target="_ blank">Photo Credit.

    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/functions-ngos-contemporary -russia-case-civic-assistance-committee/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/03/7125645655_ba4474a653_b.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999971.743-EO-1441-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160331T215133Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T232829Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160408T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160408T120000 SUMMARY: Public Talk and Workshop with Dr. Ericka Beckman DESCRIPTION: The Latin America and the Global research group is inviting th e academic community concerned with the culture and economy of development in the Global South to join us in this exciting day of activities offered b y Dr. Ericka Beckman\, Associate Professor in Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. WORKSHOP: “Unfinished Transiti ons: […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Latin America and the Global research group is inviting the academic community concerned with the culture and eco nomy of development in the Global South to join us in this exciting day of activities offered by Dr. Ericka Beckman\, Associate Professor in Spanish a nd Portuguese at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

    WORKSHOP: “Unfinished Transitions: The Dialectics of Rural Modernizatio n in Latin American Fiction”

    April 8\, 2016\, 12-2pm
    Boardroom\, Liu Institute for Global Issues

    In this workshop\, participants will discuss Dr. Beckman’s more rece nt article\, which has been accepted by the journal Modernism/Modernity and is still in the editing stage. This essay explores how two key works of mi d-twentieth-century fiction registered the uneven and contradictory dynamic s of rural modernization in Latin America. While it remains commonplace to associate the rural with tradition and/or backwardness\, this essay explore s how Latin American fiction envisioned rural spaces as sites of particular ly violent processes of modernization in their own right. In Juan Rulfo’s P edro Páramo (1955) and José Donoso’s El lugar sin límites (1966)\, Beckman shows\, modernization is figured as a kind of living hell\, in which rural spaces are alternately drawn into and thrown out of circuits of capital acc umulation at different moments of history. Drawing from these two texts\, t he author points to larger ways in which Latin American fiction depicted th e creation and destruction of rural worlds during the long twentieth centur y.

    Limited spots\, light lunch will be served.

    RSVP REQ UIRED: mugarte@interchange.ubc. ca

    PUBLIC TALK: “Southern Gothic: Rosario Castel lanos\, Chiapas and the Monsters of Land Reform”

    Apr il 8\, 2016\, 3-5pm
    Boardroom\, Liu Institute for Glo bal Issues

    This talk approaches Rosario Castellanos’s novel  Balún Canán (1957)\, set in 1930s Chiapas\, as a literary expression of lan downer paranoia on the eve of revolutionary land reform. Focusing on the ma ny instances of magic and witchcraft in the novel—most often interpreted as markers of indigeneity or cultural hybridity — Beckman argues that these s upernatural elements structure fantasies in which ladino (white) landowners imagine their own destruction by indigenous monsters. More broadly\, drawi ng from additional examples\, this talk opens onto questions of 1) the recu rrence of gothic form as an expression of oligarchic decline\; 2) indigenou s magic as a register of the uneven and combined development of the latifun dia system in twentieth-century Latin America.

    Everyone welco me\, no RSVP required

    Ericka Beckman’s work focuses on the r elationship between a literary unconscious vis-à-vis national fantasies (an d nightmares) of growth and modernity. Her work is centered on Latin Americ an failed states from the long twentieth century but could easily dialogue with other historical traditions in Africa\, the Indian subcontinent\, and South East Asia. Her book Capital Fictions: The Literature of Latin America ’s Export Age (2012) investigates the key role played by literature in imag ining and interpreting the rapid transformations unleashed by Latin America ’s first major wave of capitalist modernization. Using an innovative blend of literary and economic analysis to focalize her subject in a total plane of interpretation\, Dr. Beckman discusses among many historical phenomena\, the role of English capital in the consolidation of the Amazonian rubber b oom and the unspeakable legacy of horror that accompanied such economic pro sperity. She also pays special attention to the psychoanalytical state of a capitalist-entrepreneur mind gone mad due to excessive daydreaming about a total revolutionary modernization. Drawing on novels and essays from Colom bian and Argentinean elites\, Beckman reconfigures our ideas about regional ist and costumbrista literature as parochial inward-looking exercises on me lancholy. She brings into sharp relief the uneasy complicity of literature with capital -in an era when major national crises resulted in not few lite rary rock stars bankruptcies and even the romantic suicide of a modernist n ational poet.

    Organized by the Latin America and the Global research group. Supported by the Liu Institute for Global Issues\, the French\, Hisp anic and Italian Studies Department\, and Latin American Studies.

    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/public-talk-workshop-dr-eri cka-beckman/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/03/DSC_0150.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160415T1632Z-1460737920.666-EO-19499-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160414T214024Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160408T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160408T134500 SUMMARY: A Revolution in Global North-South Politics? Evidence from Trade-E nvironment Negotiations DESCRIPTION: The UBC Department of Political Science’s Distinguished Speake r Series and the Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the UBC Inst itute for Asian Research present a talk by Prof. Tana Johnson Duke Universi ty “A Revolution in Global North-South Politics? Evidence from Trade-Enviro nment Negotiations” Friday\, April 8 12:15 – 1:45pm C.K. Choi Building (Roo m #120) Lunch available at […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The UBC Departm ent of Political Science's Distinguished Speaker Series
    and the Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs
    at the UBC Institute for Asian Re search
    present a talk by

    Prof . Tana Johnson
    Duke University

    "A Revolution in Global North-South Politics? Evidence from Trade-Enviro nment Negotiations"

    Friday\, April 8
    12:15 - 1:45pm
    C.K. Choi Building (Room #120)
    Lunch available at 11:30am

    RSVP Here

     

    Ab stract: With the rise of China\, India\, Brazil\, and other states from the global South\, many observers claim that dynamics between the ind ustrialized North and developing South are undergoing a major shift.  But i s a revolution truly taking place?  Are emerging powers truly leading the S outh and mounting challenges to the North in international politics?  Or ar e they diverging from other developing countries and now acting more like i ndustrialized ones?  This talk presents the results of a study that probes North-South politics by examining the intersection of two policy areas in w hich developing and industrialized states have traditionally disagreed: tra de liberalization and environmental protection.  We code all statements mad e by participants in the World Trade Organization’s Committee on Trade and Environment between 1995 and 2011.  With statistical analyses of over 5\,00 0 observations over 16 years\, we consider how well a state’s development l evel predicts its policy positions\, or its bandwagoning with other countri es.  The findings point to surprising constancy\, rather than revolution.  Traditional industrialized countries are still dominant in international ne gotiations — meanwhile\, despite their growing wealth\, emerging powers con tinue to side more with the South than the North.

     

    Bio : Tana Johnson is Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Politic al Science at Duke University. Her research interests include global govern ance\, international organizations\, energy/environmental policy\, interact ions between the private and public sectors\, and U.S. foreign policy. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in International Organization \, Journal of Politics\, Review of International Organizations\, and Oxford Handbook of the American Presidency.  Johnson's boo k Organizational Progeny: Why Governments are Losing Control over the P roliferating Structures of Global Governance (2014\, Oxford University Press) shows that in a variety of policy areas\, global governance structu res are getting harder for national governments to control -- not only beca use the quantity and staffing of international organizations has mushroomed \, but also because the people working in these organizations try to insula te any new organizations against governments' interference.  Organizati onal Progeny is the recipient of the International Studies Association 's 2015 Chadwick F. Alger Prize for best book on international organization and multilateralism. Johnson has received research fellowships from the Ni ehaus Center for Globalization and Governance at Princeton University\, and from the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions at Vanderbilt Uni versity.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/a-revolution-in-global-nort h-south-politics-evidence-from-trade-environment-negotiations/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160415T1632Z-1460737920.6785-EO-19496-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160414T213742Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160408T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160408T173000 SUMMARY: What Would Aristotle Think? A Japanese Production of the Greek Tra gedy Medea DESCRIPTION: Miyagi Satoshi has directed several productions of Euripides’ tragedy “Medea”\, using a number of conventions found in traditional Japane se theatre\, in particular the use of a narrator speaking for a moving acto r. Miyagi thinks that Meiji period Japan in which his play is set and Athen s of the 5th century BCE were similar in a […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Miyagi Satoshi has directed several produc tions of Euripides’ tragedy “Medea”\, using a number of conventions found i n traditional Japanese theatre\, in particular the use of a narrator speaki ng for a moving actor. Miyagi thinks that Meiji period Japan in which his p lay is set and Athens of the 5th century BCE were similar in a number of wa ys –in their treatment of women\, in their attitude toward neighboring soci eties that had originally provided them with cultural and political models. Miyagi’s production of the “Medea” illustrates inventively these similarit ies between ancient Greece and Meiji Japan and the ensuing antagonisms that developed in Japan toward the Koreans. Aristotle\, the first critic of the atre in the West\, did not like the “Medea\, a play that has been popular f or centuries all over the world. However\, even though Miyagi removes the e lements of the play Aristotle did not like\, I doubt that he would have lik ed this Japanized version either\, which is quite innovative.

    Mae Smethurst (University of Pittsburgh)

    Mae Smethur st is professor Emerita of classics and East Asian literature at the University of Pittsburgh. Her award-winning scholarship has compare d Greek tragedy and Japanese noh\, including The Artistry of Aeschylus a nd Zeami: A Comparative Study of Greek Tragedy and Noh (AAUP Ari sawa Memorial Award) and Dramatic Representations of Filial Piety (J apan-United States Friendship Commission Prize). She coedited\, with Christ ina Laffin\, The Noh Ominameshi: A Flower Viewed from Many Directions and most recently published Dramatic Action in Greek Tragedy and Noh R eading with and beyond Aristotle.

    See full poster here

    LOCATION:Room 604\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/what-would-aristotle-think- a-japanese-production-of-the-greek-tragedy-medea/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160415T1632Z-1460737920.6881-EO-19500-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160414T214327Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160412T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160412T140000 SUMMARY: City of Marvel and Transformation: Chang’an and Narratives of Expe rience in Tang Dynasty China DESCRIPTION: Abstract During China’s Tang dynasty (618–907 CE)\, the capita l city of Chang’an (present-day Xi’an) was a megalopolis\, career launch pa d\, and most importantly\, cultural paradigm. As such\, it captured the ima ginations of Tang writers\, shaped their future aspirations\, and left sign ificant traces in the literature of this period. This talk takes up some of the […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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    During China’s Tang dynasty (618–907 CE)\, the capital city of Chang’ an
    (present-day Xi’an) was a megalopolis\, career launch pad\, and mos t
    importantly\, cultural paradigm. As such\, it captured the imaginati ons
    of Tang writers\, shaped their future aspirations\, and left signi ficant
    traces in the literature of this period. This talk takes up som e of
    the most powerful shaping forces of Tang-dynasty Chang’an: its si ren
    call as a destination\; the unforeseen nooks and crannies of its u rban
    space\; its potential as a “media machine” to broadcast images an d
    reputations\, and its demimonde—a city within a city where both
    literary culture and commerce took center stage.

    About the Speaker

    Linda Rui Feng is Associate Professor of Premode rn Chinese Cultural
    Studies at the University of Toronto's Department of East Asian
    Studies. She is currently working on a project titled "T he Mindscape
    of Here Versus There: Imagined Geographies and the Circul ation of
    Spatial Knowledge in Medieval China."

    RSVP here.

    LOCATION:St. John's College GEO:0;0 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/city-of-marvel-and-transfor mation-changan-and-narratives-of-experience-in-tang-dynasty-china/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160329T1617Z-1459268269.5216-EO-18992-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160324T213727Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160413T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160413T133000 SUMMARY: Chinese Science Fiction and the Search for Lost Time DESCRIPTION: About the Event When Liu Cixin’s novel The Three-Body Problem won the Hugo Award for Best Sci-Fi Novel in 2015\, global readers showed a sweeping interest in its Chineseness: how did a Chinese author master a gen re so underdeveloped in his home country? Liu Cixin seems to have connected with a genuinely enthusiastic global readership\, […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    About the Event

    Whe n Liu Cixin’s novel The Three-Body Problem won the Hugo Award for Best Sci-Fi Novel in 2015\, global readers showed a sweeping interest in it s Chineseness: how did a Chinese author master a genre so underdeveloped in his home country? Liu Cixin seems to have connected with a genuinely enthu siastic global readership\, and Tor\, the leading sci-fi publisher\, is rus hing to get the translation of the final volume of the Three-Body trilogy out this year. Mo Yan may have won the Nobel Prize for Literature\, but Liu Cixin enjoys fame and fans.The Three-Body Pro blem

    This talk argues that the Chinesene ss of the Three-Body trilogy lies in its representation of memory and history. Three-Body presents an impending destruction to human civilization by aliens\, but the crisis turns out to be rooted in historic al trauma of 20th century China: the Cultural Revolution. Yet th e trilogy’s subtitle\, rendered in English as Remembrance of Earth’s Pa st\, indicates its connection to a different\, literary genealogy: Mar cel Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past. Liu Cixin’s characters\, in search of lost time\, turn a futuristic narrative into an intensely nost algic one. The future\, no matter how hostile or alien\, is but a continuat ion of the past—and human history a continuous gaze back.

    About the Speaker

    Wu\, Meng holds an MA degree in Comparative Literature from the University of Western Ontario and is currently a fourt h-year doctoral student in Asian Studies at the University of British Colum bia.

    Please RSVP here.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/chinese-science-fiction-and -the-search-for-lost-time/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160415T1632Z-1460737920.7082-EO-19503-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160414T215216Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233020Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160414 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160416 SUMMARY: CSEARching for Southeast Asia: The Inaugural Graduate Student Conf erence for Southeast Asia Research DESCRIPTION: The UBC Southeast Asia Graduate Student Network would like to invite you to its inaugural Graduate Student Conference for Southeast Asia Research at the University of British Columbia. Held in collaboration with the UBC Center for Southeast Asian Research in the UBC Institute of Asian R esearch\, the conference will be the first of its kind […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The UBC Southeast Asia Graduate Student Ne twork would like to invite you to its inaugural Graduate Student Conference for Southeast Asia Research at the University of British Columbia. Held in collaboration with the UBC Center for Southeast Asian Research in the UBC Institute of Asian Research\, the conference will be the first of its kind at UBC. The interdisciplinary conference represents an opportunity for part icipants to build networks and share perspectives\, and experiences with ot her specialists and graduate students who study Southeast Asia. The UBC Cen ter for Southeast Asia Research is the focal point of a community of facult y\, graduate students and undergraduates with interest and expertise in the different Southeast Asian countries and Asia Pacific.

    Please see att ached the poster and program for more details. Kindly RSVP at http://goo.gl/forms/e5qciqlUd0.

    See f ull poster here

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/csearching-for-southeast-as ia-the-inaugural-graduate-student-conference-for-southeast-asia-research/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160415T1632Z-1460737920.7258-EO-19502-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160414T214804Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233020Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160414T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160414T193000 SUMMARY: Global Real Estate Investment: The Vancouver-China Nexus DESCRIPTION: By: Richard Koss (Director\, IMF)\, Shaolong Li (President\, M odern International Holding and Green Mountain Jade)\, Douglas Todd (Journa list\, Vancouver Sun)\, Tsur Somerville (UBC)\, Christopher Rea (UBC) This panel discussion will focus on the following issues: What are the most impo rtant factors driving current trends in global real estate investment? How are capital flows and human […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    By: Richard Koss (Directo r\, IMF)\, Shaolong Li (President\, Modern International Holding and Green Mountain Jade)\, Douglas Todd (Journalist\, Vancouver Sun)\, Tsur Somervill e (UBC)\, Christopher Rea (UBC)

    This panel discussion will focus on t he following issues: What are the most important factors driving current tr ends in global real estate investment? How are capital flows and human migr ation from China affecting real estate markets in Vancouver and elsewhere? Beyond the headlines\, what does the research say?

    This event will br ing together experts from the International Monetary Fund\, the real estate industry\, the media\, and the University of British Columbia to explain t he forces that have so dramatically shaped the Vancouver real estate market in recent years. Its focus will be on providing contexts for understanding current patterns in Chinese investment and migration. What does today’s re al estate market look like in historical perspective? Is the case of Vancou ver exceptional\, or is it symptomatic of broader trends?

    This event is co-organized by the Centre for Urban Economics and Real Estate (CUERE) a nd the Centre for Chinese Research (CCR) of the University of British Colum bia (UBC).

    Special thanks to our sponsors: Grosvenor Ltd.\, UBC S auder School of Business\, UBC Institute of Asian Research\, UBC Centre for Chinese Research.

    Agenda:

    5:00 – 6 :00 pm -  Reception
    6:00 – 7:30 pm - Presentations\, Q&A

    (*Light food and drinks will be served at the reception).

    Admission Fee:
    Regular: CAD $20 + GST per person
    Current Full-Time Student: CAD $10 + GST

    Registration Form

    Please RSVP by April 11\, 2016.

    < strong>Sponsors: UBC Centre for Urban Economics and Real Estate\, Centre for Chinese Research\, Grosvenor Ltd.\, UBC Sauder School of Busines s\, Institute of Asian Research

    LOCATION:The Park Ballroom\, Four Seasons Hotel GEO:49.283210;-123.118708 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/global-real-estate-investme nt-the-vancouver-china-nexus/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160421T1616Z-1461255385.9116-EO-19566-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160420T212757Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233020Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160421T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160421T193000 SUMMARY: Madness and Buddhist Compassion DESCRIPTION: Sponsor: The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Budd hism and Contemporary Society ‘Madness’ is a cultural construct with divers e valences depending on time and place. In this lecture Professor Unno exam ines definitions of ‘madness’ in Asian and Western contexts\, and then rela tes the terms of Buddhist compassion to these diverse contexts\, both histo rical and contemporary. […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Sponsor: The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society

    ‘M adness’ is a cultural construct with diverse valences depending on time and place. In this lecture Professor Unno examines definitions of ‘madness’ in Asian and Western contexts\, and then relates the terms of Buddhist compas sion to these diverse contexts\, both historical and contemporary. In exami ning the intersection between varying constructs of ‘madness\,’ on the one hand\, and trajectories of Buddhist compassion\, on the other\, different p ossibilities emerge for engaging ‘madness\,’ not merely treating it psychop athologically but revaluing it. In turn\, Buddhist compassion comes to hold a potential not just for healing  ‘madness’ but as a lens for a world of ‘ madness.’ This multifaceted approach to madness and Buddhist compassion is presented through case studies and narrative illustrations that offer an ar ray of paths to practice.

    Professor Unno’s lecture will be followed b y a book signing (Buddhism and Psychotherapy Across Cultures)\, tea\ , and snacks. The following evening\, March 22 at 7 pm\, Professor Unno wil l join Dr. Dzung Vo for a more informal panel discussion moderated by Dr. C arole Christensen\, Professor Emerita of UBC’s School of Social Work.

    Professor Unno’s interests lie in Medieval Japanese Buddhism\, specificall y in the relation between intellectual history and social practices. He als o researches and has published in the areas of modern Japanese religious th ought\, comparative religion\, and Buddhism and psychotherpay. He is the au thor of Shingon Refractions: Myoe and the Mantra of Light\, a stud y and translation of the medieval Japanese ritual practice of the Mantra of Light\, and the editor of Buddhism and Psychotherapy Across Cultures: Essays on Theories and Practices.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/madness-and-buddhist-compas sion/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160422T2308Z-1461366505.7069-EO-19641-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160422T175236Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233020Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160422T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160422T200000 SUMMARY: Japan’s Ratification of the Hague Convention on Child Abduction an d Its Implications DESCRIPTION: Abstract: When one parent returns back to Japan with his/her c hild after divorce without consent of the other parent\, this conduct could be viewed as child abduction. Until recently\, however\, there was no way to force the child to return back to his/her original place of residence on ce the child entered Japan. Now with the […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Abstract:

    When one parent returns ba ck to Japan with his/her child after divorce without consent of the other p arent\, this conduct could be viewed as child abduction. Until recently\, h owever\, there was no way to force the child to return back to his/her orig inal place of residence once the child entered Japan. Now with the ratifica tion of the Hague Convention on Child Abduction\, Japan will be required to return the child back to his/her original place of residence. What is the background for this ratification? What has changed? We hope to explore the significance of this recent development and provide essential information t o the Japanese community here in Vancouver. We welcome anyone who is intere sted in child custody issues in British Columbia and Japan.

    M r. Yuta Yamasaki's Presentation
    Ms. Ai Kuorda's Presentati on
    Ms. Yuki Matsuno's Presentation
    Mr. Yu ji Matson's Presentation

    Sponsor: Centre for Jap anese Research\, Centre for Asian Legal Studies\, Vancouver Yokohama Golden Jubilee

    Full detail event poster here

    LOCATION:Room C180 GEO:49.282863;-123.120705 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/japans-ratification-of-the- hague-convention-on-child-abduction-and-its-implications/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160416T2310Z-1460848242.0161-EO-19522-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160415T172708Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233020Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160425T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160425T173000 SUMMARY: The Idea of Constitutional Compromise DESCRIPTION: By: Dr. Pratap Bhanu Mehta (President\, Center for Policy Rese arch\, New Delhi) Dr. Pratap Bhanu Mehta (President\, Center for Policy Res earch\, New Delhi) will be an Academic visitor at CISAR and IAR from April 25 to May 4. During his visit\, he will give two public talks  — on April 2 5 and May 2. Both […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    By: Dr. Pratap Bhanu Meht a (President\, Center for Policy Research\, New Delhi)

    Dr. Pratap Bha nu Mehta (President\, Center for Policy Research\, New Delhi) will be an Ac ademic visitor at CISAR and IAR from April 25 to May 4. During his visit\, he will give two public talks  -- on April 25 and May 2. Both talks will be from 4 - 5.30 pm in Choi 120. In addition\, Dr. Mehta will also be availab le for office meetings by appointment and office hours (Apr 26 & 28\, May 2 & 4\, 11:00 am - noon).

    Dr. Mehta is a distinguished academic and ha s also done extensive public policy work. He was Member-Convenor of the Pri me Minister of India's National Knowledge Commission\; Member of the Suprem e Court appointed Lyngdoh Committee on Indian Universities and has contribu ted to a number of reports for leading Government of India and Internationa l Agencies. He was on the Board of Governors of IDRC. He was Vice-Chair of the World Economic Forum's Council on Global Governance. He has also served on the Board of NIPFP\, NCAER and NIID. He is also on the Editorial Board of numerous journals including the American Political Science Review and Jo urnal of Democracy.

    He has published widely in the fields of politica l theory\, intellectual history\, constitutional law\, politics and society in India and international politics. His scholarly articles have appeared in leading international referred journals in the field\, as well as numero us edited volumes. His early work was on eighteenth century thought\, parti cularly on Adam Smith and the Making of the Enlightenment. He has also writ ten on issues of Cosmopolitanism\, Liberalism\, Rights\, Judicial Review\, International Governance and Democratic Theory. His most recent publication s include\, The Burden of Democracy and an edited volume India’s Public Ins titutions.

    He is a recipient of several awards. He won the Malcolm S. Adisheshiah Award for Social Sciences in 2010\, the prestigious Infosys Pr ize in 2011 and the Amartya Sen Award for Social Science\, 2013.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-idea-of-constitutional- compromise/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160415T1632Z-1460737920.7592-EO-19506-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160414T215627Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233020Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160426T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160426T140000 SUMMARY: (Re)Viewing China Today DESCRIPTION: Abstract Recent developments in China invite interest and inqu iry among both specialist and generalist observers.  The 13th Five Year Pla n offers a blueprint for further economic reform\, even while questions abo ut the success of reform efforts to date abound.  The anti-corruption campa ign and other political reform efforts associated with Xi Jinping have seen significant achievements […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    CCR POSTER-0426-REVIEW CHI NA(1)Abstract

    Recent develo pments in China invite interest and inquiry among both specialist and gener alist observers.  The 13th Five Year Plan offers a blueprint for further ec onomic reform\, even while questions about the success of reform efforts to date abound.  The anti-corruption campaign and other political reform effo rts associated with Xi Jinping have seen significant achievements even as q uestions emerge publicly and privately about Xi’s leadership. China’s hosti ng of the G-20 later this year suggests a dedicated effort at international participation even as questions arise around China’s behavior in the South China Sea and elsewhere. China’s rule of law policies promise greater prof essionalism for the judiciary even as questions continue to arise over Part y leadership and human rights conditions. As has been so often the case in the past\, China seems to offer a bundle of contradictions. In an effort to encourage better understanding of the complexities of today’s China\, IAR’ s Centre for Chinese Research will host a roundtable discussion at which pe rspectives from some of UBC’s prominent China specialists will be accompani ed by community discussion.

    Discussants

    Dr. Ch ristopher Rea\, Associate Professor of Asian Studies
    Dr. Timothy Brook \, Professor of History
    Dr. Timothy Cheek\, Professor of History
    Dr. Yves Tiberghien:  Associate Professor of Political Science
    Dr. Pit man Potter\, Professor of Law

    Please RSVP here. Light lunch is provided for registered participants

    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/reviewing-china-today/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160416T2310Z-1460848242.0305-EO-19523-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160415T173423Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233020Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160426T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160426T163000 SUMMARY: The Democratic Transition in Nepal DESCRIPTION: Sponsor: Centre for India and South Asia Research\, Himalaya P rogram\, Faculty of Arts Speaker Fund By: Professor Chaitanya Mishra (Depar tment of Sociology\, Tribhuvan University\, Kathmandu\, Nepal) What are the causes and correlates of democracy? The presentation will begin by reviewi ng key theories of democracy\, corresponding to the three waves of democrat ization in world history. It […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Sponsor: Centre for India and South Asia Research\, Himalaya Program\, Faculty of Arts Speaker Fund< br />By: Professor Chaitanya Mishra (Department of Sociolo gy\, Tribhuvan University\, Kathmandu\, Nepal)

    What are the causes an d correlates of democracy?
    The presentation will begin by reviewing ke y theories of democracy\, corresponding to the three waves of democratizati on in world history. It will then describe specific and evolving political and economic features\, which were associated with the republican and democ ratic turn in Nepal in 2006. Among others\, it will review the significance of capitalism\, changes in the mode of generation of livelihood\, nature o f the peasantry\, de-ruralization\, class structure\, post-1990 political s tructure\, the Maoist ‘people’s war’ as well as the role of India and other countries in the 2006 democratic turn. It will argue that the Nepal case h as specific lessons for broader theories of democracy.

    Light refreshm ents will be served.

    Please RSVP for this free event here.

    See full poster here

    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-democratic-transition-i n-nepal/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999971.9341-EO-1526-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160408T180906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181215T002539Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160426T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160426T193000 SUMMARY: A Framework for Understanding Why Food Security Discussions are Co ntentious DESCRIPTION: Café Scientifique Vancouver presents: A Framework for Understa nding Why Food Security Discussions are Contentious With Dr. Navin Ramankut ty\, Professor of Global Food Security and Sustainability\, Liu Institute f or Global Issues\, Institute for Resources\, Environment and Sustainability \, UBC Tuesday\, April 26th 7:30pm Big Rock Brewery 310 West 4th Avenue\, V ancouver\, B.C. There is a contentious debate regarding the best approach [ …] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Café Scientifique Vancouver presen ts:

    Navin Farm

    A Framework for Understanding Why Food Security Discussions are Contentious
    With Dr. Navin Ra mankutty\, Professor of Global Food Security and Sustainability\, Liu I nstitute for Global Issues\, Institute for Resources\, Environment and Sust ainability\, UBC

    Tuesday\, April 26th
    7:30pm
    Big R ock Brewery
    310 West 4th Avenue\, Vancouver\, B.C.

    There is a co ntentious debate regarding the best approach to achieving food security in an environmentally sustainable and socially just manner. Some advocate for new technological systems\, such as genetic modification or vertical farmin g\, while others argue for organic agricuture or local food systems. Still others argue that agriculture does not need a revolution and that we simply need to improve current farming practices. Even the overall objectives are unclear\, with some arguing that we need to double food production by 2050 while others suggest that we already have enough food on this planet to fe ed 10 billion.

    In this talk\, Dr. Ramankutty will use an assessment f ramework to explore the available evidence supporting or opposing the vario us claims about the most sustainable way to farm on our planet. The broad a ssessment offers some insights on why we argue about food security.

    < strong>Sponsored by Café Scientifique Vancouver.
    Cafe Scienti fique is a forum for discussing and debating science issues which are of co ncern to everyone.  If you would like to know about our upcoming events\, v isit our website regularly\, add us on Facebook or e-mail us and we will ad d you to the e-mail list: cafesci.vancouver@gmail.com

    LOCATION:Big Rock Brewery GEO:49.267356;-123.111047 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/framework-understanding-foo d-security-discussions-contentious/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/04/cropland.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999971.9496-EO-1554-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160414T215100Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181215T002414Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160427T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160427T130000 SUMMARY: An Ocean of Diplomacy – Negotiating for the Health of our Common O cean at the UN DESCRIPTION:   Who benefits from ocean resources? Who gets to decide about their use and protection? And how do we provide for intergenerational equit y in the long term through a healthy and resilient ocean? These are some of the questions that were explored by Dr. Marjo Vierros together with collea gues during her Visiting Fellowship at the […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
    Marjo Vierros

     

    Who benefits from ocean resourc es? Who gets to decide about their use and protection? And how do we provid e for intergenerational equity in the long term through a healthy and resil ient ocean? These are some of the questions that were explored by Dr. Marjo Vierros togeth er with colleagues during her Visiting Fellowship at the Liu Institute for Global Issues. This talk will examine how these questions about the use and protection of ocean space and resources feature into the negotiations that started in March at the United Nations for a new international instrument for marine areas beyond national jurisdiction –an area that is also called the global ocean commons.

    Speaker:

    Dr. Marjo V ierros\, Adjunct Senior Fellow\, United Nations University\, Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability\, Liu Institute Visiting Fellow

    Panelists:

    Dr. Yoshitaka Ota\, NF-UBC Nereus Program \, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries and Liu Institute for Global Issu es

    Professor Rashid Sumaila\, Fisheries Economics Research Unit\, Ins titute for the Oceans and Fisheries and Liu Institute for Global Issues

    Dr. Jane Lister\, Centre for Transportation Studies\, Sauder School of B usiness and Liu Institute for Global Issues

    Venue: L iu Institute for Global Issues - Boardroom (3rd floor)

    Listen to an i nterview with Marjo Vierros - On the Coast April 26th episode.

    LOCATION:Boardroom\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267710;-123.259656 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ocean-diplomacy-negotiating -health-common-ocean-united-nations/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/03/TowerBeach.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160416T2310Z-1460848242.0457-EO-19526-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160415T173703Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181215T002302Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160428T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160428T140000 SUMMARY: Changing Experience and Interpretation of Menstruation in Nepal: A n Intergenerational Perspective DESCRIPTION: Sponsor: Centre for India and South Asia Research\, Himalaya P rogram\, Faculty of Arts Speaker Fund By: Professor Mira Mishra (Department of Women’s Studies\, Tribhuvan University\, Kathmandu\, Nepal) This presen tation seeks to explore changes in the lives of women in Nepal\, including women’s self image\, gender role and the relations between women and men du ring the […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Sponsor: Centre for India and South Asia Research\, Himalaya Program\, Faculty of Arts Speaker Fund< /p>

    By: Professor Mira Mishra (Department of Women’s Stu dies\, Tribhuvan University\, Kathmandu\, Nepal)

    This presentation se eks to explore changes in the lives of women in Nepal\, including women’s s elf image\, gender role and the relations between women and men during the last 50 years. It focuses on menstruation\, which is a key dimension of gen der and womanhood. This paper then relates such transition to the changing socio-economic processes and argues that a new womanhood is in the making i n Nepal. Women are resisting menstrual exclusion\, marrying late\, and havi ng fewer children than ever before. The change is particularly rapid in the lives of women of the younger generation. Young women\, irrespective of et hnicity\, caste\, class and region of residence are more informed\, educate d\, have experienced a higher level of public exposure and assertive than t heir mothers and grandmothers. This has resulted in the weakening control o f the families including fathers and brothers\, and mothers over their daug hters and sisters\, thus further weakening private patriarchy.

    This p resentation begins with a brief description of the transition in women’s li ves in Nepal. It then reviews the key literature and empirical information on menstruation and identifies the research questions. It then introduces t he study location and the women interviewed as well as the methods of data collection. This is followed up by a discussion of the key findings. The co nclusion briefly engages in theoretical reflections on menstruation.

    A light lunch will be served.

    Please RSVP here.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/changing-experience-and-int erpretation-of-menstruation-in-nepal-an-intergenerational-perspective/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/04/Webp.net-resizeimage.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160416T2310Z-1460848242.0543-EO-19528-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160415T175055Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181215T001851Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160429T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160429T170000 SUMMARY: CISAR / IAR Conference: Challenges of Urbanization DESCRIPTION: By: Dr. Pratap Bhanu Mehta (President\, Center for Policy Rese arch\, New Delhi)\, Dr. Amartya Lahiri (UBC)\, additional speakers TBA Type : Conference University of British Columbia Center for India and South Asia Research and Institute for Asian Research Conference: Challenges of Urbani zation Friday\, April 29\, 2016 Venue: Choi 120\, IAR PROGRAM 9.30 am:           Welcome and opening […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    By: Dr. Pratap Bhanu Meht a (President\, Center for Policy Research\, New Delhi)\, Dr. Amartya Lahiri (UBC)\, additional speakers TBA
    Type: Conference

    University of British Columbia

    Center for India and South Asia Research and Institute for Asian Research

    Conference: Challenges of Urbanization

    Fr iday\, April 29\, 2016

    Venue: Choi 120\, IAR

    PROG RAM

    9.30 am:          Welcome and opening remarks

    9.45 am:          Amartya Lahiri\, University of British Columbia

    Urbanization and Structural Transformation in China and India

    1 0.45 am:        Coffee break

    11.00 am:        John Harriss\, Simon Fr aser University

    Civil Society and Governance of Indian Cities

    Noon:              Lunch

    1.15 pm:          Keynote ta lk

    Pratap Bhanu Mehta\, Center for Policy Research

    Imagining the Urban: What do we think cities are about?

    2.30 pm :          Coffee break

    2.45 pm:          Naresh Devineni\, City Univ ersity of New York

    Title: TBA

    3.45 pm           Coffee break

    4.00 pm:          Milind Kandlikar\, University of British Columbia

    Beyond Odd/Even : Understanding the Drivers of Poor Air Quality in I ndian Cities

    5.00 pm:          Thanks and adjourn

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/cisar-iar-conference-challe nges-of-urbanization/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/10/annie-spratt-637598-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160416T2310Z-1460848242.0615-EO-19527-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160415T174815Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181215T001747Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160502T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160502T173000 SUMMARY: Has India Missed its Progressive Moment? DESCRIPTION: Dr. Pratap Bhanu Mehta — Academic Visitor Dr. Pratap Bhanu Meh ta (President\, Center for Policy Research\, New Delhi) will be an Academic visitor at CISAR and IAR from April 25 to May 4. During his visit\, he wil l give two public talks  — on April 25 and May 2. Both talks will be from 4 […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Dr. Pratap Bhanu Mehta -- Academic Visitor

    Dr. Pratap Bhanu Mehta (President\, Center for Poli cy Research\, New Delhi) will be an Academic visitor at CISAR and IAR from April 25 to May 4. During his visit\, he will give two public talks  -- on April 25 and May 2. Both talks will be from 4 - 5.30 pm in Choi 120. In add ition\, Dr. Mehta will also be available for office meetings by appointment and office hours (Apr 26 & 28\, May 2 & 4\, 11:00 am - noon).

    Dr. Me hta is a distinguished academic and has also done extensive public policy w ork. He was Member-Convenor of the Prime Minister of India's National Knowl edge Commission\; Member of the Supreme Court appointed Lyngdoh Committee o n Indian Universities and has contributed to a number of reports for leadin g Government of India and International Agencies. He was on the Board of Go vernors of IDRC. He was Vice-Chair of the World Economic Forum's Council on Global Governance. He has also served on the Board of NIPFP\, NCAER and NI ID. He is also on the Editorial Board of numerous journals including the Am erican Political Science Review and Journal of Democracy.

    He has publ ished widely in the fields of political theory\, intellectual history\, con stitutional law\, politics and society in India and international politics. His scholarly articles have appeared in leading international referred jou rnals in the field\, as well as numerous edited volumes. His early work was on eighteenth century thought\, particularly on Adam Smith and the Making of the Enlightenment. He has also written on issues of Cosmopolitanism\, Li beralism\, Rights\, Judicial Review\, International Governance and Democrat ic Theory. His most recent publications include\, The Burden of Democracy a nd an edited volume India’s Public Institutions.

    He is a recipient of several awards. He won the Malcolm S. Adisheshiah Award for Social Science s in 2010\, the prestigious Infosys Prize in 2011 and the Amartya Sen Award for Social Science\, 2013.

    Sponsor: Centre for Indi a and South Asia Research
    By: Dr. Pratap Bhanu Mehta (President\, Center for Policy Research\, New Delhi)
    Type: Seminar

    View full event poster

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/has-india-missed-its-progre ssive-moment/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/10/annie-spratt-637598-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999971.991-EO-1447-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160331T221459Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181215T001637Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160503T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160503T150000 SUMMARY: From Hiroshima to Fukushima: Poetry of Nuclear Survival DESCRIPTION: STUDENT EVENT Nuclear Dangers from Hiroshima to Fukushima Pane l Discussion Tuesday\, May 3\, 2016 12:00 noon – 2:00pm (Lunch served at 12 :00 noon\; panel will begin promptly at 12:30pm) Multipurpose Room\, Liu In stitute for Global Issues\, 6476 NW Marine Drive\, UBC\, Vancouver Chair: J ennifer Allen Simons Founder and President\, The Simons Foundation Panel: “ Prospects for Nuclear Disarmament: A […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    STUDENT EVENT
    Nuclear Dan gers from Hiroshima to Fukushima
    Panel Discussion
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    Tuesday\, May 3\, 2016
    12:00 noon - 2:00 pm (Lunch served at 12:00 noon\; panel will begin promptly at 12:30pm)
    Multipurpose Room\, Liu Institute for Global Iss ues\, 6476 NW Marine Drive\, UBC\, Vancouver

    Chair:  Jennifer Allen Simons
    Founder and President\, The Simons Foun dation

    Panel:

    "Prospects for Nucle ar Disarmament: A Japanese Perspective"

    Fumi Yo shida\, Visiting Scholar\, The Carnegie Endowment for Internationa l Peace

    "Prospects for Nuclear Disarmament: A Canadian Pe rspective"

    Paul Meyer\, Adjunct Profes sor of International Studies and Fellow in International Security at the Ce ntre for Dialogue\, Simon Fraser University\; and Senior Fellow\, The Simon s Foundation

    "North Korea as a Nuclear Danger"

    Brian Job\, Professor of Political Science\; As sociate Director\, Institute of Asian Research\, University of British Colu mbia

    "Nuclear energy in Japan: The public and political d ebate"

    Yves Tiberghien\, Associate Pr ofessor of Political Science\; Director\, Institute of Asian Research\, Uni versity of British Columbia

    ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND

    A light lunch will be provided – for catering purposes\, p lease RSVP to ehyne s@thesimonsfoundation.ca or call 778-782-7779

    Sponsored by th e Asahi Shimbun\,  Liu Institute for Global Issues\, University of British Columbia\; The Simons Foundation\; and the Simon Fraser University Centre f or Dialogue

    From Hiroshima to Fukushima: Poetry of Nucle ar Survival

    3:00 PM
    Chan Telu s Studio Theatre\,
    6265 Crescent Rd\, UBC

    This free STUDENT event is now at capacity. Any STUDENTS without t ickets are welcome to join the standby line prior to the event.
    For th ose with tickets\, please keep your ticket for the reception at the Liu Ins titute for Global Issues.

    Yoshinagasakamoto1

     

    Renowned actor Sayuri Yoshinaga and composer / pianist Ryuichi Sakamoto present a reading and  musical  performance of poems by survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki a tomic bombs and the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

    This unique student-o riented event will be followed by a reception at the Liu Institute for Glob al Issues.

    Sponsored by: The Asahi Shimbun\, the Cen tre for Japanese Research\, UBC\; Liu Institute for Global Issues\, UBC\; T he Simons Foundation\; and the Simon Fraser University Centre for Dialogue.

    LOCATION:Chan Telus Studio Theatre GEO:49.269748;-123.255108 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/hiroshima-fukushima-poetry- nuclear-survival/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/03/Nagasaki_Cranes-Chan.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160515T2302Z-1463353328.6186-EO-19799-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160513T235332Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181215T001514Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160503T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160503T163000 SUMMARY: From Hiroshima to Fukushima: Poetry of Nuclear Survival DESCRIPTION: Renowned actor Sayuri Yoshinaga and composer / pianist Ryuichi Sakamoto present a reading and musical performance of poems by survivors o f the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs and the Fukushima nuclear disaste r. This unique event\, taking place on May 3rd at 3:00 PM on campus\, will be followed by a reception at the Liu Institute for Global […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Renowned actor Sayuri Yoshinaga and compos er / pianist Ryuichi Sakamoto present a reading and musical performance of poems by survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs and the Fukus hima nuclear disaster. This unique event\, taking place on May 3rd at 3:00 PM on campus\, will be followed by a reception at the Liu Institute for Glo bal Issues. The event is free and open to students until April 15.< br />

    By: Renowned actor Sayuri Yoshinaga a nd composer / pianist Ryuichi Sakamoto
    Type: Event

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    LOCATION:Telus Studio Theatre at the Chan Centre GEO:49.269730;-123.255036 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/from-hiroshima-to-fukushima -poetry-of-nuclear-survival/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/05/12719436_1599063780416051_2201246619817478049_o-1024x576-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999972.0227-EO-1449-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160331T222033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181215T001423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160504T181500 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160504T193000 SUMMARY: Nagasaki: Memories of My Son DESCRIPTION: Join us at the Vancity Theatre in downtown Vancouver for a fre e screening of the film\, Nagasaki: Memories of My Son\, starring renowned Japanese actors Sayuri Yoshinaga and Kazunari Ninomiya\, as mother and son in postwar Nagasaki\, with music by Ryuichi Sakamoto. Vancity Theatre 1181 Seymour St\, Vancouver\, BC V6B 2E8 Doors from 6:15pm\, screening at 7:30pm . First come-first served. Learn more here. […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us at the Vancity Theatre in downtown Vancouver for a free screening of the film\, Nagasaki: Memories of My Son\, starring renowned Japanese actors Sayuri Yoshinaga and Kazunari Ninomiya\, as mother and son in postwar Nagasaki\, with music by Ryuichi Sa kamoto.

    Vancity Theatre
    1181 Seymour S t\, Vancouver\, BC V6B 2E8

    Doors from 6:15pm\, scree ning at 7:30pm.
    First come-first served. Learn more  here.

    Sponsored by: Centre for Japanese Research\, UBC\; Liu Ins titute for Global Issues\, UBC\; The Simons Foundation\; and the Simon Fras er University Centre for Dialogue.

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    LOCATION:Vancity Theatre GEO:49.276997;-123.124965 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/nagasaki-memories-son/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/03/Nagasaki_Cranes-Chan.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160515T2302Z-1463353328.6373-EO-19795-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160513T234412Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181215T000752Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160515T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160515T193000 SUMMARY: The Relevance of Tibetan Buddhism in the 21st Century DESCRIPTION: Please note that this is a ticketed event. Abstract: In the 21 st century\, as in past centuries ever since the enlightened Buddha agreed to teach\, what is today known as Tibetan Buddhism challenges those choosin g this path to examine how we can engage our minds and bodies\, so that our lives become meaningful and purposeful. […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Please note that this is a ticketed event.

    Abstract:

    In the 21st century\, as in past ce nturies ever since the enlightened Buddha agreed to teach\, what is today k nown as Tibetan Buddhism challenges those choosing this path to examine how we can engage our minds and bodies\, so that our lives become meaningful a nd purposeful. The essence of this path transcends time and place\, as it i s based on training and taming one’s mind\, in order to eventually recogniz e its primordially perfect nature. It offers an opportunity to become thoro ughly familiar with how our emotions\, based on dualistic perceptions of se lf and other\, result in varying degrees of unpleasant experiences\, or suf fering. Tibetan Buddhism clearly indicates how it is possible to enhance an d change human relationships for the better in this 21st century\, both in daily personal encounters and\, indeed\, worldwide.

    Bio:

    His Holiness Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa is an incarnate lama in a line of great masters that began with the enlightened translator of Tibet\, Marpa L otsawa (1013-1097). The 12th Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa Pema Donyo Nyinje w as born in Tibet to a family of farmers. He was recognized and enthroned at the age of 18 months\, according to the Palpung monastic tradition. The po litical hostilities at the time forced the child lama to move to Bhutan and later to India in 1959 at the age of 6. He received novice monk vows at th e age of 13\, and full ordination at age 20 from His Holiness the 16th Gyal wang Karmapa.

    The Tai Situpa incarnations have had a very close conne ction with the Karmapas since the 12th century: from one lifetime to the ne xt\, they have alternated as teacher and disciple. At the age of 22 years H is Holiness Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa founded his own monastic institution \, Palpung Sherab Ling at Baijnath\, Himachal Pradesh\, India which has now grown into a leading Tibetan Buddhist institution with about 1200 resident monks and nuns and several hundred others who study and practice Buddhism in a traditional monastic environment in a beautiful pine forest landscaped to protect and preserve the environment.

    Since 1981\, His Holiness C hamgon Kenting Tai Situpa has traveled widely in North America\, Europe\, S outheast Asia and New Zealand lecturing on Buddhist philosophy and meditati on. In 1989 he led the “Pilgrimage for Active Peace “to inspire people to t ake an active involvement in world peace. A renowned scholar\, poet\, artis t\, calligrapher\, architect\, and geomancer\, His Holiness speaks fluent E nglish and is the author of over 40 books\, includingUltim ately Perfect\, in which he illuminates Buddhist teachings in comm onsense terms using down-to-earth examples. He is currently involved in the advancement of interfaith and intercultural humanitarian efforts.

    http://buddhism.arts.ubc.ca/2016/05/06/talk-by-hh-chamgon-k enting-tai-situ-may-15/

    Sponsor: The Robert H. N . Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society
    Place:     Frederic Wood Theatre\, 6354 Crescent Rd
    By: HH Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa
    Type: Sem inar

    UPDATE: As the Frederic Wood theatre sold out very quick ly\, we are happy to announce that HH Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa’s talk wil l be simultaneously broadcaste to the Franklin Lew Forum in Allard Hall at UBC. Please click here to RSVP and secure a ticket at the Franklin Lew Forum.

    HH Ch amgon Kenting Tai Situpa

    LOCATION:Frederic Wood Theatre GEO:49.268043;-123.257021 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-relevance-of-tibetan-bu ddhism-in-the-21st-century/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/05/2015-04-15-tibetan-1024x438.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160503T1611Z-1462291889.5754-EO-19700-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160503T160039Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233021Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160523 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160524 SUMMARY: Victoria Day DESCRIPTION: IAR Office to be closed. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    IAR Office to be closed.

    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/victoria-day/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160515T2302Z-1463353328.6528-EO-19798-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160513T235044Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181215T000623Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160530T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160530T173000 SUMMARY: TPP and Japanese Economic Revitalization DESCRIPTION: Facing two decades of deflation and a declining and aging popu lation\, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government has implemented “Abenomics” \, comprised of three arrows: aggressive monetary policy\, expansionary fis cal policy and an economic growth strategy. The first and second arrows are matters of political will and already implemented. The third (economic gro wth) arrow should eventually come from […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Facing two decades of deflation and a decl ining and aging population\, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government has imp lemented “Abenomics”\, comprised of three arrows: aggressive monetary polic y\, expansionary fiscal policy and an economic growth strategy. The first a nd second arrows are matters of political will and already implemented. The third (economic growth) arrow should eventually come from business activit ies. Trade liberalization\, including TPP and structural reforms are necess ary\, but these may not be sufficient. The efforts of and performance by co mpanies and employees to strengthen their competitiveness through innovatio n and entrepreneurship are crucially important. In the long run\, education is crucial\; but in the short run\, psychological reforms may be warranted . Through the long deflationary period\, Japanese people may have tended to be short sighted\, inward-looking and conservative. We may need psychologi cal reforms to promote long sightedness\, an external focus and more risk t aking. TPP and more global competition can be a new “healthy” gaiatsu\, or foreign pressure\, for Japan to carry out structural and (possibly) psychological reforms.

    Sponsor: Centre for Japanese Research
    By:     Atsushi Yamakoshi
    Type: Discussion

    See full event poster

    LOCATION:Room 351\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/tpp-and-japanese-economic-r evitalization/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/05/Yamakoshi-5-30-16.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181130T1756Z-1543600605.2319-EO-1859-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160518T173609Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T235956Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160606 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160607 SUMMARY: Against Disappearance: A Photographic Search for Memory\, Lobby Ga llery Exhibition DESCRIPTION: ART EXHIBITION Against Disappearance: A Photographic Search fo r Memory Dates of Exhibition: May 15-August 15\, 2016 Liu Institute Lobby G allery\, 6476 NW Marine Dr.\, Vancouver\, BC V6T 1Z2 Drop by to view the ne w Lobby Gallery art exhibition\, Against Disappearance: A Photographic Sear ch for Memory.  The show features selections from The Visual Memoir Project by […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    ART EXHIBITION
    < /em>Against Disappearance: A Photographic Search for Memory
    Da tes of Exhibition: May 15-August 15\, 2016
    Liu Instit ute Lobby Gallery\, 6476 NW Marine Dr.\, Vancouver\, BC V6T 1Z2

    Drop by to view the new Lobby Gallery art exhibition\, Against Disappearance: A Photographic Search for Memory. 

    The show features selections from The Visual Memoi r Project by Blake Smith\, Liu Scholar & UBC PhD Candidate\, Curriculu m Studies in Art Education\, along with works by 7 participating artists: P aul Best\, Hari Im\, Niloofar Miry\, Kathleen Nash\, Matthew Sinclair\, And rew Smith\, and Joanne Ursino.

    Sponsored by a grant from the Liu Inst itute for Global Issues. For more information on this exhibition\, please c ontact Blake Smith at: blakesmith.ubc@gmail.com

     

    About Blake Smith
     Blake Smith is a Liu Scholar and PhD Candidate in Curriculum Studies in Art Education within the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy at The Univ ersity of British Columbia. She holds a MA in Art Education from Arizona St ate University (2008) and a BFA from the University of Georgia (2002) with a studio concentration in photography. She received a Four Year Doctoral Fe llowship from UBC and was awarded the Gordon and Marion Smith Prize in Art Education in 2015. Her supervisor is Dr. Dónal O’Donoghue.

    Originally from Atlanta\, Georgia in the United States\, she taught high school photo graphy for ten years and now teaches at the university level. Since 2011\, Blake has worked in UBC Teacher Education as a Faculty Advisor in Secondary Visual Art Education and has taught EDCP 408\, 405\, 302 and EDUC 311. She was the GRA for the UBC/Moi Dadaab Secondary Teacher Education Project from 2 013-2015 and is currently a co-curator of the Lobby Gallery since 2014.

    Her interdisciplinary research interests look at possibilities and probl emics of engaging with photographic practices and pedagogies\, as well as e thics in art. Committed to contributing to arts-based and emotive approache s for addressing individual and collective trauma as well as “the everyday\ ,” her work explores the complex internal and external landscapes of memory \, place\, pain\, and time. Blake’s work as a visual artist includes film/d igital photography and mixed media\, combining visual methods with creative writing and often focusing on a dialogue between loss and hope.

    LOCATION:Lobby Gallery\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/against-disappearance/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/05/VMPimage4_BlakeSmith_forLiu.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160520T1633Z-1463762024.0187-EO-19872-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160519T231037Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T235752Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160607T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160607T133000 SUMMARY: How Realistic are the Chances of India Maintaining an Annual Growt h Rate of 8% or more? DESCRIPTION: **UPDATE: Due to the amount of interest expressed in this even t\, the location has now moved to Room 120 at the Institute of Asian Resear ch (C.K. Choi Building)** About Vijay Mahajan Vijay Mahajan turned 18 in 19 72\, the year India celebrated its 25th Independence Day. Troubled by India ’s poverty\, and inspired by a number of pioneers from […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    **UPDATE: Due to the amount of int erest expressed in this event\, the location has now moved to Room 120 at t he Institute of Asian Research (C.K. Choi Building)**

    About Vijay Mahajan

    Vijay Mahajan turned 18 in 1972\, the year India celebrated its 25th Independence Day. Troubled by India’s poverty\, and inspir ed by a number of pioneers from whom he learnt over the decade\, Vijay bega n work in rural development in 1981. He founded < a href="http://www.pradan.net/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PRADAN\, a livelihood promotion NGO\, in 1983 and led it till the end of 1990.

    Driven by the need to scale up and make the work sustainable\, Vijay decided to tackle the world s of policy and capital. In 1996\, he set up Basix\, which has since then supported the livelihoods o f over two million poor households\, deploying over USD 700 million in loan s\, USD 50 million in equity and USD 20 million in grants. Basix offers mic ro-credit\, micro-insurance\, branchless banking\, agricultural extension\, livestock development\, vocational training\, renewable energy and climate change adaptation services to low-income households and micro-enterprises\ ; and institutional development services to groups of women and agricultura l producers. It also offers advisory services to government\, corporate and community development agencies in India and over 20 developing countries.< /span>

    Vijay has served on a number of Government of India forums such as the Planning Commission Working Groups\, the Rangar ajan Committee on Financial Inclusion\, the Raghuram Rajan Committee on Fin ancial Sector Reforms and the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authorit y (2005-10). He was elected to the Board of the Consultative Group to Assis t the Poor at the World Bank from 2006 to 2013\, and chaired it in the fina l three years. He has mentored over a dozen social entrepreneurs and has se rved on the boards of various sectoral management institutions and major NG Os including Gram Vikas\, ASSEFA\, RGVN\, PRIA\, SPWD and DSC. In 2013\, he established the African Livelihoods Partnership.

    Spon sor: Centre for India and South Asia Research\, Institute of Asian Research\, Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs

    View full event poster

    Lunch wil l be provided\, please RSVP.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/how-realistic-are-the-chanc es-of-india-maintaining-an-annual-growth-rate-of-8-or-more/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/05/https_2F2Fcdn.evbuc_.com2Fimages2F212143192F1765703284962F12Foriginal.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999972.0871-EO-1631-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160505T210410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T235603Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160610T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160610T213000 SUMMARY: 100 Days Book Launch DESCRIPTION: BOOK LAUNCH EVENT 100 Days by Juliane Okot Bitek With readings by Jordan Scott and Cecily Nicholson Friday\, June 10\, 2016 7:30pm – 9:30 pm Selectors’ Records\, 8 E. Pender St.\, Vancouver No RSVP necessary. More details on the Facebook Event page. The University of Alberta Press recent ly published 100 Days\, a collection of poetry written by Liu […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    BOOK LAUNCH EVENT
    10 0 Days by Juliane Okot Bitek
    With readings by Jordan Scott and Cecily Nicholson

    Friday\, Ju ne 10\, 2016
    7:30pm - 9:30pm
    S electors’ Records\, 8 E. Pender St.\, Vancouver
    No RSVP necessary. More details on the Facebook Event page.

    < p>The University of Alberta Press recently published 100 Days\, a collection of poetry written by Liu Scholar Juliane Okot Bitek\, a PhD stud ent in the Int erdisciplinary Students Graduate Program at the University of British C olumbia.

    About the Poet
    Juliane Okot B itek has never stopped exploring the power of narrative\, focusing her pass ionate essays\, poetry\, and nonfiction work on political and social issues . Her work has been anthologized and published widely online\, in print\, a nd in literary magazines. Some of her writing can be found in West Coast Li ne and subTerrain or on Warscapes.com\, African Writing Online\, zocalopoets.com\, and < a href="https://julianeokotbitek.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">julia neokotbitek.com.

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    A brief description of the collection
    For 100 days\, Juliane Okot Bitek recorded th e lingering nightmare of the Rwandan genocide in a poem. Okot Bitek draws o n her own family’s experience of displacement under the regime of Idi Amin\ , pulling in fragments of the poetic traditions she encounters along the wa y: the Ugandan Acholi oral tradition of her father – the poet Okot p’Bitek\ ; Anglican hymns\; the rhythms and sounds of the African American Spiritual tradition\; and the beat of spoken word and hip-hop.

    Download the title sheet here.
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    Ikhide R. Ikheloa\, from Reading and Writing… Loudly\ , posted this to his blog:

    “Bitek’s ability to connect with the beauty and pain of human suffering seems supernatural\, this ability to give voice to those who seem to have no voices. Bitek wrote this book with her blood and it shows…. Bitek is a gifted seer\, she sees tomorrow with a sweet but earthy\, guttural voice\, voice of the masquerade…. [Bitek] take s the reader to places in the heart that the writer never intended or imagi ned. That is powerful\, how she makes 100 Days a deeply personal journey to each reader.”

    Upon publication\, 100 Days appeared on a list as one of 25 New Books by African Writers Yo u Should Read.

    It was the earth that betrayed us first
    < /em>it was the earth that held onto its beauty
    compelling us to return
    it was the breezes that were there
    & then not there
    it was the sun that rose & fell
    rose & fell
    as if there was nothing different
    < em>as if nothing changed

    To purchase the book\, click here. Learn more about Juliane Okot Bitek’s work by visiting her profile.

    LOCATION:Selectors’ Records GEO:49.280395;-123.098925 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/100-days/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/05/Julie-Park-60.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999972.1066-EO-2018-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160603T190529Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T235310Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160615T174500 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160615T190000 SUMMARY: I Am Evelyn Amony: Reclaiming My Life from the Lord’s Resistance A rmy DESCRIPTION: BOOK LAUNCH WITH THE AUTHOR  I Am Evelyn Amony: Reclaiming My Life from the Lord’s Resistance Army Edited with an Introduction and Histor y Chapter by UBC Professor Erin Baines 5:45 PM – 7:00 PM EST Japan Society\ , Murase Room 333 E 47th Street\, New York\, NY 10017 RSVP by June 10 by em ailing emily.kenney@unwomen.org Follow along on […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    BOOK LAUNCH WITH THE AUTHOR 

    I Am Ev elyn Amony: Reclaiming My Life from the Lord's Resistance Army
    Edited with an Introduction and History Chap ter by UBC Professor Erin Baines

    5:45 PM - 7:00 PM EST    < /p>

    Japan Society\, Murase Room
    333 E 47th Street\,
    New York\, NY 10017

    RSVP by June 10 by emailing emily.kenney@unwomen.org

    Follow along on Twitt er using the hashtag #IAmEvelyn

    Please join author Evelyn Amony for the launch of her recently released memoir\, I am Eve lyn Amony: Reclaiming my Life from the Lord’s Resistance Army. Reflect ing on her life as the forced wife to Joseph Kony\, leader of the armed gro up the Lord’s Resistance Army\, Amony provides a rare glimpse inside the re bel group that continues to operate in Central and East Africa to date\, ne arly 30 years after it was founded.

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    Abducted as a child\, Amony first trained as Kony's personal escort before becoming his wife at 14\, bearing three of h is children.  Evelyn's memoir recalls daily life at the centre of the LRA h igh command\, including the challenges of daily life and navigating complex gender relations.  Following her capture in 2004 and a brief reunion with her family\, Evelyn participated in the Juba Peace Talks to act as a liaiso n between Kony and peace delegates.  When the talks collapsed\, Amony retur ned to care for her children and siblings in the grinding poverty that is l ife after the war in northern Uganda.

    Now chair of the Women’s Advoca cy Network (WAN) composed of 900 survivors\, Amony strives for justice and reparation on behalf of war-affected persons to date.

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    “Evelyn Amony pr ovides penetrating insights into one of the most notorious yet least unders tood armed groups\, the Lord’s Resistance Army. This is an invaluable accou nt of what a woman experienced during years in captivity and\, after escapi ng\, her struggle to regain her humanity and agency. Essential reading for anyone studying armed opposition groups\, women and war\, transitional just ice\, and recovery.”

    —Dyan Mazurana\, Tufts University

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    LOCATION:Japan Society\, Murase Room GEO:40.752557;-73.968246 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/reclaiming-life-lords-resis tance-army/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/06/2592.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999972.1255-EO-2027-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160603T193128Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T235145Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160616T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160616T173000 SUMMARY: Learning from Lived Experience DESCRIPTION: WORKSHOP Learning from Lived Experience: Hearing from Survivor s of Conflict about Gender-Specific Impacts and Potential Policy Responses 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM EST Permanent Mission of Canada to the UN 885 Second Aven ue\, 14th Floor New York\, NY 10017 RSVP by June 10 by emailing emily.kenne y@unwomen.org Follow along on Twitter using the hashtag #SurvivorsSpeak Fol lowing the launch of […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    WORKSHOP

    < a href="https://www.ictj.org/event/workshop-women-and-girls-conflict-learni ng-lived-experience" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Learning from L ived Experience: Hearing from Survivors of Conflict about Gender-Specific Impacts and Potential Policy Responses

    9:30 AM - 5:30 PM EST
    Permanent Mission of Ca nada to the UN
    885 Second Avenue\, 14th Fl oor
    New York\, NY 10017

    RSVP by June 10 by emailing  emily.kenney@unwomen.org

    Follow along on T witter using the hashtag #SurvivorsSpeak

    Following the launch o f I am Evelyn Amony\, please join an interactive workshop inspired by Evelyn’s experiences\, wit h panel discussion on gender\, transitional justice and social repair\; the needs of children born of wartime rape\; and comparative historical and co ntemporary perspectives on violent extremism.

    Speakers include: Abdou laye Bathily (Under-Secretary-General\, SRSG for Central Africa and Head of UNOCA)\, David Tolbert (President\, ICTJ)\, Dyan Mazurana (Tufts Universit y)\, Erin Baines (Liu Institute for Global Issues\, Universit y of British Columbia)\, Evelyn Amony (Women’s Advocacy Network\, Uganda)\, Jacqueline Mutere (Grace Agenda\, Kenya)\, Kelli Muddell (ICTJ)\, Ketty An yeko (Fund for War-affected Children and Youth\, Uganda)\, Lakshmi Puri (As sistant Secretary-General\, UN Women)\, Leila Zerrougui (Under-Secretary Ge neral\, SRSG on Children and Armed Conflict)\, Michael Grant (Deputy Perman ent Representative\, Canada)\, Nahla Valji (UN Women)\, Virginie Ladisch (I CTJ) and Zainab Bangura (Under-Secretary-General\, SRSG on Sexual Violence in Conflict).

    Erin Baines\, an Associate Professor a t the Liu Institute for Global Issues at UBC\, has focused her research on transitional justice\; the politics of humanitarianism and forced displacem ent\; and\, the study of gender and armed conflict\, with a regional focus on northern Uganda.

    Background: ‘I am Ev elyn Amony’

    The autobiography\, I am Evelyn Amony: Reclaiming My Life from the Lord’s Resistance Army\, will be launched in New York on 15 June 2016. The book documents the author’s daily life as the forced wife of Joseph Kony\, leader of the armed group the Lord's Resis tance Army.  Abducted as a young girl\, Amony first trained as Kony's perso nal escort before becoming his wife at 14\, and bearing three of his childr en.  Her book provides unprecedented insights into the organization of the armed group during the 11 years she was held captive\, the relationships th at defined it and her experience\, and a reflection on what it meant to sur vive this experience.

    Now chair of the Women's Advocacy Network (WAN) – which has grown from 20 to 900 women in the last three years – Amony off ers incredible insights based on her experience\, and that of women of the network\, on the forms of justice and reparation they seek\, the challenges of reintegration for women and girls associated with fighting forces\, and the sometimes lack of fit between international policies and programmatic interventions\, and the daily lived experiences and needs of those affected by conflict.  The book foregrounds the value and necessity of understandin g individual lived experience for policy-makers and practitioners to effect ively respond to the gendered dimensions of peace and security.

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    Rationale fo r the Workshop

    To ‘learn from lived experience’ is to r ecognize the agency of victims\, acting within limited and debilitating pos itions\, and to begin to work with this knowledge to design better policies and programmes to widen spaces for seeking peace\, security and justice at level of the everyday.

    The workshop will follow the New York launch of I am Evelyn Amony and use the book as a starting point for a di scussion on learning from lived experiences\, examining key themes reflecte d in the book to explore peace and security issues with a greater understan ding of context-specific and gender-responsive impacts. The panel discussio ns will bring together survivors of conflict\, including the author\, with policy-makers\, practitioners and donors\, to humanize conflict and peace a nd security interventions\, and explore how everyday life can shed new insi ghts into policy or programme needs.

    The workshop will focus on four topics discussed in I am Evelyn Amony\, which are of global releva nce and significance: (i) reintegration and social repair\; (ii) transition al justice\; (iii) children born of wartime sexual violence\; and (iv) comp arative historical and contemporary perspectives and lessons learned in cou ntering violent extremism. Each panel discussion will feature a range of pe rspectives\, including expert practitioners\, policymakers and survivors—in spiring reflection\, discussion and action.

    Building a greater unders tanding of conflict and peacebuilding is of particular importance at presen t moment\, given renewed global commitment to tackling protracted and recur ring cycles of conflict by building sustainable and inclusive peace. In 201 5\, the United Nations completed three reviews of its work on peace and sec urity—on peace operations\, peacebuilding architecture\, and the women\, pe ace and security agenda. Each of these reviews found that\, given the compl exity of current global threats—from violent extremism\, to forced displace ment and climate change—the United Nations and its member states must re-ev aluate current approaches and priorities.

    The agreement on a goal of peaceful and inclusive societies in our new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Dev elopment makes it clear that we cannot build peace on the basis of exclusio n\, inequality and marginalization. This is of particular relevance in the case of women. Evidence from the three UN reviews makes it clear that women ’s meaningful participation and leadership in conflict prevention\, resolut ion and recovery is directly correlated with a higher likelihood of sustain able peace. Greater understanding of the experiences as well as obstacles t o participation and empowerment encountered by women such as Evelyn can con tribute greatly to improving the policy and programming responses of the in ternational community.

    LOCATION:Permanent Mission of Canada to the UN GEO:49.260872;-123.113953 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/learning-lived-experience-h earing-survivors-conflict-gender-specific-impacts-potential-policy-response s/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/06/2592.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160623T0918Z-1466673492.7324-EO-20352-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160617T231246Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T234428Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160621T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160621T133000 SUMMARY: South China Sea: Impact on ASEAN DESCRIPTION: When China expanded dramatically into the South China Sea in 2 015\, there was little reaction. Now\, approaching one year later\, scholar s and nations are beginning to react and understand how historic this move was. The geographical heart of ASEAN has been cut out. China’s “dual strate gy” offers attractive infrastructure projects and increased trade\, but for bids […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    When China expanded dramatically into the South China Sea in 2015\, there was little reaction. Now\, approaching one year later\, scholars and nations are beginning to react and understand how historic this move was. The geographical heart of ASEAN has been cut out. China’s “dual strategy” offers attractive infrastructure projects and incre ased trade\, but forbids discussion of the South China Sea. This strategy h as been quite successful. Ironically\, this crisis is a great opportunity f or ASEAN to make much needed reforms without losing its unique identity. A major factor in all this is the rapidly solidifying sense of an ASEAN ident ity among younger generations\, which will dramatically melt away many of A SEAN’s problems\, and allow it to negotiate with major powers as an equal. In the meantime\, the rise of China may not involve any direct confrontatio ns\, and ASEAN will probably continue to develop economically. However\, th e unique\, gradual and sometimes painful evolution of the past 50 years may be lost\, and the region could revert to the era of ASEAN’s founding: a gr oup of disorganized pawns in the strategies of the major powers.

    Speaker Bio:

    Jim Placzek\, PhD\, lived lived for 7 years in Thailand before returning in 1975 to Canada and completing an MA in Lin guistics and an interdisciplinary PhD in Southeast Asian culture history\, both at UBC. For 20 years he taught Asian Studies at Langara College\, and Thai language at Capilano University. He also taught various courses at UBC . For the past 2 years Dr. Placzek has been teaching in Pridi Banomyong Int ernational College at Thammasat University in Thailand. He's teaching gradu ate and undergraduate courses and supervising MA candidates in ASEAN Studie s.

    Sponsor: Centre for Southeast Asia Research
    Place: Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building\,1855 West Mall
    By: Jim Placzek\, PhD
    Type: Event
    Dates: Tuesday\, Jun 21\, 2016 to Tuesday\, Jun 21\, 20 16
    Time: 12:00pm - 1:30pm

    View full event poster

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/south-china-sea-impact-on-a sean/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/06/victor-garcia-790965-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160503T1611Z-1462291889.5837-EO-19701-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160503T160113Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233021Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160701 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160702 SUMMARY: Canada Day DESCRIPTION: IAR Office to be closed. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    IAR Office to be closed.

    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/canada-day/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999972.1598-EO-2257-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160708T230919Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T234313Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160719T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160719T200000 SUMMARY: MP Policy Café on Clean Growth and Climate Change DESCRIPTION: Share your expertise and ideas on putting a price on carbon\, how and where to reduce emissions\, or brainstorm on the role of new techno logy and job creation in the clean energy sector. Climate Change is a big s ubject and each of us has a role to play in getting it right! When: 6 PM-8 […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Share your expertise and ideas on putting a price on carbon\, how and where to reduce emissions\, or brainstorm on th e role of new technology and job creation in the clean energy sector. Clima te Change is a big subject and each of us has a role to play in getting it right!

    When: 6 PM-8 PM
    Registration: 6 - 6:15 pm
    Policy dis cussion will start right at 6:15 pm so please be on time.

    Where: Liu Institute for Global Issues\, Multipurpose Room\, 6476 MW Marine Drive
    Find parking at the Fraser River Parkade or the Rose Garden Parkade.

    Conducted by Vancouver Quadra Member of Parliament Joyce Murray to support the Government of Canada's country-wide climate consultations.

    LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/mp-policy-cafe-clean-growth -climate-change/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/07/smoke-258786_1920.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160625T0822Z-1466842956.1897-EO-20532-2671@137.82.234.17 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160624T220829Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T234151Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160723T091500 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160723T170000 SUMMARY: Kanagawa University – UBC Joint Symposium DESCRIPTION: Non-Written Materials for New Possibilities of Japanese / Asia n Studies. This event will be conducted in Japanese. Program Schedule. Free to attend but registration is required by July 15th. Contact: ihatov.song@ gmail.com (Minoru Takano). X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Non-Written Materials for New Possibilitie s of Japanese / Asian Studies. This event will be conducted in Japanese.

    Program Schedule.

    Free to att end but registration is required by July 15th. Contact: ihatov.song@gmail.com (Minoru Takano).

    Poster-Kanagawa-UBC-Joint-Symposium-July-23- 2016

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/kanagawa-university-ubc-joi nt-symposium/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/06/Poster-Kanagawa-UBC-Joint-Symposium-July-23-2016-724x1024-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160727T1624Z-1469636659.5206-EO-20789-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160726T232859Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T233908Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160728T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160728T130000 SUMMARY: Lunchtime Roundtable with Dr. Justin Jacobs on his New Book: Xinji ang and the Modern Chinese State DESCRIPTION: About the Book: The book views modern Chinese Political histor y from the perspective of Han officials who goverened Xinjiang. ‘This regio n\, inhabited by Uighurs\, Kazaks\, Hui\, Mongols\, Kirgiz\, and Tajiks\, i s also the last significant “colony” of the former Qing empire to remain un der continuous Chinese rule throughout the twentieth century. Jacob’s narra tive tracks Xingjiang […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    ju stin jacob posterAbout the Book:

    The book views modern Chinese Political history from the pers pective of Han officials who goverened Xinjiang. 'This region\, inhabited b y Uighurs\, Kazaks\, Hui\, Mongols\, Kirgiz\, and Tajiks\, is also the last significant "colony" of the former Qing empire to remain under continuous Chinese rule throughout the twentieth century. Jacob's narrative tracks Xin gjiang Officials after 1949 and reconceptualising the moden Chinese state a s a "national empire."

    About the Author:

    Justi n M. Jacobs is assistant professor of history at the American University in Washington\, DC. He received his B.A. and M.A. from the University of Wash ington in Seattle\, and his Ph.D. in modern Chinese history from the Univer sity of California\, San Diego.

    LOCATION:Boardroom\, Rm 231\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/lunchtime-roundtable-with-d r-justin-jacobs-on-his-new-book-xinjiang-and-the-modern-chinese-state/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/07/justin-jacob-poster-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160503T1611Z-1462291889.5896-EO-19702-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160503T160139Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233021Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160801 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160802 SUMMARY: B.C. Day DESCRIPTION: IAR Office to be closed. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    IAR Office to be closed.

    LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/b-c-day/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160625T0822Z-1466842956.2712-EO-20466-2671@137.82.234.17 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160623T215832Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T233545Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160810 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160813 SUMMARY: Buddhism in the Global Eye: Beyond East and West DESCRIPTION: The 6th Annual Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation Conference (Hosted by The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Co ntemporary Society\, Jessica L. Main\, director) at UBC\, and co-sponsored by The Modernization of Buddhism in Global Perspective Project (SSHRC Insig ht Grant\, John S. Harding\, Victor Sogen Hori\, Alexander Soucy\, co-inves tigators) This conference has been called to […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Global-Eye-Banner-PlainThe 6th Annual Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation Conference (Ho sted by The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society\, Jessica L. Main\, director) at UBC\, and co-sponsored by The Modernization of Buddhism in Global Perspective Pr oject (SSHRC Insight Grant\, John S. Harding\, Victor Sogen Hori\, Alex ander Soucy\, co-investigators)

    This conference has been c alled to re-examine the widely held assumption that modern Buddhism is Budd hism with Western characteristics and to attempt to map out a better paradi gm for explaining the modernization of Buddhism. It takes seriously the con cept of globalization: Buddhist transformation in Asia and in the West are not seen as distinct but as related taking place in communication across mu ltiple nodes that cross East-West lines.

    Full Ev ent Details Here

    Register for the Event Here

    LOCATION:St. John's College GEO:0;0 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/buddhism-in-the-global-eye- beyond-east-and-west/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/06/Global-Eye-Banner-Plain-300x128-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160724T1906Z-1469387188.0953-EO-20730-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160721T164803Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T233303Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160810T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160810T210000 SUMMARY: Japanese Buddhism’s ‘Western Turn’: South/Southeast Asia and the F orging of the Japanese Buddhist Modern DESCRIPTION: Scholars have long portrayed the construction of twentieth-cen tury Buddhism in Japan as a result of changes forced upon or willfully adop ted by Japanese Buddhists as a result of ever more frequent contacts with t he “West\,” that is\, the United States and Europe. The intellectual\, scho larly\, and religious exchanges that reshaped the Japanese Buddhist world f rom the late-nineteenth and first […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    slider_jaffeScholars have long portrayed the construction of twent ieth-century Buddhism in Japan as a result of changes forced upon or willfu lly adopted by Japanese Buddhists as a result of ever more frequent contact s with the “West\,” that is\, the United States and Europe. The intellectua l\, scholarly\, and religious exchanges that reshaped the Japanese Buddhist world from the late-nineteenth and first half of the twentieth-centuries\, thus largely have been understood as overwhelmingly bipolar ones. The rece ived narrative describing the numerous changes in modern Japanese Buddhism as a product of “Westernization\,” however\, overlooks almost completely th e role played by cultural flows between Japan and Asia\, especially South a nd Southeast Asia\, in catalyzing the reconceptualization of Japanese Buddh ism as a pan-Asian and\, even\, global\, tradition. South and Southeast Asi a served as crucial contact zones for Asian Buddhists. During the Meiji\, T aishō\, and early Shōwa eras Japanese Buddhists traveled along the new “Cot ton Road” living\, practicing\, and studying in such enterpots as Bangkok\, Benares\, Bombay\, Calcutta\, Chittagong\, Lhasa\, and Rangoon. There they encountered Buddhists and Buddhist sympathizers from around the world\, ex changing practices\, texts\, ideas\, and material cultural objects. Returni ng to Japan in the wake of these Asian encounters\, Japanese Buddhists were  stimulated to reshape numerous facets of their tradition\, including secta rian scholarship\, the practice of the precepts\, denominational structure\ , and Buddhist material culture. In this presentation\, I will show how thi s Asian turn was a crucial element in creating a distinctive Japanese Buddh ist modernity.

    ***Lectures are free and open to the public. No re gistration required. Seating on a first-come\, first-served basis.***< /p>

    Full Event Details Here

     

    Jaffe-at-Kichudo-Kyoto-360x450R ichard M. Jaffe is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Duk e University. He received his Ph.D. in religious studies with a concentrati on in Buddhist studies from Yale University in 1995. A specialist of Japane se Buddhism and modernity\, he authored Neither Monk nor Layman: Cleric al Marriage in Modern Japanese Buddhism (Princeton University Press\, 2002). He is currently working on a study of travel and encounters between Japanese and other Buddhists during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries\ , as well as overseeing the publication of four volumes of the writings of D.T. Suzuki (plus a one-volume Suzuki Reader from the University of Califor nia Press). The first two volumes were recently published: Selected Wor ks of D.T. Suzuki\, Volume I: Zen (2014) and Volume II: Pure Land< /em> (2015)\, the latter edited by James C. Dobbins. His faculty profile ma y be viewed here.

    LOCATION:Asian Centre Auditorium GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/japanese-buddhisms-western- turn-southsoutheast-asia-and-the-forging-of-the-japanese-buddhist-modern/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/07/slider_jaffe-300x128-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160724T1906Z-1469387188.155-EO-20733-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160721T165113Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T233215Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160811T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160811T210000 SUMMARY: Buddhism and Global Secularisms DESCRIPTION: The standard modernization-as-westernization narrative of Budd hism closely parallels the twentieth-century narrative of secularism as a g lobal\, linear\, and uniform process of religion waning and becoming less r elevant to public life. The processes of disenchantment\, social differenti ation\, displacement\, and the growing dominance of instrumental reasoning  and scientific thinking\, according to this narrative\, would gradually com e to occupy the spaces once inhabited […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    McMahan-SliderThe standard modernization-as-westernization nar rative of Buddhism closely parallels the twentieth-century narrative of sec ularism as a global\, linear\, and uniform process of religion waning and b ecoming less relevant to public life. The processes of disenchantment\, soc ial differentiation\, displacement\, and the growing dominance of instrumen tal reasoning and scientific thinking\, according to this narrative\, would gradually come to occupy the spaces once inhabited by religion. New ways o f thinking about secularism\, however\, suggest that Buddhism in the modern world offers an example of (1) the porousness of the boundary between secu lar and religious; (2) the diversity\, fluidity\, and constructedness of th e very categories of religious and secular\, since they appear in different ways among different Buddhist cultures in divergent national contexts; and (3) the way these categories nevertheless have very real-world effects and become drivers of substantial change in belief and practice. Drawing from a few examples of Buddhism in various geographical and political settings\, I hope to take a some modest steps toward illuminating some of the broad c ontours of the interlacing of secularism and Buddhism. In doing so\, I am s ynthesizing some of my past research on Buddhist modernism\, integrating it with some current research I am doing on meditation\, and considering thei r implications for thinking about secularism and the modernization of Buddh ism. Particular examples include certain meditation practices that have gon e global\, but take on very specific forms in different countries due to la ws governing how “secular” and “religious” are understood (US\, China\, Ind ia). Another example is how Buddhism is being shaped by political forces in China\, again\, by the state conceptions of “religious” and “secular.” The examples complicate any linear understanding of modernization and seculari zation and\, instead\, suggest a multinodal process.

    ***Lectures are free and open to the public. No registration required. Seating on a fir st-come\, first-served basis.***

    Full Event Details Here

    David L. McMahan is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Religious Studies at Franklin & M arshall College in Pennsylvania. He received his Ph.D. in religious studies from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is the editor of B< em>uddhism in the Modern World (Routledge 2012) and author of The Making of Buddhist Modernism (Oxford\, 2008)\, Empty Vision: Metap hor and Visionary Imagery in Mahāyāna Buddhism (Routledge Curzon\, 200 2)\, and a number of articles on Mahāyāna Buddhism in South Asia and Buddhi sm in the modern world. He has written on Indian Buddhist literature\, visu al metaphors and practice\, and the early history of the Mahāyāna movement in India. More recently\, his work has focused on the interface of Buddhism and modernity\, including its interactions with science\, psychology\, mod ernist literature\, romanticism\, and transcendentalism.

    LOCATION:Asian Centre Auditorium GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/buddhism-and-global-secular isms/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/07/McMahan-Slider-300x128-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999972.2352-EO-25902-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180911T195631Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T233043Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160901 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161201 SUMMARY: Picturing High Places in the Anthropocene: Continuity and Change i n High Mountains and the Arctic DESCRIPTION: High places––mountains and the Arctic––are home to some of the planet’s most distinctive cultures\, unique ecosystems\, and compelling la ndscapes\; they are also among the most environmentally sensitive areas on the planet. In this exhibition\, environmental change researcher Graham McD owell drew together photographs from his work in high places (e.g. Greenlan d\, the Himalayas\, and the Canadian Arctic) […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    High places––mountains and the Arctic––are home to some of the planet’s most distinctive cultures\, unique ecosystems \, and compelling landscapes\; they are also among the most environmentally sensitive areas on the planet. In this exhibition\, environmental change r esearcher Graham McDowell drew together photographs from his work in high p laces (e.g. Greenland\, the Himalayas\, and the Canadian Arctic) to help gr ound-truth our understanding of the Anthropocene\, a new period in Earth’s history. His photographs revealed the multitude of ways in which places\, p eople\, and ecosystems in high mountains and the Arctic experience and resp ond to environmental change\, drawing attention to the tension between prof ound change and often underappreciated occurrences of socio-ecological cont inuity. Please find Graham's full bio here.

    LOCATION:Lobby Gallery\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/picturing-high-places-in-th e-anthropocene-continuity-and-change-in-high-mountains-and-the-arctic/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/01/Greenland.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160503T1611Z-1462291889.5962-EO-19703-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160503T160203Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233022Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160905 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160906 SUMMARY: Labour Day DESCRIPTION: IAR Office to be closed. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    IAR Office to be closed.

    LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/labour-day/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160503T1611Z-1462291889.6024-EO-19704-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160503T160306Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233022Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160906 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160907 SUMMARY: Back to School! DESCRIPTION: Welcome back for a new school year! X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Welcome back for a new school year!

    LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/back-to-school/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999972.257-EO-2413-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160822T222920Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T232903Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160906T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160906T193000 SUMMARY: UBC Celebrates Partnership with Yale University and Fulbright Cana da DESCRIPTION: September 6th\, 2016 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM Liu Institute for Globa l Issues – Multipurpose Room 6476 NW Marine Drive Vancouver\, BC Canada V6T 1Z2 RSVP includes refreshments Please join us for a short program with Pre sident Santa Ono\, UBC’s 15th President and Vice Chancellor\, including an overview of the partnership and student opportunities\, followed by a recep tion […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    September 6th\ , 2016
    6:30     PM - 7:30 PM
    Liu Institute for Global I ssues - Multipurpose Room
    6476 NW Marine Drive
    Vancouver\, BC Canada V6T 1Z2
    RSVP includes refreshments

    Please join us for a short program with President Santa Ono\, UBC's 15th President and Vic e Chancellor\, including an overview of the partnership and student opportu nities\, followed by a reception with the President. Michael Hawes\, Profes sor of Political Science and CEO at Fulbright Canada and Ben Cashore\, Prof essor of Environmental Governance & Political Science\, Director of the Gov ernance\, Environment\, and Markets Initiative at Yale\, and Director\, Pro gram on Forest Policy and Governance will also be in attendance.

    B ackground: Yale University and MacMillan Centre’s Fox Fellows Program h ave partnered with UBC’s Liu Institute for Global Issues to exchange UBC an d Yale students during their degree program.

    Fulbright Canada joins t he partnership this year to provide dual fellowships. Details are posted here.< /p>

     

    LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ubc-celebrates-partnership- yale-university-fulbright-canada/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/08/Panorama1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160819T2214Z-1471644864.901-EO-20874-2671@137.82.234.3 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160819T210114Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T232713Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160907T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160907T180000 SUMMARY: “Persian Writings on Ayurvedic Medicine: The Construction of a Gen re” by Dr. Fabrizio Speziale DESCRIPTION: This lecture examines the translation of foreign materials int o post-Abbasid Muslim medical culture by looking at the production of Persi an works dealing with Indian medicine. From the 14th century onwards\, the composition of Persian texts on Ayurveda emerged in South Asia as a new gen re of writing\, which was actually a composite genre including various […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This lecture examines the translation of f oreign materials into post-Abbasid Muslim medical culture by looking at the production of Persian works dealing with Indian medicine. From the 14th ce ntury onwards\, the composition of Persian texts on Ayurveda emerged in Sou th Asia as a new genre of writing\, which was actually a composite genre in cluding various kinds of texts. The Muslim physicians’ approach interprets the incorporation of the other’s learning as an act that does not reject th e principles of the receiving culture but empirically applies the logic of these principles to the understanding of the foreign environment and the re ceiving culture. The composition of new texts on Ayurveda in Persian consti tutes a prominent aspect of these studies as well as a central element of t he creation of a Persianised version of Ayurvedic treatment\, more likely t o be circulated among Indian Muslim physicians. The Persian treatises apply new linguistic and cognitive categories to the analysis of the translated material\; the interpretation based on the criteria of the receiving cultur e is added to\, and sometimes replaces\, the criteria of the source culture .

    e5ae55a2c4Dr. Speziale is an Associate Professor (maître de conf érences)  in Persian Studies at the Department of Arabic\, Hebrew\, In dian and Iranian Studies in University Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3. He is a lso the principal investigator of the Perso-Indica project\, whose aim is to produce a compre hensive survey of Persian works on Indian cultures\, written between the 13 th and the 19th centuries in South Asia.
    The Perso-Indica pro ject which is of particular interest to the Centre\, examines the history o f Persian texts on Indian culture and aims at offering a new epistemic visi on of the history of contacts between Muslim and Indian scholarly tradition s.

    RSVP | View full event poster

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/persian-writings-on-ayurved ic-medicine-the-construction-of-a-genre-by-dr-fabrizio-speziale/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/08/DrSpeziale-7th-Poster.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999972.2775-EO-6502-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160804T232759Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T232328Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160908T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160908T140000 SUMMARY: MPPGA Policy Salon DESCRIPTION: Join us for our annual Policy Salon to welcome new and returni ng MPPGA students and explore pressing issues of local\, national and globa l concern. Students\, Faculty\, Senior Administrators\, staff\, community l eaders\, partners and employers from government\, the corporate sector\, an d non-governmental organizations are invited to attend. Please RSVP. Light refreshments will be served. The Salon will […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Policy Salon
    Join us for our annual Policy Salon to welcome new an d returning MPPGA students and explore pressing issues of local\, national and global concern. Students\, Faculty\, Senior Administrators\, staff\, co mmunity leaders\, partners and employers from government\, the corporate se ctor\, and non-governmental organizations are invited to attend.

    Please RSVP. Light refreshments will be served.

    The Salon w ill open with a traditional Musqueam welcome. Policy Speakers include:

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  • George Hoberg\, Professor\, Environmental and Natur al Resource Policy\, Liu Institute for Global Issues\, UBC
  • Eva Busza\, Vice-President\, Research and Programs\, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
  • Paul Kershaw\, Associate Prof essor\, School of Population and Public Health\, UBC
  • Stepha nie Chang\, Professor\, School of Community and Regional Planning & the Institute for Resources\, Environment\, and Sustainability\, UBC
  • Moderated by MPPGA Director Moura Quayle

    • F ollowing the Salon\, stay to mingle with students\, UBC faculty\, and polic y practitioners over light refreshments to learn more about the MPPGA progr am and the creation of the UBC Policy School.

    Salon Speaker B ios:

    Professor George Hoberg specializes in environmental and natural resource policy and governance. He received a BS from UC Berkeley\, and his PhD in political science from M IT. Before joining the Liu Institute\, Dr. Hoberg taught public policy and American politics in the Department of Political Science for 13 years\, and forest and energy policy in the Faculty of Forestry from 2001 to 2016. His research interests include environmental policy\, energy policy\, forest p olicy\, and more generally the design of policies and institutions to promo te sustainability. His current research focuses on the clean energy transfo rmation. He is writing a book on the resistance to oil sands pipelines and the challenges and opportunities of the clean energy transformation.

    Dr. Eva Busza is Vice-Preside nt\, Research and Programs\, at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. Prio r to joining the foundation\, she was Director of Policy and Strategic Plan ning for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Previous appointments also inclu de Team Leader for Asia Pacific in the UN’s Development Programme's Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery and Senior Advisor at the National Democ ratic Institute for International Affairs. Ms. Busza holds a Ph.D. from Sta nford University and a Master's degree from UBC.

    Associate Professor Paul Kershaw is a farmer mornin g and night. By day\, he is an academic\, public speaker\, media contributo r and volunteer. At UBC\, he is a leading scholar of public policy\, and a faculty member in the Human Early Learning Partnership.  In the Faculty of Medicine\, he focuses on the major policy levers that influence the social determinants of health\, with a particular interest in policy that shapes t hese determinants for younger generations. Kershaw founded the Generation Squeeze k nowledge mobilization campaign\, co-hosted at UBC and the non-profit Associ ation for Generational Equity. The campaign is building a powerful organiza tion to speak up for younger Canada in the market place and the world of po litics\, and is intended to become the largest community engagement initiat ive ever launched from a Canadian university.

    Pr ofessor Stephanie E. Chang joined UBC in January 2004 and has a joint appointment in the School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP ) and the Institute for Resources\, Environment\, and Sustainability (IRES) . She held a Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Disaster Management and Urba n Sustainability from 2004 to 2013. Much of Dr. Chang’s work aims to bridge the gap between engineering\, natural sciences\, and social sciences in ad dressing the complex issues of natural disasters. Dr. Chang is particularly interested in issues of disaster recovery and resilience\, urban infrastru cture systems\, and cities of the Pacific Rim.

    Pro fessor Moura Quayle is Director of the Liu Institute for Globa l Issues and UBC’s Master of Publi c Policy and Global Affairs program. Moura’s interests lie in rethinkin g\, refining and rebuilding collaborative spaces at the intersections of ac ademia\, government\, business and civil society. Her recent focus has been the Sauder d.studio\, a research and teaching studio that helps students a nd organizations learn to use design processes and tools to co-create innov ative solutions to complex problems.

    For further information\, please contact lindsay.marsh@ubc.ca

    LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:0;0 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/mppga-policy-salon/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/08/vsaranphotodotcom-PRINT-112.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160819T2214Z-1471644864.9143-EO-20875-2671@137.82.234.3 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160819T210412Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T232234Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160908T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160908T180000 SUMMARY: “Literary Interaction in South Asia: Indo-Persian Narratives” by D r. Pegah Shahbaz DESCRIPTION: This Presentation will bring up the study of Persian narrative s of Indian origin\, translated directly from Sanskrit or other South Asian vernaculars from the 14th century onwards\; the stories which\, retold and modified according to the recipient culture\, helped to form a forthcoming exchange of knowledge between Muslims and Hindus\, during the realm of Sul tanates […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This Presentation will bring up the study of Persian narratives of Indian origin\, translated directly from Sanskrit or other South Asian vernaculars from the 14th century onwards\; the storie s which\, retold and modified according to the recipient culture\, helped t o form a forthcoming exchange of knowledge between Muslims and Hindus\, dur ing the realm of Sultanates in Delhi (1206-1526) and later Mughal period (1 526-1858). We will pursue the case study of Suka-saptati and P añcatantra as two examples of Sanskrit narrative tradition and will fo llow their transmission and insertion into Persian literature along with th e multiple specificities and changes they accepted within centuries\, from the receiving culture.

    P.Shahbaz-2Dr. Shahbaz is a Postdoc toral Fellow attached to the Perso-Indica < /em>project and the ‘Mondes Indien et  Iranien’ Research Unit at U niversity Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3.  The aim of the Perso-Indica project is to produce a comprehensive survey of Persian works on Indian c ultures\, written between the 13th and the 19th centuries in South Asia.
    The Perso-Indica project\, which is of particular interest to t he Centre\, examines the history of Persian texts on Indian culture and aim s at offering a new epistemic vision of the history of contacts between Mus lim and Indian scholarly traditions.

    RSVP | View full event poster

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/literary-interaction-in-sou th-asia-indo-persian-narratives-by-dr-pegah-shahbaz/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/08/Dr.Shahbaz-poster-8th_final.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160819T2214Z-1471644864.9251-EO-20876-2671@137.82.234.3 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160819T210721Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T232106Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160909T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160909T123000 SUMMARY: Workshop: “Colonial Readers and Authors of Indo-Persian Texts” by Dr. Shahbaz and Dr. Speziale DESCRIPTION: Dr. Speziale is an Associate Professor (maître de conférences)   in Persian Studies at the Department of Arabic\, Hebrew\, Indian and Iran ian Studies in University Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3. He is also the princ ipal investigator of the Perso-Indica project\, whose aim is to produce a c omprehensive survey of Persian works on Indian cultures\, written between t he 13th and the 19th centuries […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    S pezialeDr. Speziale is an Associate Professor  (maître de conférences)  in Persian Studies at the Department of A rabic\, Hebrew\, Indian and Iranian Studies in University Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3. He is also the principal investigator of the Perso-Indica project\, whose aim is to produce a comprehensive survey of Persian works on Indian cultures\, wri tten between the 13th and the 19th centuries in South Asia.

     

     

    P.ShahbazDr. Shahbaz is a Postdoctoral Fellow attached to the Perso-Indica project and the ‘Monde s Indien et  Iranien’ Research Unit at University Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3.  The aim of the Perso-Indicaproject is to produce a compr ehensive survey of Persian works on Indian cultures\, written between the 1 3th and the 19th centuries in South Asia.

     

     

    The Per so-Indica project\, which is of particular interest to the Centre\, ex amines the history of Persian texts on Indian culture and aims at offering a new epistemic vision of the history of contacts between Muslim and Indian scholarly traditions.

    View full event poster

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/workshop-colonial-readers-a nd-authors-of-indo-persian-texts-by-dr-shahbaz-and-dr-speziale/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/08/Dr.ShahbazDr.Speziale_Workshop9th_updated.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181130T1757Z-1543600656.7362-EO-2445-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160831T200241Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T231254Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160912T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160912T193000 SUMMARY: Lobby Gallery Exhibition Opening: Picturing High Places in the Ant hropocene: Continuity and Change in High Mountains and the Arctic DESCRIPTION: Join us for a short talk about our new Lobby Gallery exhibitio n by Liu Scholar and photographer Graham McDowell\, with opportunities to d iscuss the exhibition with Graham and other attendees. Hors d’oeuvres will be provided. Please download the poster. Where: Liu Institute for Global Is sues\, Lobby Gallery 6476 NW Marine Drive\, Vancouver\, BC Canada\, V6T 1Z2 […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us for a short talk about our new Lob by Gallery exhibition by Liu Scholar and photographer Graham McDowell\, wit h opportunities to discuss the exhibition with Graham and other attendees. Hors d’oeuvres will be provided.

    Please download the poster.

    Wher e:

    Liu Institute for Global Issues\, Lobby Gallery
    6476 NW Marine Drive\, Vancouver\, BC Canada\, V6T 1Z2

    Wh en:

    September 12th\, 2016\, 5:00pm – 7:30pm

    Photographs will hang from September 1st to November 30 th\, 2016

    Exhibition Description:

    High places––mountains and the Arctic––are home to some of the planet’ s most distinctive cultures\, unique ecosystems\, and compelling landscapes \; they are also among the most environmentally sensitive areas on the plan et. This sensitivity\, and its attendant social and ecological implications \, is a timely concern now that the planet has entered the Anthropocene\, a period when human activities are driving rapid\, global-scale changes in t he biosphere. However\, while scholarly work on the Anthropocene is of grow ing interest\, engagement with the topic to date has been primarily theoret ical.

    In this exhibition\, environmental change researcher Graham McD owell draws together photographs from his work in high places (e.g. Greenla nd\, the Himalayas\, and the Canadian Arctic) to help ground-truth our unde rstanding of this new period in Earth’s history. His photographs reveal the multitude of ways in which places\, people\, and ecosystems in high mounta ins and the Arctic experience and respond to environmental change\, drawing attention to the tension between profound change and often underappreciate d occurrences of socio-ecological continuity. His exhibition aims to provok e more meaningful and productive discussions about how the Anthropocene int ersects with concerns related to sustainability\, social justice\, and huma n security\, within and beyond high places.

    Photographer Bio:

    Graham McDowell is an environmental change researcher work ing in high mountain and Arctic regions. His research is focused on vulnera bility\, adaptation\, and transformation with a particular emphasis on the development of governance strategies that promote human well-being and ecol ogical resilience in the context of a changing cryosphere. Graham has led p rojects in the Nepal Himalaya\, Rocky Mountains\, Greenland\, and the Canad ian Arctic as well as numerous global-scale assessments of environmental ch ange in cold regions. As a photographer\, he believes that compelling image s from the frontlines of environmental change provide a strong complement t o text-based communication approaches. He is also motivated by the challeng e of obtaining compelling images in demanding situations\, where factors su ch as cold\, altitude\, and cross-cultural differences require high levels of tact and resourcefulness in addition to photographic competence. He has been actively involved in the use of photography-based science communicatio n methods for several years\, with photos appearing in numerous popular and academic outlets including Vice\, CBC News\, and Nature Climate Change.

    Graham is currently a PhD student\, Vanier Scholar\, Liu Scholar\, and Public Scholar at the University of British Columbia\, where he is affiliat ed with the Institute for Resources\, Environment and Sustainability (IRES) . Prior to beginning his doctoral studies\, he obtained an MSc in Environme ntal Change and Management at the University of Oxford and an Honours degre e in Geography at McGill University.

    For more information about Graha m’s background and research please see: http://grahammcdowellresearch.com/

    LOCATION:Lobby Gallery\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/lobby-gallery-exhibition-op ening-picturing-high-places-anthropocene-continuity-change-high-mountains-a rctic/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/01/Greenland.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999972.3553-EO-24588-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180821T224916Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T230014Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160915T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160915T143000 SUMMARY: “The China Challenge” DESCRIPTION: Join a discussion on the Australian experience\, and its relev ance to Canada\, in navigating a new global balance of power with Professor Gareth Evans. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    A special invitation to join a discussion with the Honourable Gareth Evans\, currently the Chancellor of the Australi an National University.  A member of the Australian parliament for two deca des and a Cabinet minister in both the Hawke and Keating governments\, he s erved as foreign minister from 1988-96.  A dynamic internationalist\, he is well known for his role as co-chair of the International Commission on Int ervention and State Sovereignty and subsequent work in promoting the Respon sibility to Protect.  Professor Evans was instrumental in establishing the International Crisis Group and has been an unflagging leader on nuclear dis armament and non-proliferation matters. Learn more about Dr. Evans in hi s bio.

    Time: 1:00-2:30\, Thursday\, September 15 th
    Location: C. K. Choi 120\, UBC
    Speake r: The Honourable Gareth Evans
    Subject: "The China Challenge"
    Please download a poster here.

    gareth_evans

    Professor Evans' presentation will focus on the Australian experience\, and its relevance to Canada\, in navigating a new global balan ce of power.  He writes: "For both of us – and indeed  for a number of othe r countries in East Asia who are deeply economically engaged with China\, b ut significantly dependent on the United States for our defense – it is a m atter of  maximizing the huge economic opportunity that China represents\, while doing everything we possibly can to help keep the peace. And keeping the peace is becoming an ever bigger challenge in an environment where the tectonic plates continue to shift\, and China is becoming ever less willing to accept a situation where the US remains – both globally and regionally\ , and economically and militarily – the unchallenged rule maker and enforce r."

    Bold\, clear-headed and candid\, we are looking forward to a live ly discussion that will be chaired by former Senator Jack Austin and introd uced by MPPGA Professor Paul Evans (no blood relation).

    Seati ng will be limited so please RSVP HERE if you wish to attend.

    **For those who are interested\, Dr. Evans also will be spea king that evening at 6:00PM at SFU's Wosk Centre for Dialogue on "The Case for Good International Citizenship."**

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-china-challenge-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/09/Gareth_Evans_University_of_Melbourne.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999972.411-EO-26010-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20181128T230505Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T225619Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160915T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160915T210000 SUMMARY: How Populism is Transforming American Politics — On the Left and R ight DESCRIPTION: The Lind Initiative in U.S. Studies Presents: Peter Beinart\, Contributing Editor David Frum\, Senior Editor at The Atlantic Moderated by Andrew Coyne\, Columnist with the National Post Register here. A discussio n about the future of the Republican and Democratic parties\, from two of t he sharpest observers of each\, in light of the results of the primaries [… ] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Lind Initiative in U.S. Studie s Presents:

    Peter Beinart\, Contributing Editor
    Da vid Frum\, Senior Editor at The Atlantic
    Moderated by Andrew Coyne\, Columnist with the National Post
    Register here.

    A discussion about the future of the R epublican and Democratic parties\, from two of the sharpest observers of ea ch\, in light of the results of the primaries and the populist forces they both exhibited.

    Peter Beinart is contributing editor at The Atlantic and National Journal\, an associate prof essor of journalism and political science at the City University of New Yor k\, and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation.

    David Frum is a senior editor at The Atlantic and the chairman of Policy Exchange. He served as a White House speechwriter during the earl y years of the George W. Bush presidency. In 2007-2008\, as senior adviser to the Rudy Giuliani presidential campaign. He has also written for outlets like the National Review\, the Wall Street Journal\, and Canada’s National Post.

    Andrew Coyne is a Canadian columnist with the National Post and a member of the At Issue pane l on CBC’s The National. Previously\, he has been national editor for Macle an’s and a columnist with the Globe and Mail.

    Find more details on the Lind Initiative website.

    A bout: The Lind Initiative in U.S. Studies is an annual dialog ue series hosted by the Liu Institute for Global Issues and made possible b y a generous gift from Philip Lind (BA’66\, LLD’02). Created to address the most urgent issues of our time\, the initiative invites prominent American scholars\, writers and intellectuals to UBC to conduct research and share ideas with students\, faculty and the wider community on a particular theme .

    The focus of 2016 is the U.S. Election Campaign. Through high profi le speakers\, discussions with UBC students\, faculty\, alumni and communit y\, The Lind Initiative in U.S. Studies aims to provoke a national conversation around issues such as hyper conservatism and widening rifts i n the two major political parties. Please join us by registering for all ev ents on the Current Series pa ge.

    LOCATION:Old Auditorium\, UBC GEO:49.266518;-123.258128 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/how-populism-is-transformin g-american-politics-on-the-left-and-right-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/08/vsaranphotodotcom-PRINT-62.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160903T2134Z-1472938486.2278-EO-20923-2671@137.82.234.17 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160902T232038Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T225534Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160921T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160921T154500 SUMMARY: Thailand’s Military\, the USA and China: Understanding how the Tha i Military Perceives the Great Powers and Implications for the US Rebalance DESCRIPTION: Thailand’s ties as an intimate US ally have declined in recent years and the US-Thai relationship is under pressure as China’s regional i nfluence grows. How and why has this happened? Does it matter for the US re balance in Asia? As the only US treaty ally in mainland Southeast Asia\, Th ailand has been the recipient of […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Thailand’s ties as an intimate US ally hav e declined in recent years and the US-Thai relationship is under pressure a s China’s regional influence grows. How and why has this happened? Does it matter for the US rebalance in Asia? As the only US treaty ally in mainland Southeast Asia\, Thailand has been the recipient of significant US investm ent in the past\, but the United States is seeing a diminishing return. Thi s exciting and innovative project is uncovering some fascinating results wi th implications for security dynamics across Southeast Asia and beyond. The project draws on extensive interviews with senior serving and retired offi cials. It also includes a detailed survey drawing on a wide sample of servi ng military and civil officials. The survey covers a range of factors affec ting Thai thinking on the fluctuations of US and Chinese influence. Come al ong to hear about the latest findings.

    Dr John Blaxland is a Senior Fellow at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the A ustralian National University. He writes about military history\, intellige nce and security and Asia-Pacific affairs. He holds a PhD in War Studies fr om the Royal Military College of Canada\, an MA in History from ANU and a B A (Hons) from UNSW. He is a graduate of the Royal Thai Army Command and Sta ff College and the Royal Military College of Australia at Duntroon. He also has served as Director Joint Intelligence Operations (J2) at Australia’s H eadquarters Joint Operations Command and as Defence Attaché to Thailand and Myanmar. His publications include (as editor) East Timor Intervention< /em> (MUP\, 2015)\, and as author The Protest Years: The Official Histo ry of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation 1963-1975\, (A &U\, 2015)\, The Australian Army From Whitlam to Howa rd (CUP\, 2014)\, and Strategic Cousins: Canadian and Australian E xpeditionary Forces and the British and American Empires (MQUP\, 2006) .

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/thailands-military-the-usa- and-china-understanding-how-the-thai-military-perceives-the-great-powers-an d-implications-for-the-us-rebalance/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/09/mathew-schwartz-691798-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999972.4343-EO-26707-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160817T234236Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T225356Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160922T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160922T140000 SUMMARY: Innovation\, Inequality\, and Social Mobility with Prof. Philippe Aghion DESCRIPTION: The Vancouver School of Economics is hosting economist Dr. Phi lippe Aghion for a free lecture entitled “Innovation\, Inequality\, and Soc ial Mobility\,” as part of the 2016 Woodward Lecture Series in CHEM B250\, 2036 Main Mall. Faculty\, staff and students of the Faculty of Arts are inv ited to attend\, no registration required. Further event details may be vie wed here. […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Vancouv er School of Economics is hosting economist Dr. Philippe Aghion for a free lecture entitled “Innovation\, Inequality\, and Social Mobility\,” as part of the 2016 Woodward Lecture Series in CHEM B250\, 2036 Main Mall.

    Fa culty\, staff and students of the Faculty of Arts are invited to attend\, n o registration required. Further event details may be viewed here.

    Professor Philippe Aghion is Chair of Economics of Institutions\, Innovation & Growth at Collège de France\, holds appointmen ts at the LSE and Stockholm University\, and previously at Harvard. Prof. A ghion is a fellow of the Econometric Society and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

    With Peter Howitt\, he pioneered the ‘Schumpeteri an Growth’ paradigm\, which was subsequently used to analyze the design of growth policies and the role of the state in the growth process. In 2001\, Dr. Aghion received the Yrjo Jahnsson Award for the best European economist under the age of 45.

    LOCATION:Chemistry Building\, Room B250 GEO:49.268744;-123.255896 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/innovation-inequality-and-s ocial-mobility-with-prof-philippe-aghion-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/09/photo_2011-AGHION.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999972.46-EO-2478-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160921T205621Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T225242Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160922T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160922T170000 SUMMARY: African Studies Colloquium Presents: Repatriation as Predation – T he Category of Classical African Art in Angola\, 2015-2016 DESCRIPTION: Join us for the first installment in the African Studies Collo quium Series. Where: Liu Institute for Global Issues\, Research Unit Room 6 476 NW Marine Drive\, Vancouver\, BC Canada\, V6T 1Z2 When: September 22nd\ , 2016\, 3:30pm – 5:00pm Description: The presentation will be curated by N uno Porto\, Curator for Africa and Latin America at the Museum of […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us for the first installment in the A frican Studies Colloquium Series.

    Where:

    < p>Liu Institute for Global Issues\, Research Unit Room
    6476 NW Marine Drive\, Vancouver\, BC Canada\, V6T 1Z2

    When:

    September 22nd\, 2016\, 3:30pm – 5:00pm

    Des cription:

    The presentation will be curated by Nuno Porto\, C urator for Africa and Latin America at the Museum of Anthropology\, and Ass ociate in the Department of Art History & Department of Anthropology. The p resentation is a tentative ethnographic exercise intending to grasp the mul tiple layers of the ongoing effort to locate\, acquire and repatriate to An gola looted African art pieces\, promoted by the Luanda-based Sindika Dokol o Foundation. Launched at the end of October 2015\, this campaign has succe ssfully recovered three artifacts\, contentiously classified as Chokwe\, or Angolan\, masterpieces. Integral to this process\, a new category of Class ical African Art is being set forth and\, and with it\, a major interventio n in the international art markets\, the call for the redesign of Angola’s national museum network\, and the re-writing of recent history.

    For m ore information\, contact david.morton@ubc.ca.

    To sign up for upda tes on the colloquium series\, join the Google group African Studies Colloq uium at UBC. For information about the UBC minor program in African Studies \, see www.africanstudies.arts.ubc.ca. For information abou t the UBC Africa Awareness Initiative (AAI)\, see www.ubcaai.org.

    LOCATION:Research Unit One\, Liu Institute GEO:49.267710;-123.259656 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/african-studies-colloquium/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/09/Chokwe-Mask.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160903T2134Z-1472938486.2746-EO-20921-2671@137.82.234.17 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160902T230922Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T225140Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160922T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160922T180000 SUMMARY: Nationalism\, Dogmatism and what more: The Crisis of Vision in Nep ali Society DESCRIPTION: Nepal’s resources\, natural as well as human\, have good creat ive potential\, but why is this potential not unleashed? In spite of some p ositive developments in political awareness\, why is the leadership everybo dy wished for lacking? New ideas have been floated and some changes are bro ught\, but instead of a breakthrough these have dismantled policy structure s […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Nepal’s resources\, natural as well as hum an\, have good creative potential\, but why is this potential not unleashed ? In spite of some positive developments in political awareness\, why is th e leadership everybody wished for lacking? New ideas have been floated and some changes are brought\, but instead of a breakthrough these have dismant led policy structures and are leading hardly anywhere. In Acharya’s view\, this indicates a deep-seated crisis of vision\, lack of pragmatism\, and la ck of true philosophical thinking. Emphasis has been placed on heroism rath er than in knowledge\, and there is a tussle at various levels but no real reconciliation. A blend of nationalism\, identity\, and class struggle is c onfusing the society. In Acharya’s talk he will discuss these issues and su ggest that without a guiding principle and direction Nepal will not be succ essful as a nation.

    Reception at 4pm\, talk begins at 4:30 pm.

    Speaker: Diwakar Acharya is the ne w Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics and a fellow of All So uls College at Oxford University. His research covers a wide range of topic s in Indian religious and philosophical traditions\, Sanskrit literature\, and epigraphy. He has published three books and a number of articles in jou rnals and anthologies.

    This event  is sponsored by the Himalaya P rogram\, the Centre for Indian and South Asian Research\, and the Departmen t of Asian Studies.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/nationalism-dogmatism-and-w hat-more-the-crisis-of-vision-in-nepali-society/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/alex-gorey-1135787-unsplash-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160908T1610Z-1473351039.7059-EO-20928-2671@137.82.234.17 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160907T194229Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T204308Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160923T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160923T140000 SUMMARY: Impact of Global Financial Crisis on India: an Analysis of Large E xporters in Indian Manufacturing DESCRIPTION: Dr. Chaterjee will present a paper that examines the impact of the Global Financial Crisis of 2008-09 on Indian manufacturing firms\, usi ng data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) Prowess databa se. While the crisis did not have its roots in India\, the economy and firm s were affected mainly due to trade linkages with […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    pictureDr. Chaterjee will present a paper that examines th e impact of the Global Financial Crisis of 2008-09 on Indian manufacturing firms\, using data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) Pro wess database. While the crisis did not have its roots in India\, the econo my and firms were affected mainly due to trade linkages with other affected countries. Since trade acts as a transmission mechanism for the spread of crisis\, it is expected that exporting firms will be affected more severely than non-exporting firms as a result of crisis. Dr. Chaterjee and her fell ow investigators test this hypothesis at the aggregate and disaggregate lev el and find that while crisis affects all firms\, the magnitude of this imp act is higher for exporting firms. However\, even within the group of expor ters\, this impact varies significantly across firms and industries. Theref ore\, they analyze the firm level and industry level characteristics that c ontribute to this differential performance. Specifically\, they analyze the role that trade exposure to crisis affected regions and degree of vertical specialization play in explaining the differential firm and industry level performance during crisis.

    Dr. Mitali Chaterjee has done Economics Hons. From St. X avier’s College\, Kolkata\, India followed by a Masters from Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research\, Mumbai\, India. Currently she is pursui ng her Ph.D at IGIDR\, Mumbai under the supervision of Dr. C. Veeramani\, A ssociate Professor\, IGIDR. Her primary interests lie in the area of Intern ational Trade and Development Economics. She has presented papers at severa l national and international conferences such at The Indian Econometric Soc iety (TIES) and South Asian Economics Students Meet (SAESM). She has also i nterned with the Reserve Bank of India and worked with ICICI Bank\, Mumbai.

    LOCATION:Room 351\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/impact-of-global-financial- crisis-on-india-an-analysis-of-large-exporters-in-indian-manufacturing/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/10/annie-spratt-637598-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160919T1612Z-1474301563.5951-EO-20985-2671@137.82.234.17 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160916T220326Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T204821Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160923T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160923T133000 SUMMARY: Is TPP Dead? The Future of International Trade Law DESCRIPTION: The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement\, to which both Canada and Japan are signatories\, was supposed to be a new-generation trad e agreement to break the deadlock of the multilateral trade negotiations in Geneva. However\, with the major candidates in the U.S. Presidential Elect ion showing no support for the agreement\, the future of the TPP appears to […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreem ent\, to which both Canada and Japan are signatories\, was supposed to be a new-generation trade agreement to break the deadlock of the multilateral t rade negotiations in Geneva. However\, with the major candidates in the U.S . Presidential Election showing no support for the agreement\, the future o f the TPP appears to be bleak. The failure of the negotiations for the Tran satlantic Trade and Investment Partnership has made the whole picture look even bleaker. In his talk\, Professor Araki will share his views on the fut ure of the TPP and the multilateral trading system in general.

    Speaker: Professor Ichiro Araki (Yokohama National University) t eaches international economic law and trade policy at Yokohama National Uni versity in Japan. He joined the faculty in July 2003 as an associate profes sor and was promoted to full professor in April 2005. Before joining academ ia\, he served as a government official for nearly 20 years. Professor Arak i joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) in 1983. D uring most of his career at MITI (later METI)\, he was involved in multilat eral economic affairs\, including development assistance\, intellectual pro perty\, environmental protection and multilateral trade negotiations. From 1995 to 1998\, he served as legal affairs officer at the Legal Affairs Divi sion of the World Trade Organization. Professor Araki is currently nominate d by the Japanese Government as a candidate for the Appellate Body.

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    LOCATION:Room 122\, Allard Hall GEO:49.269898;-123.253177 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/is-tpp-dead-the-future-of-i nternational-trade-law/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/11/CJR_Logo_Black_TextVertical_HighRes.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160826T2214Z-1472249664.7425-EO-20906-2671@137.82.234.17 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160826T210143Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T204202Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160923T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160923T200000 SUMMARY: CISAR Open House DESCRIPTION: The Open House will showcase CISAR’s achievements in the past academic year\, and will highlight things to come and feature a cultural pr esentation by UBC students. RSVP X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Open House will showcase CISAR’s achie vements in the past academic year\, and will highlight things to come and f eature a cultural presentation by UBC students.

    RSVP

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/cisar-open-house-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/08/openhouse-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999972.5126-EO-6507-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160804T235148Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T203233Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160923T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160923T210000 SUMMARY: Dark Money: How Money is Shaping the U.S. Election DESCRIPTION: The Lind Initiative in U.S. Studies Presents: Jane Mayer\, Sta ff Writer at the New Yorker\, author of Dark Money: The Hidden History of t he Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right Register here. An anal ysis of how super PACs and big donor money has shaped the 2016 election\, o r in the case of the […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Lind Initiative in U.S. Studie s Presents:

    Jane Mayer\, Staff Writer at the New Yor ker\, author of Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires B ehind the Rise of the Radical Right
    Register here.

    An analysis of how super PAC s and big donor money has shaped the 2016 election\, or in the case of the GOP\, how this money failed to counter the rise of Trump. Based on Jane May er’s book\, Dark Money.

    The UBC Bookstore will be selling copies of Dark Money.

    Jane Mayer is a staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of three bestselling and critically acclaimed narrative nonfiction books. She co-au thored Landslide: The Unmaking of the President\, 1984–1988\, with Doyle McManus\, and Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas\, with Jill Abramson\, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her book The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turn ed into a War on American Ideals\, was also a finalist for the Nationa l Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award.

    Find more de tails on the Lind Initiative website.

    About: The Lind Initiative in U.S. Studies is an an nual dialogue series hosted by the Liu Institute for Global Issues and made possible by a generous gift from Philip Lind (BA’66\, LLD’02). Created to address the most urgent issues of our time\, the initiative invites promine nt American scholars\, writers and intellectuals to UBC to conduct research and share ideas with students\, faculty and the wider community on a parti cular theme.

    The focus of 2016 is the U.S. Election Campaign. Through high profile speakers\, discussions with UBC students\, faculty\, alumni a nd community\, The Lind Initiative in U.S. Studies aims to provoke a national conversation around issues such as hyper conservatism and widen ing rifts in the two major political parties. Please join us by registering for all events on the Current Series< /strong> page.

    LOCATION:Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre – Jack Poole Hall GEO:49.266057;-123.249755 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/dark-money-how-money-is-sha ping-the-u-s-election/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/08/Mayer.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160911T0134Z-1473557657.3358-EO-20953-2671@137.82.234.17 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160909T223556Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T203203Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160927T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160927T180000 SUMMARY: From Imperial Engineers to Development Consultants: Japanese Engin eers and the Post-Colonial\, Cold War System of Development in South Korea DESCRIPTION: Until now\, work on Japan’s colonial legacy of industrializati on in Korea has focused on whether or not Japan laid the foundation to Sout h Korea’s post-war economic growth. Much of this work\, however\, has large ly been defined by a nation-based understanding of economic development (e. g. the “miracle on the Han” narrative)\, which either asserts discontinuity or […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Until now\, work on Japan’s colonial legac y of industrialization in Korea has focused on whether or not Japan laid th e foundation to South Korea’s post-war economic growth. Much of this work\, however\, has largely been defined by a nation-based understanding of econ omic development (e.g. the “miracle on the Han” narrative)\, which either a sserts discontinuity or continuity with Japan’s colonial past. Largely miss ing from such accounts is an analysis of the transnational flows of capital \, ideas\, people\, goods\, and technology that formed the basis for post-w ar Korean development and the new international power relationships that we re formed within these flows\, which emerged out of entangled histories of Japanese colonial rule and the rise of the US cold war order in East Asia. By focusing on Japan’s management of the Soyanggang Multi-Purpose Dam Proje ct—a prominent symbol of post-war Korean development— this talk will examin e the history of Korean developmentalism as a transnational process of dyna mic exchange\, negotiation\, and conflict between Japanese and Korean exper ts. The project’s supervisor\, Nippon Kōei\, was established by former colo nial engineers who had earlier worked in Korea. These same engineers were c ontracted by the Park Chung-hee government to supervise the construction of South Korea’s hydropower infrastructure. I examine how the visions\, polic ies\, expertise\, and networks from their colonial experiences were reconfi gured after the war at large-scale infrastructure projects such as Soyangga ng Dam into a new\, postcolonial technical aid network linking Japan\, Sout h Korea during the cold war.

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    Speaker: Aaron S. Moore is Associate Professor of modern Japanese history in the School of Historical\, Philosophical\, and R eligious Studies at Arizona State University. He is the author of Const ructing East Asia: Technology\, Ideology\, and Empire in Japan’s Wartime Er a\, 1931-1945 (Stanford University Press\, 2013). His current project\ , Engineering Asian Development: The Cold War and Japanese Post-Colonia l Power in Asia\, examines the history of Japan's overseas development system in East and Southeast Asia from its origins in Japan's colonial rul e over much of Asia before 1945 to its rise into the world's leading aid do nor by the Cold War's end in 1989.

    LOCATION:Room 1197\, Buchanan Tower GEO:49.268589;-123.253408 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/from-imperial-engineers-to- development-consultants-japanese-engineers-and-the-post-colonial-cold-war-s ystem-of-development-in-south-korea/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/02/drew-graham-547573-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160913T1636Z-1473784602.799-EO-20967-2671@137.82.234.17 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160913T004455Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T203104Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160928T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160928T140000 SUMMARY: Thailand Corner @ UBC DESCRIPTION: Find out why Thailand\, Land of Smiles\, is one of the world’s most popular destinations through displays of books and handicrafts with o pportunity to win prizes and taste delicious Thai food. Program Schedule 11 .00 am: Registration 11.15 am: Opening Ceremony with ribbon cutting by Pres ident Santa Ono 11.30 am: “Getting to know Thailand” Video Presentation […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Find out why Thailand\, Land of Smiles\, i s one of the world’s most popular destinations through displays of books an d handicrafts with opportunity to win prizes and taste delicious Thai food.

    Program Schedule
    11.00 am: Registration
    11.15 am: Opening Ceremony w ith ribbon cutting by President Santa Ono
    11.30 am: “Getting to know T hailand” Video Presentation
    12.00 pm: Reception (Snack & Refreshment)< br />12.15 pm: “Q & A” (Give away prizes)
    12.45 pm: “Taste of Thailand ” Video Introduction to Thai culinary (Food sampling)
    1.00 pm: “Q & A” (Give away prizes)

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    LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/thailand-corner-ubc/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/10/mathew-schwartz-691798-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160919T1612Z-1474301563.6792-EO-20986-2671@137.82.234.17 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160916T220444Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T202919Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160928T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160928T140000 SUMMARY: Real and Imaginary Storytelling: How Digital Humanities Construct the Ideas of Historicity (A Case of Japanese History) DESCRIPTION: In Virtual History (1998)\, Niall Ferguson and his collaborato rs presented “alternative histories” to challenge deterministic ways of vie wing history. They asked why history had to be always factual\, deliberatel y implemented the idea of taking a “chaotic approach” to history\, and wrot e counterfactual scenarios. Certainly\, writing subjunctive narratives was difficult to take for many historians\, but […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    In Virtual History (1998)\, Niall Ferguson and his collaborators presented “alternative histories” to challenge deter ministic ways of viewing history. They asked why history had to be always f actual\, deliberately implemented the idea of taking a “chaotic approach” t o history\, and wrote counterfactual scenarios. Certainly\, writing subjunc tive narratives was difficult to take for many historians\, but it had a po int\; it made us aware of the nature of negotiating two genres\, fiction an d non-fiction.

    The line between real and imaginary storytelling has a lways been blurry. To make matters more complicated\, our contemporary worl d is highly digitized\, and we are put in the situation where we need to co nstruct the distinctions between “virtuality” and “reality” through everyda y activities associating with new media. It has become apparent that the id eas of “virtual history” have expanded greatly in the past two decades\, so why don’t we confront the term once again and examine it for ourselves?

    This talk begins with a note on literary genres and makes an assessment of the state of the field—digital humanities. We will examine logics\, tec hniques\, and rules used in real and imaginary storytelling\, and we will s ee how increasingly history is told in “virtual” space. Furthermore\, viewi ng some sample works of digital history\, we will notice that virtual histo ry is no longer subjunctive or counterfactual\; digital history\, which pre sents a mediated or augmented reality\, is now perceived as “history\,” tha t is\, non-fiction.

    This critical change is directly related to the i deas of historicity\, and the goal of this talk is precisely to point out h ow digital humanities are placing history in overlapping areas of fiction a nd non-fiction and widening the capacity of our historical consciousness. B ecause I will use samples dealing with Japanese history for this talk\, we will discuss ways of presenting Japanese history with or without new media. Will the treatment of the subject change? If so\, why? I will demonstrate concrete examples from the pre-modern society for faculty\, students\, and other audience members to voice their opinions.

    Speaker: Dr. Tomoko L. Kitagawa (University of California\, Berkeley)

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    LOCATION:Room 351\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/real-and-imaginary-storytel ling-how-digital-humanities-construct-the-ideas-of-historicity-a-case-of-ja panese-history/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/10/manuel-cosentino-691602-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160903T2134Z-1472938486.289-EO-20922-2671@137.82.234.17 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160902T231454Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T202748Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160928T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160928T180000 SUMMARY: The Geo-strategic Game in the Greater Central Asia: Who is Involve d and Why Now? DESCRIPTION: Seminar abstract: The Greater Central Asia region refers to Xi njing (China)\, Kazakhstan\, Kirgizstan\, Tajikistan\, Turkmenistan\, Afgha nistan\, and Iran. This region is important for energy security\, trade\, a nd the combating of terrorism and fundamentalism\, which involve key countr ies such as USA\, China\, India\, and Russia. This seminar seeks to analyze the geo-strategic game in the region\, […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Seminar abstract:

    T he Greater Central Asia region refers to Xinjing (China)\, Kazakhstan\, Kir gizstan\, Tajikistan\, Turkmenistan\, Afghanistan\, and Iran. This region i s important for energy security\, trade\, and the combating of terrorism an d fundamentalism\, which involve key countries such as USA\, China\, India\ , and Russia.

    This seminar seeks to analyze the geo-strategic game in the region\, its history\, players and possible outlook. The speaker will highlight China’s recent One Belt One Road initiative as well as the establ ishment of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and its impact on th e geo-strategic game.

    About the Speaker:

    Ah mad Zahir Faqiri

    Honourable\, Mr. Ahmad Zahir Faqiri\, holding a Deputy Ambassadorial rank\, has served as the Deputy Permanent Representati ves to UNESCO HQ in Paris\; Minister\, Deputy Permanent Representative to U nited Nations Headquarters in New York\; and Minister Plenipotentiary and D eputy Ambassador to Washington D.C.

    A graduate of the Diplomatic and Strategic Studies Center in Paris\, France\, Mr. Faqiri is both an academic and a practitioner in the fields of diplomacy\, international relations\, strategic studies and Central Asian history. He has worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan for the last 15 years\, during which he acted as Spokesman and General Director of Median relation from April 2009 to May 2011. Mr. Faqiri was heavily involved in the politics of Afghanistan for the recent years\, in particular\, designing of the Paris\, London\, K abul and Tokyo Conferences on Afghanistan.

    Mr. Faqiri has been a gues t lecturer at Columbia University in New York\, George Town University in W ashington DC\, Emory University of Georgia State\, Utah State University\, Maryland University\, American University\, District of Columbia University and many other Universities and think tanks on Afghanistan\, South Asian a nd Central Asia.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-geo-strategic-game-in-t he-greater-central-asia-who-is-involved-and-why-now/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/09/faqiri.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160919T1612Z-1474301563.7029-EO-20987-2671@137.82.234.17 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160916T221102Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T202009Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160929T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20160929T140000 SUMMARY: Sex and the Stereoscopic City in Kanshi: Mori Ōgai and Niigata DESCRIPTION: Professor Wixted has written several articles on kanshi (Sino- Japanese poetry). His talk\, “Sex and the Stereoscopic City in Kanshi: Mori Ōgai and Niigata\,” will treat selections from two series that Mori Ōgai ( 1862-1922) wrote when on expedition in northern Japan as a twenty-year-old army officer. In addition to their intrinsic interest\, the poems throw muc h […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Professor Wixted has written several artic les on kanshi (Sino-Japanese poetry). His talk\, “Sex and the Stereoscopic City in Kanshi: Mori Ōgai and Niigata\,” will treat selections from two ser ies that Mori Ōgai (1862-1922) wrote when on expedition in northern Japan a s a twenty-year-old army officer. In addition to their intrinsic interest\, the poems throw much light on prostitution of the time\, complement Ōgai’s views of women in his more famous writings\, and provide the first example of the author’s stereoscopic treatment of a theme.

    Speaker:< /strong> Dr. John Timothy Wixted (B.A. Toronto\, M.A. Stanford\, D.Phil. Ox ford) is Professor Emeritus of Asian Languages (Chinese and Japanese Langua ges and Literatures) at Arizona State Uni­versity. The author of A Hand book to Classical Japanese\, he has written books on Chinese poets of the ninth century (Wei Zhuang) and thirteenth century (Yuan Haowen)\, trans lated Yoshikawa Kōji­rō’s Five Hundred Years of Chinese Poetry\, 1150-1 650\, and published Japanese Scholars of China: A Bibliographic Ha ndbook. Retired in Michigan\, he is curently an affiliate of the East Asian centers at the univer­sities of Chicago\, Michigan\, and Notre Dame.< /p>

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    LOCATION:Room 604\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/sex-and-the-stereoscopic-ci ty-in-kanshi-mori-ogai-and-niigata/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/09/0929_cjr_wixted.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999972.6046-EO-2428-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160830T225757Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T184200Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161003T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161003T140000 SUMMARY: “Canada’s Back – Now What? International Policy for the Long Haul” Reflections from Roland Paris DESCRIPTION: Date: October 3rd\, 2016 Time: 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM Venue: Liu I nstitute for Global Issues – Multipurpose Room Please RSVP. UBC students\, join us for a discussion on international policy with Roland Paris\, the Pr ime Minister’s former advisor on global affairs and defence. Building on th e early foreign policy successes of the Trudeau government\, how […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Date: October 3rd\, 2016
    Time: 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
    Venue: Liu Institute for Global Issues – Multipu rpose Room
    Please RSVP.

    UBC students\, join us for a discussion on international policy with Roland Paris\, the Prime Min ister's former advisor on global affairs and defence.

    Building on the early foreign policy successes of the Trudeau government\, how should Cana da define and pursue its long-term goals in international affairs? In an er a of dramatic global change and rising challenges\, old assumptions about C anadian foreign policy may no longer apply. Canada needs to position itself to succeed not in the world that we have known\, but in the world that is emerging.

    Roland Paris has co-authored the 2015 book\, The World Won’t Wait: Why Canada Needs to Rethink Its International Policies with UBC Assistant Professor Taylor Owen.

    Please come with your que stions and ideas.

    Bio: Roland Paris is University Re search Chair in International Security and Governance\, and Associate Profe ssor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs\, at the Un iversity of Ottawa. He has expertise in the fields of international securit y\, international governance and foreign policy. His research has appeared in leading academic publications\, such as International Security and International Studies Quarterly\, and has won numerous citatio ns and prizes\, including the Grawmeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Ord er. He has also earned four awards for teaching and two for public service.

    In addition to his scholarly work\, Paris has held several policy po sitions. In late 2014 and early 2015\, he helped to map out a foreign polic y plan for then-Liberal leader Justin Trudeau. After the federal election i n October\, he was appointed to Mr. Trudeau’s transition team. He then serv ed as Senior Advisor on Global Affairs and Defence to the Prime Minister on leave from the University of Ottawa during the 2015-16 academic year. Prev iously\, Paris held positions in the Privy Council Office\, the Department of Foreign Affairs\, and the Federal-Provincial Relations Office. He also s erved as Director of Research at the Conference Board of Canada\, the count ry’s largest think tank. His first policy position was as a Parliamentary I ntern in 1991-92.

    At the University of Ottawa\, Paris founded the Cen tre for International Policy Studies (CIPS) in 2008\, a leading centre for the analysis of foreign affairs in Canada\, which he directed until 2015. P rior to joining the University\, he was Assistant Professor the University of Colorado-Boulder and Visiting Researcher at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington\, DC. He has also been a Visit ing Fellow at Sciences Po in Paris. In 2012\, he was named a non-resident G lobal Ethics Fellow by the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Aff airs in New York. In 2014\, he was appointed by the Secretary-General of th e North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to a 10-member international gr oup of experts to advise on the future of the transatlantic partnership.

    He sits on the editorial board of six scholarly journals and provides r egular analysis and commentary on international affairs for national and in ternational media. He has also served on the board of directors of several organizations\, including the World University Service of Canada and the Ac ademic Council on the United Nations System.

    Paris holds a Ph.D. from Yale University\, an M.Phil. from the University of Cambridge\, and a B.A. from the University of Toronto. He lives in Ottawa with his spouse and thr ee children.

    Please come with your questions and ideas.

    Co-Sponsors: Liu Institute for Global Issues\, Institute of Asian Research\, Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, and Policy@UBC.

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    LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/canadas-back-now-internatio nal-policy-long-haul-reflections-roland-paris-prime-ministers-former-adviso r-global-affairs-defe/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/08/COP21_crop.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999972.6471-EO-26008-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180915T000444Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T183819Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161004T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161004T133000 SUMMARY: Leadership in the Post Brexit Era: Global Governance\, the G20 and the Politics of Answering Public Angst DESCRIPTION: UBC students\, join us to explore the G20 as a global governan ce mechanism and the relationship of domestic politics to international lea dership.  Ultimately\, global leadership is political.  When domestic polit ics turn inward and when people feel left out of the benefits of the econom ic system\, global leadership becomes all the more necessary\, but all the […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    UBC students\, join us to explore the G20 as a global governance mechanism and the relationship of domestic politics to international leadership.  Ultimately\, global leadership is political.  When domestic politics turn inward and when people feel left out of the be nefits of the economic system\, global leadership becomes all the more nece ssary\, but all the more difficult. How do we go from Brexit to what?

    Colin Bradford

    Tuesday\, October 4th
    11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
    Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building\, 1855 West Mall
     Lunch is being served. Please RSVP.

    Bio: Colin Bradford is an American citizen and international econ omist at the Brookings Institution who is known as a leader in efforts to a chieve international institutional reform and in establishing and strengthe ning the G20 as a global governance mechanism for the world economy. Mr. Br adford has been presidential appointee in the US Treasury in the Carter adm inistration and at the U.S. Agency for International Development in the Cli nton administration.  He also worked as an international civil servant at t he World Bank\, the OECD and the Organization of American States.  Dr. Brad ford has taught for ten years at Yale University\, six years at American Un iversity and been an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and Johns H opkins School for Advanced International Studies.

    Sponsored by the In stitute of Asian Research\, Liu Institute for Global Issues and the Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs program at UBC.

    UBC students\, jo in us to explore the G20 as a global governance mechanism and the relations hip of domestic politics to international leadership. Ultimately\, global l eadership is political. When domestic politics turn inward and when people feel left out of the benefits of the economic system\, global leadership be comes all the more necessary\, but all the more difficult. How do we go fro m Brexit to what?

    Bio: Colin Bradford is an internat ional economist at the Brookings Institution who is known as a leader in ef forts to achieve international institutional reform and in establishing and strengthening the G20 as a global governance mechanism for the world econo my.

    Please come with your questions and ideas.

    Event Poster | RSVP

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/leadership-in-the-post-brex it-era-global-governance-the-g20-and-the-politics-of-answering-public-angst -2-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/09/Colin-I.-Bradford.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160923T1820Z-1474654831.7213-EO-21009-2671@137.82.234.17 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160922T192700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T183415Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161005T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161005T140000 SUMMARY: Achieving Transformative Change: The Analytics and Social Processe s for Implementing the SDGS to Achieve Systemic Sustainability DESCRIPTION: This discussion will explore how to move forward agendas for “ transformative change” based on empirical work and social processes of enga gement to assure a solid basis for change based in part on the work of Coli n Bradford and MPPGA student Chad Rickaby. Bio: Colin Bradford is an intern ational economist at the Brookings Institution who is […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This discussion will explore how to move f orward agendas for "transformative change" based on empirical work and soci al processes of engagement to assure a solid basis for change based in part on the work of Colin Bradford and MPPGA student Chad Rickaby.

    Bio: Colin Bradford is an international economist at the Brookin gs Institution who is known as a leader in efforts to achieve international institutional reform and in establishing and strengthening the G20 as a gl obal governance mechanism for the world economy.

    Please come with you r questions and ideas.

    This talk will draw upon the work of Colin Bra dford and MPPGA student Chad Rickaby that has sought to identify sources of data and analysis of longer term trajectories and the work to identify spe cific "systemic vulnerabilities" in different countries and shape medium to long term strategies for dealing with them. This discussion will explore h ow to move forward agendas for "transformative change" based on empirical w ork and social processes of engagement to assure a solid basis for change.< /p>

    Colin Bradford

    Wednesday\, October 5th
    Noon - 2:00 PM
    Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building\, 1855 West Mall
    Lunch is being served. Please RSVP.

    Bio: Colin Bradford is an American citizen and i nternational economist at the Brookings Institution who is known as a leade r in efforts to achieve international institutional reform and in establish ing and strengthening the G20 as a global governance mechanism for the worl d economy. Mr. Bradford has been presidential appointee in the US Treasury in the Carter administration and at the U.S. Agency for International Devel opment in the Clinton administration.  He also worked as an international c ivil servant at the World Bank\, the OECD and the Organization of American States.  Dr. Bradford has taught for ten years at Yale University\, six yea rs at American University and been an adjunct professor at Georgetown Unive rsity and Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies.

    Sp onsored by the Institute of Asian Research\, Liu Institute for Global Issue s and the Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs program at UBC.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/achieving-transformative-ch ange-the-analytics-and-social-processes-for-implementing-the-sdgd-to-achiev e-systemic-sustainability/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/09/Colin-Bradford-October-5th-Event-Poster.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160915T1612Z-1473955959.1393-EO-20980-2671@137.82.234.17 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160914T213217Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T182541Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161006T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161006T170000 SUMMARY: The Ruse of Reason: Poverty\, Inequality\, and Personal Freedoms i n the People’s Republic of China DESCRIPTION: John Friedmann is an honorary professor at the School of Commu nity and Regional Planning in the Faculty of Applied Sciences and continues as an emeritus professor of UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs. He was the Founding chair of the Department of Planning at UCLA in 1969. A much p ublished author in development planning\, planning […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    John Friedmann is an honorary professor at the School of Community and Regional Planning in the Faculty of Applied Sc iences and continues as an emeritus professor of UCLA’s Luskin School of Pu blic Affairs. He was the Founding chair of the Department of Planning at UC LA in 1969. A much published author in development planning\, planning theo ry\, regional planning\, and urbanism his more recent research has been on China’s urban transformation. He has received many distinctions and honors\ , including an appointment as Honorary Foreign Advisor of the Chinese Acade my of Urban Planning and Design\; the Distinguished Planning Educator Award of the American Collegiate Schools of Planning\; three honorary doctorates (Dortmund Technical University\, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile\, and York University\, Ontario)\; the UN-Habitat Lecture Award\; Order "Ber nardo O'Higgins" in Rank of Commander\, Government of the Republic of Chile \; and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He has held visiting professorships in Lati n America\, Australia\, the United States\, and Asia. His most recent book publications include China’s Urban Transition (Minnesota\, 2005) a nd Insurgencies: Essays in Planning Theory (Routledge 2011).

    Sponsors: School of Community and Regional Planning and C entre for Chinese Research

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-ruse-of-reason-poverty- inequality-and-personal-freedoms-in-the-peoples-republic-of-china/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/09/John-Friedmann_Lecture_CCR_Oct2016-2-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160503T1611Z-1462291889.614-EO-19705-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160503T160349Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233023Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161010 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161011 SUMMARY: Thanksgiving DESCRIPTION: IAR Office to be closed. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    IAR Office to be closed.

    LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/thanksgiving/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999972.6965-EO-2549-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161005T232117Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T181248Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161013T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161013T170000 SUMMARY: Angélica Choc is not alone: A conversation on Canadian corporate v iolence in Guatemala DESCRIPTION: Thursday\, October 13th from 3:00 – 5:00 PM Research Unit\, Li u Institute for Global Issues\, UBC Unceded Musqueam Territory Environmenta l defenders are murdered every month in Latin America. What can you do to h elp? Please join us in a roundtable discussion in solidarity with Angélica Choc\, Indigenous Q’eqchi’ Maya activist\, whose home in El Estor\, […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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    Ang elica Choc


    Thursday\, October 13th from 3:00 - 5:00 PM
    Research Unit\, Liu Institute for Global Issues\, UBC
    Unceded Musqueam Territory

    Environmental defenders are murdered every month in Latin America. What can you do to help?
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    Please join us in a roundtable discu ssion in solidarity with Angélica Choc\, Indigenous Q’eqchi’ Maya activist\ , whose home in El Estor\, Guatemala was shot at by assailants on September 17th\, 2016 while she was asleep. This intimidating attack was likely linked to Angelica’s work in Guatemala and Canada in defense of Q’eq chi’ ancestral lands. Choc is part of a precedent-setting law suit in Canad ian courts against HudBay Minerals for the September 27\, 2009 murder of he r husband Adolfo Ich Chamán. Learn more about her case in both countries\, and why Canadians should be concerned about mining activities in Latin Amer ica.

    Moderator:

    Juanita Sundberg\, Associate P rofessor\, Geography\, UBC

    Confirmed speakers:

    < p>Sheryl Lightfoot (Lake Superior Band of Ojibwe)\, Canada Research Chair i n Global Indigenous Rights and Politics and Associate Professor\, First Nat ions and Indigenous Studies & Political Science\, UBC

    Autumn Knowlton \, PhD Candidate\, Educational Studies\, UBC

    Bjorn Stime\, PhD Candid ate\, School of Population and Public Health\, UBC

    Event spon sors: Liu Institute for Global Issues\, Latin America and the Glob al Research Group at the Liu Institute\, Latin American Studies program\, U BC

    Light refreshments will be served.

    For more informa tion\, see our Facebook page.

    If you are unable to attend but would like to donate\, please go to our GoFundMe page.

    LOCATION:Research Unit One\, Liu Institute GEO:49.267710;-123.259656 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/angelica-choc-not-alone-con versation-canadian-corporate-violence-guatemala/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2015/12/DSC_0154.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20161001T1941Z-1475350911.6062-EO-21059-2671@137.82.234.17 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160930T230657Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T180541Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161013T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161013T173000 SUMMARY: How China Escaped the Poverty Trap DESCRIPTION: **Please note that the date\, time and location have been chan ged for this event.** Before markets opened in 1978\, China was an impoveri shed planned economy governed by a Maoist bureaucracy. In just three decade s it evolved into the world’s second-largest economy and is today guided by highly entrepreneurial bureaucrats. What explains this amazing metamorphos is? Was […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    **Please note that the date\, time and location have been changed for this event.**

    Before markets opened in 1978\, China was an impoverished planned economy governed by a Maoist bureaucracy. In ju st three decades it evolved into the world’s second-largest economy and is today guided by highly entrepreneurial bureaucrats. What explains this amaz ing metamorphosis?

    Was it because China possesses basic growth factor s like cheap labor? Was it bureaucratic incentives to promote growth? Incre mental reforms? Or historical legacies? Existing accounts each highlight a different piece of the grand puzzle of China’s great transformation. Yet no ne can explain how the other pieces aggregated to remake an entire politica l economy within the span of a single generation.

    How China Escaped t he Poverty Trap presents a fresh\, synthetic account of development. She ar gues that China rose to wealth and power by first building markets with wea k institutions- that is\, institutions that defy norms of good governance—a nd by creating the right conditions for adaptation through what she calls “ directed improvisation.”

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    LOCATION:Room 301\, Iona Building GEO:49.271064;-123.250418 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/how-china-escaped-the-pover ty-trap/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/09/13OCT-Yuen-Yuen-Ang-Public-Lecture-Poster-web-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999972.7214-EO-2529-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160923T175751Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T180027Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161013T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161013T193000 SUMMARY: 100 Days Book Launch DESCRIPTION: Join us for the UBC launch of 100 Days by PhD Candidate and Li u Scholar Juliane Okot Bitek. 100 Days (U of Alberta Press 2016) is a colle ction of poetry that negotiates ways to remember the 1994 Rwanda Genocide. Thursday\, October 13th 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM Case Room\, Liu Institute for Glo bal Issues Please RSVP […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us for the UBC launch of 100 Days by PhD Candidate and Liu Scholar Juliane Okot Bitek. 100 Days (U of Alberta Press 2016) is a collection of poetry that negotiates ways to remember the 1994 Rwanda Genocide.

    Thursday\, October 13th
    5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    Case Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues
    Please RSVP here or contact lindsay.marsh@ubc.ca 

    Julie

    Readings by Juliane Okot Bitek\, PhD Candidate and Liu Scholar

    Facilitated by Pilar Riaño-Alcalá\, Professor\, UBC

    Responses & Reflections by:

    Ayumi Goti\, Perf ormance Artist and PhD Candidate\, SFU
    Phanuel Antwi\, Poet and Assist ant Professor\, English\, UBC
    Cecily Nicholson\, Poet and Administrato r\, Gallery Gachet
    Koju Kojwang\, Artist

    Hosted by Memory\, Resistance and Social Repair Group\, Liu Scholar Network\, UBC

    Formal wear/masks optional. 

    LOCATION:Case Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/100-days-book-launch/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/04/100Days_Cover-edited.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160709T1530Z-1468078231.9936-EO-20676-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160708T221818Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T175719Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161013T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161016T124500 SUMMARY: JSAC 2016 Annual Conference DESCRIPTION: The Japan Studies Association of Canada (JSAC) Annual Conferen ce will be hosted by the Centre of Japanese Research (CJR)\, housed within the Institute of Asian Research at the University of British Columbia. It w ill bring together Japan Studies researchers from diverse disciplinary fiel ds from throughout Canada and the world. This will include scholars in geog raphy\, fine arts\, anthropology […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Japan Studies Association of Canada (< a href="http://buna.yorku.ca/jsac/">JSAC) Annual Conference will be hos ted by the Centre of Japanese Research (CJR)\, housed within the Institute of Asian Research at the University of British Columbia. It will bring toge ther Japan Studies researchers from diverse disciplinary fields from throug hout Canada and the world. This will include scholars in geography\, fine a rts\, anthropology and ethnology\, business\, literature and cultural studi es\, history\, linguistics\, psychology\, sociology\, economics\, law\, and political science.

    The 2016 conference of the Japan Studies Associat ion of Canada to be held at UBC is entitled “Globalizing Japan” to bring at tention to the significant roles that Japan has played within the world in the past\, its current state of influence\, and possible future directions.

    See the JSAC 2016 site fo r more information.

    LOCATION:Peter A. Allard School of Law GEO:49.269867;-123.253582 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/jsac-2016-annual-conference / ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/02/manuel-cosentino-691602-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999972.7439-EO-6509-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160804T235351Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T175540Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161014T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161014T210000 SUMMARY: Why the Right Went Wrong: The State of U.S. Conservatism in the Ye ar of Trump DESCRIPTION: The Lind Initiative in U.S. Studies Presents: E. J. Dionne Jr. \, Author\, Journalist and Political Commentator\, Op-ed Columnist for The Washington Post Venue: Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre – Jack Poole Hall Regist er here. An analysis of the election and the shifts in the GOP\, building o n his book\, Why the Right Went Wrong: Conservatism–From […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Lind Initiative in U.S. Studie s Presents:

    E. J. Dionne Jr.\, Author\, Journalist and Political Commentator\, Op-ed Columnist for The Washington Post
    Venue: Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre – Jack Poole Hall
    Register here.

    An ana lysis of the election and the shifts in the GOP\, building on his book\, Why the Right Went Wrong: Conservatism–From Goldwater to the Tea Party an d Beyond.

    E. J. Dionne\, Jr. employs his passio ns for people and politics and his keen intellect to deliver reasoned analy sis that is followed by a wide circle of policy-makers nationwide – on the left\, right and center.  His latest book\,  Why the Right Went Wrong: Conservatism–From Goldwater to the Tea Party and Beyond\, offers a historical view of the right sinc e the 1960s. Its core contention is that American conservatism and the Repu blican Party took a wrong turn when they adopted Barry Goldwater’s worldvie w during and after the 1964 campaign. Dionne began his now twice-wee kly op-ed column for The Washington Post in 1993\, and he now appears in mo re than 100 newspapers in the United States and abroad. Other books include Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith & Politics After the Religious Right\, Stand Up\, Fight Back: Republican Toughs\,Democratic Wimps\, and the Politics of Revenge\,and They Only Look Dead: Why Progre ssives Will Dominate The Next Political Era.

    Find more details on  the Li nd Initiative website.

    About: The Lind Initiative in U.S. Stud ies is an annual dialogue s eries hosted by the Liu Institute for Global Issues and made possible by a generous gift from Philip Lind (BA’66\, LLD’02). Created to address the mos t urgent issues of our time\, the initiative invites prominent American sch olars\, writers and intellectuals to UBC to conduct research and share idea s with students\, faculty and the wider community on a particular theme.

    The focus of 2016 is the U.S. Election Campaign. Through high profile s peakers\, discussions with UBC students\, faculty\, alumni and community\,< span class="apple-converted-space"> The Lind Initiative in U.S. Studies aims to provoke a n ational conversation around issues such as hyper conservatism and widening rifts in the two major political parties. Please join us by registering for all events on the Current Series page.

    *For any issues with registration\, please contact Lindsay Marsh\, Communications Manager at the Liu Institute for Global Issues:
    Tel: 604-822-1672 | lindsay.ma rsh@ubc.ca

     

    LOCATION:Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre – Jack Poole Hall GEO:49.266057;-123.249755 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/why-the-right-went-wrong-th e-state-of-u-s-conservatism-in-the-year-of-trump/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/08/18815.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20161014T1717Z-1476465468.7775-EO-21134-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161013T170226Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T175252Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161017T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161017T140000 SUMMARY: Thailand in Transition: Challenges and Prospects DESCRIPTION: A Conversation with Dr. Philip Calvert\, Former Canadian Ambas sador to Thailand\, Laos\, and Cambodia. Dr. Philip Calvert Philip Calvert (BA Honours\, the University of British Columbia\, 1980\; MA\, York Univers ity\, 1982\; PHD\, University of Washington\, 1991) joined the Department o f External Affairs in 1982 (now the Department of Foreign Affairs\, Trade a nd Development Canada). His […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    A Conversation with Dr. Philip Calvert\, F ormer Canadian Ambassador to Thailand\, Laos\, and Cambodia.

    Dr. Philip Calvert
    Philip Calvert (BA Honours\, the Universit y of British Columbia\, 1980\; MA\, York University\, 1982\; PHD\, Universi ty of Washington\, 1991) joined the Department of External Affairs in 1982 (now the Department of Foreign Affairs\, Trade and Development Canada). His first assignment was as Second Secretary in Beijing from 1984 to 1987. At Headquarters\, he worked in the Trade Policy Competitiveness Division and t he APEC Division\, as Director for technical barriers and regulations\, and as Deputy Chief Negotiator for Canada for China’s accession in the World T rade Organization. Abroad\, Mr. Calvert has served as both Counselor and De puty Head of Mission in Beijing. Immediately prior to becoming Canada’s Amb assador to the Kingdom of Thailand\, Kingdom of Cambodia and the Lao People ’s Democratic Republic\, Mr. Calvert was Director General of the North Asia Bureau in Ottawa.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/thailand-in-transition-chal lenges-and-prospects/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/10/mathew-schwartz-691798-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20161001T1941Z-1475350911.6773-EO-21062-2671@137.82.234.17 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160930T230900Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T175016Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161017T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161017T180000 SUMMARY: Chinese Politics in the XI JINPING Era – Reassessing collective le adership DESCRIPTION: At the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party in the fa ll of 2017\, China will likely experience its largest leadership turnover s ince the height of the Cultural Revolution in the late 1960s. Xi Jinping is one of the most intriguing and complex world leaders of our time\, and Chi na’s political trajectory is crucial to […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    At the 19th National Congress of the Commu nist Party in the fall of 2017\, China will likely experience its largest l eadership turnover since the height of the Cultural Revolution in the late 1960s.

    Xi Jinping is one of the most intriguing and complex world lea ders of our time\, and China’s political trajectory is crucial to the peace and prosperity of the world. Xi’s legacy\, as Li argues\, will largely dep end on whether he encourages or obstructs the trend of political institutio nalization in governing the world’s most populous country as it becomes inc reasingly pluralistic.

    Cheng Li provides a nuanced account of how the     structure and dynamics of party leadership have evolved since the late 1990s\, challenging Western conventional wisdom about the Middle Kingdom. H is insights into what many China analysts call the “black box” of leadershi p decision-making draw on the meticulous biographical information he includ es in this volume on the members of the party’s Central Committee\, with ta bles and charts detailing their family origins\, education backgrounds\, oc cupations\, career patterns\, and mentor-patron ties.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/chinese-politics-in-the-xi- jinping-era-reassessing-collective-leadership/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/09/OCT-17-Dr-Cheng-Li-Poster-web-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20161001T1941Z-1475350911.6883-EO-21063-2671@137.82.234.17 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160930T231023Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T000708Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161018T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161018T143000 SUMMARY: Foreignness\, Cultural Identity\, and the Emergence of the Barbari an hero as a Literary Archetype: Using Zhang Fei as a Case Study DESCRIPTION: In this talk\, I will consider the emergence of the barbarian- hero persona in Ming-Qing vernacular novels in connection to the developmen t of Chinese cultural identity. As an emerging and popular character archet ype found across a number of vernacular novels during the late Imperial per iod\, the barbarian-hero is defined by two qualities: his barbarian-like ph ysical (and […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    In this talk\, I will consider the emergen ce of the barbarian-hero persona in Ming-Qing vernacular novels in connecti on to the development of Chinese cultural identity.

    As an emerging an d popular character archetype found across a number of vernacular novels du ring the late Imperial period\, the barbarian-hero is defined by two qualit ies: his barbarian-like physical (and mental) features and the fact that he is presented as a Chinese hero in the literature concerned. Personalities who do not fit into the above framework include Meng Huo 孟獲\, who despite h is barbaric lineage was never presented in contemporary literature and dram a as a heroic figure with whom the Han ethnic could identify\, and Ma Chao 馬超 (176–222)\, who possesses many “Chinese” virtues like loyalty and braver y but lacks the physical features of a foreigner. What makes the barbarian- hero unique is his ability to simultaneously carry these two seemingly cont radictory traits—his Chinese identity and non-Chinese physicality—in perfec t harmony. Some better-known characters who fit this mold include Zhang Fei 張飛\, Li Kui 李逵\, Cheng Yaojin 程咬金\, Jiao Zan 焦贊\, and Niu Gao 牛皋. While th e stories of many of these characters were already in circulation as early as the Song dynasty\, this paper argues that their visual imagination\, whe ther on stage or in text\, did not acquire its barbaric characteristics unt il the Yuan dynasty – the first foreign dynasty to rule the entire China Pr oper.

    In order to provide a more concise argument\, the focus of my d iscussion will be limited to Zhang Fei\, whose development in the fictional tradition provides the first and a more or less analogous exemplar to the “barbarization” of all barbarian-hero characters. In particular\, I wish to highlight the connection between the emergence of the character as an impu lsive and unintelligent brute and his distinctive barbaric features\, such as the dark skin and full beard. By tracing the interconnectivities between such internal characteristics and the external physical traits to society’ s conception of the idea of foreignness at the time\, I hope to use the bar barian-hero as a focal point to discuss the changing concept of foreignness during the Song-Yuan period\, and the extent to which it played a role in the conception of Chineseness during this time.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/foreignness-cultural-identi ty-and-the-emergence-of-the-barbarian-hero-as-a-literary-archetype-using-zh ang-fei-as-a-case-study/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/fancycrave-389547-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20161006T0342Z-1475725375.5322-EO-21077-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161005T232825Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181214T000554Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161019T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161019T180000 SUMMARY: Experimentation and Ethnocentrism in Post-Colonial Indian Drama by Dr. Vijaya Jammi DESCRIPTION: This presentation deals with the essence of nationhood in the post-colonial Indian drama following an interdisciplinary approach. The pre sentation analyses the regional Indian theatre of this period from the ‘eth no-symbolic’ perspective\, and underlines the element of tradition and expe rimentation in this genre. VIEW POSTER  X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This presentation deals with the essence o f nationhood in the post-colonial Indian drama following an interdisciplina ry approach. The presentation analyses the regional Indian theatre of this period from the ‘ethno-symbolic’ perspective\, and underlines the element o f tradition and experimentation in this genre.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/experimentation-and-ethnoce ntrism-in-post-colonial-indian-drama-by-dr-vijaya-jammi/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/10/annie-spratt-637598-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160921T1624Z-1474475098.4354-EO-21003-2671@137.82.234.17 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160920T230127Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181213T235953Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161020T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161020T170000 SUMMARY: Rehearsing Cosmopolitan Asianness: Practicing Koreanness in Thai Q ueer K-Fandom DESCRIPTION: About the Seminar:  K-pop and K-drama have transformed contemp orary beauty aesthetics among young Thai people. K-pop cover dance\, or the reproduction of choreographed movements from Korean music videos\, is a de finitive social activity among Asian sissies (young feminine gay men). Thai sissies are among the most passionate and proficient practitioners of K-po p cover dance\, and […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    About the Seminar: 
    K-pop and K-drama have transformed contemporary beauty aesthetics among you ng Thai people. K-pop cover dance\, or the reproduction of choreographed mo vements from Korean music videos\, is a definitive social activity among As ian sissies (young feminine gay men). Thai sissies are among the mos t passionate and proficient practitioners of K-pop cover dance\, and some g roups\, such as the Wonder Gays\, Boys’ Generation\, and Millenium Boy [ sic]\, have become national and international celebrities. Semiprofessi onal cover dancers constitute a class of “hyper-fans” who become “demi-idol s\,” with boys love fan followings in their own right. Additionally\, young Thai tom (masculine lesbian) gender performances are now being mode led on K-pop flower boys. I argue that Thai modeling of K-aesthetics embodi es aspirations for personal and national development that index participati on in a new cosmopolitan Asian sphere. Cover dance and related phenomenon i n Thailand highlight recent shifts in Asian regionalism\, idol fandom\, and transgressive gender performance.

    About the Speaker: 
    Dredge Byung’chu Kang is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of California\, San Diego. His research focuses on the intersec tions of queer and trans* studies\, critical race theory\, and inter-Asian regionalism. Dredge’s second project\, tentatively titled Amazing Waves : Queering East Asian Popular Culture through Thailand\, explores the impact of the Korean Wave and Cool Japan on the performance of Thai gender\ , sexuality\, and race as well as queer Thai influence on other Southeast A sian nations such as Vietnam and the Philippines.

    Sponsor: The Centre for Korean Research
    By: Dredge Kang
    Type: Seminar

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/rehearsing-cosmopolitan-asi anness-practicing-koreanness-in-thai-queer-k-fandom/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/02/drew-graham-547573-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0410Z-1543983013.0048-EO-6908-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161011T061334Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T232913Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161021T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161106T160000 SUMMARY: Breaking the Cycle: Canada’s Refugee Record on the Global Stage Sy mposium DESCRIPTION: The UBC Refugee Symposium\, Breaking the Cycle: Canada’s Refug ee Record on the Global Stage\, and 'The Consul' opera and art exhibit are intended to stimulate discussion on the global refugee crisis. Join us Oct. 21st - Nov. 6th. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    UBC REFUGEE SYMPOSIUM & OPERA
    Breaking the Cycle: Canada’s Refugee Record on the Global Stage    < /strong>

    Join us at UBC for a multi-day symposium\, Breaking the Cycle: Canada’s Refugee Record on the Global Stage\, alongside an ope ra and an art exhibit titled The Consul in order to stimulate disc ussion on the various aspects of the global refugee crisis. The UBC Opera Ensem ble\, the Liu Institu te for Global Issues\, UBC Community Engagement\, the Faculty of Arts\, thePeter A. Allard School of Law\, Green College\, St. John’s College\, Immigrant Services Society of BC (I SSofBC)\, and other partners have come together to host the program. Op eratic performances will take place on campus and at community venues – adj oined by conversation featuring prominent academics\, community leaders and impassioned advocates.

    Through mobile opera performances\, the displ ay of these important art works\, panel presentations\, video storytelling\ , and conversations\, we aim to advance a deeper understanding of different aspects of the global refugee crisis and Canada’s role in the resettlement of refugees. We hope to foster networking among UBC students\, faculty and staff\, people who arrived as refugees\, refugee service providers\, commu nity members\, professionals and volunteers.

    The Consul\, an opera by Gian Carlo Menotti\, charts the perils of those fleeing persecuti on. Menotti was moved by events during and after World War II\, when many n ations would not admit refugees. Written in 1949\, this topical opera was a warded the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for Music and features a melodic score along with a gripping narrative story lightened by some magical touches.

    A ccompanying the opera and symposium is an art exhibit courtesy of the Penti cton Art Gallery and curator\, Mr. Paul Crawford\, featuring the 45 works o f Judith Foster called ‘The Consul’. This collection was created i n the 1950s after the artist had attended the premiere of Menotti’s opera. She was so taken by the compelling music\, plot and the sheer raw emotion o f the story that she revisited the performances roughly 33 times. The messa ge of the opera inspired Judith Foster to create this incredible series of paintings. Along with her art work\, the Penticton Gallery has also lent UB C paintings by Syrian artists titled ‘Behind the Lines‘. The colle ction will be on display in the Old Auditorium (Room 100) from November 2nd – November 6th.

    The Liu Institute “Seeking R efuge” video series will be shown at each panel event.
    Follow the conversation on Twitter using #RefugeeUBC.

    Full Schedule

    Events are free and open to the pu blic but registration is required.
    Tickets to The Consul can be purcha sed through UBC Opera by telephone (604.822.6725)\, online      or in person at the Old Auditorium or Freddy Woo d  Box Office at UBC.

    WEDNESDAY\, OCTOBER 19th< br />12:00 PM
    Venue: Welcome Centre\, Immigrant Services Socie ty of BC (ISSofBC)
    Mobile Opera by UBC Opera Ensemble
    Au dience: Refugee families staying at the Welcome Centre

     

    FRIDAY\, OCTOBER 21st
    11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
    Venue: UBC Campus (The Nest\, Musqueam Post\, Global Lounge\, Old Auditorium)
    Campu s Tour for youth and young adults from refugee families based in M etro Vancouver

    5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    Venue: St. John’s Colle ge – Fairmont Social Lounge\, UBC
    Mobile Opera by UBC Opera E nsemble\, discussion with graduate student residents studying refugee issue s as a component of their studies.
    Open to public\, but sp ace is limited. Please RSVP to sjc.event s@ubc.ca.  Light refreshments provided.


    TUESDAY\, NOVEMBER 1st
    5:00 PM – 6:30 PM< /strong>\, followed by dinner. Dinner tickets are available with advanced r egistration at 604-822-9012 orkitchen@ gcdining.ca. Please bring $20 cash.
    Venue: Piano Lounge\, Green College\,  UBC 
    No registration requir ed.
    Mobile Opera by UBC Opera Ensemble
    The R efugee Crisis in Global Perspective: Challenges in Canada and AbroadAsha Kaushal\, Assistant Professor at the Peter A. Allard School of Law in conversation with Kirby Huminuik\, Liu Scholar and Ph D Candidate in Counselling Psychology

    WEDNESDAY\, NOVEMBER 2n d
    6:30 PM
    Venue: Old Auditorium\, 6344 Memorial Road\, UBC. Link to UBC Map
    Opening Event: R efugee Journeys
    Traditional Musqueam Welcome
    Panel Discussion: Breaking the Cycle: Canada’s Refugee Record on the Global S tage
    Moderator: Moura Quayle\, Professor\, Strategic Des ign\; Director\, Liu Institute for Global Issues\, UBC
    Panelists:
    Robbie Waisman\, Holocaust survivor speaker
    Tima Kurdi\, Aun t to Alan and Ghalib Kurdi and refugee advocate
    Catherine Dauvergne\, Dean\, Peter A. Allard School of Law
    Chris Friesen\, Director of Settl ement Services\, Immigrant Services Society of BC

    RSVP for Wednesday’s Opening Event
    Light refreshments will be provided.

    *‘The Consul’ art exhibit will be displayed in Room 100 of the Old Auditori um. Visit the 45 works of Judith Foster.

     

    THURSDAY\, N OVEMBER 3rd
    Panel at 5:00 PM followed by the Opera at 7:30 PM
    Ven ue: Multipurpose Room – Liu Institute for Global Issues\, 6476 NW Marine Dr ive\, Vancouver\, BC V6T 1Z2
    Panel Discussion: Finding Re fuge: Refugee Resettlement\, UBC Student Engagement and the Benefits of Gen erosity
    Moderator: TBC
    Panelists:
    Katie Rosenberger\, ED\, the Affiliation of Multicultural Societies a nd Service Agencies (AMSSA)
    Elizabeth Dunn\, Associate Professor\, Psy chology\, UBC
    Lisa Brunner\, PhD Student\, UBC Migration Network
    Kuol Deng Biong\, World University Service of Canada (WUSC) – UBC Club Amba ssador
    Sarah Cameron\, Assistant Director\, Arts Academic Advising ove rseeing WUSC-UBC

    RSVP for Thursday’s Panel Discussion
    Light refreshments will be provided.

    7:30 PM
    Venue: Old A uditorium\, 6344 Memorial Road\, UBC
    Opera Opening Night Perf ormance
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    FRIDAY\, NOVEMBER 4th
    Panel at 5:00 PM followed by the O pera at 7:30 PM
    Venue: Multipurpose Room – Liu Instit ute for Global Issues\, 6476 NW Marine Drive\, Vancouver\, BC V6T 1Z2
    Panel Discussion: The Fate of Women\, Marginalized Refugees an d Asylum Seekers
    Moderator: Efrat Arbel\, Assistant Prof essor\, Peter A. Allard School of Law
    Panelists:
    Malcom Atia\, aspiring actor\, arrived in Canada as a refugee from Uganda
    Fad i Yachoua\, Syrian refugee lawyer
    Kerstin Walter\, Director\, Settleme nt Orientation Services
    Chris Morrissey\, Rainbow Refugee Committee

    RSVP for Friday’s Panel Discussion
    Light refr eshments will be provided.

    7:30 PM
    Venue: Old Auditorium\, 6344 Memorial Road\, UBC
    Opera Perfo rmance
    Purchase Your Opera Tickets

     

    SATURDAY\, NOVEMBER 5th
    Panel at 5:00 PM followed by the Opera at 7:30 PM
    Venue: Multipurpose Room – Liu Institute for Global I ssues\, 6476 NW Marine Drive\, Vancouver\, BC V6T 1Z2
    Panel D iscussion: Public Opinion on Migration
    Moderator    : Rima Wilkes \, Professor\, Sociology\, UBC
    Panelists:
    Rima Wilkes\, Professor\, Sociology\, UBC
    Zdravko Cimbaljevic\, LGBT refugee and act ivist from Montenegro
    Dr. Shayna Plaut\, Research and Project Manager of the Global Reporting Centre\, Liu Scholar Alumna

    RSVP for Saturday’s Panel Discussion
    Light refreshments will be provided.

    7:30 PM< br />Venue: Old Auditorium\, 6344 Memorial Road\, UBC
    Opera Performance
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    SUNDAY\, NOVEMBER 6th
    2:00 PM
    < strong>Old Auditorium\, 6344 Memorial Road\, UBC
    Final Opera Performance
    Purchase Your Opera Tickets

    < p>About the Opera

    Opera in Three Acts // Su ng in English
    Gian Carlo Menotti // Composer & Librettist
    Dates: November 3\, 4\, 5 // 7:30 pm
    November 6 // 2:00 pm
    Venue: Old Auditorium\, 6344 Memorial Road\, UBC
    Norbert Baxa ConductorNancy Hermiston Director
    Members of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra
    Purchase Your Tickets here

    Norbert Baxa Conductor
    Nancy Hermisto n Director
    Members of the  Vancouver Opera Orchestra

    The Consul \, an opera by Gian Carlo Menotti\, charts the perils of those fleeing pers ecution. Menotti was moved by events during and after World War II\, when m any nations would not admit refugees. Written in 1949\, this topical opera was awarded the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for Music and features a melodic score along with a gripping narrative story lightened by some magical touches.

    About the Art Exhibit

    JUDITH FOS TER / The Consul
    BEHIND THE LINES: Contemporary Syrian Art

    LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:0;0 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/breaking-the-cycle-canadas- refugee-record-on-the-global-stage-symposium/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/10/Syrian-refugees.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999972.8353-EO-6511-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160804T235635Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181213T235800Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161026T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161026T210000 SUMMARY: Examining the Nomination Process: How did we get here? Where are w e going? DESCRIPTION: The Lind Initiative in U.S. Studies Presents: Hans Noel\, Asso ciate Professor of Government at Georgetown University\, and Byron Shafer\, Professor of Political Science at University of Wisconsin-Madison Moderate d by Richard Johnston\, UBC Professor of Political Science Register here. T he Republican nomination battled defied prediction and challenges much of w hat we think we know about parties in […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Lind Initiative in U.S. Studie s Presents:

    Hans Noel\, Associate Professor of Governme nt at Georgetown University\, and
    Byron Shafer\, Professor of Politica l Science at University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Moderated by Richard John ston\, UBC Professor of Political Science
    Register here.

    The Republican nomination battled def ied prediction and challenges much of what we think we know about parties i n the US. Is this all just an accident of history\, doomed to be forgotten once the election is over? Or will the landscape of nominations and electio ns be permanently transformed?

    Hans Noel is an Assoc iate Professor of Government at Georgetown University. His research is on p olitical coalitions\, political parties and ideology\, with a focus on the United States. He is the author of Political Ideologies and Political Pa rties in America and a co-author of The Party Decides: Presidential Nominations Before and After Reform. He is interested in the way that a focus on competing policy demands helps explain political parties\, coalit ion building and coordination. Noel blogs on political parties and related issues at Mischiefs of Faction\, and occasionally at The Monkey Cage. Noel teaches on parties\, elections\, political history and political methodolog y\, and he has lectured around the world on the American political system.< /p>

    Byron Shafer is the Hawkins Chair of Political Scien ce at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research and teaching is foc used on American politics and has published major monographs on reform poli tics (Quiet Revolution: The Struggle for the Democratic Party and the Sh aping of Post-Reform Politics) and related topics. He is concerned with the ‘big picture’ in American political life\, and with locating further r esearch within this larger framework.

    Richard Johnston is Professor of Political Science at UBC. He studies parties and electio ns in the Canada and the US\, with campaigns as a special focus.

    Find more details on the Lind Initiative website.< /p>

    About: The Lind Initiative in U.S. Studies is an annual dialogue series hosted by the Liu Institute for Global Issues and made possible by a generous gift from Philip Lind (BA ’66\, LLD’02). Created to address the most urgent issues of our time\, the initiative invites prominent American scholars\, writers and intellectuals to UBC to conduct research and share ideas with students\, faculty and the wider community on a particular theme.

    The focus of 2016 is the U.S. Election Campaign. Through high profile speakers\, discussions with UBC stu dents\, faculty\, alumni and community\, The Lind Initiative in U.S. St udies aims to provoke a national conversation around issues such as hy per conservatism and widening rifts in the two major political parties. Ple ase join us by registering for our events on our Current Series page.

     

    LOCATION:Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre – Jack Poole Hall GEO:49.266057;-123.249755 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/examining-the-nomination-pr ocess-how-did-we-get-here-where-are-we-going/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/08/vsaranphotodotcom-PRINT-55.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20161006T0342Z-1475725375.5558-EO-21075-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161005T232334Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181213T235547Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161027T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161027T140000 SUMMARY: Minorities and Terror Attack in Bangladesh: A Roundtable Discussio n DESCRIPTION: The grim list of those who have fallen victim to attacks by Is lamist militants in Bangladesh is growing ever diverse. Secular bloggers\, academics\, gay rights activists\, and members of religious minorities incl uding Shia\, Sufi and Ahmadi Muslims\, Christians\, Buddhists and Hindus ha ve all been killed\, many of them hacked to death. That a university profes sor […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The grim list of those who have fallen vic tim to attacks by Islamist militants in Bangladesh is growing ever diverse. Secular bloggers\, academics\, gay rights activists\, and members of relig ious minorities including Shia\, Sufi and Ahmadi Muslims\, Christians\, Bud dhists and Hindus have all been killed\, many of them hacked to death. That a university professor whose family said they believed in God could also b e murdered suggests the list of those at risk has widened further. Who exac tly is behind the attacks remains murky. Bangladesh has a myriad of extremi st groups and there havebeen a few convictions over the attacks. Bangladesh has disputed claims by so-called Islamic State or al-Qaeda-linked groups f or the attacks\, instead often blaming opposition parties or local Islamist groups.

    Co-Sponsor: South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/minorities-and-terror-attac k-in-bangladesh-a-roundtable-discussion/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/02/annie-spratt-637598-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20161005T1625Z-1475684705.466-EO-21071-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161004T225953Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181213T235330Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161028T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161028T123000 SUMMARY: Walk in Canada\, Talk on Japan DESCRIPTION: Join us for a rare and exciting opportunity to engage with Amb assador Ichiro Fujisaki and a panel of young experts from Japan in a stimul ating dialogue on Japan-related issues.  Led by Ambassador Fujisaki\, the p anel of four specialists working in diverse fields will discuss some of the major concerns facing Japan and the world including […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us for a rare and exciting opportunit y to engage with Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki and a panel of young experts fr om Japan in a stimulating dialogue on Japan-related issues.  Led by Ambassa dor Fujisaki\, the panel of four specialists working in diverse fields will discuss some of the major concerns facing Japan and the world including re covery from the Great East Japan Earthquake\, energy\, Japan’s technology\, culture policy and economic policy.

    The presentation and discussion will be led by H.E.\, Ichiro Fujisaki\, former Ambassador of Japan to the U nited States. While he was Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs\, Ambassador Fujisaki served as the chief negotiator in Japan-Canada vice-ministerial e conomic meetings. He was also responsible for Japan-Canada relations as Dir ector-General of the North American Affairs Bureau at the Ministry of Forei gn Affairs.

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    LOCATION:Sage Bistro GEO:49.268667;-123.256919 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/walk-in-canada-talk-on-japa n/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/10/manuel-cosentino-691602-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20161013T1713Z-1476378789.9955-EO-21128-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161012T224551Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181213T232954Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161101T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161101T133000 SUMMARY: The Rise of Authoritarian Corporate Intervention: Evidence from Ea st Asia DESCRIPTION: Abstract: The global diffusion of liberalizing reforms is theo rized to reduce the state’s involvement in the economy\, yet across the wor ld a remarkable surge of state intervention in the corporate sector has occ urred. I propose that this disconnect between theory and empirics can be re solved\, in part\, by considering an overlooked political phenomenon – the […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Abstract:
    The global diffusion of liberalizing reforms is theorized to reduce the state’s invol vement in the economy\, yet across the world a remarkable surge of state in tervention in the corporate sector has occurred. I propose that this discon nect between theory and empirics can be resolved\, in part\, by considering an overlooked political phenomenon – the rise of Dominant Party Authoritar ian Regimes (DPARs)\, which now constitute one-third of all political regim es in the world. Leaders of DPARs seek to grow the economy while retaining political control. I argue that state-owned enterprises that combine public and private ownership allow political leaders to balance these competing p riorities. I further argue that state intervention in the corporate sector is likely to be more aggressive in DPARs than in other regimes because DPAR leaders permit political opponents to compete in elections\, but are unwil ling to hand over power. As the power of political opponents increases\, DP AR leaders will engage in more aggressive corporate intervention to protect their rule. I support these arguments with empirical cross-national tests\ , detailed examination of corporate ownership patterns and sovereign wealth funds across East Asia\, as well as rigorous case study analysis of indivi dual countries in the region.

    About the speaker: 
    Dr. Carney is a Fellow (Associate Professor) in the Crawford School of P ublic Policy at the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian Natio nal University. His recent research focuses on state-owned enterprises and sovereign wealth funds in East Asia\, and is forthcoming in a book to be pu blished by Cambridge University Press entitled\, The Rise of Authoritar ian Corporate Intervention: East Asia and Beyond. His research has bro adly focused on business-government ties in East Asia and the comparative i nstitutional context of business. His papers have been published in journal s such as the Journal of Financial Economics\, Business and Politics\, the Review of International Political Economy\, and the Journal of East Asian Studies. He is also the author of the book Contested C apitalism: The Political Origins of Financial Institutions\, and edito r of Lessons from the Asian Financial Crisis. Prior to his move to Australia\, Dr. Carney was at the Nanyang Technological University in Sing apore. He is also a Fellow of the Research Center for Emerging Market Studi es at the China Europe International Business School\, and a former Jean Mo nnet Fellow at the European University Institute. He obtained his PhD from the University of California\, San Diego.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/why-do-some-authoritarian-s tates-engage-in-more-aggressive-corporate-intervention-than-others/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/10/achievement-agreement-body-language-1179804.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999972.8953-EO-2572-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161012T204858Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T232830Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161101T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161101T170000 SUMMARY: Discussion: The Refugee Crisis in Global Perspective DESCRIPTION: This Green College event is part of the multi-day symposium\, Breaking the Cycle: Canada’s Refugee Record on the Global Stage\, alongside  an opera and an art exhibit titled The Consul in order to stimulate discus sion on the various aspects of the global refugee crisis. The UBC Opera Ens emble\, the Liu Institute for Global Issues\, UBC Community Engagement\, th e Faculty of Arts\, the Peter A. […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This Green College event is part of the mu lti-day symposium\, Breaking the Cycle: Canada’s Refugee Record on the Global Stage\, alongside an opera and an art exhibit titled The Co nsul in order to stimulate discussion on the various aspects of the gl obal refugee crisis. The UBC Opera Ensemble\, the Liu Institute for Global Issues\, UBC Community Engagement\, the Faculty of Arts< /a>\, the Peter A. Alla rd School of Law\, Green College\, St. John’s College\, Immigrant Services Society of BC (ISSofBC)\, and other partners have come together to host the program. Operatic performances will take place on campus and at community venues – adjoined by conversation featuring promin ent academics\, community leaders and impassioned advocates.

    TUESDAY\, NOVEMBER 1st
    5:00 - 6:30 PM\, followed by dinner
    Dinner tickets ($20 cash) are available with advan ced registration at 604-822-9012 or ki tchen@gcdining.ca.

    Venue: Piano Lounge –G reen College\, UBC
    6201 Cecil Green Park Rd\, Vancouver\, BC V6T 1X8Link to Map.

    Mobile Opera by UBC Opera Ensemble\, followed by a discussion on "The Refugee Crisis in Global Perspective: Challenges in Canada and Abroad ."

    Speakers:
    Asha Kaushal\, Assistant  Professor at the Peter A. Allard School of Law\, former Liu Scholar\, UBC< br />Kirby Huminuik\, Liu Scholar and PhD Candidate in Counselling Psycholo gy\, UBC

    Follow the conversation on Twitter using #RefugeeUBC.

    Image Credit: Judith Foster

    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the_refugee_crisis_in_globa l_perspective/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/10/Look-at-My-Eyes-cropped.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20161031T1656Z-1477933007.5723-EO-21226-2671@137.82.234.3 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161028T230029Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181213T232624Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161102T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161102T140000 SUMMARY: Vietnam’s Path to Inclusive Growth: Past Achievements and Future C hallenges DESCRIPTION: In the early and mid Doi Moi years\, with the country’s post-t ransition starting point favored labor intensive activities\, Viet Nam perf ormed well on economic growth. Economic expansion was inclusive\, with bene fits widely distributed and opportunities shared having brought significant social transformation\, evident in the shrinking population shares of the poor and near poor\, and rapid […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    In the early and mid Doi Moi years\, with the country’s post-transition starting point favored labor intensive activi ties\, Viet Nam performed well on economic growth. Economic expansion was i nclusive\, with benefits widely distributed and opportunities shared having brought significant social transformation\, evident in the shrinking popul ation shares of the poor and near poor\, and rapid expansion of the lower m iddle class. Yet in recent years\, Viet Nam’s strong performance has waned\ , signaling that these once powerful reforms – engines of growth – have now run out of steam.

    The challenge for Low Middle Income Viet Nam is th e need to transition from its current growth model which relies too heavily on cheap labor and the exploitation of natural resources\, to one based on a more rapid productivity growth\, by way of improving technical and alloc ative efficiency\, and upgrading technological and innovation capabilities. These will have to take place in an increasingly globalizing and technolog y-driven world. Therefore\, a new generation of policy and institutional re forms is needed to help Vietnam achieve its ambitions of becoming a modern and industrialized country in the foreseeable future.

    Speaker : Nguyen Thang

    Dr. Nguyen Thang\, Director of the Center for Analysis and Forecasting\, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS)\, has led a number of research projects on trade\, poverty and inclusive growth with major donors. He advises the Economic Committee of the National Assemb ly and several ministries\, including a current IDRC project to advise on s mall enterprise development.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/inclusive-growth-in-vietnam -past-achievements-and-future-challenges/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/10/ammie-ngo-690967-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20161021T1629Z-1477067360.7895-EO-21166-2671@137.82.234.3 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161020T235933Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181213T231751Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161102T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161102T133000 SUMMARY: Critical Ethnography of Decorative Rebellion: Japanese Girls Subcu lture in Harajuku DESCRIPTION: The research examines the young female specific subculture cal led Decora in Harajuku by applying critical ethnographic approach in order to retheorize the notion of resistance. Subcultures generated from the stre ets has been merged with and disseminated by main-stream culture and provok ed a number of criticism towards their political stance. Other theories suc h as (neo) tribe […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The research examines the young female spe cific subculture called Decora in Harajuku by applying critical ethnographi c approach in order to retheorize the notion of resistance. Subcultures gen erated from the streets has been merged with and disseminated by main-strea m culture and provoked a number of criticism towards their political stance . Other theories such as (neo) tribe and scene are thus theorized by schola rs of youth subculture to compensate the theoretical weakness of notion of resistance. On the contrary\, how subculture itself has affected on and tak en advantage of the mainstream culture\, is not commonly discussed. Subvers ive potential lies in repetitive performances of participants within mainst ream medium. This research firstly tackles the issue of whether or not the mainstream undermines the subversive power of subculture in their entanglem ents through examining the individual’s consumption of mass-products. The s econd objective is to theorize how the participants of Decora subculture re sist the ideology of gender expectations. Decora is a style of excessive de coration with fancy wigs\, massive amount of hair clips\, shiny tutu\, doll s\, and vivid-colored ribbons. The participants are under constant harassme nt from pedestrians on the streets. To decora participants\, enemies are ev erywhere. These ‘enemies’ try to scorn participants\, make fun of them in a group\, get them to realize that their appearance is crazy\, and finally\, become obstacles for them to pursuit their fashion. Therefore\, the power of normativity\, the ideological domination of wearing normal clothes\, be feminine\, do not be too rebellious is in the air while donning decora fash ion. Participants counteracts this suppressive power through building their own identity\, which I theorized into three components\; 1) the effective application of the concept of fluid identity\; 2) the use of intertextualit y\, and 3) creation of their own morality. By building value of the normali zation of abnormality\, they are not exploited or consumed\, rather produce the cultural space to pursuit their unique fashion. Having done the resear ch\, I could capture the tactics of Decora subculture. The fluidity of iden tity enabled them to play with their comfortable texts based on their own v alues and manners\, and enjoy their own creation within the exclusive space like a cocoon\, which is separated from the norm\, and where different val ue systems work. I argue that this previously stated ‘space’ can potentiall y empowers young women to stand against the imposed femininity and gender p erspectives.

    About the Speaker:
    Atsumi NAKAO is a first year PhD student at the department of Asian Studies in UBC. She ju st finished her Master program in September 2016. She conducted research on Harajuku subculture in an ethnographical methodology and held first Haraju ku Fashion Walk in Vancouver last year. Her prospective research in PhD pro gram shifts to contemporary Japanese visual media to examine the notion of fushigi chan (mysterious women in English) through Japanese contemporary vi sual media in order to better understand how the female character that feat ures mystery has been created in mass media and how it has affected gender discourses in today’s Japan.

    LOCATION:Room 604\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/critical-ethnography-of-dec orative-rebellion-japanese-girls-subculture-in-harajuku/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/10/ramon-kagie-1150073-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999972.9262-EO-2127-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160630T174440Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181213T235226Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161102T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161106T193000 SUMMARY: Refugee Symposium & Opera – Breaking the Cycle: Canada’s Refugee R ecord on the Global Stage DESCRIPTION: UBC REFUGEE SYMPOSIUM & OPERA Breaking the Cycle: Canada’s Ref ugee Record on the Global Stage Our symposium has now ended. Please find re flections\, videos and a collection of photos from our events on News & Vie ws. About Join us at UBC for a multi-day symposium\, Breaking the Cycle: Ca nada’s Refugee Record on the Global Stage\, alongside an opera […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    UBC REFUGEE SYMPOSIUM & OPERA
    Breaking the Cycle: Canada’s Refugee Rec ord on the Global Stage

    Our symposium has now ended. Please find reflections\, videos and a collection of photos fro m our events on News & Views.

    About

    Join us at UBC for a multi-day symposium\, Breaking the Cycle: Canad a’s Refugee Record on the Global Stage\, alongside an opera and an art exhibit titled The Consul in order to stimulate discussion on the various aspects of the global refugee crisis. The UBC Opera Ens emble\, the Liu Institute for Global Issues\, UBC Community Engagement\, the Facul ty of Arts\, the Peter A. Allard School of Law\, Green College\, St. John’s C ollege\, Im migrant Services Society of BC (ISSofBC)\, and other partners have come together to host the program. Operatic performances will take place on cam pus and at community venues – adjoined by conversation featuring prominent academics\, community leaders\, people who came to Canada as refugees\, and impassioned advocates.

    Through mobile opera performances\, the displ ay of these important art works\, panel presentations\, video storytelling\ , and conversations\, we aim to advance a deeper understanding of different aspects of the global refugee crisis and Canada’s role in the resettlement of refugees. We hope to foster networking among UBC students\, faculty and staff\, people who arrived as refugees\, refugee service providers\, commu nity members\, professionals and volunteers.

    The Consul\, an opera by Gian Carlo Menotti\, charts the perils of those fleeing persecuti on. Menotti was moved by events during and after World War II\, when many n ations would not admit refugees. Written in 1949\, this topical opera was a warded the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for Music and features a melodic score along with a gripping narrative story lightened by some magical touches.
    Opera Performances Dates at UBC: November 3\, 4\, 5 // 7:30 pm\, November 6 // 2:00 pm
    Purchase Your Opera Tickets
    Please Note: Some audie nce members may find the material in this opera to be emotionally triggerin g as it centres on issues of asylum and the repression of migrants.

    Accompanying the opera and symposium is an art exhibit courtesy of the Penticton Art Gallery and curator\, Mr. Paul Crawford\, featuring the 45 w orks of Judith Foster called ‘The Consul’. This collection was cre ated in the 1950s after the artist had attended the premiere of Menotti’s o pera. She was so taken by the compelling music\, plot and the sheer raw emo tion of the story that she revisited the performances roughly 33 times. The message of the opera inspired Judith Foster to create this incredible seri es of paintings. Along with her art work\, the Penticton Gallery has also l ent us paintings by Syrian artists titled 'Behind the Lines'. The collection will be on display in the Old Auditorium (Room 100) from Novembe r 2nd - November 6th.

    The Liu Institute “Seeking Refuge” video series will be shown at each panel eve nt.
    Follow the conversation on Twitter using #RefugeeUBC.

    Ways to Give Back

    For those of you who wish to donate to support refugees to settle into their new communities locally\, t he < strong>Metro Vancouver Refugee Response Team has a useful webs ite that provides a great list of places and ways to donate or provide assi stance in Metro Vancouver.

    UBC Refugee Relief will host a fundraising and information booth at the Old Auditorium the evenings of Nov. 2nd – 5th. The group is composed of a diverse team of students and staff from UBC\, fundraising to support the private sponsorship of a Syrian refugee family wanting to come to Canada. Learn more by speaking to one of their representatives.

    A fundraising and information booth will be hosted at each Liu Institute panel event by MOSAIC’s Refugee Settle ment Support Projects. Funds raised by the UBC community and o ther attendees supports MOSAIC\, a Vancouver-based non-profit organization\ , in their work connecting refugees with private sponsors\, welcoming refug ees at the airport\, providing orientation to private sponsors and privatel y sponsored refugees\, and supporting the settlement of refugees in Metro V ancouver.  Learn more about ways to give back in your community through thi s innovative program.

    Full Schedule

    Events are free and open to the public but registration is requested.< br />Tickets to The Consul can be purchased through UBC Opera by telephone (604.822.6725)\, online or in person at the Old Auditorium or Freddy Wood  Box Office at UBC .

    WEDNESDAY\, OCTOBER 19th< /strong>
    12:00 PM
    Venue: Welcome Centre\, Immigran t Services Society of BC (ISSofBC)
    Mobile Opera by UBC Opera Ensemble
    Audience: Refugee families staying at the Welcome Centre

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    FRIDAY\, OCTOBER 21st
    12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    Venue: UBC Campus (The Nest\, Musqueam Post\, Global Lounge\, Old Auditorium)
    Lunch and Campus Tour fo r youth and young adults from refugee families based in Metro Vancouve r\, organized by ISSofBC and hosted by UBC students and UBC WUSC Student Cl ub.

    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
    Venue: Vancouver Art Gallery
    Mobile Opera by UBC Opera Ensemble

    5:00 PM – 7:00 P M
    Venue: St. John’s College - Fairmont Social Lounge\, UBC
    Mobile Opera by UBC Opera Ensemble\, discussion with graduate student re sidents studying refugee issues as a component of their studies.
    < strong>Open to public\, but space is limited. Please RSVP to sjc.events@ubc.ca.  Light refreshments provided.


    TUESDAY\, NOVEMBER 1st
    5:00 PM - 6:30 PM    \ , followed by dinner. Dinner tickets are available with advanced registrati on at 604-822-9012 or kitchen@gcdining .ca. Please bring $20 cash.
    Venue: Piano Lounge\, Green Co llege\,  UBC 
    No registration required.
    Mobile Opera by UBC Opera Ensemble
     The Refugee Crisis in Global Perspective: Challenges in Canada and Abro ad
    Asha Kaushal\, Assistant Professor at the Peter A. Allard Scho ol of Law in conversation with Kirby Huminuik\, Liu Schol ar and PhD Candidate in Counselling Psychology

     

    WEDNESDAY\, NOVEMBER 2nd 
    6:30 PM
    Venue: Old Auditorium\, 6344 Memorial Road\, UBC. Link to UBC Map
    Opening Event: Refugee Journeys
    Musqueam W elcome by Debra Sparrow
    Panel Discussion: Breaking the Cycle: Cana da’s Refugee Record on the Global Stage
    Moderator: Moura Quayle\, Professor\, Strategic Design\; Director\, Liu Institute for Globa l Issues\, UBC
    Panelists:
    Catherine Dauvergne\, Dean\, P eter A. Allard School of Law
    Robbie Waisman\, Holocaust survivor speak er
    Tima Kurdi\, Aunt to Alan and Ghalib Kurdi and refugee advocate
    Chris Friesen\, Director of Settlement Services\, Immigrant Services Soci ety of BC
    Followed by Audience Q&A

    RSVP for Wednesday's Opening Event
    Light refreshments will be provided.

    *‘ The Consul’ art exhibit will be displayed in Room 100 of the Old Auditorium. Visit the 45 works of Judith Foster.

     

    THURSDAY\, NOVEMBER 3rd
    Panel at 5:00 PM followed by the Opera at 7:30 PM
    Venue: Multipurpose Room - Liu Institute for Global Issues\, 6476 NW Marine Drive\, Vancouver\, BC V6 T 1Z2
    Panel Discussion: Finding Refuge: Refugee Resettlem ent\, UBC Student Engagement and the Benefits of Generosity
    M oderator: Deb Zehr\, Director\, Community Engagement\, UBC External Re lations
    Panelists:
    Katie Rosenberger\, Executive Directo r\, the Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies (AMSSA)
    Elizabeth Dunn\, Associate Professor\, Psychology\, UBC
    Lisa Bru nner\, PhD Student\, Education Studies\; Lead\, UBC Migration Network
    Kuol Deng Biong\, UBC Undergraduate Student\, World University Service of C anada (WUSC) – UBC Club Ambassador\; Arrived in Canada as a refugee
    Sa rah Cameron\, International Transition Advisor\, International Student Deve lopment\, Simon K.Y. Lee Global Lounge & Resource Centre\, UBC
    Followe d by Audience Q&A

    RSVP for Thursday's Panel Discussion
    Light refreshments will be provided.

    7:30 PM
    Venue: Old Auditorium\, 6344 Memorial Road\, UBC
    Opera Opening Night Performance
    Purchase You r Opera Tickets

     

    FRIDAY\, NOVEMBER 4th
    Panel at 5:00 PM followed by th e Opera at 7:30 PM
    Venue: Multipurpose Room - Liu Ins titute for Global Issues\, 6476 NW Marine Drive\, Vancouver\, BC V6T 1Z2
    Panel Discussion: The Fate of Women\, Marginalized Refugees and Asylum Seekers
    Moderator: Efrat Arbel\, Assistant P rofessor\, Peter A. Allard School of Law
    Panelists:
    Fadi Yachoua\, Syrian refugee lawyer
    Kerstin Walter\, Director\, Settlemen t Orientation Services
    Jana Husseini\, ISSofBC Youth Settlement Worker
    Chris Morrissey\, Advocate\, Rainbow Refugee Committee
    Followed by Audience Q&A

    RSVP for Friday's Panel Discu ssion
    Light refreshments will be provided.    < /h4>

    7:30 PM
    Venue: Old Auditorium\ , 6344 Memorial Road\, UBC
    Opera Performance
    Purchase Your Opera Tickets

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    SATURDAY\, NOVEMBER 5thPanel at 5:00 PM followed by the Opera at 7:30 PM
    Venue: Multipurp ose Room - Liu Institute for Global Issues\, 6476 NW Marine Drive\, Vancouv er\, BC V6T 1Z2
    Panel Discussion: Public Opinion on Migra tion
    Moderator    : Rima Wilkes\, Professor\, Sociology\, UBC
    Panelists    :
    Rima Wilkes\, Professor\, Sociology\, UBC
    Zdrav ko Cimbaljevic\, LGBT refugee and activist from Montenegro
    Dr. Shayna Plaut\, Research and Project Manager of the Global Reporting Centre\, Liu S cholar Alumna
    Followed by Audience Q&A

    RSVP for Saturday's Panel Discussion
    Light refreshments will be provided.

    7:30 PM
    Venue: Old Auditorium\, 6344 Memoria l Road\, UBC
    Opera Performance
    Purchase Your Opera Tickets

     

    SUNDAY\, NOVEMBER 6th
    2:00 PM
    Old Auditorium\, 6344 Memorial Road\, UBC
    F inal Opera Performance
    Purchase Your Opera Tickets

     

    *For any issues with registration or questions about t he symposium\, please contact Lindsay Marsh\, Communications Manager at the Liu Institute for Global Issues: Tel: 604-822-1672 | lindsay.marsh@ubc.ca

     

    About the Opera

    Opera in Thr ee Acts // Sung in English
    Gian Carlo Menotti // Composer & Lib rettist
    Dates: November 3\, 4\, 5 // 7:30 pm
    November 6 // 2:00 pm
    Venue: Old Auditorium\, 6344 Memo rial Road\, UBC
    Purchase Your Tickets here< /strong>

    Norbert Baxa ConductorNancy Hermiston Director
    Members o f the Vancouver Opera Orchestra

    The Consul\, an opera by Gian Carlo Menotti\, charts the perils of those fleeing persecution. Menotti was move d by events during and after World War II\, when many nations would not adm it refugees. Written in 1949\, this topical opera was awarded the 1950 Puli tzer Prize for Music and features a melodic score along with a gripping nar rative story lightened by some magical touches.

    About the Art Exhibit

    JUDITH FOSTER / The Consul
    BEHIND THE LINES: Contemporary Syrian Art

    Artwork credit: Judith Foster\, mixed media

    Room 100\, Old Auditorium
    We dnesday\, November 2: 3:00 – 7:30 P.M.
    Thursday\, November 3 – Saturda y\, November 5: 4:00 – 7:30 P.M.
    Sunday\, November 6: 11:30 A.M. – 1:3 0 P.M.

    LOCATION:Old Auditorium\, UBC GEO:49.266518;-123.258128 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/refugee-symposium/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/06/consul.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999972.9737-EO-2555-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161011T012734Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181213T234529Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161102T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161102T183000 SUMMARY: Symposium Opening Event: Refugee Journeys DESCRIPTION: This event officially launches our multi-day symposium\, Break ing the Cycle: Canada’s Refugee Record on the Global Stage\, alongside an o pera and an art exhibit titled The Consul in order to stimulate discussion on the various aspects of the global refugee crisis. The UBC Opera Ensemble \, the Liu Institute for Global Issues\, UBC Community Engagement\, the Fac ulty of Arts\, the Peter A. Allard School […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This event officially launches our multi-d ay symposium\, Breaking the Cycle: Canada’s Refugee Record on the Globa l Stage\, alongside an opera and an art exhibit titled The Consul  in order to stimulate discussion on the various aspects of the global refugee crisis. The UBC Opera Ensemble\, the Liu Institute for Global Issues\, UBC Community Engagement\, the Faculty of Arts\, the Peter A. Allard Sc hool of Law\, Green College\, St. John’s College\, Immigrant Services Society of BC (ISSofBC)\, and other partners have come together to host the program.  Operatic performances will take place on campus and at community venues – a djoined by conversation featuring prominent academics\, community leaders a nd impassioned advocates.

    WEDNESDAY\, NOVEMBER 2nd\, 2016
    6:30 PM
    Venue: Old Auditorium\,  6344 Memorial Road\, UBC. Link to UBC Map< /a>

    Musqueam Welco me by Debra Sparrow
    Panel Discussion: Breaking the Cycle: Canada’s Refugee Record on the Global Stage

    Moderator    : Moura Quayle\, Professor\, Strategic Design\ ; Director\, Liu Institute for Global Issues\, UBC

    P anelists    :
    Catherine Dauvergne\, Dean\,  Peter A. Allard School of Law
    Robbie Waisman\, Holocaust survivor
    Tima Kurdi\, Aunt to Alan and Ghalib Kurdi and refugee advocate
    Chris Friesen\, Director of Settlement Services\, Immigrant Services Society of BC

    Followed by Audience Q&A

    RSVP for Wednesday’s Opening Event

    Light refreshments will be provided.
    Follow the conv ersation on Twitter using #RefugeeUBC.

    Ac companying the opera and symposium is an art exhibit courtesy of the Pentic ton Art Gallery and curator\, Mr. Paul Crawford\, featuring the 45 works of Judith Foster called ‘The Consul’. This collection was created in the 1950s after the artist had attended the premiere of Menotti’s opera. S he was so taken by the compelling music\, plot and the sheer raw emotion of the story that she revisited the performances roughly 33 times. The messag e of the opera inspired Judith Foster to create this incredible series of p aintings. Along with her art work\, the Penticton Gallery has also lent UBC  paintings by Syrian artists titled ‘Behind the Lines‘. The collec tion will be on display in the Old Auditorium (Room 100) from November 2nd – November 6th.

    ‘The Consul’ art exhibit will b e displayed in Room 100 of the Old Auditorium\, 6344 Memorial Road\, UBC.

    LOCATION:Old Auditorium\, UBC GEO:49.266518;-123.258128 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/opening-event-refugee-journ eys/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/08/Syrian-refugees.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160926T1634Z-1474907668.3837-EO-21011-2671@137.82.234.17 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160923T192942Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181213T231512Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161103T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161103T173000 SUMMARY: Activism for Harmony? Immigrant Rights’ Activism and Xenophobic Ac tivism in Japan DESCRIPTION: The type of activism that small immigrant rights’ (pro-foreign er) groups engage is what I have called “associative activism.” Associative activism arises when like-minded activists address specific problems and e ventually seek to transform inflexible and relatively unresponsive politica l institutions through coordinated activities. These are aimed at resolving some particular problem that\, while not directly in conflict […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The type of activism that small immigrant rights’ (pro-foreigner) groups engage is what I have called “associative ac tivism.” Associative activism arises when like-minded activists address spe cific problems and eventually seek to transform inflexible and relatively u nresponsive political institutions through coordinated activities. These ar e aimed at resolving some particular problem that\, while not directly in c onflict with prevailing government policies\, is nonetheless in tension wit h the broader political status quo. In contrast\, the type of activism that xenophobic (anti-foreigner) groups practice can be understood as “reaction ary activism\,” which consists of demonstrations and protests that showcase hate speech against foreigners. I define reactionary activism as history-c onscious activists publicly demonstrate their love for the nation in reacti on to a perceived\, falsely constructed\, or real threat to national securi ty. Reactionary activists seek to punish specific foreigners and their repr esentative institutions that act in ways as if to destroy Japanese politica l community or to undermine Japan’s common identity or national unity. Wher eas associative activism is typically non-violent and mostly focus on the “ newcomers\,” reactionary activism can be both non-violent and violent (invo lving small vigilante groups) that target mostly zainichi (Japan-born) Kore ans or “oldcomers.” In broad terms\, I find that immigrant rights’ activism has emerged as a result of problem-solving situations in response to the r ecent rise of foreigners in Japan. In contrast (and unlike in the U.S. and Europe)\, xenophobic activism emerges out of an inability of the Japanese s tate to resolve their troubling war history\, which certain politicians hav e taken advantage of by strategically engaging in historical revisionism fo r electoral gains. Interestingly\, both types of activism employ the same p ublic discourse of “living together in harmony.” I argue that this public d iscourse is rooted in Japan’s moral-philosophical conceptualization of what constitutes a “Good Society” and “Moral Personhood.” Activists from both t ypes hope that their newly created institutions will help push the policyma kers to produce more fair outcomes\, especially for the most disadvantaged people (foreign residents and/or Japanese) in society.

    About the Speaker

    Apichai W. Shipper is an Adjunct Associate Profe ssor of Asian Studies at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and the Asia Regional Chair at the Foreign Service Institute of the U.S. De partment of State. He has been a visiting researcher at UCLA\, University o f Tokyo\, University of Kyoto\, Hitotsubashi University\, and Stockholm Uni versity. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University Progr am on U.S.-Japan Relations before joining the faculty at the University of Southern California with a joint appointment in the Department of Political Science and the School of International Relations. He is the author of Fighting for Foreigners: Immigration and Its Impact on Japanese Democracy (Cornell University Press\, 2008) and has edited a Special Issue (2010 ) on “Citizenship and Migration” in Pacific Affairs. His publicati ons have also appeared in Asian Politics & Policy\, Critical A sian Studies\, Journal of Japanese Studies\,International Studies Quarterly\, North Carolina Journal of International Law & Commercial Regulation\, among others. He serves as an Associate Edito r on the Executive Committee of Pacific Affairs and on the Alumni Board for Diversity (Mosaic) of Cornell University. He received his Ph.D. i n Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and A.B. in Government and Asian Studies from Cornell University. He also studied I nternational Relations at the University of Tokyo as a research student for two years.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/activism-for-harmony-immigr ant-rights-activism-and-xenophobic-activism-in-japan/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/02/manuel-cosentino-691602-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999972.9993-EO-2558-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161011T014111Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181213T233556Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161103T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161103T193000 SUMMARY: Panel Discussion: Finding Refuge: Refugee Resettlement\, UBC Stude nt Engagement and the Benefits of Generosity DESCRIPTION: This event is part of the multi-day symposium\, Breaking the C ycle: Canada’s Refugee Record on the Global Stage\, alongside an opera and an art exhibit titled The Consul in order to stimulate discussion on the va rious aspects of the global refugee crisis. The UBC Opera Ensemble\, the Li u Institute for Global Issues\, UBC Community Engagement\, the Faculty of A rts\, the Peter A. Allard School […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This event is part of the multi-day sympos ium\, Breaking the Cycle: Canada’s Refugee Record on the Global Stage\, alongside an opera and an art exhibit titled The Consul in o rder to stimulate discussion on the various aspects of the global refugee c risis. The UBC Opera Ensemble\, the Liu Institute for Global Issues\, UBC Community Engagement\, the Faculty of Arts\, the Peter A. Allard School of L aw\, Green College\, St. John’s College\, Immigrant Services Society of BC (ISSofBC) \, and other partners have come together to host the program. Operatic performances will take place on campus and at community venues – adjoined b y conversation featuring prominent academics\, community leaders and impass ioned advocates.

    THURSDAY\, NOVEMBER 3rd\, 2016
    Panel at 5:00 PM followed by the Opera at 7:30 PM
    < strong> Venue: Multipurpose Room – Liu Institute for Global Issues\,
    6 476 NW Marine Drive\, Vancouver\, BC V6T 1Z2. Link to Map.

    Panel Discussion: Finding Refuge: Refugee Rese ttlement\, UBC Student Engagement and the Benefits of Generosity
    Moderator: Deb Zehr\, Director\, Community Engagement\, UBC External Relations

    Panelists:
    Katie Rosenberger\, Executive Director\, the Affiliation of Multic ultural Societies and Service Agencies (AMSSA)
    Elizabeth Dunn\, Associ ate Professor\, Psychology\, UBC
    Lisa Brunner\, PhD Student\, Educatio n Studies | Lead\, UBC Migration Network
    Kuol Deng Biong\, Undergradua te Student | UBC Club Ambassador\, World University Service of Canada (WUSC )
    Sarah Cameron\,  International Transition Advisor\, International St udent Development\, Simon K.Y. Lee Global Lounge & Resource Centre\, UBC

    RSVP for Thursday’s Panel Discussion

    Ligh t refreshments will be provided.
    The Liu Institute “Seeking Refuge” video series will be shown at each panel event.
    Follow the conversation on Twitter using #Refuge eUBC.

    Followed by 'The Consul" opera opening ni ght performance
    7:30 PM
    Venue: Old Auditorium\, 6344 Memorial Roa d\, UBC
    Purchase Your Opera Tickets

    Accompanying the opera and symposium is an art exhibi t courtesy of the Penticton Art Gallery and curator\, Mr. Paul Crawford\, f eaturing the 45 works of Judith Foster called ‘The Consul’. This c ollection was created in the 1950s after the artist had attended the premie re of Menotti’s opera. She was so taken by the compelling music\, plot and the sheer raw emotion of the story that she revisited the performances roug hly 33 times. The message of the opera inspired Judith Foster to create thi s incredible series of paintings. Along with her art work\, the Penticton G allery has also lent UBC paintings by Syrian artists titled ‘Behind the Lines‘. The collection will be on display in the Old Auditorium (Room 100) from November 2nd – November 6th.

    ‘The Consul< /em>’ art exhibit will be displayed in Room 100 of the Old Auditorium\, 634 4 Memorial Road\, UBC.

    LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/finding-refuge/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/10/Oh-Give-Us-Back-the-Earth-and-Make-Us-Free-cropped.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999973.0139-EO-2560-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161011T015619Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181213T233451Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161104T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161104T193000 SUMMARY: Panel Discussion: The Fate of Women\, Marginalized Refugees and As ylum Seekers DESCRIPTION: This event is part of the multi-day symposium\, Breaking the C ycle: Canada’s Refugee Record on the Global Stage\, alongside an opera and an art exhibit titled The Consul in order to stimulate discussion on the va rious aspects of the global refugee crisis. The UBC Opera Ensemble\, the Li u Institute for Global Issues\, UBC Community Engagement\, the Faculty of A rts\, the Peter A. Allard School […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This event is part of the multi-day sympos ium\, Breaking the Cycle: Canada’s Refugee Record on the Global Stage\, alongside an opera and an art exhibit titled The Consul in o rder to stimulate discussion on the various aspects of the global refugee c risis. The UBC Opera Ensemble\, the Liu Institute for Global Issues\, UBC Community Engagement\, the Faculty of Arts\, the Peter A. Allard School of L aw\, Green College\, St. John’s College\, Immigrant Services Society of BC (ISSofBC) \, and other partners have come together to host the program. Operatic performances will take place on campus and at community venues – adjoined b y conversation featuring prominent academics\, community leaders and impass ioned advocates.

    FRIDAY\, NOVEMBER 4th\, 2016
    < strong> Panel at 5:00 PM followed by the Opera at 7:30 PM
    Venue: Multipurpose Room – Liu Institute for Global Issues\,
    6476 NW Marine Drive\, Vancouver\, BC V6T 1Z2. Link to Map.

    Panel Discussion: The Fate of Women\, Marginalized Refugees and Asylum Seekers

    Modera tor    : Efrat Arbel\, Assistant Professor\, Peter A. Allard School of Law

    Panelists    :
    Fadi Yachoua\, Syrian refugee lawyerKerstin Walter\, Director\, Settlement Orientation Services
    Jana H usseini\, ISSofBC Youth Settlement Worker
    Chris Morrissey\, Rainbow Re fugee Committee

    RSVP for Friday’s Panel Discus sion

    Light refreshments will be provided.
    The Liu Institute “Seeking Refuge” video series will be shown at each panel event.
    F ollow the conversation on Twitter using #RefugeeUBC.

    Followed by ‘The Consul” opera performance    7:30 PM
    Venue: Old Auditorium\, 6344 Memo rial Road\, UBC
    Purchase Your Opera Tickets

    Accompanying the opera and symposium is an art exhibit courtesy of the Penticton Art Gallery and curator\, Mr. Paul Crawford\, featuring the 45 works of Judith Foster called ‘The Con sul’. This collection was created in the 1950s after the artist had at tended the premiere of Menotti’s opera. She was so taken by the compelling music\, plot and the sheer raw emotion of the story that she revisited the performances roughly 33 times. The message of the opera inspired Judith Fos ter to create this incredible series of paintings. Along with her art work\ , the Penticton Gallery has also lent UBC paintings by Syrian artists title d ‘Behind the Lines‘. The collection will be on display in the Old Auditorium (Room 100) from November 2nd – November 6th.

    ‘The Consul’ art exhibit will be displayed in Room 100 of the Old Auditorium\, 6344 Memorial Road\, UBC.

    Image Credit: Jud ith Foster

    LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/fate-of-women-marginalized- refugees-and-asylum-seekers/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/10/Consul_icon-270x250.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999973.0284-EO-2562-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161011T020312Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181213T231354Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161105T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161105T193000 SUMMARY: Panel Discussion: Public Opinion on Migration DESCRIPTION: This event is part of the multi-day symposium\, Breaking the C ycle: Canada’s Refugee Record on the Global Stage\, alongside an opera and an art exhibit titled The Consul in order to stimulate discussion on the va rious aspects of the global refugee crisis. The UBC Opera Ensemble\, the Li u Institute for Global Issues\, UBC Community Engagement\, the Faculty of A rts\, the Peter A. Allard School […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This event is part of the multi-day sympos ium\, Breaking the Cycle: Canada’s Refugee Record on the Global Stage\, alongside an opera and an art exhibit titled The Consul in o rder to stimulate discussion on the various aspects of the global refugee c risis. The UBC Opera Ensemble\, the Liu Institute for Global Issues\, UBC Community Engagement\, the Faculty of Arts\, the Peter A. Allard School of L aw\, Green College\, St. John’s College\, Immigrant Services Society of BC (ISSofBC) \, and other partners have come together to host the program. Operatic performances will take place on campus and at community venues – adjoined b y conversation featuring prominent academics\, community leaders and impass ioned advocates.

    SATURDAY\, NOVEMBER 5th
    Panel at 5:00 P M followed by the Opera at 7:30 PM
    Venue: Multipurpose Room – Liu Inst itute for Global Issues\,
    6476 NW Marine Drive\, Vancouver\, BC V6T 1Z 2
    Link to Map.

    Panel Discussion: Public Opinion on Migration

    Moderator: Rima Wilkes\, Professor\, Sociology\, UBC

    Panelists:
    Ri ma Wilkes\, Professor\, Sociology\, UBC
    Zdravko Cimbaljevic\, LGBT ref ugee and activist from Montenegro
    Dr. Shayna Plaut\, Research and Proj ect Manager of the Global Reporting Centre\, Liu Scholar Alumna

    RSVP for Saturday’s Panel Discussion

    Light refreshments will be provided.
    The Liu Institute “ Seeking Refuge” video series wil l be shown at each panel event.
    Follow the conversation on Twitter usi ng #RefugeeUBC.

    Followed by ‘The Consul” oper a performance
    7:30 PM
    Venue: < strong>Old Auditorium\, 6344 Memorial Road\, UBC
    Purchase Your Opera Tickets

    Acc ompanying the opera and symposium is an art exhibit courtesy of the Pentict on Art Gallery and curator\, Mr. Paul Crawford\, featuring the 45 works of Judith Foster called ‘The Consul’. This collection was created in the 1950s after the artist had attended the premiere of Menotti’s opera. Sh e was so taken by the compelling music\, plot and the sheer raw emotion of the story that she revisited the performances roughly 33 times. The message of the opera inspired Judith Foster to create this incredible series of pa intings. Along with her art work\, the Penticton Gallery has also lent UBC  paintings by Syrian artists titled ‘Behind the Lines‘. The collect ion will be on display in the Old Auditorium (Room 100) from November 2nd – November 6th.

    ‘The Consul’ art exhibit will be displayed in Room 100 of the Old Auditorium\, 6344 Memorial Road\, UBC.

    Image Credit: Judith Foster

    LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/public-opinion-migration/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/10/My-Answer-cropped.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20161015T1924Z-1476559497.8103-EO-21142-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161014T210033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181213T231120Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161107T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161107T190000 SUMMARY: The Science of Healing: Tibetan Medicine as Local Practice\, Natio nal Heritage\, and Global Brand DESCRIPTION: Often translated as ‘the science of healing’ (sowa rigpa)\, Ti betan medicine is at once a diverse system of healing with ancient roots ex tending out from the Tibetan Plateau and a modern\, globalizing ‘alternativ e’ therapeutics. The contemporary practice of Tibetan medicine is enmeshed within multiple\, and sometimes conflicting\, agendas: from the need to con serve medicinal plants […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Often translated as ‘the science of healin g’ (sowa rigpa)\, Tibetan medicine is at once a diverse system of he aling with ancient roots extending out from the Tibetan Plateau and a moder n\, globalizing ‘alternative’ therapeutics. The contemporary practice of Ti betan medicine is enmeshed within multiple\, and sometimes conflicting\, ag endas: from the need to conserve medicinal plants on which Tibetan pharmaco logy depends\, to developing a Tibetan pharmaceutical industry as a method of economic development\; from the need to integrate with public health and forms of biomedicine to the need to retain its unique approach to healing. Practitioners strive to maintain the practice’s cultural authenticity\, in cluding connections to Tibetan Buddhism. At the same time\, Tibetan medicin e stakes claims as efficacious science through clinical research. Its thera pies are at once forms of cultural knowledge shared across generations and valuable commodities\, increasingly regulated by biomedical production stan dards\, intellectual property regimes\, and the desires of a consuming publ ic in Asia and beyond. This talk engages these points of tension\, discussi ng how Tibetan medicine remains at once a crucial form of local health care across Tibetan communities\, a manifestation of national identity\, and\, increasingly\, a globally available form of ‘traditional’ medicine in the 2 1st century.

    This event is sponsored by the Himalaya Program\, th e Contemporary Tibetan Studies Program and the Department of Anthropology.< /em>

    RSVP

    < p>About the Speaker:

    Sienna R. Crai g is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Dartmouth College. She is the author of Healing Elements: Efficacy and the Social Ecologies of Tibetan Medicine (2012)\, and Horses Like Lightning: A Story of Passage through the Himalayas (2008)\, and co-editor of Med icine Between Science and Religion: Explorations on Tibetan Grounds (20 10). With Dr. Mark Turin\, she edits HIMALAYA. Craig is als o the co-founder of DROKPA\, which supports grassroots development efforts and soc ial entrepreneurship in the Himalaya.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-science-of-healing-tibe tan-medicine-as-local-practice-national-heritage-and-global-brand/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/01/alex-gorey-1135787-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20161031T1656Z-1477933007.6709-EO-21210-2671@137.82.234.3 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161028T203026Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181213T231023Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161107T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161107T203000 SUMMARY: CROSSCURRENT 長江圖: Film Screening and A Conversation with Director Yang Chao DESCRIPTION:   Type: Film Screening and Discussion Speaker: Yang Chao (dire ctor of the Silver Bear award winner at this year’s Berlin Film Festival an d the latest work\, CROSSCURRENT長江圖) “The core of the film is surreal\, alm ost supernatural—a man and a woman from a different time and space travel a gainst each other\, progressively and retrogressively at the same.” – […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

     

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    Type: Film Scree ning and Discussion
    Speaker: Yang Chao (director of t he Silver Bear award winner at this year’s Berlin Film Festival and the lat est work\, CROSSCURRENT長江圖)

    “The core o f the film is surreal\, almost supernatural—a man and a woman from a differ ent time and space travel against each other\, progressively and retrogress ively at the same.”
    – Yang Chao

    It has been over ten years since Beijing Film Academy graduate Yang Chao’s last feature film Passages (2004)\, but the wait was more than worth it. Poetic\, enigmatic and achingly beautiful\, this long-awaited ma sterpiece opens new directions for Chinese cinema.

    Gao Chun (Qin Hao) is a young captain hired to take a small cargo ship up the Yangtze River. One day he finds a handwritten book of poetry hidden in the boat. The namel ess poet’s abstrusely beautiful texts work their way into Gao’s soul. He di sembarks at every port on his journey\, and at each landing he has a vision of a mysterious woman\, An Lu (newcomer Xin Zhilei)… or is it perhaps a se ries of women\, issued from a magical alchemy the poems provoke inside his imagination? Their encounters become increasingly intimate\, but once the s hip passes the Three Gorges Dam she disappears.

    “The great cinema tographer Mark Lee Ping-bin works with Yang to create landscapes of overwhe lming beauty: their choice of 35mm film produces radiant\, light-infused im ages of palpable power and unlimited depth. Sensuality made visible: a triu mph of cinematic art.”
    — Shelly Kraicer

    Best Cinematography\, Berlin 16

    RSVP

    LOCATION:Fairmont Social Lounge\, St. John's College GEO:49.262900;-123.256295 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/crosscurrent-%e9%95%b7%e6%b 1%9f%e5%9c%96-film-screening-and-a-conversation-with-director-yang-chao/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/10/jakob-owens-199505-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20161021T1629Z-1477067360.8904-EO-21162-2671@137.82.234.3 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161020T230324Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181213T230757Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161109T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161109T140000 SUMMARY: Japan’s ‘Quality Service’: Can Omotenashi be a source of Japan’s s oft power? DESCRIPTION: Abstract:  Visitors to Japan often express their appreciation of Omotenashi (Japan’s quality service)\, and regularly comment on their pl easant experiences. Recently\, Ometenashi has become a widely-used term by the Japanese government\, mass-media and hospitality business who wish to a ttract more inbound tourists\, one of the major strategies of Abenomics. It is also a term associated […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Abstract: 

    Visitors to Japan often express their appreciation of Omotenashi (Japan’s quality service)\, and regularly comment on their pleasant experiences. Rec ently\, Ometenashi has become a widely-used term by the Japanese g overnment\, mass-media and hospitality business who wish to attract more in bound tourists\, one of the major strategies of Abenomics. It is also a ter m associated with the promotion of the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020. What is  Omotenashi? What are the fundamental elements and characteristics of Omotenashi? Is it uniquely Japanese? Are there similarities an d differences in quality service in Japanese and non-Japanese settings? How can it contribute to increase Japan’s soft power? Can it be transferable t o a different cultural setting? This paper addresses these related question s from an interdisciplinary perspective. Despite popularization of the term Omotenashi\, little research has been done concerning its concept\ , sources and impact among other important issues such as its transferabili ty. This study is one of the pioneering academic investigations into this k ey term which seems to be gaining attention and importance in business and government sectors.

    About the Speaker:

    Tam Mit o is Professor of Law and Politics at Kwansei Gakuin University (KGU)\, whe re he teaches and conducts research into various aspects of Japanese studie s and Japanese international relations. He is active in international educa tion\, and is the Chief Academic Director of the Cross Cultural College est ablished by KGU\, Mt. Alison University\, Queens University and University of Toronto. Recent publications include:  “Nihon no gunjiryoku\, heiwa ryok u\, shiminryoku to higashi aria niokeru heiwa kochiku (Japan’s Military Pow er\, Peace-Building Power and Citizens)’ (2016 forthcoming)\;  “Gurobaruka jidai no Kanada no sofuto pawa: Kotokyoiku no genjo to kanosei (Canada’s So ft Power in the Age of Globalization: the Current Situation and Future Pros pect of its Higher Education)”\, Gendai Kanadawo shiru 57 sho\, (Tokyo: Aka shi Shoten\, 2013).

    For further information contact: David.Edgington@ubc.ca

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/japans-quality-service-can- omotenashi-be-a-source-of-japans-soft-power/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/manuel-cosentino-691602-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999973.0772-EO-2642-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161108T203410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181213T230527Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161110T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161110T140000 SUMMARY: Simran Sethi presents Saving by Savoring: The Delicious Reclamatio n of Foods We Love DESCRIPTION: Journalist and educator focused on food sustainability and soc ial change\, Simran Sethi will be joining the UBC Future of Food Global Dia logue Series and UBC Reads Sustainability to discuss  loss of foods we love \, the subject of her most recent book: The Slow Loss of Food we Love – Bre ad\, Wine\, Chocolate. Simran Sethi has spent close to five years meeting t ireless\, […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Journalist and educator focused on food su stainability and social change\, Simran Sethi will be joining the UBC Future of Food Global Dialogue Series and UBC Reads Sustainabil ity to discuss  loss of foods we love\, the subject of her most recent book: The Slow Loss of Food we Love – Bread\, Wine\, Chocolate.

    Simran Sethi has spent close to five years meeting tireless\, courageou s and innovative people dedicated to making our food supply secure\, abunda nt and more delicious. She has travelled across six continents to interview more than 200 scientists\, farmers\, chefs\, bakers\, winemakers\, beer br ewers\, coffee roasters\, chocolate connoisseurs\, conservationists\, relig ious leaders\, and advocates and experts of all types to learn the intimate stories of our foods and ways we can better save—and savor—them.

    Lea rn more and buy your tickets here.

    < p>Thursday November 10
    12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
    Jack Poole Hall \, UBC Alumni Centre
    6163 University Boulevard
    UBC Vancouver Camp us

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    Simran Sethi

     

    Sponsors

    Thi s event was made possible with support from The Liu Institute\, The Facult y of Land and Food Systems\, The Centr e for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm\, Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions and UBC Sustainablity Initiative. This event is part of the UBC Future of Food Global Dialogue Series\,  a campus-wide initiative bringing together food security and sust ainability experts from across the university and North America to regularl y engage the UBC community and the public around the Global Food System\, i ncluding topics such as climate change\, food security\, biodiversity\, soc ial justice\, culture\, and policy.

    LOCATION:Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre GEO:49.265975;-123.249906 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/simran-sethi-presents-savin g-savoring-delicious-reclamation-foods-love/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/11/events-slider.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20161031T1656Z-1477933007.6939-EO-21208-2671@137.82.234.3 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161028T202014Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181213T230350Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161110T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161110T193000 SUMMARY: Master the rules of Japanese SHUKATSU! DESCRIPTION: 日本の企業に就職を希望する留学生が 知っておくべき「就活・ニッポンの常識」 Note: This event will be held in Japanese Many Japanese companies are looking into hiring students who graduated from a university outside of Japan. What is the most attracti ve thing about students who experienced international education? This talk will focus on company perspectives and will answer questions from students who wish to work […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    日本の企業に就職を希望する留学生が 知っておくべき「就活・ニッポンの常識」

    < p>Note: This event will be held in Japanese

    Many Jap anese companies are looking into hiring students who graduated from a unive rsity outside of Japan. What is the most attractive thing about students wh o experienced international education? This talk will focus on company pers pectives and will answer questions from students who wish to work in Japan in the future. After the talk will hold a student study session for those w ho are intending to go to Boston Career Forum. Any student who is intending to go through the general Japanese job-hunting process is welcome.

    日 本の大学生の就職活動では、海外と比べて特殊な点が数多く見られます。日本の企業への就職を希望する留学生は、その違いを知って対応しなければなりません。実は 日本の大手企業には、留学生を高く評価し採用したいと考えている企業が増えています。日本特有の就活ルールをちゃんと理解した上で活動できれば、留学という経験 は強力な武器となるでしょう。

    About the Speaker

    中村昭典 Akinori Nakamura (Institute of As ian Research Visiting Professor)
    株式会社リクルートで就職情報誌の編集長など、企業と学生・転職者をつなぐ仕事 を15年間勤める。その後大学で、学生のキャリア開発、アドミッション関連の仕事で、高校生と大学、大学と企業をつなぐ仕事に15年。現在は名古屋の大学で勤務 中。
    メディアで初心者向け就活関連の記事も執筆中→「就活のトリセツ」http://www.atmarkit.co.jp/ait/series /2397/index.html

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/master-the-rules-of-japanes e-shukatsu/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/02/manuel-cosentino-691602-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160503T1611Z-1462291889.6197-EO-19706-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160503T160415Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181213T230237Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161111 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161112 SUMMARY: Remembrance Day DESCRIPTION: IAR Office to be closed. Since the opening of the War Memorial Gym in 1951\, The University of British Columbia has held a ceremony comme morating November 11. This year\, 2016 will mark sixty-five years that The University of British Columbia has hosted a Remembrance Day ceremony. The c eremonies on both the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    IAR Office to be closed.

    Since the o pening of the War Memorial Gym in 1951\, The University of British Columbia has held a ceremony commemorating November 11.

    This year\, 2016 will mark sixty-five years that The University of British Columbia has hosted a Remembrance Day ceremony.

    The ceremonies on both the Vancouver and O kanagan campuses are an opportunity for faculty\, staff\, students and memb ers of the community to honour and remember all those who served in times o f war\, military conflict and peace. All are welcome.

    Learn more.

    LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/remembrance-day/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/11/ubc-remembrance-day-2013-01-1920x1080.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20161103T1631Z-1478190681.8506-EO-21230-2671@137.82.234.3 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161102T214132Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233024Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161114T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161114T183000 SUMMARY: Understanding Caste and Class in Contemporary India DESCRIPTION: Dr. Anand Teltumbde\, a leading civil rights activist\, public intellectual\, authour and professor of business analytics argues that cas te and class is a duality which has killed a potential revolution in India\ , dragging India into a socio-political morass. While castes have been the lifeworld of people\, as a system their attributes have undergone change du e […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Dr. Anand Teltumbde\, a leading civil righ ts activist\, public intellectual\, authour and professor of business analy tics argues that caste and class is a duality which has killed a potential revolution in India\, dragging India into a socio-political morass. While c astes have been the lifeworld of people\, as a system their attributes have undergone change due to political and economic transformations in the subc ontinent throughout history. The discourse of class that arose with the adv ent of communism missed this fundamental reality of Indian society and gave rise to this duality. The anti-caste movement articulated by the Dalits\, in response\, was alienated from this discourse and went on a
    divergen t path.
    Dr. Teltumbde will present the historical backdrop to the curr ent problem that afflicts the struggles of Dalits and the Left and discuss strategies to overcome it.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/understanding-caste-and-cla ss-in-contemporary-india/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20161031T1656Z-1477933007.7119-EO-21212-2671@137.82.234.3 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161028T203732Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181213T230004Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161115T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161115T180000 SUMMARY: The Female Chieftain’s Tribute DESCRIPTION: During the long history of encounters between the Han and non- Han people\, the Han writers produced many texts that represent the non-Han as the other. These texts are in the genres of local gazetteers\, travelog ues and miscellaneous notes\, and they narrate about the geographical\, ins titutional and social traits of the non-Han regions and people. Among […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    During the long history of encounters betw een the Han and non-Han people\, the Han writers produced many texts that r epresent the non-Han as the other. These texts are in the genres of local g azetteers\, travelogues and miscellaneous notes\, and they narrate about th e geographical\, institutional and social traits of the non-Han regions and people. Among the profuse information they provide\, the description of to urist sites and local produce and food often goes beyond factual record and is loaded with feeling and imagination. This essay centers around texts ab out the encounter\, conflict and negotiation between two female Guizhou chi eftains\, one dated from the Yuan\, the other from the early Ming\, and the central government\, and discusses how clothing and food are represented a s symbolic tokens of political exchanges between the leaders of the court a nd the borderland. As the rebellious female chieftains is given the honorar y title of “martyr\,” whereas buckwheat\, the main food crop of the region\ , is used as the ingredient of “golden crispy cake” that bears the pattern of nine dragons and presented to the emperor himself as the female chieftai n’s tribute\, the stories of female chieftains are transformed from strateg ic negotiation between the central authority and borderland power to a side dish of exotic flavor in the feast of multi-ethnic unified empire.

    < strong>About the Speaker
    Siao-chen Hu is Research Fellow at t he Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy in the Academia Sinica\, Taiwan. A specialist in early modern Chinese literature\, especially Ming-Q ing narrative and women’s literature\, she is the author of 2011\; A Confli cted New World\, 2003\, and many articles in journals such as Bulletin of t he Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy\, Chugoku bungaku\, and R esearch on Women in Modern Chinese History. She received the Academia Sinic a Research Award for Junior Research Investigators and the Taiwan Wu Dayou Research Award from the Taiwan’s National Council of Science. She was one o f the recipients of the 1st Scholarly Monograph Award in the Humanities and Social Sciences offered by Academia Sinica in 2012. Her manuscript on Ming -Qing literary representation of China’s southwest region will be published in February 2017.

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    LOCATION:Fairmont Social Lounge\, St. John's College GEO:49.262900;-123.256295 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-female-chieftains-tribu te/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/02/fancycrave-389547-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20161021T1629Z-1477067360.9281-EO-21164-2671@137.82.234.3 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161020T231206Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181213T223309Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161117T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161117T170000 SUMMARY: The Spectographies of Asian Divas: Focusing on the first Korean Co lonial Diva\, Lee Erisu and Unclaimed Memory DESCRIPTION: Abstract: Lee Erisu\, often referred to as the “Diva of the Ce ntury\,” was the one of the first popular singers and Shinpa actresses in K orea under Japanese rule with the release of Ruins of Hwangsŏng in 1927. Sh e recorded popular songs in both Imperial Japan and Korea which confirmed h er status as a cultural icon […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Abstract:
    Lee Erisu\ , often referred to as the “Diva of the Century\,” was the one of the first
    popular singers and Shinpa actresses in Korea under Japanese rule wit h the release of Ruins of
    Hwangsŏng in 1927. She recorded popular song s in both Imperial Japan and Korea which
    confirmed her status as a cul tural icon of inter-Asian colonial modernity. A legendary recital of
    R uins of Hwangsŏng in 1933 instigated collective mourning for Korea as the “ ruined country”
    and provoked anti-Japanese patriotism. Lee also typifi ed the modern woman figure and the
    concept of free love. In 1932\, at the pinnacle of her career\, Lee disappeared from the
    entertainment in dustry and tried to commit a suicide with a married man she loved. As a stu dy of
    cultural memory\, this paper focuses on Lee Erisu’s life and the ways in which her records
    addressed embedded structures of Japanese c olonialism\, the impact of Lee’s stardom on sociocultural
    values\, and the invention of a modern\, female subjectivity. By tracing untouched
    narratives of Lee’s career and music\, this paper articulates various disc ourses of acoustic
    modernity\, modern free love as an ambivalent sense of desire and reversion\, and accounts of
    audience reception to her m usic as both passive resistance to\, and ambivalent desire for\, colonialmodernity.
    About the Speaker: 
    Yongwoo Lee i s an Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow of East Asian Studies in the
    D epartment of East Asian studies at New York University. His primary researc h and teaching
    interests focus on media and cultural studies of modern Korea\, critical theory\, popular culture in
    East Asia\, film studies \, critical musicology\, intellectual history of wartime Japan and postwar< br />Korea\, Korean contemporary art\, and post/colonial historiography. He received his Ph.D. from
    the Department of Art History and Communicati on Studies at McGill University (2010) and an
    M.A. in Media and Cultur al Studies from Seoul National University (2002). He taught East
    Asian media and cultural studies at Cornell University (2010-2013) as a Mellon P ostdoctoral
    Fellow in the Society for the Humanities\, and research fe llow in Interdisciplinary Information
    Studies at the University of Tok yo (2006-2007).

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-spectographies-of-asian -divas-focusing-on-the-first-korean-colonial-diva-lee-erisu-and-unclaimed-m emory/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/10/Yongwoo-Lee_UBC-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20161109T1738Z-1478713111.6185-EO-21238-2671@137.82.234.17 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161108T225129Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181213T222459Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161118T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161118T160000 SUMMARY: Policing Loan Sharks: Evidence from the unlicensed money lending m arket in Singapore DESCRIPTION: A joint event between CSEAR and Master of Food and Resource Ec onomics (MFRE). Using a unique dataset\, we study the unlicensed money lend ing market in Singapore. In this market\, borrowers search for loan sharks to borrow from and loan sharks decide how much money to extort from the bor rowers. In equilibrium\, we observe dispersion over the degree of […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    A joint event between CSEAR and Master of Food and Resource Economics (MFR E).

    Using a unique dataset\, we study the unlicensed money lending ma rket in Singapore. In this market\, borrowers search for loan sharks to bor row from and loan sharks decide how much money to extort from the borrowers . In equilibrium\, we observe dispersion over the degree of extortion by di fferent lenders. A sizable number of borrowers are the recurring customers of some loan sharks. Lastly\, as search friction increases due to heightene d enforcement efforts to arrest unlicensed moneylenders\, it becomes increa singly difficult for borrowers to find loan sharks in the market. Loan shar ks who previously extorted heavily from borrowers and thus had difficulty r etaining customers are now finding it easier to do so. Finally\, we find th at increasing enforcement efforts by the authorities\, on average\, have th e following effects: The initial interest rate attached to the loan agreed upon by both the lender and the borrowers increases\, the loan amount that the lender is willing to give out to the borrower decreases\, the amount of money the lender extorts from the borrower increases and harassment activi ties by the lenders directed against the borrower fell in terms of both sev erity and frequency.

    Speakers: Kaiwen Leong (Nanyang Technological University\, Singapore) and Haibo Xu (Fudan University\, Shanghai)

    Kaiwen Leong is an As sistant Professor at the Nanyang Technological University. He received his PhD degree in Economics from Princeton University. Before joining academia\ , he spent several years working as a volunteer helping ex-offenders rebuil d their lives. His research interests lie in the underground economy\, labo r economics and microeconomics. He has published papers in the Economic Jou rnal\, the journal of institutional and theoretical economics and Economic Letters.

    Haibo Xu is an Assistant Professor at the S chool of Economics\, Fudan University. He received his PhD degree in Econom ics from Washington University in St. Louis. His research focuses on Game T heory\, Contract Theory and Corporate Finance\, and he is now particularly interested in the economic and social aspects of how participants of underg round economy make decisions and interact with others.

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    LOCATION:1001- Orchard Commons GEO:49.260475;-123.249444 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/policing-loan-sharks-eviden ce-from-the-unlicensed-money-lending-market-in-singapore/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/11/chen-hu-656089-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20161118T0330Z-1479439851.0598-EO-21257-2671@137.82.234.17 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161117T224709Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181213T222202Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161121T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161121T170000 SUMMARY: Disaster Reduction Roundtable for Enhancing Resilience DESCRIPTION: LOCATION: Franklin Lew Forum\, Peter A. Allard School of Law U niversity of British Columbia\, 1822 E Mall\, Vancouver ABOUT THE SEMINAR: This event is jointly organized by the Ministry of State for Emergency Prep aredness\, the Consulate General of Japan\, and UBC with presentations by a team of top-notch disaster reduction experts from Japan. The purpose of th is […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    LOCATION: Franklin Lew Fo rum\, Peter A. Allard School of Law University of British Columbia\, 1822 E Mall\, Vancouver

    ABOUT THE SEMINAR:

    This even t is jointly organized by the Ministry of State for Emergency Preparedness\ , the Consulate General of Japan\, and UBC with presentations by a team of top-notch disaster reduction experts from Japan.

    The purpose of this roundtable is:
    -To share with Canadian policy makers and disaster mana gement practitioners\, the hands-on experiences of Japan and to have exchan ge views.
    -To raise awareness towards disaster reduction in Canada.
    -To share the tested Japanese earthquake engineering expertise with the scientific community and the construction industry in Canada and to have di alogue among participants

    The focus this time is earthquake resilienc e\, which will include aspects of disaster management structure\, seismic e ngineering\, and early warning systems.
    □Part one: 10 am – 12:30 pm (G eneral Session)
    □Part two: 1:30 pm – 5:00 pm (Technology Session)
    □Networking Lunch:  12:30 – 1:30

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    LOCATION:Peter A. Allard School of Law GEO:49.269867;-123.253582 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/disaster-reduction-roundtab le-for-enhancing-resilience/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/11/posterfinal-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999973.2121-EO-26708-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161017T234315Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T234533Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161122 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161123 SUMMARY: Installation of Professor Santa J. Ono DESCRIPTION: A full day of events is planned on November 22 to celebrate th e formal installation of Professor Santa J. Ono as 15th President and Vice- Chancellor of UBC. Register to participate! X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    A full day of events is planned on Novembe r 22 to celebrate the formal installation of Professor Santa J. Ono as 15th President and Vice-Chancellor of UBC.

    Register to participate!

    Santa Ono Installation

    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/installation-of-professor-s anta-j-ono-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/11/Ono_Installation_Images_1200x600.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20161121T1744Z-1479750294.4589-EO-21265-2671@137.82.234.17 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161118T235540Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181207T012310Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161122T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161122T133000 SUMMARY: The Trump Moment: What does it Mean for the Asia-Pacific (and Cana da)? DESCRIPTION: A roundtable/town house discussion with IAR faculty\, associat es\, and students. Featuring: Dr. Brian Job (Associate Director\, Institute of Asian Research\; Graduate Director\, Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs) Dr. Gisele Yasmeen (Senior Fellow\, Institute of Asian Research) Dr. Paul Evans (Professor\, Institute of Asian Research and Liu Institute f or Global Issues) Dr. Christina Laffin […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    A roundtable/town house discussion with IA R faculty\, associates\, and students.

    Featuring:

    • Dr. Bria n Job (Associate Director\, Institute of Asian Research\; Graduate Director \, Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs)
    • Dr. Gisele Yasmeen ( Senior Fellow\, Institute of Asian Research)
    • Dr. Paul Evans (Profes sor\, Institute of Asian Research and Liu Institute for Global Issues)
    • Dr. Christina Laffin (Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Premodern Japanese Literature and Culture\, Department of Asian Studies)
    • Dr. Pitman Potter (Professor\, Allard School of Law\; HSBC Chair\, Pr ofessor\, Institute of Asian Research )
    • Dr. Yves Tiberghien (Direct or\, Institute of Asian Research\; Associate Professor\, Department of Poli tical Science)

    Refreshments will be served

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-trump-moment-what-does- it-mean-for-the-asia-pacific-and-canada/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/11/trumpmoment_poster_web-3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20161110T1755Z-1478800542.9663-EO-21245-2671@137.82.234.17 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161109T203615Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181207T011926Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161122T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161122T213000 SUMMARY: Screening Yellowing 亂世備忘\, a documentary about the Umbrella Moveme nt in Hong Kong DESCRIPTION: Length: 128 mins Language: Cantonese with English Subtitles Ab out the Film The turmoil that has overtaken Hong Kong since its return to C hinese sovereignty in 1997 has spawned a new generation of young\, passiona tely committed activist filmmakers\; they want to tell Hong Kong’s story wi th Hong Kong voices. And the best indie documentary to have emerged […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Length: 128 mins
    Language: Cantonese with English Subtitles

    Abou t the Film

    The turmoil that has overtaken Hong Kong since it s return to Chinese sovereignty in 1997 has spawned a new generation of you ng\, passionately committed activist filmmakers\; they want to tell Hong Ko ng’s story with Hong Kong voices. And the best indie documentary to have em erged so far from the HKSAR is this year’s Yellowing\, by Chan Tze Woon\, a 29-year-old with degrees in policy studies and film production.

    Hong Kong’s fraught\, tense relationship with its mainland Chinese overseers ca me to a head with the Umbrella Movement of 2014. A crowd of protesters stor med Civic Square on September 27. The next day police shocked most resident s of the HKSAR by attacking the growing crowds with volleys of tear gas\, w hereupon a wide cross section of Hong Kongers occupied the streets in sever al areas and stayed for almost 6 weeks.

    Chan took his camera on the s treets for 67 days during these events. He shot 1000 hours of footage\, out of which he crafted a sensational and moving document featuring revealing portraits of students who camped out on the streets and organized a tempora ry\, alternative\, cooperative and communitarian Hong Kong. Richly detailed \, engrossing and dramatic\, this film captures the sights\, sounds\, and f eelings of a time when tens of thousands of Hong Kong citizens\, led by ene rgized and idealistic youth\, defied their government and demanded real dem ocracy.

    (Shelly Kraicer\, VIFF)

    About the Director

    Chan Tze Woon is an independent film director whose work include s “The Aqueous Truth” (2013) and “Being Rain: Representation and Will” (201 4). “Yellowing” (2016)\, which made its overseas debut at the just-conclude d Vancouver International Film Festival\, has been nominated for “Best Docu mentary” for the Golden Horse Awards.

    Open & free to the publ ic. Registration required.

    Sponsored by: Centre for Chin ese Research\, Department of Asian Studies\, Department of History\, Depart ment of Theatre and Film\, St. John’s College\, School of Social Work\, Van couver Hong Kong Forum Society\, PCHC – Museum of Migration Society\, VAHMS \, explorASIAN\, VAFF

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    LOCATION:Frederic Wood Theatre GEO:49.268043;-123.257021 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/screening-yellowing-%e4%ba% 82%e4%b8%96%e5%82%99%e5%bf%98-a-documentary-about-the-umbrella-movement-in- hong-kong/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/11/Yellowing-Image-768x384.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999973.2533-EO-2690-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161116T011008Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181213T221215Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161123T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161126T190000 SUMMARY: Expedition: The Symposium and Apparition DESCRIPTION:   Vancouver’s Boca del Lupo and Ireland’s The Performance Corp oration join forces once again for Expedition: The Symposium and Apparition \, the fourth installment of the Expedition series\, which consists of imme rsive pieces of speculative fiction set in 2167 that explore ideas around c limate change. In The Symposium\, prominent scientists\, activists and humo urists are asked to […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
    Expedition: TheSymposium and Apparition

     

    Vancouver’s Boca del Lupo and Ireland’s The Performance Corporation join forces once again for Expedition: The Symposium and Apparition\, the fourth installment of the Expedition series\, which consists of immersive pieces of s peculative fiction set in 2167 that explore ideas around climate change.

    In The Symposium\, prominent scientists\, activists and humour ists are asked to create 10-minute talks on their area of interest and expe rtise from a future perspective. Discouraging limits to their imagination a nd encouraging possible misinterpretations of the “past”\, these talks are both funny and satirically insightful.

    Leading up to The Symposiu m is Apparition\, an outdoor installation featuring Saskatche wan-based playwright Yvette Nolan and Vancouver actor Quelemia Sparrow. Rif fing on the stereotypical posters popular in the 70’s with native elders of fering over-simplified wisdoms against the backdrop of a sunset on a mounta in\, this installation presents audience members with a vision from the fut ure offering wisdoms of a very different sort.

    Both works are filled with humour and irony while remaining grounded in their effort to get to th e heart of the often heady and overwhelming issues around climate change.

    Performances:

    Apparition: November 23- 26 from 1pm – 7pm (Pacific Time)

    Symposium: November 26 star ting at 4pm (Pacific Time)

    Location:

    The Fishb owl on Granville Island | 100 - 1398 Cartwright Street\, Vancouver BC

    Symposium also accessible via live feed from Boca del Lupo’s Face book Page www.facebook.com/b ocadellupo/

    Tickets:

    Apparition: Free. Installation triggered by motion sensor outside The Fishbowl.

    < em>Symposium: Free. To book a seat for the live audience in the Fishbo wl\, please contact Andrea Yu at an drea@bocadellupo.com. Online live feed is accessible only to those who “like” Boca del Lupo’s Facebook page.

    About Expedition : Co-produced by Boca del Lupo and The Performance Corpor ation\, Expedition is a series that consists of immersive pieces o f speculative fiction set in 2167 that explore how climate change might aff ect our future\, and how our future selves might look upon the actions of t he present. Artists from a variety of disciplines create short pieces that explore this subject matter with humour\, irony\, and potential insight. Pr evious pieces in the Expedition series include Boca del Lupo’s The Underwater Archeologist and The Performance Corporation’s The Table.

     

    LOCATION:The Fishbowl on Granville Island GEO:49.269756;-123.133774 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/expedition-symposium-appari tion/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/02/climatechange2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181204T2200Z-1543960837.0163-EO-2771-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161117T013921Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181207T011535Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161125T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161125T170000 SUMMARY: Confronting a Trump Presidency DESCRIPTION: Join this forum featuring some of UBC’s leading experts from p olitical science and business to discuss the new era of Trump. 3:00 pm – 5: 00 pm Friday\, November 25th\, 2016 Liu Institute for Global Issues – Multi purpose Room No RSVP required. All are welcome.   Chair: George Hoberg\, Pr ofessor\, Environmental and Natural Resource Policy\, Liu Institute […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join this forum featuring some of UBC’s le ading experts from political science and business to discuss the new era of Trump.

    3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
    Friday\, Nove mber 25th\, 2016
    Liu Institute for Global Issues – Multipurpose Room
    No RSVP required. All are welcome.

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    Ch air: George Hoberg\, Professor\, Environmental and Natural Resource Po licy\, Liu Institute for Global Issues

    From Campaigning to Govern ing
    Paul Quirk | Phil Lind Chair in US Politics and Representatio n\; Professor\, Political Science

    Trump\, America\ , and the World
    Richard Price | Professor\, Political Science

    NAFTA and Trade
    Werner Antweiler | Associate Professor\, S auder School of Business

    Energy and Climate Policy
    Kath ryn Harrison | Professor\, Political Science

    Co-sponsored at UBC by:

    The Liu Institute for Global Issues and the Lind Initiat ive in U.S. Studies

    Department of Political Science

    Sauder School of Business

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    LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/real-confronting-trump-pres idency/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/01/15047682314_c9e59a964c_o_edit_sm.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999973.2943-EO-2600-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161031T181144Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200331T000105Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161128T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161128T173000 SUMMARY: Splane Lecture in Social Policy – Sense and Debility: How disabili ty figures in progressive social policy with Dr. Catherine Frazee DESCRIPTION: The Dr. Richard B. Splane Lecture in Social Policy presents: S ense and Debility: How disability figures in progressive social policy with Dr. Catherine Frazee (by video). Please find a video recording of her lect ure below: Monday\, November 28th\, 2016 5:30 pm\, followed by a reception Venue: Liu Institute for Global Issues – Multipurpose Room\, 6476 NW Marine […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Dr. Richard B. Splane Lecture in Social Policy presents:

    Sense and Debility: H ow disability figures in progressive social policy
    with Dr. Catherine Frazee     (by video). Please find a vid eo recording of her lecture below:

    Monday\, November 28th\, 2016

    5:30 pm\, followed by a rec eption
    Venue: Liu Institute for Global Issue s - Multipurpose Room\, 6476 NW Marine Drive\, UBC\, Vancouver
    The Liu Institute is located in the northwest corner of campus\, across the street from the Museum of Anthropology. Parking is available in the Rose Garden Parkade on NW Marine Dr. (1 block east) and the Fraser River Parkade on Memorial Rd. (1 block south).

    All welcome.

    The theme for th is year is the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is an international human right s treaty and is intended to protect the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities.

    The public lecture will be delivered by Catherine Fraze e OC\, D.Litt.\, LLD. (Hon.)\, who is Professor Emerita in the School of Di sability Studies at Ryerson University. Frazee is a member of DAWN (Disable d Women’s Network Canada)\, has served on the Board of Directors of Canadia n Abilities Foundation\, and the Canadian Association of Community Living\, chairing that organization’s Task force on Values and Ethics. She served a s the Chief Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission from 1989 t o 1992. In addition to several honorary degrees\, she is an Officer of the  Order of Canada for her advancement of the rights of persons with disabilit ies and as an advocate for social justice. Dr. Frazee has lectured and publ ished extensively on human rights\, precarious citizenship\, and the activi st resistance of disabled people.

    About the Splane Lecture: < /strong>Each year the Vancouver Branch of the United Nations Association in Canada\, UBC’s School of Social Work\, the Liu Institute for Global Issues \, and The World Federalist Movement – Canada co-organize a presentation in the field of Canadian public policy to honour the work of Dr. Richard Spla ne\, Professor Emeritus at UBC’s School of Social Work. The lecture is held in the spirit of Article 25 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights which states that “everyone has the right to a standard of li ving adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family\, including food\, clothing\, housing and medical care and necessary social s ervices\, and the right to security in the event of unemployment\, sickness \, disability\, widowhood\, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumst ances beyond his control.”

    Sponsored by: UBC’s Schoo l of Social Work\, UBC Centre for Inclusion and Citizenship\, The Liu Insti tute for Global Issues\, the United Nations Association in Canada\, and The World Federalist Movement – Canada

    LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/splane-%e2%80%a9lecture-%e2 %80%a9in-%e2%80%a9social-%e2%80%a9policy-sense-debility-disability-figures- progressive-social-policy/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/03/DSC_0150.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20161123T1735Z-1479922508.0611-EO-21285-2671@137.82.234.17 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161122T235726Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181207T011246Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161129T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161129T180000 SUMMARY: The Seven Chinas and Value Politics in the Post-Hegemonic Era DESCRIPTION: Abstract What forces\, or narratives\, shape Chinese foreign p olicy? We can see a spectrum of such policy narratives which I call the sev en Chinas. They can be arranged in chronological order\, starting with the ancient idea of China as the self-sufficient civilisation\, and culminating \, for now\, with that of China as herald of the high frontier\, safeguardi ng a […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Abstract

    Wha t forces\, or narratives\, shape Chinese foreign policy? We can see a spect rum of such policy narratives which I call the seven Chinas. They can be ar ranged in chronological order\, starting with the ancient idea of China as  the self-sufficient civilisation\, and culminating\, for now\, with that of China as herald of the high frontier\, safeguar ding a new world order.
    At times blending in stable or unstable\, safe or risky combinations\, they are explored here as identities: ans wers to questions about the national community\, its boundaries\, conscious interests and unconscious motivations.

    About the Speaker< /strong>
    Dr. David Kelly leads research at China Policy\, with mai n responsibility for the geopolitics team. Over thirty years his work has r anged widely across issues affecting China’s economic\, political\, and soc ial institutions. These threads combine in his current work on China’s stra tegic positioning\, political risk and the external impact of domestic poli cy. He models policy risk with the aid of a three dimensional paradigm: leg acy issues specific to Chinese history\; ‘deep troubles’ that all policies seek to address\; and China’s official belief system\, the unspoken accompa niment of policy development. His close engagement with academic and resear ch institutions in China affords him access to the conversation on governan ce and reform among the government’s senior advisors.

    Dr. Kelly is al so a regular media commentator on Chinese affairs including for the BBC\, t he ABC\, the Financial Times\, Al Jezzera\, Sky News and Voice of America. He is a visiting professor at Peking University. He holds a PhD from the Un iversity of Sydney.

    Sponsor: Centre for Chinese Research

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    LOCATION:Room 351\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-seven-chinas-and-value- politics-in-the-post-hegemonic-era/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/11/11.29-David-Kelly-poster-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20161121T1744Z-1479750294.5563-EO-21264-2671@137.82.234.17 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161118T210809Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181207T010951Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161130T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161130T170000 SUMMARY: China’s Rise: Consequences for China and for the World DESCRIPTION: About the Speakers Professor Qin Hui 秦晖 is Professor of Histor y at Tsinghua University\, Beijing. His research has covered several fields in economic history\, social history and the history of ideas. He has publ ished more than twenty books including Fields and Garden Poetry and Rhapsod ies (田园诗与狂想曲)\, Ten Treatises on Tradition (传统十论)\, Out of the Imperial […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    About the Speakers

    Professor Qin Hui 秦晖 is Professor of History at Tsinghua U niversity\, Beijing. His research has covered several fields in economic hi story\, social history and the history of ideas. He has published more than twenty books including Fields and Garden Poetry and Rhapsodies (田园诗与狂想曲)\, Ten Treatises on Tradition (传统十论)\, Out of the Imperial System (走出帝制)\, Co mmon Baseline (共同的底线)\, Issues and Isms (问题与主义)\, Revelations from South Af rica (南非的启示).

    Dr. David Kelly leads research at Chin a Policy\, with main responsibility for the geopolitics team. Over thirty y ears his work has ranged widely across issues affecting China’s economic\, political\, and social institutions. These threads combine in his current w ork on China’s strategic positioning\, political risk and the external impa ct of domestic policy. He models policy risk with the aid of a three dimens ional paradigm: legacy issues specific to Chinese history\; ‘deep troubles’ that all policies seek to address\; and China’s official belief system\, t he unspoken accompaniment of policy development. His close engagement with academic and research institutions in China affords him access to the conve rsation on governance and reform among the government’s senior advisors.

    Dr. Kelly is also a regular media commentator on Chinese affairs includ ing for the BBC\, the ABC\, the Financial Times\, Al Jazeera\, Sky News and Voice of America. He is a visiting professor at Peking University. He hold s a PhD from the University of Sydney.

    Sponsor: Cent re for Chinese Research

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/chinas-rise-consequences-fo r-china-and-for-the-world/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/11/20161130-Event-Poster-v4-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20161125T1821Z-1480098075.6617-EO-21393-2671@137.82.234.17 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161124T224042Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181207T010849Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161201T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161201T193000 SUMMARY: Artist’s Talk on Contemporary Tibetan Art with Tenzing Rigdol DESCRIPTION: Contemporary Tibetan art has recently begun to receive great a ttention from museums and collectors worldwide. This new development marks an exciting movement within the rich\, established lineage of Tibetan art h istory. Tenzing Rigdol is one of the leading avant-garde artists\, producin g complex and thought-provoking artwork that are the products of collective influences and interpretations of […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Contemporary Tibetan art has recently begu n to receive great attention from museums and collectors worldwide. This ne w development marks an exciting movement within the rich\, established line age of Tibetan art history. Tenzing Rigdol is one of the leading avant-gard e artists\, producing complex and thought-provoking artwork that are the pr oducts of collective influences and interpretations of age-old traditions. Strongly influenced by philosophy\, they capture the ongoing issues of huma n conflicts and have strong political undertones. For Rigdol\, politics is an unavoidable element in his art. Indeed\, his artworks reconstruct tradit ional Tibetan ways of thinking\, questioning and interrogating the complex foreign influences and eliciting its own identity. His art—personal at its core\, yet intertwined with the experience of being a Tibetan in this post- colonial world—regenerates the displaced voice.

    Tenzing Rigdol is a l eading contemporary Tibetan artist and activist\, born in Kathmandu\, Nepal in 1982 to Tibetan refugee parents. Rigdol’s work has been exhibited in im portant galleries and museums in Europe and North America\, including the M etropolitan Museum of Art. In 2014\, Rigdol was one of only two contemporar y Tibetan artists to be  included in the exhibition Tibet and India: New Be ginnings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, New York. His “Pin Drop Silenc e: Eleven-Headed Avalokitesvara” was also the first work by a contemporary Tibetan artist to be acquired by the Met. Rigdol is perhaps most well known for his 2011 “Our Land\, Our People\,” a public installation in Dharmsala\ , India created from some 20\,000 kgs of Tibetan soil smuggled across the b order from Shigatse. Rigdol is featured in the film “Bringing Tibet Home” t hat documents this extraordinary project.

    This event  is sponsore d by the Himalaya Program\, the Contemporary Tibetan Studies Program\, and the Department of Art History\, Visual Art and Theory.

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    LOCATION:Frederic Lasserre Building GEO:49.267665;-123.255830 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/artists-talk-on-contemporar y-tibetan-art-with-tenzing-rigdol/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/01/alex-gorey-1135787-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20161121T1744Z-1479750294.5676-EO-21263-2671@137.82.234.17 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161118T205612Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181207T010731Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161203T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161203T163000 SUMMARY: South Asia Showcase: Sri Lanka\, that which glitters DESCRIPTION: We shine the spotlight on Sri Lanka for this year’s cultural s howcase. Sri Lanka’s diversity and culture will be on full display as we sh owcase the pearl of South Asia through an evening filled with music\, art\, and dance. The aim of this event is to engage the UBC and greater Vancouve r community with Sri […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    We shine the spotlight on Sri Lanka for th is year’s cultural showcase. Sri Lanka’s diversity and culture will be on f ull display as we showcase the pearl of South Asia through an evening fille d with music\, art\, and dance.

    The aim of this event is to engage th e UBC and greater Vancouver community with Sri Lanka\, to generate dialogue and to increase the visibility of Sri Lanka in the field of South Asian St udies.

    We invite you to join us and the Sri Lankan community here in the Lower Mainland for an entertaining and informative evening.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/south-asia-showcase-sri-lan ka-that-which-glitters/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/12/mike-benna-570243-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999973.524-EO-2912-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161207T005109Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T211727Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161206T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170127T170000 SUMMARY: The Suitcase: Intergenerational Healing through Traces of the Past DESCRIPTION: The Suitcase: Intergenerational Healing through Traces of the Past By Lyana Patrick & Ashli Akins Exhibit Dates: December 8\, 2016 – Febr uary 28\, 2017. Stop by any time between 8am – 5pm\, Monday – Friday. After Lyana’s Gramma Aloo (gramma “mom” in Carrier) passed away\, her parents ga ve her a suitcase containing materials she had used […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Suitcase: Intergenerational He aling through Traces of the Past
    By Lyana Patrick & Ashli Akins

    Exhibit Dates: Dece mber 8\, 2016 – February 28\, 2017. Stop by any time between 8am - 5pm\, Mo nday - Friday.

    After Lyana’s Gramma Aloo (gramma “mom” in Carrier) pa ssed away\, her parents gave her a suitcase containing materials she had us ed to make moccasins\, gloves\, and other items. Lyana couldn’t bear to loo k in the suitcase when they gave it to her\, but finally opened it for the first time last summer – several years later. The suitcase contained hundre ds of paper cut-outs of hands and feet. Lots of caribou cut-outs (Gramma Al oo’s clan). Tubes of beads. These cutouts represented the day-to-day life o f a Carrier (Dakelh) woman from 1948 to 1998 (the period represented by the items) – her favourite Earl Grey tea boxes\, cereal boxes\, advertisements \, a government cheque\, even her son’s exercise book from residential scho ol.

    This exhibit takes us on a journey through Gramma Aloo’s life\, a nd in doing so\, has acted as a piece of Lyana’s healing journey as she lea rns more about her grandma’s life story. The multi-media exhibit includes p hotographs\, cardboard cutouts\, explorations of the exhibit’s themes of in tergenerational healing and reconciliation through the written word\, and a n invitation for the viewer to actively respond.

    Biographies:

    Lyana Patrick is a member of the Stellat’e n First Nation of the Carrier Nation in British Columbia. Lyana is a PhD ca ndidate in UBC’s School of Community & Regional Planning\, where she explor es her interests in governance\, history\, health\, and storytelling. She b ridges the gaps between health\, planning\, and education through decoloniz ing research methodologies\, Indigenous planning\, transformation of pedago gical approaches in planning education\, and the critical ways in which hea lth and healing intersect with planning.

    Ashli Akins  is a PhD student at UBC’s Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program\, com bining the disciplines of law\, anthropology\, First Nations & Endangered L anguages\, and environmental studies to explore the role of arts to reclaim voice for historically marginalized populations. Her background lies in in ternational development\, NGO management\, arts-based approaches to conflic t resolution\, and international human rights. She is an avid photographer\ , and has photographed and exhibited around the world.

    Lyana and Ashli met through their shared interest in intergenerational m emory\, and the power they see in art to palatably convey the themes of col lective memory\, intergenerational knowledge transmission\, and intergenera tional storytelling in ways that are not exclusive to academic audiences\, but instead that reach the hearts of community members in ways that provoke dialogue and inspire questions. Both Lyana and Ashli are Liu Scholars at t he Liu Institute for Global Issues\, Public Scholars in UBC’s Public Schola rs Initiative\, and recipients of the prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Sc holarship. Lyana and Ashli are co-curators and writers of the exhibit. Ashl i is the exhibit photographer and Lyana is the poet\, sharing some of her w ritten words throughout.

    LOCATION:Lobby Gallery\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/lobby-gallery-exhibition-su itcase-intergenerational-healing-traces-past/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2015/12/Suitcase_homepage.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20161111T2005Z-1478894748.1757-EO-21248-2671@137.82.234.17 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161110T235919Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181207T010440Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161209T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20161209T133000 SUMMARY: Discussing Problems and Solutions for Peace and the Role of Space Energy on Development DESCRIPTION: **THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE** Join us for a thought-provoking discussion on peace and development with Waheed Wa heedulla\, Peacebuilding & Conflict Management Advisor to the United Nation s. The world today is undergoing very troubled times. People\, from the Wes t to East and from North to South\, are all engaged in an ineffective […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    **THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE**

    Join us for a thou ght-provoking discussion on peace and development with Waheed Waheedulla\, Peacebuilding & Conflict Management Advisor to the United Nations.

    Th e world today is undergoing very troubled times. People\, from the West to East and from North to South\, are all engaged in an ineffective struggle t o deliver humanity from the evils of war and terrorism\, poverty and hunger \, lack of drinking water\, diseases\, climate change and global warming\, polluted energy and proliferation of nuclear weapons.

    A big and bold question arises as to why this still is the very disappointing case\; why h ave all human efforts have led to a total fiasco up to now?

    It is ind eed the answer to this very fundamental question which constitutes the focu s of Waheed Waheedulla’s presentation.

    Speaker: Dr. Waheed Waheedullah

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/space-energy-for-peace-and- development/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160503T1611Z-1462291889.6256-EO-19707-2671@137.82.234.16 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160503T160551Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233241Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161223 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170103 SUMMARY: Holiday Closure DESCRIPTION: IAR Office to be closed from Dec 23 – Jan 2. Happy Holidays! X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    IAR Office to be closed from Dec 23 - Jan 2.

    Happy Holidays!

    LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/christmas-day/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181204T0121Z-1543886501.2752-EO-2945-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161216T000024Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181207T010404Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170106T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170106T140000 SUMMARY: Pipelines and Climate Policy – Where are We Now? DESCRIPTION: Friday\, January 6th\, 2017 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building\, 1855 West Mall V6T 1Z\, UBC Please RSVP.  Everyone welcome . Pizza provided. Watch the video here. Over the past several months the Tr udeau government has made some major choices about energy and environmental policy for Canada: it rejected one oil sands pipeline\, approved […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Friday\, January 6th\, 2017
    12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
    Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building\, 1855 West Mall V6T 1Z\, UBC
    Please RSVP.  Everyone welcome. Pizza p rovided.
    W atch the video here.

    Over the past several months the T rudeau government has made some major choices about energy and environmenta l policy for Canada: it rejected one oil sands pipeline\, approved two\, an d came to an agreement with the provinces on a climate plan that makes subs tantial progress towards meeting Canada’s international targets. This panel of UBC experts and community representatives assesses these decisions and discusses what’s next.

    Moderated by: Sara Muir-Owen\ ,  Program Manager\, Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions

    Panelists:

    • Simon Donner\, UBC Geography: The climate ma th of Canada’s updated policies
    • Kathryn Harrison\, UBC Political Sc ience: Federal-provincial dynamics in climate politics
    • George Hober g\, UBC Liu Institute: Pipeline politics
    • Stewart Muir\, ResourceWor ks: Social development issues
    • Eugene Kung\, West Coast Environmenta l Law: First Nations legal issues
    • Christianne Wilhelmson\, Georgia Strait Alliance: Environmental group perspective

    If you cannot attend the event in person\, you can watch the web stream here:

     

    Co-sponsored by the Liu Institute for Global Issu es and the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/pipelines-climate-policy-no w/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/12/Credit-rblood.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170111T1713Z-1484154820.3152-EO-21534-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170110T184251Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181207T010245Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170110T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170110T140000 SUMMARY: China’s Anti-Corruption Reforms and Shareholder Valuations DESCRIPTION: Chinese shares rose sharply on a 2012 announcement initiating an anticorruption campaign. More productive non-SOEs in high Q industries a nd greater external finance dependence in more liberalized provinces gained more. Non-SOEs in less liberalized provinces gained less\, especially if t heir past entertainment and travel costs (ETC) were higher. These results s uggest market development and anticorruption […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Chinese shares rose sharply on a 2012 anno uncement initiating an anticorruption campaign. More productive non-SOEs in high Q industries and greater external finance dependence in more liberali zed provinces gained more. Non-SOEs in less liberalized provinces gained le ss\, especially if their past entertainment and travel costs (ETC) were hig her. These results suggest market development and anticorruption reforms ar e mutually reinforcing. Taking non-SOEs’ ETC as (at least partly) investmen t in connections\, severed connections matter less and cutting corruption b oosts more competitive firms’ prospects more where market institutions are more developed. SOEs’ uniform gains suggest that their ETC mainly funded pr ivate benefits\, not connections.

     

    About the SpeakerRandall Morck holds the Stephen A. Jarislowsky Distinguished C hair in Finance and a Distinguished University Professorship at the Univers ity of Alberta. He earned a B.Sc. summa cum laude in applied mathematics an d economics from Yale and a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard\, and returns o ccasionally to both alma maters – most recently as William Lyon Mackenzie K ing Visiting Professor at Harvard in 2005 and as Schoen Visiting Professor of Finance at Yale in 2009. Prof. Morck is also Research Associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research and European Corporate Governance Ins titute\, James Riady Distinguished Visiting Professor at National Universit y of Singapore\, Adjunct Professor at Xi’an Jiaotong University\, Senior Re search Fellow and Vice President of the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economi cs Research\, Senior Research Associate with Harvard Law School’s Labor and Worklife Program\, Inaugural Fellow of the International Corporate Governa nce Society\, Director of the Canadian Corporate Governance Institute and a member of the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance Academic Advisory Boa rd. From 2011 to 2015 he served as Research Fellow with the Bank of Canada. His research\, cited over thirty thousand times\, includes numerous articl es leading economics and finance journals.

    Light lunch will b e served. Please RSVP to cals@allard.ub c.ca.

    VIEW POSTER  LOCATION:Peter A. Allard School of Law GEO:49.269867;-123.253582 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/chinas-anti-corruption-refo rms-and-shareholder-valuations/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/fancycrave-389547-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20161201T0615Z-1480572935.0892-EO-21473-2671@137.82.234.17 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161130T203754Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181207T010203Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170111T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170111T133000 SUMMARY: The Writing Center as a Globalized Pedagogy: A Case Study of an In ternationalized University in Japan DESCRIPTION: The Writing Center as a Globalized Pedagogy: A Case Study of a n Internationalized University in Japan Due to increased pressures of inter nationalization\, universities around the world are compelled to implement language education models and frameworks with global recognition  (Byram & Parmenter\, 2012\; Doiz\, Lasagabaster\, & Sierra\, 2012\; Imoto & Horiguch i\, 2015). Given this trend\, I […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Writing Center as a Globalized Pedagogy: A Case Study of an Internationalized University in Japan

    Due to increased pressures of internationalization\, universities a round the world are compelled to implement language education models and fr ameworks with global recognition  (Byram & Parmenter\, 2012\; Doiz\, Lasaga baster\, & Sierra\, 2012\; Imoto & Horiguchi\, 2015). Given this trend\, I examine how policy borrowing (Steiner-Khamsi\, 2010) affects university lan guage policy\, planning\, and practice. Focusing on a Japanese university t hat recently implemented a writing center (a common writing support service in North American universities)\, this multi-layered case study investigat es how the educational philosophy\, pedagogical rationale\, and concepts of a writing center are interpreted by administrators and enacted in pedagogi cal practice. This study hopes to shed light on discourses of legitimate pe dagogical practices of a “world-class university” (Deen\, Mok\, & Lucas\, 2 008) and the local literacy realities that challenge (or\, are challenged b y) them.

    Bio:

    Tomoyo Okuda is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Language and Literacy Education in the Faculty of Educ ation at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.

    LOCATION:Room 604\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-writing-center-as-a-glo balized-pedagogy-a-case-study-of-an-internationalized-university-in-japan/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/02/manuel-cosentino-691602-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999973.3958-EO-2924-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161213T184946Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181207T010122Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170111T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170111T180000 SUMMARY: Research Mobilizing Impact\, with Dr. David Phipps DESCRIPTION: Do you want to increase the impact of your research? Do you wa nt to change public policy\, increase community access to knowledge resourc es\, change public perception\, or move an invention to market? How do you do it? Join us for a free seminar led by Dr. David Phipps\, an internationa lly recognized expert in Knowledge Mobilization […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
    Research mob ilizing impact event

    Do you want to increase the impact of your research? Do you want to chan ge public policy\, increase community access to knowledge resources\, chang e public perception\, or move an invention to market? How do you do it?

    Join us for a free seminar led by Dr. David Phipps\, an internationally recognized expert in Knowledge Mobilization where we will discuss strategies and experiences for designing a knowledge mobilization ( KMb) plan.

    There will be time allotted after the presentation for que stions and discussion.

    Wed\, January 11\, 2017
     4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
    Liu Institute for Global Issues - Multipurp ose Room
    Please RSVP.

    Dr. David Phipps

    Bio:

    Dr. David Phipps is Executive Director\, Research & Innovation Services\, Divi sion of Vice-President Research & Innovation with York University where he manages research grants and agreements including knowledge and technology t ransfer for York University\, including York’s award winning Knowledge Mobi lization Unit. The KMb Unit provides services to researchers\, community or ganizations and government agencies who wish to use policy and practice rel ated research to inform public policy and professional practice. In additio n to other awards and recognition\, he has been named the most influential knowledge mobilizer in Canada. He received the 2015 Research Management Exc ellence Award and 2015 President’s Award for Innovation in Knowledge Mobili zation. In 2015 he was named the Gordon and Jean Southam Fellow from the As sociation of Commonwealth Universities.

    Learn more about his work at www.researchimpact.ca/blog and follow him on Twitter at:

    @mobilemobilizer
    @researchimpact

    LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/research-mobilizing-impact- dr-david-phipps/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/03/LiuDialogueShot_1-Cropped.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181204T0122Z-1543886563.9099-EO-2875-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161129T000746Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181207T005910Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170113T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170113T183000 SUMMARY: Lobby Gallery Exhibition Opening of The Suitcase: Intergenerationa l Healing through Traces of the Past DESCRIPTION: The Suitcase: Intergenerational Healing through Traces of the Past By Lyana Patrick & Ashli Akins Join us for a short talk about our new Lobby Gallery exhibition by Liu Scholars Lyana Patrick & Ashli Akins\, foll owed by a reception.  Refreshments (food & non-alcoholic beverages) will be served. All are welcome. Please download The Suitcase poster. When: Januar y […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Suitcase: Intergenerational He aling through Traces of the Past
    By Lyana Patrick & Ashli Akins

    Join us for a short talk about our n ew Lobby Gallery exhibition by Liu Scholars Lyana Patrick & Ashli Akins\, f ollowed by a reception.  Refreshments (food & non-alcoholic beverages) will be served. All are welcome.
    Please download The Suitcase poster.

    When: Janu ary 13\, 2017 at 6:30 pm
    Venue: The Lobby Gallery\, L iu Institute for Global Issues

    The Suitcase Lobby Galler y

     

    Exhibit Dates: December 8\, 2016 - January 31\, 2017

    After L yana's Gramma Aloo (gramma “mom” in Carrier) passed away\, her parents gave her a suitcase containing materials she had used to make moccasins\, glove s\, and other items. Lyana couldn't bear to look in the suitcase when they gave it to her\, but finally opened it for the first time last summer - sev eral years later. The suitcase contained hundreds of paper cut-outs of hand s and feet. Lots of caribou cut-outs (Gramma Aloo's clan). Tubes of beads.  These cutouts represented the day-to-day life of a Carrier (Dakelh) woman f rom 1948 to 1998 (the period represented by the items) - her favourite Earl Grey tea boxes\, cereal boxes\, advertisements\, a government cheque\, eve n her son's exercise book from residential school.

    This exhibit takes us on a journey through Gramma Aloo's life\, and in doing so\, has acted a s a piece of Lyana's healing journey as she learns more about her grandma's life story. The multi-media exhibit includes photographs\, cardboard cutou ts\, explorations of the exhibit's themes of intergenerational healing and reconciliation through the written word\, and an invitation for the viewer to actively respond.

    Biographies:

    Lyan a Patrick is a member of the Stellat’en First Nation of the Carrie r Nation in British Columbia. Lyana is a PhD candidate in UBC’s School of C ommunity & Regional Planning\, where she explores her interests in governan ce\, history\, health\, and storytelling. She bridges the gaps between heal th\, planning\, and education through decolonizing research methodologies\, Indigenous planning\, transformation of pedagogical approaches in planning education\, and the critical ways in which health and healing intersect wi th planning.

    Ashli Akins is a PhD student at UBC’s I nterdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program\, combining the disciplines of la w\, anthropology\, First Nations & Endangered Languages\, and environmental studies to explore the role of arts to reclaim voice for historically marg inalized populations. Her background lies in international development\, NG O management\, arts-based approaches to conflict resolution\, and internati onal human rights. She is an avid photographer\, and has photographed and e xhibited around the world.

    Lyana and Ashli met throu gh their shared interest in intergenerational memory\, and the power they s ee in art to palatably convey the themes of collective memory\, intergenera tional knowledge transmission\, and intergenerational storytelling in ways that are not exclusive to academic audiences\, but instead that reach the h earts of community members in ways that provoke dialogue and inspire questi ons. Both Lyana and Ashli are Liu Scholars at the Liu Institute for Global Issues\, Public Scholars in UBC’s Public Scholars Initiative\, and recipien ts of the prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship. Lyana and Ashli a re co-curators and writers of the exhibit. Ashli is the exhibit photographe r and Lyana is the poet\, sharing some of her written words throughout.

    LOCATION:Lobby Gallery\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/suitcase-intergenerational- healing-traces-past/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/11/DSC00815-Copy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999973.4238-EO-2983-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170117T014808Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181207T005818Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170119T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170119T140000 SUMMARY: Ashli Akins: The Chaos Point of Quechua Textiles DESCRIPTION: When: January 19\, 2017\, 12:00 – 2:00 PM Where: Liu Institute for Global Issues – Research Unit\, UBC The Latin America and the Global r esearch group presents an opportunity to learn about Ashli Akins’s research in the highlands of Peru\, “The Chaos Point of Quechua Textiles: How commu nity-owned policies can safeguard living\, breathing cultural traditions.” Ashli […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
    Ashli Akins


    When    : January 19\, 2017\, 12:00 - 2:00 PM
    Where: Liu Institute for Glob al Issues - Research Unit\, UBC

    The Latin America and the Global rese arch group presents an opportunity to learn about Ashli Akins’s research in the highlands of Peru\, “The Chaos Point of Quechua Textiles: How communit y-owned policies can safeguard living\, breathing cultural traditions.”

    Ashli is a PhD Student & Vanier Scholar\, in the Interdisc iplinary Studies Graduate Program\, and Liu Scholar. Ashli is also an accom plished photographer and the founder and president of Mosqoy\, a Canadian NGO that pro motes educational and cultural rights for Andean communities in Peru.

    In Ashli’s words:

    My project is a response to years of dial ogue with tourists\, consumers\, indigenous weavers\, and NGO workers about discrepancies in marketing Quechua textiles. In the Peruvian Andes\, the Q uechua textile tradition is one of the most important cultural cornerstones \; indigenous women weave with backstrap looms\, using natural alpaca fiber s and local plant dyes\, embedding centuries of oral history into their art . Though this timeless tradition has adapted through centuries\, it now rac es against the clock. Unsustainable forms of tourism and development have r apidly encroached on indigenous Quechua subsistence communities\, threateni ng their most important art form. Over the past decade\, I have heard a com mon dilemma from both conscientious consumers and development workers offer ing fair-trade market outlets: "But how do we know the difference between a n authentic textile and a copy?" Specifically\, weavers have suggested solv ing this dilemma through collective certifications of authenticity. My theo retical research will explore\, among others\, the relationship between aut henticity and adaptation\, as well as critically analyze standardization an d essentialism as side-effects of both safeguarding mechanisms and commodif ication of cultural heritage.

    LOCATION:Research Unit One\, Liu Institute GEO:49.267710;-123.259656 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ashli-akins-chaos-point-que chua-textiles/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/03/DSC_0150.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20161222T2054Z-1482440059.7329-EO-21505-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161222T175903Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181207T005620Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170120T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170120T163000 SUMMARY: Welcome to Washington Heights: American Towns and Americanization in Occupied Japan DESCRIPTION: Abstract: From the 1950s\, Japanese are said to have embraced the so-called “bright life”—that is\, a middle class social ideal inspired by the bright lives led by their American occupiers. As the story’s been to ld up to now\, the “bright life” was enshrined in the American magazines\, movies\, and TV programs that flooded Japan during […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Abstract:

    From the 1950s\, Japanese are said to have embraced the so-called “bright life”—that is\, a middle class social ideal inspired by the bright lives led by their American occupiers. As the story’s been told up to now\, the “bright life” was enshrined in the American magazines\, movies\, and TV programs that fl ooded Japan during and after the Occupation. Yet\, in actuality\, American middle class life also shone brightly within Japan itself\, in places calle d Lincoln Center\, Grant Heights\, and Washington Heights. These were commu nities of “dependent housing” for American troops and their families. Yet\, these were communities fashioned not just as comfortable “America towns” f or the American occupiers\, as one might imagine\, but as the “forerunner” to a “a new way of living for the Japanese people” who they were occupying. The surprising story of these communities and their place in postwar Japan ese life is the subject of this presentation.

    About the Speak er:
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    Jeff Hanes teaches modern Japanese history at the University of Oregon\, where he also directs the Center for Asian an d Pacific Studies. He is the author of CITY AS SUBJECT: SEKI HAJIME AND THE REINVENTION OF MODERN OSAKA as well as numerous articles on modern urban J apan. His current project explores the history of family housing for the Am erican military during and after the Occupation.

    Event poster

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/welcome-to-washington-heigh ts-american-towns-and-americanization-in-occupied-japan/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/12/DrJeffHanes.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999973.4452-EO-2967-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170106T022700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181207T005507Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170120T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170120T173000 SUMMARY: Examining Global Supply Chains\, with Professor Pietra Rivoli DESCRIPTION: *Please note the change in time & venue for this talk with Pro fessor Pietra Rivoli. 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Friday\, January 20th\, 2017 Venue:  Room 104\, UBC Graduate School of Journalism\, 6388 Crescent Road\, Vancou ver\, BC V6T 1Z2 Pietra Rivoli is a professor at Georgetown University who specializes in international business and social justice. She wrote […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    *Please note the change in time & venue for this talk with Professor Pietra Rivoli.

    4: 00 PM - 5:30 PM
    Friday\, January 20th\, 2017
    Venue: Room 104\, UBC Graduate School of Journalism\,
    6388 Crescent Road\, Vancouver\, BC V6T 1Z2

    Pietra Rivoli is a professor at Georgetown University who specializes in international busi ness and social justice. She wrote the best-selling academic book "The Trav els of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy\,” which was the basis of the succes sful NPR Planet Money documentary\, The Making of a T-Shirt.

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    Bio: Pietra Rivoli teaches finance and internatio nal business in the undergraduate\, graduate\, and executive programs. Prof essor Rivoli has special interests in social justice issues in internationa l business and in China\, and she regularly leads MBA residencies to China. Her academic research has been published in numerous leading journals\, in cluding the Journal of International Business Studies\, Business Ethics Qua rterly\, and Journal of Money Credit and Banking.

    Professor Rivoli’s book\, The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy (2005\, 2009 \, 2014)\, has been widely acclaimed by both the popular press and the acad emic community as a pathbreaking study of globalization. Professor Rivoli’s book has received numerous awards\, including one of the best business boo ks of the year by the Financial Times\, Booz Allen Hamilton\, Foreign Affai rs\, the Library Journal\, and by Amazon.com. In addition\, the book was also nam ed as a finalist for the Inaugural Financial-Times-Goldman Sachs Book of th e Year Award.

    Co-sponsored by: The Global Reporting Centre\, the Liu Institute for Global Issues\, and The Peter P. Dhillon Cen tre for Business Ethics\, UBC Sauder School of Business.

    Learn more a bout Professor Rivoli on the Georgetown website and visit t he website for the Hidden Costs of Global Supply Chains Work shop for more opportunities to join the discussion.

    LOCATION:Room 104\, Allard Hall GEO:49.270076;-123.253355 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/examining_global_supply_cha ins/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/01/World_map_green.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170107T2313Z-1483830785.4046-EO-21516-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170106T175650Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181207T004458Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170120T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170120T180000 SUMMARY: CJR Annual Open House Reception DESCRIPTION: UBC’s Centre for Japanese Research (CJR) is pleased to announc e its Annual Open House Reception on Friday\, Jan 20 from 4:30 to 6:00 pm.  The Open House Reception will also serve as a belated New Year’s celebratio n. We welcome anyone interested in Japan to join us for light refreshments and traditional Japanese dishes while learning about the diverse events […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    UBC’s Centre for Japanese Research (CJR) i s pleased to announce its Annual Open House Reception on Friday\, Jan 20 from 4:30 to 6:00 pm. The Open House Reception will also serve as a belated New Year’s celebration.

    We welcome anyone inter ested in Japan to join us for light refreshments and traditional Japanese d ishes while learning about the diverse events related to Japan that the CJR hosts throughout the year.

    The CJR is actively engaged in promotion of research on a wide variety of topics dealing with Japan an d its place in the world community. We invite you to come and learn more ab out the many activities of the CJR and our work towards facilitating greate r understanding between people of Japan and Canada.

    VIEW POSTER 

    LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/cjr-annual-open-house-recep tion/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/02/manuel-cosentino-691602-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170118T2111Z-1484773866.2721-EO-21553-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170118T202538Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181207T004407Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170123T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170123T190000 SUMMARY: Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Roundtable Discussion: Himalaya n Research at UBC​ DESCRIPTION: This event is an interdisciplinary roundtable discussion featu ring the research of several UBC graduate students. With participants from Humanities\, Social Sciences\, and Medicine\, the roundtable will initiate conversations across disciplines and showcase exciting projects focusing on the Himalayan region from across the university. Stay tuned for further de tails! Discussion begins at 5pm. This event  is sponsored by the Himalaya P rogram and […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This event is an interdisciplinary roundta ble discussion featuring the research of several UBC graduate students. Wit h participants from Humanities\, Social Sciences\, and Medicine\, the round table will initiate conversations across disciplines and showcase exciting projects focusing on the Himalayan region from across the university. Stay tuned for further details!

    Discussion begins at 5pm.

    This e vent  is sponsored by the Himalaya Program and the Department of Asian Stud ies.

    RSVP 

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/interdisciplinary-graduate- student-roundtable-discussion-himalayan-research-at-ubc%e2%80%8b/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/alex-gorey-1135787-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20161217T0400Z-1481947214.2293-EO-21503-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161216T190319Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181207T004245Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170125T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170125T133000 SUMMARY: Okinoshima: A Field Visit Report with Dr. Christina Laffin DESCRIPTION: From October to November 2015\, Professor Christina Laffin and four graduate students of Japanese literature travelled to the remote isla nds of Okinoshima in Shimane Prefecture to present an exhibit\, workshop\, and series of lectures aimed at making local cultural heritage more accessi ble. Over the course of a week they collaborated with local government staf f\, community […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    From October to November 2015\, Professor Christina Laffin and four graduate students of Japanese literature travelle d to the remote islands of Okinoshima in Shimane Prefecture to present an e xhibit\, workshop\, and series of lectures aimed at making local cultural h eritage more accessible. Over the course of a week they collaborated with l ocal government staff\, community members\, and shrine priests\, along with NPOs\, corporate sponsors\, and poets from throughout Japan. Their efforts will contribute to a Toshiba-funded project aimed at diversifying tourism leading up the 2020 Olympics and to a new\, large-scale SSHRC-funded partne rship project on East Asian religions (From the Ground Up http://frogbear.org/).

    Come see how an island commu nity of just over two thousand (Ama Town) is trying to revive their local e conomy and why scholars of premodern Japan might be involved in this proces s. This presentation will offer an explanation and visual introduction into our journey through the Dozen Islands of Okinoshima while inviting us to c onsider the global and national issues Japan is currently facing.

    About the Speaker:

    cropped-10.13.16-Chri stina-Laffin-for-web-1-of-1.jpgDr. Christina L affin is an associate professor at UBC and the Canada Research Chair in Pre modern Japanese Literature and Culture. She currently serves as Associate H ead of the Department of Asian Studies. Publications include a monograph on the scholar and poet Nun Abutsu (Rewriting Medieval Japanese Women\, 2013) \, a co-edited collection of essays and translations on noh drama (The Noh Ominameshi\, 2003)\, and a multi-volume anthology on Japanese history (Gend er and Japanese History\; managing editor\, 1999).

    Part of the Centre for Japane se Research Lunchtime Lecture Series

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    LOCATION:Room 604\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/okinoshima-a-field-visit-re port-with-dr-christina-laffin/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/02/manuel-cosentino-691602-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999973.486-EO-2693-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20161116T033653Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T212300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170126T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170126T180000 SUMMARY: Food\, the Future\, and You Symposium DESCRIPTION: Food\, the Future\, and You\, presented by the UBC Centre for Sustainable Food Systems\, is a food and sustainability symposium that brin gs together students\, faculty\, and staff for a dialogue about what it tak es to create and manage a just and sustainable food system. Join us for a d ynamic day that brings together students\, faculty\, and staff […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Food\, the Future\, and You\, presented by the UBC Centre for Sustainable Food Systems\, is a food and sustainability symposium that brings together students\, facult y\, and staff for a dialogue about what it takes to create and manage a jus t and sustainable food system. Join us for a dynamic day that brings togeth er students\, faculty\, and staff to discuss pathways to just and sustainab le food systems!

    Thursday\, January 26\, 2017
    < strong>9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
    Venue: UBC Ponderosa Ballroom< /strong>
    Registration required.

    For further inf ormation on the Program\, Presenters\, and Registration\, please visit the s ymposium website or email ubcfarm.academic@ ubc.ca.

    Join us to celebrate the involvement of UBC students with food sustainability research\, education\, and community engagement!

    This event is part of the UBC Future of Food Global D ialogue Series\, a campus-wide initiative bringing together fo od security and sustainability experts from across the university and North America to regularly engage the UBC community and the public around the Gl obal Food System\, including topics such as climate change\, food security\ , biodiversity\, social justice\, culture\, and policy.

    LOCATION:Ponderosa Ballroom GEO:49.263709;-123.221255 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/food-future-symposium/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/11/8672930688_d660699aca_o.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170121T2014Z-1485029680.6845-EO-21559-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170120T203331Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T212004Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170126T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170126T180000 SUMMARY: Laughing in the Year of the Chicken: The Past and Future of Chines e Humor DESCRIPTION: Cock-a-doodle doo! Chinese comedians should have a lot to crow about during the Year of the Rooster. But should we expect Chinese humor i n 2017 to be defined by wit\, satire\, parody\, farce\, or just cockiness? Come hear a practicing comedian swap perspectives with a cultural historian on the past\, present\, and future of Chinese […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Cock-a-doodle doo! < /em>Chinese comedians should have a lot to crow about during the Year of th e Rooster. But should we expect Chinese humor in 2017 to be defined by wit\ , satire\, parody\, farce\, or just cockiness? Come hear a practicing comed ian swap perspectives with a cultural historian on the past\, present\, and future of Chinese humor. Jesse Appell\, founder of Laugh Beijing\, and Christopher Rea\, author of a history of lau ghter in China\, will share examples of their favorite types of modern Chin ese humor\, and their experiences with Chinese humor in the club\, on the s treet\, and in the archive.

     

    Jesse Appell is a Chinese-English bilingual comedian based in Beijing. His comic performances in clubs\, on television\, and in videos s uch as “Laowai Style” have been viewed by millions and been reported on by PBS\, NPR\, The Economist\, China Radio International\, and Pe ople’s Daily. Some of his work can be viewed at http://www.lau ghbeijing.com/sketches/

    Christopher Rea is an associate professor of Asian studies at UBC and the author of The Age of Irreverence: A New History of Laughter in China (California\, 2015).

    This event is organized by the UBC Modern Ch inese Culture Seminar and sponsored by the CCK Foundation Inter-Un iversity Centre for Sinology\, UBC Asian Studies\, UBC St. John’s College\, and the UBC Centre for Chinese Research.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/laughing-in-the-year-of-the -chicken-the-past-and-future-of-chinese-humor/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/01/chicken-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170121T2014Z-1485029680.6973-EO-21560-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170120T204228Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T211550Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170127T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170127T153000 SUMMARY: Health and Wellbeing of South Asian Immigrant Women DESCRIPTION: Intersecting Influences of Gender\, Migration\, Racialization and Access to Health Care in Canada This presentation will explore\, using social determinants of health and intersectionality approach\, how gendered experience of migration and settlement in Canada shape the health and well being of South Asian immigrant women. Narratives and experiences of a numbe r of South Asian immigrant women […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Intersecting Influences of Gender\, Mi gration\, Racialization and Access to Health Care in Canada

    This presentation will explore\, using social determinants of health and inters ectionality approach\, how gendered experience of migration and settlement in Canada shape the health and wellbeing of South Asian immigrant women. Na rratives and experiences of a number of South Asian immigrant women of diff erent ages from Bangladesh\, India and Pakistan in three different studies will show how gender\, age\, migration and settlement status intersect to a ffect their overall health\, especially mental health and wellbeing\, and a lso their access to health information\, health promotion activities and he alth care services. Comparative analysis of the narratives and experiences of these women in these three qualitative studies show that while young and expecting immigrant mothers are inundated with health information and reso urces about neonatal care and parenting\, health information and health pro moting services for older immigrant women are not that abundant. Additional ly\, some older South Asian immigrant women face multiple intersecting barr iers in accessing the limited health promoting resources available for them . Health information and service providers need to understand the internal diversity within these communities and the variations of experiences among these women\, and as well the broader social\, cultural\, structural and sy stemic barriers that shape their health and wellbeing and access to health care and other services.

    Speaker: Dr. Sanzida Habib\ , Research Associate\, Centre for India and South Asia Research

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    LOCATION:Room 351\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/health-and-wellbeing-of-sou th-asian-immigrant-women/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/01/SanzidaJan27_final.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170107T2313Z-1483830785.4322-EO-21511-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170106T174911Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T211323Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170127T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170127T170000 SUMMARY: Film Screening & Discussion: “The Last Tear\,” a Documentary About Comfort Women in Asia and Korea DESCRIPTION: This documentary feature film tells a story about sexual viole nce against women\, yet most of its victims are silenced. One such sad epis ode is that of the “comfort women\,” or more accurately\, the estimated 200 \,000 women who were recruited to sexually serve the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. As part of this immense […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This documentary feature film tells a stor y about sexual violence against women\, yet most of its victims are silence d. One such sad episode is that of the “comfort women\,” or more accurately \, the estimated 200\,000 women who were recruited to sexually serve the Im perial Japanese Army during World War II. As part of this immense system\, many young women from all over Japan's occupied territories in Asia were fo rced into service where they faced rape\, torture\, and extreme violence at military camps\, euphemistically termed “comfort stations.” The film has b een selected and screened at over 100 international film festivals with mul tiple awards since its release on August 15\, 2016.

    J ae H. Ku is the Director of the U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS. Befo re joining the U.S.-Korea Institute\, he was the Director of the Human Righ ts in North Korea Project at Freedom House. He has taught at the Johns Hopk ins University School of Advanced International Studies\, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (Seoul\, Korea)\, Brown University\, Yonsei University (Seoul\, Korea)\, and Sookmyung Women’s University (Seoul\, Korea). His res earch interests are: Inter-Korean Relations\, U.S.-Korea relations\, Democr acy in Asia\, and Human Rights in North Korea. He has been a recipient of b oth Fulbright and Freeman fellowships. Dr. Ku holds a Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies\, M.Sc. from the London Sc hool of Economics\, and A.B. from Harvard University.

     

    Christopher H.K. Lee is an award-winning filmmaker/writer /publisher and media artist. He has over 27 years of multi-cultural and div erse industry experience in the fields of architecture\, interactive media\ , animations\, and films as a director/producer and over 12 years of lectur ing experience at prestigious colleges in both South Korea and the U.S. Mr. Lee has produced many feature and short films\, including several others t hat raise awareness of Korean history\, culture\, and current affairs title d “I am Grace\,” “Rescued by Fate\,” and “Fading Away.”

     

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/film-screening-discussion-t he-last-tear-a-documentary-about-comfort-women-in-asia-and-korea/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/01/TheLastTear_Poster_Awards06-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999973.5712-EO-1937-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160531T000306Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T210837Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170131T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170131T120000 SUMMARY: UBC Future of Food Global Dialogue Series DESCRIPTION:     The UBC Future of Food Global Dialogue Series has a new we bsite! Please visit http://futureoffood.landfood.ubc.ca for details on this  campus-wide initiative bringing together food security and sustainability experts from across the university and North America to regularly engage th e UBC community and the public around the Global Food System\, including to pics such as climate change\, food security\, biodiversity\, social […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

     

    Right To Foodhousingagriculture\, food\, GMO\, crops\, wheat

     

    The UBC  Future of Food Global Di alogue Series has a new website! Please visit http://futureoffood.landfood.ubc.ca for details on this  campus-wide initiative bringing together food security and sustainability experts from across the university and North America to regularly engage th e UBC community and the public around the Global Food System\, including to pics such as climate change\, food security\, biodiversity\, social justice \, culture\, and policy.  The series uses various formats to foster discuss ion\, such as dialogue circles\, seminars\, panel discussions\, performance s\, photo exhibitions\, and film screenings.

    The series is jointly co nvened by the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm\,  the Liu In stitute for Global Issues\, and UBC Reads Sustainability\, an initiative of UBC Sustainability. We invite you to consider collaborating with us or to suggest ideas for topics and speakers. If your team is planning to host spe akers next year who may be a fit for our series\, we would love to hear fro m you.

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    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ubc-future-of-food-global-d ialogue-series/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/05/2011_Mar10_CSR_DyerJan_Seedling.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20160607T1633Z-1465317223.7175-EO-20167-2671@142.103.0.67 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20160606T220432Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T195404Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170203T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170203T220000 SUMMARY: Of Rice and Roots DESCRIPTION: Of Rice and Roots is an event where you can try a variety of t raditional dishes from different Southeast Asian countries and learn more a bout these amazing countries from the Consulate-Generals themselves! We wil l have 6 countries participating this year: Malaysia\, Indonesia\, Singapor e\, Vietnam\, Thailand and Philippines Presented by: Centre for Southeast A sia Research\, in collaboration with ASEAN […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Of Rice and Roots is an event where you can try a variety of traditional dishe s from different Southeast Asian countries and learn more about these amazi ng countries from the Consulate-Generals themselves! We will have 6 countri es participating this year: Malaysia\, Indonesia\, Singapore\, Vietnam\, Th ailand and Philippines

    Presented by: Centre for Southeast Asia Research\, in collaboration with ASEAN Consul ates-Generals in Vancouver\, and UBC SEA Students Associations

     

    < p>TICKETS::
    $12 – Early Bird
    $15 – Regular (incl uding Vegetarians)
    $18 – At the door

    Early bird ticket sales beg in on Saturday\, Jan 21s\, 2017. Only 10 tickets will be available per club \, so reserve your tickets ASAP! Book your tickets on the online form that will be released by an exec from each club. Regular ticket sales will begin on Monday\, Jan 23rd\, 2017.

    REGULAR TICKETS

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    For any further inquires\, please contact one of the clubs below:

    Seri Malaysia Club:
    Kevin Yong:
    kykevinxa@gmail.com/6046796818
    Niki Yaw:< br />nikyaw95@gmail.com< /a>/7782234236

    Gado-Gado Indonesian Students Association:
    Adrian Wibowo: 7789291095
    adrianwibowo95@gmail.com

    Singapore Students Association:Gerald Lee:
    gerald.lee94@gmail.com/7786813214

    Vietnamese Students Society:Chantel Luu:
    chantelcamluu@gmail.com

    Thai Aiyara:
    Mark Youngyuen:
    mark@youngyuen.com/ 7783231795

    Filipino Students Association (Kababayan)
    Einer Lim 6 043498007
    Shaun Sy 7788989335

    LOCATION:Great Hall\, AMS Student Nest GEO:49.266536;-123.249793 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/of-rice-and-roots/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/06/16114778_1220142454741938_5199597947228144665_n.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170201T1724Z-1485969883.4652-EO-21599-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170131T192044Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T195240Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170206T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170206T190000 SUMMARY: At Home in the Green Mountains – Bhutanese Resettlement in Vermont DESCRIPTION: In a time of controversy\, conflict\, and urgency regarding fo rced migration and refugee populations worldwide\, the resettlement of Bhut anese Lhotshampa over the past decade stands as a success story. A large pr oportion of the refugees in the camps in Nepal has relocated to new homes i n North America\, Europe and Oceania. While the arrival of the […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    In a time of controversy\, conflict\, and urgency regarding forced migration and refugee populations worldwide\, the resettlement of Bhutanese Lhotshampa over the past decade stands as a succe ss story. A large proportion of the refugees in the camps in Nepal has relo cated to new homes in North America\, Europe and Oceania. While the arrival of the Bhutanese has been far less controversial in the US than that of ma ny other groups\, the newcomers continue to face many challenges. Pablo Bos e explores the case of Bhutanese refugees resettled in Burlington\, Vermont . The community has faced significant challenges and in response\, they hav e made several attempts to emphasize and strengthen connections between the ir new lives and their heritage. In this presentation\, Bose will focus on three such initiatives.

    Ab out the speaker: Pablo Bose\, Associate Professor\, Department of Geography and Director\, Global and Regional Studies Program\, University o f Vermont.

    The talk begins at 5pm.

    Sponsors: Himalaya Program\, Centre for India and South Asia Research and Institute for Asian Research.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/at-home-in-the-green-mounta ins-bhutanese-resettlement-in-vermont/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/01/alex-gorey-1135787-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170128T1804Z-1485626675.8029-EO-21585-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170127T230104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T195021Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170207T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170207T140000 SUMMARY: How Much Difference is There Between Japan and China in Terms of A esthetics? DESCRIPTION: Speaker: Professor Masahiro Hamashita (Kobe College) It is tim e that we should distinguish more fully the difference between Japanese cul ture and Chinese culture. There still exists a misunderstanding that Japane se culture should be regarded as a derivative of Chinese culture under the influence of Confucianism. However\, those who are familiar with some chara cteristics of Japanese […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Speaker: Professor Masahi ro Hamashita (Kobe College)

    It is time that we should distinguish mor e fully the difference between Japanese culture and Chinese culture. There still exists a misunderstanding that Japanese culture should be regarded as a derivative of Chinese culture under the influence of Confucianism. Howev er\, those who are familiar with some characteristics of Japanese people wi ll know that Zen Buddhism and Shintoism have been main factors promoting cu lture and aesthetics in Japan. We can enumerate several comparisons to disc ern distinctions: for basic texts toward children’s education\, the Nine Ch inese classics for education in China vs Ki-Ki-Manyo (Kojiki\, Nihonshoki\, and Manyoshu) in Japan\; the good command of rhetoric and verbal discourse s vs less talkativeness and belief in the miraculous power of language\; ev asion of stories of any monster as harmful to elite education vs passionate attachment to the supernatural of monsters\, ghosts or phantoms which comp ose folklore\; many theoretical treatises bridging cosmology\, natural spir its and landscape paintings through the concept of chi vs exclusive pictori al mind detached from a literary mind\, leading eventually to contemporary Manga and Anime culture in Japan\, etc. Those topics mentioned above may be interrelated and integrated to produce the unique visual and VR (virtual r eality) culture of Manga and Anime in postmodern Japan.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/how-much-difference-is-ther e-between-japan-and-china-in-terms-of-aesthetics/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/fancycrave-389547-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170128T1804Z-1485626675.8113-EO-21590-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170127T230303Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T194849Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170208T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170208T133000 SUMMARY: What Does it Mean to “Abolish” a Language? – Some Thoughts on Mori Arinori and Shiga Naoya DESCRIPTION: Speaker: Dr. Christina Yi\, (Assistant Professor\, Department of Asian Studies) With the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in 1894\, Japa n officially embarked on an enterprise of territorial expansion. Acquisitio n of Taiwan occurred in 1895\, soon followed by the annexation of Korea in 1910. The unconditional surrender of Japan to the Allied Powers in 1945 sig naled not […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Speaker: Dr. Christina Yi \, (Assistant Professor\, Department of Asian Studies)

    With the outbr eak of the Sino-Japanese War in 1894\, Japan officially embarked on an ente rprise of territorial expansion. Acquisition of Taiwan occurred in 1895\, s oon followed by the annexation of Korea in 1910. The unconditional surrende r of Japan to the Allied Powers in 1945 signaled not only the end of the Pa cific War but also the end of the Japanese empire\, as one of the condition s of surrender was the redrawing of national borders. The Allied Occupation of Japan (1945-1952) that followed introduced changes not only in the poli tical arena\, but also in the ways “Japan” and “the Japanese” themselves we re defined and discussed. This talk illuminates some of these postwar chang es – as well as prewar continuities – by examining the history of Japanese linguistic nationalism and language ideology. In particular\, it will look at the writings of Mori Arinori (1847-1889) and Shiga Naoya (1883-1971)\, t wo prominent intellectuals who each proposed radical – though quite differe nt – changes to the language use in Japan.

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    LOCATION:Room 604\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/what-does-it-mean-to-abolis h-a-language-some-thoughts-on-mori-arinori-and-shiga-naoya/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/manuel-cosentino-691602-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999973.6328-EO-3023-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170130T224922Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T193732Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170208T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170208T210000 SUMMARY: ‘How do we be together?’ A Roundtable on Art\, Memory and Responsi bility DESCRIPTION: Wed\, February 8\, 2017 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Sty-Wet-Tan Great Ha ll\, First Nations Longhouse\, 1985 West Mall\, UBC Register here. The publ ic event will feature reflections and performances by invited artists and s cholars on the role of engaged artistic practice / creative scholarship in generating public dialogue on questions of social responsibility and transf ormative justice […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Wed\, February 8\, 20176:00 PM – 9:00 PM
    Sty-Wet-Tan Great Hall\ , First Nations Longhouse\, 1985 West Mall\, UBC
    Register here    .

    The public event will feat ure reflections and performances by invited artists and scholars on the rol e of engaged artistic practice / creative scholarship in generating public dialogue on questions of social responsibility and transformative justice d uring or after mass atrocity\, including genocide\, disaster\, war\, displa cement\, colonialism or slavery.

    The event is part of a Peter Wall In stitute for Advanced Studies International Research Roundtable\, Memory and Responsibility\, co-organized by Erin Baines\, Pilar Riaño-Alcalá\, Sheryl Lightfoot\, with Omer Aijazi. The Roundtable brings together an interdisci plinary group of artists\, community leaders and scholars to consider how a nd why people forget\, deny or remember responsibility for mass violence.

    For more information about this International Research Roundtable and a list of participants\, please go to the Roundtable website.

    Erin Baines  and Pilar Riaño-Alcalá

    Roundtable participants: M. Kamari Clarke\, Juliane Okot Bitek (Liu Scholar )\, Peter Morin\, Erika Diettes\, Bronwyn Leebaw

    With special guests: Koju Kojwang and Anson Ching

    Co-sponsored b y: Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies\, First Nations House of Learning \, Liu Institute for Global Issues\, UBC

    Cover P hoto Credit: All Blood And Guts by Erika Diettes

    In various parts of Colombia\, forcibly disappeared persons end up in riv ers\, which are symbols of life and of the wealth of our nation. From time to time the corpses float to the riverbanks and people gather because of th e hassle the vultures cause – they become allies when it comes to alerting others of the presence of a body\, unfortunately dead. The composition\, ma de up of three images of the same size\, conveys the face of a bereaved wom an who is describing what she experienced with the disappearance of a loved one\; her counterpart\, the expressionless vulture. Both converging their gazes towards the river’s water\, encouraged by different motives\, they ha ve an unfortunate encounter seeking the same purpose. Covered in a dark aur a of grief\, these images force us to become spectators of an event in whic h three faces attempt to momentarily deliver us from our indifference.

    LOCATION:Sty-Wet-Tan Great Hall\, First Nations Longhouse GEO:49.265485;-123.256553 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/together-roundtable-art-mem ory-responsibility/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/01/A-Roundtable-on-Art-Memory-and-Responsibility.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170128T1804Z-1485626675.8194-EO-21592-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170127T230513Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T193400Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170215T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170215T140000 SUMMARY: Genealogy of three Principles of the Constitution of Japan: Sovere ignty of the people\, Fundamental Human Rights\, and Pacifism DESCRIPTION: Speaker: Masahiro Nakano (Visiting Professor Aoyama Gakuin Uni versity) In Japan\, as the consequences of the election of the House of Cou ncilors (参議院) in 2016\, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP: 自民党)\, Ko meito (公明党) and some of their followers won two-thirds of the seats in both of the House of Representatives (衆議院) and the House of […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Speaker: Masahiro Nakano (Visiting Professor Aoyama Gakuin University)

    In Japan\, as the conse quences of the election of the House of Councilors (参議院< /span>) in 2016\, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP: 自民党)\, Komeito (公明党) and some of their followers won two-thirds of the seats in both of the House of Representati ves (衆議院) and the House of Councilors\, and they are going to initiate the amendment of the current Constitution of Japan ac cording to its Article 96.

    The constitutional amendment has been the earnest wish of the LDP and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe\, becau se they firmly believe that it was “imposed” by the US government when Japa n lost the WWII. This recognition is actually NOT appropriate\, but nowaday s even the ordinary people in Japan also seems to share it.

    In order to discuss possible amendments of the Constitution\, at least \, we must share the basic and precise knowledge. This presentation intends to trace and clarify the roots of the ideas of Japanese Constitution\, foc using namely its three principles: (1) sovereignty of the people\, (2) fund amental human rights\, and (3) pacifism. And finally\, I would like to brie fly mention E. Herbert Norman\, Canadian diplomat/scholar in Japanese studi es\, who played an important role at the end of the WWII in this context\, introducing the precious documents the UBC library owns.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/genealogy-of-three-principl es-of-the-constitution-of-japan-sovereignty-of-the-people-fundamental-human -rights-and-pacifism/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/manuel-cosentino-691602-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170116T1732Z-1484587947.4928-EO-21548-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170113T232022Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T193235Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170216T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170216T130000 SUMMARY: How Can the New Governments in Washington and Seoul Tackle North K orea? DESCRIPTION: Bio: Oh Joon is a former Ambassador of the Republic of Korea ( ROK) to the United Nations (UN) from 2013 to 2016. During this time\, he al so served as the 71st President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOS OC) and as President of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Bio: Oh Joon is a former Ambassador of the Republic of Korea (ROK) to the United Nations (UN) from 2 013 to 2016. During this time\, he also served as the 71st Presi dent of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and as President of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons wi th Disabilities (CRPD) in 2015 and 2016. He is currently a member of the Hi gh Level Panel on the Future of Development Assistance Committee of the Org anization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). He was awarded t he Order of Service Merit twice from the ROK government. He also received t he Youngsan Diplomat Award for his work on North Korean human rights issues in 2014. In 2016\, Rehabilitation International awarded him the Global Pre sidential Award in acknowledgment of his achievements as President of CRPD.

    Lunch will be provided.

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    LOCATION:Auditorium\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/how-can-the-new-governments -in-washington-and-seoul-tackle-north-korea/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/01/https_2F2Fcdn.evbuc_.com2Fimages2F273434002F1753256895872F12Foriginal.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170215T0057Z-1487120224.9333-EO-21671-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170214T193955Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T193128Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170216T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170216T143000 SUMMARY: China-Indonesia Relations: Looking Back and Looking Forward DESCRIPTION: The talk will cover updates on Indonesian politics and Indones ia-China relations. About the Speaker:  Jona Widhagdo Putri is a lecturer i n International Relations at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences\, University of Indonesia as well as a Chinese language interpreter for the 6th and the 7th Indonesian President (2013-now). Her research focus is on [ …] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
    The talk will cover updates on Indonesia n politics and Indonesia-China relations.
    Abou t the Speaker: 
    Jona Widhagdo Putri is a lecturer in Int ernational Relations at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences\, Univ ersity of Indonesia as well as a Chinese language interpreter for the 6th a nd the 7th Indonesian President (2013-now). Her research focus is on Intern ational Political Economy and Diplomacy\, with an empirical focus on China\ , Indonesia and South East Asia.

    Jona received her d iploma in economics from University of London in association with the Londo n School of Economics and Political Sciences\, her B.A. and M.A. with disti nction in all subjects from Beijing Language and Culture University\, and s he was the first Indonesian recommended as a Young Sinologist (advanced pro gram) at Peking University. She was also involved as the Working Group for the Blue Report for the G20 Presidency 2016 (a publication produced from th e “Views from Vision 20: International Summit on Global Governance’s New Fr ontiers”).

    Jona is also part of the Consulting Committee of Indonesia Chamber of Commerce in China (INACHAM)\, a founding member of Association of Chinese Alumni in Indonesia (PERHATI)\, part of the Advisory Team (China Region) for the Ministry of Tourism of the Republic of Indonesia\, Special Advisor for the National Committee for Economic and Industry of the Republ ic of Indonesia\, Founder and Chair of PutraPutri Community Organization.

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    LOCATION:Room 351\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/china-indonesia-relations-l ooking-back-and-looking-forward/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/fancycrave-389547-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170215T0057Z-1487120224.9447-EO-21670-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170214T191043Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T193032Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170216T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170216T180000 SUMMARY: When Did the Cultural Revolution Begin? DESCRIPTION: How do historians delineate the temporal boundaries of major h istorical events\, and trace their origins\, precedents\, and preludes? How are periodization schemes constructed and defined? In this talk\, Prof. Wu will reconsider the opening phase of China’s Great Proletarian Cultural Re volution and the critical events leading up to it\, with the aim of develop ing an […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    How do historians delineate the temporal b oundaries of major historical events\, and trace their origins\, precedents \, and preludes? How are periodization schemes constructed and defined? In this talk\, Prof. Wu will reconsider the opening phase of China’s Great Pro letarian Cultural Revolution and the critical events leading up to it\, wit h the aim of developing an understanding of how the great turmoil began in ways less dependent on familiar Mao-centric\, linear\, and teleological pre mises and more sensitive to historical contingencies and contextual ambigui ties.

    About the Speaker:
    Yiching Wu is Associat e Professor of East Asian Studies and Director of the David Chu Program of Contemporary Asian Studies at the University of Toronto. With a PhD in cult ural anthropology at the University of Chicago\, his research focuses on th e history\, society\, and politics of Mao’s China\, in particular history o f the Cultural Revolution. His book\, The Cultural Revolution at the Mar gins: Chinese Socialism in Crisis (Harvard University Press\, 2014)\, w as the recipient of the President’s Book Award from the Social Science Hist ory Association\, and the finalist of the Wallace K. Ferguson Prize (for no n-Canadian history) from the Canadian Historical Association. He is current ly working on a new book project that reexamines the preludes and beginning of the Cultural Revolution.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/when-did-the-cultural-revol ution-begin/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/02/20170216-Event-poster-v6.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0555Z-1543989350.3808-EO-3020-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170130T225832Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T192845Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170217T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170217T133000 SUMMARY: Dr. Craig Borowiak – Postcapitalist Politics in a Divided City: Ma pping Community Gardens in Philadelphia DESCRIPTION: February 17\, 2017 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Liu Institute for Global Issues\, Multipurpose Room\, UBC No RSVP required. The first hour of this event will feature a talk by Dr. Craig Borowiak on how urban agriculture fi ts within larger solidarity economies and post-capitalist politics in the U .S. It will include findings from an initiative to […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    February 17\, 2017
    < strong> 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
    Liu Institute for Global I ssues\, Multipurpose Room\, UBC
    No RSVP required.

    The first hour of this event will feature a talk by Dr. C raig Borowiak on how urban agriculture fits within larger solidarity econom ies and post-capitalist politics in the U.S. It will include findings from an initiative to create a comprehensive inventory of community gardens in P hiladelphia and to map them against racial and class variables as well as l and-ownership patterns.

    Following the talk\, from 1:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. \, the Food Systems Research Network will host their kick- off event. Lunch will be provided at 1:00 p.m. for Food Systems Research Ne twork participants.

    Please join us!

    Craig Browiak


    Craig Boro wiak     (PhD\, Duke University) is an associate professor of Political Sci ence at Haverford College. His research and teaching revolve around politic al economic thought\, globalization\, democratic theory\, global civil soci ety\, and post-capitalist politics. He is currently researching solidarity economies and the spread of solidarity economy movements worldwide. This in cludes extensive qualitative\, quantitative and spatial research in Philade lphia\, where he is based. He has developed a spatial database of over 800 solidarity economy entities in the city\, including over 470 community gard ens\, which he has been mapping against demographic and land ownership data . He is also the creator of a web-based national mapping platform for the s olidarity economy (www.solidarityeconomy.us) which maps over 25\,000 enti ties across the US.

    His earlier research focused on democratic accoun tability\, farmers’ rights\, and citizens tribunals\, among other topics. H e is the author of Accountability and Democracy: the Pitfalls and Promi se of Popular Control (Oxford University Press\, 2011)\, and co-editor of Exploring Cooperatives: Economic Democracy and Community Developmen t in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin (Madison\, WI: University of Wisconsin -Ext\, 2016). He has published several articles in major political science journals\, including Polity\, the Journal of Politics\, Politi cal Theory\, New Political Science\, and Politics and Soc iety\, among others.

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    This event is part of the UBC Future of Food Global Dialogue Series< /a>\, a campus-wide initiative bringing together food security and sustainability experts from across the university and North America to reg ularly engage the UBC community and the public around the Global Food Syste m\, including topics such as climate change\, food security\, biodiversity\ , social justice\, culture\, and policy.

    Find dates and details for u pcoming events in the Event Calendar. Follow #UBCFutureOfFood.

    LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/dr-craig-borowiak-postcapit alist-politics-divided-city-mapping-community-gardens-philadelphia/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/05/2011_Mar10_CSR_DyerJan_Seedling.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170126T1723Z-1485451426.2342-EO-21581-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170125T234658Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T192734Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170217T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170217T160000 SUMMARY: Japan’s Vision for the East Asian Security Border DESCRIPTION: About the speaker:  Dr. Ryo Sahashi is an associate professor of International Politics and associate dean\, Faculty of Law at Kanagawa U niversity\, Yokohama\, and a research fellow at the Japan Center for Intern ational Exchange. He is a specialist in international politics of East Asia . He has several publications on US-China relations\, Taiwan\, East Asian s ecurity order\, […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    About the speaker: 

    Dr. Ryo Sahashi is an associate prof essor of International Politics and associate dean\, Faculty of Law at Kana gawa University\, Yokohama\, and a research fellow at the Japan Center for International Exchange. He is a specialist in int ernational politics of East Asia. He has several publications on US-China r elations\, Taiwan\, East Asian security order\, and Japanese post-Cold War security policy\, in Japanese\, English\, and Chinese. He frequently contri butes as commentator for Japanese and international media outlets including NHK\, CCTV\, Foreign Policy\, Japan Times and more.

    Sponsors:
    Centre for Japanese Research\, The Institute o f Asian Research\, Consulate General of Japan in Vancouver

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/japans-vision-for-the-east- asian-security-border/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/01/sahashi.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170124T1714Z-1485278052.0469-EO-21564-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170123T193059Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T192555Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170221T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170221T111500 SUMMARY: Perspectives on the Future of Canada-Japan Relations DESCRIPTION: Ian Burney (BA Hons in Political science\, McGill University\; MA International Relations\, University of Toronto) is the Ambassador of C anada to Japan. Abroad\, he served as third and second secretary at the emb assy in Bangkok from 1989 to 1991 and as consul and senior trade commission er at the consulate general in Ho Chi Minh City […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Ian Burney (BA Hons in Political science\, McGill University\; MA International Relations\, University of Toronto) is the Ambassador of Cana da to Japan. Abroad\, he served as third and second secretary at the embass y in Bangkok from 1989 to 1991 and as consul and senior trade commissioner at the consulate general in Ho Chi Minh City from 1995 to 1997.

    In Ot tawa\, he was seconded as a policy analyst to the Foreign and Defence Polic y Secretariat in the Privy Council Office from 1993 to 1995. At Headquarter s\, he has occupied a number of positions in the United States\, Asia Pacif ic and trade policy branches. He served as the director of the Trade Contro ls Policy Division from 1999 to 2002\, director of the Trade Remedies Divis ion from 2002 to 2004\, director general of the Bilateral and Regional Trad e Policy Bureau from 2004 to 2006 and as chief trade negotiator (bilateral and regional) in the Trade Policy and Negotiations Branch from 2006 to 2009 . From 2009 to 2011\, Mr. Burney served as assistant deputy minister of the International Business Development\, Investment and Innovation Branch and from 2011 to 2015\, as assistant deputy minister\, trade agreements and neg otiations.

    Mr. Burney received the 2014 Outstanding Achievement Award of the Public Service of Canada. In July 2015\, he was appointed assistant secretary to the cabinet for economic and regional development policy\, in the Privy Council Office. Mr. Burney is married and has four children.

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    LOCATION:Room 351\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/perspectives-on-the-future- of-canada-japan-relations/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/01/burney_web-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999973.7218-EO-3045-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170201T222315Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T192337Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170222T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170224T150000 SUMMARY: Toward a Progressive Politics of Financial Regulation workshop DESCRIPTION: February 22-24\, 2017 Wednesday\, 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm Reception : Allard Hall\, Terrace Lounge Thursday 8:30 am – 3:30 pm *Venue Change: Ro om 123\, Allard Hall 8:30 am Continental breakfast 9:00 am Welcome remarks followed by panels Friday\, 8:30 am – 3:00 pm *Venue Change: Room 123\, All ard Hall 8:30 am Continental breakfast followed by […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    February 22-24\, 2017

    Wednesday\, 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
    Reception: Allard Hall\, Terrace Lounge

    Thursday 8:30 am – 3:3 0 pm
    *Venue Change: Room 123\, Allard Hall
    8:30 am Continental breakfast
    9:00 am Welcome remarks fol lowed by panels

    Friday\, 8:30 am – 3:00 pm
    *Venue Ch ange: Room 123\, Allard Hall
    8:30 am Continental breakfa st followed by panels

    Chaired by Dr. Cristie Ford\, this workshop bri ngs together a small group of scholars from sociology and anthropology\, bu siness\, and law\, to focus on the relationships between financial institut ions and financial markets\, economic regulation (domestic and internationa l)\, and progressive political priorities.

    Learn more on the Allard School of Law website.

    LOCATION:Room 123\, Allard Hall GEO:49.270110;-123.253353 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/toward-progressive-politics -financial-regulation-workshop/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/03/DSC_0150.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170214T1715Z-1487092539.7054-EO-21666-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170214T081237Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T192138Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170226T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170226T170000 SUMMARY: International Institutions: 国際公務員就職ガイダンス DESCRIPTION: Note: This event will be held in Japanese. By: First Secretary Keisuke Fukuda (Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations) オープニング：　 岡井総領事 第１部：福田書記官によるガイダンス *   国際機関に就職するためのキャリア・プランニング *   国際機関職員の処遇、ワーク・ライフ・バ ランス *   選考の実態 国連は47の職種・８万人超の職員が働く多様な職場です。 第２部：個別相談 「今から何ができて、今後何をすればよいか」を相談 の機会を通じて具体的に考えていただきます。 RSVP | Event poster X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Note: This event will be held in J apanese.

    By: First Secretary Keisuke Fukuda (Permanent Missi on of Japan to the United Nations)

    オープニング：　岡井総領事

    第１部：福田書記官によるガイ ダンス

    *   国際機関に就職するためのキャリア・プランニング
    *   国際機関職員の処遇、ワーク・ライフ・バランス
    *   選考の実態

    国連は47の職種・８万人超の職員が働く多様な職場です。

    第２部：個別相談

    「今から何ができて、 今後何をすればよいか」を相談の機会を通じて具体的に考えていただきます。

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/international-institutions/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/02/16602479_1789120034743757_6377219723830512160_o.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170219T2007Z-1487534826.4882-EO-21698-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170217T211736Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T192037Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170227T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170227T190000 SUMMARY: The Flow and Ebb of Canadian Development Efforts in Nepal DESCRIPTION: In his talk\, Ivan Somlai will note some complexities\, frustr ations\, and epiphanies arising from work with donor and host governments a s he experienced them in development initiatives in Nepal since 1976. Begin ning with his current IDRC-supported “Forest & Wildfire Management Project” \, he will also draw on examples –as time permits—from other projects\, to illustrate trends\, collaboration\, competition […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    In his talk\, Ivan Somlai will note some c omplexities\, frustrations\, and epiphanies arising from work with donor an d host governments as he experienced them in development initiatives in Nepal since 1976. Beginning with his current IDRC-supp orted “Forest & Wildfire Management Project”\, he will also draw on example s –as time permits—from other projects\, to illustrate trends\, collaborati on\, competition and politics in diverse sectors such as engineering\, heal th\, extractives\, tourism as well as the persistent earthquake-related iss ues which are in the limelight two years after the catastrophic event. Some aspects of the 10-year insurgency may also warrant brief discussion.

    About the Speaker: Iv an Somlai is the Director of ETHNOBUREAUCRATICA and an Associate at the Cen tre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives at the University of Victoria. He has been involved with multi-sectoral development projects globa lly for over 30 years. Ivan has served on National Disaster Committe es in Nepaland Pakistan\; and as Programme Committe e Member and Faculty of McGill University’s and HumanitarianU’s Disaster & Humanitarian Response Training programme. Ivan’s insights to multiethnic\, religious and culturally diverse environments contribute to his passion as an international development professional.

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    This event is sponsored by the Himalaya Progr am and Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs Program (MPPGA).

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-flow-and-ebb-of-canadia n-development-efforts-in-nepal/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/alex-gorey-1135787-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170219T2007Z-1487534826.5055-EO-21699-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170217T213403Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T191920Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170228T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170228T140000 SUMMARY: Globalization\, the State\, and Foreign Labor Policy: Japan in Com parative Perspective DESCRIPTION: To stay competitive in the global marketplace\, states have be en increasingly forced to supplement their domestic workforce with foreign labor. However\, the question of labor importation remains highly contentio us\, producing puzzling cross-national variation in admission schemes for l ess-skilled workers. How can we explain this policy divergence among simila r advanced economies? In this talk\, Dr. Kalicki […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    To stay competitive in the global marketpl ace\, states have been increasingly forced to supplement their domestic wor kforce with foreign labor. However\, the question of labor importation rema ins highly contentious\, producing puzzling cross-national variation in adm ission schemes for less-skilled workers. How can we explain this policy div ergence among similar advanced economies? In this talk\, Dr. Kalicki argues that such policies are not simply a product of globalization\, nor are the y solely domestically driven. Instead\, they arise from the interaction of international and domestic political factors. Specifically\, global and loc al pressures to internationalize domestic labor markets are filtered throug h the state’s perception of security risks involved in admitting particular ethno-national groups of labor migrants\, and are subject to inter-ministe rial bargaining over policy authority within the state apparatus. In Japan\ , security fears combined with bureaucratic rivalries yielded indirect labo r recruitment channels\, including for foreign co-ethnics. This argument is demonstrated by placing Japan in a comparative context.

    Abou t the speaker:  Konrad Kalicki (Ph.D.\, University of British Colu mbia\, 2015) is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Asian Research of the University of British Columbia\, and a former Postdoctoral Fellow at the W eatherhead Center for International Affairs\, Harvard University. He specia lizes in comparative politics (East Asia and Europe)\, with a particular fo cus on international migration and immigration policy. His research has app eared in the Social Science Japan Journal\, Japanese Journal of Politic al Science\, Asian Studies Review\, Ethnopolitics\, and Migration and Citizenship.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/globalization-the-state-and -foreign-labor-policy-japan-in-comparative-perspective/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/manuel-cosentino-691602-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170219T2007Z-1487534826.5134-EO-21703-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170217T220656Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T191735Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170228T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170228T183000 SUMMARY: International Mother Language Day Celebration 2017 DESCRIPTION: UNESCO proclaimed February 21 as the International Mother Lang uage Day (IMLD) in 1999 to celebrate and protect the diverse languages of t he world. While IMLD is an effort to honor people’s right to speak their mo ther tongues\, to preserve their culture and identity\, and to safeguard th e many endangered languages of the world\, it is also a tribute […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    UNESCO proclaimed February 21 as the International Mother Language Day (IMLD) in 1999 to celebrate and protect the diverse languages of the wo rld. While IMLD is an effort to honor people’s right to speak their mother tongues\, to preserve their culture and identity\, and to safeguard the man y endangered languages of the world\, it is also a tribute to the language martyrs of the Bengali language movement in Bangladesh. Since 2000\, IMLD h as been celebrated around the world as well as in Lower Mainland\, British Columbia. This year IMLD will be celebrated at CISAR with multilingual presentations\, performances\, and multicultural festiv ities. Please join us in this wonderful celebration of our mother languages and multilingualism!

    LOCATION:Auditorium\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/international-mother-langua ge-day-celebration/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/02/annie-spratt-637598-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999973.7704-EO-3086-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170217T233331Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T191514Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170301T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170301T133000 SUMMARY: Participatory Food Security Research with Rural South African Comm unities DESCRIPTION: Join this UBC Future of Food global dialogue series talk with Dr. Angela McIntyre – We were Healthier when it used to Rain: Participatory Food Security Research with Rural South African Communities. March 1\, 201 7 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Liu Institute for Global Issues – Multipurpose Room Al though nutrition transition explains to some degree […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join this UB C Future of Food global dialogue series talk with Dr. Angela McIntyre – We were Healthier when it used to Ra in: Participatory Food Security Research with Rural South African Communiti es.

    Angela McIntyre

    March 1\, 2017
    12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
    Liu Institute for Global Issu es - Multipurpose Room

    Although nutrition transition explain s to some degree the phenomenon of ‘hidden hunger’ observed in poor\, forme r homeland communities\, rural livelihoods in South Africa are complex and shifting. People’s interpretations of hunger and malnutrition in their own communities reveal the localized constraints and capabilities that can make top-down\, one-size-fits all policies and strategies ineffective and local institutions unaccountable. Engaging people in the joint diagnosis of thei r food security challenges generates information on the environmental\, eco nomic and cultural conditions that shape experiences of hunger and influenc e nutrition outcomes\, which is not always captured in conventional food se curity assessments. More participatory approaches add validity to research and may open doors to promoting ‘food citizenship’ and improving government accountability where the right to food is constitutionally guaranteed.

    Angela McIntyre has over 20 years of hands-on international development and policy research experience in the health\, social and human security se ctors. Her fields of research and practice have included public health syst ems and maternal and child health)\, nutrition and livelihoods\, children i n armed conflict and military privatization\, among other human rights and advocacy themes. Angela has worked with government ministries\, United Nati ons agencies\, bilateral donor organizations\, post-secondary education ins titutions and international and local non-governmental organizations in dif ferent countries and cultural contexts throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Angel a is currently a PhD candidate at the faculty of Natural and Agricultural S ciences conducting research on food security in Southern Africa.

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    This event is part of the UBC F uture of Food Global Dialogue Series\, a ca mpus-wide initiative bringing together food security and sustainability exp erts from across the university and North America to regularly engage the U BC community and the public around the Global Food System\, including topic s such as climate change\, food security\, biodiversity\, social justice\, culture\, and policy.

    Find dates and details for upcoming events in the Event Calendar. Follow the discussion with #UBCFutureOfFood on Tw itter.

    LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/dr-angela-mcintyre/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/02/Angela-Mcintyre_Talk.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999973.787-EO-2998-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170118T011615Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T191354Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170301T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170301T203000 SUMMARY: Robert Reich – The Rise of the Anti-Establishment: Where do we go from here? DESCRIPTION: Join Dr. Robert Reich\, Chancellor’s Professor of Public Polic y at UC Berkeley\, for his keynote talk\, The Rise of the Anti-Establishmen t: Where do we go from here? and Q&A led by Dawna Friesen\, anchor and Exec utive Editor of Global National\, as part of the Lind Initiative in U.S. St udies Term 2 series on The Trump Impact: Change\, challenges\, responses. [ …] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join Dr. Robert Reich\, Chancellor's Profe ssor of Public Policy at UC Berkeley\, for his keynote talk\, T he Rise of the Anti-Establishment: Where do we go from here?  and Q&A led by Dawna Friesen\, anchor and Executive Editor of Global Na tional\, as part of the Lind Initiative in U.S. St udies Term 2 series on The Trump Impact: Change\, challenges\, resp onses.

    Robert Reich

    6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
    March 1s t\, 2017
    Venue: Old Auditorium\, 6344 Memorial Road V 6T 1Z2\, UBC. Please find a map here.

    SOLD OUT!

    *PLEASE NOTE: For those interested in being on the wait list\, please email lindsay.marsh@ubc.ca and we will notify you in advance if a spot opens. For those still remaining on the wait list by t he event date\, you may be able to attend if there are spaces available at showtime. Thank you for your understanding. We are offering an opportunity to watch the Facebook Live stream in our Multipurpose Room at the Liu Insti tute for Global Issues\, a short walk from the theatre. If you arrive at th e event but we are still full\, a staff member will lead you to the Liu Ins titute should you like to watch the live stream with other guests starting at 6:30 pm.

    **Ticket holders\, please arriv e early to secure your seat. If seats remain\, we will open the theatre to wait list guests at 6:20 PM.

    Please note that we wil l be broadcasting the event using Facebook Live from our Liu Institute for Global Issues Facebook page and live tweeting from @LiuInstituteUBC< /a> using the hashtag #Lind17. A high quality video record ing will also be made available on our Lind Initiative in U.S. Studies website following the event.

    Reich’s talk will ce nter on the relation between economics and politics\, and\, in particular\, the rise of the anti-establishment. His thesis\, which tracks his most rec ent book "Saving Capitalism: For the Many\, Not the Few\," is that stagnant wages and increasing economic insecurity\, coupled with evidence that the political economic system was corrupted by big money\, has led to a huge anti-establishment wave. In the U.S.\, it was responsible in 2016 fo r both Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump\; in Europe\, for Brexit and the ris e of more extremist politics. Racism and xenophobia have played their part as well\, but Reich argues that we have had racism and xenophobia for centu ries\; they've been triggered by economic fear and a sense of fundamental u nfairness.

    Bio: Dr. Robert Reich is Chancellor's Pro fessor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley and Sen ior Fellow at the Blum Center for Developing Economies. He served as Secret ary of Labor in the Clinton administration\, for which Time Magazine named him one of the ten most effective cabinet secretaries of the twentieth cent ury. He has written fourteen books\, including the best sellers "Aftershock "\, "The Work of Nations\," and "Beyond Outrage\," and\, his most recent\, "Saving Capitalism." He is also a founding editor of the American Prospect magazine\, chairman of Common Cause\, a member of the American Academy of A rts and Sciences\, and co-creator of the award-winning documentary\, INEQUA LITY FOR ALL.  Learn more on his website.

    Bio: Award-winni ng journalist Dawna Friesen is the anchor and Executive Editor of Globa l National\, the flagship national newscast for Global News. During he r more than 30 years as a journalist\, Friesen has been everywhere from sma ll town Canada to the front lines of history. Most recently\, Friesen ancho red Global News’ coverage of America Votes 2016 from Washington\, D.C. when Donald Trump was elected President.

    The UBC Bookstore will be hosting a table featuring Reich’s latest book\, Saving Capitalism: F or the Many\, Not the Few (2015)\, as well other titles such as Af tershock: The Next Economy and America's Future (2010)  and Beyond Outrage: Expanded Edition: What has gone wrong with our economy and our de mocracy\, and how to fix it (2012) available for purchase. Be sure to stop by!

    The Lind Initiative in U.S. Stud ies\, a dialogue series hosted by the Liu Institute for Global Issues at UBC Vancouver\, addresses the most urgent issues of our time and invites prominent American scholars\, writers and intellectuals to UBC to share their research and insights with students\, faculty\, alumni\, and th e community.

    LOCATION:Old Auditorium\, UBC GEO:49.266518;-123.258128 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/rise-anti-establishment-go- public-talk-dr-robert-reich/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/10/LiuDialogueShot_2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170219T2007Z-1487534826.5206-EO-21702-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170217T220306Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T191232Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170302T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170302T193000 SUMMARY: “Mending Cracks” Exhibition Closing Reception and “Trauma\, Memory and the Story of Canada” Project Launch DESCRIPTION: This is the closing reception for the exhibition “Mending Crac ks” by Raghavendra Rao K.V.\, as well as the launch of Canada 150 Commemora tion project “Trauma\, Memory and the Story of Canada\,” which explores the intersections of history\, memory\, and migration\, integrating the arts\, research\, and performance. Sponsors: Centre for India and South Asia Rese arch\, Museum of […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This is the closing reception for the exhi bition “Mending Cracks” by Raghavendra Rao K.V.\, as well as the launc h of Canada 150 Commemoration project “Trauma\, Memory and the Story of Can ada\,” which explores the intersections of history\, memory\, and migration \, integrating the arts\, research\, and performance.

    Sponsor s: Centre for India and South Asia Research\, Museum of Anthropolo gy\, South Asian Canadian Histories Association

    RSVP to rsvp@ sachacanada.ca

     

    LOCATION:Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/mending-cracks-exhibition-c losing-reception-and-trauma-memory-and-the-story-of-canada-project-launch/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/02/Poster-revised_web.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170204T2056Z-1486241808.8098-EO-21608-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170203T184120Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T191105Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170303T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170303T170000 SUMMARY: Counter-intelligibility in Recent South Korean Film DESCRIPTION: Dr. Hanscom will explore the possibility of understanding cont emporary South Korean cultural production outside of a nationalist or cultu ralist framework of interpretation.  A reading of two recent films provides an opportunity to consider how art can formally convey a content that refl ects or stems from its situation and at the same time can exceed the […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Dr. Hanscom will explore the possibility o f understanding contemporary South Korean cultural production outside of a nationalist or culturalist framework of interpretation.  A reading of two r ecent films provides an opportunity to consider how art can formally convey a content that reflects or stems from its situation and at the same time c an exceed the realist imperative to reproduce sameness.  He will examine tw o normalizing discourses in particular — the medical and the national — tha t claim a certain authority to establish and police frameworks of knowledge under which truth is arbitrated.  In both form and content\, these films t ransgress the division between intelligibility and unintelligibility (or tr uth and error) by violating norms of narrative genre\, working toward a new site of community in an already global or post-national situation.

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    Bio: Dr. Hanscom is an Associate Professor in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at UCLA. He is the author of The Real Modern: Literary Modernism and the Crisis of Representation in Colonial Korea (2013)\, and co-editor of The Affect of Difference: Representations of Race in E ast Asian Empire (2016) and of Imperatives of Culture: Selected Es says on Korean History\, Literature\, and Society from the Japanese Colonia l Era (2013). His research has dealt with the relationship between soc ial and aesthetic forms\, questions of colonial literature\, issues of race and empire\, and the relationship between scientific thinking and literatu re in the modern period. Dr. Hanscom received his M.A. and Ph.D. from the D epartment of Asian Languages and Cultures at UCLA\, and his B.A. in English Literature from Cornell University.  He was a postdoctoral fellow at Harva rd University\, and has also taught at Dartmouth College.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/counterintelligibility-in-r ecent-south-korean-film/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/02/drew-graham-547573-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170214T1715Z-1487092539.7285-EO-21668-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170214T081440Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T190935Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170306T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170306T133000 SUMMARY: Japan’s new security Partnerships – the ‘special relationship’ wit h Australia DESCRIPTION: Australia and Japan have greatly enhanced their direct bilater al security ties to forge what they now describe as a “special strategic pa rtnership.” This new form of security alignment is not intended to be a tra ditional alliance pact\, but rather represents a novel and versatile mechan ism for diplomatic\, security\, and economic cooperation. Both states seek to […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Australia and Japan have greatly enhanced their direct bilateral security ties to forge what they now describe as a “ special strategic partnership.” This new form of security alignment is not intended to be a traditional alliance pact\, but rather represents a novel and versatile mechanism for diplomatic\, security\, and economic cooperatio n. Both states seek to pragmatically advance their national interests in ta ndem and to multiply their capabilities to meet joint security challenges i n the Asia-Pacific. In this case\, however\, the strength and significance of the strategic partnership is further buttressed as a consequence of thei r adjunct status as "quasi-allies"—through their independent defense pacts with the U.S.—and their combined participation in the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue.  This talk will focus on the purpose\, drivers and dynamics of th is newly enhanced security cooperation between two of America's key allies in the Asia Pacific\, and contemplate how its both reinforces US hegemony\, while at the same time serving as an insurance policy for two states conce rned with the staying power of the US in the region.

    Speaker:  Dr. Thomas S Wilkins (University of Sydney)

    Event poster

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/japans-new-security-partner ships-the-special-relationship-with-australia/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/manuel-cosentino-691602-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170216T1659Z-1487264340.0806-EO-21691-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170215T203759Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T190728Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170307T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170307T140000 SUMMARY: Implementing the Paris Agreement: Are We On The Right Track? DESCRIPTION: Join this free UBC talk and Q&A with Satya S. Tripathi\, Senio r Advisor\, 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development\, UN Environment and th e Chief Executive of the US$1 Billion Tropical Landscapes Finance Facility.  Everyone is welcome. Over 100 countries have ratified the Paris Agreement at record speed\, and it came into effect on November 4\, 2016. Now the big […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join this free UBC talk and Q&A with Satya S. Tripathi\, Senior Advisor\, 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development\, U N Environment and the Chief Executive of the US$1 Billion Tropical Landscap es Finance Facility. Everyone is welcome.

    Over 100 countries have rat ified the Paris Agreement at record speed\, and it came into effect on Nove mber 4\, 2016. Now the big question is: Are we on track to implementing the Paris Agreement? Can individual governments live up to their nationally de termined commitments? Even if they do\, will that limit global warming to w ell less than the 2 degrees Celsius tipping point? Can they act collectivel y to implement the commitment of $100 billion in climate finance per year?< /p>

    To be able to move irreversibly towards a green economy transition\,  it is critical for countries and institutions to have the ability to manage funds\, establish effective governance systems\, and develop a pipeline of high-quality\, bankable projects that would indeed transform economies wit h innovative technologies to advance holistic sustainable development that enhances the GDP of the Poor.

    Mr. Tripathi will review the challenges that countries must confront and opportunities they must capitalize upon t o have a realistic shot at implementing the Paris Agreement.

     

    About the Speaker:  
    Satya S. Tripathi is Senior Advisor\, 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Developme nt\, UN Environment and the Chief Executive of the US$1 Billion Tropical La ndscapes Finance Facility (TLFF). The TLFF was established by UNEP\, ICRAF\ , BNP Paribas and ADM Capital to leverage ‘private finance for public good’ and achieve transformative social and environmental impact in Indonesia. H e is also a Senior Distinguished Fellow on Natural Resources Governance at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) since May 2016.

    From November 2 011 to March 2016\, he led the United Nations Office for REDD+ Coordination in Indonesia (UNORCID)\, a UN System Office established by the UN Secretar y General in 2011 to support the pioneering efforts of Indonesia in climate change mitigation and adaptation through conservation of forests and prese rvation of peat-land and bio-diversity.

    As the UN Recovery Coordinato r for Aceh and Nias from 2006 to 2009\, Mr. Tripathi led the UN System Offi ce (UNORC) coordinating international support to tsunami and postconflict r ecovery as well as facilitating the efforts of the Indonesian government in managing the much acclaimed USD 7.2 Billion tsunami recovery process.

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    Mr. Tripathi was the Policy and Aid Coordination Advisor to the Liberian Head of State from 2004 to 2006 and responsible for coordinating the successful implementation of its post-conflict transitional recovery fr amework – Results Focused Transitional Framework for Liberia.

    A lawye r and development economist by training\, Mr. Tripathi has served with the UN since 1998 in key positions in Europe\, Asia and Africa spanning a broad range of tasks pertaining to Climate Change\, Humanitarian Affairs\, Human Rights\, Democratic Governance and Legal Affairs. These include an acclaim ed stint as Chair of the Committees on Laws\, Treaties and Administrative m atters for the UN mediated Cyprus unification talks from 2003 to 2004.

    < p>Among other responsibilities\, Mr. Tripathi currently serves on the Advis ory Council of the UN Environment’s Global REDD+ Academy\; Advisory Council of the Natural Capital Declaration (NCD)\; and the Board of Trustees at th e non-profit ‘Green Initiatives for a Sustainable Tomorrow’ (GIST). In the past\, he has served on the World Economic Forum’s Global Advisory Council on Forests\; and has also served both in the state and federal governments in India as a member of its national civil service\, and has varied leaders hip experience in the fields of democratic governance\, rule of law\, clima te change and sustainable development.

    Co-Sponsors: Institute of Asian Research\, Liu Institute for Global Issues\, Tropical La ndscapes Finance Facility\, UN Environment

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    LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:0;0 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/implementing-the-paris-agre ement-are-we-on-the-right-track/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/02/https_2F2Fcdn.evbuc_.com2Fimages2F283453682F1371957070912F12Foriginal.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170227T1721Z-1488216104.6416-EO-21767-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170224T213321Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T190525Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170308T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170308T183000 SUMMARY: The Politics of Invisibility: Fukushima\, 6 Years After 3.11 DESCRIPTION: Radiation is an invisible hazard\, largely imperceptible to th e human senses. Damage from the fall out from nuclear power plant accidents \, such as at Fukushima in March 2011\, is also largely imperceptible. Simi larly\, even in democratic countries the consequences of nuclear accidents are often made invisible by governments that limit public attention to radi ation and […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Radiation is an invisible hazard\, largely imperceptible to the human senses. Damage from the fall out from nuclear p ower plant accidents\, such as at Fukushima in March 2011\, is also largely imperceptible. Similarly\, even in democratic countries the consequences o f nuclear accidents are often made invisible by governments that limit publ ic attention to radiation and make its health effects almost impossible to observe. This Workshop on Fukushima\, six years after the `3.11’ tragedy\, presents the results of research carried out in Japan by Centre for Japanes e Research scholars and documentary film director Ian Thomas Ash. It focuse s on current events at the stricken nuclear power plant\, the condition of evacuees and their lives in surrounding communities\, and the legal issues involved in re-starting Japan’s 41 nuclear power plants again across the co untry.

    Lunchtime Workshop

    12:00PM – 2:00PM | Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building\, 1855 West Mall

    Speakers:

    • Dr. David W. Edgington (Department of Geography\, UBC):  “A Day Out in Fuku shima: Reflections on a Field Trip to the Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant”
    • Ian Thomas Ash (Independent Film Maker\, Tokyo): “The Dire Situation o f the 'Voluntary Evacuees'”
    • Dr. Shige Matsui (Allard School of Law\ , UBC): “Restarting Nuclear Power Plants in Japan After the Fukushima Disas ter”

    Film Showing

    4:00PM - 6:30PM | Auditorium\, Asian Centre\, 1871 West Mall

    “Unavoidable” (“Sezaruwoenaii”): An Examinati on of Evacuees in Fukushima\, 6 Years After 3.11

    Following the film w ill be a Q&A session with the director Ian Thomas Ash\, and a sushi recepti on.

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    About the Director

    Born in Ameri ca\, Ian Thomas Ash earned an MA in Film and Television Production at the U niversity of Bristol\, UK\, in 2005. His first feature documentary\, ‘the b allad of vicki and jake’ (2006)\, received the Prix du Canton Vaud prize at the 2006 Visions du Reél International Documentary Film Festival in Nyon\, Switzerland. Ian’s two feature documentaries about children living in area s of Fukushima contaminated by the 2011 nuclear meltdown\, ‘In the Grey Zon e‘ (2012) and ‘A2-B-C‘ (2013)\, have been screened at festivals around the world where they have received multiple awards. His recent documentaries ha ve all dealt in some way with health and medicine in Japan\, including ‘-12 87‘ (2014) which received numerous awards\, including the Audience Award fo r Best Feature at the 2015 Nippon Connection Film Festival in Germany\, the First Prize in the Asian Competition at the 2015 DMZ Docs Film Festival in Korea and the Best Documentary at 2016 SoCal Film Festival. “Dying at Home ” (2016) and “Suturing Cultures” (2017)\, both commissions from NHK World\, are on opposite end of the spectrum: one is about end-of-life care\, while the other is about the future doctors of Japan. Ian has lived in Japan for a total of 13 years and is currently in production for several documentari es\, including the feature-length version of his film about end-of-life car e that he is directing and another about male sex workers in Tokyo\, which he is producing.

    Recent Awards:

    • Best Docu mentary at the 2016 SoCal Film Festival (USA) for his film “-1287” (2014)
    • People's Choice (Audience) Award at the 2015 Lake Champlain Internat ional Film Festival (USA) for his film “-1287” (2014)
    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-politics-of-invisibilit y-fukushima-6-years-after-3-11/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/02/manuel-cosentino-691602-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170306T1718Z-1488820705.4709-EO-21803-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170306T061549Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T190221Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170308T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170308T133000 SUMMARY: Four Women – Four Lovers – Four Documents: female bodies and voice s in Kishida Rio’s play “Four Letters” DESCRIPTION: Kishida Rio was the only female playwright in angura (undergro und/avant-garde) movement in 1960-70’s Japan. Kishida Rio began her work in theatre when she joined Terayama Shûji’s “Laboratory of Play” Tenjô Sajiki (The Peanut Gallery) in 1974 and worked as Terayama’s collaborator on play s and films\, helping develop the company into one of the major angura […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Kishida Rio was the only female playwright in angura (underground/avant-garde) movement in 1960-70’s Japan. Kishida R io began her work in theatre when she joined Terayama Shûji’s “Laboratory o f Play” Tenjô Sajiki (The Peanut Gallery) in 1974 and worked as Terayama’s collaborator on plays and films\, helping develop the company into one of t he major angura experimental arts groups in Japan. She headed a series of h er own theatre companies throughout her career\, focusing on strong female characters\, women’s bodies\, and the use or loss of language.

    In 198 9 Kishida wrote and directed Four Letters\, a play for four of the core fem ale actors in Kishida Jimusho + Rakutendan\, the theatre company she ran wi th director Yoshio Wada. Four Letters is about four women at the funeral of the man with whom they were all in love. This play was unlike anything she had written to that time – or wrote afterwards. It consists of sparse text \, repeated words\, and intense physicality between the bodies of the actor s and the dolls or puppets the carry with them.

    In this presentation\ , Colleen will talk about this unpublished play\, and her work-in-progress translation of the piece. She will also discuss some of her research on Kis hida Rio’s plays and Kishida’s work with strong female characters throughou t her career. In particular\, she will discuss the four “senior” female cha racters in her 1984 masterwork\, Itojigoku (Thread Hell) which were played by the same four actors in Four Letters.

    Speaker: Co lleen Lanki (Artistic Director\, TomoeArts/Ph.D. Student\, Department of Th eatre and Film)

    Event Poster

    LOCATION:Room 604\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/four-women-four-lovers-four -documents-female-bodies-and-voices-in-kishida-rios-play-four-letters/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/manuel-cosentino-691602-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170227T1721Z-1488216104.6598-EO-21776-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170224T230333Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T185931Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170309T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170309T180000 SUMMARY: The Sudden Expansion and Contraction of China’s Microfinance for W omen Program DESCRIPTION: China scholars have explored shirking by local officials and “ effective implementation\,” but fewer have examined polices that are implem ented with great enthusiasm. The Microfinance for Women Program fits in thi s last category. Especially in Sichuan\, targets for lending were set by th e province\, exceeded\, raised\, and then exceeded again. The immediate rea son that loan-making took […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    China scholars have explored shirking by l ocal officials and “effective implementation\,” but fewer have examined pol ices that are implemented with great enthusiasm. The Microfinance for Women Program fits in this last category. Especially in Sichuan\, targets for le nding were set by the province\, exceeded\, raised\, and then exceeded agai n. The immediate reason that loan-making took off in 2012 was the relaxatio n of collateral requirements that shifted the risk of defaults away from lo cal authorities. But the surge in lending also had deeper roots in the poli cy’s vagueness\, institutional incentives\, bureaucratic pressure\, and loc al fiscal and organizational interests. Although enthusiastic implementatio n occurred (and generated much-needed revenues for local governments)\, the history of the program also shows that it can be halted\, as the authoriti es did when instability loomed and they reversed bureaucratic pressure by c alling for local cost-sharing and introducing uncertainty over whether inte rest subsidies would continue.

    About the speaker: Ke vin O’Brien is the Alann P. Bedford Professor of Asian Studies and Professo r of Political Science. He is also the Director of Berkeley's Institute of East Asian Studies and the Walter and Elise Haas Professor of Asian Studies . He is the author of Rural Politics in Contemporary China (Routle dge\, 2014) and Grassroots Elections in China(Routledge\, 2011)\, and the editor of Popular Protest in China (Harvard\, 2008).

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-sudden-expansion-and-co ntraction-of-chinas-microfinance-for-women-program/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/fancycrave-389547-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170219T2007Z-1487534826.5553-EO-21704-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170217T232334Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T185840Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170310T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170310T130000 SUMMARY: MPPGA Global Policy Project Symposium DESCRIPTION: The Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs at UBC cordiall y invites you to attend our inaugural Global Policy Project Symposium. A de fining element of our MPPGA curriculum\, the Global Policy Project (GP2) pr ovides the opportunity for teams of MPPGA students to engage with policy ma kers and civil society on a real-world policy challenge.  At the symposium\ , […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Master of Pub lic Policy and Global Affairs at UBC cordially invites you to attend our in augural Global Policy Project Symposium. A defining element of our MPPGA cu rriculum\, the Global Policy Project (GP2) provides the opportun ity for teams of MPPGA students to engage with policy makers and civil soci ety on a real-world policy challenge.  At the symposium\, each team will ha ve the opportunity to present their project and outcomes and receive feedba ck from the community. A light networking lunch will follow the student pre sentations.

    This year’s projects and partnering organizations include :

    • Inclusive Financial Services | BASIX\, India
    • Implement ing Sustainable Development Goals in Canadian\, Mexican\, and Peruvian Indi genous Communities: a focus on clean drinking water | Global Affairs Canada
    • Leveraging Private Finance for Public Good in Indonesia | Secretar iat of the Tropical Landscapes Finance Facility\, Indonesia

    Pre sentations will be from 10:00AM–12:00PM\, and lunch will be from 12:00PM–1: 00PM.

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    If you are unavailable to join in person\, you can still join us by tuning in to Facebook Live or by joining our Bluejeans Meeting.< /p> LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:0;0 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/mppga-global-policy-project -symposium/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/02/image001-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170216T1659Z-1487264340.0983-EO-21689-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170215T200927Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T185723Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170310T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170310T160000 SUMMARY: Contested Governance\, Competing Nationalisms\, and Disenchanted P ublics: Kashmir beyond Intractability? DESCRIPTION: Spiralling unrest has continued in the Kashmir Valley since th e July 2016 killing of the home-grown Hizbul commander Burhan Wani by the s ecurity forces. Never before has the Valley seen such unrelenting violence\ , literally on a daily basis. And never before has the Valley witnessed Kas hmiri people from all walks of life and from every […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Spiralling unrest has continued in the Kas hmir Valley since the July 2016 killing of the home-grown Hizbul commander Burhan Wani by the security forces. Never before has the Valley seen such u nrelenting violence\, literally on a daily basis. And never before has the Valley witnessed Kashmiri people from all walks of life and from every corn er (in all its ten districts) united against the actions of the security fo rces and united in expressing demands for ‘azadi’ (freedom). Kashmiri Musli ms have long remained disenchanted both with chronic governmental failure t o deliver on repeated promises of a good governance agenda\, and with the p erennial non-fulfilment of their identity demands. If the Indian State wish es to better understand the protracted character of the Kashmir conflict\, it must pay specific attention to at times habitual and at times ‘conscious ’ actions/resistance of the Kashmiri masses and their dynamic interaction w ith the organized resistance by groups. What strategy the Valley’s Muslims adopt depends upon how the State reacts to Kashmiri agitation\, and this in turn impacts upon the ordinary Kashmiri resisters’ response: whether they will demand good governance or azadi or both\, or whether they will join in with the secessionists and nationalists in their collective public protest s.

    Speaker: Dr. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay\, Professor of Comparative Politics and Global South\, University of Victoria

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    LOCATION:Asian Centre Auditorium GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/contested-governance-compet ing-nationalisms-and-disenchanted-publics-kashmir-beyond-intractability/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/02/16423004_1763133750671383_4644716805325803215_o.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170203T1707Z-1486141659.0825-EO-21606-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170202T235248Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T185149Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170313T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170313T140000 SUMMARY: Women’s Empowerment\, Leadership\, and Challenges in Greater Centr al Asia DESCRIPTION: International Women’s Day is a time to reflect on the progress made and the challenges ahead\, to call for change\, and to celebrate the courage and determination shown by women who have played an extraordinary r ole in their communities. This event will consider the challenges\, shortco mings\, and opportunities for effectively implementing the new sustainable development […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    International Women’s Day is a time to ref lect on the progress made and the challenges ahead\, to call for change\, a nd to celebrate the courage and determination shown by women who have playe d an extraordinary role in their communities. This event will consider the challenges\, shortcomings\, and opportunities for effectively implementing the new sustainable development goals through women’s empowerment and leade rship in Greater Central Asia\, such as:

    • Achieving gender equali ty and empowering all women and girls
    • Ensuring inclusive\, accessib le\, and quality education for all
    • Ensuring all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development and care

    We need courageous advocacy and strong political will to achieve gender quality in Greater Central Asia. What are the international community’s responsibilit ies in actively and effectively contributing to women’s empowerment?

    Speaker:

    < strong>Her Excellency Shinkai Karokhail is the Ambassador of Afgha nistan to Canada. She is a former Member of Parliament in Afghanistan and a n activist for women's rights.

    RSVP | Event poster LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/womens-empowerment-leadersh ip-and-challenges-in-greater-central-asia/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/02/https_2F2Fcdn.evbuc_.com2Fimages2F282025692F1753256895872F12Foriginal.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170227T1721Z-1488216104.6927-EO-21777-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170224T230534Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T185626Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170313T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170313T133000 SUMMARY: They Came from Everywhere: the People of the Amur DESCRIPTION: About the Speaker: Victor Zatsepine grew up in Samara\, Russia \, where the Volga River crosses the Trans-Siberian Railway. From 1989 to 1 993\, he was an exchange student in Beijing\, majoring in Modern Chinese\, and later working as a researcher for major US media outlets. After finishi ng his MA at Harvard (1998) and PhD at the […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    About the Speaker: Victor Zatsepine grew up in Samara\, Russia\, where the Volga River crosses the T rans-Siberian Railway. From 1989 to 1993\, he was an exchange student in Be ijing\, majoring in Modern Chinese\, and later working as a researcher for major US media outlets. After finishing his MA at Harvard (1998) and PhD at the University of British Columbia (2006)\, he returned to Asia\, as a Pos t-Doctoral Fellow at Peking University (2007)\, and a Research Assistant Pr ofessor at Hong Kong University (2008-2013). While majoring in modern Chine se history\, he taught courses on China’s international history\, on the Ru ssian state and society\, and on social dimensions of the 20th-century wars .

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    LOCATION:Room 1197\, Buchanan Tower GEO:49.268589;-123.253408 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/they-came-from-everywhere-t he-people-of-the-amur/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/02/Beyond-the-Amure.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170306T1718Z-1488820705.5181-EO-21810-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170306T073128Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T185031Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170313T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170313T180000 SUMMARY: Bo Xilai and the Cultural Revolution DESCRIPTION: Since the trial of Bo Xilai in 2013\, there has been no offici al discussion in China on the possible differences in political strategy wh ich might exist between Bo Xilai and Xi Jinping. This presentation will ana lyze Bo Xilai’s Cultural Revolution experience as well as the discussions o n various Chinese blogs to test the hypothesis that […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Since the trial of Bo Xilai in 2013\, ther e has been no official discussion in China on the possible differences in p olitical strategy which might exist between Bo Xilai and Xi Jinping. This p resentation will analyze Bo Xilai’s Cultural Revolution experience as well as the discussions on various Chinese blogs to test the hypothesis that Bo’ s strategy is based on an assessment of the Cultural Revolution which is di fferent from mainstream discourse in the PRC.

    Speaker

    Professor Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik (University of Vienne)

    Professor of Sinology at the Department for East Asian Studies of the Un iversity of Vienna\, Austria\, since October 2010 Dean of the Faculty for P hilological and Cultural Studies. Her work in on Chinese historiography foc uses on the political and intellectual situation in the Chinese world\, as well the official and the unofficial historiography of the Cultural Revolut ion. Publishes in German\, Chinese and English on CCP Party history writing \, Chinese historiography\, and politics and memory in China\, including  < em>Post-Cold War History and Identity in Europe and East Asia\, “Re-Im agining the Chinese Peasant: The Historiography on the Great Leap Forward” and As China Meets the World. China’s Changing Position in the Internat ional Community.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/bo-xilai-and-the-cultural-r evolution/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/fancycrave-389547-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170309T0340Z-1489030804.6078-EO-21842-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170309T001318Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T184940Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170313T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170313T190000 SUMMARY: Film Screening of Kesang Tseten’s Trembling Mountain DESCRIPTION: “On April 25\, 2015\, Nepal was hit by a devastating earthquak e in which 9\,000 people lost their lives. At 7.8 on the Richter scale\, th e quake caused an avalanche of snow\, ice and debris that swept away entire villages. One of them was the village of Langtang in the magnificent Langt ang Valley\, a popular trekking […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    “On April 25\, 2015\, Nepal was hit by a d evastating earthquake in which 9\,000 people lost their lives. At 7.8 on th e Richter scale\, the quake caused an avalanche of snow\, ice and debris th at swept away entire villages. One of them was the village of Langtang in t he magnificent Langtang Valley\, a popular trekking destination surrounded by the majestic Himalayas\, where the avalanche killed 176 of the villagers and around 80 hikers. The Nepalese filmmaker Kesang Tseten Lama travels to the area days after the earthquake\, going on to document the survivors’ e fforts to rebuild their lives for a full year\, long after the earthquake h as faded from the news. After their initial dismay at the extent of the des truction\, the villagers realize that reconstruction is way beyond their ph ysical and financial capacities. As they try to obtain government subsidies or have debts written off\, they hold a remembrance ceremony with the fami lies of the tourists who died.”  – International Docu mentary Film Festival Amsterdam

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    LOCATION:Frederic Lasserre Building GEO:49.267665;-123.255830 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/film-screening-of-kesang-ts etens-trembling-mountain/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/alex-gorey-1135787-unsplash-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999973.9559-EO-3015-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170128T001529Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T184828Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170314T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170314T133000 SUMMARY: Advancing Water Stewardship in Mining – from the site to the catch ment DESCRIPTION: Tuesday\, March 14th 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Liu Institute for Glob al Issues – Multipurpose Room No RSVP required. Join us for this talk by Na dja Kunz\, Assistant Professor at the Liu Institute for Global Issues and N orman B Keevil Mining Engineering at UBC\, as part of the ongoing Policy@UB C series and CIRDI seminar series. Nadja works at […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Tuesday\, March 14th
    12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
    Liu Institute for Global Issues - Multipurpose R oom
    No RSVP required.

    Join us for this talk by Nadja Kunz\, Assistant Professor at the Liu Institute for Global Issu es and Norman B Keevil Mining Engineering at UBC\, as part of the ongoing < strong>Policy@UBC series and CIRDI seminar series. Nadja works at the interface of research and practice to resolve private sector water chal lenges\, with a focus on the mining and resources sector. 

    This presentation provides an overview of Nadja’s evolving res earch program that focuses on developing new tools and frameworks to improv e collaborative decision-making by governments\, communities and industry t owards more sustainable water allocation and efficient water use.

    Wat er is an essential input for mining and resources projects. However\, commu nities are increasingly concerned about the sector’s impact on regional wat er systems\, triggering company-community conflicts globally. This is exemp lified in statistics from the International Finance Corporation (IFC)\, whi ch reveal that since 2000\, 68% of complaints about IFC investments in the mining sector included water issues.

    Nadja’s research focuses at two geographical scales: (1) within the mine lease\, and (2) within mining regi ons.  At the mine site level\, research focuses on developing new engineeri ng models to improve quantification of water risk\, and Nadja investigates organizational constraints to implementing optimal system-level solutions.  At the regional level\, Nadja studies the evolving role of the mining sect or in water stewardship and governance.  She is especially interested in ho w mining can best contribute towards the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals \, including SDG6 which focuses on provision of water and sanitation.

    Co-sponsored by the Liu Institute for Global Issues and t he Canadian International Resources and Development Institute. 

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    Policy @ UBC\, Liu
    LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/advancing-water-stewardship -mining-site-catchment/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/01/Kunz_image-Copy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170309T0340Z-1489030804.6354-EO-21839-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170309T000119Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T184719Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170314T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170314T140000 SUMMARY: Campaign Cohesion Across Electoral Campaign Scales in Indonesia DESCRIPTION: A roundtable discussion with Dr. Lis Kramer As the Jakarta gub ernatorial election heads to a run-off in April 2017\, the UBC Southeast As ian Network has invited Dr. Elisabeth Kramer\, a political scientist at the University of Sydney Southeast Asia Centre\, to discuss “the usefulness of scale as a geographical concept” in understanding electoral campaigns in [ …] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    A roundtable discussion with Dr. Lis Krame r

    As the Jakarta gubernatorial election heads to a run-off in April 2 017\, the UBC Southeast Asian Network has invited Dr. Elisabeth Kramer\, a political scientist at the University of Sydney Southeast Asia Centre\, to discuss "the usefulness of scale as a geographical concept" in understandin g electoral campaigns in Indonesia. Join us on this exciting roundtable dis cussion on "Campaign cohesion across electoral campaign scales in Indonesia \," which will be held on 14 March 2017 (Tuesday)\, from 12.30 to 14.00 at the Research Unit One room at the Liu Institute.

    This discussion will be based upon an article-in-progress by Dr. Kramer\; to receive a copy\, p lease email us at csear.grad@gmail .com. A light lunch will be served during the discussion. Through t his event\, we are introducing the UBC Southeast Asian Network\, a group of students and scholars working on and in the region\, supported by the UBC Liu Institute for Global Affairs and the Centre for Southeast Asia Research at the UBC Institute of Asian Research. Please feel free to circulate the digital flyer widely.

    Event Poster < /h2> LOCATION:Research Unit One\, Liu Institute GEO:49.267710;-123.259656 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/campaign-cohesion-across-el ectoral-campaign-scales-in-indonesia/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/KRAMER-Flyer-Discussion.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170227T1721Z-1488216104.7157-EO-21778-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170224T231518Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T184441Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170316T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170316T173000 SUMMARY: After the Fall(s) – Rewriting China’s Securities Law and Regulatio n of the PRC Capital Markets DESCRIPTION: The collapse of the Chinese equity capital markets from mid-20 15 to early 2016 captured the attention of the world\, and elicited a blunt response from central organs of the PRC party state. That heavy-handed res ponse included a moratorium on new issues\, mandatory infusions of capital from state-controlled securities companies and funds\, and direct prohibiti ons on […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The collapse of the Chinese equity capital markets from mid-2015 to early 2016 captured the attention of the world\, and elicited a blunt response from central organs of the PRC party state. T hat heavy-handed response included a moratorium on new issues\, mandatory i nfusions of capital from state-controlled securities companies and funds\, and direct prohibitions on market trading. The crash and the “market saving ” response by the Chinese government occurred as the National People’s Cong ress (NPC) of the PRC undertakes a wholesale revision of China’s 2006 Secur ities Law designed to create increasingly autonomous and ultimately capital allocation-efficient capital markets for China. As a member of the Asian D evelopment Bank expert group advising China’s NPC on revision of the Securi ties Law\, Professor Howson will address critical issues implicated by amen dment of the Securities Law and restructuring of the securities regulatory system for China\, with a particular emphasis on the political legal implic ations of those proposed changes\, and what they mean for China’s developin g law and legal institutions and the decades-old “Socialist market economy under law” reform program.

    About the speaker: Nichol as Calcina Howson is a Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law S chool. A former partner of Paul\, Weiss\, Rifkind\, Wharton & Garrison LLP\ , he worked out of that firm's New York\, Paris\, London and Beijing Office s\, finally as a managing partner of the firm's Asia Practice based in the Chinese capital.

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    LOCATION:Room 104\, Allard Hall GEO:49.270076;-123.253355 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/after-the-falls-rewriting-c hinas-securities-law-and-regulation-of-the-prc-capital-markets/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/02/fancycrave-389547-unsplash-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999973.9936-EO-3092-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170217T234740Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T184350Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170317T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170317T133000 SUMMARY: Worker Justice & Food Security DESCRIPTION: Join us for this UBC Future of Food global dialogue series tal k on Worker Justice & Food Security: Insights from Chicago’s Restaurant Opp ortunities Centre United and University of Guelph’s Research on Temporary M igrant Workers in Canada with Anthony Peeples & Dr. Jill Bucklaschuk. March 17\, 2017 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Policy Lab\, Centre for Interactive Research […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us for this UBC Future of Food global dialogue series talk on < em>Worker Justice & Food Security: Insights from Chicago’s Restaurant Oppor tunities Centre United and University of Guelph’s Research on Temporary Mig rant Workers in Canada with Anthony Peeples & Dr. Jill Bucklaschuk.

    March 17\, 2017
    12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
    Policy Lab\, C entre for Interactive Research Sustainability\, UBC Vancouver campus

    With over 13 million workers\, the restaurant industry is one of the nation’s largest private-sector employers as well as one of the fast est growing segments of the economy in the United States. Unfortunately\, t he industry is also the lowest paying\, continues to offer few to no benefi ts and has created several industry “unofficial” standards that violate lab or and human rights laws .

    Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (“ ROC United”) is a workers center that was born out of the 9/11 terrorist at tacks and tragedy in New York City. It has grown to 18\,000 restaurant work er members\, 200 high-road employer members\, and thousands of consumer mem bers throughout the United States. ROC United has helped win more than a do zen workplace justice campaigns against exploitative high-profile restauran t companies\, retrieving over 10 million dollars for workers and improving workplace policies for restaurant workers. Its mission is to improving wage s and working conditions for the nation’s restaurant workers.

    Anthony will present some reflections from his experience as a ROC leader in Chica go. The first reflection will consider previous experiences on the Illinois and Indiana border as a local labor activist\, running through the ranks o f union member and development and growth from a member to leader of ROC Ch icago. The second reflection will consider the growing influence of workers centers in the labor movement\; briefly touching on the unique alliance of eight workers centers in the Chicago area.

    Jill Bucklaschuk is a Soc ial Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada postdoctoral fellow at the University of Guelph in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology . Her work uses qualitative research methods to examine how non-permanent l egal status impacts the social and workplace experiences of lower skilled t emporary migrants as they negotiate settlement in Canada.

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    This event is part of the < a href="http://futureoffood.landfood.ubc.ca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">UBC Future of Food Global Dialogue Series\,  a campus-wide initiative bringing together food security and sustainability experts from across the university and North America to regularly engage t he UBC community and the public around the Global Food System\, including t opics such as climate change\, food security\, biodiversity\, social justic e\, culture\, and policy.

    Find dates and details for upcoming events in the < a href="http://futureoffood.landfood.ubc.ca/event-calendar/" target="_blank " rel="noopener noreferrer">Event Calendar. Follow the discussion with  #UBCFutureOfFood  on Twitter.

    LOCATION:Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability\, BC Hydro Theatre GEO:49.261915;-123.253072 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/worker-justice-food-securit y-anthony-peeples/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/05/2011_Mar10_CSR_DyerJan_Seedling.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170306T1718Z-1488820705.534-EO-21808-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170306T070902Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T183638Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170320T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170320T180000 SUMMARY: A Billion Voices: The Past and Future of Putonghua DESCRIPTION: Throughout the world\, hundreds of millions of people\, Chines e and foreign\, are learning a version of Chinese called Putonghua.  Since the turn of the twentieth century a host of linguists and political leaders \, from the radical intellectuals of the May Fourth Movement\, to leaders s uch as Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong\, all fought linguistic wars to […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Throughout the world\, hundreds of million s of people\, Chinese and foreign\, are learning a version of Chinese calle d Putonghua.  Since the turn of the twentieth century a host of li nguists and political leaders\, from the radical intellectuals of the May F ourth Movement\, to leaders such as Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong\, all fo ught linguistic wars to establish a national language for a linguistically fractured China. In the process\, many radical proposals were put forth\, s uch as abolishing the Chinese language itself and replacing it with Esperan to\, and eradicating the Chinese characters in favor of an alphabetic scrip t. This talk traces the story of China’s language unification project\, the current language policy in China\, and the pedagogical issues of teaching Chinese language and script in the 21st-century era of cyberspace and the I nternet.

    About the Speaker:

    David Moser holds a Master’s and a Ph.D. in Chinese Studies from the University of Michigan\, w ith a major in Chinese Linguistics and Philosophy. He has been based in Bei jing for over 25 years\, active in academic and media circles.

    Moser was a visiting scholar at Peking University in 1987-89\, and a visiting pro fessor for five years at the Beijing Foreign Studies University\, where he taught courses in Translation Theory and Psycholinguistics. He is currently Academic Director at CET Chinese Studies at Beijing Capital Normal Univers ity\, an overseas study program for U.S. college students\, where he teache s courses in Chinese history and politics.

    He appears often on BBC ra dio as a commentator on the daily program Business Matters\, and i s also a frequent China analyst on Al Jazeera television. He has worked at China Central Television (CCTV) in Beijing as a program advisor\, translato r\, and host\, and continues to be active on Chinese television as a commen tator in both Chinese and English on news shows such as CCTV Dialogue < /em>and World Insight. Moser is also co-host of the Sinica Pod cast\, an influential China current affairs podcast widely listened to by journalists and China watchers throughout the world. Moser is the autho r of the book A Billion Voices: China’s Search for a Common Language\, published by Penguin.

    莫大伟先生拥有密西根大学中国研究 学的硕士与博士学位，其专业为中国语言学与中国哲学。他已经在北京生活了二十五年有余，一直活跃于中国学术与传媒界。

    莫先生于1987 年至19 89 年在北京大学做访问学者，随后在北京外国语大学做了五年客座教授。在北外期间，莫先生还教授了翻译理论与心理语言学的课程。目前，他担任CET 中国研究 项目的教学主任\,CET 项目位于首都师范大学，是一个美国海外留学项目，在此项目中，莫先生除了担任行政职务以外，还教授中国历史与政治的课程。

    < p>莫先生经常以评论员身份参与BBC 广播台的日播节目Business Matters。他还常常在半岛电视台做中国问题评论员。除此之 外，他还担任过中央电视台的节目顾问、翻译和主持人。时至今日，莫先生仍然以中英文评论员的身份活跃在不同的CCTV 新闻类节目中，如: Dialo gue 和World Insight.

    莫先生还是Sinica 播客的联合主持人。Sinica 播客是一个很有 影响力的讨论中国实事问题的播客，此播客广受世界各地的记者与中国观察家的欢迎。莫先生的新书《十亿人的声音：一场定义现代汉语的斗争》近日已由企鹅出版社出版 发行。

    Sponsors:

    CCK Foundation Inter-Universit y Center for Sinology\, the UBC Department of Asian Studies\, and the UBC C entre for Chinese Research

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/a-billion-voices-the-past-a nd-future-of-putonghua/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/51o0ZK41x6L._SX302_BO1204203200_-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170318T0448Z-1489812504.0271-EO-21868-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170317T223207Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T183211Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170321T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170321T133000 SUMMARY: Gendered vulnerability under expansion of rubber plantation in Lua ng Namtha\, Laos and Northern Shan State\, Myanmar DESCRIPTION: Since the 1990s\, there is an expansion of rubber plantation i n Luang Namtha province in Laos and in Northern Shan State in Myanmar. Both are driven by increasing Chinese capital\, but are arranged in a different way: Laos based more on small-holder production as well as contract farmin g arrangements\, and in Myanmar\, by economic concession. […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Since the 1990s\, there is an expansion of rubber plantation in Luang Namtha province in Laos and in Northern Shan St ate in Myanmar. Both are driven by increasing Chinese capital\, but are arr anged in a different way: Laos based more on small-holder production as wel l as contract farming arrangements\, and in Myanmar\, by economic concessio n. The paper utilizes what Li (2014) argues of the farmers’ choices limitin g their own choice and living by a “dull compulsion”\, as well as Rigg et a l. (2016)’s discussion on vulnerability and precarity to analyze how the ex pansion of rubber plantation is shaping indigenous people’s access to land and to the market. The shift from subsistence upland cultivation to cash cr ops such as rubber and banana\, as well as loss of land altogether in the c ase of Myanmar is increasing their dependence on agriculture wage labor. Th e paper echoes what feminist economists such as Deere (2005) noted as the f eminization of agriculture wage labor. Deere (2005) pointed out that such i ndependent income contributed to their improvement in decision making in th e household. This paper argues that there are certain pre-requisites that a re needed to achieve such translation of income into decision making. At th e same time\, there are cases where people are getting worse off with highe r dependence on market and eating less food than before. The paper argues t hat different adjustment strategies are needed under different access to la nd and between women and men\, and hence some group of women and men become particularly vulnerable in the process.

    About the speaker

    Kyoko Kusakabe is a professor at Gender and Development Stud ies and head of Department of Development and Sustainability\, School of En vironment\, Resources and Development\, Asian Institute of Technology\, Tha iland. Her research focuses on gender and labor migration\, and women’s wor k in the informal economy. She has co-authored Thailand’s Hidden Workfor ce: Burmese migrant women factory workers with Ruth Pearson (2012\, Zed Books)\, and co-edited Gender\, mobilities\, and livelihood transformat ions: Comparing indigenous people in China\, India\, and Laos with Lund \, Panda and Wang (2014\, Routledge). She is an associate editor of Gend er\, Technology and Development (Sage Publication).

    LOCATION:Room 351\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/gendered-vulnerability-unde r-expansion-of-rubber-plantation-in-luang-namtha-laos-and-northern-shan-sta te-myanmar/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/stefano-alemani-801691-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999974.0383-EO-3083-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170216T021539Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T182720Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170321T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170321T140000 SUMMARY: Individualization of War\, a Mark Zacher Distinguished Visitor Tal k DESCRIPTION: Join us for an engaging talk and Q&A with Jennifer Welsh\, Pro fessor and Chair in International Relations at the European University Inst itute\, as part of The Mark Zacher Distinguished Visitor Program. 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm\, lunch served at 12:15 pm. Tuesday\, March 21st\, 2017 Liu Insti tute for Global Issues – Multipurpose Room Light lunch offered. Please RSVP . We will […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us for an engaging talk and Q&A with Jennifer Welsh\, Professor and Chair in International Relations at the Euro pean University Institute\, as part of The Mark Zacher Distinguishe d Visitor Program.

    Jennifer Welsh

    12:30 pm – 2:00 pm\, lunch s erved at 12:15 pm.
    Tuesday\, March 21st\, 2017
    Liu Institute for Global Issues - Multipurpose Room
    Light lu nch offered. Please RSVP.
    We will be live streaming the event on our Liu Institute Facebook page. 

    < p>This lecture discusses how the individualization of conflict forces us to confront the status of individuals in three different capacities: 1) as su bject to violence but deserving of protection\; 2) as liable to attack beca use of their status as combatants or their responsibility for attacks on ot hers\; and 3) as agents who can be held accountable for the perpetration of crimes committed in the course of armed conflict. It also argues that whil e the human rights norms underpinning individualization are normatively des irable in themselves\, efforts to operationalize protection\, liability\, a nd accountability are placing enormous strain on the actors and institution s most actively engaged in armed conflict: the governments and armed forces of states\; international security organisations\; and humanitarian agenci es. This strain is manifest in a series of concrete dilemmas that are confo unding contemporary policy-makers and potentially weakening the legitimacy of national\, international\, and non-governmental institutions. Individual rights and responsibilities are at the centre of today’s international and civil conflicts in a way that they have never been before. This process of ‘individualization’\, which challenges the primacy of the sovereign state\ , has two main drivers: powerful normative developments related to human ri ghts\, which have spawned new kinds of wars and peacekeeping missions and a new class of international crimes\; and dramatic technological and strateg ic developments that empower individuals as military actors\, and that enab le either the targeting or protection of particular individuals.

    Bio: Jennifer M. Welsh is Professor and Chair in International Relations at the European University Institute and a Fellow of Somerville College\, University of Oxford.

    She was previously a Professor in Int ernational Relations at the University of Oxford\, and co-director of the O xford Institute for Ethics\, Law and Armed Conflict. In 2013\, she was appo inted by the UN Secretary General to serve as his Special Adviser on the Re sponsibility to Protect\, a position she held until March 2016.

    Profe ssor Welsh is a former Jean Monnet Fellow of the European University Instit ute\, and a Cadieux Research Fellow in the Policy Planning Staff of the Can adian Department of Foreign Affairs. She is the author\, co-author\, and ed itor of several books and articles on humanitarian intervention\, the evolu tion of the notion of the ‘responsibility to protect’ in international soci ety\, the UN Security Council\, and Canadian foreign policy. Her most recen t publications include The Return of History: Conflict\, Migration and Geopolitics in the 21st century (2016) and The Responsibility to P revent: Overcoming the Challenges of Atrocity Prevention (2015). She w as the Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Massey College (University of Toron to) in 2005\, and a 2006 recipient of a Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowshi p and a Trudeau Fellowship.

    In 2014\, she began directing the five-ye ar ERC-funded project “The Individualisation of War: Reconfiguring the Ethi cs\, Law and Politics of Armed Conflict'.

    Professor Welsh sits on the editorial boards of the journals Global Responsibility to Protect and Ethi cs and International Affairs\, on the steering committee of the American Ac ademy of Arts and Sciences project on Ethics\, Technology and War\, and on the Advisory Board of the Peace Research Institute in Frankfurt.  She has a BA from the University of Saskatchewan (Canada)\, and a Masters and Doctor ate from the University of Oxford (where she studied as a Rhodes Scholar).< /p>

    Co-sponsors:  The Mark Zacher Distinguished Visitor Program\, the Dept. of Political Science and the Liu Institute for Global Issues\, UBC

    LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/individualization-of-war/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2013/07/soldiers-1002_1280.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170310T2221Z-1489184485.7829-EO-21848-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170310T182803Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T182602Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170321T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170321T190000 SUMMARY: Study in Japan DESCRIPTION: Thinking of going to Japan as an exchange student\, graduate o r research student? Join us for a very good opportunity to learn about the possibility of studying in Japan. You will be able to meet students who act ually went to Japan as an exchange student or as a graduate/research studen t and ask any questions about […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Thinking of going to Japan as an exchange student\, graduate or research student?

    Join us for a very good oppor tunity to learn about the possibility of studying in Japan. You will be abl e to meet students who actually went to Japan as an exchange student or as a graduate/research student and ask any questions about qualifications\, pr ocedures and life in Japan.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/study-in-japan/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/manuel-cosentino-691602-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170318T0448Z-1489812504.0434-EO-21861-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170317T192732Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T182456Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170322T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170322T133000 SUMMARY: Resilience in the Margins: Grassroots Women’s NGOs\, Feminist Expe rtise\, and a New Paradigm for Japanese Post-Disaster Reconstruction (JR Lu nchtime Lecture Series) DESCRIPTION: Abstract This research project investigates how Japanese grass roots women’s organizations are contributing to disaster recovery and recon struction in Japan. As a global leader in disaster planning and mitigation\ , Japan’s state of the art earthquake and tsunami preparation guidelines ar e disseminated around the world as best practices. In spite of Japan’s long history and proficiency in […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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    This resear ch project investigates how Japanese grassroots women’s organizations are c ontributing to disaster recovery and reconstruction in Japan. As a global l eader in disaster planning and mitigation\, Japan’s state of the art earthq uake and tsunami preparation guidelines are disseminated around the world a s best practices. In spite of Japan’s long history and proficiency in deali ng with natural hazards\, however\, there are also recurring inadequacies. While heavy emphasis is placed on early warning systems and public infrastr ucture\, the vulnerabilities and capacities of socially marginal groups (su ch as immigrants\, elderly\, small children\, LGBTQ\, diverse women\, and o thers)\, are often overlooked and unincorporated into the disaster planning process. Immediately after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunam i\, women from the affected region of Tohoku and elsewhere in Japan\, recog nized the need to reconfigure disaster recovery to better support women and minorities\, and an array of women-led grassroots NGOs took action in the region. This research project is the first attempt to gather detailed infor mation on how Tohoku women’s groups emerged\, what constraints and challeng es they face\, and how their activities impact and are impacted by local co mmunity conditions in which they operate. The study is undertaken with the belief that local women’s knowledge plays a vital role in assessing and add ressing the needs of marginalized people in rural post-disaster communities \, and that the explicit incorporation of this knowledge into all phases of disaster (planning\, preparedness\, response\, and recovery) may improve t he outcomes for future disaster mitigation.

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    LOCATION:Room 604\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/resilience-in-the-margins-g rassroots-womens-ngos-feminist-expertise-and-a-new-paradigm-for-japanese-po st-disaster-reconstruction-jr-lunchtime-lecture-series/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/https_2F2Fcdn.evbuc_.com2Fimages2F299364552F1626763607942F12Foriginal.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999974.0752-EO-3107-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170224T011449Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T182353Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170323T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170323T133000 SUMMARY: Dr. Bejoy K Thomas – Whose water? Challenges and complexities in w astewater reuse in peri-urban Bangalore\, India DESCRIPTION: Join us for this UBC Future of Food global dialogue series tal k on the challenges and complexities in wastewater reuse in peri-urban Bang alore\, India with Dr. Bejoy K Thomas\, a Liu Institute Visiting Fellow. Ma rch 23\, 2017 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm AERL 120\, Aquatic Ecosystems Research Lab oratory\, UBC Vancouver campus   Wastewater reuse has become an […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us for this UBC Future of Food global dialogue series talk on the challenges and complexities in waste water reuse in peri-urban Bangalore\, India with Dr. Bejoy K Thomas\, a Liu Institute Visiting Fellow.

    March 23\, 2017
    12:30 pm – 1 :30 pm
    AERL 120\, Aquat ic Ecosystems Research Laboratory\, UBC Vancouver campus

    bejoy thomas

     

    Wastewater reuse has become an accepted practice i n cities and peri-urban areas. However\, in developing country settings\, w astewater reuse presents multiple challenges. First\, water treatment infra structure is limited\, implying that water reused may not meet the required water quality standards. Second\, food crops grown in peri-urban areas and irrigated with contaminated urban wastewater pose health risk. Third\, in water stressed cities\, demand for wastewater may result in competing claim s over it and lead to or aggravate conflicts between various users\, such a s urban residents and peri-urban farmers. I will draw upon research conduct ed in the water stressed city of Bangalore (also known as Bengaluru) in Ind ia and its peri-urban areas to illustrate these issues. In particular\, I w ill focus on how peri-urban agriculture in the region has changed over the last 20 years\, the role of urban wastewater and possible contestations aro und it.

    The Liu Institute for Global Issues\, Institute for Resources \, Environment\, and Sustainability\, and the Centre for Sustainable Food S ystems welcome Bejoy K Thomas\, a social scientist\, and F ellow in the Water\, Land and Society programme at Ashoka Trust for Researc h in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE)\, Bangalore\, India. Bijou has a M asters in Economics (Cochin\, 2001) and a PhD in Development Studies (Tilbu rg\, 2009). He has a strong record of conducting problem driven research an d working in interdisciplinary teams along with environmental scientists an d engineers. His early work was on multidimensional poverty and participato ry development. He has recently been part of a large research initiative on water in urbanizing areas\, looking specifically at peri-urban areas and v illages around Bangalore.

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    Thi s event is part of the  UBC Future of Food Global Dialogue Series\, a campus-w ide initiative bringing together food security and sustainability experts f rom across the university and North America to regularly engage the UBC com munity and the public around the Global Food System\, including topics such as climate change\, food security\, biodiversity\, social justice\, cultur e\, and policy.

    Find dates and details for upcoming events in the Event Calendar. Follow the discussion with #UBCFutureOfFood on Twitter.

    LOCATION:AERL 120\, Aquatic Ecosystems Research Lab GEO:49.268744;-123.255896 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/dr-bejoy-k-thomas-whose-wat er-challenges-complexities-wastewater-reuse-peri-urban-bangalore-india/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/02/Wastewater-Reuse.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170227T1721Z-1488216104.7418-EO-21780-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170224T232038Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T181310Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170323T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170323T180000 SUMMARY: Symposium: What is China? DESCRIPTION: Those scholars who are concerned with Chinese academic circles will notice that since 2010 China has published many different works about “China.” All of these works deal with the topic of “What is China?”. Why\, since 2010\, have Chinese academics\, especially in history\, been specifi cally concerned about the question of “what is China”? In other […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Those scholars who are concerned with Chin ese academic circles will notice that since 2010 China has published many d ifferent works about “China.” All of these works deal with the topic of “Wh at is China?”. Why\, since 2010\, have Chinese academics\, especially in hi story\, been specifically concerned about the question of “what is China”? In other words\, what is the historical\, political and intellectual backgr ound behind the discussion of this question? Exactly what sort of historica l contexts have given rise to this collective anxiety about “China”? Accord ing to my observation of Chinese history\, the discussion of “what is China ” often took place during times when China was undergoing huge changes. Amo ng these times\, the most important ones are: the Northern Song\, the Late Qing and the present time. However\, there are similarities and differences in the discussions about “China” during these three periods. I intend to d iscuss the historical backgrounds\, intellectual orientations\, and the goa ls of these views during these three periods from the perspective of intell ectual history.

    About the speakers:

    Ge Zhaogua ng is a Distinguished Professor of Fudan University\, Shanghai\, China. He received his BA and MA at Peking University.

    Professor Wang Fan-sen i s a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Academia Sinica in Taipei. He rece ived his BA and MA from National Taiwan University and his Ph.D. from Princ eton University.

    Professor Dai Yan teaches at the Fudan University. S he received her BA and MA from Peking University and the Chinese Academy of Social Science. She was visiting professor in Kyoto University and also Ci ty University in Hong Kong.

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    Sponsored by: Centre for Chinese Research\, St . John's College UBC\, Asian Studies One Asia Forum\, UBC Buddhist Studies Forum

    LOCATION:Fairmont Social Lounge\, St. John's College GEO:49.262900;-123.256295 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/symposium-what-is-china/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/02/fancycrave-389547-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170216T1659Z-1487264340.115-EO-21694-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170215T224428Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T181130Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170324T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170324T130000 SUMMARY: Where Is Korea Going?: Thoughts From Korea’s Leading Philosopher DESCRIPTION: Dr. Young-Oak Kim 金容沃\, popularly known as “Master Doh-ol 檮杌先生 \,” is widely considered as the leading contemporary philosopher in South K orea. Dr. Kim has sold over 3 million copies of his 75 monographs\, making him the best-selling book author of all time. His works cover a wide array of topics\, including philosophy\, history\, medicine\, religion\, […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Dr. Young-Oak Kim 金容沃\, popularly known as “Master Doh-ol 檮杌先生\,” is widely considered as the leading contemporary ph ilosopher in South Korea. Dr. Kim has sold over 3 million copies of his 75 monographs\, making him the best-selling book author of all time. His works cover a wide array of topics\, including philosophy\, history\, medicine\, religion\, aesthetics\, martial arts\, movies\, drama\, and contemporary p olitics. A series of his lectures on Confucianism\, Taoism\, and Buddhism w ere aired on national networks and garnered unprecedented acclaim. As a tra nslator of Chinese classics into the modern Korean language\, his works are considered the most authoritative translations used in Korea. He earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Korea University\, where he later serv ed as a tenured professor\, and received advanced degrees from the National Taiwan University\, the University of Tokyo\, and Harvard University. He a lso graduated from Wonkwang Medical School and practiced the medical profes sion. His recent work in English\, The Great Equal Society: Confucianism\, China and the 21st Century was published by World Scientific in 2014\, and by Academia Sinica of Social Sciences\, Beijing.

    *Please arrive for r egistration 11:00-11:25 a.m.
    *Lunch will be provided.
    *This semin ar will be conducted in both English and Korean.
    *A public screening o f Goguryeo (2016\, Presented in Korean with English subtitles)\, a document ary film produced by Dr. Kim\, will follow the seminar and lunch

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    LOCATION:Asian Centre Auditorium GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/where-is-korea-going-though ts-from-koreas-leading-philosopher/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/02/https_2F2Fcdn.evbuc_.com2Fimages2F279580532F1996498037902F12Foriginal.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170306T1718Z-1488820705.56-EO-21802-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170306T060227Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T181029Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170324T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170324T160000 SUMMARY: Symposium: Missionary Photographs of Meiji-Taisho Japan DESCRIPTION: The Asian Library and Rare Books and Special Collections is de lighted to host a symposium\, Double Exposure | Japan-Canada: Missionary Ph otographs of Meiji-Taisho Japan. For further information\, please visit: Sy mposium In conjunction with the Symposium\, we have a new exhibit at the As ian Centre and Rare Books and Special Collections March 13-May 31. For more information\, please visit: Exhibit RSVP | […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
    The Asian Library and Rare Books and Spe cial Collections is delighted to host a symposium\, Double Exposure | J apan-Canada: Missionary Photographs of Meiji-Taisho Japan. For further information\, please visit: Symposi um
    In conjunction with the Symposium\, we have a n ew exhibit at the Asian Centre and Rare Books and Special Collections March 13-May 31. For more info rmation\, please visit: Exhibit

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    LOCATION:Lillooet Room (301)\, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre GEO:49.267581;-123.252321 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/symposium-missionary-photog raphs-of-meiji-taisho-japan/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/https_2F2Fcdn.evbuc_.com2Fimages2F288872152F2044838347862F12Foriginal.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170318T0448Z-1489812504.0695-EO-21859-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170317T192422Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T180923Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170329T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170329T133000 SUMMARY: Rebalancing competing values relating to the right to be forgotten and users’ rights: Toward a new conception of rights in the age of AI\, Io T\, and Robotics DESCRIPTION: Abstract: How would cutting-edge information technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI)\, Internet of Things (IoT)\, and Robotics impact on our daily lives\, society\, and legal systems? What should be don e to deal with issues brought by such latest technologies? With using a com parative analysis of laws in Japan\, EU\, and US\, this lecture focuses on […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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    How would cutting-edge information technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI)\ , Internet of Things (IoT)\, and Robotics impact on our daily lives\, socie ty\, and legal systems? What should be done to deal with issues brought by such latest technologies? With using a comparative analysis of laws in Japa n\, EU\, and US\, this lecture focuses on two specific topics: the right to be forgotten mainly\, and users’ rights in copyright law additionally\, bo th of which seem to symbolize the growing need for a new conception of righ ts in times of rapid change and also for rebalancing of competing values an d interests. In particular\, this lecture argues that Japanese law often ta kes an intriguing eclectic position somewhat in-between the European and US laws through applying good old laws to solve newly emerged issues\, as exe mplified most recently by the Japanese Supreme Court’s ruling on January 31 \, 2017\, which set the criteria for balancing competing interests to allow a preliminary injunction on search results for privacy protection but decl ined to do so in that particular case.

    Speaker: Dr. Itsuko Yamaguchi (University of Tokyo)

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    LOCATION:Room 106\, Allard School of Law GEO:49.270076;-123.253355 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/rebalancing-competing-value s-relating-to-the-right-to-be-forgotten-and-users-rights-toward-a-new-conce ption-of-rights-in-the-age-of-ai-iot-and-robotics/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/andy-kelly-402111-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999974.1307-EO-3113-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170224T013339Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T180807Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170329T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170329T140000 SUMMARY: Dr. Verena Seufert – What is this thing called organic? How organi c farming is codified in regulations DESCRIPTION: Join us for this UBC Future of Food global dialogue series tal k on how organic farming is codified in regulations with Dr. Verena Seufert . March 29\, 2017 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Multipurpose Room\, Liu Institute for G lobal Issues\, UBC Vancouver campus This event will expand on Dr. Seufert’s research examining different organic regulations from across the world to understand how […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us for this UBC Future of Food global dialogue series talk on how organic farming is codified in regulations with Dr. Verena Seufert.< /p>

    March 29\, 2017
    1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
    Multipurpose Room \, Liu Institute for Global Issues\, UBC Vancouver campus

    Verena Seufert

    This event will expand on Dr. Seufert’s research examining different organic regulations from across the world to understand how they have codi fied the large diversity of ideas inherent in organic agriculture. Dr. Seuf ert is a Post Doctoral Fellow in UBC’s Land Use and Global Environment Lab. She is a geographer-ecologist interested in all things food and nature. Ve rena believes that food is what connects us in the most fundamental ways wi th nature. We depend on ecosystems\, and we impact ecosystems through the w ay we produce\, prepare and eat our food. Food defines our health\, our cul tures\, our communities\, and it defines our environmental footprint.Organi c farming is one of the fastest growing sectors of world agriculture. Altho ugh it represents only 1% of world agricultural area\, organic is one of th e most recognized food labels and most people in developed countries consum e some amount of organic food today. There is a wide range of interpretatio ns of what organic means by different actors in the sector.

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    This event is part of the UBC Future of Food Global Dialogue Series\, a campus-wide initiative bringing together food security and sustainability experts from across the universit y and North America to regularly engage the UBC community and the public ar ound the Global Food System\, including topics such as climate change\, foo d security\, biodiversity\, social justice\, culture\, and policy.

    Fi nd dates and details for upcoming events in the Event Cal endar. Follow the discussion with #UBCFutureOfFood on Twitter.

    LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/dr-verena-seufert-thing-cal led-organic-organic-farming-codified-regulations/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/02/Verena-Seufert.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170227T1721Z-1488216104.7621-EO-21781-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170224T232239Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T174647Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170330T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170330T140000 SUMMARY: Health Care for 1.3 Billion: Successes and Challenges in China’s H ealth System Reforms DESCRIPTION: China has made significant progress toward universal health co verage that meets the reasonable expectations of the population and address es the perennial patient complaint of “kan bing nan\, kan bing gui” (gettin g healthcare is difficult and expensive). Yet many challenges remain. The r ecently announced 13th 5-year-plan for deepening health system reform issue d by the PRC State […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    China has made significant progress toward universal health coverage that meets the reasonable expectations of the po pulation and addresses the perennial patient complaint of “kan bing nan \, kan bing gui” (getting healthcare is difficult and expensive). Yet many challenges remain. The recently announced 13th 5-year-plan for deepening health system reform issued by the PRC State Council acknowle dges that reforms have entered a difficult “high water phase\,” with goals that include establishing effective referral systems and expanding family d octor contracting systems to promote trustworthy first-contact care in the community rather than at crowded hospital outpatient departments. This talk will summarize developments in China’s health reforms since the turn of th e 21st century\, including recent empirical evidence on the impa ct of expansion of social health insurance on healthcare utilization and su rvival\, and remaining challenges in areas such as public hospital reforms\ , moving away from fee-for-service payment\, and strengthening primary care .

    About the speaker:

    Karen Eggleston is a facu lty member at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center\, Stan ford University\, and the director of the center's Asia Health Policy Progr am. She is also a fellow at Stanford's Center for Health Policy/Primary Car e and Outcomes Research (CHP/PCOR)\, and a Faculty Research Fellow of the N ational Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Her research focuses on compara tive healthcare systems and health reform in Asia\, especially China\; gove rnment and market roles in the health sector\; payment incentives\; healthc are productivity\; and the economics of the demographic transition. Egglest on teaches through Stanford's East Asian studies program and is also affili ated with Stanford's public policy program.

    Eggleston earned her PhD in public policy from Harvard University in 1999. She was a consultant to t he World Bank on their project on health service delivery in rural China in 2004\, and to China's Ministry of Finance and the Asian Development Bank f rom 2010 to 2011 for an evaluation of China's health reforms. She is a memb er of the Research Advisory Group for the Asia Pacific Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.

    Light lunch will be provided.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/health-care-for-1-3-billion -successes-and-challenges-in-chinas-health-system-reforms/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/02/Eggleston-poster_1-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999974.1708-EO-3171-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170314T235628Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T175406Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170330T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170330T133000 SUMMARY: Dr. Claire Kremen\, Berkeley Food Institute\, University of Califo rnia Berkeley DESCRIPTION: Join us for this UBC Future of Food global dialogue series tal k with Professor Claire Kremen on “Through the bees’ eyes: seeking food sys tem sustainability\,” co-sponsored by the Institute for Resources\, Environ ment and Sustainability\, The Centre for Sustainable Food Systems and the B iodiversity Research Centre at UBC. March 30\, 2017 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm AERL 120\, Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory\, UBC Vancouver campus […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us for this UBC Future of Food global dialogue series talk with Professor Claire Kremen on "Through the bees’ eyes: seeking food system sustainability\," co-sponsored by the Institute for Re sources\, Environment and Sustainability\, The Centre for Sustainable Food Systems and the Biodiversity Research Centre at UBC.

    March 30\ , 2017
    12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
    AERL 120\, Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory\, UBC Vancouv er campus

    Claire Kremen

    Using pollinators as a lens for examining agriculture and food system issues\, Kremen will discuss how our current f ood system is not only unhealthy for the planet\, but also for pollinators and people.  She will describe studies of native bees that reveal how to cr eate environmentally-friendly farming systems that are also highly producti ve.  These studies show that by diversifying crops\, adding hedgerow border s\, and incorporating natural habitat patches into farming landscapes\, we can promote pollinator biodiversity\, increase pollination services\, while creating other ecosystem service benefits.  Structural and policy barriers often prevent broader adoption of these strategies\, but many benefits cou ld be realized through policy reforms.

    Claire Kremen is is Pr ofessor in the Department of Environmental Science\, Policy and Management at University of California\, Berkeley\, and co-directs the Center for Dive rsified Farming Systems and the Berkeley Food Institute there.  She is an e cologist and conservation biologist whose work focuses on understanding and characterizing the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem service s\, and utilizing this information to develop conservation and sustainable management plan.  Her current research explores the ecological\, social and economic benefits\, costs and barriers to adoption of diversified farming systems\, and on restoring pollination and pest control services in intensi vely farmed landscapes. Her work reaches from concept to practice and inclu des hands-on conservation action such as\, for example\, the scientific des ign and establishment of a network of protected areas to protect Madagascar ’s endemic flora and fauna.   She received a MacArthur Foundation Fellowshi p in 2007\, and was elected to the California Academy of Sciences in 2013.< /p>
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    This event is part of the UBC Future of Food Global Dialogue Series\, a campus-wide initiative bringing together food security and sustaina bility experts from across the university and North America to regularly en gage the UBC community and the public around the Global Food System\, inclu ding topics such as climate change\, food security\, biodiversity\, social justice\, culture\, and policy.

    Find dates and details for upcoming events in the Event Calendar. Follow the discussion with #UBCFutureOfFood on Twitter.

    LOCATION:AERL 120\, Aquatic Ecosystems Research Lab GEO:49.268744;-123.255896 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/claire_kremen_berkeley_food _institute/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/9664667103_04f5dbe966_o.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170317T1611Z-1489767097.2163-EO-21856-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170316T221227Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T174541Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170331T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170331T121500 SUMMARY: Australia & Canada in the Trump Era DESCRIPTION: About the Speaker Mr. Paul Maddison is High Commissioner of Ca nada in Australia with concurrent accreditation as High Commissioner to Nau ru\, Papua New Guinea\, Solomon Islands\, and Vanuatu. He also holds concur rent accreditation as Ambassador to the Marshall Islands\, Micronesia\, and Palau. He began his current assignment upon arrival in Canberra in August 2015. Mr. […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    About the Speaker

    Mr. Paul Maddison is High Commissioner of Canada in Australia with concurr ent accreditation as High Commissioner to Nauru\, Papua New Guinea\, Solomo n Islands\, and Vanuatu. He also holds concurrent accreditation as Ambassad or to the Marshall Islands\, Micronesia\, and Palau. He began his current a ssignment upon arrival in Canberra in August 2015.

    Mr. Maddison serve d in the Canadian Armed Forces for 37 years\, retiring in 2013 at the rank of Vice Admiral and from the position of Commander of the Royal Canadian Na vy.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/australia-canada-in-the-tru mp-era/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/https_2F2Fcdn.evbuc_.com2Fimages2F294107662F1753256895872F12Foriginal.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170309T0340Z-1489030804.7301-EO-21837-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170308T231354Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T174413Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170331T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170331T170000 SUMMARY: Environmental Anarchism: Agriculture and Social Renewal in Modern Korea DESCRIPTION: Abstract: Dr. Park will traces the rise of environmental consc iousness and movements in South Korea after 1945. In particular\, it locate s the origins of environmentalism in rural South Korea with agricultural fa rming communities and cooperatives\, such as Hansalim\, leading the way. Fo rms of environmentalism arose in these communities as they responded to a p rocess of […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Abstract: Dr. Park will t races the rise of environmental consciousness and movements in South Korea after 1945. In particular\, it locates the origins of environmentalism in r ural South Korea with agricultural farming communities and cooperatives\, s uch as Hansalim\, leading the way. Forms of environmentalism arose in these communities as they responded to a process of “slow violence” against the environment and rural life—a process that started under Japanese colonialis m. In laying out their philosophies and practices that were based on their ecology of reclamation\, he will discuss how these agricultural-based movem ents embodied and materialized forms of local autonomy and governance\, inc luding anarchism. He will conclude with a discussion on how these forms of locality and their push for environmental sustainability have influenced co ntemporary drives for creating an alternative economy for social renewal.

    Bio:
    Dr. A lbert L. Park is Associate Professor of History at Claremont McKenna Colleg e. As a historian of modern Korea and East Asia\, his current research inte rest is centred on the relationship between culture and political economy a nd alternative forms of modernity. He is the author of Building a Heave n on Earth: Religion\, Activism and Protest in Japanese Occupied Korea and is the co-editor of Encountering Modernity: Christianity and East Asia. His next research project examines the origins of environmental movements in modern Korea and their relationship to locality and local auto nomy. Dr. Park is Co-Principal Investigator of EnviroLab Asia—a Henry Luce Foundation-funded initiative at the Claremont Colleges that studies environ mental issues in Asia through an interdisciplinary lens. He is the recipien t of three Fulbright Fellowships and fellowships from the Korea Foundation and the Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Chicago. A nativ e of Chicago\, he received his B.A. with honours from Northwestern Universi ty\, an M.A. from Columbia University and Ph.D. in History from the Univers ity of Chicago.

     

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/environmental-anarchism-agr iculture-and-social-renewal-in-modern-korea/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/unnamed-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170323T0250Z-1490237449.661-EO-21882-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170322T204527Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T174312Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170331T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170331T190000 SUMMARY: Trade Between Tibet and the Tang Empire DESCRIPTION: Zhemian (Ochre face) was originally an “ethnic description” of the facial makeup practices of the Tibetans\, or Tubo\, in the Tang Histor y and other Chinese-language historical sources. Across two centuries of Ta ng-Tibetan interaction\, “zhemian” influenced culture in Chang’an and the C entral Plains. After comprehensive analysis\, these phenomena arouse our in terest: The assertion in the Tang […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Zhemian (Ochre face) was original ly an “ethnic description” of the facial makeup practices of the Tibetans\, or Tubo\, in the Tang History and other Chinese-language historic al sources. Across two centuries of Tang-Tibetan interaction\, “zhemian ” influenced culture in Chang’an and the Central Plains. After compreh ensive analysis\, these phenomena arouse our interest: The assertion in the Tang History that Songtsen Gampo “ordered the prohibition of zhemian” is not factual\, but was rather wishful thinking on the part of one faction at the Chang’an court\; that the opinions in Chinese areas a bout zhemian were by no means united\; that it was a symbol of dif ferences between “Chinese and Foreigners\,” and that urban women saw this a s a novel and popular fashion.

    The talk begins at 5 pm.

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    About th e Speaker:

    Li Yongxian

    Li Yongxian 李永宪 recently retired as Chair of the Archaeology Department and Professor in the Tibetan Research Institute and the Universi ty Museum at Sichuan University in Chengdu. His primary specialization in r ecent years has been the prehistoric and historic archaeology of the Tibeta n Plateau.  He has also served as an adjunct professor of Anthropology at t he University of Washington and visiting lecturer in the Mongolian and Tibe tan Institute at National Cheng Chi University in Taiwan.    

    This event is sponsored by the Himalaya Program\, Contemporary Tibetan Studies Program\, Asian Studies and Department of Anthropology. 

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/trade-between-tibet-and-the -tang-empire/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/alex-gorey-1135787-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999974.2232-EO-3177-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170311T005338Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T174115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170404T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170404T140000 SUMMARY: Private Sector Development in Resource-Rich Developing Countries DESCRIPTION: Join us for this talk on Private Sector Development in Resourc e-Rich Developing Countries with Eric Werker\, Associate Professor at the B eedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University\, as part of the ongoin g Policy@UBC series and CIRDI seminar series. April 4\, 2017 12:30 pm – 2:0 0 pm Liu Institute for Global Issues – Multipurpose Room Refreshments provi ded. […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us for this talk on Private Sector De velopment in Resource-Rich Developing Countries with Eric Werker\, Associat e Professor at the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University\, a s part of the ongoing Policy@UBC series and CIRDI seminar series.

    April 4\, 2017
    12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
    Liu Institute for Global Issues – Multipurpose Room
    Refreshments provided.

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    Eric Werker


    Eric researches how less developed countries can build more thriving and inclusive private sectors\, particul arly when they are rich in natural resources\, and how international actors can play a positive role in creating successful societies. He has publishe d widely in economics and political science journals\, advised the Presiden t of Liberia on economic policy\, and worked for both governmental and non- governmental organizations in analyzing and creating policy.

    This pre sentation provides an overview of Eric's (with collaborators Lant Pritchett from Harvard Kennedy School and Kunal Sen from the University of Mancheste r) framework to understand the political economy of economic growth\, which has been presented to foreign aid agencies around the world and used by th e U.K. Department for International Development in its private sector devel opment and governance work\, and applies it to the unique challenges of res ource-rich developing countries.

    Economic growth for most countries t hat actually need it—in order to escape from poverty—is not a linear proces s\, but proceeds in booms and busts. Yet most frameworks for thinking about economic growth in developing countries are built on the faulty assumption that a country’s economic performance is largely stable.  The talk puts fo rward a new framework grounded in political economy for understanding how g rowth episodes emerge\, and when growth\, once ignited\, is maintained for a sustained period.

    Resource-rich developing countries possess charac teristics that make sustained economic growth more challenging\, both from economic and political angles. Eric will discuss the policy implications fo r those seeking to improve outcomes in these places.

    Bio: Eric Werker is Associate Professor in the Beedie School of Business a t Simon Fraser University and academic lead from SFU to the Canadian Intern ational Resources and Development Institute. Eric researches how less devel oped countries can build more thriving and inclusive private sectors\, part icularly when they are rich in natural resources\, and how international ac tors can play a positive role in creating successful societies. He has writ ten on foreign aid\, foreign investment\, natural resource management\, non -governmental organizations\, inter-governmental organizations\, refugees\, and Ebola. Eric teaches about emerging markets\, strategy\, governance\, a nd global economics to MBAs and executives and has authored numerous case s tudies on companies and countries around the world.

    Co-sponso red by the Liu Institute for Global Issues and the Canadian Intern ational Resources and Development Institute. 

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    LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/private-sector-development- resource-rich-developing-countries/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/Eric_image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999974.2399-EO-3188-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170321T003638Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T173916Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170404T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170404T203000 SUMMARY: Wherever I Find Myself: Stories of Canadian Immigrant Women DESCRIPTION: Join the book launch for Liu Scholar Miriam Matejova’s antholo gy by and about Canadian immigrant women\, Wherever I Find Myself: Stories of Canadian Immigrant Women. Free Admission. Books available for sale and s igning.Tuesday\, April 4th\, 2017 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Alice MacKay Room\, Low er Level\, Central Library\, 350 W. Georgia St. Reserve your seat here An [ …] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join the book launch for Liu Scholar Miriam Matejova’s anthology by and about Canadian immigrant women\, Wherever I Find Myself: Stories of Canadian Immigrant Women.

    Free Admission. Books available for sale and signing.Tuesday\, April 4th\, 2017
    7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    Alice MacKay Room\, Lower Level\,
    Central L ibrary\, 350 W. Georgia St.

    Reserve your s eat here

    An event especially for families new to Canada and/or Vancouver. Free childminding and storytime will be available during the program.

    Readers: Sarah Munawar\, Jianna Faner\, NikNaz K.\, Esme ralda Cabral\, Onjana Yawnghwe\, Jasmine Sealy\, Abeer Yusuf\, Gina Roitman \, and editor Miriam Matejova

    Wherever I Find Myself

     

    LOCATION:Alice MacKay Room\, Central Library GEO:49.280033;-123.114692 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/wherever-find-stories-canad ian-immigrant-women/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/WIFM-eventbrite.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999974.2529-EO-3110-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170224T012511Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T173716Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170405T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170405T144500 SUMMARY: Dr. Barbara Seed – What is a healthy and sustainable diet? DESCRIPTION: Join us for this UBC Future of Food global dialogue series tal k on what makes up a healthy and sustainable diet with Dr. Barbara Seed. Ap ril 5\, 2017 1:30 pm – 2:45 pm Policy Lab\, Centre for Interactive Research Sustainability\, UBC Vancouver campus Is a healthy diet a sustainable diet ? Sustainable diets have the potential to unite nutrition\, food systems\, healthy […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us for this UBC Future of Food  global dialogue series talk on what makes up a healthy and sustain able diet with Dr. Barbara Seed.

    April 5\, 2017
    1:30 pm – 2:45 pm
    Policy Lab\, Centre for Int eractive Research Sustainability\, UBC Vancouver campus

    Barbara Seed

    Is a healthy diet a sustainable diet?

    Sustainable diets have the potential to unite nutrition\, food systems\, healthy ecosystems\, and the challenge of zero hunger. Centering on the consumption aspect of t he food system\, Dr. Barbara Seed’s work examines evidence based recommenda tions for sustainable diets that promote both human and environmental healt h. This event will review how sustainable diets are defined and measured\, how current sustainability recommendations have been translated into a hand ful of national dietary guidelines\, and where recommendations can be incor porated into other levels of food policy.

    When Dr. Barbara Seed was h ired to develop the first dietary guidelines (food guide) in Qatar in 2013\ , she succeeded in making them one of the first in the world to include sus tainability principles. Barbara is a Registered Dietitian with over 30 year s of experience working in public health nutrition. In her work and volunte er capacities\, she has straddled many sectors: government (national\, prov incial and municipal levels)\; civil society (anti-hunger and food system o rganizations) and academia (teaching\, research\, supervision and publishin g). Barbara is currently working as a consultant in food and nutrition poli cy\, focusing on integrating nutrition\, food systems and the environment.< /p>

     

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    This event is part of the UB C Future of Food Global Dialogue Series\, a campus-wi de initiative bringing together food security and sustainability experts fr om across the university and North America to regularly engage the UBC comm unity and the public around the Global Food System\, including topics such as climate change\, food security\, biodiversity\, social justice\, culture \, and policy.

    Find dates and details for upcoming events in the Event Calendar. Follow the discussion with #UBCFu tureOfFood on Twitter.

    LOCATION:Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability\, BC Hydro Theatre GEO:49.261915;-123.253072 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/dr-barbara-seed-healthy-sus tainable-diet/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/02/Barbara-Seed.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170326T1816Z-1490552203.5336-EO-21914-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170324T215716Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T173558Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170405T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170405T200000 SUMMARY: JCN Alumnight 2017 DESCRIPTION: Abstract: UBC Japan Career Network is proud to present Alumnig ht 2017! This is the place where you can listen to stories about job huntin g (or internship hunting) in Japan\, Canada\, or at the Boston Career forum from successful 3rd and 4th year UBC students. This will be a valuable occ asion to network with UBC graduates to […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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    UBC Japan Career Network is proud to present Alumnight 2017!
    This is the place where you can listen to stories about job hunting (or internship hunting) i n Japan\, Canada\, or at the Boston Career forum from successful 3rd and 4t h year UBC students. This will be a valuable occasion to network with UBC g raduates to ask from the most basic to the most specific questions you have in an informal setting.

    Check our Facebook Event Page for more detai ls: https://www .facebook.com/events/1769347046716234/

     

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/jcn-alumnight-2017/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/17349829_1622627561111119_6567290041106799684_o.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170326T1816Z-1490552203.542-EO-21910-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170324T214942Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T173507Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170406T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170406T190000 SUMMARY: An Art for Everyone: The Rāmāyaṇa Scrolls of Bengal DESCRIPTION: This talk will be followed by a reception honouring Prof. Bose ’s services to CISAR. Please RSVP. There will be food and drinks at the rec eption! For hundreds of years India’s villages have been sites of rich cult ural production\, especially paintings of varied forms\, representing the i maginative\, spiritual and historical experience of common people. A partic ularly […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This talk will be followed by a reception honouring Prof. Bose’s services to CISAR.
    Please RSVP. There will be food and dri nks at the reception!

    For hundreds of years India’s villages have bee n sites of rich cultural production\, especially paintings of varied forms\ , representing the imaginative\, spiritual and historical experience of com mon people. A particularly fascinating art tradition is that of the painted scrolls of Bengal in eastern India. These paintings on fabric mainly depic t mythical subjects but often contemporary ones as well. What is remarkable about these is that they are sequentially painted frames\, somewhat like the modern comic strip\, the whole scroll bu ilding up to a story. My special interest lies in the depiction of India’s great epic\, the Rāmāyaṇa. This ancient story appears in many versions all over India and even outside India. The scroll paintings from Bengal have th eir very special\, often very original way of shaping and telling the story . That is what I’ll be talking about with illustrations of the paintings.

    Mandakranta Bose\, MA (Cal et UBC)\, MLitt\, DPhil (Oxon)\, is Professor Emerita and Director of the Centre for India and South Asia Resea rch at the University of British Columbia\, Vancouver. Dr. Bose is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and the Royal Society of Can ada. Her research interests comprise the textual tradition of performing ar ts of India\, Sanskrit literature\, the Rāmāyaṇa\, and gender studies.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/book-launch-and-public-lect ure-the-ramaya%e1%b9%87a-in-bengali-folk-paintings/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/17425004_1796467600671331_8300670011103237568_n.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170329T0211Z-1490753467.3067-EO-21906-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170323T223439Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T173349Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170407T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170407T133000 SUMMARY: What Shapes Public Attitudes about Capital Controls: Evidence from China DESCRIPTION: About the speaker David A. Steinberg is an assistant professor of international political economy. His research focuses on the politics o f international money and finance. His book\, Demanding Devaluation: Exchan ge Rate Politics in the Developing World (Cornell University Press\, 2015)\ , was awarded the Peter Katzenstein Book Prize and received an Honorable Me ntion for the American Political Science […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    About the speaker

    David A. Steinberg is an as sistant professor of international political economy. His research focuses on the politics of international money and finance. His book\, Demandin g Devaluation: Exchange Rate Politics in the Developing World (Cornell University Press\, 2015)\, was awarded the Peter Katzenstein Book Prize an d received an Honorable Mention for the American Political Science Associat ion’s William H. Riker Book Award. He is the author of articles in Comp arative Politics\, Comparative Political Studies\, Intern ational Studies Quarterly\, World Politics\, among other outl ets.

    During the 2016-17 academic year\, his research is being support ed by a Johns Hopkins Catalyst Award. Prior to joining SAIS\, he was an ass istant professor of political science at the University of Oregon and a pos tdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Browne Center for Inte rnational Politics. He holds a BA from McGill University and MA and PhD deg rees from Northwestern University.​

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/what-shapes-public-attitude s-about-capital-controls-evidence-from-china/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/steinberg_poster_web-3-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999974.2964-EO-3117-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170227T184316Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T173251Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170407T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170407T160000 SUMMARY: Dr. Gabriel Maltais-Landry – Optimizing the use of organic amendme nts and cover crops to maximize agronomic and environmental benefits DESCRIPTION: Join us for this UBC Future of Food global dialogue series tal k on how optimizing the use of organic amendments and cover crops can maxim ize agronomic and environmental benefits with Dr. Gabriel Maltais-Landry. A pril 7\, 2017 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm MCML 154\, MacMillan Building\, UBC Vancouv er campus Gabriel Maltais-Landry is a postdoctoral fellow at UBC ‘s Faculty of Land […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us for this UBC Future of Food global dialogue series talk on how optimizing the use of organic amendments an d cover crops can maximize agronomic and environmental benefits with Dr. Ga briel Maltais-Landry.

    April 7\, 2017
    3:00 pm – 4:00 pmMCML 154\, MacMillan Building\, UBC Vancouv er campus

    Gabriel-Maltais-Landry

    Gabriel Maltais-Land ry is a postdoctoral fellow at UBC ‘s Faculty of Land and Food Systems. He works primarily with the Sustainable Agricultural Landscapes Lab and Centre for Sustainable Food Systems. Dr. Maltais-Landry’s talk will focus on how optimal nutrient management is a critical aspect of sustainable farming sys tems\, where nitrogen (N) and phosphorous (P) must be supplied in sufficien t quantities to maximize crop yields and maintain soil fertility while prev enting over-fertilization that results in environmental degradation. Organi c amendments – manures and composts – and cover crops recycle N and P withi n farming systems\, reducing the use of mineral fertilizers while potential ly lowering nutrient losses to surrounding ecosystems. The aim of Gabriel’s research is to optimize the user f organic amendments and cover crops to m aximize yields and balance eN and P budgets in intense agroecosystems. Usin g several experiments established at the UBC Farm\, several trade-offs were identified among crop productivity\, balanced N and P budgets\, and greenh ouse gas emissions (GHG)\, where treatments with the highest yields resulte d in N and P over-fertilization and higher GHG emissions. In addition\, there was little evidence that cover crops prevent ed wintertime N leaching from occurring\, although cover crops contributed to N cycling nevertheless. Overall\, my research highlights the inherent ch allenges in balancing N and P while maintaining high yields when using orga nic amendments and cover crops as primary sources of fertility in intensive vegetable farming systems. 

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    This event is part of the  UBC Future of Food Glo bal Dialogue Series\, a campus-wide initiative bringing together food security and sustainability experts from across the universi ty and North America to regularly engage the UBC community and the public a round the Global Food System\, including topics such as climate change\, fo od security\, biodiversity\, social justice\, culture\, and policy.< /p>

    Find date s and details for upcoming events in the Event Calendar. Follow the discussion with #UBCFutureOfFood on Twitter.

    LOCATION:MacMillan (MCML) - 154 GEO:49.260953;-123.251059 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/dr-gabriel-maltais-landry-o ptimizing-use-organic-amendments-cover-crops-maximize-agronomic-environment al-benefits/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/02/Crops.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170410T0354Z-1491796459.5653-EO-21976-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170407T200755Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T172621Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170411T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170411T140000 SUMMARY: Explaining Exceptionality: Care and Migration Policies in Japan an d South Korea DESCRIPTION: Against the global trend towards increased use of foreign fema le care workers\, Japan and South Korea stand out as two countries that con tinue to resist their intake. In this paper\, I explain why despite serious shortages of care workers\, these two countries have maintained highly res tricted immigration policies towards migrant care workers. I argue that […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Against the global trend towards increased use of foreign female care workers\, Japan and South Korea stand out as tw o countries that continue to resist their intake. In this paper\, I explain why despite serious shortages of care workers\, these two countries have m aintained highly restricted immigration policies towards migrant care worke rs. I argue that their resistance can be explained by a combination of soci al\, cultural\, and institutional factors that are shaping their care\, mig ration and employment regimes. Their exceptionality in the face of global t rend reveals the strength of nationhood narratives and the importance of un derstanding global trends and how local factors can shape national policy r esponses to care and migration.

    About the speaker

    Ito Peng\, Ph.D. (London School of Economics) is a Professor of Socio logy and Public Policy\, and Canada Research Chair in Global Social Policy at the Department of Sociology\, and the School of Public Policy and Govern ance\, University of Toronto. She has written extensively on family\, gende r and social policies\, and social and political economy of care\, in East Asia. She currently leads a large international partnership research projec t entitled Gender\, Migration\, and the Work of Care funded by Social Scien ces and Humanities Research Council of Canada. The project brings together over 50 researchers and non-academic partners to examine how the reorganiza tion of care influences the global migration of care workers\, and how this in turn impacts family and gender relations\, gender equality\, government policies\, and global governance. She is a senior fellow of Asia Pacific F oundation of Canada\, and a Research Associate at United Nations Research I nstitute for Social Development (UNRISD) and UN Women. Her new book\, co-ed ited with Sonya Michel\, Gender\, Migration and the Work of Care: A Multi-S calar Approach to the Pacific Rim\, will be out in July 2017.

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    LOCATION:Room 351\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/explaining-exceptionality-c are-and-migration-policies-in-japan-and-south-korea/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/04/https_2F2Fcdn.evbuc_.com2Fimages2F299364552F1626763607942F12Foriginal.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170331T0345Z-1490931919.6917-EO-21935-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170330T184950Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T172152Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170412T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170412T153000 SUMMARY: Borderwork: Migration and Territory in East Asia DESCRIPTION: Abstracts: 1.  “Growing Pains?: Marriage Migrants in East Asia ” (By Naomi Chi) As the number of immigrants rise in Japan and Korea\, so d o international marriages. In Japan\, it is said that about 2% of marriages in 2014 were international marriages\, while in Korea that number is about 9%. Yet the Japanese and South Korean […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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    1.  “ Growing Pains?: Marriage Migrants in East Asia” (By Naomi Chi)

    As the number of immigrants rise in Japan and Korea\, so do international mar riages. In Japan\, it is said that about 2% of marriages in 2014 were inter national marriages\, while in Korea that number is about 9%. Yet the Japane se and South Korean self-identity of racial homogeneity dies hard\, and the concept of “multiculturalism” or ethnic coexistence has yet to reach the s tage where people can discuss how to integrate different cultural groups in to a harmonious society and benefit from the diversity. Even today\, many i nterracial couples and their family experience discrimination.

    This p resentation will look at the dynamics of international marriages in both co untries\, including the factors that bring foreign brides to the two countr ies\, difficulties in mainstreaming\, the victimization of these women\, an d examples of support (both from the local community and government agencie s) that they receive in their countries.

    2.  The Changing Shape of Japan: territorial disputes and remapping borders (By Edward Boyle)

    Over the past five years\, the Japanese government has made concerted e fforts to attempt to homogenize the notion of territory deployed by Japan i n her disputes with Russia\, Korea and China. During the Cold War\, these d isputes were generally treated as competing claims over remote islands\, ab le to be resolved through bilateral negotiations between the parties. Howev er\, as “integral territory”\, these areas have been transformed into dispu tes over vast expanses of maritime space\, the results of which will litera lly shape Japan in the future.

    The notion of ‘integral territory’ is a product of the changing nature of national territory under the impact of UNCLOS and Abe’s hawkish stance on security. It also\, though\, reflects th e national state’s adoption and encouragement of local activism. The concep t of “integral territory” is therefore significant in demonstrating both th e inherent flexibility of notions of sovereignty and territorial fixity\, u pon which the state grounds its authority\, and how these notions come to b e defined.

     

    About the Speakers:

    Naom i CHI is currently Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Public Policy\, Hokkaido University. Her area of specialization is East Asian pol itics\, with an emphasis on migration\, demographic changes\, multicultural ism\, gender\, ethnic and sexual minorities\, as well as human security in East Asia. She is currently the chair of the Japan Chapter of the Associati on of Borderlands Studies (ABS)\, as well as a member of the Eurasia Unit f or Border Research in Japan (UBRJ) and the Arctic Challenge for Sustainabil ity (ArCS) project at the Arctic Research Centre\, Hokkaido University.

    Edward Boyle is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law and Cen ter for Asia-Pacific Future Studies\, Kyushu University. He is establishing Kyushu University Border Studies (KUBS) as an interdisciplinary hub for al l things border-related\, and is currently examining multiscalar border eff ects and their implications in projects on Japan\, Georgia and Northeast In dia.

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    LOCATION:Room 231\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267162;-123.257879 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/borderwork-migration-and-te rritory-in-east-asia/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/https_2F2Fcdn.evbuc_.com2Fimages2F299364552F1626763607942F12Foriginal.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170303T1709Z-1488560992.4974-EO-21790-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170302T191931Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T002603Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170412T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170412T180000 SUMMARY: Into the Silicon Valley North: Film Screening and Panel Discussion DESCRIPTION: ‘Into the Silicon Valley North’: Canada’s Opportunity in Globa l Creative Industries and How China Contributes to B.C.’s Growing Tech Sect or Independent documentary ‘Into the Silicon Valley North’ digs into Vancou ver’s burgeoning tech sector and explores how global talents are contributi ng to this fast-growing ecosystem. Four young Chinese millennials\, from in ternational students to tech entrepreneurs\, their […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    ‘Into the Silicon Valley North’: Canada’s Opportunity in Global Creative Industries and How China Contribute s to B.C.’s Growing Tech Sector

    Independent documentary ‘In to the Silicon Valley North’ digs into Vancouver’s burgeoning tech sector a nd explores how global talents are contributing to this fast-growing ecosys tem. Four young Chinese millennials\, from international students to tech e ntrepreneurs\, their stories represent a new generation of global citizens that might not be familiar to the mainstream public.

     

    BIOGRAPHIES - Featured Millennial Tech Leaders

    Frank Shen  /  Co-Founder & Executive Chair man\, Archiact
    Archiact is a full service virtual reality studio. It i s North America’s biggest researcher and developer in VR gaming market and top mobile VR developer in the world.

    Jin Fan  /  Pr esident\, GWS Displays
    GWS Displays is the inventor and manufacturer o f the world’s leading transparent LED displays. It is the visual solution p rovider for Canada’s National Arts Centre’s renovation project.

    Vincent Yang  /  CEO\, H+ Technology
    H+ Technology create immersive holographic experiences that utilize gestures\, voice and other f orms of interaction. It is the creator of the world’s first 3D interactive tabletop holographic experience platform - Holus.

    Jingyi Zhan g  /  CEO\, Pixel Light Effects
    Pixel Light Effects brings fu rther innovation to 3D scanning based on photogrammetry. By installing the entire system inside a truck\, Pixel provides a unique mobile shooting serv ices to its clients all over the world.

    Yuji Zhang  /  Producer\, Orient Star Media
    Yuji Zhang is the director and writer of Into the Silicon Valley North. She is an experienced journalist and researcher in political economy of transcultural communication. She al so serves as the industry research director of the Vancouver Golden Panda I nternational Film Festival.

    PANELISTS

    Dr. Yves Tiberg hien / Director\, Institute of Asian Research\, UBC

    Derek Chen / President & Co-founder\, Archiact

    Vince nt Yang / CEO\, H+ Technology

    Jingyi Zhang / CEO\, Pixel Light Effects

    Yuji Zhang  /  Producer\ , Orient Star Media

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/into-the-silicon-valley-nor th-film-screening-and-panel-discussion/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/yuji-768x513-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170326T1816Z-1490552203.558-EO-21912-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170324T215411Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T002446Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170412T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170412T180000 SUMMARY: India’s Innovation Journey — Scripted Digitally DESCRIPTION: Abstract: India embarked on a Telecom Revolution in the 1980’s under Rajiv Gandhi’s National Technology Mission \, which was led by Sam P itroda.  Combined with economic reforms\, this journey paved the way for se veral other innovations and transformatory changes in subsequent decades.  This talk will present a ringside view of that journey\, along with present […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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    India emba rked on a Telecom Revolution in the 1980's under Rajiv Gandhi's National Te chnology Mission \, which was led by Sam Pitroda.  Combined with economic r eforms\, this journey paved the way for several other innovations and trans formatory changes in subsequent decades.  This talk will present a ringside view of that journey\, along with present problems\, yet the  future possi bilities and potential as India Innovates.

    Speaker: Mr. Sam Pitroda

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    LOCATION:Asian Centre Auditorium GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/indias-innovation-journey-s cripted-digitally/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/SamPitroda2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999974.3589-EO-3241-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170405T010909Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T232832Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170413T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170413T123000 SUMMARY: Mining development and environmental rehabilitation challenges\, M ongolia’s case DESCRIPTION: Join us for a talk on mining development and environmental reh abilitation challenges\, Mongolia’s case\, with Bolormaa Purevjav\, a Chair at the Centre for Stakeholder Engagement and Sustainable Development\, a n ational NGO in Mongolia\, and a CIRDI fellow. This event is part of the ong oing Policy@UBC series and CIRDI seminar series. Thursday\, April 13\, 2017 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm Case […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us for a talk on mining development and environmental rehabilitation challenges\, M ongolia’s case\, with Bolormaa Purevjav\, a Chair at the C entre for Stakeholder Engagement and Sustainable Development\, a national N GO in Mongolia\, and a CIRDI fellow. This event is part of the ongoing Poli cy@UBC series and CIRDI seminar series.

    Thursday\, April 13\, 2017
    12:30 pm - 1:45 pm
    < span style="color: #000000">Case Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues
    All welcome. Refreshments provided

    BOLORMAA PUREVJAV

    Mongolia is a mineral rich country. Following a democrat ic revolution in 1989\, rapid institutional changes have taken place\; and since then Mongolia has been on its path to building a prosperous democrati c society.  This path has not been easy and straightforward. In early 1990s a dramatic economic downturn resulted in massive jobs losses\; and natural disasters killed ten million of livestock and left herders with nothing to live. As a response to the economic downturn\, the Mongolian Government cr eated a Gold program in 1992 which led to a rapid mining development.  The mining industry growth during 1992- 2005 addressed economic issues and impo ved the standard of living\, however\, it also impacted environment and soc iety in a significant way. Grassroots movements in 2005 led to the cancella tion of several mining projects due to pollution of rivers\, pasture degrad ation and very little economic benefits to local people.  To address the en vironmental issues\, a new environmental law was passed in 2012. In paralle l\, the Mining Ministry developed a first ever mining strategic policy docu ment to ensure the development of “responsible mining” in the country and t o smooth operations on the ground while increasing enviromental and social requirements for the mining industry. Along with formal mining the communit y artisanal mining has also grown and caused significant land degradation. Despite all these issues\, it is  clear that Mongolia is emerging as a stro ng mining country.  Implementation of integrated water management plans rem ains a challenge and an important action item\, where promoting good enviro nmental rehabilitation practices by mining companies and by emerging ASM co mmunities plays an important role.

    About Bolormaa

    Mrs. Bolormaa Purevjav is a Chair at the Centre for Stakeholder Engagement and Sustainable Development (SESD)\, a national NGO in Mongolia. She is an engi neering graduate from the University of Brno\, Czech Republic\, and has als o earned an MBA degree from the Griffith University in Australia. She is cu rrently working in Vancouver as a CIRDI fellow.

    Bolormaa possesses ov er 15 years of experience in the international development field managing p rograms and projects focused on broad economic and social development topic s\, such as gender\, human rights based approaches and sustainable developm ent. Her areas of expertise include stakeholder engagement in extractive in dustry\; community development and empowerment\; establishing local multi-s takeholder councils at local level as a platform for stakeholder constructi ve engagement\; participatory planning and conflict prevention.

    She h as also facilitated development of environmental management plans at local level to balance economic growth and environmental protection in order to p roduce positive sustainable outcomes. She has extensively worked in the fie ld and promoted establishment of water quality monitoring groups in 38 comm unities.

    Bolormaa has worked in a diverse range of organizations\, in cluding Ministry of Education\, Culture and Science of Mongolia\; UNDP Mong olia as a project manager\; Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation as community development component leader and The Asia Foundation where she l ed the environmental program from 2011 to 2016.

    Bolormaa is passionat e about developing and implementing community-based environmental rehabilit ation and conservation projects\, as well as disseminating good environment al practices to make positive changes.

    Co-sponsored by CIRDI and the Liu Institute for Global Issues

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    **Please note that this event is cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience and l ook forward to seeing you at the next event**

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    As Donald J. Trump’s electoral victory graphically sho ws\, walls are a hot topic. While ‘globalization’\, with its free flow of c apital\, goods\, ideas and people characterized world politics after the en d of the Cold War\, the twenty-first century has witnessed a reassertion of physical\, cultural\, and legal barriers. To jam the critical discourse th at frames the US-Mexico Barrier and Israel’s West Bank Barrier as moral pro blems\, the essay compares twenty-first century walls with the Great Wall o f China to explore 1) how walls are not simply material infrastructure\, bu t are also structures of feeling\, 2) how they are not simply barriers\, bu t complex sites of flows\, and 3) how walls are not simply texts waiting to be decoded: they are also sites of nonnarrative affective experience that can provoke the sublime. The goal is to use this non-Western example to und erstand the conceptual work and emotional work done by contemporary walls i n the West. This comparative analysis thus will ask: What can walls tell us about the politics of borders\, identity and foreign policy? The presentat ion will include a lecture\, and a screening of Callahan’s latest film\, ‘Y ou can see CHINA from here’\, which examines experiences of crossing the Ho ng Kong-Shenzhen border.

    About the Speaker:
    Wil liam A. Callahan is professor of international relations at the London Scho ol of Economics and Political Science. His most recent book is China Dreams : 20 Visions of the Future (OUP\, 2015). Callahan is also a documentary fil m-maker: ‘China Dreams’ was broadcast on KCET (Los Angeles) in 2015\, and ‘ toilet adventures’ (2015) was shortlisted for a major award by the UK’s Art s and Humanities Research Council. (For these and other films\, see www.vimeo.com/billcallahan.)

    Event Poster LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-visual-politics-of-wall s-barriers-flows-and-the-sublime/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/04/0413-Callahan-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170405T1346Z-1491399962.1438-EO-21965-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170404T175600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233246Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170414 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170415 SUMMARY: Good Friday DESCRIPTION: IAR office to be closed. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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    LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/good-friday/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170405T1346Z-1491399962.1492-EO-21967-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170404T175718Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233246Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170417 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170418 SUMMARY: Easter Monday DESCRIPTION: IAR office to be closed. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    IAR office to be closed.

    LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/easter-monday/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170411T2109Z-1491944967.6601-EO-21998-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170411T191948Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T001921Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170420T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170420T153000 SUMMARY: Myanmar in Transition: An Update on Recent Developments DESCRIPTION: Gwen Robinson will provide an overview of recent developments in Myanmar under the Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy \, with reference to the political and economic context\, the peace process \, the situation in Rakhine state\, aid and trade\, and diplomatic relation s. Light refreshments will be served. About the speaker Gwen Robinson is [… ] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Gwen Robinson will provide an overview of recent developments in Myanmar under the Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy\, with reference to the political and economic context \, the peace process\, the situation in Rakhine state\, aid and trade\, and diplomatic relations.

    Light refreshments will be served.

    Abou t the speaker

    Gwen Robinson is Chief Editor of the  Nikkei Asi an Review\, the English-language journal and website of Japanese media group Nikkei Inc.\, and a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Security and In ternational Studies at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok where she specia lises in Myanmar and the surrounding region. She was a senior editor and co rrespondent with the Financial Times\, from 1995 to 2013\, in posts includi ng Japan\, Australia and the South Pacific\, Southeast Asia\, New York\, Wa shington DC and London. In London\, she was the FT’s Comment editor (2003-0 7) and online news editor among other positions. Her last FT post was Bangk ok bureau chief covering mainland Southeast Asia. She taught post-graduate classes on Southeast Asia and Myanmar at Chulalongkorn University in 2013-1 4. In 1993-95\, she was North Asia correspondent for The Times of London\, and previously an editor/writer at the Nikkei Weekly in Tokyo. In the 1980s \, she covered Southeast Asia from Manila and Bangkok for US\, Australian a nd UK media organisations. She was born in Japan and was educated in Austra lia.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/myanmar-in-transition-an-up date-on-recent-developments/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/04/UBC-CSEAR-04-20-01.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170419T2128Z-1492637337.2269-EO-22051-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170419T194530Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T001702Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170422T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170422T180000 SUMMARY: Another Tagore: A Campaigner of Emancipation of the Peasantry in B engal DESCRIPTION: Presented by: Professor Atiur Rahman\, Department of Developme nt Studies\, University of Dhaka (formerly Governor of Central Bank of Bang ladesh) Rabindranath Tagore\, the first Asian Nobel Laureate in Literature\ , a versatile genius and a product of the European renaissance was indeed m uch larger than his own life. He was deeply touched by the deprivations of the peasantry […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Presented by: Professor A tiur Rahman\, Department of Development Studies\, University of Dhaka (form erly Governor of Central Bank of Bangladesh)

    Rabindranath Tagore\, th e first Asian Nobel Laureate in Literature\, a versatile genius and a produ ct of the European renaissance was indeed much larger than his own life. He was deeply touched by the deprivations of the peasantry and inequality per sisting in Bengal during the late eighteenth and early twentieth centuries. Besides covering diverse shades of literature\, he developed a special rel ationship with his tenants as a Zaminder (Landlord) and got deeply enmeshed with the lives of the poverty stricken villagers. He was ashamed of collec ting rent from these helpless farmers and made a serious attempt in amelior ating their conditions through various reforms. He was certainly aware of t he roots of their poverty and as well as their rights to better living. As a part of his reform initiatives\, he encouraged the peasants to organize i n groups to get out of their poverty. The welfare groups   formed by Tagore got a share of the rent paid to the Estate in addition to their own contri bution. This fund was then utilized for running schools and community healt h clinics. Tagore was\, in fact\, ashamed of collecting rents from these po or peasants and advocated that the Zaminders were only Trustees of the Esta tes. They must help their subjects in improving their socio-economic and cu ltural conditions. His attempt at bringing the peasants together aimed at s trengthening the inner will of them for economic independence. He\, therefo re\, encouraged the peasants to form cooperatives and pool their resources for modernizing their farms. He motivated the organized peasants to acquire modern machines\, seeds\, and fertilizer for high-yielding cultivation. He even got his son and son-in-law trained in the University of Illinois to a cquire necessary skills and knowledge of modern agriculture to start a farm in East Bengal. This farm imported machines and inputs from abroad. The fa rmers were encouraged to import modern variety of cows to cross-breed and g et higher yield of milk. The farmers were also encouraged to have warehouse s to keep their products before marketing to address the endemic price fluc tuations. He also advised them to go for non-farm activities to complement agriculture. He was mindful of harnessing the strength of science and techn ology even in a rural setting. He thought without the support of scientists the farmers alone could not modernize agricultural development.

    He w as equally mindful of the need for adequate access to finance for moderniza tion of agriculture as most peasants were indebted to moneylenders. So Tago re mobilized savings from his friends and relatives to start a rural Agricu ltural Bank to give credit to the farmers at a reasonable rate of interest. He even put a part of his Nobel Prize money in this bank. In other words\, Tagore was in favor of total development\, both social and economic. Putti ng maximum stress on education\, he wanted to develop villages so that the country could also develop. At the same time\, he was aware of the aestheti c strengths of the rural population. He did not believe in ‘ours’ and ‘thei rs’ while talking about cultural moorings of the society at large. His appr eciation of the cultural contribution of the village bards\, in particular bauls\, is well known across the world. Many of his songs derive inspiratio n and tunes from these village bards. He further created cultural space for the villagers by introducing special musical festivals in the names of lau nching of different seasons\, tree planting\, water conservation and many o ther ethnic celebrations.

    The proposed lecture plans to present Tagor e as a social scientist with deep urge for reforming the peasantry so that they are not ‘left behind’. His farsighted ideas of rural transformation ha s significant relevance towards achieving sustainable development goals bro adly agreed by the global community\, which too center around the long- ter m aspirations of the people and the protection of the planet.

    The pre sentation will be followed by Tagore songs by the Vancouver Tagore Society and light refreshments.

    Sponsored by: Vancouver Tagore Society\, and t he Centre for India and South Asia Resear ch

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    About the Speaker

    Dr. Atiur Rahman is a Professor of Department of Development Studies\, University of Dhaka. Dr. Rahman served as the Governor of Central Bank of Bangladesh during the period of May 2009-March 2016. He occupied different positions in eminent r esearch and academic institutions. After obtaining M.A. in Economics from D haka University\, he pursued studies in the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)\, University of London under a Commonwealth Scholarship\, se curing M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics (1983). He was also awarded a Commonweal th Development Fellowship at the University of Manitoba in Canada (1989)\, a Ford Foundation Post Doctoral Fellowship at The University of London (199 1-92)\, and a Visiting Research Fellowship\, at the Institute of South-East Asian Studies\, Singapore (1998-99).

    The defining feature of Dr. Rah man’s tenure as a Governor was his decisive drive reorienting the instituti onal objectives and ethos to support a pro-poor\, inclusive and sustainable development model through his flagship initiatives of financial inclusion and environmentally benign green banking. His consistent support for widesp read digitization of both central banking and commercial banking has helped achieve robust transparency and accountability in the financial sector in Bangladesh. He made significant contribution in the 3GF conference\, Rio+20 \, COP18 and MDG Global Compact international negotiations linking sustaina bility and socio‐economic development goals as a member/panelist of Banglad esh delegation. He was also a member of the UNEP Enquiry on designing ‘glob al sustainable financing’.

    Dr. Rahman has published 56 books in Engli sh and Bengali\, besides\, numerous papers in national and international jo urnals. His works on socio-economic thinking of Rabindranath Tagore occupie s a significant proportion of the above. His latest book is titled as Tagor e’s Thoughts on Peasantry (2017). He is now working on another book coverin g “Relevance of Tagore’s socio-economic thinking for Sustainable Developmen t.”

    Dr. Rahman has won many awards and Gold Medals including Indira G andhi Gold Plaque-2011 for his outstanding contribution to international co operation towards human progress\, a certificate of world record by Hong Ko ng based World Record Association as the central bank governor undertaking the highest number of pro-poor and financial inclusive programs in the worl d\, ‘Regulator with a Human Face’ by the University of Dhaka\, and Manila b ased GUSI Peace Prize International 2014 in the field of Economics. Dr. Rah man has been awarded the Best Central Bank governor – Asia Pacific\, 2015 b y The Banker magazine\, a Financial Times publication for his role in chann eling credit towards environmentally and socially responsible development p rojects and very recently\, the Emerging Markets (a subsidiary of the Eurom oney) has also awarded him the ‘Central Bank Governor of the Year for Asia 2015’ in recognition of  his unparalleled leadership to build confidence am ong the mass people\, visually reflecting their faith in central bank polic y. Bangla Academy has honoured him with the Bangla Academy Literary Award f or 2015 for his extraordinary contribution in Bangla literature.

     

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/another-tagore-a-campaigner -of-emancipation-of-the-peasantry-in-bengal/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/04/Seminar-by-Dr.-Atiur-Rahman_-Tagores-thought-on-Peasantry.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999974.4286-EO-3266-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170421T013408Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T001502Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170425T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170425T153000 SUMMARY: Designing Knowledge Mobilization & Exploring Policy DESCRIPTION: Tuesday\, April 25\, 2017 9:00 am-3:30 pm Liu Institute for Gl obal Issues\, Multipurpose Room Please RSVP for this event. Lunch will be p rovided. To register\, please visit https://survey.ubc.ca/s/knowledge_mobil ization/ How can your doctoral research be mobilized to engage different pu blics\, and especially in ways to inform policy? What are some models and b est practices for knowledge […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Tuesday\, April 25\, 2017
    9:0 0 am-3:30 pm
    Liu Institute for Global Issues\, Multip urpose Room
    Please RSVP for this event. Lunch will be provided. To reg ister\, please visit
    https://survey.ubc.ca/s/ knowledge_mobilization/

    How can your doctoral rese arch be mobilized to engage different publics\, and especially in ways to i nform policy? What are some models and best practices for knowledge mobiliz ation to make an impact in the “real world”? Featuring Dr. David Phipps\, the head of York University's Knowledge Mobilization Unit\, as well as experts dwelling at the intersection of academia and policymaking\, this full-day and hands-on workshop offers doctoral students a comprehensive introduction to the tools for mobilizing their work with a view to plan and assess impact.

    < td style="width: 346.886px">Opening remarks< td style="width: 125.114px">9:15 – 9:45 AM
    9:00 – 9:15 AM
    Policy 101 – Connecting Policy\, Research and Media
    By: Michelle Stack
    Content:
    How does policy affect my research? H ow does research affect policy? What are some basic policy processes? 10 mi n for Q&A
    5 min breakBreak
    10:00 –1:00 PMUnderstanding and Design ing Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) – Studio Session
    By: David P hippsContent:  Relevance of KMb\, types of KMb models\, planning and design ing effective KMb goals\, objectives and tools.
    1:00 – 1:30 PMLunch
    1:30 – 3:00 PMInternational panel of KMb experiences & Professors work ing with Government
    Moderated by: Michael Griffin1) Nadja Kun z\, Liu Institute for Global Issues/Keevil Mining School
    2) Benjamin J . Goold\, Peter A. Allard School of Law
    3) Joanna Mendell\, Knowledge  Broker\, BC Centre on Substance Use
    10 min breakBreak
    3:10 – 3:30 PMEngaging academia and policy   / wrap up of the day
    By: Mo ura Quayle\, David Phipps\, Marcelo Bravo
    End of the dayFeedback a nd other announcements.
    LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/designing-knowledge-mobiliz ation-exploring-policy/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/01/vsaranphotodotcom-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999974.4446-EO-3252-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170411T171936Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T001355Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170426T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170426T133000 SUMMARY: Exploring Water Stewardship\, Risk & Opportunity in the Mining Sec tor: from theory to application DESCRIPTION: Join us for this Policy@UBC talk by WWF’s Alexis Morgan on Exp loring Water Stewardship\, Risk & Opportunity in the Mining Sector. Wednesd ay\, April 26th\, 2017 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Liu Institute for Global Issues – Caseroom (enter from our courtyard) Refreshments provided In January 2017\ , the World Economic Forum once again listed water as one of […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us for this Policy@UBC talk by WWF's Alexis Morgan on Exploring Water Stewardship\, Risk & Opportunity in th e Mining Sector.

    Wednesday\, April 26th\, 201 7
    12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
    Liu Institute for Global Issues - Caseroom ( enter from our courtyard)
    Refreshments provided

    In January 2017\, the World Economic Forum once again listed  water as one of its top global risks in the coming 10 years. The growth in corporate interest on water issues\, and notably water risk\, has been expo nential since 2010 and along with that\, a growing interest in the concept of water stewardship - the notion of working beyond internal management and towards collective action in the basin. As interest in the space has grown \, so too has the ability to assess water risk and develop solutions at var ying scales to the multi-faceted challenges related water. In particular\, the mining sector\, with highly valuable assets face water challenges. From scarcity (and flooding) issues in the Andes\, to tailings dam failures\, a nd the related regulatory and reputational consequences.

    This talk wi ll explore the emergence of water stewardship as both a theory and as an ap plied concept\, its linkages to water risk\, valuation\, and how the mining sector has engaged to date. It will also discuss some emerging concepts in the space of water stewardship and where these might take water resource m anagement

    Speaker: Alexis Morgan\, Water Stewardship Speciali st\, WWF

    Alexis joined the World Wide Fund For Nature in 200 2 and leads WWF's global water stewardship work\, which focuses on building pragmatic solutions for business to solve freshwater conservation challeng es. In this role\, he works extensively with Global 500 companies from vari ous sectors\, helps to run the Water Risk Filter and currently leads WWF's efforts on water valuation and context-based water metrics. Alexis helped e stablish the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) and currently sits on its board\, and has published on freshwater conservation issues. He is a past lecturer in environmental economics at Simon Fraser University\, is a forme r board of the White Ribbon Campaign. Alexis holds a BA in geography from W estern University\, an MSc in urban hydrology (University of Toronto) and a sustainability-oriented MBA (Schulich School of Business\, York University ).

    LOCATION:Case Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/exploring-water-stewardship -risk-opportunity-mining-sector-theory-application/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/04/20151030_160328.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170421T2106Z-1492808808.2323-EO-22062-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170421T202601Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T001301Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170426T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170426T180000 SUMMARY: Hong Kong: 20 Years After – A Symposium DESCRIPTION: The past two decades have not been the best of times for Hong Kong. What have been the sources of tensions for this former British colony ? As Hong Kong is set to enter the Carrie Lam era\, what promises does Deng Xiaoping’s formulation of “One Country\, Two Systems” still hold for this special administrative region […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The past two decades have not been the bes t of times for Hong Kong. What have been the sources of tensions for this f ormer British colony? As Hong Kong is set to enter the Carrie Lam era\, wha t promises does Deng Xiaoping’s formulation of “One Country\, Two Systems” still hold for this special administrative region of China? Please join our distinguished panel for conversations and reflections:

    Josep hine Chiu-Duke 丘慧芬教授
    Associate Professor\, Department of Asia n Studies
    Co-Director\, Centre for Chinese Research

    Step hen Yiu-wai Chu 朱耀偉教授
    Professor and Director\, Hong Kong Stud ies Programme\, School of Modern Languages and Cultures\, The University of Hong Kong

    Petula Sik-ying Ho 何式凝教授
    Professor\, Department of Social Work and Social Administration\, The University of Ho ng Kong

    Diana Lary 戴安娜教授
    Professor Emerita\, De partment of History
    Former Director\, Canada and Hong Kong Project

    The UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative gratefully acknowledges the followi ng academic and community partners for their generous support: Faculty of A rts\, Department of Asian Studies\, Department of History\, Centre for Chin ese Research\, School of Social Work\, St. John’s College\, SFU Institute f or Transpacific Cultural Research\,  Vancouver Hong Kong Forum Society\, Ri chmond Public Library\, and Pacific Canada Heritage Centre - Museum of Migr ation Society.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/hong-kong-20-years-after-a- symposium/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/04/HKSI_logo_color-300x99.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170402T0459Z-1491109181.5594-EO-21953-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170331T221944Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T001153Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170427T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170427T140000 SUMMARY: Making an International Currency: Renminbi Internationalization DESCRIPTION: The presentation will discuss the development of China’s curre ncy\, the Renminbi (RMB)\, as an international currency.  A rising Chinese state and associated market actors are the primary agents in internationali zing the RMB. Chinese state officials have created the government programs and legal/regulatory frameworks that have enabled corporates to use the RMB for cross-border trade settlement\, […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The presentation will discuss the developm ent of China’s currency\, the Renminbi (RMB)\, as an international currency .  A rising Chinese state and associated market actors are the primary agen ts in internationalizing the RMB. Chinese state officials have created the government programs and legal/regulatory frameworks that have enabled corpo rates to use the RMB for cross-border trade settlement\, direct investment and financial investment.  However\, Chinese corporates\, especially the le ading PRC commercial banks and numerous Chinese manufacturing-and-trading e nterprises – and their overseas partners – have stepped up to actually use the RMB\, internationally\, for their business transactions.  Their active use accounts for the dramatic growth in the international use of RMB from 2 010 to 2015.  These findings have significant implications for assessing th e future potential for\, and obstacles to\, greater international use of th e RMB\, and for envisioning the contours of the emerging global monetary sy stem.

    About the speaker

    Dr. Gregory Chin

    Dr. Gregory Chin is Associate Professor of Political Science at York University\, Canada. His principal research inter ests are in the areas of international and comparative political economy\, with a focus on China’s international financial and monetary affairs\, Asia n regionalism\, the BRICS\, and global governance reform. He is currently f inishing a book manuscript on Renminbi internationalization.

    He is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow of the Foreign Policy Institute (FPI) at The Joh ns Hopkins University SAIS\, where he co-directs the Emerging Global Govern ance (EGG) project\, a joint initiative with the journal Global Policy< /em>.  He is on the International Advisory Board of the journal Review of International Political Economy\, and on the Editorial Board of the journal Global Governance.  Prior to joining York University\, Gr egory Chin was First Secretary (Development) at the Canadian Embassy in Bei jing (2003 to 2006)\, and from 2000 to 2003\, he served in Canada's Departm ent of Foreign Affairs and International Trade\, and the Canadian Internati onal Development Agency.

     

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    You are invited to come celebrate the end of term with us.

    There will be performances by students and faculty.< /p>

    Refreshments will also be served.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/celebrating-the-end-of-term -with-cisar/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/04/Screen-Shot-2017-04-21-at-3.10.43-PM-666x1024.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170331T0345Z-1490931919.7177-EO-21930-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170330T184541Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T000951Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170428T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170428T140000 SUMMARY: Radical Inequalities: China’s Welfare State in Comparative Perspec tive DESCRIPTION: Abstract: The Chinese communist welfare state was established with the goal of eradicating income inequality. Paradoxically\, it widened the income gap between workers and peasants in the Mao era.  To explain thi s ironic outcome\, this talk places the Chinese case in the context of the globalization of welfare policies in the 20th century.  The mismatch […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Abstract:
    The Chines e communist welfare state was established with the goal of eradicating inco me inequality. Paradoxically\, it widened the income gap between workers an d peasants in the Mao era.  To explain this ironic outcome\, this talk plac es the Chinese case in the context of the globalization of welfare policies in the 20th century.  The mismatch between welfare policies ori ginally designed for European societies and China’s economic and political conditions in the 1940s and 1950s doomed China’s many welfare reforms to fa ilure.  When Chinese leaders gave up on welfare reform in the 1960s\, this limited and unequal welfare state was consolidated and institutionalized\, structuring welfare politics for the rest of the 20th century. C hina's extensive welfare reforms over the last 20 years have rectified some of the legacies of the Mao era\, but inequality is still entrenched in Chi na's welfare state today. Since many developing countries face similar cons traints when they tried to create welfare states\, the Chinese case offers insight into their limitations as well.

    Speaker: Nar a Dillon (Harvard University)

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/radical-inequalities-chinas -welfare-state-in-comparative-perspective/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/03/https_2F2Fcdn.evbuc_.com2Fimages2F299457332F1753256895872F12Foriginal.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999974.4975-EO-3329-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170513T002520Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T000324Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170517T230000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170519T230000 SUMMARY: Kampala Summer Institute: Men’s and Women’s Relations in Coercive Settings DESCRIPTION: The Kampala Summer Institute: Men’s and Women’s Relations in C oercive Settings is being hosted by the Refugee Law Project (RLP) and Conju gal Slavery in War Partnership (CSiW)\, supported by Liu Institute Professo r Erin Baines. May 17 – May 19\, 2017 Register on EventBrite. Kampala Kolpi ng Hotel Bombo Road\, Kampala\, Central Region Uganda Building on the RLP’s South-South […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Kampala Summer Institute: Men's and Wo men's Relations in Coercive Settings is being hosted by the Refugee Law Pro ject (RLP) and Conjugal Slavery in War Partnership (CSiW)\, supported by Li u Institute Professor Erin Baines.

    May 17 – May 19\, 2017
    Register on EventBrite.

    Kampala Kolping Hotel
    Bombo Road\, Kampala\, Central Region
    Uganda

    Building on the RLP’s South-South Institute's work with male survivors of sexual violence in Uganda (2013) and Cambodia (2015 )\, this Summer Institute will focus on women's and men's experiences of fo rced relationships in wartime. The Institute strives to move beyond gendere d victim-perpetrator terminology in the growing study and response to force d marriage or conjugal slavery\, in order to capture the large variety of r elationships that exist in coercive conflict settings. We hope that by brin ging into consideration men's perspectives and experiences in relation to w omen’s\, new areas of research and policy may emerge that also help to brin g into focus further dimensions of the other thematic approaches of the Con jugal Slavery in War (CSiW) Partnership: history\, justice and children bor n of war.

    Learn more.

    LOCATION:Kampala Kolping Hotel GEO:0.324979;32.574109 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/kampala-summer-institute-me ns-womens-relations-coercive-settings/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/05/https_2F2Fcdn.evbuc_.com2Fimages2F305973332F305487739332F12Foriginal.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170503T1629Z-1493828973.6585-EO-22099-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170502T224751Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T235851Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170519T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170519T140000 SUMMARY: Seeking Innovation with Central Authorization: Mapping Chinese Loc al Governments’ Innovations During the Xi Era DESCRIPTION: This talk will analyse the new progress of local government in novation in China since Xi takes over the power. The previous research has mostly focused on two models of local innovations: “exploration” by local g overnments；”pilots” by central government. In this talk\, a new rebalancing model— “proposal-approved”\, involving both local government and central g overnment\, is introduced. […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This talk will analyse the new progress of local government innovation in China since Xi takes over the power. The pr evious research has mostly focused on two models of local innovations: "exp loration" by local governments；"pilots" by central government. In this talk \, a new rebalancing model— “proposal-approved”\, involving both local gove rnment and central government\, is introduced. It describes that local gove rnments design local innovation programmes and then report to central gover nment instead of putting into practice directly. Only after getting formal authorization from the central government\, local governments would conduct those innovative programmes. After Xi´s highlighting of law-based administ ration and anti-corruption campaign\, local governments have limited autono my to employ innovative programmes independently\, which is also discourage d by central government. This new model is a strategic response of local go vernment towards the change of political winds after the 18th CPC National Congress. The talk argues that local government innovation in China is expe riencing a shift\, from “exploration” and “pilots” to “proposal-approved”. It allows local governments to still keep certain autonomy for local affair s but take no risk offending the central government´ willingness and rules. ​

    About the speaker:

    Dean Yu Jianx ing

    Yu Jianxing is a professor of political science and dean of the School of Public Affair s\, Zhejiang University. He is also editor-in-chief of Journal of Chinese G overnance (Routledge). He obtained his PhD in philosophy from Fudan Univers ity\, Shanghai. He was a visiting professor to University of Edinburgh (200 4) and Arizona State University (2006-2008)\, University of Tuebingen (2011 ) and University of Duisburg-Essen (2014). His recent research focuses on l ocal governance\, government innovation and civil society organizations in contemporary China. Among his numerous books are A Path for Chinese Civil S ociety (Lexington Books\, 2012)\, Civil Society and Governance in China (co -authored\, Palgrave Macmillan\, 2012)\, and From State-led Development to Endogenous Development Redefining Rural and Agricultural Development in Chi na (Beijing\, 2013). His work has been published on Australian Journal of P ublic Administration\, Sustainability\, Public Administration Quarterly\, J ournal of Contemporary China\, China Review\, Journal of Chinese Political Science among others.

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    Note: This e vent will also be conducted in Chinese at 4pm.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/mapping-chinese-local-gover nments-innovations-during-the-xi-era/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/05/photo_Dean-Yu-300x200-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170503T1629Z-1493828973.673-EO-22103-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170502T225034Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T235117Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170519T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170519T180000 SUMMARY: 从自主探索、设计试验到请示授权：十八大以来中国地方政府创新的新进展 DESCRIPTION: 摘要：地方政府创新是政府治理改革的重要内容，业已成为当代中国政府与政治研究中的重要议题。已有研究揭示了“自主探索”和“设计试 验”两种最具代表性的创新机制。十八大以后，一些研究者基于“中国地方政府创新奖”申报数量的减少以及地方政府自主空间的减小，判定中国地方政府创新的动力显著 减弱。十八大后的集权化改革，在一定程度上限制了“自主探索”的范围、幅度和可能性。但是，中国地方政府创新出现了不同于“自主探索”与“设计试验”的新形态： “请示授权”，而且这一新形态已获得湖南、山东、山西、浙江、内蒙古五省区的制度确认，可能成为中国地方政府创新的一种新趋势。“请示授权”将纵向政府间的非正 式互动纳入正式的政府过程，是实现“顶层设计”与“基层探索”良性互动的一种可能路径，或将重新型构中国的纵向政府间关系。 特邀演讲嘉宾：郁建兴教授 (浙江 大学公共管理学院院长) * 本场讲座将用中文进行 停车地址：请google “Fraser River Parkade” 请通过邮件或手机短信确认出席 ：xiaofei.ying@ubc.ca\; 778-893-2095 Event poster Note: This event will also be conducted in English at 12pm. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    摘要：地方政府创新是政府治理改革的重要内容，业已成为当代中国政府与政治研究中的重要议 题。已有研究揭示了“自主探索”和“设计试验”两种最具代表性的创新机制。十八大以后，一些研究者基于“中国地方政府创新奖”申报数量的减少以及地方政府自主空 间的减小，判定中国地方政府创新的动力显著减弱。十八大后的集权化改革，在一定程度上限制了“自主探索”的范围、幅度和可能性。但是，中国地方政府创新出现了不 同于“自主探索”与“设计试验”的新形态：“请示授权”，而且这一新形态已获得湖南、山东、山西、浙江、内蒙古五省区的制度确认，可能成为中国地方政府创新的一 种新趋势。“请示授权”将纵向政府间的非正式互动纳入正式的政府过程，是实现“顶层设计”与“基层探索”良性互动的一种可能路径，或将重新型构中国的纵向政府间 关系。

    特邀演讲嘉宾：郁建兴教授 (浙江大学公共管理学院院长)

    * 本场讲座将用中文进行

    停车地址：请google “Fraser River Parkade”

    请通过 邮件或手机短信确认出席：xiaofei.ying@ubc.ca\; 778-893-2095

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    Note: This event will also be conducted in English at 12pm .

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    LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/victoria-day-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170530T1637Z-1496162244.9387-EO-22253-2671@10.93.0.119 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170526T201201Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T234903Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170531T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170531T180000 SUMMARY: A Roundtable on Environmental Issues in Nepal: Presentations by a Delegation from the Nepal Forestry Service DESCRIPTION: The UBC Himalaya Program invites you to join a roundtable with visiting dignitaries from the IDRC-supported Nepal Forest & Wildfire Manag ement Project. These representatives are from the Nepal Department of Fores ts\, Kathmandu Forestry College and the Nepal Forest Fire Management Chapte r. The team includes Sundar Prasad Sharma\, Mohan Raj Kafle\, Dr. Ambika Pr asad Gautam\, and Gagan Sharma. They will be joined by […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The UBC Himalaya Program invites you to jo in a roundtable with vi siting dignitaries from the IDRC-supported Nepal Forest & Wildfire Manageme nt Project. These representatives are from the Nepal Department of Forests\ , Kathmandu Forestry College and the Nepal Forest Fire Management Chapter. The team includes Sundar Prasad Sharma\, Mohan Raj Kafle\, Dr. Ambika Prasa d Gautam\, and Gagan Sharma. They will be joined by Iván Somlai\, Dr. John Karakatsoulis and Bharat Adhikari.

    Program Schedule

    • 4:30-4:45PM : Introduction
    • 4:45-5:30PM: Presentation by the visiting te am on Nepal's forestry sector/watershed management\, community forestry\, d eforestation\, forest fire problems and their impact on the environment.
    • 5:30-6:00PM : Roundtable d iscussion\, Q&A session

    Coffee and light refreshments will be s erved. We hope to see you there!

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/a-roundtable-on-environment al-issues-in-nepal-presentations-by-a-delegation-from-the-nepal-forestry-se rvice/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/alex-gorey-1135787-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170511T1757Z-1494525439.902-EO-22166-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170511T171835Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T234737Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170607T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170607T143000 SUMMARY: The Russia-Turkey-Iran Triangle in Greater Central Asia DESCRIPTION: Greater Central Asia is at the center of a complex and interac tive game between Russia\, Turkey\, and Iran. Each country is in the midst of adjusting its strategy in the region as part of a search for influence a nd power. In turn\, the actions taken by each country has impact on the oth ers and the […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Greater Central Asia is at the center of a complex and interactive game between Russia\, Turkey\, and Iran. Each coun try is in the midst of adjusting its strategy in the region as part of a se arch for influence and power. In turn\, the actions taken by each country h as impact on the others and the way the US and China interact with the regi on. These actions occasionally buffet or contradict each other\, making the overall diplomatic game hard to predict. Understanding these dynamics is e ssential in order to avoid misperceptions and instability in Greater Centra l Asia. This event highlights the importance of Greater Central Asia in glo bal politics and analyzes regional economic and peace outcomes as a result of interactive moves by key regional players.

    About the Speakers:

    Omar Samad is currently CEO of Silkroad Consulting LL C\, based in Virginia­­­ while also teaching an Honors Seminar on “Radicali sm Within Islam\, Drivers and Policy Options” at the University of Maryland . Amb. Samad resigned as Afghan Ambassador-designate to Belgium\, the EU an d NATO in April 2016 before taking up his post. Prior\, from December 2014 to January 2016\, he worked as Senior Advisor for Policy and Strategy to th e Chief Executive of Afghanistan in Kabul. He earned a Master’s degree in I nternational Relations from the Fletcher School (2006)\, and has a B.A. in Communications from the American University in Washington\, DC (1991).

    < p>John Sloan served as Canada’s ambassador to the Russian Federation\, Armenia and Uzbekistan from August 2010 to September 2013.  Hi ghlights during his time in Russia included celebrating the 70th Anniversary of Canada-Russia diplomatic relations in 2012\, the Canada-Rus sian Intergovernmental Economic Commissions in Ottawa in 2011 and Moscow 20 13\, the APEC Summit in Vladivostok in 2012 and the G20 Summit and opening of the Canadian-designed Mariinsky II Theatre in St. Petersburg in 2013.  H e retired from the Foreign Service in October 2013.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-russia-turkey-iran-tria ngle-in-greater-central-asia/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/05/https_2F2Fcdn.evbuc_.com2Fimages2F315604122F1753256895872F12Foriginal.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170530T1637Z-1496162244.9585-EO-22256-2671@10.93.0.119 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170526T224332Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T234603Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170622T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170622T120000 SUMMARY: Research and Training in India: Funding Opportunities for Faculty & Students DESCRIPTION: Join us for an information session about new funding opportuni ties available to UBC students and faculty interested in working in India. Learn about grants and scholarships the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute off ers for language training and research in India. Led by: Dr. Prachi Kaul\, Director of the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute RSVP | Event poster X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us for an information session about n ew funding opportunities available to UBC students and faculty interested i n working in India.

    Learn about grants and scholarships the Shastri I ndo-Canadian Institute offers for language training and research in India.< /p>

    Led by: Dr. Prachi Kaul\, Director of the Shastri In do-Canadian Institute

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/research-and-training-in-in dia-funding-opportunities-for-faculty-students/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/05/Research-and-Training-Event-poster-Final.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170610T1559Z-1497110357.4259-EO-22285-2671@10.93.0.119 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170609T172424Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T234331Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170622T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170622T170000 SUMMARY: Interconnected – Our Environment and Social (In)equality DESCRIPTION: The UBC Himalaya Program is hosting a dialogue between UBC fac ulty member Dr. Wade Davis (Department of Anthropology)\, and H.H. the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa. The event is hosted in partnership with the Karma Kagyu Association of Canada and Thrangu Monastery to welcome H.H. the Karmapa to the University of British Columbia as part of his […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The UBC Himalaya Program is hosting a dial ogue between UBC faculty member Dr. Wade Davis (Department of Anthropology) \, and H.H. the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa. The event is hosted in partnership w ith the Karma Kagyu Association of Canada and Thrangu Monastery to welcome H.H. the Karmapa to the University of British Columbia as part of his first visit to Canada.

    About the speakers

    Deeply committed to social justice\, the 17th Gyalwang Karma pa is an innovater within his own tradition.

    Wade Davis is Professor of Anthropo logy and the BC Leadership Chair in Cultures and Ecosystems at Risk at the University of British Columbia.

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    LOCATION:Chan Centre GEO:49.269730;-123.255036 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/interconnected-our-environm ent-and-social-inequality/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/06/HP-06-22-2017-Karmapa-WadeDavis-Poster-Digital.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170427T0604Z-1493273051.1705-EO-22075-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170426T233249Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233247Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170703 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170704 SUMMARY: Canada Day DESCRIPTION: IAR office to be closed. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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    LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/canada-day-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170629T1626Z-1498753603.2492-EO-22333-2671@10.93.0.119 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170628T212133Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T233613Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170706T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170706T110000 SUMMARY: Spectacular Opera Across Borders: Cantonese Opera Theaters in Nort h America during the 1920s DESCRIPTION: Featuring: Nancy Yunhwa Rao\, Professor of Music\, Rutgers Uni versity The Graduate Colloquium Series 2017–2018 is free and open to the pu blic. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Featuring: Nancy Yunhwa Rao\, Professor of Mus ic\, Rutgers University

    The Graduate Colloquium Series 2017–2018 is f ree and open to the public.

    LOCATION:Fairmont Social Lounge\, St. John's College GEO:49.262900;-123.256295 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/spectacular-opera-across-bo rders-cantonese-opera-theaters-in-north-america-during-the-1920s/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/06/manuel-nageli-575848-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170629T1626Z-1498753603.2596-EO-22335-2671@10.93.0.119 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170628T212400Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T233421Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170707T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170707T153000 SUMMARY: The Art of Drag: A Special Viewing of 1920s Cantonese Opera Costum es Designed for Gender Impersonation DESCRIPTION: Facilitated by: Nancy Rao and April Liu The Graduate Colloquiu m Series 2017–2018 is free and open to the public. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Facilitated by: Nancy Rao and April Liu

    The Gradua te Colloquium Series 2017–2018 is free and open to the public.

    LOCATION:Museum of Anthropology GEO:0;0 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-art-of-drag-a-special-v iewing-of-1920s-cantonese-opera-costumes-designed-for-gender-impersonation/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/06/manuel-nageli-575848-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170718T1627Z-1500395260.8969-EO-22369-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170717T171744Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T233151Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170719T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170719T180000 SUMMARY: Liu Xiaobo: A Commemoration DESCRIPTION: “The world has clearly lost a giant whose impact will live on in the hearts and minds of so many.” —Professor Santa J. Ono\, President an d Vice-Chancellor of the University of British Columbia Please join associa tes and guests of the Centre for Chinese Research for a special gathering t o commemorate the life of Liu Xiaobo (1955–2017)\, writer\, scholar\, […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Liu Xiaobo

    "The world has clearly lost a giant whose impact will live on in the hearts and minds of so many.”

    —Professor Santa J. Ono\, President and Vice-Chan cellor of the University of British Columbia

    Please join associates a nd guests of the Centre for Chinese Research for a special gathering to com memorate the life of Liu Xiaobo (1955–2017)\, writer\, scholar\, and consci entious intellectual who\, for his steadfast and non-violent struggle for c onstitutional democracy and fundamental human rights in China\, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010.

    RSVP | Nobel Peace Prize 2010 Announcement

    Watch the ev ent video recording

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    LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/bc-day/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170727T1613Z-1501172021.2699-EO-22466-2671@10.93.0.119 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170726T232913Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T233049Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170817T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170820T170000 SUMMARY: Workshop: Bhai Vir Singh (1872-1957): Rethinking Literary Modernit y in Colonial Punjab DESCRIPTION: For many\, the name Bhai Vir Singh is synonymous with Punjabi literary and religious reform. A poet\, novelist\, exegete\, theologian\, h istorian\, journalist\, and pamphleteer\, Vir Singh is often said to have s ingle-handedly ushered “modernity” into Punjabi language and literature\, a nd was a major force in shaping the Sikh and Punjabi politics of the undivi ded Punjab. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Please note that this is a clo sed event. For registration and more information please contact An ne Murphy at anne.murphy@ubc. ca.

    For many\, the name Bhai Vir Singh is synonymous with Pu njabi literary and religious reform. A poet\, novelist\, exegete\, theologi an\, historian\, journalist\, and pamphleteer\, Vir Singh is often said to have single-handedly ushered “modernity” into Punjabi language and literatu re\, and was a major force in shaping the Sikh and Punjabi politics of the undivided Punjab. He was sympathetic to the reformist project of the Lahore Singh Sabha\, for whom he penned many a tract through the vehicle of the K halsa Tract Society\, set up in 1894. In 1899 he began the newspaper Kh alsa Samachar in support of the same cause. In many of his novels Vir Singh imagined the agency of women as vital to the cause of the reformed Si kh\; this was portrayed in both negative terms\, such as through the figure of the “unreformed woman” who encouraged Sikh ambivalence towards religiou s identity\, and more positive ones\, defining the “reformed” Sikh woman’s role in bringing her men to the call of community. In his myriad writings V ir Singh both popularized and clarified his ideas on what constituted Punja b’s religious communities and their distinguishing characteristics. He was a prominent exegete and scholar of Sikh scriptures and literatures\, and a historian. As a man trained in the tradition of multiple cosmopolitan and v ernacular languages of India and Punjab\, Vir Singh dedicated his intellect ual life to promoting Punjabi\, lending it a particular form and envisaging it an emotive symbol of Sikh identity. Indeed\, he is seen by many as the “father” of modern Punjabi literature. Vir Singh’s politics were colored by the urgent need for Sikhs to establish their separate identity so that the y could take their place as a “community” in the colonial political and pub lic sphere\, a space where competing community claims were increasingly see n to decide the social\, cultural and economic fate of Punjabi peoples with in the logic of colonial governance.

    While much has been written abou t Bhai Vir Singh that is hagiographical or semi-hagiographical in nature\, further critical analysis of the work and impact of such an important refor mer and literary and intellectual figure is needed. This scholarly workshop will be held from August 17-20 2017 at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver\, Canada and subsequent edited volume or journal special issue will critically analyze this important figure and his contribution\, polit ics\, and literary impact in light of our current historical understanding of Punjab and the colonial period.

    Organizers: Anshu Malhotra (Delhi University)\, Anne Murphy (University of British Columbia)

    This workshop has been made possible by a Connection Grant from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council\, with supporting funds from the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute\, the Peter Wall Institute for Adv anced Studies\, and the Department of Asian Studies\, the Centre for India and South Asia Research\, the Faculty of Arts\, and the Hampton program at UBC.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/workshop-bhai-vir-singh-187 2-1957-rethinking-literary-modernity-in-colonial-punjab/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/07/annie-spratt-637598-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170915T0334Z-1505446475.2707-EO-22743-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170914T223342Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T232725Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170902T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170902T180000 SUMMARY: Writing Beyond Tradition: Chivalric Stories by Chen Jinghan in Lat e Imperial China DESCRIPTION: A public talk by Dr. Iris Ma\, University of Texas at Austin T he last two decades of the Qing witnessed a surge of Western concepts and i deas introduced by Chinese intellectuals who searched for solutions to a fa iling state. Anarchism\, which promised to quickly dismantle the old societ y and culture\, became popular. The ideology’s overt condemnation […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    A public talk by Dr. Iris Ma\, University of Texas at Austin

    The last two decades of the Qing witnessed a surge of Western concepts and ideas introduced by Chinese intel lectuals who searched for solutions to a failing state. Anarchism\, which p romised to quickly dismantle the old society and culture\, became popular. The ideology’s overt condemnation of authority also resonated with the long tradition of Chinese chivalric narratives that featured chivalric heroes\, Robin Hood-like protagonists who roamed the countryside enforcing social j ustice and helping the weak and poor. Anarchist ideas thus became an import ant resource for Chinese writers to re-position and reconfigure the image o f the “knight-errant” 俠客 and the meaning of “chivalry-ism” 俠義主義 at the star t of the twentieth century.

    This talk draws attention to a series of writings about knights-errant published in the lit erary journal New-New Fiction 新新小說 (1904) and reveals how Chen Jinghan 陳景韓 (1878-1965)\, the journal editor and main contributor\, established a globa l context for his writings through selecting and translating knight-errant  stories that originated in different countries. Chen’s short story\, “Biogr aphy of Dao Yusheng\,” by identifying a bandit as chivalric hero\, on one h and\, explores new themes and materials and on the other\, experiments with genres\, linguistic registers\, and narrative approaches. I argue that by incorporating anarchism in his conceptualization of the Chinese knight-erra ntry\, Chen was able to challenge the literary tradition and surpass its li mits and\, more importantly\, turn traditional chivalric subgenre into to a vehicle for engagement with the critical issues at stake at that moment in history.

    Iris Ma is a post-doctoral fellow of the I nstitute for Historical Studies in the Department of History at University of Texas at Austin. Her research examines the transformation of China from imperial state to modern society from the perspective of literary and cultu ral history. Her research interests include Chinese narrative tradition\, p opular writing and reading in early modern and modern China\, print culture \, physical culture\, women’s and gender history\, and Chinese cinema. She is currently working on publications based on her dissertation\, “Fairy Tal es for Adults: Imagination\, Literary Autonomy\, and Chinese Martial Arts F iction\, 1895-1945.” She received her Ph.D. from UCLA\, M.A. from the Natio nal University of Singapore (NUS)\, and B.A. from Fudan University.

    < strong>Saturday\, September 2nd\, 2017
    4pm-6pm
    Room 120\ , C.K. Choi Building

    This event is sponsored by the CCK Foundatio n Inter-University Center for Sinology\; hosted by the Modern Chinese Cultu re Seminar at UBC\; and co-hosted by the UBC Department of Asian Studies an d the UBC Centre for Chinese Research.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/writing-beyond-tradition-ch ivalric-stories-by-chen-jinghan-in-late-imperial-china/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/Landscape-landscape-image-768x480.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170624T2022Z-1498335741.5711-EO-22323-2671@10.93.0.119 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170623T230002Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233247Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170904 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170905 SUMMARY: Labour Day DESCRIPTION: IAR office to be closed. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    IAR office to be closed.

    LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/labour-day-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170903T1911Z-1504465869.7621-EO-22655-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170901T222502Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T232616Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170908T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170908T150000 SUMMARY: ASEAN Festival 2017 DESCRIPTION: Join Indonesia\, Malaysia\, the Philippines\, Thailand\, and V ietnam in celebrating ASEAN@50 with a festival of ASEAN culture and culinar y arts. Find the finest products\, taste the delicious food\, and experienc e vibrant cultural performances. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Jo2017 ASE AN Festival Event Posterin Indonesia\, Mal aysia\, the Philippines\, Thailand\, and Vietnam in celebrating ASEAN@50 wi th a festival of ASEAN culture and culinary arts. Find the finest products\ , taste the delicious food\, and experience vibrant cultural performances.< /p>

    Event program

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/asean-festival-2017/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/2017-ASEAN-Festival-212x300-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170825T0328Z-1503631727.8224-EO-22631-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170824T172150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T232511Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170911T131500 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170911T160000 SUMMARY: Workshop on Literary Production and Language Politics in Postwar J apan DESCRIPTION: This event features keynote talks by Toeda Hirokazu (“Japanese Literature and Two Systems of Press Control: The Intersection of Home Mini stry and GHQ/SCAP Censorship During the Occupation Period”) and Tanaka Yuka ri (“The ‘Dialect Cosplay’ Phenomenon: Detaching Regional Dialects from Geo graphic Localities”). X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Ta naka book cover

    This event features keynote talks by Toeda Hirokazu and Tanaka Yukari.

    Event Sch edule:

    1:15pm        Toeda Hirokazu\, “Jap anese Literature and Two Systems of Press Control: The Intersection of Home Ministry and GHQ/SCAP Censorship During the Occupation Period” [in Japanes e]

    2:00pm      Comments by Christina Yi\, followed b y general discussion

    2:30-2:45pm    Break

    2:45pm    Tanaka Yukari\, “The ‘Dialect Cospl ay’ Phenomenon: Detaching Regional Dialects from Geographic Localities” [in Japanese]

    3:30pm    Comments by Hayashi Naoki (Niho n University)\, followed by general discussion

    Speaker profi les:

    TOEDA Hirokazu is Professor in the School of Letters\, Arts\, and Sciences at Waseda University. He also serves as Dean of the Cu ltural Affairs Division at Waseda. With more than 100 publications\, Dr. To eda’s research interests revolve around relations between the publishing an d film industries and literary production in the 20th century.

    TANAKA Yukari is a professor of Japanese linguistics in the College of Humanities and Sciences\, Nihon University\, Japan. Dr. Tanaka’s research centers on social linguistics in Japanese communities. Her recent research has focused on Japanese regional dialects\, particularly concerning “virtual dialects” and the linguistic landscapes of Tokyo.

    This event is co-sponsored b y the UBC Asian Studies Department and the Centre for Japanese Research.

    Event poster

    LOCATION:Room 604\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/workshop-on-literary-produc tion-and-language-politics-in-postwar-japan/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/08/toeda-tanaka-20170911.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170907T1629Z-1504801745.022-EO-22668-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170907T160548Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T232335Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170912T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170912T163000 SUMMARY: Pan Tianshou Scholarship Awards Ceremony DESCRIPTION: The award ceremony recognizes the recipients of the 2017 Pan T ianshou Scholarship. The Pan Tianshou Scholarship is offered to Masters and PhD students who are studying or conducting research in Chinese Studies or research relating to China. It is funded by the the Pan Tianshou Foundatio n (PTSF) based in China\, and the Vancouver Chinese Culture and Arts Founda tion (VCCAF). This event is by RSVP only. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    By RSVP only.

    The awards ce remony recognizes the recipients of th e 2017 Pan Tianshou Scholarship.

    Awards Ceremony

    • 1:30PM - Registration
    • 1:45PM - Remarks
    • 2:30PM - Awards Ceremony

    The Asian Culture Forum Series\, Part III - The Wisdom in Traditional Chinese Medicine

    • 3:00PM - Seminar
    • 4:30PM - Discussion

    Sponsored by:

    • Vancouver Chinese Culture & Arts Foundation
    • Pan Tianshou Foundatio n
    • UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs

    RSVP Event poster

    LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/pan-tianshou-scholarship-aw ards-ceremony/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/https_2F2Fcdn.evbuc_.com2Fimages2F348999052F1753256895872F12Foriginal.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999974.7195-EO-3490-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170901T234257Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191018T200952Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170914T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170914T161500 SUMMARY: UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs Launch Event and ”G lobal Change Makers” Policy Symposium DESCRIPTION: We are thrilled to celebrate the launch of the UBC School of P ublic Policy and Global Affairs and welcome our returning MPPGA students an d our incoming class of global change makers on September 14th. Due to spac e restrictions\, this event is by invitation-only.  The newly established U BC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs seeks to […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    We are thrilled to celebrate the launch of the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and welcome our returning MPPGA students and o ur incoming class of global change makers on September 14th. Due to space r estrictions\, this event is by inv itation-only. 

    The newly established UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs seeks to be an essential centre for inn ovation in global affairs and public policy. In the world today\, we are wi tnessing the dramatic rise of emerging nations and a global rebalancing of power. This heightened level of complexity has created challenges so profou nd that they call for a new approach to policy\, one that fosters interdisc iplinary collaboration\, creativity\, and intercultural understanding. The goal of the school is to contribute to solving problems of local importance and global consequence.

    The two founding units\, the Institute of As ian Research and the Liu Institute for Global Issues\, will continue as res earch institutes within the Policy School and be joined by the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institut ions (CSDI) and the Canadian International R esources and Development Institute (CIRDI). The school is also be the n ew home of the professional Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPP GA) program.

    During the morning\, we’ll hear insights from Musqueam Elder Larry Grant\, Professor Santa Ono\, 15th President and Vice-Chancellor of UBC\, Gage A verill\, Dean of Arts\, and Moura Quayle\, Director of the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs along with our keynote speaker\, Gordon Campbell\, former Cana dian High Commissioner to The United Kingdom and Northern Ireland\, former Premier of British Columbia\, former Mayor of Vancouver and CEO of Hawksmui r International Partners.

    Our first panel includes global policy prac titioners will explore how the Policy School of the future should “think\, research\, teach and act” while our second panel of faculty\, student and a lumni presenters will explore how the MPPGA prepares “global change makers” and UBC’s unique strengths in contributing to solving problems of local im portance and global consequence.

    Morning Panel: How should the Policy School of the future “think\, research\, teach and act”?
    < /strong>    John McArthur\, Senior Fellow\, Brookings Institution\; Senior Advisor\, UN Foundation
    Tim Sargent\, Global Affairs Canada\, Deputy C hampion for UBC
    Kim Baird\, former elected Chief of the Tsawwassen Fir st Nation
    Moderator: UBC Professor Candis Callison

    < strong>Afternoon Panel: “Global Change Makers”
    MPPGA 2nd year student and ALT Scholar Keskine Owusu Poku on “Becoming a Global Chang e Maker
    MPPGA Alumna Corrin Bulmer on “Reflections on the MPPGA Progra m”
    MPPGA Adjunct Faculty Anne Wittman on “How the MPPGA Prepares Globa l Change Makers”
    UBC Professor of Indigenous Studies Linc Kesler on “G lobal Change Starts at Home: Developing Competence in Indigenous Policy Pro cesses”
    Moderator: UBC Professor Sheryl Lightfoot

    Closing Remarks by Senator Yuen Pau Woo\, Senior Fellow in Public Policy\, Institute of Asian Research\; former president of the As ia Pacific Foundation of Canada

    Tribute to Dr . J.J. Liou and Plaque Unveiling in the Liu Institute for Global Issues Lob by and remarks.

    Program:

    8:45 AM – 9:00 AM     Doors open\, networking over coffee/tea and light refreshments
    9:00 AM – 9:05 AM     Welcome by UBC Policy School Director Moura Quayle9:05 AM – 9:15 AM      Acknowledgement by Musqueam Elder Larry Grant
    9:15 AM – 9:20 AM      Video Remarks by Professor Santa J. Ono\, 15th Pr esident and Vice- Chancellor of UBC
    9:20 AM – 9:30 AM      Remarks by UBC Dean of Arts Gage Averill
    9:30 AM – 10:30 AM    Keynote speech by Gordon Campbell\, Former B.C. Premier\; Thank You Remarks: Philip Steenkamp \, Vice-President\, External Relations
    10:30 AM – 10:40 AM  Break< br />10:40 AM – 11:45 AM   Panel: How should the Policy School of the Future “think\, research\, teach and act”? and Q &A

    11:45 AM – 1:30 PM Lunch & Networking< /em>

    1:30 PM – 3:15 PM       Panel: Global Change Makers and  Q&A
    3:15 PM – 3:30 PM       Break
    3:30 PM – 3: 45 PM      Closing Remarks by Senator Yuen Pau Woo
    3:45 PM – 4:15 PM       Tribute to Dr. J.J. Liou and Plaque Unveiling with Remarks

     

    LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ubc-school-public-policy-gl obal-affairs-launch-event-global-change-makers-policy-symposium/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/Events.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999974.7369-EO-3493-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170902T000209Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T232030Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170914T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170914T140000 SUMMARY: Public Talk and Workshop with Dr. Abraham Acosta DESCRIPTION: The Liu Institute’s Latin America and the Global Network is ho sting Dr. Abraham Acosta for a public talk and a workshop. Dr. Acosta is th e author of important book Thresholds of Illiteracy Theory\, Latin America\ , and the Crisis of Resistance\, published by Fordham University Press (201 4). The public lecture open to the UBC community and the […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Liu Institute’s Latin America and the Global Network is hosting Dr. Abraham Acosta for a public talk and a worksh op. Dr. Acosta is the author of important book Thresholds of Illiteracy Theory\, Latin America\, and the Crisis of Resistance\, publ ished by Fordham University Press (2014).

    The public lecture open to the UBC community and the general public. The workshop is open to UBC gradu ate students and faculty. A light lunch will be served at both. Please RSVP .

    Public Talk: “Mapping La Bestia: Migr ancy\, Posthegemony\, and Primitive Accumulation” with Dr. Abraham Aco sta

    Sept. 14th\,  12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
    Liu Institute for Global Issues – Boardroom (3rd floor)
    < em>Light Lunch will be served
    RSVP at J.hernandez@alumni.ubc.ca

    This talk is a materialist analysis of global capital\, conte mporary primitive accumulation and subject formation in Central American mi gration.

    Central Americans have become the fastest growing Latino pop ulation in the United States. Yet today\, as global capital has eclipsed th e nation-state as the privileged center of economic and social life\, the C entral American migrant has emerged as the most pervasive figure of precari ousness. Caught between gang violence and exploitation in their home countr ies\, migrants are then forced to negotiate the even more violent drug and trafficking networks in Mexico\, followed (if they are lucky) by an uncerta in fate in an increasingly unwelcoming USA.

    Drawing from recent theor etical discussions on biopolitics\, subalternity\, and posthegemony\, Profe ssor Acosta reads Oscar Martinez’s journalistic narrative The Beast\, which documents with harrowing detail the perilous journey Central Amer ican migrants face when crossing Mexico.

    The Beas t


    W orkshop:     Whither Latin Americanism? with     Dr. Abraham Acosta

    Sept 1 5th\, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
    Liu Institute for Global Issues – Boardroom (3rd floor)
    Light Lunch will be servedLimited spots. RSVP at J.hernandez@alumni.ubc.ca
     This workshop will be followed by a reception at Koerner's Pub from 2-4pm.< /strong>

    This workshop -arranged as a round table- will address the c urrent state and future directions of Latin Americanism. Latin Americanism is a critical discursive mechanism at the service of the institutional form ation that is the university. Recently\, however\, new currents of thought have challenged the field and its relation to the institution. Most visibly \, Decoloniality has been postulated as a unique non-Eurocentric critical d iscourse to rival theoretical perspectives such as Marxism\, Deconstruction \, and Postcolonial studies. But other currents such as Infrapolitics and P osthegemony have in turn destabilized long-held theoretical assumptions tha t have dominated the field and its premises. Prompted by Jacques Derrida’s gesture about the future of Marx in a post-Communist world\, we are interes ted in remapping Latin America and Latin Americanism (from both the North a nd the South) in these new times.

    Participants are encouraged to read two articles provided in PDF by the organizers:

    “(De)colonia l Sources: The Coloniality of Power\, Reoriginalization\, and the Critique of Imperialism” by Abraham Acosta AND “Introducing Settler Colonial Studies” by Lorenzo Veracini.

    Articles will be ma de available upon RSVP confirmation.

    LOCATION:Boardroom\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267710;-123.259656 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/public-talk-workshop-dr-abr aham-acosta/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/01/vsaranphotodotcom-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170906T1601Z-1504713703.7684-EO-22661-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170906T155340Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T231911Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170914T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170914T180000 SUMMARY: The Ebb and Flow of Everyday Contacts: Forging Literary Communitie s in Early Modern Panjab by Dr. Purnima Dhavan DESCRIPTION: Texts in Punjabi have for much of its history been written in multiple scripts and engaged deeply with myriad textual\, aural\, and oral communities. The words and letters of literary agents in 17th century Punja b\, this lecture argues\, actively shaped communities and networks\, pointi ng to the boundaries some wished to enforce\, and the boundaries that other s transgressed. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Texts in Punjabi have for much of its hist ory been written in multiple scripts and engaged deeply with myriad textual \, aural\, and oral communities. The words and letters of literary agents i n 17th century Punjab\, this lecture argues\, actively shaped communities a nd networks\, pointing to the boundaries some wished to enforce\, and the b oundaries that others transgressed. Join Purnima Dhavan\, Associate Profess or\, UW Seattle\, for an interesting information session on the literary co mmunities in early modern Punjab.

    Co-sponsored by the Ce ntre for India and South Asia Research and the Department of Asian Studies\ , UBC

    Event poste r

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-ebb-and-flow-of-everyda y-contacts-forging-literary-communities-in-early-modern-panjab-by-dr-purnim a-dhavan/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/Purnima-Dhavan-Talk-Poster.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170906T1601Z-1504713703.7758-EO-22662-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170906T155556Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T231356Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170915T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170915T190000 SUMMARY: Nepal’s Prolonged Transition: End in Sight? with Deepak Thapa DESCRIPTION: Join us for the first Himalaya Program event of the 2017-18 ac ademic year! Nepal has been undergoing a political transition since the end of the Maoist conflict in 2006. This talk will discuss whether this means if the transition is coming to an end\, and what the contours of the Nepali state are likely to be in the future. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Save the date for the first Himalaya Program ev ent of the 2017-18 academic year! Join us for a lecture by Deepak Thapa\, d irector of the Social Science Baha research institute in Kathmandu\, and a well-known political analyst and commentator.

    Nepal has been undergoi ng a political transition since the end of the Maoist conflict in 2006. Ove r 10 years later\, a new constitution has been implemented and one of the t hree mandated elections to various levels of government has been complete. Dissension on the contours of federalisation is on the wane\, and the count ry appears to be moving ahead. The talk will discuss whether this means if the transition is coming to an end\, and what the contours of the Nepali st ate are likely to be in the future.

    The talk will be followed by a re ception. We hope to see you there. Full details and poster coming soon!

    This event is co-sponsored by the Himalaya Program\, the Centre for India and South Asia Research\, the Institute of Asian Research\, the Schoo l of Public Policy & Global Affairs\, and a SSHRC Partnership Development G rant.

    RSVP

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/nepals-prolonged-transition -end-in-sight-with-deepak-thapa/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/2017_HP_DeepaKThapa_EventPoster-WEB-194x300-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170801T0400Z-1501560023.7437-EO-22500-2671@10.93.0.119 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170731T165658Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T231225Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170916T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170917T163000 SUMMARY: Canada 150 Conference on Migration of Bengalis DESCRIPTION: A two-day conference to examine and document the history\, set tlement patterns and contributions of Bengalis to Canada\, and BC in partic ular. Featuring Dr. Tania Das Gupta and Dr. C. Emdad Haque as keynote speak ers and taking place at SFU Vancouver and UBC. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    A two-day conference to examine and document the history\, settlement patterns and contribution s of Bengalis to Canada\, and BC in particular.

    • September 16 \, 2017 Saturday at SFU Harbour Centre
    • September 17\, 2017 Sunday at U BC Institute of Asian Research

    Keynote Speakers: Dr. Tania Das Gupta and Dr. C. Emdad Haque

    Paper presentations by speakers from both academia and the community at sessions on

    • Mig ration and Settlement of Bengalis: History\, Demography\, Religion\, and He alth Issues
    • Gender\, Culture\, Family\, and Work: Stories of Migrat ion
    • Multiculturalism\, Bengali Organizations\, and Social Justice I ssues
    • Canadian Bengali Youths: Identity\, Social\, Cultural\, and F amily Life
    • Concurrent Roundtable Discussion with community members on topics of Migration\, Settlement Experience and Community Service
      • Multiculturalism\, Diversity\, Activism\, and Social Justice

    Organizers: Dr. Habiba Zaman\, Professor\, SFU GSWS and Dr . Sanzida Habib\, Research Associate\, UBC CISAR

    Funded by:

      Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Canada
    • Fa culty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) Dean Office\, SFU
    • Departme nt of Gender\, Sexuality\, and Women’s Studies (GSWS)\, SFU
    • Centre for India and South Asia Research (CISAR)\, UBC
    • Dr. Hari Sharma Fou ndation
    • David Lam Centre\, SFU
    • Institute for the Humanities \, SFU
    • Departments of History\, and Sociology and Anthropology\, SF U
    • School of International Studies\, SFU
    • An anonymous donor< /li>

    Register for Sep 16 at SFU Vancouver | Register for Sep 17 at UBC to gswsmgr@sfu.ca

    We acknowledge that the conference is taking place on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Musqueam\, S quamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.

    LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/canada-150-conference-on-mi gration-of-bengalis/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/07/20170916_migration_poster-232x300-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170908T1607Z-1504886855.8212-EO-22680-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170907T200632Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T231002Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170917T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170917T160000 SUMMARY: Reconstruction and State Restructuring in Nepal after 2015: A Comm unity Forum DESCRIPTION: Please note that this discussion will be held in Nepali\, with Q&A to follow. Jeevan Baniya\, Researcher at Social Science Baha\, a not-f or profit research organization in Nepal\; Subin Mulmi a Lawyer and Researc her working on issues related to human rights\; Dinesh Paudel\, Assistant P rofessor in the Sustainable Development Department at Appalachian State Uni versity\; and Deepak Thapa\, Director of the Social Science Baha\, a Kathma ndu-based research organisation\, will be speaking at the event. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Please note that this discussion w ill be held in Nepali\, with Q&A to follow. Light refreshments will be serv ed.

    Please RSVP for this event here.

    Parking details:  https://lots.impark.com/imp?#details=1\,110

    Please see directions to the UBC Robson Square Campus here.

    About the speakers:
     
    Jeevan Baniya is a Researcher at Social Science Baha\, a not-for profit research organization in Nepal. He is also a teaching faculty at MIRD and CPDS Tribhuvan Universi ty where he teaches master’s degree courses in State Building and State Fai lure in the Developing World\, Public Policy and Governance\, Comparative P olitics and Development Studies. He worked as a research fellow at the Naut ilus Institute (Seoul Branch) and Democracy and Social Movements Institute (DaSMI)\, Sungkonghoe University\, Seoul\, South Korea. He also briefly wor ked for the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA)\, the Government of Nep al\, as a Social Inclusion and Grievance Management Advisor for the Rural H ousing Reconstruction Programme (RHRP). He has published on state and socie ty relations\, inclusion and exclusion\, conflicts and peace\, gender\, pol itics and development\, governance\, labour migration\, disasters.  Current ly\, he is involved as a Co-Investigator in the AHRC-funded research projec t\, ‘After the Earth’s Violent Sway: the tangible and intangible legacies o f a natural disaster’ at SOAS\, London.

     

    Subin Mulmi is a Lawyer and Researcher working on issues related to human rights. His research work includes studies on subjects suc h as citizenship\, legal identity\, gender\, affirmative action and statele ssness. In particular he was one of the researchers for studies on ‘Acquisi tion of Citizenship Certificates in Nepal: Estimation and Projection’ and ‘ Legal Analysis of Citizenship Laws of Nepal’. He is currently engaged in th e research on ‘Women’s ownership of land and house\, and its impact on thei r economic empowerment’\, ‘Acquisition of birth registration and other vita l events registration certificate in Nepal’\, and ‘Women’s special opportun ities in Nepal’.

     

    Dinesh Paudel< /strong> is an Assistant Professor in the Sustainable Development Departmen t at Appalachian State University. Before coming to Appalachian\, he was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Geography at Dartmouth College whe re he taught courses on Environment and Development\, Geographies of Protes t and Revolution\, and Gender and Development. He received his PhD in Geogr aphy from the University of Minnesota in 2012 where he studied the historic al connections between international development programs and the rise of M aoist uprisings in Nepal. Broadly\, he is interested in understanding how d evelopment discourses originate and travel\, and how they articulate with e conomic\, ecological and political processes at multiple scales. One of his current research projects focuses in exploring the inherent relationships and complex entanglements between the rising Asian economies\, growing envi ronmental degradations and rapidly expanding rebellious politics in South A sia.

     

    Deepak Thap a is the Director of the Social Science Baha\, a Kathmandu-bas ed research organisation\, that specialises on issues such as migration\, s ocial inclusion\, and social dimensions of infrastructure development\, amo ng others. He has written extensively on Nepal’s contemporary political dev elopments. Among his publications are: as co-author\, A Kingdom under Siege: Nepal’s Maoist Insurgency\, 1996–2004 (2005) and Gender and Social Exclusion in Nepal: Update (2013)\, an d\, as editor\, Two Steps Forward\, One Step B ack: The Nepal Peace Process\, Accord Issue 2 6 (2017) and Understanding the Maoist Movement of Nepal (2003). He is also a columnist with  The Kathmandu Post.Deepak Thapa is the Director of the Social Science Baha\, a Kathmandu-b ased research organisation\, that specialises on issues such as migration\, social inclusion\, and social dimensions of infrastructure development\, a mong others. He has written extensively on Nepal’s contemporary political d evelopments. Among his publications are: as co-author\, A Kingdom under Siege: Nepal’s Maoist Insurgency\, 1996–2004  (2005) and Gender an d Social Exclusion in Nepal: Update (2013)\, and\, as editor\, Two Steps Forward\, One Step Back: The Nepal Peace Process\, Accord Issue 26 (2017) and Understanding the Maoist Moveme nt of Nepal (2003). He is also a columnist wi th The Kathmandu Post.

     

    This event is co-sponsored by NCSBC and the UBC Himalaya Program wi th support from a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Partnersh ip Development Grant.

    LOCATION:Theatre C300\, UBC Robson Square GEO:49.282863;-123.120705 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/reconstruction-and-state-re structuring-in-nepal-after-2015-a-community-forum/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/alex-gorey-1135787-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999974.7935-EO-3523-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170912T201814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T231122Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170917T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170917T140000 SUMMARY: Reconstruction and State Restructuring in Nepal after 2015: A Comm unity Forum with Visiting Scholars: Jeevan Baniya\, Subin Mulmi\, Dinesh Pa udel\, and Deepak Thapa DESCRIPTION: Please note that this discussion will be held in Nepali\, with Q&A to follow. Light refreshments will be served. Sept. 17\, 2017 2:00 pm UBC Robson Square Campus\, Room C400 Please RSVP for this event here. Parki ng details here. Please see directions to the UBC Robson Square Campus here .   About the speakers:   Jeevan Baniya is a Researcher […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Please note that this discussion will be h eld in Nepali\, with Q&A to follow. Light refreshments will be served.

    < p>Sept. 17\, 2017
    2:00 pm
    UBC Robso n Square Campus\, Room C400

    Please RSVP for thi s event here.
    Par king details here.
    Please see directions to the UBC Robs on Square Campus here.

    UBCNCSBC

     

    About the speakers:
     
    Jeevan Baniya is a Researcher at Social Science Baha\, a not-for profit research organization in Nepal. He is also a teaching faculty at MIRD and CPDS Tribh uvan University where he teaches master’s degree courses in State Building and State Failure in the Developing World\, Public Policy and Governance\, Comparative Politics and Development Studies. He worked as a research fello w at the Nautilus Institute (Seoul Branch) and Democracy and Social Movemen ts Institute (DaSMI)\, Sungkonghoe University\, Seoul\, South Korea. He als o briefly worked for the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA)\, the Gove rnment of Nepal\, as a Social Inclusion and Grievance Management Advisor fo r the Rural Housing Reconstruction Programme (RHRP). He has published on st ate and society relations\, inclusion and exclusion\, conflicts and peace\, gender\, politics and development\, governance\, labour migration\, disast ers.  Currently\, he is involved as a Co-Investigator in the AHRC-funded re search project\, ‘After the Earth’s Violent Sway: the tangible and intangib le legacies of a natural disaster’ at SOAS\, London.

     

    Subin Mulmi is a Lawyer and Researcher worki ng on issues related to human rights. His research work includes studies on subjects such as citizenship\, legal identity\, gender\, affirmative actio n and statelessness. In particular he was one of the researchers for studie s on ‘Acquisition of Citizenship Certificates in Nepal: Estimation and Proj ection’ and ‘Legal Analysis of Citizenship Laws of Nepal’. He is currently engaged in the research on ‘Women’s ownership of land and house\, and its i mpact on their economic empowerment’\, ‘Acquisition of birth registration a nd other vital events registration certificate in Nepal’\, and ‘Women’s spe cial opportunities in Nepal’.

     

    Dines h Paudel is an Assistant Professor in the Sustainable Developm ent Department at Appalachian State University. Before coming to Appalachia n\, he was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Geography at Dartmout h College where he taught courses on Environment and Development\, Geograph ies of Protest and Revolution\, and Gender and Development. He received his PhD in Geography from the University of Minnesota in 2012 where he studied the historical connections between international development programs and the rise of Maoist uprisings in Nepal. Broadly\, he is interested in unders tanding how development discourses originate and travel\, and how they arti culate with economic\, ecological and political processes at multiple scale s. One of his current research projects focuses in exploring the inherent r elationships and complex entanglements between the rising Asian economies\, growing environmental degradations and rapidly expanding rebellious politi cs in South Asia.

     

    < i>Deepak Thapa is the Director of the Social Science Baha\, a Kathmandu-based research organisation\, that specialises on issues such as migration\, social inclusion\, and social dimensions of infrastructure deve lopment\, among others. He has written extensively on Nepal’s contemporary political developments. Among his publications are: as co-author\, < span lang="en-GB">A Kingdom under Siege: Nepal’s Maoist Insurgency\, 199 6–2004 (2005) and < i>Gender and Social Exclusion in Nepal: Update (2013)\, and\, as editor\, Two Steps Forward \, One Step Back: The Nepal Peace Process\, A ccord Issue 26 (2017) and Understanding the Ma oist Movement of Nepal (2003). He is also a c olumnist with The Kathmandu Post.Deepak Thapa is the Director of the Social Science Baha\, a Kathmandu-based research organisation\, that specialises on issues such a s migration\, social inclusion\, and social dimensions of infrastructure de velopment\, among others. He has written extensively on Nepal’s contemporar y political developments. Among his publications are: as co-author\, A Kingdom under Siege: Nepal’s Maoist Insurgency\, 1 996–2004 (2005) and Gender and Social Exclusion in Nepal: Update (2013)\, and\, as editor\, Two Steps Forwa rd\, One Step Back: The Nepal Peace Process\, Accord Issue 26 (2017) and Understanding the Maoist Movement of Nepal (2003). He is also a columnist with The Kathmandu Post.

     

    This event is co-sponsored by NCSBC and the UBC Himalaya Program with support from a Social Sciences and Humanities Researc h Council Partnership Development Grant.

    LOCATION:UBC Robson Square GEO:49.282483;-123.121401 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/reconstruction-state-restru cturing-nepal-2015-community-forum-visiting-scholars-jeevan-baniya-subin-mu lmi-dinesh-paudel-deepak-thapa/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/Reconstructing-Nepal.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170919T1608Z-1505837315.0613-EO-22814-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170918T220246Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T230825Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170918T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170918T173000 SUMMARY: Two Conceptualizations of Moral Personhood: Citizenship and Minori ty Policies in Contemporary Asia DESCRIPTION: As more people move across borders in pursuit of a “Good Life\ ,” Asia is becoming increasingly diverse or multicultural. I argue that pol itical elites in non-socialist Northeast Asia and Mainland Southeast Asia r efer to two conceptualizations of moral personhood derived mostly from Conf ucian and Theravada Buddhist ideas in dealing with an increasing ethnic plu rality and […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    As more people mo ve across borders in pursuit of a “Good Life\,” Asia is becoming increasing ly diverse or multicultural. I argue that political elites in non-socialist Northeast Asia and Mainland Southeast Asia refer to two conceptualizations of moral personhood derived mostly from Confucian
    and Theravada Buddh ist ideas in dealing with an increasing ethnic plurality and determining on which types of newcomers make the best fit in their society. In this frame work\, influential political actors play an important role in the creation of the citizen or moral person\, as they determine which aspects of the per son they feel it is necessary to standardize and which can remain uncalibra ted. Those people who are incapable of contributing to the common good are justly excluded from becoming a member of a political community. I employ t wo conceptualizations of personhood to compare citizenship and minority pol icies in three Northeast Asian countries (Japan\, Korea\, and Taiwan) and t hree Mainland Southeast Asian countries (Cambodia\, Myanmar\, and Thailand) . I posit that the concept of moral personhood has impacted how a political society defines its citizenship and set requirements for membership during the modern era. These requirements include moral values that elite members of society perpetually debated among each other\, especially during times of crisis or social change\, and come to accept them as their guiding princ iples for what they consider as the “Good Life” in their images of the “Goo d Society.” During the founding of a modern nation-state\, political elite have thought and debated on their visions/ideals of a “Good Society\,” espe cially on how citizens should live their lives and what type of a moral per son one ought to be.

    About the Speaker:

    Apichai W. Sh ipper is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Asian Studies at George town University and the Asia Regional Chair at the Foreign Service Institut e of the U.S. Department of State. He serves as an associate editor of Paci fic Affairs and a steering committee member of an Alumni Board for Diversit y (Mosaic) of Cornell University. Previously\, he taught at the University of Southern California with a joint appointment in the Department of Politi cal Science and the School of International Relations and has been a visiti ng researcher at UCLA\, University of Tokyo\, University of Kyoto\, Hitotsu bashi University\, Stockholm University\, Japan Institute of Labor Policy a nd Training\, and Swedish Institute of International Affairs. He is the aut hor of Fighting for Foreigners: Immigration and Its Impact on Japanese Demo cracy (Cornell University Press\, 2008\; paperback 2016) and has edited a S pecial Issue (2010) on “Citizenship and Migration” in Pacific Affairs. His publications have also appeared in Asian Politics & Policy\, Critical Asian Studies\, Journal of Japanese Studies\, International Studies Quarterly\, North Carolina Journal of International Law & Commercial Regulation\, among others. He has received research grants from: the Social Science Research Council (SSRC-Abe Fellow Program)\, the Japan Foundation\, the MacArthur Fo undation\, the National Science Foundation\, the Japanese Ministry of Educa tion\, among others.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/two-conceptualizations-of-m oral-personhood-citizenship-and-minority-policies-in-contemporary-asia/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/poster-233x300-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170907T0318Z-1504754294.149-EO-22666-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170906T224249Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T230611Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170920T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170920T170000 SUMMARY: Book Launch: The Book of Swindles. Translated by Christopher Rea a nd Bruce Rusk DESCRIPTION: Join us for the launch of Rea and Rusk's vivid and entertainin g new translation of The Book of Swindles! Compiled by an obscure writer fr om southern China in the 17th Century\, this book presents a fascinating ta bleau of criminal ingenuity in the late Ming period. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Book of Swindles

    BOOK LAUNCH
    The Book of Swindles: Selections from a Late Ming Collec tion
    by Zhang Yingyu (fl. 17th century)
    translated by Ch ristopher Rea and Bruce Rusk
    Columbia University Press\, September 201 7
    https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-boo k-of-swindles/9780231178631

    This is an age of deception. Con men ply the roadways. Bogus alchemists pretend to turn one piece of silver into three. Devious nuns entice young women into adultery. Sorcerers use charme d talismans for mind control and murder. A pair of dubious monks extorts mo ney from a powerful official and then spends it on whoring. A rich student tries to bribe the chief examiner\, only to hand his money to an imposter. A eunuch kidnaps boys and consumes their “essence” in an attempt to regrow his penis. These are just a few of the entertaining and surprising tales to be found in this seventeenth-century work\, said to be the earliest Chines e collection of swindle stories.

    The Book of Swindles\, compil ed by an obscure writer from southern China\, presents a fascinating tablea u of criminal ingenuity. The flourishing economy of the late Ming period cr eated overnight fortunes for merchants—and gave rise to a host of smooth op erators\, charlatans\, forgers\, and imposters seeking to siphon off some o f the new wealth. The Book of Swindles\, which was ostensibly writte n as a manual for self-protection in this shifting and unstable world\, als o offers an expert guide to the art of deception. Each story comes with com mentary by the author\, Zhang Yingyu\, who expounds a moral lesson while al so speaking as a connoisseur of the swindle. This volume\, which contains a nnotated translations of just over half of the eighty-odd stories in Zhang’ s original collection\, provides a wealth of detail on social life during t he late Ming and offers words of warning for a world in peril.

    In The Book of Swindles\, Rea and Rusk give us hilarious and sob ering proof that swindling isn’t just a contemporary concern but has been a round for centuries. We are treated to stories of porters cheating official s who cheat porters\, of conniving Taoists and gullible officials\, of lust y widows who provoke their husbands’ death\, and of debauched gentry who pr ey on poor locals. Yet many of these tales sound eerily familiar to today’s world\, and especially today’s China. We are confronted with a widespread\ , ambient feeling of social mistrust in which people across the land feel t hat they are constantly being cheated. Besides giving insight into deep soc ietal concerns\, The Book of Swindles is a great read. Ian Joh nson\, The New York Times

    It has been said that the study of C hina is the study of humanity. In these elegantly translated stories of fol ly and foibles\, we are offered a unique guide to early modern China\, as w ell as insights into the human condition itself. Geremie R. Barmé\, e ditor of An Educated Man is Not a Pot: On the University

    What’ s the oldest scam in the book? Nobody knows\, but at least we have the olde st book about scams in China. It’s called The Book of Swindles\, and finally\, after four hundred years\, Rea and Rusk have presented us with a vivid and entertaining new translation of this classic. Even the chapter t itles—‘Eating Human Fetuses to Fake Fasting’\; ‘Swindling the Salt Commissi oner While Disguised as Daoists’—are as priceless as anything else produced during the Ming dynasty. Peter Hessler\, The New Yorker

    This event is co-sponsored by the UBC Department of Asian Studies and the Centre for Chinese Research.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/book-launch-the-book-of-swi ndles-translated-by-christopher-rea-and-bruce-rusk/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/The-Book-of-Swindles-194x300-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999974.8316-EO-3532-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170912T214143Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T232833Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170921T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170921T123000 SUMMARY: Talk: Analyzing the Business Model for Artisanal and Small-scale M ining in Southern Ecuador DESCRIPTION: Join us for a talk by Colón Velásquez López\, Professor\, Univ ersidad Técnica de Machala\, Ecuador\; TransMAPE Project Lead\, Canadian In ternational Resources & Development Institute (CIRDI) on “Analyzing the Bus iness Model for Artisanal and Small-scale Mining in Southern Ecuador: Is a More Equitable and Socially/environmentally Responsible Model Possible?” Th is talk is co-hosted by the Canadian International Resources & Development […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us for a talk by Colón Velásquez Lópe z\, Professor\, Universidad Técnica de Machala\, Ecuador\; TransMAPE Projec t Lead\, Canadian International Resources & Development Institute (CIRDI) o n "Analyzing the Business Model for Artisanal and Small-scale Mining in Sou thern Ecuador: Is a More Equitable and Socially/environmentally Responsible Model Possible?" This talk is co-hosted by the Canadian International Reso urces & Development Institute and the Liu Institute for Global Issues.

    < p>12:30-1:45 pm
    Thursday\, September 21
    Caseroom – Liu Institute for Global Issues
    < strong> No RSVP required. Light refreshments offered

     

    About the talk:

    Southern Ecuador is an active mining area and an imp ortant source of livelihood and income for the local and national economy. Historically\, the primary extractive activity in this area has been the ar tisanal and small-scale (ASM) mining\, which is concentrated in Portovelo-Z aruma and Ponce Enriquez regions. This area has been the focus of intense r esearch and investigation not only because of its mineral wealth\, but also because of the social and environmental impacts\, resulting from ASM activ ities. While scientific\, technological and entrepreneurial advancements ha ve allowed Zaruma-Portovelo and Ponce Enriquez to become the driving force of the regional economy\; they have also deepened inequalities and led to a creation of a mineral extraction business model that means high profits to some\, and mere existence to others. The purpose of this presentation is t o analyze current business model in the extraction of precious metals withi n ASM context\, in order to identify barriers to a more equitable and socio -environmentally responsible development.

     

    About Colón:

    Patricio Colón Velásquez López is a professor at the Faculty of Agricultura l Sciences\, at the Technical University of Machala in Ecuador. He also lea ds the TrasnMAPE project\, which focuses on the development of educational programs for Ecuador's artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) communi ties. He holds a Master’s degree in General Aquaculture from Ghent Universi ty\, Belgium and a PhD in Mining Engineering from the University of British Columbia.

    His doctorate studies focused on mercury behaviour in the amalgamation and cyanidation processes in ASGM. He was appointed by the Gov ernment of Ecuador to the role of Executive Director of the National Instit ute of Geology\, Mines and Metallurgy (INIGEMM). His major achievements at INIGEMM include implementing geo-scientific infrastructure and analytical l aboratories\, creating a geological and mineral resources mapping project i n the Ecuadorian territory\, and managing projects to improve working condi tions and implement training programs in Ecuador’s ASGM sector.

     

    Photo Credit: Bernardo Ranieri

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    This event has been cancelled.

    “Indian women ’s folksongs are the voices that uninhibitedly articulate their pains\, des ires\, longings\, and fears.  I have viewed these “unmediated expressions” beyond the paradigm of conformity and dissent as the subtle shades of women ’s lives in India are overlooked in this compartmentalization.  Through the se songs of birth  – Sohar\, I look at how woman is at the centre in these songs and how  her changing role as mother can be empowering and i t would involve redefining the term and discourse.  These voices being sung \, I also “hear” their music as it traverses other domains.”

    Archana Kumar\, Banaras Hindu University

    Join Archana K umar at CISAR as she divulges her intimate understanding of women’s self-ex pression and experiences through the medium of folk music.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/sohar-becoming-a-mother-in- indian-womens-folksongs-by-dr-archana-kumar/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170908T1607Z-1504886855.8456-EO-22678-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170907T195526Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T230506Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170921T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170921T210000 SUMMARY: Hong Kong’s Folk Music and Local Culture: The Art of a Cantonese B lind Singer DESCRIPTION: In 1926\, the blind singer Dou Wun arrived in Hong Kong from G uangzhou at the age of sixteen. Join Professor Bell Yung as he shares with us the images and recordings of Dou Wun's 1975 performance at the Fu Lung Teahouse in Hong Kong. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    In 1926\, the blind singer Dou Wun arrived in Hong Kong from Guangzhou at the age of sixteen. For fifty years\, he sa ng professionally in brothels\, opium dens\, teahouses\, a radio station\, private homes\, and\, when destitute\, on street corners. In 1975\, I arran ged for him to sing for three-and-a-half months in the Fu Lung Teahouse in Sheung Wan. In this presentation\, I will show images of Dou Wun\, Hong Kon g\, and the Fu Lung Teahouse\, and I will play the historical recordings of three kinds of songs Dou sang: Naamyam 南音 (“Southern Tone” Song)\, Lungzau 龍舟 (Beggar Song)\, and Baan’ngaan 板眼 (Brothel Song)—songs that had been wi dely heard in Cantonese-speaking communities around the Pearl River Delta b ut have long since disappeared.

    About the Speaker

    Bel l Yung\, Professor Emeritus of Music of the University of Pittsbur gh\, is an ethnomusicologist specializing on China. He has published ten bo oks and over fifty scholarly articles\, most recently\, as author\, transla tor\, editor\, or co-editor\, are Remembering Rulan Chao Pian\, Harvard’ s First Female Professor of Chinese Heritage (2016\, in Chinese)\, U ncle Ng Comes to America: Narrative Songs of Immigration and Love (2013 )\, The Flower Princess\, A Cantonese Opera (2010)\; Music and Cu ltural Rights (2009)\, and The Last of China’s Literati: The Music\, Poetry and Life of Tsar Teh-yun (2008).

    This event is jointly sp onsored by the School of Music\, the UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative\, the Centre for Chinese Research\, the Department of Asian Studies\, the Depart ment of History\, the Department of Theatre and Film\, and St. John’s Colle ge.

    Reception in honor of Prof. Bell Yung begins at 6 pm.

    RSVP (required)

    LOCATION:Fairmont Social Lounge\, St. John's College GEO:49.262900;-123.256295 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/hong-kongs-folk-music-and-l ocal-culture-the-art-of-a-cantonese-blind-singer/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/20170921-Bell-Hong-Kongs-Folk-Music-Full-Poster-Version-5.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170901T1612Z-1504282348.6165-EO-22642-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170831T185015Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T230416Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170922T114500 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170922T124500 SUMMARY: [Colloquium] An Audience of One: The Private Music of the Chinese Literati DESCRIPTION: To most ethnomusicologists\, music is a social activity with t he main goal of interacting with an audience. China’s qin music\, often ass ociated with the literati who play primarily for themselves as a private ac tivity\, is an exception. Join Bell Yung\, Professor Emeritus of Music of t he University of Pittsburgh\, an ethnomusicologist specializing on China\, at this event! X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    An Audience of On e Event PosterTo most ethnomusicologists\, music is a social activity with the main goal of interacting with an audie nce. China’s qin music\, often associated with the literati who pl ay primarily for themselves as a private activity\, is an exception. While  qin ideology stresses extra-musical meaning and cultural significa nce\, it is also an expressive art. In this talk I will argue that\, in pla ying privately\, the player turns inwardly toward himself rather than outwa rdly toward an audience. In such a performance context\, music and musicali ty need to be assessed by criteria different from those commonly accepted f or public music.

    Bell Yung\, Professor Emeritus of M usic of the University of Pittsburgh\, is an ethnomusicologist specializing on China. He has published ten books and over fifty scholarly articles\, m ost recently\, as author\, translator\, editor\, or co-editor\, are Reme mbering Rulan Chao Pian\, Harvard’s First Female Professor of Chinese Herit age (2016\, in Chinese)\, Uncle Ng Comes to America: Narrative Songs of Immigration and Love (2013)\, The Flower Princess\, A Cantonese Opera (2010)\; Music and Cultural Rights (2009)\, and The Las t of China’s Literati: The Music\, Poetry and Life of Tsar Teh-yun (200 8).

    This event is jointly sponsored by the School of Music\, the UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative\, the Centre for Chinese Research\, the Depart ment of Asian Studies\, the Department of History\, the Department of Theat re and Film\, and St. John’s College.

     

    LOCATION:Room 116\, School of Music GEO:49.267670;-123.256470 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/colloquium-an-audience-of-o ne-the-private-music-of-the-chinese-literati/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/08/20170922-Bell-An-Audience-of-One-Full-Poster-Design-2-300x232-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170908T1607Z-1504886855.8636-EO-22688-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170908T154835Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T230037Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170922T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170922T170000 SUMMARY: Hard Target: Sanctions\, Inducements\, and the Case of North Korea DESCRIPTION: Join Stephan Haggard\, the Krause Distinguished Professor at t he School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California San Diego\, as he argues that both sanctions and engagement efforts have had l ittle impact on the North Korean grand strategy\, suggesting what would hav e to change for denuclearization and a broader settlement on the peninsula. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Because authoritarian regimes like North K orea can impose the costs of sanctions on their citizens\, they constitute "hard targets." Yet authoritarian regimes may also be immune—and even hosti le—to economic inducements if such inducements imply reform and opening. Dr awing on an array of evidence—including trade data\, surveys of Chinese and South Korea firms doing business in North Korea\, and analysis of the coun try's political structure—Hard Target argues that to date\, both s anctions and engagement efforts have had little impact on the North Korean grand strategy\, suggesting what would have to change for denuclearization and a broader settlement on the peninsula.

    About the Speaker

    Stephan Haggard

    Stephan Haggard is the Krause Distinguished Professor at the School of Global Policy and Strategy (formerly the Graduate School o f International Relations and Pacific Studies) at the University of Califor nia San Diego. He has written widely on the political economy and internati onal relations of East Asia including Pathways from the Periphery: The Newly Industrializing Countries in the International System (1990)\; < em>The Political Economy of the Asian Financial Crisis (2000)\; and From Silicon Valley to Singapore (with David McKendrick and Richard Doner\, 2000).  His work on North Korea with Marcus Noland includes Fam ine in North Korea (2007)\, Witness to Transformation: Refugee Ins ights into North Korea (2011) and Hard Target: Sanctions\, Engagem ent and the Case of North Korea (2017). Prof. Haggard runs the Witness to Transformation blog at http://w ww.piie.com/blogs/nk/ with Marcus Noland and currently has a regular co lumn with Joongang Ilbo.

    Event info (.doc)

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/hard-target-sanctions-induc ements-and-the-case-of-north-korea/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/stephan_haggard-200x300-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170919T1608Z-1505837315.114-EO-22827-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170918T223045Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T225849Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170926T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170926T133000 SUMMARY: That Old Imperial One-Two: Landlords\, Tenants\, and the Colonizat ion of Manchuria DESCRIPTION: The emigration of Japanese farmers to Manchuria in the 1930s a nd 1940s is often taken as a sign of popular support for empire and fascism . Join Christopher Craig as he examines the case of the Miyagi village of N ango\, to demonstrate how this may not have entirely been true. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The emigration of Japanese farmers to Manc huria in the 1930s and 1940s is often taken as a sign of popular support fo r empire and fascism. The case of the Miyagi village of Nango\, birthplace of the mass Manchurian emigration plans that were adopted as national polic y\, raises problems with this interpretation and suggests a different persp ective on the links between popular imperialism and Manchurian emigration. Nango farmers faced pervasive problems of high rents\, overpopulation\, and high tenancy rates\, and formulated plans to send half of the local popula tion to Manchuria to found a sister village in response. Tenant farmers in Nango\, however\, leveraged these plans as a threat against the landlords w ho controlled village administration\, and few had any interest in actually emigrating. The appeals to empire attracted the interest of the central go vernment\, which helped break the landlord monopoly on power in the village \, after which popular support for Manchurian emigration dried up.

    A bout the Speaker:

    Christopher Craig is an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Arts and Letters\, Tohoku University\, specializing in modern Japanese history. His research interests include prewar rural societ y\, agricultural development\, and issues related to food supply and popula tion management. He is currently preparing a manuscript examining the role of village elites in agricultural development in Miyagi prefecture between 1880 and 1945.

    Event Poster

    LOCATION:Room 351\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/that-old-imperial-one-two-l andlords-tenants-and-the-colonization-of-manchuria/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/Chris-Craig-.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170908T1607Z-1504886855.8758-EO-22681-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170907T210739Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T225640Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170927T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170927T133000 SUMMARY: Language\, globalization and youth in the Asian Periphery DESCRIPTION: Join Dr. Sender Dovchin\, Associate Professor at the Centre fo r Language Research at The University of Aizu\, Japan as she presents her r esearch on the "linguascapes” of young adults situated on the Asian periphe ry\, focusing specifically on Mongolia\, in online and offline environments . X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This research presents the linguistic dive rsity – “linguascapes” of young adults in situated on the Asian periphery\, focusing specifically on Mongolia in online and offline environments. Focu sing on the diverse linguistic and cultural resources these young people dr aw on in their interactions\, the author draws attention to the creative an d innovative nature of their linguistic practices. While located on the Asi an periphery\, these young adults nevertheless roam widely in their use of popular culture\, media voices and linguistic resources.

    On the one h and\, they appropriate the transnational cultural\, linguistic and semiotic resources according to their locations and engage in a playful stylization and recontextualization of what the local means. On the other hand\, they engage in stylization and reflexive language use\, often involving exaggera ted linguistic variation\, mixing\, and other semiotic resources in order t o produce and perform a range of social and cultural identities.

    The study shows how the circulation and take-up of transnational flows and mult iple resources around Mongolia can involve diverse new processes of linguis tic and cultural stylization. The implication of this study is to re-consid er the role of varied cultural genres and linguistic resources in a globali sed context\, therefore considering the important interplay between languag e and globalisation.

    About the Speaker:

    Dr. Se nder Dovchin is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Language Research\ , The University of Aizu\, Japan. She completed her PhD and MA degrees in l anguage education at the University of Technology\, Sydney\, Australia. Her research pragmatically contributes not only to the second language educati on of young generation living in the Asian peripheral contexts such as Mong olia and Bangladesh\, but also to the post-industrial Asian context such as   Japan\, providing a pedagogical view to accommodate the multiple co-exist ences of linguistic diversity in a globalized world. She has authored artic les in most prestigious international peer-reviewed journals\, such as Jour nal of Sociolinguistics\, International Journal of Multilingualism\, Multil ingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication\, World En glishes\, Asian Eng­lishes\, English Today\, International Journal of Multi lingual Research\, Translanguaging and Translation in Multilingual Contexts  and Inner Asia.

    Her first research monograph co-authored with Alasta ir Pennycook and Shaila Sultana\, “Popular Culture\, Voice and Linguistic D iversity: Young Adults On- and Offline” (Language and Globalization Series: Palgrave-Macmillan) was published in August 2017.  Most recently\, her sin gle-authored monograph “Language\, Media and Globalization in the Periphery ” was contracted by Routledge (New York) for publication in the series Rout ledge Studies in Sociolinguistics.
Her third major project\, a research man uscript titled\, “Language\, Sociolinguistic Authenticity and Social Media” was awarded as “Runner-Up in the 2016 Peter Lang Young Scholars Competitio n in Linguistics and Education Studies”. The distinguished editorial board of Peter Lang offered a contract for a paperback book to be published by Pe ter Lang by early 2018. Dr. Dovchin has also recently been awarded one of t he most competitive Japanese research grants - KAKENHI - by the Japan Socie ty for the Promotion of Science between 2017-2020. Her Kakenhi research top ic is: “Integrating English language based Western social media in the EFL classrooms in Japanese universities”.

    LOCATION:Room 129\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/language-globalization-and- youth-in-the-asian-periphery/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/patrick-tomasso-71909-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999974.8968-EO-3444-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170801T184514Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T225218Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170927T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170927T134500 SUMMARY: Can Environmental Regulation Make Extractive Industries More Innov ative? DESCRIPTION: Join us for a Policy@UBC and CIRDI seminar series event titled  Can environmental regulation make extractive industries more innovative? w ith John Steen\, Associate Professor in Strategy at the University of Queen sland Business School in Brisbane. Wednesday\, September 27th 12:30 pm – 1: 45 pm Caseroom – Liu Institute for Global Issues No RSVP required. Light re freshments offered. […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us for a Policy@UBC and CIRDI seminar series event titled Can environmental regulation make extractive indus tries more innovative? with John Steen\, Associate Professor in Strate gy at the University of Queensland Business School in Brisbane.

    Wednesday\, September 27th
    12:30 pm – 1 :45 pm
    Caseroom – Liu Institute for Global Issues
    No RSVP require d. Light refreshments offered.
    Please download our poster.

    Industry leaders o ften identify environmental regulations as a burden that makes their enterp rises uncompetitive but an alternate view is that well-designed environment al protection policies can encourage businesses to be more innovative. Thes e new products and processes in response to regulation can lead to renewed industrial competitiveness and growth.

    In this presentation I will ou tline the "Porter Hypothesis" for the relationship between proactive enviro nmental policy and industry competitiveness. Using data collected in the re cent $200 billion expansion of the Australian oil and gas industry I provid e evidence that this relationship does indeed hold but it is highly depende nt on the maturity of the industry and its stage of technological developme nt. Specific examples of innovation in response to regulation within the mi ning and hydrocarbon industries further highlight the important role of reg ulatory frameworks in the development of these industries.

    Joh n Steen

    Bi o: John Steen is Associate Professor in Strategy at the University of Queensland Business School in Brisbane and Senior Research Fellow at th e Australian Institute of Business and Economics. John is currently leading major international research studies on the subject of innovation and sust ainable development in the resources sector and in developing economies. Th is includes the transition to new digital business models and performance i n megacapital ($1billion +) projects\, particularly in the resources sector . Current partners in these projects include University College London\, Ca mbridge University\, University of British Columbia\, Government of Vietnam \, Queensland Government\, UQ Sustainable Minerals Institute and Ernst and Young (EY). John is highly sought after as a guest speaker and commentator and has given talks on strategy and innovation to businesses and government s in Australia\, Asia and Europe. In 2014 he released two reports on the fu ture of the global mining industry with EY that received international medi a coverage\, including commentary in the Wall Street Journal and Financial Times. John is currently editor for the Project Management Journal – the re search journal of the Project Management Institute.

    Pol icy @ UBC\, Liu

     

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    LOCATION:Case Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/can-environmental-regulatio n-make-extractive-industries-more-innovative/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/07/download-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999974.8852-EO-3479-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170825T000801Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T225048Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170927T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170927T123000 SUMMARY: Future of Food Global Dialogue 2017-2018 Series DESCRIPTION: The UBC Future of Food Global Dialogue Series is a campus-wide initiative bringing together food security and sustainability experts from across the university and North America to regularly engage the UBC commun ity and the public around the Global Food System\, including topics such as climate change\, food security\, biodiversity\, social justice\, culture\, and policy. The series uses […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The UBC Future of Food Global Dialogue Series  is a campus-wide initiative bringing together food security and sustai nability experts from across the university and North America to regularly engage the UBC community and the public around the Global Food System\, inc luding topics such as climate change\, food security\, biodiversity\, socia l justice\, culture\, and policy. The series uses various formats to foster discussion\, such as dialogue circles\, seminars\, panel discussions\, per formances\, photo exhibitions\, and film screenings.

    Please check our  Events Cale ndar for a full and up-to-date listing of our dialogue series over Winter Term 1 and 2 on UBC's Point Grey campus.

    The series is jo intly convened by the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Fa rm\, the Liu Institute for Global Issues\, and UBC Reads S ustainability\, an initiative of UBC Sustainability.

    Follow us on Twitter with #UBCFutureofFood.

    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/future-food-global-dialogue -2017-2018-series/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/05/2011_Mar10_CSR_DyerJan_Seedling.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999975.3078-EO-3499-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170902T015932Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T184404Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170927T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171109T135000 SUMMARY: Policy@UBC Series DESCRIPTION: The Policy@UBC speaker series is hosted by the UBC School of P ublic Policy and Global Affairs and is designed to bring together faculty\, students\, government and community groups along with policy and global af fairs experts from around the world to engage the UBC community around pres sing policy issues\, both domestic and global in scope. The […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Policy@UBC speaker se ries is hosted by the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and is designed to bring together faculty\, students\, government and community g roups along with policy and global affairs experts from around the world to engage the UBC community around pressing policy issues\, both domestic and global in scope. The aim is to engage in policy discussions that are multi - and interdisciplinary\, academically rigorous\, pragmatic\, creative\, an d grounded in community context and that ultimately help to bridge the gap between academics and policymakers and practitioners.

    These talks are being held in our Liu Institute Caseroom and are open to the UBC community and to the public. No RSVP required. Light refreshments will be provided.< /p>

    FALL 2017 SCHEDULE

    Wednesday\, Septemb er 27th\, 12:30 pm – 1:50 pm
    “Can environmental re gulation make extractive industries more innovative? Evidence from Australi an oil and gas” with John Steen\, Associate Professor in Strategy at the Un iversity of Queensland Business School
    Co-hosted by the Canadian Internation al Resources and Development Institute (CIRDI)

     

     

    Wednesday\, Oct. 18th (New Date!) \, 12:30 pm – 1:50 pm
    “ The Global Future of Nuclear Energy” with MPPGA Professor M.V. Ramana\, Simons Chair in Disarmament\, Global and Human Security\, Liu Institute for Global Issues

     

     

    Thursday\, October 26th\, 12:30 pm – 1:50 pm
    “Miners\, Minerals and Min amata: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on ASGM and Sustainable Development”< /a> with Kirsten Dales\, Director\, Program Development\, Canadian Internat ional Resources & Development Institute
    Co-hosted by the     Canadian Internatio nal Resources and Development Institute (CIRDI)

     

     

    < strong>Thursday\, November 9th (New Date!)\, 12:30 pm – 1:50 pm
    "Urban Mining Engineering to facilitate zero waste s cenario" with Maria Holuszko\, Assistant Professor\, NBK Mining Engineering department and students.

    LOCATION:Case Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/policyubc-series/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/01/vsaranphotodotcom-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170919T1608Z-1505837315.1296-EO-22818-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170918T221249Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T224841Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170928T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170928T140000 SUMMARY: The Linguascape of English Social Media and the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: The Sociolinguistic and Educational Implications in the Context o f Japanese EFL University Students DESCRIPTION: This study conducts a critical discourse analysis on English l anguage Western social media such as Facebook through the “eyes of Japanese EFL university students”\, focusing on thematic issues specifically relate d to the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan. The main research partic ipants are Japanese EFL students studying at the University of Aizu\, Fukus hima\, Japan\, who […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This study conducts a critical discourse a nalysis on English language Western social media such as Facebook through t he “eyes of Japanese EFL university students”\, focusing on thematic issues specifically related to the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan. The main research participants
    are Japanese EFL students studying at the U niversity of Aizu\, Fukushima\, Japan\, who all have personally experienced the disaster in 2011. The study shows three main implications:
    1. The overall linguistic practices of social media participants should be better understood through the notion of “linguascape” because of their recontextu alization of varied transnational flows of linguistic\, cultural and semiot ic resources circulating across the current globalization.
    2. Understa nding locally challenging yet globally controversial issues such as the Fuk ushima nuclear disaster through “the linguascape of social media” may open up the ways where EFL students in Japan negotiate their linguistic and cult ural differences and similarities through critical eyes and open-mindedness in order to become “socio-culturally conscious” globally mobile citizens.< br />3. As opposed to anecdotal and negative ideologies mainly circulating across the Western social media\, the study offers a better real-life under standing of the Fukushima nuclear disaster from the perspectives of local r esidents\, while seeking to contribute to the Fukushima revitalization init iatives and programs in Japan.

    About the Speaker:

    Dr. Sender Dovchin is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Language Research\, The University of Aizu\, Japan. She completed her PhD and MA degrees in langua ge education at the University of Technology\, Sydney\, Australia. Her rese arch pragmatically contributes to the second language education of young ge neration living in the Asian peripheral contexts\, providing a pedagogical view to accommodate the multiple co-existences of linguistic diversity in a globalized world. She has authored articles in most prestigious internatio nal peer-reviewed journals\, such as Journal of Sociolinguistics\, Internat ional Journal of Multilingualism\, Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural a nd Interlanguage Communication\, World Englishes\, Asian Englishes\, Englis h Today\, International Journal of Multilingual Research\, Translanguaging and Translation in Multilingual Contexts and Inner Asia. Her first research monograph co-authored with Alastair Pennycook and Shaila Sultana\, “Popula r Culture\, Voice and Linguistic Diversity: Young Adults On- and Offline” ( Language and Globalization Series: Palgrave-Macmillan) was published in Aug ust 2017. Dr. Dovchin has recently been awarded one of the most competitive Japanese research grants - KAKENHI - by the Japan Society for the Promotio n of Science between 2017-2020. Her Kakenhi research topic is: “Integrating English language based Western social media in the EFL classrooms in Japan ese universities”.

    Event Poster

    LOCATION:Room 351\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-linguascape-of-english- social-media-and-the-fukushima-nuclear-disaster-the-sociolinguistic-and-edu cational-implications-in-the-context-of-japanese-efl-university-students/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/Sender-Dovchin.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170801T0400Z-1501560024.0228-EO-22499-2671@10.93.0.119 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170731T164134Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T224715Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170928T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170928T173000 SUMMARY: Orientalism\, Magic\, and Modernity at the Turn of the 20th Centur y DESCRIPTION: Educated in Cambridge\, Keio (Tokyo)\, and Oxford Universities \, host Chris Goto-Jones is Professor in Philosophy and Dean of Humanities at University of Victoria. He is also a Professorial Research Fellow at SOA S\, University of London\, and a Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for I nternational Studies at Oxford University. He was previously Professor of C omparative Philosophy & Political Thought and Professor of Modern Japan Stu dies at Leiden University (The Netherlands). X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Speaker: Dr. Chris Goto-J ones

    Educated in Cambridge\, Keio (Tokyo)\, and Oxford Universities\, host Chris Goto-Jones is Professor in Philosophy and Dean of Humanities at University of Victoria. He is also a Professorial Research Fellow at SOAS\ , University of London\, and a Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Int ernational Studies at Oxford University. He was previously Professor of Com parative Philosophy & Political Thought and Professor of Modern Japan Studi es at Leiden University (The Netherlands).

     < /p> LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/orientalism-magic-and-moder nity-at-the-turn-of-the-20th-century/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/07/orientalism-197x300-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999974.9295-EO-3347-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170606T230730Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T224223Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170928T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170928T190000 SUMMARY: Book Launch – Designed Leadership by Moura Quayle DESCRIPTION: Join us for the launch of Director Moura Quayle’s new book\, D esigned Leadership. Join us on September 28th to learn more about the book and network over refreshments. 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Thursday\, September 28th\ , 2017 Liu Institute for Global Issues – Multipurpose Room and Lobby Galler y Please RSVP on EventBrite. Click the image […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us for the launch of Director Moura Q uayle’s new book\, Designed Leadership. Join us on September 28th to learn more about the book and network over refreshments.

    5 :00 pm – 7:00 pm
    Thursday\, September 28th\, 2017
    Liu Institute f or Global Issues – Multipurpose Room and Lobby Gallery
    Please RSVP on Ev entBrite.

    Click the image below to open the flier:

    Book Cove r

     

    Grea t leaders aspire to manage “by design” – with a sense of purpose and foresi ght. But too few leaders incorporate the proven practices and principles of the design disciplines. That should change with Designed Leadership. Here\, strategic-design scholar and urban systems designer Mour a Quayle presents a clear and accessible handbook for understandin g and incorporating design lessons and processes into leadership applicatio ns. For example\, every designer knows that failure – essential to innovati on – is catastrophic in implementation\; it’s why designers created studios in which to test ideas. It’s expressed in the indispensable concept of ASK . TRY. DO. Designers also know how to learn from natural systems. They know it is vital to make values explicit.From artists to architects\, engineers to inventors\, design practitioners know that strategic design loosens the mind and activates innovation. For managers at any level\, Designed Le adership uses original visuals and field-tested examples to illuminate the kind of thinking\, theorizing\, and practice that results in long-last ing high performance in the workplace and beyond.

    Columbia University Press
    < strong>$35.00 / £30.00 · cloth 978-0-231-17312-4
    JULY 2017
    272 pages · 158 illustrations

    About the author: Professor Moura Quayle is the Director pro tem of the new UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. Since 2014\, Moura was the Director of the Liu Institute for Global Issues and the Master of Pu blic Policy and Global Affairs professional graduate program. Moura’s i nterests lie in rethinking\, refining and rebuilding collaborative spaces a t the intersections of academia\, government\, business and civil society. Her teaching and research focus is the Sauder d.studio and an emerging Poli cy Studio at the Liu Institute for Global Issues that help students and org anizations learn to use design processes and tools. She has served as the d eputy minister at the BC Ministry of Advanced Education\, Research\, and In novation and chairs national boards for applied research.

    LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/book-launch-designed-leader ship-moura-quayle/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2013/10/MPP_FeatureImageTEMPLATE_370.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170908T1607Z-1504886855.8873-EO-22679-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170907T195741Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T224000Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170929T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170929T140000 SUMMARY: The Incentive to Innovate? The Behaviour of Local Policymakers in China DESCRIPTION: Despite playing a key contributory role in China’s recent econ omic reforms and the Party’s regime durability\, there has been a noted red uction in central-level policy experimentation under Xi Jinping’s administr ation. Although these changes at the central-level are filtering down to lo cal officials\, a great deal of variation in policy experimentation exists. How do local officials filter these institutional changes to the extent of observed variations in local policy innovation? X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Talk Abstract:

    De spite playing a key contributory role in China’s recent economic reforms an d the Party’s regime durability\, there has been a noted reduction in centr al-level policy experimentation under Xi Jinping’s administration. Recent s tudies have further noted an empirical reduction in policy innovation at th e subnational level\, and question whether local officials will continue to experiment in the foreseeable future.

    This talk suggests that althou gh these changes at the central-level are filtering down to local officials \, a great deal of variation in policy experimentation exists. Thus\, the p uzzle motivating this talk is how do local officials filter these instituti onal changes to the extent of observed variations in local policy innovatio n?

    Using recent fieldwork evidence\, this talk presents three potenti al explanations: (1) the ineffectiveness of the vertical reward and punishm ent systems operated by the Party-state\; (2) differing base preferences of local officials\; and\, (3) the presence of a cohort effect\, viz. a commu nities of practice. While some officials are still conducting policy experi mentation\, the overall reduction in innovation strongly suggests that pote ntial solutions to governance problems remain trapped at the local level\, and that the central government will lose this “adaptable” governance mecha nism that has contributed to its past economic and political successes.

    About the Speaker:

    Reza Hasmath (Ph.D.\, Cambridge) is a P rofessor in Political Science at the University of Alberta. Prior to this a ppointment he was a faculty member at the Universities of Oxford\, Melbourn e\, and Toronto. His award-winning research is currently supported by vario us multi-year grant schemes\, notably from the Social Science and Humanitie s Research Council of Canada\, and Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation. His recent journal articles appear in the Journal of Social Policy\, International Political Science Review\, Voluntas\, Development Policy Review\, Journal o f Civil Society\, The China Quarterly\, Current Sociology\, and the Journal of Contemporary China.

    LOCATION:Fairmont Social Lounge\, St. John's College GEO:49.262900;-123.256295 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-incentive-to-innovate-t he-behaviour-of-local-policymakers-in-china/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/0929-Hasmath-02-01-663x1024.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170919T1608Z-1505837315.1497-EO-22804-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170918T210427Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T223902Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170929T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170929T143000 SUMMARY: The Monarchy in Modern Japan\, with a Special Focus on the Abdicat ion Issue DESCRIPTION: Join Ken Ruoff\, professor of modern East Asian history and di rector of the Center for Japanese Studies at Portland State University\, as he examines the history of the monarchy in modern Japan\, with a particula r focus the pluralistic manner in which the political right has interpreted the monarchy in postwar Japan. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    When Japan began its drive toward monarchy in the aftermath of the Meiji Restoration of 1868\, the leaders of the "Ne w Japan” dusted off the monarchy and made it the axis of the national unity which they sought to achieve.  The Meiji Constitution of 1889 placed the e mperor at the center of the political process.   In the aftermath of Japan’ s catastrophic defeat in 1945\, the American Occupation authorities insiste d on revising the emperor’s constitutional position to that of a “symbol” w ith no powers related to government\, a change which appalled Japanese cons ervatives.  But as distance from the Meiji system grew\, more and more of J apan’s political right adopted the stance that the “emperor as symbol” repr esented a return to the "true essence" of the monarchy throughout most of i ts history.  More recently\, Emperor Akihito’s desire to abdicate has reope ned various debates about the monarchy\, including the issue of why women a re not permitted to serve as the national symbol.   This talk will examine the history of the monarchy in modern Japan\, with a particular focus the p luralistic manner in which the political right has interpreted the monarchy in postwar Japan.

    About the Speaker:

    Ken Ruoff is professor of modern East Asian history and director of the Center for Japanese Studies at Portland State University.  The Japa nese translation of his first book The People’s Emperor: Democracy and the Japanese Monarchy 1945-1995 was awarded the Osaragi Jiro Rondansha (widely considered to be equivalent to a Pulitzer Prize) in 2004\, and ear lier in 2017 Iwanami reprinted the Iwanami bunko version of the book.  His second book Imperial Japan at its Zenith:  The 2600th Anniversary Celeb rations of the Empire of Japan\, was awarded the Frances Fuller Victor Award for General Nonfiction\, and was also translated into Japanese.

    < p>Website: h ttps://www.pdx.edu/profile/meet-professor-ken-ruoff

    This event is jointly sponsored by the UBC Meiji at 150 Committee\, Centre for Japanese Research\, Department of History and Department of Asian Studies.

    Event Poster

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-monarchy-in-modern-japa n-with-a-special-focus-on-the-abdication-issue/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/image1-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170919T1608Z-1505837315.1615-EO-22825-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170918T222516Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T223552Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170929T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170929T153000 SUMMARY: Virtual Ninja Manifesto: Ethics\, Violence\, Video Games\, and Mar tial Arts DESCRIPTION: Speaker: Dr. Chris Goto-Jones Educated in Cambridge\, Keio (To kyo)\, and Oxford Universities\, host Chris Goto-Jones is Professor in Phil osophy and Dean of Humanities at University of Victoria. He is also a Profe ssorial Research Fellow at SOAS\, University of London\, and a Senior Resea rch Fellow in the Centre for International Studies at Oxford University. He was […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Speaker: Dr. Chris Goto-J ones

    Educated in Cambridge\, Keio (Tokyo)\, and Oxford Universities\, host Chris Goto-Jones is Professor in Philosophy and Dean of Humanities at University of Victoria. He is also a Professorial Research Fellow at SOAS\ , University of London\, and a Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Int ernational Studies at Oxford University. He was previously Professor of Com parative Philosophy & Political Thought and Professor of Modern Japan Studi es at Leiden University (The Netherlands).

    LOCATION:Room 604\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/virtual-ninja-manifesto-eth ics-violence-video-games-and-martial-arts/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/virtual-195x300-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170923T1728Z-1506187685.6864-EO-22852-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170922T220026Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T223404Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170929T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170929T160000 SUMMARY: One Belt One Road: Round-table Discussion DESCRIPTION: With the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, the IAR is co-hosting a round-table on the One Belt One Road. Limited seating. If y ou have an interest in attending\, please contact Karen at karen.jew (at) u bc.ca. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    With the School of Public Policy and Globa l Affairs\, the IAR is co-hosting a round-table on the One Belt One Road in volving a delegation of business executive from about a dozen Chinese enter prises\, as well as featuring presentations by UBC faculty and provincial o rganizations focused on public-private partnerships.

    Limited seating. If you have an interest in attending\, please contact Karen at karen.jew@ubc.ca.< /b>

    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/one-belt-one-road-round-tab le-discussion/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170915T0334Z-1505446475.3607-EO-22737-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170914T162819Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T223306Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170929T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170930T160000 SUMMARY: Canada at 150: Trauma\, Memory and the Story of Canada DESCRIPTION: Artists’ Roundtable Date: September 29\, 2017 Time: 3:00PM – 5 :00PM Location: Asian Centre Auditorium\, 1871 West Mall Join artists curat or Raghavendra Rao K.V.\, and members of the South Asian Canadian Histories Association to explore this artistic intervention in the story of Canada a t 150+. Sameer Farooq’s work for the exhibition\, entitled Pouf\, Sausage\, Weight\, Arc […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Artists’ Roundtable
     Date: September 29\, 2017
    Time: 3:00PM – 5:00PM
    Location: Asian C entre Auditorium\, 1871 West Mall

    Join artists curator Raghavendra Ra o K.V.\, and members of the South Asian Canadian Histories Association to e xplore this artistic intervention in the story of Canada at 150+. Sameer Fa rooq’s work for the exhibition\, entitled Pouf\, Sausage\, Weight\, Arc (20 17)\, will be on view. Free event with light refreshments.

     

    Art Exhibition Opening and Art Walk
    Date: September 30\ , 2017
    Time: 12:00PM – 4PM
    Location: Punjabi Market & All India S weets and Restaurant\, 6560 Main Street\, Vancouver.

    Join artists and members of the South Asian Canadian Histories Association for a public art display\, performances\, and art walk that explore the “Canada at 150+: Tr auma\, Memory and the Story of Canada” works in Punjabi Market. Free event.

    Both events made possible by a generous grant from the Canada 15 0 Fund\, and additional support from\, at the University of British Columbi a\, the Department of Asian Studies\, the Asian Canadian and Asian Migratio n Studies Program\, the Centre for India and South Asia Research\, and the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies\; Simon Fraser University Woodwar d’s\, and the City of Vancouver.

    Event Poster

    LOCATION:Asian Centre Auditorium GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/canada-at-150-trauma-memory -and-the-story-of-canada/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/Canadaat150_TraumaMemoryandtheStoryofCanada_Opening9-29-30_2017-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170923T1728Z-1506187685.6983-EO-22855-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170922T232741Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T223113Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170929T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170929T173000 SUMMARY: Two Conceptualizations of Moral Personhood: Citizenship and Minori ty Policies in Contemporary Asia DESCRIPTION: As more people move across borders in pursuit of a “Good Life\ ,” Asia is becoming increasingly diverse or multicultural. I argue that pol itical elites in non-socialist Northeast Asia and Mainland Southeast Asia r efer to two conceptualizations of moral personhood derived mostly from Conf ucian and Theravada Buddhist ideas in dealing with an increasing ethnic plu rality and […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    As more people move across bord ers in pursuit of a “Good Life\,” Asia is becoming increasingly diverse or multicultural. I argue that political elites in non-socialist Northeast Asi a and Mainland Southeast Asia refer to two conceptualizations of moral pers onhood derived mostly from Confucian and Theravada Buddhist ideas in dealin g with an increasing ethnic plurality and determining on which types of new comers make the best fit in their society. In this framework\, influential political actors play an important role in the creation of the citiz en or moral person\, as they determine which aspects of the person they fee l it is necessary to standardize and which can remain uncalibrated. Those p eople who are incapable of contributing to the common good are justly exclu ded from becoming a member of a political community.

    I emp loy two conceptualizations of personhood to compare citizenship and minorit y policies in three Northeast Asian countries (Japan\, Korea\, and Taiwan) and three Mainland Southeast Asian countries (Cambodia\, Myanmar\, and Thai land). I posit that the concept of moral personhood has impacted how a poli tical society defines its citizenship and set requirements for membership d uring the modern era. These requirements include moral values that elite me mbers of society perpetually debated among each other\, especially during t imes of crisis or social change\, and come to accept them as their guiding principles for what they consider as the “Good Life” in their images of the “Good Society.” During the founding of a modern nation-state\, political e lite have thought and debated on their visions/ideals of a “Good Society\,” especially on how citizens should live their lives and what type of a mora l person one ought to be.

    About the Speaker:

    Apichai W. Shipper is an Adjunct Associate Profes sor of Asian Studies at Georgetown University and the Asia Regional Chair a t the Foreign Service Institute of the U.S. Department of State. He serves as an associate editor of Pacific Affairs and a steering committee m ember of an Alumni Board for Diversity (Mosaic) of Cornell University. Prev iously\, he taught at the University of Southern California with a joint ap pointment in the Department of Political Science and the School of Internat ional Relations and has been a visiting researcher at UCLA\, University of Tokyo\, University of Kyoto\, Hitotsubashi University\, Stockholm Universit y\, Japan Institute of Labor Policy and Training\, and Swedish Institute of International Affairs. He is the author of Fighting for Foreigners: Imm igration and Its Impact on Japanese Democracy (Cornell University Press \, 2008\; paperback 2016) and has edited a Special Issue (2010) on “Citizen ship and Migration” in Pacific Affairs. His publications have also a ppeared in Asian Politics & Policy\, Critical Asian Studies\, Journal of Japanese Studies\, International Studies Quarterly\, North Carolina Journa l of International Law & Commercial Regulation\, among others. He has r eceived research grants from: the Social Science Research Council (SSRC-Abe Fellow Program)\, the Japan Foundation\, the MacArthur Foundation\, the Na tional Science Foundation\, the Japanese Ministry of Education\, among othe rs.

    Event Poster< /h3> LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/two-conceptualizations-of-m oral-personhood-citizenship-and-minority-policies-in-contemporary-asia-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/two-conceptualisations-of-moral-personhood-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170928T1647Z-1506617235.559-EO-22892-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170928T162626Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T223007Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171002T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171002T133000 SUMMARY: Debating Non-Traditional Security in the Asia-Pacific: Discourse i n the Making of an ASEAN Community DESCRIPTION: Join Stéphanie Martel as she discusses the ambiguity of ASEAN’ s status as a security community in the making\, through an emphasis on the role of discourse in international relations. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Abstract:

     On December 31\, 2015\, the Association of Southeast Asian Natio ns (ASEAN) formally announced the establishment of its security community. This is despite the fact that the grouping departs in many ways from the co nventional understanding of what a ‘security community’ is\, has not fulfil led even its self-defined criteria for claiming this status\, and is faced with major security challenges\, ranging from the South China Sea disputes to the Rohingya crisis. This conference addresses the ambiguity of ASEAN’s status as a security community in the making\, through an emphasis on the r ole of discourse in international relations. It is argued that ASEAN is bes t conceived as a ‘community of discourse\,’ produced and reproduced through an ongoing debate over the meaning of regional security. The demonstration zooms in on ‘non-traditional security’ as a central element of the regiona l security discourse. It draws from interviews with officials\, experts and NGOs engaged in the ASEAN-led regional process\, public documentation\, as well as observation of informal and non-governmental diplomatic meetings i n Southeast Asia.

     About the speaker:

    Stéphanie Martel is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Institute of Asian Research (UBC) and at the Centre for Internationa l Peace and Security Studies (McGill University). She received her PhD in P olitical Science from the Université de Montréal in June 2017. Her research interests cover multilateral diplomacy\, global security\, and discourse t heory in international relations\, with a focus on Southeast Asia and the A sia-Pacific. She is currently in residence at IAR’s Centre for Southeast As ia Research\, working on a research project about the role of discourse in the ASEAN security community-building process. She will be taking up an Ass istant Professor’s position at Queen’s University in January 2018.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/debating-non-traditional-se curity-in-the-asia-pacific-discourse-in-the-making-of-an-asean-community/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170922T1630Z-1506097842.8324-EO-22844-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170921T212231Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T222929Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171003T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171003T130000 SUMMARY: A Casual Conversation with a Zen Master about Life\, Love\, Succes s\, Happiness\, and Meaning DESCRIPTION: Venerable Pomnyun Sunim is one of the most recognized and infl uential religious leaders in South Korea with an active following. Join him for a casual conversation about live\, love\, success\, happiness and mean ing. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Abstract:

    The roo t of all suffering and attachments is within us. Those who don’t make the e ffort to closely reflect upon their own lives mistakenly believe that suffe ring and attachments come from the outside. However\, the path to peace of mind can never be found outside of our minds. No matter what kinds of probl ems we may have\, if we reflect deeply\, we realize that the root of our af flictions is within us and that the mind itself is empty. With this realiza tion\, our suffering naturally disappears. Once we free ourselves from our attachments\, our suffering will end immediately. Our modern civilization i s facing a serious crisis. People are losing their humanity\, communities a re disintegrating\, and the natural environment is being destroyed. We can look to the teachings of the Buddha to find solutions to these problems. Th e Law of Interdependence shows the state of things as they are. As this exi sts\, that exists\, and if this ceases to exist that will also cease to exi st. Since everything is interdependent\, your unhappiness turns into my unh appiness\, and your happiness leads to my happiness. Based on this dependen t origination\, we pursue the path we can travel together in happiness. I h ope we can become free of attachments and suffering by changing our mindset \, with the aim of overcoming the crisis impending on our civilization and creating a better world\, in which individuals are happy\, communities are peaceful and the natural environment is preserved.

    About the Spea ker:

     

    Venerable  Pomnyun Sunim is one of th e most recognized and influential religious leaders in South Korea with act ive following. He is well known for his unique way of engaging audiences in Dharma Q&A rooted in Buddhist teachings. He is also the founder and chair of an international relief agency (Join Together Society)\, a center for pe ace\, human rights and refugees (Good Friends)\, a think-tank (The Peace Fo undation)\, and an environmental movement organization (EcoBuddha). His ext ensive humanitarian and peace building work include efforts to alleviate th e suffering of ordinary North Koreans through the development of food aid p rograms and by working with marginalized people in Asian countries to build schools and promote community development. In recognition of his contribut ion\, he received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Peace and International Und erstanding in 2002 and the POSCO TJ Park Community Development and Philanth ropy Prize in 2011. In 2015\, Pomnyun Sunim received Kripasaran Award from the Bengal Association at the 150th  Birth Anniversary Celebration of Ven. Mahasthavir Kripasaran\, for his efforts in reviving Buddhism in India.

     

     

    To read more\, please visit www.pomnyun.com.

     

     

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/a-casual-conversation-with- a-zen-master-about-life-love-success-happiness-and-meaning/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/download.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170915T0334Z-1505446475.3768-EO-22744-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170914T225905Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T222530Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171005T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171005T183000 SUMMARY: Lecture: Understanding the Partition of Punjab in the Context of t he Partition of India and Bengal by Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed DESCRIPTION: Join Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed\, Professor Emeritus of Political Scien ce\, Stockholm University\, as he lectures on the partition of Punjab. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The journey of the Indian sub-continent to India\, Pakistan and Bangladesh has been long and painful. In this lecture on the partition of Punjab- one of the most affected region of the Partiti on\, Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed will demonstrate that the partition of the Punjab\, although linked to the overall partition of India\, was the result of the p olarization between Hindu-Sikhs on the one hand and Muslims on the other be cause in the wake of religious revivals amongst all three communities.

    < p>Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed is a Professor Emeritus of Political Science\, Stockhol m University\, Visiting Professor Government College University\, Lahore an d\, Honorary Senior Fellow\, Institute of South Asian Studies\, National Un iversity of Singapore. His latest publications include: Pakistan: The G arrison State\, Origins\, Evolution\, Consequences (1947-2011)\,  2013 and The Punjab Bloodied\, Partitioned and Cleansed\, 2012. Th e Punjab Bloodied\, Partitioned and Cleansed won the Best Non-Fiction Book Prize at the 2013 Karachi Literature Festival and the 2013 UBL-Jang Gr oups\, Best Non-Fiction Book Prize at Lahore and the Best Book on Punjab Aw ard from Punjabi Parchar at the Vaisakhi Mela in Lahore\, 2016.

    T he event is co-sponsored by the Department of Asian Studies at University o f British Columbia and the Dr. Hari Sharma Foundation.

    Event poster

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/lecture-understanding-the-p artition-of-punjab-in-the-context-of-the-partition-of-india-and-bengal-by-d r-ishtiaq-ahmed/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/Dr.-Ishtiaq-Ahmed-Talk-Poster.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170713T1636Z-1499963775.9445-EO-22366-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170712T183049Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233250Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171009 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171010 SUMMARY: Thanksgiving Day DESCRIPTION: IAR office to be closed. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    IAR office to be closed.

    LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/thanksgiving-day/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20171003T1605Z-1507046710.5921-EO-22902-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171002T190646Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T222236Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171010T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171010T130000 SUMMARY: A Conversation on Immigration & Refugee Policy DESCRIPTION: Join us for a robust\, casual discussion with Frederika Steen on human rights and refugee advocacy. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us for a robust\, casual discussion w ith Frederika Steen. As a senior public servant in Australian immigration\, Frederika has worked in resettlement\, including managing the immigration program for Western Europeans out of Berlin. Frederika spent 17 years in th e Department of Immigration\, moving to Brisbane as Director of Settlement Services\; her last position was Chief Migration Officer in the Australian Embassy in Berlin.

    In 1983\, Frederika took a six month long service leave to teach in the Australian Orientation Program at one of Thailand's l argest refugee transit camps at Phanat Nikhom\, southeast of Bangkok. It wa s a life-changing experience that gave her a clearer understanding of what her basic values were\, and from then on she became an increasingly vocal a dvocate for refugee rights. Awarded the Order of Australia medal in 2014 fo r services to refugees and asylum seekers in a voluntary capacity\,  Freder ika has been actively involved in human rights and refugee advocacy since 2 001.

    More about Frederika Steen

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/australias-immigration-refu gee-policy-a-casual-conversation/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/10/steen.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181130T1758Z-1543600712.6137-EO-3548-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170919T002449Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T221826Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171011T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171011T193000 SUMMARY: Refugee&Migration Symposium – Career Exploration Evening: Careers in the Settlement Sector DESCRIPTION: Career Exploration Evening: Careers in the Settlement Sector S tudents\, are you looking to make an impact in the lives of refugees and im migrants? Join us to explore career and volunteer opportunities in the sett lement sector and gain advice from early career professionals! Date: Wednes day\, October 11\, 2017 Time: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Venue: Simon […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Career Exploration Evening: C areers in the Settlement Sector

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    Students\, are you looking to make an impact in the li ves of refugees and immigrants? Join us to explore career and volunteer opp ortunities in the settlement sector and gain advice from early career profe ssionals!

    Date: Wednesday\, October 11\, 2017
    Time: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
    Venue:     Simon KY Lee Global Lounge\, UBC
    Light dinner offered.
    UBC Students \, please register for this event using Career sOnline. Other students\, please RSVP directly with Sarah Cameron\, Int ernational Transition Advisor\, at     sarah.cameron@ubc.ca

    This networking even t connects current students interested in building a career supporting refu gees and other newcomers with early-career professionals in the settlement sector to learn about their own paths\, successes and advice. Professionals from AMSSA\, ISSofBC\, MOSAIC\, PIRS\, WUSC\, SUCCESS\, and others will be joining us!

    Students will:

    • Meet with early-caree r professionals\;
    • Network with other students interested in this ca reer path\;
    • Learn about the field and the skills and experience req uired.

    Professionals will:

    • Connect and netw ork with current students\;
    • Share practical tips on making a succes sful transition from UBC to a career in the settlement sector\;
    • Pro vide insight and expertise as an Industry Professional\;
    • Network wi th other professionals.

    Panel Speakers< /p>
    Ali Hussein\, Settlement Youth Worker - Settlement Program\, ISS of BC
    < /strong>    Ali Hussein is a Settlement Youth Worker at ISSofBC. Besides r unning some of the weekly activities at the Youth Hub\, he is also responsi ble coordinating and developing Multicultural Youth Circle (MY Circle) Prog ram. Over the past three years\, He has worked with various non-profit and public research Canadian and Kenyan universities in exploring innovative wa ys of making post-secondary education available to refugee students in Dada ab\, the largest protracted refugee camp in the world. Ali Hussein enjoys p laying soccer and boxing.

    Amy Cheng\, < /strong>Strategic Initiatives & Integration Manager\,  S.U.C.C.E.S. S.

    Amy Cheng is the Strategic Initiatives & Integration Mana ger with S.U.C.C.E.S.S.\, one of Canada’s largest immigrant and refugee-ser ving agencies. Amy has a MA in Communications and more than six years of ex perience in the social services sector. In her current role with S.U.C.C.E. S.S.\, she provides support in the areas of research\, community and govern ment engagement\, policy and data analysis\, as well as funding and program development.

    Yumi Onozawa\, Manager\, Youth Programs\, MOSAIC
    Yumi Onozawa immigrated to Canada in 1998 from Japan. After teaching comparative religions at the University of Calga ry\, she moved to Vancouver in 2010. At MOSAIC\, where she currently works\ , Yumi has served diverse immigrant communities\, including seniors\, Tempo rary Foreign Workers\, and newcomer families in their process of settlement . She learned their challenges\, listened to their frustration\, and enjoye d their success stories. With a team of youth workers\, she is now working with at risk immigrant youth who face difficulties such as language fluency \, academic standards\, acculturation and integration\, and isolation. Yumi is dedicated to developing a healthy multicultural community in Greater Va ncouver.

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    This event is part of After the Flight : Community-University Refugee & Migration Symposium hosted by AMSSA\, MOSAIC\, ISSofBC\, Vancouver Association for Sur vivors of Torture (VAST)\, the Vancouver Immigration Partnership\, UBC Comm unity Engagement\, UBC Liu Institute for Global Issues and the School of Pu blic Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC International Student Development\, th e UBC Graduate Student Migration Network\, and the UBC Equity and Inclusion Office.

    Find more details on symposium events between October 11th – October 19th here.

    LOCATION:Global Lounge GEO:49.266502;-123.259076 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/refugeemigration-symposium- career-exploration-evening-careers-settlement-sector/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/DSC_0386-Copy-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170915T0334Z-1505446475.3884-EO-22746-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170914T230122Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T221145Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171012T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171012T180000 SUMMARY: Concert and Conversation with Musical Ensemble Chaar Yaar DESCRIPTION: Join us for a very special concert with the musical ensemble\, Chaar Yaar! X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us for a very special after work/ school concert with the musical ensemble\, Chaar Yaar.

    The group Chaar Yaar came into existence about nine years ago. As the name suggests\ , it comprises four musicians – namely\, the elderly composer\, vocalist an d poet Madan Gopal Singh\; the ace guitarist and banjo pla yer Deepak Castelino\; the young and soulful sarod player  Pritam Ghosal and an equally young and energetic multiple persussionist Amjad Khan.

    Co-sponsored by The Dhahan Prize for Punjabi Literat ure\, The Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration\, Skyrocket Digital\, Indian Summer Festival\, Dr. Hari Sharma Foundation

    Event P oster

    LOCATION:Asian Centre Auditorium GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/chaar-yaar/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/Chaar-Yaar-Poster-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181130T1758Z-1543600693.6507-EO-3558-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170919T202051Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T220929Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171012T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171012T193000 SUMMARY: Refugee&Migration Symposium– Workshop: Responsible Research with t he Settlement Sector DESCRIPTION: Workshop: Responsible Research with the Settlement Sector   St udents\, researchers\, and faculty\, join us for a workshop and dialogue se ssions with UBC researchers and immigrant/refugee settlement sector represe ntatives that will showcase responsible\, community engaged research practi ces. This session will examine the benefits and challenges of community-uni versity research collaborations and share recent examples of successful col laborations […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Workshop: Responsible Researc h with the Settlement Sector

    Responsible Research with the Settlement Sector

     

    Students\, researchers \, and faculty\, join us for a workshop and dialogue sessions with UBC rese archers and immigrant/refugee settlement sector representatives that will s howcase responsible\, community engaged research practices. This session wi ll examine the benefits and challenges of community-university research col laborations and share recent examples of successful collaborations from bot h academic and community perspectives. Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in practical discussions about how to engage the settlement sector in research initiatives.

    This session is designed especial ly for graduate students\, researchers\, and faculty with experience in thi s area to engage in dialogue.

    Date: Thursday\, October 1 2th
    Time:     5:30 pm - 7:30pm
    Venue: ISS ofBC\, Welcome Centre - Vancity Room (2nd floor)\, 2610 Victoria Drive\, Va ncouver
    Light dinner offered.

    Speakers:

    Kathy Sherrell\, Associate Director of Settlement\, ISSofBC 
    Bio: Kathy Sherrell is Associate Director of Settlement at ISSofBC\, the largest agency of its kind in Western Canada\, with targeted programs for refugees\, women\, children and youth\, plus sup port services in over 45 languages. Their programs and services are availab le throughout Metro Vancouver\, Squamish and the Okanagan. Kathy holds a Ph D in Geography with an emphasis on Canadian refugee resettlement.

    Miu Chan Yan\, Professor and Di rector\, School of Social Work\, UBC
    Bio: Pr ofessor Miu Chung Yan joined the School of Social Work in 2004 and is curre ntly Director. His sojourner’s experience has influenced his major research interests covering settlement and integration of immigrants and refugees\, critical cross-cultural and antiracist practice\, place-based community de velopment and policy\, globalization and social development\, and North-Sou th social work knowledge transfer. As an applied qualitative researcher\, h e adopts a collaborative community-based approach in his research works.

    John Dubé\, Senior Manager\, Settlement P rograms\, MOSAIC
    Bio: John Dubé is a registe red social worker and registered clinical counsellor. He has been in senior management for over 20 years overseeing such programs as suicide preventio n/intervention\, counselling and education\, health-based case management\, immigration services\, human resources\, finance and accreditation. Over t he last seven years John has focused on accreditation\, best practices and hearing the voice of clients\, and now has returned to directly supporting staff in their work with clients.

    Lisa Brunner\, PhD Student\, Department of Educational Studies
    Bio: Lisa Brun ner is a Liu Scholar and PhD student in the Department of Educational Studi es at UBC. Her research focuses on immigration and higher education policie s\, internationalization\, and ethics. She is a Regulated Canadian Immigrat ion Consultant (RCIC) with professional experience advising international u niversity students\, using geographic information systems (GIS) to map gove rnment-assisted refugee settlement\, developing cultural orientation traini ng materials\, and teaching English as an additional language.

    Neila Miled\, PhD Candidate\, Depa rtment of Educational Studies
    Bio: Neila is a UBC Public Scholar and Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Educational S tudies at UBC. Her research interests are in qualitative research methods\, critical ethnography\, social and cultural contexts of education\, teacher education and transnational youth studies. She is focusing on the entangle ments of multiculturalism\, (im)migration\, media and globalization and how they impact educational organizations\, students’ identities\, educational policy and practice. Neila has experience working with various NGOs\, part icularly those working with Syrian refugees\, and she is currently conducti ng a photovoice project with Muslim youth immigrants and refugees.

    Moderator: Lucy Buchanan-Parker\, Research and Information C oordinator\, AMSSA
    Bio: As Research and Information Coordinator at AMSSA\, Lucy leads AMSSA’s research work an d supports settlement organizations in BC through knowledge mobilization in itiatives. She also works to support collaborations between researchers and settlement organizations in BC. Lucy holds a Master’s degree in Social Pol icy and sits on the coordination committee of the Canadian Child and Youth Refugee Research Coalition.

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    This event is part of < em>After the Flight: Community-University Refugee & M igration Symposium hosted by AMSSA\, MOSAIC\, ISSofBC\, Vancouver Association for Survivors of Torture (VAST)\, the Vancouver Immigration Par tnership\, UBC Community Engagement\, UBC Liu Institute for Global Issues a nd the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC International Stude nt Development\, the UBC Graduate Student Migration Network\, and the UBC E quity and Inclusion Office.

    Find more details on symposium events bet ween October 11 – October 19\, 2017 here.

    Disclaimer: Please note that by using this service\, your information will be stored on the Eventbrite server\, which is located outside Canada. If you do not wish to use this service\, p lease email lindsay.marsh@ubc.ca  directly to register. Thank you.

    LOCATION:Welcome Centre - Vancity Room (2nd floor) GEO:49.261106;-123.065418 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/refugee-migration-symposium -workshop-responsible-research-settlement-sector/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/DSC_0386-Copy-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170926T0420Z-1506399659.107-EO-22860-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170925T203651Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T220656Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171013T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171013T143000 SUMMARY: The Importance of Cultural Diversity and Multilingualism in Foster ing Education Value DESCRIPTION: Join us for a conference that discusses the importance of cult ural diversity and multilingualism in fostering educational value.  X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us for a conference that discusses th e importance of cultural diversity and multilingualism in fostering educati onal value\, featuring remarks by Senator Mobina Jaffer and other senior fe llows from the Institute of Asian Research.

    Agenda

    11:30AM - 12:00PM Luncheon
    12:00PM - 12:15PM Op ening Remarks by Zahir Faqiri\, Lead\, Greater Central Asia
    12:15P M - 12:30PM Welcoming Remarks by Professor Paul Evans\, Interim Resear ch Director\, IAR
    12:30PM - 1:00PM Remarks by Honorable Senat or Mobina Jaffer
    1:00PM - 1:20PM Remarks by Dr. Yuko Shibata\ , Research Associate
    1:20PM - 1:40PM Remarks by Hadi Noori
    1:40PM - 2:10PM Conclusion Remarks by Dr. Shahnez Qayomi
    < em>2:10PM - 2:30PM Rabab Performance by Majeed Qayaam
    2:30PM - 5:00PM Inauguration of the Cultural Exhibition

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-importance-of-cultural- diversity-and-multilingualism-in-fostering-education-value/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/13-oct-event-poster_3-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181130T1757Z-1543600649.3083-EO-3595-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170927T001009Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T220332Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171013T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171013T220000 SUMMARY: Lobby Gallery Exhibition: The Price of Sex\, Works by Renowned Doc umentary Film Maker & Photographer\, Mimi Chakarova DESCRIPTION: Lobby Gallery Photography Exhibition & Free Public Film Screen ing: The Price of Sex\, Works by Renowned Documentary Film Maker & Photogra pher\, Mimi Chakarova Join us for the opening of The Price of Sex photograp hy exhibition and a free public film screening of the award-winning documen tary film The Price of Sex (priceofsex.org). Works are by renowned Bulgaria n-American filmmaker & photographer […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Lobby Gallery Photography Exhibit ion & Free Public Film Screening: The Price of Sex\, Works by Reno wned Documentary Film Maker & Photographer\, Mimi Chakarova

    Join us for the opening of The Price of Sex photography exhibitio n and a free public film screening of the award-winning documentar y film The Price of Sex (priceofsex.org). Works are by renowned  Bulgarian-American filmmaker & photographer Mimi Chakarova (www.mclight.com)\, wh o offers an intimate insider portrait of global sex trafficking of young wo men.

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    Date: Friday\, October 13\, 20 17
    Location: Liu Institute for Global Issues at UBC\, 6476 NW Marine Drive\, Vancouver\, BC Canada V6T 1Z2. Find a map here.
    Time: 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm\, Film screening at 7:15 pm (length: 73 min\; with English subt itles)
    Light refreshments served.

    This event is free. Please RSVP on EventBrite as seats are li mited.

    Please download the Artist Bio and Statement. 

    Discussion following the film will be led by:

    Peter Klein\, Emmy Award-winning journalist & associate professor a t UBC's Graduate School of Journalism.

    Ni cole Barrett\, Executive Director of the Allard Prize Initiati ves and Director of the International Justice and Human Rights Clinic. Prof essor Barrett was on the Canadian National Task Force on the Trafficking of Women and Girls in Canada.

    Patricia Leidl\, award- winning media professional with more than 15-plus years of international ex perience.

    Exhibition curated by: Liu Scholars & doct oral candidates\, Blake Smith & Miriam Matejova

    Sponsored by: The Lobby Gallery of UBC's Liu Institute for Global Issues with T he Global Reporting Centre

    **Content may be distressing to some v iewers as this series & film address sex trafficking of young women. May be more suitable for mature audiences.

    This exhibition is gracious ly supported and sponsored by The Liu Institute for Global Issues for the < a href="https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/facilities/lobby-gallery/" target="_b lank" rel="noopener">Lobby Gallery.

    Special thanks to the artist\ , Mimi Chakarova\, and at UBC to The Global Reporting Centre\, Dr. Peter Kl ein\, Marina Favaro\, Ashley Nickolson\, and the students who volunteered t heir time to help us hang the show: Connor Kelly\, Logan Underwood\, and Ja nani Rangarajan.

    Disclaimer: Please note that by using this service\, your information will be stored on the Eventbrite server\, which is located outside Canada. If you do not wish to use this service\, please contact 604-822-1672\; lindsay.marsh@ ubc.ca directly to register. Thank you.

    LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/lobby-gallery-exhibition-pr ice-sex-works-renowned-documentary-film-maker-photographer-mimi-chakarova/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/07-300x199-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20171005T1653Z-1507222430.6575-EO-22910-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171004T172928Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T220130Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171016T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171016T190000 SUMMARY: Searching for the Right Buddha: Procedures for Locating Incarnatio ns (tulkus) in Tibetan Historical Literature DESCRIPTION: UBC Himalaya Program is hosting a talk which will consider the topic of incarnate lamas (tulkus)—births of the same awakened consciousnes s in successive human bodies—focusing on the literary depictions of these p ractices in Tibetan literature. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    UBC Himalaya Program is hosting a talk whi ch will consider the topic of incarnate lamas (tulkus)—births of t he same awakened consciousness in successive human bodies. It will focus pa rticularly on the practices used to locate subsequent incarnations of decea sed Tibetan lamas. These practices involve analyzing prophecies and divinat ions\, as well as evaluating child tulku candidates in a well-known test re quiring the identification of a deceased master’s personal implements out o f a group of duplicate objects. This talk will examine literary depictions of these practices in Tibetan literature\, focusing on cases that have yiel ded contested results.

    Speaker bio: Ben Wood is an instructor with the Department of Asian Studies at Langara College. His research focuses on Tibetan and South Asian Buddhist literature\, part icularly the genres of Tibetan Buddhist biography\, autobiography\, and mon astic history. His recent publications have examined literary portrayals of a number of aspects of Tibetan Buddhist monastic life\, such as childhood\ , economy\, violence\, and sexual misconduct. He also works on a collaborat ive SSHRC-funded project entitled “Gold\, Statue\, Text: Visualizing Moveme nt in Tibetan History\,” which uses digital tools to map the historical mov ement of persons and things around the central Tibetan site of Shalu Monast ery.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/searching-for-the-right-bud dha-procedures-for-locating-incarnations-tulkus-in-tibetan-historical-liter ature/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/10/2017_HP_BenWood_EventPoster5-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181130T1757Z-1543600670.1493-EO-3510-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170908T020645Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T215634Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171016T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171016T173000 SUMMARY: After the Flight: Community-University Refugee & Migration Symposi um DESCRIPTION: After the Flight: Community-University Refugee & Migration Sym posium   Mark your calendars for the second annual refugee & migration symp osium. Organized by campus and community partners\, the 2017 After the Flig ht symposium provides opportunities to learn from one another\, exchange re fugee and claimant settlement experiences\, as well as share research\, kno wledge and passion on refugee […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    After the Flight: Commun ity-University Refugee & Migration Symposium

     

    Mark your calendars for the sec ond annual refugee & migration symposium. Organized by campus and community partners\, the 2017 After the Flight symposium provides opportuni ties to learn from one another\, exchange refugee and claimant settlement e xperiences\, as well as share research\, knowledge and passion on refugee a nd migration issues.

    This year’s program features panel presentations \, a career night\, a conversation on media representations\, and a film sc reening to explore the dynamics of refugee and immigrant settlement and int egration.

    If you are a researcher or work with researchers in the fie ld\, make sure to attend the Responsible Research workshop to explore the e ngagement process between community and the university with faculty\, stude nts\, and settlement sector.

    As usual\, all our events are open to th e public.  Join us for seven events over six days!

    Dates: October 11th – October 19th\, 2017

    UBC Point Grey Venues:

    • Liu Institute for Global Issues (Multipurpose Room)\, 6476 NW Marine Drive\, Vancouver
    • Glob al Lounge\, 2205 Lower Mall\, Vancouver

    Vancouver Venue s:

    • UBC Robson Square (HSBC Room)\, 800 Robson St\, Vanc ouver
    • ISSofBC Welcome Centre (Vancity Room -2nd floor)\, 2610 Victo ria Drive\, Vancouver
    • Pacific Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe St\, Vancouv er

     Goals:

    • To reframe the public discourse around refugees and migrants by bringing new research and conversations to light around refugee settlement and integration in our com munities and places of learning.
    • To showcase responsible\, communit y engaged research practices and include perspectives from both students an d settlement providers about the value of working together to address resea rch gaps and community needs.

    Our organizers this year: AMSSA\, MOSAIC\, ISSofBC\, Vancouver Association for Survivors of Torture (VAST)\, the Vancouver Immigration Partnership\, UBC Community Eng agement\, UBC Liu Institute for Global Issues and the School of Public Poli cy and Global Affairs\, UBC International Student Development\, the UBC Gra duate Student Migration Network\, and the UBC Equity and Inclusion Office.< /p>

    For context\, please watch the following UNHCR videos\, the Global Trends Data 2015 and the Global Trends Report 2016.

    Nov. 5 Panel
    Refugee Panel Q&A< /td>

    SCHEDULE OF EVENTS - OCTOBER\, 2017

    Wednesday\, Oct. 11 
    Career Exploration Evening:     Careers in the Settle ment Sector
    VENUE: Global Lounge\, UBC
    TIME: 5: 30 pm - 7:30 pm
    Light dinner offered.
    This session is designe d especially for early career professionals in the settlement sector and st udents.

     

    Thursday\, Oct. 12
    < a href="https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/events/event/refugee-migration-sympos ium-workshop-responsible-research-settlement-sector/" target="_blank" rel=" noopener">Workshop: Responsible Research with the Settlement Sector
    VENUE: ISSofBC Welcome Centre
    TIME: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
    Light dinner offered.

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    Monday\, Oct. 16
    Panel: How are we doing? Refugee Private Sponsorship in Canada
    VENUE: Global Lounge\, UBC
    TIME: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
    Light dinner offered by Tayybeh: A Celebration of Syrian Cuisine
    This session i s open to students\, faculty\, volunteers\, people who arrived as refugees\ , claimants and immigrants\, settlement sector providers\, and anyone inter ested in the private sponsorship of refugees.
    Please RSVP on EventBrite.

     

    Tuesday\, Oct. 17
    A Facilitated Conversation on "Seeking a New Life in Canada": Media Representations of Refugees\, Asylum Seekers a nd Forced Migrants
    VENUE: Liu Institute Multipurpose Room\, UBC
    TIME: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
    Refreshments offered by Tayyb eh: A Celebration of Syrian Cuisine
    This session is open to studen ts\, faculty\, people who arrived as refugees\, claimants and immigrants\, settlement sector providers\, and anyone interested in media representation s of newcomers to Canada.
    Please RSVP on EventBrite.

     

    Wednesday\, O ct. 18
    Panel: Community App roaches to Healing Trauma
    VENUE: UBC Robson Square< br />TIME:  3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
    This session is open to students\, f aculty\, people who arrived as refugees\, claimants and immigrants\, settle ment sector providers\, and anyone interested in community approaches to he aling trauma faced by refugees and refugee claimants.
    Light refre shments offered.
    Please RSVP on EventBrite.

    Film Screening - Constance on the Edge
    VENUE: Pa cific Cinematheque theatre
    TIME: 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
    Buy tickets here. Tic kets also available at the door.

     

    Thursday\, Oct. 19
    Panel: Economic Contribution s of Refugees\, Immigrants\, and Newcomers
    VENUE: UB C Robson Square
    TIME: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
    Light dinner offered.
    This session is open to students\, faculty\, people who arrived as re fugees\, claimants and immigrants\, settlement sector providers\, employers \, and anyone interested in the contributions that newcomers make to our co mmunities.
    This event is now Sold Out! To be added to the wait list\, please send your name and contact details to Lindsay at lindsay.marsh@ubc.ca or 604-822-1672.

     

    Disclaimer: Please note that by using EventBrite\, your information will be stored on the Eventbrite server\, which is locate d outside Canada. If you do not wish to use this service\, please email lindsay.marsh@ubc.ca directly to reg ister. Thank you.

    Refugee Symposium Log os Collage
    LOCATION:Various Locations GEO:49.282729;-123.120738 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/flight-community-university -refugee-migration-symposium/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/DSC_0386-Copy-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181130T1758Z-1543600686.4459-EO-3593-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170923T001726Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T215822Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171016T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171016T193000 SUMMARY: Refugee&Migration Symposium-Panel: How are we doing? Refugee Priva te Sponsorship in Canada DESCRIPTION: Panel: How are we doing? Refugee Private Sponsorship in Canada   This session is designed for persons who are interested in the private s ponsorship of refugees. It is open to students\, faculty\, volunteers\, com munity workers\, and the general public. The panelists will talk about the current private sponsorship program\, the work of the Sponsorship Agreement […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Panel: How are we doing? Refu gee Private Sponsorship in Canada

    < img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3594" src="https://sppga.cms.ar ts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/DSC_0332-300x233.jpg" alt="Ref ugee Family" width="300" height="233" />

     

    < p>This session is designed for persons who are interested in the private sp onsorship of refugees. It is open to students\, faculty\, volunteers\, comm unity workers\, and the general public. The panelists will talk about the c urrent private sponsorship program\, the work of the Sponsorship Agreement Holder Council\, Canadian Council for Refugees and the international attent ion that the program is receiving. The panel will also highlight the WUSC p rogram to sponsor refugee students and the Journey Home Community Associati on’s program to sponsor refugee claimants.

    Date: Monday\, Oct ober 16th
    Time: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
    Venue:     Global Lounge\, UBC\,      2205 Lower Mall\, Vancouver\, B C V6T
    Free and open to the public. Please RSVP on EventBrite.
    Light dinner offered by Tayybeh: A Celebration o f Syrian Cuisine

    Panelists:

    Sabine Lehr\, Inter-Cultural Association of Greate r Victoria
    Bio: Dr. Sabine Lehr is private s ponsorship of refugees manager with the Inter-Cultural Association (ICA) of Great er Victoria. Sabine is an elected member of the Executive Committee of the Canadian Council for Refugees (Canadian ATCR focal point) and Vice-Chai r of the board of the Canadian Refugee Sponsorship Agreement Holders Associ ation. Her related work includes: Lead of the Canadian NGO delegation to th e Annual Tripartite Consultations on Resettlement 2017\; Speaker and facili tator for a half-day session on complementary pathways to protection\, incl uding through private/community sponsorship\, at the UNHCR-NGO Consultation s 2017\; Canadian NGO representative for a Europe-wide webinar on complemen tary pathways of refugee admission to Europe\, organized by the European Re settlement Network+\, aimed at mapping and informing on emerging private sp onsorship programmes of refugees in Europe. Sabine holds a Master of Busine ss Administration degree in international management from the University of London\, Royal Holloway\; a PhD in Educational Studies from the University of Victoria\; and a Postgraduate Certificate in Refugee and Forced Migrati on Studies from York University.

     

    James Grunau\, Journey Home Commun ity Association
    Bio: With a Bible College an d Seminary education\, James worked in two different church ministries befo re moving to Canada’s West Coast in the mid 1980s.  Here he detoured into t he business world where he spent 20 years in the home renovation business\, serving as manager in various departments and finally as general manager o f the company.  Feeling his heart moving him in a different direction\, he helped found Journey Home Community in 2005\, an initiative of his church h ome group in its outreach to newly arriving asylum seeker families.  He ser ves as Executive Director of Journey Home Community Association and i s a member of the leadership team of the Refugee Highway Partnership\, Nort h American Region.

     

    Rhoda Phillip\, World University Service of Canada (WUSC)
    Rhoda Philip moved to Canada in 2013 from Kakuma Refu gee Camp in Kenya to study at the University of British Columbia\, thanks t o the World U niversity Services of Canada- Student Refugee Program (WUSC-SRP). Her e xperiences from being raised in a refugee camp taught her the value of resi lience\, adaptability\, and compassion. She believes that when tragedy befa lls human beings\, and instill a feeling of victimhood\, it can be challeng ing to overcome. Her passion lies in supporting people who have been throug h difficult life experiences. She champions education for refugee children\ , and is a founding member of an education initiative called Sponsor a Chil d Education (SCE). Despite her being a full-time student\, Rhoda has been p assionately involved in student governments\, and numerous community initia tives. She envisions a world where everyone feels valuable.

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    This event is part of After the Flight : Community-University Refugee & Migration Symposium hosted by AMSSA\, MOSAIC\, ISSofBC\, Vancouver Association for Sur vivors of Torture (VAST)\, the Vancouver Immigration Partnership\, UBC Comm unity Engagement\, UBC Liu Institute for Global Issues and the School of Pu blic Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC International Student Development\, th e UBC Graduate Student Migration Network\, and the UBC Equity and Inclusion Office.

    Find more details on symposium events between October 11 – O ctober 19\, 2017 here.

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    LOCATION:Global Lounge GEO:49.266502;-123.259076 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/refugee-migration-symposium -panel-refugee-private-sponsorship-canada/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/DSC_0386-Copy-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181130T1759Z-1543600740.659-EO-3554-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170919T005539Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T215539Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171017T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171017T193000 SUMMARY: Refugee&Migration Symposium-“Seeking a New Life in Canada”: Media Representations of Refugees\, Asylum Seekers & Forced Migrants DESCRIPTION: A Facilitated Conversation on “Seeking a New Life in Canada”: Media Representations of Refugees\, Asylum Seekers and Forced Migrants Join a facilitated conversation about the complexities of the ways in which dis placed people are portrayed in the Canadian media\, and the implications of the dominant and marginal stories about this issue that have emerged in [… ] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    A Facilitated Conversation on “Se eking a New Life in Canada”: Media Representations of Refugees\, Asylum See kers and Forced Migrants

    Seeking a New Life in Canada

    Joi n a facilitated conversation about the complexities of the ways in which di splaced people are portrayed in the Canadian media\, and the implications o f the dominant and marginal stories about this issue that have emerged in t he past decade.

    Date: Tuesday\, October 17\, 2017< br />Time: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
    Venue: Liu Institute for Global Issues\, UBC – 6476 NW Marine Drive\, Vancouver BC
    Facilitator: Aftab Erfan\, D irector of Dialogue and Conflict Engagement\, UBC
    Refreshments pro vided by Tayybeh: A Celebration of Syrian Cuisine
    Free and open t o the public.

    As consumers of Canadian media\, we are accustomed to seeing the faces of displaced people on the news and hearing or reading their stories. While there is increasingly a range of stories be ing told – those that bring us to tears by describing the plague of refugee s\, those that inspire us by giving us a glimpse of their new lives in Cana da – there remains a concern with the ways that subtle\, and often well-int entioned biases of journalists and reporters frame refugees and other displ aced people in limited ways. Equally as importantly\, settlement agencies a nd migrant advocacy groups\, and displaced people themselves participate in the generation and perpetuation of these narratives. Often these narrative s have a double edge: they can be disempowering by portraying refugees as v ictims (albeit\, hard-working\, resourceful victims who have raised to the status of survivors) and at the same time they can be strategic by appealin g to the sense of compassion on behalf of Canadians (and Canadian governmen ts) to welcome\, sponsor and otherwise support refugees (thus raising to th e status of rescuers).

    This is a structured conversation\, which purp osefully privileges the voices of refugees\, asylum seekers and forced migr ants. If you self-identify as belonging to one of these groups\, we warmly invite your contribution to the discussion\, and encourage you to bring you r views and engage with views different from yours. If you do not belong to one of these groups\, we invite you to attend as an audience member with t he intention to listen and with the purpose to learn.

    To allow for an honest conversation\, we ask that the discussion in the room is not shared outside the room\, but we do encourage everyone to take their learnings an d insights from this conversation with them and put them into action.

    Note: Listen to an interview with Aftab Erfan on the CBC Early Edi tion at the 1:30 mark here.

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    This event is part of After the Flight: Community-University Refugee & Migration Symposium hosted by AMSSA\, MOSAIC\, ISSofBC\, Vancouve r Association for Survivors of Torture (VAST)\, the Vancouver Immigration P artnership\, UBC Community Engagement\, UBC Liu Institute for Global Issues and the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC International Stu dent Development\, the UBC Graduate Student Migration Network\, and the UBC Equity and Inclusion Office.

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    LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/refugee-migration-symposium -facilitated-conversation-seeking-new-life-canada-media-representations-ref ugees-asylum-seekers-forced-migrants/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/DSC_0386-Copy-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999975.1709-EO-3584-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170921T185132Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T215439Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171018T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171018T135000 SUMMARY: Policy@UBC: M. V. Ramana on The Global Future of Nuclear Energy DESCRIPTION: Join us for a Policy@UBC series dialogue on “The Global Future of Nuclear Energy” with M.V. Ramana\, Simons Chair in Disarmament\, Global and Human Security with the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs . Wednesday\, Oct. 18th (New Date!) 12:30 pm – 1:50 pm Liu Institute for Gl obal Issues – Caseroom No RSVP required. […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us for a Policy@UBC series dialogue o n “The Global Future of Nuclear Energy” with M.V. Ramana\, Simons Chair in Disarmament\, Global and Human Security with the UBC School of Public Polic y and Global Affairs.

    Wednesday\, Oct. 18th (New Date!)
    12:30 pm – 1:50 pm
    Liu Institute for Global Issues - Caseroom
    No RSVP required. Refreshments provided.

    This talk will descri be the current status of nuclear energy in different countries around the w orld and the evolution of its share in global electricity generation. It wi ll outline the various factors that will shape the future of nuclear energy \, including costs of nuclear reactor construction\, trends in renewable en ergy and other alternatives\, social and technical challenges associated wi th nuclear energy such as radioactive waste disposal and the linkage to nuc lear weapons\, the imperative to mitigate climate change\, and some of the other interests propelling continued investment in nuclear energy. Ramana w ill lead a short Q&A regarding the present and likely future of nuclear ene rgy in Canada.

    Ramana

    Bio: M. V. Ramana (Ph.D. Boston U niversity\; M.Sc Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur) is the Simons Chair in Disarmament\, Global and Human Security at the Liu Institute for Global Issues\, UBC. His research interests are in the broad areas of internation al security and energy supply\, with a particular focus on topics related t o nuclear energy and fissile materials that can be used to make nuclear wea pons. He combines technical skills and interdisciplinary methods to address policy relevant questions related to security and energy issues. Ramana is the author of The Power of Promise: Examining Nuclear Energy in India< /em>\, Penguin Books\, New Delhi (2012).

    LOCATION:Case Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/mv-ramana-on-nuclear-energy / ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/Pickering-nuclear-generating-station.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20171009T1830Z-1507573835.2899-EO-22945-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171005T203542Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T215328Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171018T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171018T135000 SUMMARY: Policy@UBC: M. V. Ramana on The Global Future of Nuclear Energy DESCRIPTION: Join us for a Policy@UBC series dialogue on “The Global Future of Nuclear Energy” with M.V. Ramana\, Simons Chair in Disarmament\, Global and Human Security with the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs . This talk will describe the current status of nuclear energy in different countries around the world and the evolution of […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us for a Policy@UBC series dialogue o n “The Global Future of Nuclear Energy” with M.V. Ramana\, Simons Chair in Disarmament\, Global and Human Security with the UBC School of Public Polic y and Global Affairs.

    This talk will describe the current status of n uclear energy in different countries around the world and the evolution of its share in global electricity generation. It will outline the various fac tors that will shape the future of nuclear energy\, including costs of nucl ear reactor construction\, trends in renewable energy and other alternative s\, social and technical challenges associated with nuclear energy such as radioactive waste disposal and the linkage to nuclear weapons\, the imperat ive to mitigate climate change\, and some of the other interests propelling continued investment in nuclear energy. Ramana will lead a short Q&A regar ding the present and likely future of nuclear energy in Canada.

    About the Speaker

    M. V. Ramana (Ph.D. Boston University\; M.Sc Indian Institute of Technol ogy Kanpur) is the Simons Chair in Disarmament\, Global and Human Security at the Liu Institute for Global Issues\, UBC. His research interests are in the broad areas of international security and energy supply\, with a parti cular focus on topics related to nuclear energy and fissile materials that can be used to make nuclear weapons. He combines technical skills and inter disciplinary methods to address policy relevant questions related to securi ty and energy issues. Ramana is the author of The Power of Promise: Exa mining Nuclear Energy in India\, Penguin Books\, New Delhi (2012).

     

    The event is hosted by the Liu Institute for Global Issues\, and will be held in the Caseroom. Light refreshments will be provided.

    LOCATION:Case Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/policyubc-m-v-ramana-on-the -global-future-of-nuclear-energy/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/10/frederic-paulussen-548445-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181130T1758Z-1543600690.8608-EO-3570-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170920T003553Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T215132Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171018T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171018T170000 SUMMARY: Refugee&Migration Symposium- Panel: Community Approaches to Healin g Trauma DESCRIPTION: Panel: Community Approaches to Healing Trauma Trauma is a fund amental part of the refugee experience. Sometimes that trauma happens befor e individuals\, families\, and groups leave their homes\; sometimes it happ ens during their journeys or in their often overly extended transitional ho mes\; and sometimes the trauma occurs\, or reoccurs when they arrive and be gin the arduous […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Panel: Community Approaches t o Healing Trauma

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    Trauma is a fundamental part of the refugee experience. Sometimes that trauma hap pens before individuals\, families\, and groups leave their homes\; sometim es it happens during their journeys or in their often overly extended trans itional homes\; and sometimes the trauma occurs\, or reoccurs when they arr ive and begin the arduous process of settling in a new and foreign land. Th is panel recognizes the multiple forms that such trauma can take for differ ent refugees and refugee claimants\, and recognizes that healing from that trauma happens in different ways for those different individuals and groups . While the therapeutic process\, working with counsellors\, is fundamental \, it is really a community that can provide the long-term support and heal ing that traumatized individuals settling in a new culture need.

    Acco rdingly\, this panel brings together a wide variety of perspectives and pra ctitioners\, and will engage the audience in learning about how different c ommunity organizations develop trauma-informed and trauma-sensitive activit ies and connections to complement the trauma-focused work they may be doing with therapists and in groups.

    Date: Wednesday\, October 18th
    Time: 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    Venue: Robson Square\, UBC – HSBC Room. 800 Robson S t\, Vancouver\, BC V6Z 3B7
    Free and open to the public.
    UPDATE: Our online registration is now full but we welc ome guests to register at the welcome table at today's event.
    < em>Light refreshments provided

    Panel Discussion led by Moderator Frank Cohn\, Executive Director of the Vancouver Association for Survivors of To rture (“VAST”)
    Bio: Originally from Vanc ouver\, Frank is Executive Director of VAST (Vancouver Association for Surv ivors of Torture)\, a Refugee Mental Health organization. He has more than 20 years experience in managing\, evaluating\, and building capacity for Co mmunity Development and Education Programs in 22 countries. Frank works in five languages: French\, Spanish\, English\, Mandarin Chinese\, and Haitian Creole\, and has functionality in several others. He is also a Sessional L ecturer in Social Work and Public Affairs at UBC\, UNBC\, Langara\, Douglas \, Native Education College\, and Fordham\, Rutgers\, and Columbia Universi ties\, and has provided guest lectures and Field Instruction at more than a dozen other universities. He has done leadership capacity building work wi th over 10\,000 people in 100 rural villages and urban neighborhoods in the Americas and Asia\, and managed life-changing international travel exchang es for over 1000 youth. Frank was previously in New York City for 10 years as CEO of Global Potential\, and is also a Board Member\, Consultant\, and Advisor for several other non -profits\, including The DUDES Club a nd the JUMP! Foundation. Frank has his BA in Literature and Philosophy from UBC\, and his Masters of Scien ce in Social Work from Columbia University.

    Speakers:

    Mariana Martinez Vieyra
    Bio: Mariana is a graduate of the University of Buenos Aires\, Argenti na and the UBC Counseling Psychology Master’s Program. She has over 25 year s of experience working with survivors of political violence and torture bo th in Canada and in Latin America. Raised and educated in Argentina during the military dictatorship\, Mariana learnt to recognize the impact that tor ture has on individuals\, relationships and families\, thus becoming very a ware of the crucial role that community building and social justice play in the healing process. Not surprisingly\, when she moved to Vancouver in 200 3\, she joined The Vancouver Association for Survivors of Torture (VAST). M ariana sees her work as a trauma counsellor as a way to raise her voice aga inst torture\, resist social injustice and fight for clients’ Human Rights as well as psychosocial well-being. In 2015\, Mariana was appointed Provinc ial Refugee Mental Health Coordinator under the Provincial Refugee Readines s Project\, building Mental Health capacity in the refugee serving-sector\, and running the Provincial Refugee Mental Health Toll Free Line.
    P    resentation Description: Mariana’s discussio n will focus on the concepts of Building home\, and establishing safety. Es tablishing safety refers to the environment that surrounds us and also in o ur inner environments. She will discuss VAST’s work in Stage One in the tra uma recovery process. Building community is a key factor in the healing and recovery process\, and while it is part of Stage three of trauma recovery\ , it is something we are also starting already from stage one--allowing the conditions for trust to be built. VAST’s work is trauma-informed\, and con nects the theoretical and research base. Fundamentally\, we heal in communi ty\, and building community is key for any attempt to repair attachment wou nds.

    < strong>Ali Hussein
    Bio: Ali is a Settlement Youth Worker at ISSofBC. Besides running some of the weekly activities at t he Youth Hub\, he is also responsible coordinating and developing Multicult ural Youth Circle (MY Circle) Program. Over the past three years\, He has w orked with various non-profit and public research Canadian and Kenyan unive rsities in exploring innovative ways of making post-secondary education ava ilable to refugee students in Dadaab\, the largest protracted refugee camp in the world. Ali Hussein enjoys playing soccer and boxing.

    P resentation Description: Ali will be describing the inclusive\, pe er-driven\, community-oriented work of the Youth Hub at ISSofBC. The Youth Hub’s programs for refugee youth include sports\, arts\, dance\, discussion s\, and drop-ins.

     

    Alison Paul
    B io: Alison (Ali) Paul currently works as Senior Manager\, Safety a nd Wellbeing Program with Disaster Management for the National Office of th e Canadian Red Cross.  Her past roles with the Red Cross have included mana gement of community integration programming in support of resettlement and integration of Syrian refugees (2015-2016)\, management of the Detention Mo nitoring and Restoring Family Links programs in Western Canada\, support fo r Overseas Personnel and the Humanitarian Issues Program. Internationally\, she has deployed as a social worker to German Red Cross in fall 2015 in su pport of incoming refugees and migrants (2015)\, worked with UNICEF on chil d protection (2008-2009)\, and the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW) on human trafficking (2006\, 2008). She volunteers with BC’s Disas ter Psychosocial team through Provincial Health Services Authority.  Ali ha s a Master of Social Work\, and Bachelor of Arts in Psychology.
    Presentation Description: The physical and mental health and dig nity of people affected by crises must be at the centre of global refugee r esponse. The International Federation of Red Cross Red Crescent Societies h as been on the ground not only offering support through reception centres\, shelter\, and food\, but also through psychosocial services such as managi ng child friendly spaces\, female friendly spaces\, supporting individuals and linking families. Canadian Red Cross delegates have been involved in su pporting along the entire migration journey: Jordan\, Lebanon\, on vessels crossing the Mediterranean Sea\, Greece\, Germany\, and upon arrival and du ring settlement and integration in Canada. This presentation will focus on the multi-faceted psychosocial support that is needed to buffer the loss an d trauma that has occurred in so many lives\, drawing from a recent evaluat ion by the Canadian Red Cross\, and the presenter’s personal experience sup porting refugees both abroad and in Canada.

     

    Nancy Cla rk
    Bio: Nancy Clark is an alumna of the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the University of British Columbia and Inter sections in Mental Health  and Addiction Research Training. Nancy’s researc h is informed by social justice\, intersectionality and equity oriented hea lth and social policy. Her clinical practice area focuses on community ment al health and integration of social determinants of health of structurally vulnerable groups\, including immigrant women and other groups affected by displacement.
    Presentation Description: The focus of the presentation is on Karen refugee women’s experiences of resettlement\, and the intersections of gender\, language and health literacy as important considerations for mental health promotion.

     

    Amea Wil bur
    Bio: Dr. Amea Wilbur is Manager of Progr ams at Pacific Immigrant Resources Society (PIRS)\, a non-profit organizati on that provides services for immigrant women and young children. She compl eted her doctorate in Education at UBC. Her research explored ways to make government-funded language training more inclusive for students who experie nce trauma. She has facilitated numerous workshops on how to support studen ts who have experienced trauma in the English as Additional Language classr oom. She along with Diana Jeffries created “ Beyond Trauma: Language Learning Strategies for New Canadians Living with T rauma” through LISTN. She will speak about PIRS trauma-informed languag e classes that PIRS developed to support refugee women. She will highlight the framework PIRS uses in their the language classes to build control\, co nnection and meaning for newcomers impacted by trauma.​
    Presen tation Description: Profile of PIRS Trauma Informed English as an Additional Language Classes  - learn more here.

    Dr. Jennifer Mervyn
    Bio: Dr. Jennifer Mervyn is the Doctors of BC Practice Initiative Lead for the Child and Youth Mental H ealth and Substance Use Collaborative for the Fraser Region. Dr. Mervyn bri ngs over 10 years of clinical experience as a registered psychologist speci alizing in child and youth mental health.  Jennifer holds a Ph.D. in Counse lling Psychology from University of British Columbia\, and received multipl e awards\, including the UBC Young Alumnus Award for her dissertation resea rch.  Jennifer currently teaches part-time in the graduate department of Co unselling Psychology at Trinity Western University\, and has a private prac tice in White Rock.  As a Metis\, Jennifer is a strong advocate for the Ind igenous community and was actively  involved in issues affecting the indige nous community through her participation on regional and provincial committ ees.
    Presentation Description: The BC Child and Youth Mental Health and Substance Use Collaborative\, funded by the Province of BC and stewarded by Doctors of BC is engaging over 2\,400 people in creatin g a culture of health for neighbourhoods and families.  Within the Collabor ative there are 64 Local Action Teams which bring together representatives from the health\, education\, policing\, and child development sectors with youth and their families to work on community change and inform public pol icy. Many of these Local Action Teams have expressed a desire to transform into self-healing communities which recognize that early trauma is the most powerful determinant of health and solving the root causes of early trauma \, rather than the symptoms\, can build resilient\, healthy communities.  C ommunities have the capacity to decrease the prevalence of adverse childhoo d experiences and intensity from one generation to the next\, thereby reduc ing many mental\, physical\, behavioral and economic/productivity problems.   Dr\, Mervyn will discuss how this can be achieved by building resilience in communities and creating a culture of Health.

    This event is part o f After the Flight: Community-University Refugee & Migration Symposium hosted by AMSSA\, MOSAIC\, ISSofBC\, Vancouver Association for Survivors of Torture (VAST)\, the Vancouver Immi gration Partnership\, UBC Community Engagement\, UBC Liu Institute for Glob al Issues and the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC Internat ional Student Development\, the UBC Graduate Student Migration Network\, an d the UBC Equity and Inclusion Office.-----

    Find more details on symp osium events between October 11 – October 19\, 2017 here.

    Disclaimer: Please no te that by using this service\, your information will be stored on the Even tbrite server\, which is located outside Canada. If you do not wish to use this service\, please email lindsay.m arsh@ubc.ca directly to register. Thank you.

    LOCATION:UBC Robson Square GEO:49.282483;-123.121401 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/refugee-migration-symposium -panel-community-approaches-healing-trauma/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/DSC_0386-Copy-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181130T1757Z-1543600646.9121-EO-26695-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170916T000707Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T215038Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171018T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171018T213000 SUMMARY: Refugee&Migration Symposium – “Constance On the Edge” Film DESCRIPTION: Film: Constance On the Edge: One family. Two wars. Three count ries. What does it take to forge a new life far from home?   Join us for th e Vancouver premier of Constance On the Edge: One family. Two wars. Three c ountries. What does it take to forge a new life far from home? with a […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Film: Constance On the Edge: One family. Two wars. Three countries. What does it take to forge a new lif e far from home?

    Constance

     

    Join us for the Vancou ver premier of Constance On the Edge: One family. Two wars. Three countries. What does it take to forge a n ew life far from home? with a post-screening discussion.  The film highlights the important role communities play in encouraging a se nse of belonging and enabling participation for everyone.  This screening i s part of After the Flight: A Community-University Refugee & Migra tion Symposium.

    Date: Wednesday\, Octob er 18th
    Time:     7:30 pm - 9:30 pm. The film is 80 min followed by the Q&A.
    Venue : Pacific Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe St #200\, Vancouver\, BC V6Z 2L7
    Ti ckets: $9/students\, $11/adults
    Buy tickets here.     Tickets also available at t he door. Open to the public.

    About the film: Filmed over 10 years\, Constance on the Edge is an unflinchingly honest portrayal of one refugee family’s resettlement story in Australia. Brave\, charismatic Constance\, mother of six\, confronts her painful past in war torn Sudan\, and risks everything in Australia so her family can thr ive. 'In Africa I was fighting for survival\; in the refugee camp I was fig hting for human rights\, and here in Australia\, I'm fighting for belonging .' Mary\, Constance’s niece\, finds it impossible to find a job in Wagga. V icky\, her daughter\, studies every morning from 4am\, hoping to get into u ni. Charles\, 23\, is struggling with alienation and depression. Constance on the Edge gets to the heart of a contemporary untold story about the cour age and resilience it takes to build new lives. The film also highlights th e important role communities play in encouraging a sense of belonging and e nabling participation for everyone.

    Learn more about the film and wat ch a trailer here.

    Read a review from The Guar dian.

    Constance on the Edge


    Join a Post-screening discussion with Kirby Humin uik and Frank Cohn.

    Kirby Huminuik< /strong>\, a Registered Clinical Counsellor\, holds a Certificate in Global Mental Health from the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma and has long work ed with refugees and survivors of torture and political violence. She is al so a Liu Scholar alumna.

    Frank Cohn has a Master of Science in Social Work from Columbia University and is the Executive Direct or of the Vancouver Association for Survivors of Torture (VAST)\, B.C.’s la rgest centre for refugee mental health.

    Moderated by Dr. Harr y Karlinsky\, Clinical Professor\, Department of Psychiatry\, Univ ersity of British Columbia

    Sponsored by Frames of Mind\, hos ted by UBC Psychiatry and UBC Mental Health and the Vancouver Immigration P artnership\, City of Vancouver.

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    This event is part of After the Flight: Community-University Refug ee & Migration Symposium hosted by AMSSA\, MOSAIC\, ISSofBC\, Vanc ouver Association for Survivors of Torture (VAST)\, the Vancouver Immigrati on Partnership\, UBC Community Engagement\, UBC Liu Institute for Global Is sues and the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC International Student Development\, the UBC Graduate Student Migration Network\, and the UBC Equity and Inclusion Office.

    Find more details on symposium even ts between October 11th – October 19th here.

    LOCATION:Pacific Cinematheque GEO:49.260872;-123.113953 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/refugee-migration-symposium -film-screening-constance-edge/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/DSC_0386-Copy-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170915T0334Z-1505446475.3956-EO-22747-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170914T230504Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T214805Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171019T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171019T183000 SUMMARY: Contemporary Art in India Today: Bangalore and Beyond by Umesh Shi vanna Maddanahalli & Raghavendra Rao K. V. DESCRIPTION: Join us for a fascinating information session on Contemporary Art in India Today: Bangalore and Beyond by Umesh Shivanna Maddanahalli\, Bangalore-based Visual Artist\, and Raghavendra Rao K. V.\, Visual Artist a nd CISAR Research Associate. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us for a fascinating information sess ion on Contemporary Art in India Today: Bangalore and Beyond  by Umesh Shiv anna Maddanahalli\, Bangalore-based Visual Artist\, and Raghavendra Rao K. V.\, Visual Artist and CISAR Research Associate.

    Co-sponsored by the South Asian Canadi an Histories Association & Canada 150 Fund

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/contemporary-art-in-india-t oday-bangalore-and-beyond-by-umesh-shivanna-maddanahalli-raghavendra-rao-k- v/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/Contemporary-Art-Event-Photo-225x300-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181130T1757Z-1543600636.084-EO-3575-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170920T003333Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T214702Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171019T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171019T193000 SUMMARY: Refugee&Migration Symposium- Panel: Economic Contributions of Refu gees\, Immigrants\, and Newcomers DESCRIPTION: Panel: Economic Contributions of Refugees\, Immigrants\, and N ewcomers Join us for a series of panel presentations that will illustrate t he various important contributions that government-assisted refugees\, refu gee claimants\, immigrants and other newcomers make to our communities. Stu dents\, faculty members\, employers\, settlement sector representatives\, a nd community members are all welcome to attend! Date: Thursday\, October 19 th Time: […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Panel: Economic Contributions of Refugees\, Immigrants\, and Newcomers

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    Join us for a series of panel presentations that will illu strate the various important contributions that government-assisted refugee s\, refugee claimants\, immigrants and other newcomers make to our communit ies. Students\, faculty members\, employers\, settlement sector representat ives\, and community members are all welcome to attend!

    Date: Thursday\, October 19th< br />Time: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
    Venue:     Robson Square\, U BC – HSBC Room\, 800 Robson St\, Vancouver
    Free and open to the public . We are now Sold Out for this event! To be ad ded to the wait list\, please send your name and contact details to Lindsay at lindsay.marsh@ubc.ca or 604-822-1672.
     Light dinner offered.

    Mod erated by Saleem Spindari\, Manager of Refugee Settlement Support Projects\, MOSAIC.
    Bio:     Saleem manages a variety of i nitiatives and projects to support the settlement of refugees. This is a on e year secondment from his Community Outreach and Advocacy Program at MOSAI C.

    Panelists:

    Professor Dan Hiebert

    < em>Professor Hiebert will explore the degree of economic integrati on of refugees over the long haul. He’ll discuss what their economic situat ion looks like 5\, 10\, and 20 years after arriving in Canada and will poin t out that the outcomes differ by city -- Vancouver does not appear to offe r the same level of opportunities as several other cities\, for example.
    Bio: Dan Hiebert is a Professor in Geogra phy at UBC. He has two main research interests. The first is international migration. At the broadest scale\, this includes the issue of policy and re gulatory systems and how they shape migration\, and also how people become mobile\, with or without the consent of states. He tries to understand Cana dian immigration policy within this wider context\, and consider it in rela tion to the policies of other countries\, especially in Europe and Australa sia. At the local scale\, he studies the consequences of immigration in Can adian cities\, highlighting Vancouver’s situation (with a foreign-born popu lation approaching one million). More specifically\, he looks at the integr ation of newcomers in the labour and housing markets of cities\, and how th is changes their residential structure and social relations.

     

    Patrick MacKenzie

    Patrick MacKenzie\, CEO of the I mmigrant Employment Council of BC will discuss how increasing inte rnational competition for talent requires that Canada make the most effecti ve use of the skills immigrants bring to this country. As employers struggl e with the challenge of finding qualified employees to meet immediate and s trategic needs\, many are turning to innovative solutions and are tapping i nto new sources of global talent. Patrick will explore novel approaches all owing newcomers\, including those who arrived here as refugees\, to get a h ead start in their careers in Canada and will present an effective alternat ive to traditional job boards\, which offers employers access to job-ready talent.
    Bio: Patrick MacKenzie joined IEC-BC as the organization’s new CEO in April 2017. He has made a career of public se rvice from coast to coast\, working in policy and program areas aimed at su pporting many of Canada’s most vulnerable communities through economic and social development as well as international relations. Previously\, Patrick spent 11 years working for Immigration\, Refugees and Citizenship Canada a t its national headquarters in Ottawa and its regional offices in Vancouver . Throughout his career\, Patrick has worked with partners on matters affec ting aboriginal and immigrant populations\, including immigrant economic in tegration\, provincial nominee programs\, credential recognition and labour mobility.

    Cormac O'Reilly

    < em>Cormac O'Reilly will share insights from his work mana ging the Refugee Training and Employment Program with MOSAIC.
    Bio:     Cormac O'Reilly is a Program Manager with the BC Allian ce for Manufacturing and currently runs the Refugee Training and Employment Program--a jointly run program in partnership with MOSAIC--that provides n ewly arrived Canadians with skills necessary to work in Manufacturing. He h as worked in the Career and Employment Counselling field for the past 8 yea rs in various capacities including Case Manager\, Facilitator\, Job Develop er\, Labour Market Officer and Program Manager and has previously worked wi th S.U.C.C.E.S.S. and the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters.  He is a Cert ified Career Development Practitioner through the BCCDA and received his CD P Certification from SFU.


    Zhila Pirmoradi

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    Zhila P irmoradi\, an analyst with the city of Vancouver\, will profile the mentori ng program at the City of Vancouver that supports refugees to find jobs.
    Bio:  Zhila is an Industrial Engineer wh o moved to Canada in 2009 as international student with her husband. As a s tudent passionate to develop her professional skills and contribute to the community in parallel\, she started volunteering with Society for Canadian Women in Science & Technology (SCWIST) in 2013. Around her graduation time and newly landed as a Permanent Resident\, in 2014 she started looking for opportunities to get relevant work experience in Canada\, and she applied t o Skills Connect program where she met a great mentor and case manager\, an d learned about other opportunities such as ISS of BC’s 4-month internship opportunity for newcomers. She also joined a great mentorship program offer ed by Immigrant Employment Council of BC (IEC-BC)\, through which she met s everal wonderful professionals from the City of Vancouver. As a result of c ontribution from organizations missioned to support\, and individuals who w illingly offered their support to newcomers\, Zhila was offered a Business Analyst position by the City of Vancouver in 2015\, and since then she has been contributing to over ten projects which help increasing efficiency and effectiveness of the processes in various business units.

    Vi ken Majarian
    Viken Majarian will share his story as a Syr ian refugee settling in Vancouver. His story will help illustrate the barri ers refugees face as professionals entering the Canadian job market.
    < /em>Bio: Viken is a Syrian dentist whose family was forced from their home in Aleppo before the Syrian civil war. He is a Canadian Re d Cross volunteer in the Smart Start program. He was born in Aleppo\, Syria and attended private school in Aleppo till grade twelve then moved in 1987 to Armenia for his medical university study. He graduated as a Dentist D.D .S. (Doctor of Dental Surgeon) in 1995. He served in the army as a dentist for two and half years\, then worked in a public dental clinic for two year s too. Since 1998\, he had his own clinic. At 2003\, he received his Surgeo n Implant Diploma. He moved with his family to Canada in December 2015 due to the war in Syria. In 2016\, he received his Canadian first aid certifica te. In March 2016\, he got his first job in Canada as a care attendant in a hospital transfers company and a year later\, he made his first dental wor kshop presentation at MOSAIC for newcomers and refugee families. He receive d an invitation from the Red Cross to attend a course with them as an Arabi c speaker presenter. He speaks five languages: Armenian\, Arabic\, English\ , Russian\, and Turkish. Since his arrival to Canada\, he has been voluntee ring in the Armenian community and a church to help newcomer families to se ttle and begin new life in Canada.

    Farid Rohani

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    Farid Rohani\, immediate past Chair with the Lauri er Institution\, will highlight the important contributions that people who arrived as immigrants and refugees make to our society.
     Bio: Farid Rohani is the immediate past Chair of the Laurier Insti tution\, a Canadian non-partisan organization dedicated to the disseminatio n of knowledge about the economic and social implications of diversity. Dur ing a 12-year tenure on the Laurier board\, Rohani established the Ethics a nd Human Rights Lecture Series (University of British Columbia) and expande d the M.K. Wong Lecture Series on multicultural issues (CBC Radio) now in i ts 11th year. He also established Canada’s first Indigenous spea ker series at Vancouver Island University.  As former Chair of the Institut e for Canadian Citizenship (Vancouver)\, he organized the first Citizenship Ceremony on a First Nations Reserve. Rohani has served on the Royal Canadi an Mountain Police (E-Division) Diversity Advisory Committee\, the Scouts C anada Diversity Committee and on the Steering Committee of the Vancouver Di alogues Project. He has been honored with the British Columbia Multicultura l Award (2011)\, the British Columbia Regiment Commanding Officer’s Commend ation (2014)\, and has been recognized as a Georgia Straight Cultural Navig ator (2013). An Iranian-born Canadian\, Rohani publishes widely on immigrat ion\, multiculturalism\, diversity and ethics\, and is a guest commentator on these issues on CBC radio and television. He also manages his family’s V ancouver-based development and real estate holding company.

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    This is the final event of the After the Flight: Community-University Refugee & Migration Symposium host ed by AMSSA\, MOSAIC\, ISSofBC\, Vancouver Association for Survivors of Tor ture (VAST)\, the Vancouver Immigration Partnership\, UBC Community Engagem ent\, UBC Liu Institute for Global Issues and the School of Public Policy a nd Global Affairs\, UBC International Student Development\, the UBC Graduat e Student Migration Network\, and the UBC Equity and Inclusion Office.

    < p>Find more details on symposium events between October 11 – October 19\, 2 017 here.

    Disclaimer: Please note that by using this service\, your information will be stored on the Eventbrite server\, which is located outside Canada. If you do not wish to use this service\, please email lindsay.marsh@ubc.ca directly to register. Thank you.

    LOCATION:UBC Robson Square GEO:49.282483;-123.121401 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/refugee-migration-symposium -panel-economic-contributions-refugees-immigrants-newcomers/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/DSC_0386-Copy-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20171013T0549Z-1507873754.9817-EO-22971-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171012T165545Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T214434Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171024T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171024T140000 SUMMARY: The Hard Work of Feeding the Baby: Breastfeeding and Intensive Mot hering in Contemporary Urban China DESCRIPTION: Amy Hanser will be lecturing on the emerging culture of intens ive mothering among middle-class\, urban Chinese women that focuses on infa nt feeding. She suggests that the linkage between breastfeeding and mother hood represents a “gendered burden” for Chinese women and that infant feedi ng has become important\, early terrain on which new mothers grapple with t heir own and others’ expectations about mothering and caring for a child. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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     In this talk\, I describe an emergin g culture of intensive mothering among middle-class\, urban Chinese women t hat focuses on infant feeding. Based upon interviews with new mothers in ur ban Shanghai\, I describe the intense efforts and commitment by these women to provide their babies with breast milk\, and I describe the complexities of their attempts to put mothering ideals into practice. I suggest that th e linkage between breastfeeding and motherhood represents a “gendered burde n” for Chinese women and that infant feeding has become important\, early t errain on which new mothers grapple with their own and others’ expectations about mothering and caring for a child.

    About the Speaker

    Amy Hanser is an Associate Profe ssor of Sociology at the University of British Columbia.  Her research has focused upon numerous aspects of contemporary Chinese society\, such as gen der and employment\, social inequality\, and consumption and consumerism\, and include Service Encounters: Class\, Gender and the Market for Social Di stinction in Urban China (Stanford\, 2008).

     

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    This event is sponsored by the UBC Centre for Chinese Research.
    LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-hard-work-of-feeding-th e-baby-breastfeeding-and-intensive-mothering-in-contemporary-urban-china/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/10/1024-Amy-DS-01-1024x768.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20171020T2253Z-1508540031.4102-EO-23044-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171020T213117Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T214547Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171024T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171024T140000 SUMMARY: Recent Debates Relating to Hate Speech in Japan DESCRIPTION: The issue of whether government should regulate hate speech ha s become a pressing problem in Japan\, where the number of xenophobic group s has been increasing rapidly since the early 2000’s. Professor Shinji Higa ki outlines frameworks of the Hate Speech Elimination Act and other laws re lating to hate speech and analyzes some of their issues in this presentatio n. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Abstract:

    This presentation explai ns the past and present status of hate speech regulations in Japan. The iss ue of whether government should regulate hate speech has become a pressing problem in Japan\, where the number of xenophobic groups has been increasin g rapidly since the early 2000’s. In response to public opinion\, the Diet enacted the Hate Speech Elimination Act in 2016\, which clearly declares th at hate speech is “not allowed”. The law assigns various duties to national and local governments to tackle hate speech\, but it does not impose penal ties\, due to concerns that they might deprive individuals of their right t o free speech. This presentation outlines frameworks of the Hate Speech Eli mination Act and other laws relating to hate speech and analyzes some of th eir issues. Shinji Higaki Professor of Law\, Fukuoka University.

    Spe aker:

    Dr. Shiji Higaku

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    RSVP to cals@allard.ubc.ca

    LOCATION:Room 123\, Allard Hall GEO:49.270110;-123.253353 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/recent-debates-relating-to- hate-speech-in-japan/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/10/CALS-Seminar-Shinji-Higaki-1-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20171016T1620Z-1508170839.6687-EO-22984-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171013T234901Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T214320Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171025T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171025T133000 SUMMARY: Individuality in Early Modern Japan: a discussion of and launch fo r Peter Nosco’s recent book DESCRIPTION: Two of the most commonly alleged features of Japanese society are its homogeneity and its encouragement of conformity. Join Peter Nosco a s he challenges these a number of other long-standing assumptions regarding Tokugawa (1600-1868) society\, thus opening a dialogue regarding the relat ionship between the Japan of two centuries ago and the present. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Abstract:

    Tw o of the most commonly alleged features of Japanese society are its homogen eity and its encouragement of conformity\, as repre sented by the saying that the nail that sticks up gets pounded. The primary goal of Nosco’s volume is to challenge these and a number of other long-standing assumptions regarding Tokugawa (1600-1868) society\, and thereby to open a dialogue regarding the relationship between the Japan of two centuries ago and the present. The volume’s central chapters concentrate on six aspects of Tokugawa society: the construction of individual identity\, aggressive p ursuit of self-interest\, defiant practice of forbi dden religious traditions\, interest in self-cultiv ation and personal betterment\,understandings of ha ppiness and well-being\, and embrace of “neglected” counter-ideological values. Nosco argues that when taken together\, these point to far higher degrees of individuality in ear ly modern Japan than has heretofore been acknowledged\, and in an Afterword he briefly examines how these indicators of indivi duality in early modern Japan are faring in contemporary Japan at the time of writing.

    About the Speaker:

    Peter No sco is a Professor currently teaching at the University of British Columbia . He earned his PhD in Japanese thought at Columbia University. His researc h focuses on the intellectual and social history of seventeenth- and eighte enth-century Japan\, with published work on Confuci anism\, nativism\, popular culture\, underground religious movements\, and most recently public sphere. He has published numerous well-known books and has edited several volumes\,  including Remembering Paradise: Nativism and Nostalgia in 18th-Century J apan\, Confucianism and Tokugawa Culture \, and Values\, Identity\, and Equality in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Japan. His latest work\, entitled Individuality in Early Modern Japan: Thinking for Oneself \, was just recently published in September\, 2017.

    Event Poster

    LOCATION:Room 604\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/individuality-in-early-mode rn-japan-a-discussion-of-and-launch-for-peter-noscos-recent-book/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/10/Peter-Nosco-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999975.3193-EO-3529-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170912T215413Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T214214Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171026T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171026T134500 SUMMARY: Miners\, Minerals and Minamata: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on ASGM and Sustainable Development DESCRIPTION: Join us for a Policy@UBC and CIRDI seminar series event titled  Miners\, Minerals and Minamata: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on ASGM and Sustainable Development with Kirsten Dales\, Director\, Program Developmen t\, Canadian International Resources & Development Institute (CIRDI). 12:30 – 1:45 pm Thursday\, October 26 Caseroom – Liu Institute for Global Issues Light refreshments offered. The Artisanal and Small-scale […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us for a Policy@UBC and CIRDI seminar series event titled Miners\, Minerals and Minamata: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on ASGM and Sustainable Development with Kirsten Dales\, Director\, Program Development\, Canadian International Resources & Develop ment Institute (CIRDI).

    12:30 - 1:45 pm
    Thursday\, October 26
    Caseroom – Liu Institute for G lobal Issues
    Light refreshments offered.

    The Artisanal and Small-scale Gold (ASGM) mining sector represents the largest source of anthropogenic mercury emissions globally (UNEP\, 2013). Despite known healt h and environmental impacts of mercury and its use in gold recovery\, it re mains widely used in ASGM due to its ease of use\, fast returns and accessi bility of mercury through informal trade networks. ASGM supports at least 2 0 million livelihoods\, including >3 million women and children accounting for an estimated 15-30% of global gold production (UNEP\, 2013) and 80% of all ASM activity for metals (excluding diamonds and gemstones). The artisan al mining of gold provides a significant source of income for rural communi ties compared to agriculture\, fishing or forestry\, (Siegel & Veiga\, 2009 )\, but has been traditionally been viewed in a problem vs. a legitimate li velihood opportunity.

    Consequently\, ASGM has received a smaller prop ortion of development aid relative to its contribution towards poverty alle viation in Asia\, Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa. In recent decades\, academic institutes\, the United Nations\, and development agencies promot e advancement of ASGM as a rural livelihood strategy\, with a growing body of literature and continued development of best practices to minimize adver se social and environmental impacts. Despite recent progress\, complex chal lenges remain for scientists\, practitioners\, policy makers\, bi-lateral a nd multi-lateral cooperation to support miners in the reduction and eventua l elimination of mercury use in ASGM at global\, regional and local scales.

    LOCATION:Case Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/interdisciplinary-perspecti ves-on-asgm/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/01/vsaranphotodotcom-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20171020T2253Z-1508540031.4235-EO-23041-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171020T200800Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T184152Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171027T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171027T153000 SUMMARY: Disaster and Recovery in Northeastern Japan DESCRIPTION: Based on 30 months of ethnographic fieldwork conducted between 2013-2017 in Minami-soma city\, this talk examines how residents’ lives in post-nuclear disaster coastal Fukushima have been impacted by natural and technological disaster and its associated techno-sensory politics of nuclea r “things." X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Abstract：

    Based on 30 months of et hnographic fieldwork conducted between 2013-2017 in Minami-soma city\, this talk examines how residents’ lives in post-nuclear disaster coastal Fukush ima have been impacted by natural and technological disaster and its associ ated techno-sensory politics of nuclear “things.” By techno-sensory politic s\, I mean the process through which the uses and applications of technolog ies intended to make otherwise in-sensible experiences apprehensible to the human senses foreground certain representations of and knowledge regarding insensible things while downplaying others in a way that is non-neutral. U nder a techno-sensory regime that privileges expert\, scientific quantifica tions of radiation\, local residents constantly struggle to validate their subjective experience of exposure\, which not only has to be objectively me asurable and individually knowable\, but also has to be socially\, politica lly and legally acknowledged through economic and other forms of compensati ons.

    Speakers:

    Dr. Ryo Morimoto (Harvard)\, Prof. David Edgin gton (UBC)\, Dr. Fuyubi Nakamura (UBC)

    Event Poster LOCATION:Dodson Room\, Room 302\, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre GEO:49.267581;-123.252321 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/disaster-and-recovery-in-no rtheastern-japan/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/10/Oct-27-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20171005T1653Z-1507222430.6738-EO-22927-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171005T162500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T184034Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171027T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171027T170000 SUMMARY: “Sea of Blood: A Night at the North Korean Opera” DESCRIPTION: In the early 1970s\, a new operatic style based on the North K orean ideology of self-reliance emerged. The first\, titled 'Sea of Blood'\ , emerged\, marking a high point in North Korean artistic production. Join Professor Keith Howard as he analyses this style of opera that remains hig hly celebrated today. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Abstract: In the early 19 70s\, as the North Korean ideology of self-reliance (juche sasang) bedded i n and given that artistic integrity was to remain subservient to ideology\, a new operatic genre emerged. This replaced individual creativity with a c ollective of composers and artists\, and took patriotic stories – often the 'true' exploits of revolutionary heroes – the first being 'P'ipada/Sea of Blood'. Although never acknowledged\, inspiration came from China\, where f ive representative operas had marked the Cultural Revolution. 'Sea of Blood ' style operas mark a high point in North Korean artistic production\, mixi ng music with dance and spectacle\, popular melodies with folksong\, and co mbining traditional instruments with a Western orchestra. 'Sea of Blood' op eras remain celebrated today\, and based on two field trips to Pyongyang\, I analyse their artistic components as I ask why the operas continue to be performed some 45 years' later.

    Bio: Professor Keith Howard is a Fellow of the National Humanities Center\, North Carolina. He is Professor Emeritus at SOAS\, University of London\, and was formerly Pro fessor and Associate Dean at the University of Sydney. He has written or ed ited 20 books\, including Korean Musical Instruments (2015)\, SamulNori: Ko rean Percussion for a Contemporary World (2015)\, and Music as Intangible C ultural Heritage: Policy\, Ideology and Practice in the Preservation of Eas t
    Asian Traditions (2012). Over the last 30 years\, he has published 1 50 academic articles and 185 book/music reviews\, as well as writing for ma ny newspapers and journals including The Times\, The Telegraph\, and Times Education Supplement. He has been a regular broadcaster on Korean affairs f or BBC\, ITV\, Sky\, NBC\, and others. He serves on the boards of the Briti sh Forum for Ethnomusicology\, International Council for Traditional Music and the British Association for Korean Studies\, and sits on editorial boar ds for Music Theory Spectrum\, Asian Ethnology\, Papers of the British Asso ciation for Korean Studies and OMNES.

    Event Poster

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/sea-of-blood-a-night-at-the -north-korean-opera/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/10/20171027-Keith-Howard-Announcement-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20171020T2253Z-1508540031.4327-EO-23043-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171020T201817Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T183844Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171102T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171102T140000 SUMMARY: China’s Dual State under Xi Jinping DESCRIPTION: Join Eva Pils as she discusses China's current legal-political system\, drawing on the notion of the dual state\, developed in the 1930s by Ernst Fraenkel. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Abstract

    This pap er draws on the notion of the dual state\, developed in the 1930s by Ernst Fraenkel\, to discuss China’s current legal-political system. The Party-Sta te’s institutional and legislative reforms since the beginning of the Refor m and Opening era reflect certain principles of order\, fairness and legali ty connected to the idea of a normative state. Yet\, in recent years\, ther e has been a marked expansion of a ‘prerogative-state’ system for the use o f terror and violence in order to give effect to the will of the political leadership. Drawing on Fraenkel’s argument that the dual state is incapable of meeting the requirements of the law of reason (Vernunftrecht)\, I argue that the current Chinese Party-State ‘needs’ to reject liberal legal and p olitical principles the more strenuously\, the more obviously it becomes im plicated in their violation\, and consider the domestic and transnational i mplications of the prerogative state’s growth in China.

    Abou t the Speaker

    Eva Pils  is Reader in Transnational Law at The Dickson Poon School of Law at King’s College London\, where she teaches human rights\, public law\, and law and society in China. She studied law\, philosophy and sinology in Heidelberg\, London and Beijing and holds a PhD in law from University College London.  Her scholarship focuses on human rights\, authoritarianism\, and law in Chi na. She has written on these topics in both academic publications and the p opular press. She is author of China’s human rights lawyer s: advocacy and resistance (Routledge\, 2014) an d of Human rights in China: a social practice in the shadows of authoritarianism (Polity\, for thcoming\, 2017). Before joining King’s\, Eva was an associate professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law. She is a Non-resident Senior Research Fellow at the U S-Asia Law Institute of New York University Law School\, an ex ternal member of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Centre for So cial Innovation Studies\, an external fellow of theBingham Centre for the R ule of Law and a legal action committee member of the Global Legal Action Network.< /strong> In April 2017\, she was a Visiting Professor of Law at Columbi a Law School.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/chinas-dual-state-under-xi- jinping/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/10/1102-Eva-01-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170915T0334Z-1505446475.4034-EO-22748-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170914T230642Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T183717Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171102T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171102T183000 SUMMARY: Decoding Babasaheb Dr. Ambedkar: Ideas and Praxis by Dr. Vivek Kum ar DESCRIPTION: Join us for this annual lecture on Dr. Ambedkar by Dr. Vivek K umar. Dr. Vivek Kumar is a Professor of Sociology & Professor Dr. Ambedkar Chair (I/C)\, Member Committee on Global Studies Programme in the Center fo r the Study of Social Systems\, School of Social Sciences\, Jawaharlal Nehr u  University\, New Delhi. This event is co-sponsored by Chetna […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us for this annual lecture on Dr. Amb edkar by Dr. Vivek Kumar.

    Dr. Vivek Kumar is a Professor of Sociology & Professor Dr. Ambedkar Chair (I/C)\, Member Committee on Global Studies Programme in the Center for the Study of Social Systems\, School of Social Sciences\, Jawaharlal Nehru  University\, New Delhi.

    This event i s co-sponsored by Chetna Association of Canada\, Dr. Hari Sharma Foundation \, Department of Asian Studies at University of British Columbia\, The Robe rt H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society\ , and Institute for the Humanities at Simon Fraser University.

    E vent Poster

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/decoding-babasaheb-dr-ambed kar-ideas-and-praxis-by-dr-vivek-kumar/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/Decoding-Babasaheb-Dr.-Ambedkar-Ideas-and-Praxis-by-Dr.-Vivek-Kumar-4-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181130T1756Z-1543600616.5742-EO-3736-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171017T212329Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T183415Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171103T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171103T140000 SUMMARY: Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Democracy and Politics in the And es after the Commodities Bonanza DESCRIPTION: Join us for a panel which analyses the difficult choices facin g Andean leaders with the end of the commodities bonanza and looming econom ic austerity\, and considers their implications for the survival of often p recarious democracies. Friday\, November 3 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Liu Institute for Global Issues – Boardroom RSVP here Refreshments included. Panelists: […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us for a panel which analyses the dif ficult choices facing Andean leaders with the end of the commodities bonanz a 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 Instit ute for Global Issues – Boardroom
    RSVP here

    Refreshments included.

    Panelist s:

    • Grace Jaramillo\, Postdoctoral Research Fellow\, UBC Department of Political Science
    • Andrés Mejía Acosta\, Department o f International Development at King’s College\, London
    • Max Cameron\ , Director of the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions & Profess or\, Department of Political Science at UBC
    • Moderated by: Jon Beasley-Murray\, Chair\, Latin American Studies & Associate Professor\, Department of French\, Hispanic and Italian Studies at UBC

    The commodities bonanza brought unprecedented changes to Andean countries\, th e way they organized their state institutions and channelled social demands and it also sustained a new generation of left leaning populist leaders. I n these countries\, fiscal abundance meant that the state could play a bigg er role to organise economic production\, manage redistribution of wealth\, reduce poverty and even find new ways to organise citizen participation. W ith the end of the bonanza and looming economic austerity\, leaders in the region are facing difficult choices. They can reinforce existing structures to reinforce the controlling role of the state (Venezuela)\, they can seek to dismantle some of the strong state legacies (Ecuador) or maintain a de facto check and balance system across different state actors (Peru). This p anel analyses these trajectories\, and considers their implications for the survival of often precarious democracies.

    This event is co-spons ored by the UBC Latin American & the Global group\, UBC Latin American Stud ies program\, and the Liu Institute for Global Issues and the Centre for th e Study of Democratic Institutions as part of the UBC Policy School. LOCATION:Boardroom\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267710;-123.259656 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/democracy-politics-andes-co mmodities/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/10/photo-1473455811944-fdd1b0f282f3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20171027T1629Z-1509121771.2306-EO-23133-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171026T204901Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T183547Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171103T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171103T133000 SUMMARY: Health Impact Assessment and Special Economic Zones in the Greater Mekong Region DESCRIPTION: Summery Special economic zones represent new communities\, app roximately 100 million people and workers and are the economic engines of S outheast Asia. During this session\, I will share professional experience i n working across several special economic zones within the Greater Mekong S ubregion (GMS). I will also introduce new work initiated by the Asian Devel opment Bank that […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Summery

    Special economic zo nes represent new communities\, approximately 100 million people and worker s and are the economic engines of Southeast Asia. During this session\, I w ill share professional experience in working across several special economi c zones within the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). I will also introduce ne w work initiated by the Asian Development Bank that will fundamentally shif t how SEZ development occurs.

    Speaker:

    Dr. Janis Shandro

    < p>Asian Development Bank HIA/SEZ Expert Consultant

    She has a co-disciplined PhD in engineering and population health. Since graduating from UBC in 2011\, her work and research has focused on identifying and man aging community health and safety risks associated with large-scale develop ment projects and industrial incidents globally. Prior to joining the Asian Development Bank as a consultant\, she led community health and safety ass essments\, management and investments for one of Vietnam’s largest infrastr ucture projects.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/health-impact-assessment-an d-special-economic-zones-in-the-greater-mekong-region/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/10/HIA-SEZs-in-Greater-Mekong-Subregion.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999975.3815-EO-3746-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171020T232556Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T183255Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171103T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171103T203000 SUMMARY: Africa’s Endangered Languages roundtable discussion and celebratio n of book launch DESCRIPTION: Join us for a roundtable discussion on Africa’s Endangered Lan guages and a book launch celebration! Date: Friday\, November 3 Time: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Location: Multipurpose Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues\ , 6476 Marine Drive\, Vancouver RSVP here   The UBC Department of Linguisti cs has a strong tradition in documenting and analyzing endangered languages . Every […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us for a roundtable discussion on Afr ica's Endangered Languages and a book launch celebration!

    Da te: Friday\, November 3
    Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
    Location: Multipurpose Room\, Liu Institute for G lobal Issues\, 6476 Marine Drive\, Vancouver

    RSVP here< /a>

    Africa Endangered La nguages

     

    The UBC Department of Linguistics has a strong tradition in document ing and analyzing endangered languages. Every year the department focuses o n a different language of study in the context of a year-long field methods course\, which runs from September to April. For example\, in 2012-2013\, UBC-Linguistics had the opportunity to work with a speaker-linguist of Nata \, which is an endangered Eastern Bantu language spoken in Northwestern Tan zania. Some of the research results\, which were presented at the annual me eting of the Association of Contemporary African Linguistics (ACAL)\, have recently been published in a special OUP volume edited by J. Kandybowicz & H. Torrence entitled Africa’s Endangered Languages: Theoretical and Docu mentary Approaches. Notably\, 5 of the 19 chapters in the book were con tributed by UBC researchers.

    The UBC African Studies program\, togeth er with the UBC Department of Linguistics\, would like to celebrate this ac hievement by inviting you to participate in a book launch to celebrate the publication of this monograph.

    If you are leading an organization or association that engages with Africa in any aspect\, we ask that you invite your members as well.

    The evening will include a Roundtable discussi on with representatives of the Africa Awareness Initiative (AAI)\, UBC Ling uistics\, UBC African Studies\, UBC First Nations and Endangered Languages\ , musical performances\, and authentic African food & refreshments.

    W e are looking forward to seeing you!

    For more details\, contact Joash Gambarage or Rose-Marie Déchaine\, event organizers.

    LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/africas-endangered-language s-roundtable-discussion-celebration-book-launch/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/01/vsaranphotodotcom-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999975.3955-EO-3777-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171025T231852Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T183125Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171106T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171106T141500 SUMMARY: Symposium: Impact of Research on International Development DESCRIPTION: Join this upcoming Symposium: Impact of Research on Internatio nal Development organized by Canadian International Resources & Development Institute in partnership with the Master Program in Public Policy and Glob al Affairs program. Monday\, November 6\, 2017 9:00 am – 2:15 pm Liu Instit ute for Global Issues\, Multipurpose Room 6476 NW Marine Drive Register her e   This event […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join this upcoming Symposium: Impa ct of Research on International Development organized by Canadian International Res ources & Development Institute in partnership with the Master Program in P ublic Policy and Global Affairs program.

    Monday\, Novembe r 6\, 2017
    9:00 am – 2:15 pm
    Li u Institute for Global Issues\, Multipurpose Room
    647 6 NW Marine Drive

    Regist er here

    Research

     

    This event is an opportun ity for students and faculty to present their research and participate in d iscussions on societal benefits of research and how the knowledge generated by research translates into practice\, specifically in the field of intern ational development.

    Target audience

    Graduate and undergraduate students\, researchers\, faculty and practitioners with a n interest in international development.

    Learning outcomes

    At the end of the Symposium participants will be able to:

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  • Enhance their understanding of the relationship between research and policy\, define research impact
  • Identify opportunities for cross-s ectorial collaborative partnerships in international development projects
  • Discuss how to derive policy implications from academic research

Program includes:

  • Keynote presentation by Margaret Catley-Carlson\, former President of the Canadian Internationa l Development Agency (CIDA)
  • CIRDI project presentations
  • Pan el discussion: Challenges and opportunities of connecting research to actio nable change in international development
  • Group exercise: From rese arch impact to policy impact

See full agenda here

Event is free of charge\, but registration is required.

Registe r here

LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/symposium-impact-research-i nternational-development/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/IMG_8958.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999975.4121-EO-3754-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171023T175115Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T183006Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171108T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171108T170000 SUMMARY: Facebook Live Info Session: UBC Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs Program DESCRIPTION: Prospective graduate students\, please join us LIVE on Faceboo k on November 8th to learn more about the UBC Master of Public Policy and G lobal Affairs (MPPGA) program from our Graduate Program Director\, Shashi E narth\, and MPPGA program staff. Date: Wednesday\, November 8 Times: 11:00 AM – NOON // 4:00PM – 5:00PM Join in on Facebook: […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
MPPGA Facebook L ive Info Session

P rospective graduate students\, please join us LIVE on Facebook on November 8th to learn more about the UBC Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) program from our Graduate Program Director\, Shashi Enarth\, and MP PGA program staff.

Date: Wednesday\, November 8
Times: 11:00 AM - NOON // 4:00PM - 5:00PM
Jo in in on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ubcmppga
*Be sure to like the MPPGA Facebook page to receive a not ification when the live stream begins\, or visit our Facebook page during y our preferred time.

 

Applications for the UBC Master of Public Policy & Global Affairs September 2018 intake are now open. Apply b y January 26\, 2018.

The University of British Columbia’s Master of P ublic Policy and Global Affairs program\, delivered by the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, is a professional global public policy program with particular expertise in Asia Pacific and sustainability policies. The program provides policy makers and future leaders with multidisciplinary p olicy analysis and design skills and subject-specific expertise in developm ent\, sustainability and global governance. Candidates graduate ready to dr ive policy change in industry\, government or non-profits anywhere in the w orld.

Join in and learn more about us!

LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:0;0 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/facebook-live-info-session- ubc-master-public-policy-global-affairs-program/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/10/MPPGA-Final-Comp-9001B-Darren-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20171103T1610Z-1509725414.8406-EO-23187-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171102T210230Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T182829Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171108T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171108T133000 SUMMARY: Trust and Promise: Foundations of Tokugawa Altruism and Cooperatio n DESCRIPTION: Abstract: Historical literature often suggests that Japanese p eople hold harmony and group solidarity in high regard. Tokugawa-period agr eements\, or what I call Bonds of Trust (tanomi shōmon)\, shed light on the mechanisms and guiding principles that buttress social cohesion in early m odern Japan. The Bonds of Trust were written promises primarily used to eli cit and […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Abstract:

Historical literature of ten suggests that Japanese people hold harmony and group solidarity in high regard. Tokugawa-period agreements\, or what I call Bonds of Trust (tanomi shōmon)\, shed light on the mechanisms and guiding principles that buttres s social cohesion in early modern Japan.

The Bonds of Trust were writ ten promises primarily used to elicit and sustain cooperation within a grou p of Tokugawa peasants when they stood in resistance to their competing gro ups and samurai feudal rule. Divine oaths (kishōmon) traditionally served t hat role by using the threat of divine punishment as a deterrent to defecti on. The Bonds of Trust pose a perplexing problem\, however\, for those who view belief in omnipotent gods as an ideal\, cost-free system for maintaini ng cooperation. The historical significance (and the puzzle) of the Bonds t hus lies in the demonstration of the ability of Tokugawa Japanese to act fo r the benefit of others in the absence of both divine as well as aristocrat ic intervention. Focusing on properties characteristic of both kishōmon and tanomi shōmon\, this talk provides a plausible theoretical explanation for the basis of Tokugawa altruism and cooperation.

Speaker:

Min ami Orihara

Event Poster

LOCATION:Room 604\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/trust-and-promise-foundatio ns-of-tokugawa-altruism-and-cooperation/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/11/Trust-and-Promise-Foundations-of-Tokugawa-Altruism-and-Cooperation-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999975.4344-EO-3762-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171024T190534Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T182725Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171109T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171109T135000 SUMMARY: Policy@UBC with Professor Maria Holuszko: Urban Mining Engineering to Facilitate a Zero Waste Scenario DESCRIPTION:   Join us for a Policy@UBC presentation with Professor Maria H oluszko on urban mining and e-waste management and recycling. We will also discuss how to build collaborations with social scientists to address the p olicy perspective\, governance\, incentive structures of this important sus tainability issue. November 9th 2017 12:30 PM – 1:50 PM Caseroom – Liu Inst itute For […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Maria -Holuszko

 

Join us for a Policy@UBC presentation with Professor Maria Holuszko on urba n mining and e-waste management and recycling. We will also discuss how to build collaborations with social scientists to address the policy perspecti ve\, governance\, incentive structures of this important sustainability iss ue.

November 9th 2017
12:30 PM - 1:50 P M
Caseroom – Liu Institute For Global Issues

No RSVP required.
Light refreshme nts provided.

Welcome by

  • Nadja Kunz\, Assistant Professor at the Liu Institute for Glob al Issues and Norman B Keevil Mining Engineering\, UBC

Speakers:

  • Maria Holuszko\, Assistant Professor\, Norman . B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering\, UBC
  • UBC Mining Engine ering students
LOCATION:Case Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/urban-mining-engineering-ze ro-waste-scenario/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20171020T1922Z-1508527347.1927-EO-23038-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171019T211433Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T182546Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171110T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171110T143000 SUMMARY: How Green Was My Night Soil: Thinking with Excrement about Ninetee nth-Century Japan DESCRIPTION: Excrement was a hot commodity in the cities of nineteenth-cent ury Japan. The widespread use of night soil as an organic fertilizer meant that residents of cities such as Tokyo and Osaka could sell their waste rat her than simply dispose of it. Join Dr. David L. Howell as he discusses the night-soil economy in nineteenth-century Japan. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Abstract:

Excrement was a hot comm odity in the cities of nineteenth-century Japan. The widespread use of nigh t soil as an organic fertilizer meant that residents of cities such as Toky o and Osaka could sell their waste rather than simply dispose of it. Thanks to this trade\, pre–twentieth-century cities Japanese cities enjoy a reput ation as having been remarkably green spaces in which residents lived in sa lubrious harmony with nature. In this presentation\, I will argue that the night-soil economy offers a novel way to situate late Tokugawa and early Me iji Japan into the broader history of the nineteenth-century world\, while at the same time challenging the tendency to essentialize the “greenness” o f early modern Japanese cities.

Speaker:

Dr. David L. Howell (Harvard University)

Event Poster

LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/how-green-was-my-night-soil -thinking-with-excrement-about-nineteenth-century-japan/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/10/DHowell-Lecture-Nov-10-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20171108T1725Z-1510161936.7395-EO-23211-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171107T175705Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233251Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171113 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171114 SUMMARY: Remembrance Day DESCRIPTION: IAR office to be closed. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

IAR office to be closed.

LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/remembrance-day-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20171027T1629Z-1509121771.2446-EO-23120-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171026T180910Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T182439Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171114T101500 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171114T113000 SUMMARY: Traditional Social Institutions and Development Outcomes in Easter n Indonesia DESCRIPTION: Despite recent macroeconomic growth during the last 14 years\, Eastern Indonesia is still plagued by persistent income poverty and rising income inequalities. This presentation argues the root of the problem is e xtractive traditional social institutions\, using the indigenous hereditary slavery institution in Sumba and the caste system in Bali as case studies. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Abstract

Despite de cent macroeconomic growth during the last 14 years\, Eas tern Indonesia is still plagued by persistent income poverty and rising inc ome inequalities. Most analyses have proposed three causes for this lack of inclusive growth:  lack of access to productive employment opportunities\, unequal access to opportunities due to weak human capital and uneven playi ng field in term of physical infrastructure and capital ownership\, and ina dequate provision of social safety nets.  Various development programs targ eted to resolve these issues have had limited success.  This presentation a rgues that the very root of the problem is actually due to the existence of extractive traditional social institutions. That is\, some Indonesian trad itional societies organise themselves such that a few select sections of so ciety receive privileges at the expense of the rest of society. The indigen ous hereditary slavery institution in Sumba and the caste system in Bali an d are used as the case studies in this presentation.

Presenter: Budy P. Resosudarmo

is an Ass ociate Professor at the Arndt-Corden Department of Economics\, Crawford Sch ool of Public Policy\, the Australian National University (ANU). His resear ch areas are development economics\, environmental and resource economics a s well as public policy. He has published papers in scientific journals suc h as World Development\, Ecological Economics\, Energy Policy\, Oxford Deve lopment Studies and Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies. He is the pres ident of the Regional Science Association International and the past presid ent of the Pacific Regional Science Conference Organization (PRSCO).  Resos udarmo received his PhD degree in development economics from Cornell Univer sity.

Light Lunch will be served | RSVP | Event Poster

 

LOCATION:Room 351\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/traditional-social-institut ions-and-development-outcomes-in-eastern-indonesia/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/10/NEW.POSTER-Budy-Resosudarmo-Trad-Social-Institutions.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20171107T0401Z-1510027313.226-EO-23209-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171106T204255Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T182158Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171114T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171114T130000 SUMMARY: Documentary Screening – Dangdut Karawang: Songs of Marginalised Wo men & Devil Shadow on Tattoo DESCRIPTION: You are invited to a screening of two short documentaries – Da ngdut Karawang: Songs of Marginalized Women by Citra Aryandari\, and Devil Shadow on Tattoo by Koes Yuliadi of the Indonesian Art Institute (ISI: Insi tut Seni Indonesia)\, based in Yogyakarta\, Indonesia. The films were recen tly screened at York University as part of the Canadian Council for Southea st […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

You are invited to a screening of two shor t documentaries - Dangdut Karawang: Songs of Marginalized Women by Citra Aryandari\, and Devil Shadow on Tattoo by Koes Yuliadi of t he Indonesian Art Institute (ISI: Insitut Seni Indonesia)\, based in Yogyak arta\, Indonesia.

The films were recently screened at York University as part of the Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies (CCSEAS) confe rence and also at the University of Toronto.

The screening will be mo derated by Ayu Ratih\, a human rights activist and PhD candidate at UBC. He r current research focuses on Indonesian women's history\, social memory an d national identity. A short Q&A will follow.

Dangdut Karawang: Songs of Marginalized Women (16 minut es)
Citra Aryandari\, Institut Seni Indonesia (Yogyakarta)

Dangdut Karawang: Songs of Marginalized Women is a depiction o f a social condition in Karawang district (32 miles from Jakarta\, Indonesi a) by way of representing dangdut (a form of Indonesian popular music for d ancing that combines local music traditions with music from Indian\, Malays ian and Western rock traditions). It shows the multiplicity of dangdut: how dangdut is implicated in the commodification of women’s bodies to serve ma le sexual fantasies\; how dangdut could become the zone of sexual ‘freedom of expression’ in the eastern part of the district where Muslims are the ma jority\; how dangdut singers became the site for resolving a longing for th e past as well as a ground to protest sexual oppression. Dangdut Karawang s hows how dangdut singers became both victims of the patriarchal system wher e they served the needs of male sexual fantasy and economic commodity in th e music industry as well as how the female performers in turn appropriated power to serve their own needs and agency. Therefore\, dangdut performances are far more complicated than simply an object of capitalism and patriarch y. By understanding the performance of dangdut\, Dangdut Karawang explores how we could see female singers as subjects with agency to engage with the dynamics of class and gender relations.

 

Devil Shadow on Tattoo (16 minutes)
Koes Yuliadi\, Institut Seni Indonesia (Yogyakarta)

Indonesian people have negative judgments of people who have tattoos on their bodies. In the 1980s there were mysterious shootings \, the government’s way of cautioning people who committed crimes. Most of the shooting victims were men who had tattoos. However\, at the end of 1990 s\,tattoos became part of the arts and began to attract the interest of som e young Indonesian people. The Indonesian cities that have tattoo outlets a re situated in Bandung\, Jakarta\, Jogjakarta and Denpasar (Bali). Kuta Bea ch\, for example\, which is one of the entertainment centres for tourism ac tivities in Bali\, has many tattoo outlets around Legian. Tattoos on the bo dy are becoming common and interesting scenery. There are some interesting motifs such as the typical Balinese tattoo figures called Barong and Rangda . Barong is a figure shaped like a lion\, while Rangda is based on the imag e of a wizard who has canine teeth and glaring red eyes. Barong and Rangda in Balinese philosophy have both good and bad manifestations. They are real ized in the form of masks and kept in the most sacred part of Pura (temple) . This mask will only be taken out of the Pura when there is a big ceremony to neutralize negative energy (if the village often faces disasters). Both masks are worn by actors in a sacred show. The two characters will fight e ach other until Rangda will be beaten. For the Balinese people\, the Rangda figure is also known as Leak (ghost). They believe that Leak likes to drin k baby blood on certain days. Currently\, the Rangda figure has become one of the most popular designs for Balinese people and tourists. This is very interesting because the dark figures in Balinese mythology have become popu lar in tattoos. Why do controversial figures become a meaningful reference in tattoo? Devil Shadow on Tattoo is a documentary film that describes the tattoo scene in Bali and in Indonesia using a visual anthropology approach.

LOCATION:Room 351\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/documentary-screening-dangd ut-karawang-songs-of-marginalised-women-devil-shadow-on-tattoo/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/11/photo-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999975.4907-EO-3750-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171021T022724Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T182038Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171114T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171114T183000 SUMMARY: Info Session: UBC Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs Progr am DESCRIPTION:   Prospective graduate students\, please join us in downtown V ancouver on November 14th to learn more about the UBC Master of Public Poli cy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) program from our Graduate Program Director\,  Shashi Enarth\, alumni\, and MPPGA program staff. Date: Tuesday\, November 14 Time: 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Venue: C.100 Classroom\, UBC Robson Square (down stairs\, turn left)\, 800 Robson Street\, Vancouver\, […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
MPPGA In Person Info Session

 

Prospective graduate students\, please join us in downtown Vancouver on November 14th to learn more about the UBC Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) program from our Graduate Program Director\, Shashi Enarth\, alumni\, and MPPGA program s taff.

Date: Tuesday\, November 14
Time: 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Venue: C.100 Classroom\, UBC Robson Square (downstairs\, turn left)\, 800 Robs on Street\, Vancouver\, BC V6Z 3B7
Light refreshments provided. Door p rizes to be won!

Please RSVP on EventBrite

Applications for the UBC Master of Public Policy & Global Affairs September 2018 intake are now open. Apply by January 26\, 2018.

The University of British Columbia’s Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs program\, delivered by the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, is a professional global public policy program with particular expertis e in Asia Pacific and sustainability policies. The program provides policy makers and future leaders with multidisciplinary policy analysis and design skills and subject-specific expertise in development\, sustainability and global governance. Candidates graduate ready to drive policy change in indu stry\, government or non-profits anywhere in the world.

Come learn mo re about us!

LOCATION:UBC Robson Square GEO:49.282483;-123.121401 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/info-session-ubc-master-pub lic-policy-global-affairs-program/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/10/Talia-headshot-flipped.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20171103T1610Z-1509725414.8645-EO-23189-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171102T210533Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T181915Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171115T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171115T193000 SUMMARY: Study in Japan Info Session DESCRIPTION: Abstract: Going to Japan as an exchange student\, graduate or research student?Join us for a very good opportunity to learn about the pos sibility of studying in Japan. You will be able to meet students who actual ly went to Japan as an exchange student or as a graduate/research student a nd ask any questions about qualifications\, procedures […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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Going to Japan as an exc hange student\, graduate or research student?Join us for a very good opport unity to learn about the possibility of studying in Japan. You will be able to meet students who actually went to Japan as an exchange student or as a graduate/research student and ask any questions about qualifications\, pro cedures and life in Japan.

Event Po ster

LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/study-in-japan-info-session / ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/11/Study-in-Japan-2017-page-001-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20171103T1610Z-1509725414.8713-EO-23191-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171102T224739Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T181739Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171116T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171116T140000 SUMMARY: The Geo-Strategic Importance of Kazakhstan in One Belt One Road In itiative DESCRIPTION: Join H.E Konstantin Zhigalov\, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Can ada\, as he speaks on the geo-strategic importance of Kazakhstan to one of China’s key projects: the One Belt One Road initiative. This is an exciting opportunity for students\, faculty\, research and the community to learn m ore about academic issues related to Central Asia! X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

As new economic powers emerge\, the import ance of grand strategy will only grow. Relations between states at strategi c and economic levels intertwine to create a complicated web that requires sophisticated and practical diplomacy to navigate. Join H.E Konstantin Zhig alov\, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Canada\, as he speaks on the geo-strateg ic importance of Kazakhstan to one of China’s key projects: the One Belt On e Road initiative.  In order to carry out the initiative\, China will first have to normalize its relations with regional and international players. P eace in the region is necessary for China to deliver on its promise of buil ding a network of trade and economic corridors\, in which Kazakhstan plays a key role. This is an exciting opportunity for students\, faculty\, resear ch and the community to learn more about academic issues related to Central Asia.

AGENDA

11:30 AM to 12:00 PM -  Refreshments served
12:00  PM to  12: 15 PM - Courtesy  remarks by Professor Moura Quayle\, D irector  pro tem UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
12:15 PM to 12:30 PM - Welcoming remarks by Professor Paul Evans\, Interim Direct or\, Institute of Asian Research (IAR)\, UBC
12:30 PM to 12:45 PM - Op ening remarks by Zahir Faqiri\, Senior Fellow\,Greater Central Asia Initiat ive Lead\, IAR UBC
12:45 PM to 1:20 PM - Keynote Remarks by H.E Konsta ntin Zhigalov\, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Canada
1:20 PM to 2:00 PM - Q&A

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-geo-strategic-importanc e-of-kazakhstan-in-one-belt-one-road-initiative/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/11/kazakhstan-OBOR-poster-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20171005T1653Z-1507222430.6867-EO-22924-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171005T161336Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T181459Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171116T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171116T190000 SUMMARY: The Social Worlds of Indian Aesthetics: Talk & CISAR Annual Recept ion DESCRIPTION: Professor Busch shares highlights from a book project on “Aest hetic Worlds of the Indian Heroine” that explores Mughal India’s deep engag ement with classical aesthetics through paintings and poems about female be auty. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Talk and CISAR Annual Reception < /strong>

Please come for just the talk\, just the reception\, or both!

Talk: The Social Worlds of Indian Aesthetics: a View from the Mughal Period by Dr. Allison Busch

Time: 4PM - 5:30PM

Join us for a talk by Professor Allison Bus ch\, Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of Asian Studies and As sociate Professor\, Columbia University.

Professor Busch shares highl ights from a book project on “Aesthetic Worlds of the Indian Heroine” that explores Mughal India’s deep engagement with classical aesthetics through p aintings and poems about female beauty. Many Mughal-period connoisseurs art iculated their vision of the arts using the traditional Sanskrit vocabulary of rasa\, or emotion. Evidence suggests how the gatherings where pa inting and poetry were experienced were a venue for self-cultivation and a means to strengthen bonds of love and friendship. The talk highlights the i mportance of aesthetics and affect in shaping the social and political worlds of Mughal India’s men and women.

CISAR Annu al Reception 

Time: 5:30PM - 7PM || RSVP

Supported by the Varshney Family Fund. 

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-social-worlds-of-indian -aesthetics-a-view-from-the-mughal-period-by-dr-allison-busch/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/10/Nov-16-Talk-Poster-Updated-1-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20171013T0549Z-1507873755.0289-EO-22969-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171012T165400Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T181619Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171116T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171116T180000 SUMMARY: Outlook for China’s Environment? What do the Environmental Kuznets Curve and the Experiences of Other East Asian Countries Tell Us DESCRIPTION: Join Stevan Harrell as he uses the imperfect but useful concep t of the Environmental Kuznets Curve to analyze the prospects for solving t he environmental problems now facing China. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Abstract

I use the imperfect but u seful concept of the Environmental Kuznets Curve to analyze the prospects f or solving the environmental problems now facing China.  The talk uses a wi de range of historical statistics to classify these problems according to a heuristic “solvability index” based on the biophysical and sociopolitical tractability of these problems\, as well as on the histories of how they ha ve been addressed in countries that have faced them earlier: Japan\, Taiwan \, and the Republic of Korea.  In doing so\, I will also present a partial critique of the Environmental Kuznets Curve while affirming its limited uti lity as a heuristic device.

About the Speaker

Professor Stevan Harrell taught China studies\, environmental studies\, and anthropology at the U niversity of Washington for 43 years\, and he has done field research in Ta iwan since 1970 and in Liangshan Sichuan since 1988\, and now he’s retired and lives in Bellingham. His vast publications include numerous articles an d books such as Culture Change in Postwar Taiwan\, Co-edited with Hu ang Chün-chieh (1994)\, Human Families (1997)\, Mountain Patterns : The Survival of Nuosu Culture in China (with Bamo Qubumo and Ma Erzi) (2000)\, Fieldwork Connections: A Story of International Collaboration  (with Bamo Ayi and Ma Lunzy) (2007)\, Explorers and Scientists in Ch ina’s Borderlands\, 1880-1950. Co-edited with Denise M. Glover\, Margar et B. Swain\, and Charles F. Mckhann (2011)\, and Transformations of Chi nese Patriarchy (co-edited with Gonçalo Santos) (2016)\, Southwest C hina on the Eve of the Communist Takeover: G. William Skinner’s Field Journ als from Sichuan\, 1949-50. (co-edited with William Lavely) (forthcomin g\, 2017).
He is now co -editing a volume on Environmentalism in East Asia\, and working on an ecol ogical history of modern China.

This event is co-spo nsored by UBC Centre for Chinese Research\; UBC Department of History< /p>

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LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/outlook-for-chinas-environm ent-what-do-the-environmental-kuznets-curve-and-the-experiences-of-other-ea st-asian-countries-tell-us/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/10/1116-Stevan-v4-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20171111T1906Z-1510427160.5029-EO-23243-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171111T004850Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T181344Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171117T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171117T123000 SUMMARY: Reflections on a Half-Century of Experience with Taiwan DESCRIPTION: Taiwan in the 1960s and 1970s was a very different place\, alm ost unrecognizable to today’s young people or to people who visit for the f irst time in the 21st century. Through the eyes of an ethnographer\, this t alk describes the very different worlds of urban Taipei and rural north Tai wan in the late 1960s and 1970s\, […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Taiwan in the 1960s and 1970s was a very di fferent place\, almost unrecognizable to today’s young people or to people who visit for the first time in the 21st century. Through the eyes of an et hnographer\, this talk describes the very different worlds of urban Taipei and rural north Taiwan in the late 1960s and 1970s\, contrasting them with  today’s Taiwan in terms of their their material culture\, intellectual cult ure\, and social organization.

About the speaker:

Stevan Harrell\, E meritus Professor\, University of Washington\, studied Chinese in Taiwan in 1968-69\, did his first ethnographic research in the Sanxia (San-hsia\, Sa m-kiap) area in 1970\, and conducted his dissertation research outside Sanx ia in 1972-73\, and has returned to Taiwan frequently since then. From 1974 to 2017\, he taught anthropology\, East Asian Studies\, and environmental studies at the University of Washington\, supervising several Taiwanese Ph. D. students. He is now retired and living in Bellingham.

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LOCATION:Academic Quadrangle GEO:49.280755;-122.924645 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/reflections-on-a-half-centu ry-of-experience-with-taiwan/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/11/23380052_10159462823370368_7575091414438095107_n-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20171101T1631Z-1509553872.0099-EO-23160-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171101T162827Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T181225Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171120T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171120T190000 SUMMARY: Voices of Contemporary Himalayan Literature: Manjushree Thapa and Tsering Wangmo Dhompa in Conversation DESCRIPTION: Join us for a conversation with two acclaimed Himalayan author s: Manjushree Thapa and Tsering Wangmo Dhompa! They will be discussing thei r recently published novels\, short stories\, and non-fiction\, considering what it means to represent Nepal and Tibet in the English-language literar y scene. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us for a conversation with two acclai med Himalayan authors: Manjushree Thapa and Tsering Wangmo Dhompa!
The y will be discussing their recently published novels\, short stories\, and non-fiction\, considering what it means to represent Nepal and Tibet in the English-language literary scene.

About the Speakers:

Tsering Wangmo Dhompa is the author of three colle ctions of poetry: My rice tastes like the lake\, In the Absent Ev eryday and Rules of the House (all from Apogee Press\, Berkeley) . My rice tastes like the lake was a finalist for the Northern Calif ornia Independent Bookseller’s Book of the Year Award for 2012.  Dhompa’s f irst non-fiction book\, Coming Home to Tibet was published by Shambh ala Publications in 2016. She teaches creative writing and is a PhD candida te in Literature at the University of California in Santa Cruz.

Manjushree Thapa is the author of three novels\, a short story collection and three nonfiction books about her homeland\, Nepal. She is al so a literary translator\, and her translation of Darjeeling author Indra B ahadur Rai’s novel There’s a Carnival Today was released in South Asia in O ctober 2017. The Canadian edition of her latest novel\, All of Us in Our Ow n Lives\, will be out in 2018. She lives in Toronto.

This event is co-sponsored by the Himalaya Program\, the Institute of Asian Research\ , the Centre for India and South Asia Research\, the Department of Asian St udies\, the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, the Peter Wall Ins titute for Advanced Studies\, and the Faculty of Arts.

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LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/voices-of-contemporary-hima layan-literature-manjushree-thapa-and-tsering-wangmo-dhompa-in-conversation / ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/11/HP-11-20-2017-VoicesContemporary-Poster-v4.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20171116T1911Z-1510859515.8482-EO-23256-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171116T180747Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T180949Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171121T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171121T120000 SUMMARY: Can Middle Powers save the World Order from Unravelling? : Challen ges and views of MIKTA Countries and Canada DESCRIPTION: Agenda 9:30am to 10:00am – Registration 10:00am to 10:10am – W elcoming Remarks Gunn Kim\, Consul General of the Republic of Korea Paul Ev ans\, Interim Research Director of the Institute of Asian Research 10:10am to 11:50am –  Session: Can Middle Powers save the World Order from Unravell ing? Moderator: Paul Evans\, Professor\, UBC Panel: –Berenice Diaz Ceballos \, […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Agenda

9:30am to 10:00am - Registration

10:00am to 10:10am - Welcoming Remarks

Gunn Kim\, Consul General of the Republic of Korea

Pa ul Evans\, Interim Research Director of the Institute of Asian Research

10:10am to 11:50am -  S ession: Can Middle Powers save the World Order from Unrave lling?

Moderator: Paul Evans\ , Professor\, UBC

Panel:

–Berenice Diaz Ceballos\, Consul General of Mexico

–Anil Bora Inan\, Consul General of the Republic o f Turkey

–Kyung Ae Park\, Professor\, UBC< /p>

–Brian Job\, Professor\, UBC

–Donald Campbell\,  Senior Strategy Advisor\, DLA Piper

Discussion Panel:

–Gunn Kim\, Consul General of the Republic of Korea

–Afina Burhanuddin\, Deputy Consul General of the Repub lic of  Indonesia

– Kevin Lamb\, Honorary Consul of Australia

Wrap up: Eva Busza\,   Vice President\, Asia Pacific Foundation

12:00pm to 1:30pm - Luncheon

Eve nt Poster | RSVP by November 20th at middlepowerdiplomacy@gmail.com

LOCATION:Sage Bistro GEO:49.268667;-123.256919 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/can-middle-powers-save-the- world-order-from-unravelling-challenges-and-views-of-mikta-countries-and-ca nada/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/11/Middle-Power-Diplomacy_Poster_Final-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170915T0334Z-1505446475.4107-EO-22751-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20170914T231321Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T180706Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171121T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171121T170000 SUMMARY: Bull in A China Closet?: Trump to Asia and US Policy on North Kore a DESCRIPTION: Join Dr. Stephen Noerper as he explores the progression of Nor th Korea's security challenge since the end of the Cold War and the various tacks and turns of four US presidencies. In addressing the recent Trump tr ip to Asia\, including his messaging on India-pacific unity and North Korea \, Dr. Noerper will also examine US policy and potential next-steps toward negotiation. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

North Korea's rapid advancements on missil e and nuclear fronts has elicited international concern and condemnation. F oremost among United States national security concerns\, as handed over fro m the Obama to Trump administrations\, the North Korean challenge entails i mportant aspects political\, economic and military. Korea Society senior di rector and Columbia adjunct associate professor of political science\, Dr. Stephen Noerper\, explores the progression of the North Korea's security ch allenge since the end of the Cold War and the various tacks and turns of fo ur US presidencies. In addressing the recent Trump trip to Asia\, including his messaging on India-pacific unity and North Korea\, Dr. Noerper will al so examine US policy and potential next-steps toward negotiation. He sugges ts that North Korea's progress on WMD be seen as a challenge to the broader nonproliferation regime\, and that Trump’s tweets and rhetoric lend themse lves to a new and dangerous escalation\, worrying allies South Korea and Ja pan\, and requiring a de-escalation of tensions. He argues that the US and international community expand the focus on missile and nuclear development to development and human security to win new leverage at the negotiation t able and establish a better foundation for peace and security.

Bio:

Dr. Stephen Noerper is Korea Society senior directo r\, adjunct associate professor of political science at Columbia University \, and a fellow with Columbia's Weatherhead East Asian Institute and Pacifi c Forum CSIS. The author of more than seventy publications on US policy\, K orea and Northeast Asia\, Dr. Noerper taught prior as an associate professo r at NYU and Hawaii's Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies\, and as a v isiting professor at American University\, Waseda University and the Nation al University of Mongolia. He is a former US State Department senior analys t and Washington representative of the Nautilus Institute. Stephen is a gra duate of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and London School of Econ omics\, and member of the National Committee on North Korea and Van Fleet F oundation board. He has appeared in recent months on the BBC\, Bloomberg\, CBC\, CNN\, NPR and VOA and in the Wall Street Journal\, UK Guardian\, and other print editions.

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LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/dr-stephen-noerper-the-kore a-society-us-policy-and-the-korean-peninsula/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/spacex-71870-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999975.5764-EO-26701-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171114T204300Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T180323Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171122T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171122T140000 SUMMARY: The Rise in Conflict Associated with Mining Operations: What Lies Beneath? DESCRIPTION: This upcoming CIRDI Seminar Series talk\, in partnership with the Liu Institute for Global Issues\, will present some of the key findings of a two-year study focusing on community-level mining conflicts. Presente d by Tony Andrews\, Principal\, Centre for Responsible Mineral Development\ ; and Ian Thomson\, Principal\, Shinglespit Consultants Inc. Wednesday\, No vember 22\, 2017 12:30 pm – 2:00 […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

This upcoming CIRDI Seminar Series talk\, in partnership with the Liu Institute for Global Issues\, will present some of the key findings of a two-year study focusing on community-level mining conflicts. Presented by Tony Andrews\, Principal\, Centre for Responsible Mineral Development\; and Ian Thomson\, P rincipal\, Shinglespit Consultants Inc.

Wednesday\, November 22\, 2017
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Ca seroom\, Liu Institute for Global Issues
No RSVP requ ired.

Project Study Authors: Tony Andre ws\, Bernarda Elizalde\, Jon Gammu\, Philippe Le Billon\, Chang Hoon Oh\, D avid Reyes and Ian Thomson

The dramatic rise in conflicts assoc iated with mining operations over the past 15 years has coincided with a wo rldwide increase in mining activities\, with major consequences for local c ommunities\, companies\, and host countries. We present some of the key fin dings of a two-year study focusing on community-level mining conflicts. The research involved a literature review of 275 studies\, a quantitative anal ysis of over 300 conflict incidents between 2002-2013\, and field investiga tions of conflict cases in five countries located in Africa and Latin Ameri ca. The presentation includes a discussion of conceptual frameworks employe d for comparative analysis of mining conflicts\, a description of the major pathways leading to conflicts\, and of policies and practices designed to prevent and transform mining-related conflicts.

About Tony:

Tony Andrews is a seasoned geologist\, effective multidiscipl inary leader and hands-on executive recognized for his broad and in-depth k nowledge of corporate social responsibility (CSR)\, particularly as it rela tes to policy\, regulations\, governance and accountability. He was a membe r of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Agenda Council on Responsible Mi neral Resource Development and for over 24 years served as the Executive Di rector of Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC). His care er has spanned government\, academia and industry\, including leading multi disciplinary approaches to developing exploration strategies for precious a nd base metal deposits\; accumulating significant knowledge of and experien ce with the policy and regulatory regimes governing the mineral industry in Canada and internationally and developing strategies for attracting foreig n direct investment in exploration. He has published over 25 technical arti cles\, 19 of which appeared in international journals and conference sympos ium volumes. Since 2015 Tony has served as a Project Lead of the study: The Rise of Conflict Associated with Mini ng Operations: What Lies Beneath?

About Ian:

Ian has more than 30 years of experience in the resource industries\, w orking for the last fifteen years to advance the management of socially sus tainable development. He authored the first version of Community Engagement for the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada’s e3Plus on-line manual of good practice\, facilitated construction of the Principles and Gu idance for Responsible Exploration for the Prospectors and Developers Assoc iation of Canada\, and co-developed the innovative tool SociaLicense® – qua ntitative metrics for the Social License to Operate.

Prior to establi shing SCI-Shinglespit Consultants Inc.\, Ian was a founding partner in On C ommon Ground Consultants Inc.\, and held executive and technical positions with Orvana Mineral Corp\, Placer Development\, the Ontario Geological Surv ey\, and Barringer Research.

LOCATION:Case Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/conflict-mining-operations/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/11/Conflict-banner.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20171116T1911Z-1510859515.8662-EO-23248-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171116T171027Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T180118Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171122T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171122T133000 SUMMARY: Soul Traders: Early 17th Century Trading and Religious Controversi es in Japan DESCRIPTION: In 1603\, Tokugawa Ieyasu became the Shogun and ruler of all J apan. His economic and trading policies served well to strengthen his posit ion\, however the repercussions that was felt in the trading environments o f the time brought to the fore incredible paradoxes that will be addressed in this presentation by Maria Grazia Petrucci. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Abstract:

In 1603 \, Tokugawa Ieyasu became the Shogun and ruler of all Japan. His economic a nd trading policies served well to strengthen his position\, however the re percussions that was felt in the trading environments of the time brought t o the fore incredible paradoxes that will be addressed in this presentation .  The shuin policy regarding merchants’ rights to trade abroad wh ich was adopted by the Tokugawa from 1601\, coupled with the promulgation o f a series of laws targeting the export of silver and the monopolization of minted currency\, gave rise to several problems. Here three interconnected issues will be presented by taking as the convergence for such problematic in 1619 at the trial of the Nagasaki Magistrate Maruyama Antonio Toan. Mar uyama was accused of several crimes for which he was found guilty and execu ted\, but his trial was indeed the apex of a rivalry which internationally encompassed the Tokugawa regime expansionistic policy to obtain new markets \, and  domestically fomented merchants’ rivalries and  religious rivalry w hich in turn brought about appalling unintended consequences.

About the Speaker:

Maria Grazia Petrucci has been conferr ed her PhD degree from the University of British Columbia\, History Departm ent\,Vancouver BC. Canada. She is specializing in Japanese History\, focusi ng on 16th Century Maritime Trade and international relations\, Japanese Pi racy and Christianity as well as on mercantile associations of that period. She has been a researcher at the University of Kyushu\, working on Norther n Kyushu pirates and corsairs. Her current research focuses on 16th century Japanese piracy in relation to the expansion of the silver trade\, Christi anity and Religious controversies in Japan.

Event Poste r

LOCATION:Room 604\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/soul-traders-early-17th-cen tury-trading-and-religious-controversies-in-japan/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/11/Nov-22-2-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999975.59-EO-3894-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171114T212114Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T175941Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171124T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171124T140000 SUMMARY: Kazakhstan and Nuclear Disarmament DESCRIPTION: Join us for a talk on Kazakhstan and nuclear disarmament with  Alimzhan Akhmetov\, founding director of the Center for International Secur ity and Policy in Kazakhstan. Friday\, November 24th 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Res earch Seminar Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues Light refreshments pro vided. About the event: This talk will comprise of two parts. The first par t will focus on […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us for a talk on Kazakhstan and nucle ar disarmament with Alimzhan Akhmetov\, founding director of the Center for International Security and Policy in Kazakhstan.

Friday\, No vember 24th
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
 Research Seminar Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues

Light refreshments provided.

About the event: This talk will comprise of two parts. The first part will focus on t he history of nuclear weapons in Kazakhstan\, including testing of nuclear weapons designs by the Soviet Union at the former Semipalatinsk Test Site\,  the nuclear weapons based in Kazakhstan\, and the changes undertaken by Ka zakhstan when it achieved independence from the Soviet Union\, specifically steps towards nuclear disarmament and other initiatives on non-proliferati on. The second part will cover the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Wea pons that was adopted by a majority of countries at the United Nations earl ier this year\, focusing on its historical importance and its impact\, or l ack thereof\, on current nuclear policies.

[caption id="attachment_38 95" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Alimzhan Akhmetov\, fou nding director of the Center for International Security and Policy[/caption ]


Bio: Alimzhan Akhmetov is a founding directo r of the Center for International Security and Policy\, which was establish ed on February 2017 in Astana (Kazakhstan). Akhmetov has ten years experien ce in Eurasian Economic Community\, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kaza khstan and the Executive Office of the President of Kazakhstan\, where he e nded up as the head of the division for International Security. Earlier thi s year\, he participated in the negotiations for the Treaty on the Prohibit ion of Nuclear Weapons at the United Nations in New York.

 

LOCATION:Research Unit One\, Liu Institute GEO:49.267710;-123.259656 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/kazakhstan-nuclear-disarmam ent/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/11/RIAN_archive_440215_Kurchatov_city.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20171104T2017Z-1509826645.733-EO-23199-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171103T224308Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T175819Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171124T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171124T173000 SUMMARY: The Emperor and His Poetic Subjects: The Utakai Hajime Ceremony an d Meiji Japan DESCRIPTION: Each New Year\, Japan’s imperial court hosts a ceremony for me mbers of the imperial family and general public to read waka poems they had composed on a preannounced theme. ​In this presentation\, Gideon Fujiwara chronicles the history of the Utakai hajime and the work of kokugaku (nativ ist) scholars in early Meiji to petition for public participation in this e vent. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Abstract

Each New Year\, Japan’s imperial court hosts a ceremony for members of the imperial family and general public to read waka poems they had composed on a preann ounced theme. The Utakai hajime ceremony which had previously been conducted exclusively within the court began in the Meiji Period (1868-191 2) to accept poems from the general populace\, thereby making this elite cu ltural practice accessible to the common people. Such changes reflect large r social developments\, as well as efforts to make the modern emperor and e mpress visible to the public and build a nation of subjects who would parta ke in the tradition of waka composition passed on for over a millennium.

​This presentation chronicles the history of the Utakai hajime  and the work of kokugaku (nativist) scholars in early Meiji to pe tition for public participation in this event. I will consider the history of waka composition by the emperor\, among kokugaku scholars\, and within early modern to modern local literary circles. I will introduce poe ms featured in the ceremony\, and show the trajectory of this ceremony’s de velopment through the Meiji period.

Personal Bio

Gideon Fujiwara is an assistant professor in the History Department an d Coordinator of Asian Studies at the University of Lethbridge. He teaches courses on the histories of the world\, East Asia\, China\, Japan\, Nations and Nationalism\, and Modernity\, as well as Asian Studies. Recent publica tions include: “Channeling the Undercurrents: Fūsetsudome\, Inform ation Access\, and National Political Awareness in Nineteenth-Century Japan \,” The Journal of Japanese Studies(summer 2017 issue) an d “Rebirth of a Hirata School Nativist: Tsuruya Ariyo and His Kaganabe< /em> Journal\,” Values\, Identity and Equality in Eighteenth a nd Nineteenth-Century Japan. Eds. Peter Nosco\, James Ketelaar\, and Y asunori Kojima (Leiden: Brill\, 2015). Gideon is completing a book on ethno graphy\, kokugaku\, and the experience of community in nineteenth- century Japan. Current projects include a history of Tohoku region and stud ies of waka composition from Meiji times. Gideon holds a PhD in Asian Studi es from UBC and an MA in Japanese Intellectual History from Tohoku Universi ty.

Event Poster

 

 

LOCATION:Room 122\, Allard Hall GEO:49.269898;-123.253177 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-emperor-and-his-poetic- subjects-the-utakai-hajime-ceremony-and-meiji-japan/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/11/gideon-1-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20171116T1911Z-1510859515.8782-EO-23259-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171116T190017Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T175405Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171128T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171128T200000 SUMMARY: Theology After the Hong Kong Umbrella Movement: Notes from Hong Ko ng and Vancouver DESCRIPTION: One of the hallmarks of the 2014 prodemocracy occupy protests in Hong Kong known as the Umbrella Movement was the presence of Christians doing theology on the streets\, sometimes fused with Cantonese hero traditi ons. But in the aftermath of the movement\, how has the relationship betwee n theology and politics developed\, especially in a time of […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

One of the hallmarks of the 2014 prodemocr acy occupy protests in Hong Kong known as the Umbrella Movement was the pre sence of Christians doing theology on the streets\, sometimes fused with Ca ntonese hero traditions. But in the aftermath of the movement\, how has the relationship between theology and politics developed\, especially in a tim e of greater authoritarian power exerted by the People’s Republic of China on its “Special Administrative Region”? What can be learned about the effic acy of God-talk in protest when the movement is considered to be over? How has such God-talk traveled transnationally to Vancouver?

Just in K.H. Tse is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Asian America n Studies Program at Northwestern University. He is lead editor of Theo logical Reflections on the Hong Kong Umbrella Movement (Palgrave\, 201 6)\, and his writing can also be found in Population\, Space\, and Plac e\, Global Networks\, Progress in Human Geography\,  Review of Religion in Chinese Society\, Social and Cultural Ge ography\, Chinese America: History and Perspective\, Chin g Feng\, and the Bulletin for the Study of Religion. He is wo rking on a book manuscript titled “Religious Politics in Pacific Space: Gro unding Cantonese Protestant Theologies in Secular Civil Societies\,” and a second project is under way comparing the theological afterlives of occupy protests in Hong Kong\, Kyiv\, and Seattle.

This event is organized b y the Hong Kong Studies Initiative and co-sponsored by the Centre for Chine se Research and the Department of Geography.

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/theology-after-the-hong-kon g-umbrella-movement-notes-from-hong-kong-and-vancouver/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/11/chuttersnap-710335-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20171116T1911Z-1510859515.8863-EO-23254-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171116T174239Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T175218Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171129T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171129T140000 SUMMARY: Criminal Justice in Japan: Is a 99.8% Conviction Rate Too High? DESCRIPTION: Abstract: Despite heavy criticism\, Japan’s criminal convictio n rate continues to remain over 99.8%. Some researchers argue that Japanese Judges tend to accept public prosecutors’ allegations without analyzing ev idence\, but is this true? In this talk Mr. Takai will explain why such vie ws reflect a stereotypic misunderstanding of the Japanese criminal justice process. This will be […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Abstract:

Despite heavy criticism\, Japan’s criminal conviction rate continues to remain over 99.8%. Some researchers argue that Japanese Judges tend to acc ept public prosecutors’ allegations without analyzing evidence\, but is thi s true? In this talk Mr. Takai will explain why such views reflect a stereo typic misunderstanding of the Japanese criminal justice process. This will be illustrated through an examination of Japanese criminal procedures\, esp ecially focusing on the roles of Japanese public prosecutors. In addition\, Mr. Takai will suggest possible alternative reasons for the high convictio n rate and discuss recent amendments to allow for the institution of a pros ecution by a type of grand jury regardless of the public prosecutor’s decis ion not to prosecute.

About the Speaker:

Ken taro Takai: Japanese Public Prosecutor

Mr. Kentaro Takai is a Japanes e public prosecutor with deep experience in both investigating and prosecut ing crimes in Japan. He came to Canada as a member of the Japanese Governme nt Short-Term Overseas Fellowship Program of the National Personnel Authori ty in 2017 to do research on organized crime and currently is a visiting sc holar at the Peter A. Allard School of Law. He received his LL.B. degree fr om Tokyo University and J.D. from Keio University. He has also joined the i nternational training course held by the United Nations Asia and Far East I nstitute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders in 2016 .

This event is co-sponsored by the Centre for Japanese Re search. Light lunch will be served.

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LOCATION:Room 123\, Allard Hall GEO:49.270110;-123.253353 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/criminal-justice-in-japan-i s-a-99-8-conviction-rate-too-high/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/11/20171129takai-page-001-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20171124T1749Z-1511545740.1302-EO-23350-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171123T214238Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T175018Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171129T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171129T203000 SUMMARY: Neighbors: A Discussion of Regional Clichés & Impressions DESCRIPTION: We sometimes hear regional clichés or impressions in our daily life. Some of them may even make us feel uncomfortable. In a metropolis wi th huge diversity\, we inevitably\, more or less\, face the situations when we are represented by the region where we come from. Some of these regiona l stereotypes could make us impressive\, but […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

We sometimes hear regional clichés or impr essions in our daily life. Some of them may even make us feel uncomfortable . In a metropolis with huge diversity\, we inevitably\, more or less\, face the situations when we are represented by the region where we come from. S ome of these regional stereotypes could make us impressive\, but some of th em make us uncomfortable. Meanwhile\, regional stereotypes portrayed in med ia could be exaggerated\, which\, on the one hand\, make us get to know tho se regions better\, but\, on the other hand\, could provoke stereotyped imp ression toward the people from that region.
How do we understand the r oot of regional stereotypes? What could be the consequences of regional ste reotypes?

On Wednesday\, November 29\, join us in an discussion at C. K. Choi Building to exchange your views. We hope to promote understanding as well as critical thinking through sharing and listening to personal stor ies that shaped who we are today.

*The event is FREE and light refres hments will be provided.
**We encourage you to use the language you ar e most comfortable with. We will provide translation in the event.

About UBC Hua Dialogue

Established in 2014\, UBC Hua D ialogue is a student-led platform for discussions of social\, cultural and political issues related to the Hua-communities. Our value is “listen\, sha re\, respect” and we welcome students of all background and identities to j oin us.

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如何理解地域標簽的根源？如何讓地域標簽成為增進不同地域間個體之間的紐帶 ，而不是隔閡？
地域標簽又給你帶來過什麼意想不到的收獲？是驚喜還是煩惱呢？
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11月 29日，在老地方C. K. Choi Building，我們不見不散。
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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/neighbors-a-discussion-of-r egional-cliches-impressions/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/11/10459106_1642119139341758_2472556844031282819_o.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999975.6374-EO-26702-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171120T194820Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T174741Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171130T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171130T131500 SUMMARY: Research on the edge: A talk by Professor Christina Clark-Kazak DESCRIPTION: 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 Is sues\, University of British Columbia We acknowledge that the UBC Point Gre y campus is […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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.< /p>

Thursday\, November 30th
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Boardro om (3rd floor)\, Liu Institute for Global Issues\, University of British Columbia
We acknowledge that the UBC Point Grey campus is sit uated on the traditional\, ancestral\, and unceded territory of the Musquea m people.

Refreshments provided. Everyone welcome. Ple ase RSVP erin.baines@ubc.ca

Christina Clark-Kazak

Christina Clark-Kazak is an Associate P rofessor in Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa.  Her research focuses on three areas: age discrimination in migration and de velopment policy\; political participation of young people in migration sit uations\; and\, interdisciplinary methodology in forced migration\, conflic t and development.  She is author of Recounting Migration: Political Na rratives of Congolese Young People in Uganda.

LOCATION:Boardroom\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267710;-123.259656 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/research-edge-lunchtime-tal k-professor-christina-clark-kazak/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/11/vsaranphotodotcom-129.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999975.6513-EO-3952-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171120T201214Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T174857Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171130T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171130T135000 SUMMARY: Envisioning the Mine of the Future: Erdene Resource Development Co rp. and the creation of Shared Value in Mongolia DESCRIPTION: Join us for a talk with Mr. Jon Lyons\, VP Regulatory Affairs and Strategy for Erdene Resource Development Corp.\, on “Envisioning the Mi ne of the Future: Erdene Resource Development Corp. and the creation of Sha red Value in Mongolia.” Thursday\, November 30\, 2017 12:00 pm – 1:50 pm Ca se Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues\, UBC […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us for a talk with Mr. Jon Lyons\, VP Regulatory Affairs and Strategy for Erdene Resource Development Corp.\, on “Envisioning the Mine of the Future: Erdene Resource Development Corp. and the creation of Shared Value in Mongolia.”

Thursday\, Novem ber 30\, 2017
12:00 pm - 1:50 pm
Case Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues\, UBC
L ight refreshments will be offered.

Please RSVP

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Mongolia

Canada is one of the top foreign investors in Mo ngolia\, and Mongolia is a priority country for Canada’s international deve lopment cooperation. In partnership with Erdene Resource Development Corp. and the Mitacs program\, UBC recently launched a new project exploring how mining companies could maximize the benefits of resource extraction for hos t nations\, local communities\, and companies alike. This session will prov ide a stocktaking of Mongolia’s minerals industry through the experience of Erdene Resource Development Corp.\, whose principals have methodically app lied modern exploration methods and corporate responsibility principles for the past two decades in Mongolia. Representatives of Erdene and UBC will p rovide short presentations\, followed by an interactive discussion on the c hallenges and opportunities for the minerals business to create shared valu e that delivers benefits for both business and society.

Compa ny:

Erdene Resource Development Corp. is a Canada-based reso urce company focused on the acquisition\, exploration\, and development of base and precious metals in underexplored and highly prospective Mongolia.  The Company has four exploration licenses and a mining license in southwes t Mongolia. Currently\, the Company is focused on the advancement of its hi gh-grade\, near surface Bayan Khundii gold project in southwestern Mongolia and its nearby gold-polymetallic Altan Nar project. Additionally\, the com pany has an Alliance with Teck Resources Limited on regional copper-gold ex ploration in southwest Mongolia.  Erdene Resource Development Corp. is list ed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (Ticker symbol “ERD”). For further informa tion on the Company\, please visit www.erdene.com.

Spe aker:

Jon Lyons

Mr. Lyons\, as VP Regulatory Affairs and Strategy for Erdene Resource Development Corp.\, manages the various go vernment approval processes required to advance the company’s mineral explo ration and mining projects through permitting and compliance. He also leads the Health\, Safety\, Environment\, and Community areas of the business\, cultivating value for stakeholders and managing risk. Most recently\, Jon w as with the inter-governmental Global Green Growth Institute as Country Rep resentative to Mongolia\, where he led advisory services on policy formulat ion and investment planning in renewable energy\, energy efficiency\, water management\, and urban planning. He has lived and worked intermittently in Mongolia and the Asia Pacific\, including a previous posting with Erdene\, since 2001. Jon earned his MBA from Maastricht University and the EuroMBA consortium and B.A. (summa cum laude) in physics and anthropology from Wheaton College\, MA and is fluent in Mongolian and Russian.

An introduction will be provided by Dr. Nadja Kunz\, Assis tant Professor at the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and No rman B Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering\, and internship supervisor f or new Mitacs Accelerate Project entitled “Creating shared value with commu nities in the early Mine life-cycle: The case of Erdene Resource Developmen t Corporation in Mongolia.”

Policy School Wordm ark
LOCATION:Case Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/envisioning-mine-future-erd ene-resource-development-corp-creation-shared-value-mongolia/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/01/vsaranphotodotcom-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20171104T2017Z-1509826645.7482-EO-23204-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171103T233846Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T174614Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171130T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171130T173000 SUMMARY: Taking Synchrony Seriously: The Crises of 1866 in Japanese and Glo bal History DESCRIPTION: Abstract This talk starts from the premise that we should take synchrony seriously—that co-movements in places and social domains we have assumed to be separate may offer clues to unexpected unities. The global c ontexts of Japan’s Meiji revolution invite this type of approach. To grasp the co-development of global and domestic histories\, this talk investigate s […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Abstract

This tal k starts from the premise that we should take synchrony seriously—that co-m ovements in places and social domains we have assumed to be separate may of fer clues to unexpected unities. The global contexts of Japan’s Meiji revol ution invite this type of approach.

To grasp the co-development of gl obal and domestic histories\, this talk investigates three themes. The firs t is Japan’s inflationary price revolution of the 1860s\, which reached an extreme in 1866. The second is the global commodities boom of the 1860s\, a nd its sudden collapse in the “panic of 1866.” The third theme concerns cli mate history\, harvest crises\, and popular uprisings\, as 1866 was also a year of famines and mass revolts. In fields of activity ranging from intern ational finance to everyday food provision\, 1866–67 was a watershed\; it i s both a Japanese and an international story.

About the Spea ker:

Mark Metzler is Professor of History and International Studies at the University of Washington\, where he has wo rked for the past two months. Before that\, he spent twelve years teaching history at the University of Texas at Austin. He has also conducted researc h at Osaka City University\, the University of Tokyo\, and Kyoto University . His books include Lever of Empire (2006)\, which examines the or igins of the Great Depression of the 1930s in Japan and internationally\, a nd Capital as Will and Imagination (2013)\, which examines the ori gins of Japan’s great postwar boom. His most recent book\, co-authored with Simon Bytheway\, is Central Banks and Gold: How Tokyo\, London\, and N ew York Shaped the Modern World (2016)\, and he is now completing a gl obal history of the “Great Depression” of the late nineteenth century.

< p>Email: mmetzler@uw.edu

< p>Website: https ://jsis.washington.edu/people/mark-metzler/

This event is jointly sponsored by the UBC Meiji at 150 Committee\, Centre for Japanese Research \, Department of History and Department of Asian Studies.

Event Poster

LOCATION:Room 104\, Allard Hall GEO:49.270076;-123.253355 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/lecture-series-taking-synch rony-seriously-the-crises-of-1866-in-japanese-and-global-history-by-dr-mark -metzler/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/11/Nov.-30-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20171005T1653Z-1507222430.6988-EO-22925-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171005T161437Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T174216Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171130T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171130T183000 SUMMARY: A Tryst with Destiny? The Politics of Buddhist Heritage and the Ma king of Modern India by Douglas Ober DESCRIPTION: An information session hosted by Douglas Ober\, Research Assoc iate\, UBC IAR One of the more curious incidents in the making of modern In dia occurred on the eve of Independence when a group of seventy-two women e ntered New Delhi’s Constituent Assembly and unfurled the newly chosen natio nal flag. In a last minute change decided only three weeks prior\, the Gand hian charkha or spinning wheel\, was replaced by […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

An information session hosted by Douglas O ber\, Research Associate\, UBC IAR

One of the more curious incidents in the making of modern India occurred on the eve of Independence when a gr oup of seventy-two women entered New Delhi’s Constituent Assembly and unfur led the newly chosen national flag. In a last minute change decided only three weeks prior\, the Gandhian charkha o r spinning wheel\, was replaced by the Buddhist chakra\, or dharma w heel\, as the flag’s central symbol. On the surface\, the choice may seem p erplexing considering that Indian Buddhism was said to have become ‘extinct ’ nearly eight hundred years before and less than one percent of India’s po pulation identified as Buddhist at the time. Yet demographic statistics are not always reliable indicators of cultural conscience. From the circulatio n of Buddhist relics in distant lands to the reinvention of Buddhist symbol s in contemporary state regalia\, the Indian government sponsored a wide va riety of Buddhist heritage programmes in the name of world pe ace\, Pan-Asian unity\, secularism and enlightened democratic values. In th is talk\, I will detail the important role that Buddhist heritage has playe d in the making of the modern Indian nation state from the time of the colo nial Viceroys up through the current government led by Prime Minister Naren dra Modi. Special attention will be paid to the early years of Independence and the enduring legacy of Buddhist diplomacy left by the country’s first Prime Minister\, Jawaharlal Nehru.

Event Poster

LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/a-tryst-with-destiny-the-po litics-of-buddhist-heritage-and-the-making-of-modern-india-by-douglas-ober/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/10/Doug-Ober-Talk-Poster-Draft-663x1024-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181130T1756Z-1543600568.3794-EO-3929-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171117T205744Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T212714Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171205T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20171205T210000 SUMMARY: Shooting Ghosts: An Evening with Finbarr O’Reilly DESCRIPTION: Join internationally-acclaimed photographer and UBC alum\, Fin barr O’Reilly\, for a look through his lens at the unpredictability of war and his experiences documented in his brand new book\, Shooting Ghosts. Tue sday December 5th 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Keynote & Reception Multipurpose room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues\, UBC  Light refreshments served This even t is now […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join internationa lly-acclaimed photographer and UBC alum\, Finbarr O’Reilly\, for a look thr ough his lens at the unpredictability of war and his experiences documented in his brand new book\, Shooting Ghosts.

Tuesday December 5th
6 :30 pm – 9:00 pm Keynote & Reception
Multipurpose roo m\, Liu Institute for Global Issues\, UBC 
Light refr eshments served

This event is now sold out. Please email lindsay.marsh@ubc.ca directly to be added to the waitlist. Thank you.

About the book:  Shoot ing Ghosts was co-authored with U.S. Marine\, Thomas Brennan\, and details the unpredictability of war and its aftermath. Brennan and O’Reill y became friends during this tumultuous time\, and the photographer documen ted not only Brennan’s experience with the war itself\, but also his post-w ar experiences. Shooting Ghosts\, written in alternating first per son\, details not only the tribulations of what they both experienced durin g the war in Afghanistan\, but also their road to recovery.

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Bio: Finbarr O'Reilly (BA’9 3) is an internationally acclaimed photographer who has spent the past deca de working in Africa and the Middle East\, and has won the World Press Phot o of the Year\, the highest individual honor in news photography. He was pr ofiled in Under Fire: Journalists in Combat (Peabody Award winner\ , Oscar finalist) and has had writing fellowships at Harvard\, Yale and Col umbia. He was the Reuters senior photographer for Israel and the Palestinia n Territories in 2014.

This event is in part nership with the Faculty of Arts\, the Liu Institute for Global Issues\, as part of the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, and the Departmen t of History\, UBC.

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World Press Photo of the Year 2005 taken by Reuters photographer Finbarr O'ReillyA medic help s a Palestinian in the Shejaia neighbourhood\, which was heavily shelled by Israel during fighting\, in Gaza City
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URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/new-years-day/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20171211T2210Z-1513030204.2965-EO-23384-2671@10.93.0.119 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171208T170905Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T212543Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180105T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180105T180000 SUMMARY: The First Master Text: The Classic of Odes DESCRIPTION: For over a century\, the Warring States Masters (Kongzi\, Laoz i\, Mozi\, Mengzi\, etc.) and their texts have dominated the modern imagina tion of early Chinese thought. But how reliable is the “Masters Narrative\, ” and is there a better way of telling the story? Join Professor Michael Hu nter as he explores what the story of Warring States thought might look lik e with the Odes (as opposed to the Analects) as its foundational text. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

From the Scroll of the Airs of the State of Bin by Ma Hezi (c a. 1130–1170)

For over a century\, the Warring States Masters (Kongzi\, Laozi\, Mozi\, Mengzi\, etc.) and their texts have domina ted the modern imagination of early Chinese thought. Students who first enc ounter ancient China typically experience its philosophy or intellectual hi story as a parade of quasi-heroic master figures beginning with Kongzi and ending with the Qin empire. But how reliable is the “Masters Narrative\,” a nd is there a better way of telling the story? In this talk\, Prof. Hunter will briefly summarize the failings of the Masters Narrative before turning to a text that is routinely neglected by philosophers and intellectual his torians\, the Classic of Odes. What might the story of Warring States thoug ht look like with the Odes (as opposed to the Analects) as its foundational text?
 

Michael Hunter i s Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages & Literatures at Yale Univers ity. He received his Ph.D. in 2012 from the East Asian Studies department a t Princeton University and he is the author of Confucius Beyond the Analect s (Leiden: Brill\, 2017).

This talk is sponsor ed by the Centre for Chinese Research.

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Developed at Yale University with the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation\, the Ten Th ousand Rooms (tenthousandrooms. yale.edu) is an open-access platform that gives users the tools to coll aboratively transcribe\, translate\, and annotate pre-modern sources. Desig ned primarily as a scholarly workspace\, it is also a teaching tool and a v enue for showcasing philological work unsuited to traditional publishing fo rmats. In this talk\, Prof. Hunter will introduce the platform and discuss its place within the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) community\, a growing list of institutions committed to providing open acce ss to high-quality image resources.

 Michael Hun ter is Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages & Literatures at Yale Un iversity. He received his Ph.D. in 2012 from the East Asian Studies departm ent at Princeton University and he is the author of Confucius Beyond the Analects (Leiden: Brill\, 2017).

This workshop is sponsored by the SSHRC Partnership Grant project From the Ground Up: Buddhism and East Asian Religions.

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Join us for this special talk by Professor Wade Davis Lecture titled "If We Build It They Will Come: Industrial Folly and the Fate of Northwest British Columbia."

Tuesday\, Janua ry 9th\, 2018
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Multipurpose room\, L iu Institute for Global Issues
Pizza lunch offered\, including gluten- free and vegetarian

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Wade Davis

 

Wade Davis\, UBC Professor of Anthropology and best-selling author\, will explore how mega-developmen t schemes that have been proposed or enacted in northwest British Columbia since the late 1960s hamper our ability to shift from an economy dependent on natural resource extraction to one based on knowledge\, technology and i nnovation.

In the whirlwind of controversy surrounding the Site C dam \, Premier Horgan and the NDP had to decide whether to spend $2 billion to clean up a $2 billion mess inherited from the previous government\, or go a head with the project\, mortgaging the province’s future for a white elepha nt that few wanted and\, according to many technical reports\, nobody neede d. In the end\, under pressure from union supporters\, Horgan took the poli tically expedient decision to proceed\, despite anticipated costs well in e xcess of $10 billion\, all for a project that on the campaign trail only mo nths before he had vociferously rejected for sound economic\, technical and environmental reasons. If many British Columbians were disappointed by the decision\, many more were stunned to learn that the Liberal government of Christy Clark had committed the province to such industrial folly in the fi rst place.

In point of fact Site C is but the latest in an entire cat alogue of pharaonic schemes proposed over the last decades. That federal an d provincial governments have squandered and continue to squander hundreds of millions of dollars on unrealized mega-development schemes often comes a s a surprise to urban Canadians\, for much as we like the idea of the north \, few of us ever go there. Gordon Campbell\, in his decade as premier\, ne ver visited the northwest quadrant of British Columbia\, even as his govern ment endorsed and funded capital-intensive initiatives that promised to fun damentally transform the region.

This lecture considers the fate of j ust five such projects\, all transformative in scale\, that have been propo sed or enacted in northwest British Columbia since the late 1960s. All of t hem centered in the drainage of the Stikine River\, the traditional territo ry of the Tahltan First Nation\, a vast and remote region roughly the size of Switzerland. Together they tell a story of fantasy\, folly\, avarice and corruption that to this day shadows our quest to move our economy from one dependent on natural resource extraction to one based on knowledge\, techn ology and innovation\, a transformation that is the key to true and lasting prosperity in a globalized economy.

Bio: Wade Davis is Professor of Anthropology and the BC Leadership Chair in Cultures and E cosystems at Risk at the University of British Columbia. Between 1999 and 2 013 he served as Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society a nd is currently a member of the NGS Explorers Council and Honorary Vice-Pre sident of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. Author of 20 books\, inc luding One River\, The Wayfinders and Into the Silenc e\, winner of the 2012 Samuel Johnson prize\, he holds degrees in anth ropology and biology and received his Ph.D. in ethnobotany\, all from Harva rd University. His many film credits include Light at the Edge of the W orld\, an eight-hour documentary series written and produced for the N GS. Davis is the recipient of 11 honorary degrees\, as well as the 2009 Gol d Medal from the Royal Canadian Geographical Society\, the 2011 Explorers M edal\, the 2012 David Fairchild Medal for botanical exploration\, and the 2 015 Centennial Medal of Harvard University\, the 2017 George Ryga Award for Social Awareness and from the RCGS the 2017 Sir Christopher Ondaatje Medal for Exploration. In 2016\, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.

This talk is presented by UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affa irs.

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Abstract

Through a close reading of Japanese public works projects in precolonial and colonial Korea — focusing on railway construction and street improvement projects —  this talk maps the intersection of imperialism and the environment.  In th e name of “development\,” Japanese colonial engineers and urban planners se t to work reshaping Korea’s physical landscapes through public works projec ts: laying railways\, restoring rural highways\, improving rivers\, constru cting ports\, burying water systems\, and paving urban streets.  Engineered with projects designed to solidify claims to territory\, reify discourses of colonial modernization\, and project cultural superiority\, Japanese col onial rule in Korea was built as much on the domination of colonial environ ments as it was on the control of colonial populations.

About the Speaker

Tristan R. Grunow is Assistant Professor withou t Review in the History Department at UBC.  Previously\, he was Postdoctora l Fellow at the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard Univers ity.  He is currently completing a book manuscript entitled Empire by D esign: Tokyo and the Building of Japanese Modernity that charts the re spacing of the built environment of Tokyo under the process of Japanese sta te-formation and empire-building.  This talk builds from his recent publica tion\, “Paving Power: Western Urban Planning and Imperial Space from the St reets of Meiji Tokyo to Colonial Seoul” published in the Journal of Urb an History.

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LOCATION:Room 604\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/engineering-empire-public-w orks-the-environment-and-japanese-colonialism-in-korea-1894-1945/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/01/grunowlunchtime-final.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180104T1713Z-1515086014.396-EO-23488-2671@10.93.0.119 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180103T211548Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T210105Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180110T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180110T183000 SUMMARY: UBC Centre for Japanese Research 2018 Open House DESCRIPTION: UBC Centre for Japanese Research (CJR) is pleased to announce its Annual Open House Reception! We welcome anyone interested in Japan to j oin us for light refreshments and traditional Japanese dishes while learnin g about the diverse events related to Japan that the CJR hosts throughout t he year. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

UBC Centre for Japanese Research (CJR) is pleased to announce its Annual Open House Reception on Wednesday\, January 10 from 5:00-6:30 pm. The Open House Reception will also serve as a belated New Year’s celebration.

We welcome anyone interested in Japan to joi n us for light refreshments and traditional Japanese dishes while learning about the diverse events related to Japan that the CJR hosts throughout the year.

The CJR is actively engaged in the promotion of research on a wide variety of topics dealing with Japan and its place in the world commun ity. We invite you to come and learn more about the many activities of the CJR and our work towards facilitating greater understanding between people of Japan and Canada.

Event Poster

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In this presentation\, Andrea Globa will p rovide information about the programs Mitacs offers to support internationa l collaborations. She will highlight an award that supports student travel to the India Institutes of Technology\, as Mitacs has a significant pool of funds to support collaborations with these institutions. Students from all disciplines are welcome to apply: in addition to STEM subjects\, many of t he IITs maintain strong programs in the social sciences and humanities.

Mitacs is a national\, not-for-profit organization that has designed and delivered research and training programs in Canada for 18 years. Working w ith 65 universities\, thousands of companies and non-profit organizations\, and both federal and provincial governments\, we build partnerships that s upport industrial and social innovation in Canada.

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The Phil Lind Initiative presents our January-March 2018 (Term 2) speaker series on The Unravelling of the Liberal Order. The series will run from Ja nuary to March\, 2018 at UBC Vancouver. Join us for a talk by Edward Luce a nd register for all of our events on our Current Ser ies page.

Edward Luce
Thursday\, January 11 \, 2018
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Old A uditorium - UBC\, 6344 Memorial Road\, Vancouver\, BC V6T 1Z2

Jan. 10 Update: Online registration ha s now ended but tickets are available at the door.

Watch the Live Str eam of Ed Luce's talk here

 

Our sp eaker: Chief U.S. columnist and commentator for The F inancial Times\, Edward Luce is one of the paper’s most popular writer s and “one of the finest journalists of our time.” A U.K. native\, Oxford g raduate\, and former speechwriter for Treasury Secretary Larry Summers\, he is highly regarded by policymakers\, leaders\, and political junkies for h is insider/outsider insights on American politics and his cross-border pers pectives on geopolitics and economics. At the FT\, Luce has served as Washi ngton bureau chief\, Capital Markets editor\, correspondent to the Philippi nes\, and South Asia bureau chief. He also writes about the future of work and the major challenges facing the West\, including the rise of populism a nd the decline of the middle class.

His new book\, The Retreat of Wester n Liberalism\, examines the weakening of western hegemony and the crisis of democratic liberalism ― of which Donald Trump and his European co unterparts are not the cause\, but a symptom. According to Luce\, “What we do not yet know is whether the world’s democratic recession will turn into a global depression.” The New York Times called the book “insightful and ha rrowing.” An excerpt appeared in The Atlantic (The Changing of the Global E conomic Guard).

Luce’s previous book\, Time to Start Thinking: Am erica in the Age of Descent\, was described as “a masterful portrait o f America.” He also is the author of In Spite of the Gods\, praised b y The Economist as “likely to be the definitive book on India for some time to come.”

About the theme: The world is undergoing a wrenching process of geopolitical transformation. The liberal order that dominated for the past half century is unravelling. Presumptions of US hegemony no longer apply and new power centers are emerging in Asia and Europe. Nation states are re-asserting the ir sovereignty as nationalist movements gain strength. The world´s major ci ties are also rewiring global supply chains. Yet\, multilateral institution s developed in the mid-twentieth century are coming under assault by some o f the very countries that were central to their formation. Digital connecti vity and new technologies are accelerating political\, economic and social transformation and literally changing the rules of the game\, pulling at th e seams of global stability. Will the liberal order hold\, or is its disass embling inevitable? What kinds of global order(s) does the future hold? The Lind Initiative’s Spring 2018 series will explore these and other question s\, with visits from the world’s leading intellectuals on the subject.

< p>About the organizer:  The Phi l Lind Initiative is an annual dialogue se ries hosted by the Liu Institute for Glob al Issues\, part of the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\ , and is made possible by a generous gift from Philip Lind (BA’66\, LLD’02) . Created to address the most urgent issues of our time\, the initiative in vites prominent American scholars\, writers and intellectuals to UBC to con duct research and share ideas with students\, faculty and the wider communi ty on a particular theme.

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IAR Public Forum
“Getting North Kore a Right: Canadian Options and Roles”

The situation on the Korean pen insula looms as a major threat to global peace and stability in the coming year.  On the eve of the Vancouver meeting of foreign ministers hosted by C hrystia Freeland and Rex Tillerson on January 16th\, we are conv ening an expert panel to evaluate the current moment and assess what is lik ely to emerge from the Ministerial meeting and in the months to come.  What would be optimal outcome?  Looking forward\, what is the right balance and sequencing of pressure\, diplomacy\, and civil society contacts?  Where do es Canada fit?

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space limited\, light lunch served


Welcome and Introductions:

 Don Baker \, Director\, Centre for Korean Research


Panelist s:

 

< a href="https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/01/er ic-walsh.png">Eric Walsh\, Canadian Ambassador to the Republic of Korea
S cott Snyder\, Senior Fellow and Director of the Program on US- Korea Policy\, Council on Foreign Relations\, New York

 

 Kyung-Ae Park\, Korea Foundation Chair\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and Director\, Canada-DPRK Knowledge Part nership Program
Brian Job\, Professor\, Departm ent of Political Science\, UBC
Brian Gold\, Department of History and Classics\, University of Alberta


Moderator:

  Paul Evans\, Professor\, School of Public Policy and Global A ffairs and Interim Director\, Institute of Asian Research

Sponsored by the Institute of Asia Research and School of P ublic Policy and Global Affairs\; the Centre for Korean Research\; and the Department of Asian Studies

LOCATION:Asian Centre Auditorium GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/getting-north-korea-right-c anadian-options-and-roles/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/01/15-January-Event-UPDATED-POSTER.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180109T1759Z-1515520799.3839-EO-23521-2671@10.93.0.119 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180108T174006Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T201328Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180117T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180622T190000 SUMMARY: [Series] City Inscribed 我寫 • 我城 DESCRIPTION: The UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative is pleased to present “Ci ty Inscribed\,” a series of public lectures and events in celebration of th e launch of “Literature of Hong Kong” (ASIA 324) at the University of Briti sh Columbia. All lectures and events are free and open to the public and ar e\, unless otherwise noted (*)\, conducted in English. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative is pleased to present “City Insc ribed\,” a series of public lectures and events in celebration of the launc h of “Literature of Hong Kong” (ASIA 324) at the University of British Columbia.

All of the lectures a nd events are free and open to the public and are\, unless otherwise noted (*)\, conducted in English. For latest information\, please follow the link s. Registration is strongly encouraged.

Yip So Man Wat Memo rial Lecture
Wednesday\, 17 January 2018\, 7 pm
The Guest’s View: Some Thoughts on Director Ann Hui’s Work
Dr. Rey Chow (Duke University)
Auditorium\, Asian Centre

Public Seminar
Thursday\, 18 January 2018\, 4 pm
Leung Ping-kwan: Shuqing and Reveries of S pace
Dr. Rey Chow (Duke University)
Auditorium\, Asi an Centre

Public Seminar
Friday\, 9 February 2018\, 2 p m
Always Liminal\, Always in Transition: Reading Hong Kong as Staircase City
Dr. Louis Lo (National Taipei University of Te chnology)
Multipurpose Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues

This event has been cancelled.

Educated in Cambridge\, Keio (Tokyo)\, and Oxford Universitie s\, Dr. Chris Goto-Jones is Professor in Philosophy and Dean of Humanities at University of Victoria.  He is also a Professorial Research Fellow at SO AS\, University of London\, and a Senior Research Fellow in Politics & Inte rnational Relations at Oxford University.  He was previously Professor of C omparative Philosophy & Political Thought and Professor of Modern Japan Stu dies at Leiden University (The Netherlands). He is particularly interested in sources of philosophy and modes of philosophical thinking that fall outs ide the disciplinary mainstream\, such as non-European philosophy (especial ly in Japan and East Asia)\, non-textual philosophy (especially in performa nce\, visual\, and interactive media). His recent publications are Conjurin g Asia: Magic\, Orientalism\, and the Making of the Modern World (Cambridge UP\, 2016)\, and The Virtual Ninja Manifesto: Fighting Games\, Martial Art s\, and Gamic Orientalism (Rowman & Littlefield\, 2016).  His articles have appeared in journals like Philosophy\, boundary2\, Modern Asian Studies.

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LOCATION:Room 106\, Allard School of Law GEO:49.270076;-123.253355 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/living-in-the-face-of-death -martial-mindfulness-in-modern-japan/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/01/Chris-Goto-Jones-poster-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20171222T0711Z-1513926666.9689-EO-23475-2671@10.93.0.119 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171221T211204Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T200643Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180124T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180124T133000 SUMMARY: Rebellious Bodies\, Unsettling Memories: Transpacific Cultural Res earch on Japanese Sex Workers in the Early 20th Century Canada DESCRIPTION: Join Ayaka Yoshimizu as she discusses her ongoing research on cultural memories of ameyuki-san\, Japanese women who engaged in sex work i n North America at the turn of the 20th century. She brings to light storie s of ameyuki-san’s rebellious acts as found in Tairiku Nippo\, an early Jap anese language newspaper\, and presents them as unsettling memories that re fuse discursive containment and a closure. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Abstract
This lect ure is based on my ongoing research on cultural memories of ameyuki-san\, J apanese women who engaged in sex work in North America at the turn of the 2 0th century. This project examines how memories of ameyuki-san are produced today through literary\, cinematic and art forms\, and different ways in w hich their experiences and stories are interpreted in Japan\, Canada and th e United States. It also attempts to disrupt and complicate how we remember their lives and experiences through critical archival research. My researc h is built on my joint project (2012-2016) with Julia Aoki\, which involved translation of Shohei Osada’s column series entitled “Makutsu Tankenki” (E xploration of Devil Caves)\, published in early Japanese language newspaper Tairiku Nippo (The Continental News) from 1908 to 1912. The series present s details of the lives of Japanese men and women involved in the sex trade.
In this presentation\, I will discuss part of t he findings from my archival research\, focusing on selected stories includ ed in Exploration of Devil Caves\; other sporadic stories on the topics rel ated to prostitution\, human trafficking and sexuality\; and gossip contrib uted by readers. Having a strong conviction that their “immorality” exacerb ates white racism against the Japanese in Canada\, the newspaper generally condemns ameyuki-san. Here\, the community publication becomes a site of di sciplining and regulating women’s bodies by exposing and shaming their sexu al conduct and ultimately ostracizing from the community those who were dee med immoral. However\, I find these stories also ambivalent—they often reve al the agency of ameyuki-san who survived the underground world by highligh ting their transgressive and tactical acts\, almost with admiration.
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This presentation brings to light stories of ameyuki-san’s r ebellious acts that I encountered in Tairiku Nippo and present them as unse ttling memories that refuse discursive containment and a closure.
About the Speaker
Ayaka Yoshimizu is a postdoc toral fellow in the Department of Asian Studies at University of British Co lumbia. She completed her PhD in the School of Communication at Simon Frase r University in 2016. Her areas of interest include cultural memory\, trans pacific culture\, women’s transnational migration\, postcolonialism\, femin ist methodologies\, and sensory ethnography.
Her dissertation ref lects on the 2005 raid and eviction of transnational migrant sex workers an d subsequent redevelopment of a marginalized neighbourhood in Yokohama\, Ja pan. Based on nine-month fieldwork\, it explores the politics\, poetics and ethics of remembering migrants’ lives in the transnational space of sexual services. She has published two book chapters and six articles in internat ionally respected journals\, including Meridians\, Cultural Studies and Gen der\, Place and Culture. In 2017-2018\, she is teaching courses on Japanese literature and cinema at the Department of Asian Studies at UBC.

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LOCATION:Room 604\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/rebellious-bodies-unsettlin g-memories-transpacific-cultural-research-on-japanese-sex-workers-in-the-ea rly-20th-century-canada/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/12/yoshimizu-lunchtime-finalfinalposter.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20171221T2040Z-1513888844.658-EO-23473-2671@10.93.0.119 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171221T200359Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T200328Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180125T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180125T183000 SUMMARY: A Roundtable: Understanding the Rohingya Crisis DESCRIPTION: Join us for a discussion on the Rohingya Crisis with a panel o f speakers at this event. The speakers for the event are: Mohammad Zaman (I ndependent Consultant)\, Kai Ostwald (Political Science & SPPGA\, UBC)\, Do uglas Ober (CISAR\, UBC)\, Sara Shneiderman (Anthropology & SPPGA\, UBC)\, Theressa Etmanski (Law\, UVic) Dr. Douglas Ober is a Research Associate in the Centre for India […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us for a discussion on the Rohingya C risis with a panel of speakers at this event.

The speakers for the ev ent are:
Mohammad Zaman (Independent Consultant)\, Kai Ostwal d (Political Science & SPPGA\, UBC)\, Douglas Ober (CISAR\, UB C)\, Sara Shneiderman (Anthropology & SPPGA\, UBC)\, Theressa Etmanski (Law\, UVic)

Dr. Douglas Ober is a Research Associ ate in the Centre for India and South Asia Research (CISAR) at UBC. He hold s a PhD from the Department of Asian Studies at UBC and writes on Buddhist movements in colonial and postcolonial Asia. He was conducting research in Rakhine state (Arakan)\, Myanmar\, this past summer when the Rohingya confl ict was reignited.
Sara Shneiderman is Associate Professor at UBC in A nthropology and the School of Public Policy & Global Affairs. She has writt en extensively on borders\, citizenship\, and statelessness in South Asia.< br />Theressa Etmanski is a Canadian lawyer who has worked on human rights in Myanmar and border region. She is currently a LLM candidate at UVic\, wh ere her research focuses on sexual violence amid the Rohingya crisis.

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/a-roundtable-understanding- the-rohingya-crisis/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/12/Poster-Rohingya-Crisis-Roundtable-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999975.8804-EO-26697-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171102T001111Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T232835Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180125T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180125T180000 SUMMARY: The Phil Lind Initiative: Francis Fukuyama on The Unravelling of t he Liberal Order DESCRIPTION: The Phil Lind Initiative presents our January-March 2018 (Term 2) speaker series on The Unravelling of the Liberal Order. The series will run from January to March\, 2018 at UBC Vancouver. Join us for a talk by F rancis Fukuyama and register for all of our events on our Current Series pa ge. Francis Fukuyama Thursday\, January 25th\, 2018 6:00 PM – […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Phil Lind Initiative presents our January-March 2018 (Term 2) speaker series on The Unravelling of the Liberal Order. The series will run from Ja nuary to March\, 2018 at UBC Vancouver. Join us for a talk by Francis Fukuy ama and register for all of our events on our Curren t Series page.

Francis Fukuyama
Thursday\, January 25th\, 2018
6:00 PM – 7:30 P M
Old Auditorium - UBC\, 6344 Memori al Road\, Vancouver\, BC V6T 1Z2

Sold Out. To be added to t he Wait List\, please email your full name and your guest name(s) to Bonita Perko at bonita.perko@ubc.ca.

 

Our speaker: Francis Fukuyama is one of the world’s most prominent scholars of the liberal order. He has held several positions throughout his illustri ous career\, and is currently a senior fellow at Stanford University. His 1 992 book\, The End of History and the Last Man\, in many ways bega n the conversation about the longevity of global liberalism.

About the theme: The world is undergoing a wrenching proc ess of geopolitical transformation. The liberal order that dominated for th e past half century is unravelling. Presumptions of US hegemony no longer a pply and new power centers are emerging in Asia and Europe. Nation states a re re-asserting their sovereignty as nationalist movements gain strength. T he world´s major cities are also rewiring global supply chains. Yet\, multi lateral institutions developed in the mid-twentieth century are coming unde r assault by some of the very countries that were central to their formatio n. Digital connectivity and new technologies are accelerating political\, e conomic and social transformation and literally changing the rules of the g ame\, pulling at the seams of global stability. Will the liberal order hold \, or is its disassembling inevitable? What kinds of global order(s) does t he future hold? The Lind Initiative’s Spring 2018 series will explore these and other questions\, with visits from the world’s leading intellectuals o n the subject.

About the organizer: The Phil Lind Initiat ive is an annual dialogue series hosted by the Liu Institute for Global Issues\, part of t he UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, and is made possible by a generous gift from Philip Lind (BA’66\, LLD’02). Created to address the most urgent issues of our time\, the initiative invites prominent American scholars\, writers and intellectuals to UBC to conduct research and share i deas with students\, faculty and the wider community on a particular theme.

URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/lind-2018-francis-fukuyama/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/07/vsaranphotodotcom-WEB-62.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20171201T0445Z-1512103522.6234-EO-23367-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171130T174224Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T195755Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180126T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180126T170000 SUMMARY: Import/Export: Hallyu\, Television Remakes\, Cultural Imperialism DESCRIPTION: This talk probes into the transnational exchange of remakes be tween China and Korea. It examines the case of Chinese remake of Korean tel evision content and explores the potential degradation of Korean culture by the wealthier Chinese media entrepreneurs who are appropriating and purcha sing Korean variety shows as remake properties. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Dr. Kyung Hyun Kim is Professor of East As ian Languages and Literatures and of Visual Studies at the University of Ca lifornia\, Irvine.  He received his Ph.D. at USC’s School of Cinema-Televis ion. He is author of Virtual Hallyu: Korean Cinema of the Global Era (2011) and The Remasculinization of Korean Cinema (2004).   He is also the coeditor of The Korean Popular Culture Reader  (2014)—all of the books published by Duke University Press. This talk probe s into the transnational exchange of remakes between China and Korea. I com pare this exchange to that of France and the United States\, where French c ritics and filmmakers\, as early as the days of André Bazin\, condemned the Hollywood’s practice of remake as a debasement of the French ‘original’ an d as a form of vulgar American commercialism. It examines the case of Chine se remake of Korean television content and explores the potential degradati on of Korean culture by the wealthier Chinese media entrepreneurs who are a ppropriating and purchasing Korean variety shows as remake properties\, alt hough it is seldom brought up as a threat by either Korean or Chinese criti cs.  If the ‘one-way trajectory’ from the high-brow French original to the vulgar American adaptation was held up as an example of American imperialis m\, I trace how the ‘one-way trajectory’ from the creative Korean  original to the debased Chinese remakes\, is now made an exemplary of Chinese imperialism\, but Korean imperialism.

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/import-export-hallyu-televi sion-remakes-cultural-imperialism/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/11/20180126-Kyung-Hyun-Kim-Announcement.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180119T1752Z-1516384363.8376-EO-23616-2671@10.93.0.119 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180119T172912Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T195420Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180126T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180126T203000 SUMMARY: A Taste Of SEA DESCRIPTION: What better way to start the term right than to kick it off wi th a celebration of culture and cuisine? The SEA club Execs are proud to pr esent the first “Taste of SEA” Event\, held at the AMS Nest. Come out and t ry the great food of South East Asia and be prepared to have a blast! X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

WELCOME BACK TO UBC!!! What better way to start the term right than to kick it off with a celebration of culture and cuisine. The SEA club Execs are proud to present the first “Taste of SEA” E vent!!!

Come out and enjoy the performances and unique cultural child hood games. Not only this but for those planning to travel around South Eas t Asia\, you’ll get the opportunity to ask the many consulate generals abou t their respective countries and what you can look forward to.

The Ta ste of Sea event is an event you don’t want to miss! So come out and try th e great food of South East Asia and be prepared to have a blast!

Loca tion: UBC AMS Nest Great Hall
Time: 18:00 – 21:30
Doors Open: 17: 30
Doors Close: 20:00

LIMITED EA RLY BIRD TICKETS (Contact any club Exec – limited to 10 per club):
Ear ly Bird (Limited): $8 entrance ticket (2 complimentary dishes + rice)

REGULAR TICKETS:
Regular Pricing (At the door): $10 entrance ( 2 complimentary dishes + rice)

IN-EVENT EXTRA COUPONS:
Coupon Pr ice: $4 for one dish
Rice: $1
Drinks: $2

HOW IT WORKS: Come enjoy the night market-like atmosphere with a $10 entrance ticket that wil l provide 2 complimentary dishes with rice. If you want to try more food\, you can purchase a $4 coupon for another portion at any stall. If you want extra rice or any unique drinks you can buy them at each respective stall ( rice – $1\; drinks – $2)

Games will be FREE and will have snack/drink rewards.

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LOCATION:Great Hall\, AMS Student Nest GEO:49.266536;-123.249793 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/a-taste-of-sea/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/01/taste-of-sea-fb-banner-768x284.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999975.9151-EO-4070-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171212T205156Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T232835Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180129T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180129T120000 SUMMARY: Talk: Evaluating our Climate Policy Options for Accelerating GHG R eduction DESCRIPTION: Join us at Professor Mark Jaccard’s talk about climate policy options for the reduction of greenhouse gasses. Monday\, Jan. 29 Noon – 1:3 0 pm UBC Asian Centre – Auditorium\, 1871 West Mall\, Vancouver\, B.C V6T 1 Z2. (Note: This is a new venue to accommodate more seating. Light lunch off ered. This talk is now sold out. Please contact us to be added […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us at Professor Mark Jaccard's talk a bout climate policy options for the reduction of greenhouse gasses.

< strong>Monday\, Jan. 29
Noon – 1:30 pm
UBC Asian Centre - Auditor ium\, 1871 West Mall\, Vancouver\, B.C V6T 1Z2. (Note: This is a new venue to accommodate more seating.

Light lunch offered. This talk is now sold out. Please contact us to be added to the w ait list lindsay.marsh@ubc.ca 

Watch a recording of the talk here.

Synopsis: Explicit carbon pricing policies (ca rbon tax\, cap-and-trade) are frequently described as the optimal way to ac hieve GHG reduction targets. But real-world evidence suggests that politici ans who are serious about accelerating GHG reduction also employ implicit c arbon pricing (command-and-control regulations\, flexible regulations). Thi s talk combines evidence from real-world climate policy experiences\, polit ical science research on public support for difference types of policies\, and economic analysis of comparative climate policy cost-effectiveness to e valuate our climate policy options for accelerating GHG reduction. Evidence is primarily drawn from experiences and research in Canada and California.

 

< a href="https://www.sfu.ca/rem/people/profiles/jaccard.html" target="_blank " rel="noopener">About Mark Jaccard: (on Twitter @MarkJa ccard and blogging at markjaccard.com )

Mark has been professor in the School of Resource and Environme ntal Management at Simon Fraser University\, Vancouver\, since 1986\, with one interruption from 1992-97 while he served as Chair and CEO of the Briti sh Columbia Utilities Commission. His PhD is from the Energy Economics and Policy Institute at the University of Grenoble. Mark contributed to the Int ergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in the 1990s and as an author on its 2011 Special Report on Renewables. He served for over a decade as an inter national expert with the China Council for International Cooperation on Env ironment and Development\, including co-chairing the 2009 task force on sus tainable use of coal\, which reported directly to the Chinese premier. In t he period 2007-2012\, he served as convening lead author for sustainable en ergy policy with the Global Energy Assessment. With over 100 academic publi cations\, he was named a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2009\, la rgely for his career research into the design and application of energy-eco nomy models to assess the effectiveness and cost of sustainable energy poli cies. He advises energy and environment policy makers around the world.

Co-sponsored by: The School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS).

  Policy School Wordmark
URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/talk-climate-policy-ghg-red uction/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/02/climatechange.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180119T1752Z-1516384363.8465-EO-23512-2671@10.93.0.119 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180118T232720Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T195107Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180129T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180129T200000 SUMMARY: Health Policy in Nepal DESCRIPTION: Join the UBC Himalaya Program for a roundtable discussion abou t health policy and practice in Nepal. Medical and public health profession als from UBC\, University of Victoria\, and the University of Washington ex plore the challenges and opportunities of working in Nepal\, across fields including emergency care\, family practice\, health education\, midwifery\, and mental health. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join the UBC Himalaya Program for a roundt able discussion about health policy and practice in Nepal. Medical and publ ic health professionals from UBC\, University of Victoria\, and the Univers ity of Washington explore the challenges and opportunities of working in Ne pal\, across fields including emergency care\, family practice\, health edu cation\, midwifery\, and mental health.

Speakers:

  • David Citrin\, Departments of Anthropology and Global Health\; Nep al Studies Initiative\, University of Washington
  • Carol-Ann Courneya \, Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences\, UBC
  • David Du nne\, Gustavson School of Business\, University of Victoria
  • Cathy E llis\, Department of Family Practice\; Midwifery Program\, UBC
  • Maya Magarati\, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute\, School of Social Work\ , University of Washington
  • Rina Pradhan\, Department of Family Prac tice\; Midwifery Program\, UBC

A light dinner will be s erved. T
his event is co-sponsored by UBC Global Health Initiative & Division of Global Health\, Department of Family Practice and the Centre for India and South Asia Research.

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/health-policy-in-nepal/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/01/1-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999975.9382-EO-4003-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171128T193836Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T232835Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180131T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180131T123000 SUMMARY: Future of Food Series: Gastón Gordillo\, “The Imperial Metropolis: the Infrastructure of the Soy Supply Chain in South America” DESCRIPTION: Join us at Gastón Gordillo’s talk on “The Imperial Metropolis: the Infrastructure of the Soy Supply Chain in South America\,” as part of our Future of Food global dialogue series. Wednesday\, January 31st 12:30 p m – 1:30 pm  Multipurpose room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues\, UBC Ligh t refreshments provided.   About Gastón Gordillo: In his current ethnograph ic […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us at Gastón Gordillo's talk on “The Imperial Metropolis: the Infrastructure of the Soy Supply Chain in South Am erica\," as part of our Future of Food global dialogue series.

Wednesday\, January 31st
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm 
Multipurpose room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues\, UBC
Ligh t refreshments provided.

 

About Gastón Gordillo:

In h is current ethnographic research\, Dr. Gordillo is analyzing the social and spatial impact that agribusiness is having on the western edge of the Gran Chaco in northern Argentina. In particular\, he is focusing on the politic al responses by local people affected by the land grabs\, evictions\, and d eforestation triggered by the global demand for soybeans. He is examining t hese disruptions and conflicts as the result of the subsumption of rural ar eas to the planetary Metropolis\, which he conceives of as the material inf rastructure and high-speed currents of goods and energy that make up global ization.

Research interests: terrain and the materiality of space\; v iolence\; affect\; ruins and ruination\; critical theory and continental ph ilosophy\; protests and insurrections\; the “soy boom” and resistance to ag ribusiness in South America\; Argentina\; the Gran Chaco.

Find Dr. Go rdillo’s full bio here.

This event is part of the UBC Future of Food Global Dialogue Series\, a campus-wide initiative bringing tog ether food security and sustainability experts from across the university a nd North America to regularly engage the UBC community and the public aroun d the Global Food System\, including topics such as climate change\, food s ecurity\, biodiversity\, social justice\, culture\, and policy. The series uses various formats to foster discussion\, such as dialogue circles\, semi nars\, panel discussions\, performances\, photo exhibitions\, and film scre enings.

The series is jointly convened by the Centre for Sustainable Foo d Systems at UBC Farm\, the Liu Insti tute for Global Issues\, and UBC Read s Sustainability\, an initiative of UBC Sustainability< /a>.

URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/future-food-series-gaston-g ordillo/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/11/farm.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180119T1752Z-1516384363.8596-EO-23565-2671@10.93.0.119 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180118T221908Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T194826Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180201T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180201T170000 SUMMARY: Apna Punjab” [Our Punjab]: Sensorium and Aesthetics of Landscape i n Punjabi Cinema DESCRIPTION: Join us to hear Prabhjot Parmar of University of Fraser Valley discuss landscape in Punjabi Cinema. Watch this space for more details. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us to hear Prabhjot Parmar of Univers ity of Fraser Valley discuss landscape in Punjabi Cinema.

Watch this space for more details.

LOCATION:Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/apna-punjab-our-punjab-sens orium-and-aesthetics-of-landscape-in-punjabi-cinema/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999975.9599-EO-26698-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171102T000620Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T194345Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180201T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180201T193000 SUMMARY: The Phil Lind Initiative: Steven Pinker on The Unravelling of the Liberal Order DESCRIPTION: The Phil Lind Initiative presents our January-March 2018 (Term 2) speaker series on The Unravelling of the Liberal Order. The series will run from January to March\, 2018 at UBC Vancouver. Join us for a talk by S teven Pinker and register for all of our events on our Current Series page. Steven Pinker Thursday\, February 1st\, 2018 6:00 PM – […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Phil Lind Initiative presents our January-March 2018 (Term 2) speaker series on The Unravelling of the Liberal Order. The series will run from Ja nuary to March\, 2018 at UBC Vancouver. Join us for a talk by Steven Pinker and register for all of our events on our Current S eries page.

Steven Pinker
Thursday\, February 1st\, 2018
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Old Auditorium - UBC\, 6344 Memorial Roa d\, Vancouver\, BC V6T 1Z2

Sold Out. To be added to the Wai t List\, please email your full name and your guest name(s) to Bonita Perko at bonita.perko@ubc.ca.

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Our speaker : Steven Pinker is one of the world’s most influential intellectuals\, with multiple bestselling and award-winnin g books on language\, mind\, and human nature. He has held positions at MIT and Harvard\, where he currently resides. His forthcoming book\, Enlig htenment Now: The Case for Reason\, Science\, Humanism\, and Progress\ , challenges prophecies of doom to provide a sobering and more optimistic a ccount of the future.

About the theme: The world is undergoing a wrenching process of g eopolitical transformation. The liberal order that dominated for the past h alf century is unravelling. Presumptions of US hegemony no longer apply and new power centers are emerging in Asia and Europe. Nation states are re-as serting their sovereignty as nationalist movements gain strength. The world ´s major cities are also rewiring global supply chains. Yet\, multilateral institutions developed in the mid-twentieth century are coming under assaul t by some of the very countries that were central to their formation. Digit al connectivity and new technologies are accelerating political\, economic and social transformation and literally changing the rules of the game\, pu lling at the seams of global stability. Will the liberal order hold\, or is its disassembling inevitable? What kinds of global order(s) does the futur e hold? The Lind Initiative’s Spring 2018 series will explore these and oth er questions\, with visits from the world’s leading intellectuals on the su bject.

About the organizer: The Phil Lind Initiative< /em> is an annual dialogue series hosted by the Liu Institute for Global Issues\, part of the UBC S chool of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, and is made possible by a gener ous gift from Philip Lind (BA’66\, LLD’02). Created to address the most urg ent issues of our time\, the initiative invites prominent American scholars \, writers and intellectuals to UBC to conduct research and share ideas wit h students\, faculty and the wider community on a particular theme.

LOCATION:Old Auditorium\, UBC GEO:49.266518;-123.258128 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/lind-2018-steven-pinker/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/07/vsaranphotodotcom-WEB-62.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180119T1752Z-1516384363.8655-EO-23510-2671@10.93.0.119 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180119T173429Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T194225Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180202T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180202T183000 SUMMARY: Donald Trump\, Japan and Canada DESCRIPTION: A year has passed since the inauguration of President Donald T rump. Join us for a conference that will gather experts on the relationship between the United States\, Japan and Canada\, and discuss the changes and their implication for Japan as well as Canada. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

One year is going to pa ss since the inauguration of President Donald Trump in the United States. H is new social and economic policy\, trade policy and security policy has br ought significant changes to the United States. Their influences are felt a ll over the world\, including Japan and Canada. Despite these significant i nfluences\, there has not been an opportunity to consider and evaluate its impacts on Japan and Canada. This conference will gather experts on the rel ationship between the United States\, Japan and Canada together and discuss the changes and their implication for Japan as well as Canada. This confer ence will be sure to provide very stimulating insights into its important i mpacts of the U.S. President Trump.

Schedule

10:00-10:15 AM Welcome and opening remark

10:15-11:45 AM Pa nel 1 “Trump’s New Social and Economic Policy” examines the new so cial and economic domestic policy of the Trump administration and its impac t for Japanese as well as Canadian companies operating in the United States and immigrants\, students and visitors visiting or living in the United St ates from Japan as well as Canada.
Keynote speaker Dr . Satoshi Machidori (Kyoto University)
Panelist Dr. C arin Holroyd (University of Saskatchewan)

11:45 AM – 12:15 PM Lunch

12:15-1:15 PM Keynote Presentation “Reelecti on of Abe and the Future of Japanese Politics”
Speaker Dr. Harukata Takenaka(GRIPS)
Discu ssant Dr. Yosuke Sunahara (Kobe University)

1:15-2:45 PM Panel 2 “International Trade” examines the new international trade policy of the Trump Administration and its impacts on NAFTA as well as the future of TPP or the possibility of free trade agre ement between the United States and Japan.
Keynote speaker Dr. Saori N. Katada (University of Southern California)
Panelists Joseph Caron (former ambassador to Japan\, UBC)\, Dr. Yv es Tiberghien (UBC)

2:45-3:00 PM coffee break

3:00 -4:30 PM Panel 3 “National Security in Asia” examines the new security policy of the Trump Administration and its impact on the issue of national security in Asia\, especially its impact on national secu rity of Japan and the role of the Canadian government.
Keynote speaker Dr. Ryo Sahashi (Kanagawa University)
Paneli sts Dr. Brian Job (UBC)\, Dr. David Welch (University of Waterloo)

4:30-4:45 PM Conclusion

5:00-6:30 PM Recepti on

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LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/donald-trump-japan-and-cana da/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/01/Edited-3rd-Version-Feb-9-Trump.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999975.9845-EO-4202-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180115T202954Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T193753Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180202T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180202T135000 SUMMARY: Banning the Bomb: Global Activism and International Diplomacy with Ray Acheson DESCRIPTION: Join us to explore global activism and nuclear disarmament wit h Ray Acheson from the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. This event is hosted by the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPP GA). Friday\, Feb. 2nd\, 2018 12:30 pm – 1:50 pm *New Venue: C.K. Choi Buil ding – Room 120. This event is now […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us to explore global activism and nuc lear disarmament with Ray Acheson from the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. This event is hosted by the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA).

Friday\, Feb. 2nd\, 2018
12:30 pm – 1:50 pm
*New Venue: C.K. Choi Building - Room 120.

This event is now sold out. To be added to the wait list\, p lease contact lindsay.marsh@ubc.ca with your name and any guest name(s). Than k you.

Synopsis:

In 2017\, the majori ty of the world's countries adopted a treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons\, without any of the nuclear-armed states. This revolution in international r elations was inspired and supported by the International Campaign to Abolis h Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)\, which went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize. This seminar will explore the story of the nuclear ban and where we go from her e.

 

About Ray Acheson:

Ray Acheson is the Director of the disarmament programme at the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) - the world's oldest peace organisation. She represents WILPF on the International Steering Group of ICAN\, where she helped devel op the strategy and advocacy for the nuclear ban and participated actively in the treaty negotiations. WILPF is a feminist\, antiwar group\, and Ray's work on the ban treaty is part of the organisation's goal of stigmatizing war and violence and smashing patriarchy and militarism.

< tr> LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/activism-diplomacy-ray-ache son/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/01/GTK_Acheson.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180105T2230Z-1515191437.1109-EO-23511-2671@10.93.0.119 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180105T213425Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T192828Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180202T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180202T180000 SUMMARY: New Era New Approach? China’s policy towards East Asia after the 1 9th Party Congress DESCRIPTION: Abstract:  At the 19th National Congress of the Communist Part y\, Xi Jinping made it clear that he would lead China into a new era and\, by implication\, put an end to the Dengist period of ‘opening up and reform ’ as well as ‘hiding capabilities and bidding for time’.  This talk starts with the premise that […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Abstract:

< em> At the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party\, Xi Jinping made it clear that he would lead China into a new era and\, by imp lication\, put an end to the Dengist period of ‘opening up and reform’ as w ell as ‘hiding capabilities and bidding for time’.  This talk starts with t he premise that Xi is committed to usher in a new era.  Whether China will take a completely new approach to relations with Hong Kong\, Taiwan\, Japan \, and the Korean Peninsula in the short to medium term will be the focus o f the talk.

About the speaker:

Steve Tsang is Professor of Chin ese Studies and Director of the China Institute\, SOAS Uni versity of London. He is also an Associate Fellow of the Chatham House\, an Emeritus Fellow of St Antony’s College at Oxford\, and a Guest Professor a t Tongji University in Shanghai.  He regularly contributes to public debate s on different aspects of issues related to the politics\, history\, foreig n policy\, security and development of the People’s Republic of China\, Tai wan\, Hong Kong and East Asia more generally.  He has a broad area of resea rch interest and has published extensively\, including 18 books\, of which the most recent two are Taiwan’s Impact on China (Palgrave\, 2017) and Chin a in the Xi Jinping Era (Palgrave\, 2016).  He is known in particular for i ntroducing the concept of ‘consultative Leninism’ as an analytical framewor k to understand the structure and nature of politics in contemporary China.

Event Poster | RSVP < /h3> LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/new-era-new-approach-chinas -policy-towards-east-asia-after-the-19th-party-congress/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/01/Steve-Tsang-2-768x994.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180119T1752Z-1516384363.8818-EO-23617-2671@10.93.0.119 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180119T174322Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T193438Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180202T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180202T173000 SUMMARY: Fracturing Families: Adoption for Heirship from Tokugawa to Meiji DESCRIPTION: The social and political importance of families and family con tinuity transcended the Tokugawa-Meiji divide. This talk focuses on a commo n strategy for preserving a family line: the adoption of heirs\, especially the adoption of sons-in-law. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Abstract
The social and political importance of families and family continuity transcended the Tokugawa-Meiji divide. This talk focuses on a common strategy for preservin g a family line: the adoption of heirs\, especially the adoption of sons-in -law. While the practice of son-in-law adoption remained frequent from Toku gawa to Meiji\, the legal\, ideological\, and sociocultural context in whic h it occurred shifted significantly\, resulting in new and sobering—even al arming—public images of adopted heirs and family disintegration by the turn of the twentieth century.

About the Speaker
Ma rcia Yonemoto is Professor of History and Director of the Graduate Teacher Program at the University of Colorado Boulder. She received her Ph.D. in Ja panese history from the University of California\, Berkeley\, and has been teaching at CU since 1995. Prof. Yonemoto teaches courses on Japanese histo ry\, women’s and family history\, historical methodology\, and global histo ry at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Her research interests are in the cultural history of Japan’s early modern period (c. 1590-1868). She is the author of the books Mapping Early Modern Japan: Space\, Place\, and Cul ture in the Tokugawa Period (1603-1868)(University of California Press\, 20 03) and The Problem of Women in Early Modern Japan (University of Californi a Press\, 2016). Her scholarly articles have appeared in The Journal of Asi an Studies\, Japan Forum\, The Geographical Review\, East Asian History\, t he U.S.-Japan Women’s Journal\, and other venues. Her current research proj ect is a history of adoption in Japan from 1600 to the present.

T his event is jointly sponsored by the UBC Meiji at 150 Committee\, Centre f or Japanese Research\, Department of History and Department of Asian Studie s.

Event Poster

LOCATION:Room 106\, Allard School of Law GEO:49.270076;-123.253355 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/fracturing-families-adoptio n-for-heirship-from-tokugawa-to-meiji/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/01/FEB-2-Meiji.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180119T1752Z-1516384363.8891-EO-23618-2671@10.93.0.119 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180119T175022Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T192652Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180207T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180207T133000 SUMMARY: “Wartime Japan” as a Divided\, Ambivalent Entity: The Eurasian Exp erience DESCRIPTION: Historians have called wartime Japan a racist polity and the A sia-Pacific War a “race war” saturated by “race hate.” This talk will chall enge the “race war” thesis by arguing that “wartime Japan” was a more ideo logically divided polity than is generally recognized\, and use the experie nces of resident Eurasians to demonstrate a pervasive racial ambivalence am ong Japanese citizens. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Abstract
Historians have called wartime Japan a racist polity and the Asia-Pacific War a “race war” saturated by “race hate.” Narratives about racial hatred between Weste rners and Japanese during the war tend to be predicated on the assumption t hat propaganda issued by both sides was effective in fostering roughly anal ogous forms of racial hostility. Given the inseparability of war and hatred generally\, one would be surprised if widespread racial enmity did not cry stalize between Japan and the Allies\, as well as between their respective citizenries. This talk will challenge the “race war” thesis in two ways. Fi rst\, it will argue that “wartime Japan” was a more ideologically divided p olity than is generally recognized. Second\, it will use the experiences of resident Eurasians to demonstrate a pervasive racial ambivalence among Jap anese citizens.

About the Speaker
W. Puck Brech er specializes in early modern and modern Japanese social and cultural hist ory. His past research projects have focused on early modern Japanese thoug ht\, aesthetics\, and urban history\, as well as contemporary environmental issues. His current research pertains to race relations during the Asia-Pa cific War and Japan’s conceptualization of leisure during the Meiji era. He is the author of Honored and Dishonored Guests: Westerners in Wartime Japa n (Harvard University Asia Center\, 2017)\, The Aesthetics of Strangeness: Eccentricity and Madness in Early Modern Japan (University of Hawaii Press\ , 2013)\, and numerous articles.

Event Poster

LOCATION:Room 604\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/wartime-japan-as-a-divided- ambivalent-entity-the-eurasian-experience/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/01/Feb-7-Luchtime-001.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20171222T0711Z-1513926667.007-EO-23477-2671@10.93.0.119 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171221T232501Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T192313Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180207T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180207T200000 SUMMARY: “Random Acts of Legacy” (2016): Asian Canadian History and Film DESCRIPTION: Join us to watch “Random Acts of Legacy”\, a film by Ali Kazim i of York University\, followed by a discussion with the filmmaker. Registe r here. Details here. Ali Kazimi’s film will also be screened on 9 February 7-10 p.m. at the Reliance Theatre\, Emily Carr University of Art and Desig n\, 520 East 1st Avenue\, with […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us to watch “Random Acts of Legacy”\, a film by Ali Kazimi of York University\, followed by a discussion with th e filmmaker.

Register here.

Details here.

Ali Kazimi’s film will also be screened on 9 February 7-10 p.m. at the Reliance Theatre\, Emily Carr U niversity of Art and Design\, 520 East 1st Avenue\, with the support of DOX A Film Festival\; SFU Humanities\; Vancity at SFU Woodwards\; and Centre A Gallery.

REGISTER AT: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/random-acts-of-legacy-an-ali-kazimi-film-do cumentary-film-screening-tickets-42391904327

Co-sponsored by the Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies Program and the Department o f Theatre and Film.

LOCATION:Chan Centre GEO:49.269730;-123.255036 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/random-acts-of-legacy-2016- asian-canadian-history-and-film/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/02/alikazimiv5.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180202T1709Z-1517591395.5983-EO-23567-2671@10.93.0.119 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180201T225957Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T185832Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180208T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180208T180000 SUMMARY: Documenting Punjabi Canada: Student video projects and discussion DESCRIPTION: Event Poster | RSVP Organized through a partnership between th e Departments of Theatre and Film and Asian Studies\, and made possible by the Onkarbir Singh Toor Memorial Punjabi Studies Enhancement Fund and the P eter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies\, with the support of the Asian Ca nadian and Asian Migration Studies Program\, the Centre for India […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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Organized th rough a partnership between the Departments of Theatre and Film and Asian S tudies\, and made possible by the Onkarbir Singh Toor Memorial Punjabi Stud ies Enhancement Fund and the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies\, wi th the support of the Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies Program\, the Centre for India and South Asia Research\, and the Department of Asian Studies

Ali Kazimi's film will also be screened on 9 February 7- 10 p.m. at the Reliance Theatre\, Emily Carr University of Art and Design\, 520 East 1st Avenue\, with the support of DOXA Film Festival\; SFU Humanit ies\; Vancity at SFU Woodwards\; and Centre A Gallery.

REGISTER AT: < a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/random-acts-of-legacy-an-ali-kazimi-fil m-documentary-film-screening-tickets-42391904327">https://www.eventbrite.ca /e/random-acts-of-legacy-an-ali-kazimi-film-documentary-film-screening-tick ets-42391904327

LOCATION:St. John's College GEO:0;0 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/documenting-punjabi-canada- student-video-projects-and-discussion/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/02/alikazimiv5.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180203T1920Z-1517685646.7636-EO-23851-2671@10.93.0.119 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180202T174434Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T185427Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180208T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180208T183000 SUMMARY: ビジネス成功の秘訣と持続可能な企業 DESCRIPTION: セミナー 日時２０１８年２月８日 午後５時から６時３０分 場所 C.K. Choi room 351 講師 八木俊輔教授（追 手門学院大学経営学部） テーマ 「ビジネス成功の秘訣と持続可能な企業」 内外の経営学の最新の知見も踏まえた上で、社会人になってからも役立つような経営戦 略、マーケティング等、経営学のエッセンスをカバーしつつ、企業の競争優位構築、ビジネス成功の秘訣を探り、今後の企業経営のあり方、CSR、企業経営の持続可 能性などの最新のトピックスもカバーしたいと思います。また、日本での就職活動に不安を持たれている学生さんも多いと聞いていますので、日本の就職状況や就職活 動への心構えなどの話も織り込んでいきたいと思います。 参加無料 お話は日本語で行います。 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

セミナー

日時２０１８年２月８日 午後５時から６時３０分

場 所 C.K. Choi room 351

講師 八木俊輔教授（追手門学院大学経営学部）

テーマ 「ビジネス成功の秘訣と持続可能 な企業」

内外の経営学の最新の知見も踏まえた上で、社会人になってからも役立つような経営戦略、マーケティング等、経営学のエッセンスをカバーし つつ、企業の競争優位構築、ビジネス成功の秘訣を探り、今後の企業経営のあり方、CSR、企業経営の持続可能性などの最新のトピックスもカバーしたいと思います 。また、日本での就職活動に不安を持たれている学生さんも多いと聞いていますので、日本の就職状況や就職活動への心構えなどの話も織り込んでいきたいと思います 。

参加無料

お話は日本語で行います。

LOCATION:Room 351\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/%e3%83%93%e3%82%b8%e3%83%8d %e3%82%b9%e6%88%90%e5%8a%9f%e3%81%ae%e7%a7%98%e8%a8%a3%e3%81%a8%e6%8c%81%e7 %b6%9a%e5%8f%af%e8%83%bd%e3%81%aa%e4%bc%81%e6%a5%ad/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999976.0655-EO-4116-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171219T201308Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T232835Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180208T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180208T180000 SUMMARY: The Phil Lind Initiative: Misha Glenny on The Unravelling of the L iberal Order DESCRIPTION: The Phil Lind Initiative presents our January-March 2018 (Term 2) speaker series on The Unravelling of the Liberal Order. The series will run from January to March\, 2018 at UBC Vancouver. Join us for a talk by M isha Glenny and register for all of our events on our Current Series page. Misha Glenny Thursday\, February 8\, 2018 6:00 pm – […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Phil Lind Initiative presents our January-March 2018 (Term 2) speaker series on The Unravelling of the Liberal Order. The series will run from Ja nuary to March\, 2018 at UBC Vancouver. Join us for a talk by Misha Glenny and register for all of our events on our Current Se ries page.

Misha Glenny
Thursday\, February 8\, 2018
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
New Venue! Frederic Wood The atre\, 6354 Crescent Rd\, Vancouver\, BC V6T 1Z2. Please find a map to the theatre here.

Reserve you r tickets here

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Misha Glenny

 

Our speaker: Misha Glenny is a multiple award-winning writer\, broadcaster and so ught after keynote speaker. His best-selling book\, McMafia\, about the glo balization of organized crime is broadcast this year as a major dramas seri es by the BBC and AMC.

Nemesis: One Man and the Battle for Rio\, his biography of the man who ran the largest favela in Rio for five ye ars as head of the cocaine cartel\, is also in production as a Hollywood fe ature film.

A former BBC Central Europe correspondent who covered the revolutions in Eastern Europe\, Misha won the Sony Gold Award for Outstand ing Contribution to Broadcasting for his work during the Yugoslav wars. He is the author of the best-selling The Fall of Yugoslavia and The Balkan s: War\, Nationalism and the Great Powers 1804-2012.

Misha has s erved as a visiting professor at the London School of Economics at Columbia University’s Harriman Institute where he ran a course entitled Crime\, Cor ruption and Economic Transition. He is on the boards of Global Witness\, Th e Global Initiative against Organized Crime\, The Igarapé Institute in Rio and has advised North American and European governments on topics such as B alkan politics\, cybercrime and transnational organized crime.

Misha speaks German\, Czech\, Serbo-Croat and Portuguese and lives in London.

About the theme: The world is undergoi ng a wrenching process of geopolitical transformation. The liberal order th at dominated for the past half century is unravelling. Presumptions of US h egemony no longer apply and new power centers are emerging in Asia and Euro pe. Nation states are re-asserting their sovereignty as nationalist movemen ts gain strength. The world´s major cities are also rewiring global supply chains. Yet\, multilateral institutions developed in the mid-twentieth cent ury are coming under assault by some of the very countries that were centra l to their formation. Digital connectivity and new technologies are acceler ating political\, economic and social transformation and literally changing the rules of the game\, pulling at the seams of global stability. Will the liberal order hold\, or is its disassembling inevitable? What kinds of glo bal order(s) does the future hold? The Lind Initiative’s Spring 2018 series will explore these and other questions\, with visits from the world’s lead ing intellectuals on the subject.

About the organizer:

The Phil Lind Initiative is an annual dialogue series hosted by t he Liu Institute for Global Issues\,  part of the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, and is made po ssible by a generous gift from Philip Lind (BA’66\, LLD’02). Created to add ress the most urgent issues of our time\, the initiative invites prominent American scholars\, writers and intellectuals to UBC to conduct research an d share ideas with students\, faculty and the wider community on a particul ar theme.

URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/lind-initiative-misha-glenn y-unravelling-liberal-order/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/07/vsaranphotodotcom-WEB-62.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180121T2317Z-1516576641.8023-EO-23569-2671@10.93.0.119 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180119T175423Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T185218Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180209T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180209T150000 SUMMARY: CKR-CJR Conference “Multiculturalism and Migration in Trans-Border Asia: Japan\, Korea\, and the Philippines” DESCRIPTION: Come join us for an exciting workshop with distinguished panel ists that examines the role of multiculturalism and migration in trans-bord er relations among Japan\, Korea\, and the Philippines. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Workshop Description

< p>This workshop examines the role of multiculturalism and migration in tran s-border relations among Japan\, Korea\, and the Philippines. Human mobilit y in East Asia has increased\, and problems concerning immigration and ethn icity have arisen. Examination of trans-border multicultural relations requ ires the consideration of three components. The first component is poli cy: how and why states maintain migration policies that influence and intervene upon the emigration and immigration of people. The second compone nt is diversity: how migrants have adapted\, settled\, and integra ted within the host country. The third component is community: how people respect differences in culture\, religious customs\, and social sys tems\, encourage participation in community building and empowerment\, and conflict\, such as discrimination and human rights problems.

Timetable

9:00-9:10 Welcome & Introduction

9:10-10:30 Issue 1: Policy

10:30-10:50 Coffee Break

10:50-12:10 Issue 2: D iversity

12:10-13:10 Lunch Break

13:10-14:30 Issue 3: Community

14:30-14:50 General Discussion

14:50-15:00 Closing Remark

< p> The Papers

Issue 1: Poli cy

  1. Benjamin A. San Jose (Ateneo de Manila University) “ Managing the Southeast Asia–Japan Migration Corridor: Policy Implications o f Sending Filipino and Indonesian Care Workers Through the EPA and TITP”

Japan began to receive care workers through its EPAs and recently through the Technical Internship Training Program (TITP). Focusing on the role of recruitment agencies and brokers\, this study argues that the migra tion industry views the inclusion of care workers in the TITP. It is throug h the discourse of “managing” the healthcare migration corridor that broker s and bureaucracies present a veneer of protection and the promise of techn ology transfer even as it maintains the facade of Japanese ethnic homogenei ty.

 

  1. Toru Oga (Kyushu University) and Yuki Ooi (Nanzan University) “A Dead-End of Japan’s Multicultural Politics: Eloquent Discourses\, Insufficient Policies\, and Imbalanced Reality ”

Japan has traditionally maintained a closed immigration policy that prevent s unskilled laborers from settling. However\, the Japanese government has a ctively formulated various discourses on multiculturalism. Local government s in Japan have initiated numerous multicultural efforts. This paper examin es and compares the policy and discursive practices of an unbalanced and co ntradictory multiculturalist ideology in Japan.

Issue 2: Dive rsity

  1. Jinhee Kim (Korean Educational Developm ent Institute) “Critical understandings on Marriage Migrants and Immigrant Youth’s Social Integration in South Korea: Rethinking the Concept of Multic ultural Citizenship”

Although the Korean government has been ag gressively implementing a multicultural integration policy since 2006\, it is hard to deny the growing anti-multicultural sentiment and racism against marriage migrants and immigrant youths in schools and communities and on t he street. This paper will examine both the formal and informal dimensions of the challenges and issues of migration and social integration.

 

  1. Johanna Zulueta (Soka University) “Aging Migrants and ( Transnational) Citizenship: A Look into the Case of the Catholic Church Com munity in Japan”

This paper focuses on transnational citizenshi p and aging migrants in Japan and examines how (transnational) citizenship is being enacted or enabled within the Catholic Church community and among these women. This study aims to re-think notions of citizenship and hopes t o challenge ways of looking at aging migrants and their communities.

Issue 3: Community

  1. Suk-Ki Kong (Seoul National University) “We Devour Human Rights of Migrant Workers: Scoping O ut the Paradox of Human Rights Violations Against Social Minorities in Kore a”

Despite such fascinating discourses as the migrant era\, mul ticultural society\, and global citizens\, Korean society is faced with ser ious human rights violations taking place in rural areas\, where migrant wo rkers are treated as modern slaves. This paper explores why and how politic al\, economic\, and socio-cultural obstacles hinder local farmers from soci alizing human rights.

 

  1. Ron Bridget Vilog (De La Salle University) “Korean Communities in the Philippines: Migration Patter ns\, Bordering\, and Empowerment”

This paper examines how Korea n communities exhibit ethnic bordering in a transnational space and explore s the migration dynamics and patterns of Koreans who have been residing in the Philippines. It examines the mechanisms of clustering and their strateg ies of migrant empowerment.

Panelists

Benjamin San Jose is Assistant Professor of Japanese Studies and P olitical Science at the Ateneo de Manila University\, Philippines. He compl eted his doctorate degree in International Public Policy at the University of Tsukuba\, Japan. His research interests include the political economy of Philippine migration and he is currently doing research on the role of the migration industry in managing the Philippine–Japan migration corridor.

 

Toru Oga is Associate Profess or of Faculty of Law at Kyushu University\, Japan. He completed his Ph.D. i n Ideology and Discourse Analysis at the University of Essex\, United Kingd om. His research interests include international relations in East Asia\, e specially their impact of non-state and transnational actors\, as well as p olicy and discourses on immigration and foreign residents in Japan and the internationalization of local communities.

 

Yuki Ooi is Associate Professor of Faculty of Foreign Studies at Nanzan Univ ersity\, Japan. She completed her Ph.D. in Sociology at Hitotsubashi Univer sity\, Japan. Her special interests are in migration\, in particular from A sia to the United States in the late nineteenth century\, and cultural and political impacts of globalization of steamship networks on the United Stat es and Japan.

 

Jinhee Kim is a research director for the United Nation SDGs education agenda and Intern ational Education Development Cooperation at the Korean Educational Develop ment Institute. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of Surrey\, Unite d Kingdom. She has studied and researched in Canada (University of Toronto) \, Germany (Siegen University)\, Australia (University of Technology Sydney )\, and South Africa (University of Free State)\, and UNESCO Headquarters i nvited her to become a member of the EAG (expert advisory group) for Global Citizenship Education.

 

Johanna Zulu eta is Associate Professor of Sociology at the Faculty of Internat ional Liberal Arts\, Soka University\, Japan. She completed her Ph.D. in So ciology at Hitotsubashi University\, Japan. She is the author of numerous a rticles on Japan–Philippines migrations\, primarily on military basing and migration in Okinawa. She is the editor of Thinking Beyond the State: M igration\, Integration\, and Citizenship in Japan and the Philippines  (Manila: De La Salle University Publishing House\, 2018).

 

Suk-Ki Kong is Research Professor in the Asi a Center at Seoul National University. He studied sociology and completed b oth a B.A. and M.A. in the Department of Sociology at SNU. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Sociology at Harvard University. His major fie lds of research are social movements\, NGO studies\, and political sociolog y. He currently works on two research projects\, “Korean Citizen’s Engageme nt in Social Economy” and “Comparing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Activities in Local Community between Korea and Japan.”

 

Ron Bridget Vilog is Associate Professor and c urrently Chair of the International Studies Department of De La Salle Unive rsity\, Philippines. He completed his Ph.D. in International Development fr om the Graduate School of International Development (GSID)\, Nagoya Univers ity\, Japan. His research focus includes ethnicity-based migration\, explor ing the case of Filipino nikkeijin in Japan.

 

Discussa nts: Kai Ostwald (UBC)\, Don Baker (UBC)\, and Hyung-Gu Lynn (UBC)

Event Poster

LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ckr-cjr-conference-multicul turalism-and-migration-in-trans-border-asia-japan-korea-and-the-philippines / ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/01/Feb-9-Multiculturalism-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180121T2317Z-1516576641.8133-EO-23679-2671@10.93.0.119 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180119T204920Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T184939Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180209T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180209T153000 SUMMARY: Always Liminal\, Always in Transition: Reading Hong Kong as Stairc ase City DESCRIPTION: A City Inscribed event. Registration is strongly encouraged. H ong Kong is internationally renowned for its density\, often depicted by im ages of the dramatic skyline of Hong Kong Island with Victoria Harbor in th e foreground and the Peak behind. However\, for those who are more familiar with the city\, another image is likely more representative: that of the c ity’s animated\, […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

A City Inscribed event. Registration is strongly encouraged.

Hong Kong is internationally renowned for its density \, often depicted by images of the dramatic skyline of Hong Kong Island wit h Victoria Harbor in the foreground and the Peak behind. However\, for thos e who are more familiar with the city\, another image is likely more repres entative: that of the city’s animated\, almost visually cacophonous\, narro w streets and ubiquitous stairs. Through a critical examination of these st ructures in relation to relevant literary and filmic texts\, I will demonst rate in this talk how the perception of Hong Kong is transformed and re-ima gined by considering the city as a landscape punctuated and even constructe d by stairs. By examining the impact and socio-cultural effects of escalato rs\, such as high-speed gentrification\, the closure of local shops\, and t he loss of genuine public spaces\, and comparing these mechanical movers wi th stairs\, I argue that staircases expose the nature of a classed society and represent a nostalgia that is potentially productive.

Lou is Lo is an associate professor in the Department of English at th e National Taipei University of Technology. His research interests include the history of ideas\, the representation of cities in literature and films \, and Asian cinema. He is the author of Male Jealousy: Literature and Film (Continuum\, 2008)\, and co-author and photographer (with Jeremy Tambling) of Walking Macao\, Reading the Baroque (Hong Kong Univer sity Press\, 2009). He is also the director and screenplay writer of two sh ort films about the city\, Taipei Astray (2014) and Two Women< /em> (2016).

This seminar is organized by the Hong Kong Studies Initiative and co-sponsored by the Department of As ian Studies\, the Centre for Chinese Research\, the Dep artment of History\, and the Department of English.< /p>

Event Poster

Online registration will open Monday \, January 22nd.

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About the Speaker:

Dr. Yoshimi S hunya is a Professor of Sociology\, Cultural Studies\, and Media Studie s. He is the author of many books on cultural theory\, urban culture\, inte rnational exposition\, media culture\, information technology\, the emperor system\, and Americanization in modern Japan and East Asia. He has been a leading scholar in the field of Media and Cultural Studies in contemporary Japan. He has been a visiting fellow of El Colegio de Mexico (1993)\, Ecole des Hautes Etudes Sciences Sociales (1998)\, University of Western Sydney (1999)\, and Queensland University (2000). He is a member of the executive committee of Inter-Asia Cultural Studies (Routledge)\, editorial b oard of Cultural Studies (Routledge)\, associate editors of Th eory\, Culture & Society (Sage)\, and the editorial advisory board of  Japanese Studies (Carfax Publishing). Publications in Japanese inc lude Dramaturgy in the City: A Social History of Popular Entertainments in Modern Tokyo (Kobundo\, 1987)\, The Politics of Exposition: Im perialism\, Commercialism and Popular Entertainment (Chuokoronsha\, 19 92)\, Cultural Sociology in the Media Age (Shinyosha\, 1994)\, Voice of Capitalism: The Social Construction of Telephone\, Gramophone and Radio in Japan (Kodansha\, 1995)\, Expo Syndrome: Postwar Politic s and Cultural Struggle in Postwar Japan (Chikuma Shobo\, 2005)\,  Pro-America\, Anti-America: Political Unconsciousness in Postwar Japan  (Iwanami Shoten\, 2007)\, etc. In the ITASIA program\, Professor Yoshimi’s course responsibilities include “Introduction to Media and Communication i n Asia” as well as “Attack Me!: Introduction to Cultural Studies i n Japan.”

Event Poster

LOCATION:Lillooet Room (301)\, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre GEO:49.267581;-123.252321 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/scales-of-history-resonant- vibration-between-family-history-and-global-history/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/02/Feb-9-Meiji-4-page-001-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180512T0035Z-1526085342.9099-EO-24317-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180511T213207Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233255Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180212 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180213 SUMMARY: Family Day DESCRIPTION: IAR office to be closed X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

IAR office to be closed

URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/family-day/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180203T1920Z-1517685646.801-EO-23854-2671@10.93.0.119 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180202T175254Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T184624Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180213T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180213T133000 SUMMARY: The Potential for an Indigenous Policy Under the Constitution of J apan DESCRIPTION: The Japanese government recognized the Ainu people as Indigeno us People of Japan in 2008 and is now working on to develop comprehensive A inu policies. The lecture deals with the possibility of special policy meas ures for the Indigenous Ainu under the Japanese Constitution which has no a rticles recognizing the presence of any ethnic minorities nor group […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Japanese government recognized the Ainu people as Indigenous People of Japan in 2008 and is now working on to develop comp rehensive Ainu policies. The lecture deals with the possibility of special policy measures for the Indigenous Ainu under the Japanese Constitution whi ch has no articles recognizing the presence of any ethnic minorities nor gr oup rights but has individual pursuit of happiness and equal protection cla uses.

 

About the Speaker:

Professor Teruki Tsunemoto

Hokkaido Un iversity

Director\, Center for Ainu and Indigeno us Studies\, Professor of Constitutional Law\, School of Law Hokkaido Unive rsity\, Professor Tsunemoto has a Ph.D in Law Hokkaido University Law Schoo l. After joining Hokkaido Law\, he served as Special Assistant to the Presi dent and Dean of the Law School. He is the founding Director of the Center for Ainu and Indigenous Studies since 2007. He currently serves as Chair of Working Committee of National Council for Ainu Policy Promotion.

 

A light lunch will be provided.

Event Poster | RSVP to cals@allard.ubc.ca.

 

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Join us for presentations and performances in celebration of languages.

 Facebook event page

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LOCATION:Auditorium\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/celebrate-language-internat ional-mother-language-day-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/02/IMLD-2018.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180129T1819Z-1517249996.7329-EO-23783-2671@10.93.0.119 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180126T184042Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T183601Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180215T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180215T190000 SUMMARY: Hong Kong Nationalism and the Chinese Dream in the Age of Global C apitalism DESCRIPTION: A City Inscribed event. Registration is strongly encouraged. S cholars and pundits continue to discuss the issue of Hong Kong’s right to s elf-determination under Chinese rule even after the Umbrella Movement has e nded. The one perspective that frames the conflicts between Hong Kong and C hina in nationalist terms has attracted much attention in particular. The c ity’s inability to implement direct […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

A City Inscribed event. Registration i s strongly encouraged.

Scholars and pundits continue to discuss the issue of Hong Kong’s right to self-determination under Chinese rule eve n after the Umbrella Movement has ended. The one perspective that frames th e conflicts between Hong Kong and China in nationalist terms has attracted much attention in particular. The city’s inability to implement direct elec tion\, and its various social and economic problems are seen\, from this na tionalist perspective\, as linked to China’s intervention in Hong Kong’s in ternal affairs\, and political independence from China is offered as a reme dy. As I will explain\, the source of this unfreedom is not the Chinese sta te alone\, but an entanglement of multiple forms of power that include the state and the capitalist form of control. When a nationalist perspective ig nores how generalized domination results from the integration of the state with capitalist form of power\, it is inadequate. The nation that may emerg e out of this perspective will subsequently remain subservient as it mainta ins its adherence to capitalism and continues its membership in a global ca pitalist system over which China exercises hegemony.

Wai Kit Choi is Associate Professor of Sociology at California State Unive rsity\, Los Angeles\, and was a Fulbright Scholar from 2009 to 2010. His re search interests are in globalization\, historical sociology\, and sociolog ical theory. He has published in journals such as Journal of Historical Sociology\, Postcolonial Studies and Science & Society. H e also has an article on Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement forthcoming in the j ournal Perspective on Global Development and Technology.

This seminar is organized by the Hong Kong Studies Initiative and co-sponsored by the Department of Asian Studies \, the  Centre for Chinese Research\, the Department of History\, < strong>St. John’s College\, and the Department of Sociology .

 

Event Poster

LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/hong-kong-nationalism-and-t he-chinese-dream-in-the-age-of-global-capitalism/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/01/20180215-Waikit-Choi-Events-Poster-Full.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181129T1947Z-1543520877.0535-EO-26699-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171102T000814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T183324Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180215T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180215T193000 SUMMARY: The Phil Lind Initiative: Susan Rice on The Unravelling of the Lib eral Order DESCRIPTION: The Phil Lind Initiative presents our January-March 2018 (Term 2) speaker series on The Unravelling of the Liberal Order. The series will run from January to March\, 2018 at UBC Vancouver. Join us for a talk by S usan Rice and register for all of our events on our Current Series page. Su san Rice Thursday\, February 15th\, 2018 6:00 PM – […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Phil Lind Initiative presents our January-March 2018 (Term 2) speaker series on The Unravelling of the Liberal Order. The series will run from Ja nuary to March\, 2018 at UBC Vancouver. Join us for a talk by Susan Rice an d register for all of our events on our Current Seri es page.

Susan Rice
Thursd ay\, February 15th\, 2018
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Old Auditorium - UBC\, 6344 Memorial Road\, V ancouver\, BC V6T 1Z2

Sold Out. To be added to the Wait Lis t\, please email your full name and your guest name(s) to Bonita Perko at b onita.perko@ubc.ca.

 

Our speaker: Susan Rice is the former US Ambassador to the United Nations (2009- 2013) and former National Security Advisor to the Obama administration (201 3-2017). She was influential in garnering support through the UN for sancti ons for Iran and North Korea\, and oversaw the coordination of military and intelligence efforts in a period marked by battle with ISIS\, civil war in Syria\, Russian aggression\, and the ongoing emergence of China.

About the theme: The world is undergoing a wrenching process of geopolitical transformation. The liberal order that dominated for the past half century is unravelling. Pre sumptions of US hegemony no longer apply and new power centers are emerging in Asia and Europe. Nation states are re-asserting their sovereignty as na tionalist movements gain strength. The world´s major cities are also rewiri ng global supply chains. Yet\, multilateral institutions developed in the m id-twentieth century are coming under assault by some of the very countries that were central to their formation. Digital connectivity and new technol ogies are accelerating political\, economic and social transformation and l iterally changing the rules of the game\, pulling at the seams of global st ability. Will the liberal order hold\, or is its disassembling inevitable? What kinds of global order(s) does the future hold? The Lind Initiative’s S pring 2018 series will explore these and other questions\, with visits from the world’s leading intellectuals on the subject.

Abo ut the organizer: The Phil Lind Initiative is a n annual dialogue series hosted by the Li u Institute for Global Issues\, part of the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, and is made possible by a generous gift from Philip L ind (BA’66\, LLD’02). Created to address the most urgent issues of our time \, the initiative invites prominent American scholars\, writers and intelle ctuals to UBC to conduct research and share ideas with students\, faculty a nd the wider community on a particular theme.

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Come Celebrate the Year of the Dog With U s!

Featuring student performances\, speeches and light refreshments.

This event will be followed by a lecture by Dr. Sylvia J. Martin on the Transnational Ties Between the Hollywood and Hong Kong Entertainment In dustries at 1:30pm. For more information on that event\, please click here.

Please RSVP early as there is a limited number of seats available.

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LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/lunar-new-year-2018/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180129T1819Z-1517249996.746-EO-23784-2671@10.93.0.119 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180126T184258Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T183054Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180216T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180216T150000 SUMMARY: Behind the Scenes: Transnational Ties Between the Hollywood and Ho ng Kong Entertainment Industries DESCRIPTION: A City Inscribed and IAR Lunar New Year event. Registration is strongly encouraged. Over the decades there have been many encounters betw een members of the Hollywood and Hong Kong entertainment industries such as film collaborations and co-productions. In comparing the two industries\, stark differences including their size\, scope\, and relationship to the st ate are evident. Yet\, production ethnography reveals that the […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

A City Inscribed and IAR Lunar Ne w Year event. Registration is strongly encouraged.

Over the decades there have been many encounters be tween members of the Hollywood and Hong Kong entertainment industries such as film collaborations and co-productions. In comparing the two industries\ , stark differences including their size\, scope\, and relationship to the state are evident. Yet\, production ethnography reveals that the Hollywood and Hong Kong entertainment industries share commonalities\, and that the p rofessionals within them express similar concerns. Drawing upon multi-sited anthropological fieldwork conducted with media professionals in the commer cial film and TV industries of Los Angeles and Hong Kong\, I will analyze s ome of these connective threads. Examining commonalities between these indu stries illuminates how global processes interact with local dynamics from t he perspective of media anthropology. This paper also seeks to demonstrate that ethnographic research contributes to a more informed and holistic unde rstanding of images and stories that audiences consume by exploring the con ditions in which mass media are produced.

Sylvia J. Martin is an anthropologist and Assistant Professor in Sociology at the Uni versity of Hong Kong. She received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from the Unive rsity of California\, Irvine\, and is the author of Haunted: An Ethnogra phy of the Hollywood and Hong Kong Media Industries (Oxford University Press\, 2016). Dr. Martin specializes in media anthropology and has publish ed on Hong Kong and U.S. film production\, performance\, globalization\, an d media labor. Selected publications include articles in Visual Anthropo logy Review and Critical Studies in Media Communication\, the la tter of which has received an Outstanding Paper Award (2017) from the Acade my of Hong Kong Studies.

This seminar is organized by the Hong Kong Studies Initiative and co-sponsored by the Depa rtment of Asian Studies\, the Centre for Chinese Research\, the Department of History\, St. John’s College\ , the < strong>Department of Theatre and Film\, and the Institu te for Transpacific Cultural Research (SFU).

Event Poster

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Held once every five years\, the Party Congress is China’s most important political event\, and has set the stage for the next five years of Chinese leadership. Beyond that\, Preside nt Xi has outlined a bold vision for China in the coming decades that will see the country continue expanding its reach abroad\, at the same time Unit ed States’ foreign policy becomes increasingly inward-looking.

Join t he CIC Vancouver for a lively discussion on the future of China in the inte rnational system.

About the Speaker: 

Guy Saint-Jacques\, former Canadian ambassador to the People’s Rep ublic of China

Guy Saint-Jacques worked for one year as a land planne r for the Quebec Government before joining the Department of External Affai rs in 1977\, holding office in New York\, Mexico City\, Kinshasa\, and Hong Kong as well as twice in Washington\, D.C.\, the last time as Minister and Deputy Head of Mission. He has also been Deputy High Commissioner at the H igh Commission of Canada in London\, UK and has been posted three times to Beijing.

At Headquarters\, he first worked in the Consular Affairs di vision\, in the Francophone Africa division\, and then in the Science and T echnology division and in the Office of the Associate Deputy Minister. He a lso served as Deputy Director of the Energy and Environment division\, as D irector of both the Personnel (Political and Commercial) and the Assignment s divisions\, and as Director General of the Personnel Management Bureau . He served as Chief Negotiator and Ambassador for Climate Change for the Gov ernment of Canada and was the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary for Canada to the People’s Republic of China until October 2016.

For Mr. Saint-Jacques who speaks fluent Mandarin\, this was a fourth assignment in China. Mr. Saint ­ Jacques holds a B. Sc. (Geology)\, University of Mon treal\, and a M. A. (Land Planning and Regional Development)\, Laval Univer sity. He is married to Sylvie Cameron and the couple has two daughters and two grandchildren.

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A rtists: The Land Use and Global Change Laboratory (LUGE)\, UBC

The Colours of Food Security is a series of b old and striking maps that paint a picture of global agriculture today. We pull decades of scientific research and data collection together into one e xhibit to walk the audience through key issues surrounding the food system in the twenty-first century. These data have enabled the undertaking of a b road range of policy analysis on the problems of global hunger and malnutri tion\, the massive environmental damage due to agriculture\, and the impact s of climate change on our food systems. They have been featured in a wide range of new outlets and media\, including the National Geographic Maga zine\, The New York Times and The Economist .  Together they help form a cornerstone of decision making and solutions f or a more sustainable food system in the future.

The Colo urs of Food Security is an art exhibit hosted in the Lobby Ga llery of the Liu Institute for Global Issues and created by the Land Use an d Global Environment (LUGE) research group in the School of Public Policy a nd Global Affairs and the Institute for Resources\, Environment\, and Susta inability at the University of British Columbia. The exhibition is also hos ted in collaboration with UBC's Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program (ISGP).

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The Phil Lind Initiative< /strong> presents our January-March 2018 (Term 2) speaker series on The Unravelling of the Liberal Order. The world is undergoing a w renching process of geopolitical transformation. The liberal order that dom inated for the past half century is unravelling. Presumptions of US hegemon y no longer apply and new power centers are emerging in Asia and Europe. Na tion states are re-asserting their sovereignty as nationalist movements gai n strength. The world´s major cities are also rewiring global supply chains . Yet\, multilateral institutions developed in the mid-twentieth century ar e coming under assault by some of the very countries that were central to t heir formation. Digital connectivity and new technologies are accelerating political\, economic and social transformation and literally changing the r ules of the game\, pulling at the seams of global stability. Will the liber al order hold\, or is its disassembling inevitable? What kinds of global or der(s) does the future hold? The Phil Lind Initiative’s Spring 2018 series will explore these and other questions\, with visits from the world’s leading intellectuals on the subject.

The Phi l Lind Initiative is an annual dialogue series hosted by the Liu Institute for Global Issues and made possible by a generous gift from P hilip Lind (BA’66\, LLD’02). Created to address the most urgent issues of o ur time\, the initiative invites prominent American scholars\, writers and intellectuals to UBC to conduct research and share ideas with students\, fa culty and the wider community on a particular theme.

Please find deta ils on all of our events and speakers on our Lind I nitiative Spring 2018 series and don't miss any op-eds\, inter views\, and articles by our speakers\, Lind Initiative Visiting Fellow Robe rt Muggah\, and SPPGA and School of Journalism Professor Taylor Owen on Lind in the News.

Please note that we will live t weeting each event from @LiuInstituteUBC and @UBCPolicySchool using the hashtag #Lind18.

Many of our events are now sold out. To be added to the Wait Li st\, please email your full name and your guest name(s) to Bonita Perko at bonita. perko@ubc.ca

SPRING 2018 SPEAKER SCHEDULE

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Old Auditorium\, UBC
Thursday\, Janu ary 11th\,  6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Edward Luce (ended)

Chief U.S. columnist and commentator for The Financial Time s\, Edward Luce is one of the paper’s most popular writers and “one of the finest journalists of our time.” His new book\, The Retreat of West ern Liberalism\, examines the weakening of western hegemony and the cr isis of democratic liberalism ― of which Donald Trump and his European coun terparts are not the cause\, but a symptom.

 

Thursday\ , January 25th\, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Old Auditorium\, UBC

Francis Fukuyama (ended)

Francis Fukuyama is one of the world’s most prominent scholars of the liberal order. He has hel d several positions throughout his illustrious career\, and is currently a senior fellow at Stanford University. His 1992 book\, The End of Histor y and the Last Man\, in many ways began the conversation about the lon gevity of global liberalism.

 

Thursday\, February 1st\ , 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Old Auditorium\, UBC

Steven Pinker (ended)

Steven Pinker is one of the world’s mo st influential intellectuals\, with multiple bestselling and award-winning books on language\, mind\, and human nature. His forthcoming book\, Enl ightenment Now: The Case for Reason\, Science\, Humanism\, and Progress\, challenges prophecies of doom to provide a sobering and more optimistic account of the future.

 

Thursday\, February 8th\, 6:0 0 PM – 7:30 PM
New Venue! Frederic Wood Theatre\, 635 4 Crescent Rd\, Vancouver\, BC V6T 1Z2

Misha Glenny< /strong> (ended)

Misha Glenny is a multiple award-wi nning writer\, broadcaster and sought after keynote speaker. His best-selli ng book\, McMafia\, about the globalization of organized crime is broadcast this year as a major dramas series by the BBC and AMC.

 

Thursday\, February 15th\, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Old Auditoriu m\, UBC

Susan Rice (ended)

Susa n Rice is the former US Ambassador to the United Nations (2009-2013) and fo rmer National Security Advisor to the Obama administration (2013-2017). She was influential in garnering support through the UN for sanctions for Iran and North Korea\, and oversaw the coordination of military and intelligenc e efforts in a period marked by battle with ISIS\, civil war in Syria\, Rus sian aggression\, and the ongoing emergence of China.

 

Monday\, February 26th\, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Old Auditorium\, UBC

Anne-Marie Slaughter (this event is sold out). To b e added to the Wait List\, please email your full name and your guest name( s) to Bonita Perko at bonita.perko@ubc.ca

Watch the web stream of Anne-Mar ie Slaughter’s talk here.

Anne-Marie Slaughter is the Pr esident and CEO of New America\, a think tank devoted to bridging the gap b etween technology and policy in the Digital Age. She served as director of policy planning for the US Department of State from 2009-2011.

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Please find details on all our events and speakers on our Lind Initiative Spring 2018 series page and don't miss any op-eds\, interviews\, and articles by our speakers\, Lind Initiative Visiting Fellow Robert Muggah\, and SPPGA and School of Journalism Professor Taylor Owen o n our Lind in the News section.

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The Phil Lind Initiative presents our January-March 2018 (Term 2) speaker series on The Unravelling of the Liberal Order. The series will run from Ja nuary to March\, 2018 at UBC Vancouver. Join us for a talk by Anne-Marie Sl aughter and register for all of our events on our Cu rrent Series page.

Anne-Marie Slaughter
Monday\, February 26th\, 2018
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Old Auditorium - UBC\, 6344 Memorial Road\, Vancouver\, BC V6T 1Z2

Sold Out . To be added to the Wait List\, please email your full name and your guest name(s) to Bonita Perko at bonita.perko@ubc.ca

Watch the web stream of Anne-Marie Slaughter’s talk here.

Staff from the UBC Bookstore will be selling copies of Slaughter’s book\, The Chessboard a nd the Web\, before and after her talk in the lobby\, so do come early ! Bookstore staff can take cash or credit.

 

Our speaker: Anne-Mari e Slaughter is the President and CEO of New America\, a think tank devoted to bridging the gap between technology and policy in the Digital Age. She s erved as director of policy planning for the US Department of State from 20 09-2011. Her recent book\, The Chessboard & the Web: Strategies of Conn ection in a Networked World\, develops network-oriented strategies for navigating the interconnected world of the 21st century.

About the theme: The world is undergoing a wrenching process of geopolitical transformation. The liberal order that dominated fo r the past half century is unravelling. Presumptions of US hegemony no long er apply and new power centers are emerging in Asia and Europe. Nation stat es are re-asserting their sovereignty as nationalist movements gain strengt h. The world´s major cities are also rewiring global supply chains. Yet\, m ultilateral institutions developed in the mid-twentieth century are coming under assault by some of the very countries that were central to their form ation. Digital connectivity and new technologies are accelerating political \, economic and social transformation and literally changing the rules of t he game\, pulling at the seams of global stability. Will the liberal order hold\, or is its disassembling inevitable? What kinds of global order(s) do es the future hold? The Lind Initiative’s Spring 2018 series will explore t hese and other questions\, with visits from the world’s leading intellectua ls on the subject.

About the organizer:  The Phil Lind Initiative  is an annual dialogue series ho sted by the Liu Institute for Global Issu es\, part of the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, and i s made possible by a generous gift from Philip Lind (BA’66\, LLD’02). Creat ed to address the most urgent issues of our time\, the initiative invites p rominent American scholars\, writers and intellectuals to UBC to conduct re search and share ideas with students\, faculty and the wider community on a particular theme.

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Join us at Dr. Yolande Bouka's talk about electoral authoritarianism in East Africa.

 

Thursday\, March 1st
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Liu Institute for Globa l Issues - Caseroom
Light refreshments offered.

This event is now sold out. Please show up at the door if you're intereste d in attending.

About her talk:

It ha s been over 25 years since the end of the Cold War\, and around the world\, most countries now hold regular elections with varying degrees of competit iveness. Today\, in many African countries where blatant fraud initially ch aracterized multi-party elections\, international observers laud the organi zed and peaceful manner in which elections take place. What is less often d iscussed\, however\, is how ruling parties determined to hold on to power h ave fine tuned their tactics to abide by superficial criteria of “free and fair” polls on elections day. As monitoring tools\, international missions and electoral processes became more sophisticated\, autocratic regimes move d from overt rigging to mimicking democratic rituals and behaviors while ma nipulating elections to strengthen their hold on political power. Increasin gly\, savvy heads of states have been able to leverage democratic instituti ons to promote durable dictatorships. Interestingly\, these authoritarian t rends have had a tendency propagate from one country to the next in Africa. Between 2015 and 2017\, all five states of the East African Community held elections and enacted similar legislations and restrictive policies before and during their elections. Dr. Yolande Bouka explores the rise and contag ion of electoral authoritarianism in the East African Community.

Bio:

Dr. Yolande Bouka is a scholar-practitioner working on politics\, dynamics of war\, and gender and security in Sub-Saharan Afr ica. She is a postdoctoral fellow at Sié Chéou-Kang Center for Internationa l Security and Diplomacy at the Josef Korbel School of International Studie s at the University of Denver. She is also Co-Director of Studies of the RV I Great Lakes Course and the Research Team Leader in RVI’s Women in Politic s in Kenya research project. Between 2014 and 2016 she was a researcher at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) in the Conflict Prevention and Ris k Analysis Division\, focusing on the Great Lakes Region. She has published numerous reports and articles on politics and security in Burundi and Rwan da. In the course of her research\, she has also conducted extensive fieldw ork in conflict-affected countries\, including Burundi\, Kenya\, Namibia\, and Rwanda. She holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from the School of International Service at American University.

 

This event is hosted by the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs.

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LOCATION:Case Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/electoral-authoritarianism- east-africa-yolande-bouka/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/01/slider1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180206T1702Z-1517936553.6926-EO-23837-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180201T234116Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T181016Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180302T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180303T174500 SUMMARY: South Asia Conference of the Pacific Northwest (SACPAN) at UBC DESCRIPTION: Organized by CISAR\, Institute of Asian Research/School of Pub lic Policy and Global Affairs\, with the support of the UBC Departments of Asian Studies and History\, Dean of Arts\, IC-IMPACTS\, and the Shastri Ind o-Canadian Institute. The Harjit Kaur Sidhu Memorial Program is made possib le by the generous support of the Sidhu family\, in loving memory of […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Organized by CISAR\, Institute of Asia n Research/School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, with the support of the UBC Departments of Asian Studies and History\, Dean of Arts\, IC-IMPAC TS\, and the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute. The Harjit Kaur Sidhu Memoria l Program is made possible by the generous support of the Sidhu family\, in loving memory of Harjit Kaur Sidhu (nee Gill)\, devoted wife\, mother\, an d strong advocate for education\, Punjabi culture and language\, and women’ s issues\, with the additional support of the Dr. Hari Sharma Foundation an d the Gursharan Singh Memorial Lecture Committee. 

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/south-asia-conference-of-th e-pacific-northwest-sacpan-at-ubc/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/02/sacpan_2018-663x1024-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999976.3417-EO-4389-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180215T195727Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T180630Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180302T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180302T100000 SUMMARY: “Grazed and Confused”: Panel on meat production\, climate change\, and sustainability DESCRIPTION: Join another Future of Food Global Dialogue series event\, thi s time with a panel on meat production\, climate change and sustainability. Friday\, March 2nd\, 2018 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Room 107 – Aquatic Ecosystem s Research Laboratory No RSVP required. Grazing animals have a significant influence on anthropogenic greenhouse emissions from agriculture. This semi nar will […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join another Future of Food Globa l Dialogue series event\, this time with a panel on meat production\, c limate change and sustainability.

Friday\, March 2nd\, 2018
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Room 107 – A quatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory
No RSVP require d.

Grazing animals have a significant influence on anthropog enic greenhouse emissions from agriculture. This seminar will invite dialog ue on topics related to meat production\, grazing\, environment and climate change. For a background document\, see the Food and Cl imate Research Network’s recent report on grazing systems and climate c hange.

Format: three 10-15 minute presentations foll owed by open discussion.

Panel Schedule:

    Introductions and welcome
  • Beyond GhGs: assessing the water footprint of cattle in Southern Amazonia – Michael Lathuillière\ , IRES PhD Candidate
  • Is reduced consumption of livestock products a strong leverage point to achieving the Sustainable De velopment Goals? – Navin Ramankutty and Zia Mehrabi
  • < strong>Grazing cattle in family farming:  welfare for the cow\, the far mer and the consumer? – Luiz Carlos Pinheiro Machado
  • Open discussion and questions

Panelists' Bios:

Michael Lathuillière is a Ph.D candidate at UBC’s Institute for Re sources\, Environment and Sustainability (IRES) and has specialized in Wate r Footprint assessment methods applied to agricultural products. His resear ch focuses on how Water Footprint assessments may guide decision-making in Brazil where soybean and beef production have increased rapidly in recent d ecades in both Amazon and Cerrado biomes.

 

Zia Mehrabi is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at IRES\, the School of Public P olicy and Global Affairs & the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems. He has worked in industry on large scale farmland expansion in sub-Saharan Africa\ , in a non-profit setting on developing environmentally conscious decision support tools for land managers\, and with small scale farmers on the inter active effects of agricultural intensification and climate change on crop y ields.

 

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Navin Ramankutty is Profes sor and Canada Research Chair in Global Environmental Change and Food Secur ity at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and the Institute for Resources\, Environment\, and Sustainability at the University of British Columbia. His research program aims to understand how humans use and modify the Earth’s land surface for agriculture and its implications for the glob al environment.

 

Luiz Carlos Pinheiro Machado  is a visiting professor at UBC Animal Welfare Program. He is as f ull professor at the Federal University of Santa Catarina\, Brazil\, where he leads a research group on Animal Agroecology and Animal Welfare\, focusi ng on the behavior and welfare of dairy grazing cows and pasture management . He will present on how the balance (Carbon stocked vs. Carbon release) ra ther than emissions alone should be considered when evaluating grazing syst ems. He will relate this to the welfare of animals\, quality of life for th e farmers and quality of food for the public.

 

Hosted by: UBC Animal Welfare Program\; Centre for Sustainable Food Syste ms\; Institute for Resources\, Environment\, and Sustainability\; the Schoo l of Public Policy and Global Affairs

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The UBC Future of Food Global Dialogu e Series events are free and open to all. This campus-wide initiative bring s together food security and sustainability experts from across the globe t o engage the UBC community and the public around the Global Food System.

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With film screenings and discussion with s pecial guest\, award-winning Punjabi language filmmaker Gurvinder Singh

Friday\, 2 March 2018 7:30-9 p.m.
UBC Asian Centre Auditorium\, 1871 West Mall\, Vancouver

“Awazzan” (“Voices\,” 2016): A documentary on the UK-based Punjabi language poet Amarjit Chandan.

Saturday\, 3 March 2018 7:30-9:30 p.m.
UBC Robson Square\, 800 Robson Street\, Downtown Vancouver

“Anh e Godhe da Daan” (“Alms for a Blind Horse\,” 2011):  A film exploring the e xperience of marginality in contemporary Punjab
Winner of two Nati onal Awards (India)\, screened at Venice Film Festival\, and award winner a t the Abu Dhabi Film Festival.

Sunday\, 4 March 2018 4:30-7:45 p.m.
Surrey Centre Stage (Surrey City Hal l)\, 3450 104 Ave\, Surrey
Co-organized with the Gursharan Singh Memor ial Lecture Committee.

“Chauthi Koot” (“The Fourth Direction\,” 2015) : A film portraying individuals and families negotiating a space between se paratist and state forces amidst the violence of the 1980s in Punjab\, Indi a.
Screened at Cannes and award winner at the Singapore Film Festi val.
Awards for student Punjabi-language essay contest winner s and for lifetime achievement to a BC-based Punjabi writer will be present ed.

Made possible by the generous support of the Sindhu family\, in loving memory of Harjit Kaur Sidhu (neee Gill)\, Devoted wife\, mother\ , and strong advocate for education\, Punjabi culture and language\, and wo men's issues.

Organized by the Department of Asian Studies\, UBC\ , with the support of the UBC Dean of Arts\, the Department of Theatre and Film\, and Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies\; the Dr. Hari Sharma Foundation\; and the Gursharan Singh Memorial Lecture Committee.He ld in association with the South Asia Conference of the Pacific Northwest ( SACPAN) at UBC\, organized by the Centre for India and South Asia Research\ , with support from the Departments of History and Asian Studies\, and IC-I MPACTS. SACPAN takes place at UBC during the days of March 2-3\, and featur es keynote addresses by Professors Ruby Lal and Gyanendra Pandey of Emory U niversity\, and papers from faculty and students from institutions in Washi ngton\, Oregon\, and B.C.

About the Harjit Kaur Sidhu Me morial Program: 

The Harjit Kaur Sidhu Memorial Program cele brates the rich life of Punjabi language and culture and its importance in BC\, in memory of a woman who  shared such passions. Our goal is to call at tention to important new scholarship on Punjabi language and culture and br ing it to our students and the broader Vancouver area audience\; encourage and recognize achievements in Punjabi language cultural production\; and ho nor students for their work in learning and using the Punjabi language.

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At Surrey Art Gallery. 20 January to 25 Ma rch.

LOCATION:Surrey Art Gallery GEO:49.162000;-122.841176 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/panel-discussion-in-conjunc tion-with-the-exhibition-many-visions-many-versions-art-from-indigenous-com munities-in-india/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180209T1740Z-1518198007.1897-EO-23880-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180208T231837Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T180118Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180305T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180305T124500 SUMMARY: Post-PyeongChang U.S.-Korea Relations: Back to the Normal or Worse ? DESCRIPTION: Sponsored by the Centre for Korean Research and the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea “Post-PyeongChang U.S.-Korea Relations: Ba ck to the Normal or Worse?” By: Dr. Sung-joo Han Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Korea         Welcome Remarks: Mr. Gunn Kim Consul Genera l of the Republic of Korea     […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Sponsored by the Centre for Korean Res earch and the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea

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By: Dr. Sung-joo Han
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Korea

 

 

 

 

< p>Welcome Remarks: Mr. Gunn Kim
Consul General of the Republic of Korea

 

 

 

 

Moderator: Professor Kyung-Ae Park
Korea Foundation Chair\, School of Public Pol icy and Global Affairs
Co-Director\, Centre for Korean Research

 

 

 

 

*Please arrive for registration 11:00AM-11: 25AM.
*Lunch will be provided.

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LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/post-pyeongchang-u-s-korea- relations-back-to-the-normal-or-worse/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/02/https_2F2Fcdn.evbuc_.com2Fimages2F406393362F1996498037902F12Foriginal.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180223T0810Z-1519373444.9914-EO-23916-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180222T210413Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T175849Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180305T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180305T200000 SUMMARY: Catastrophe in Context: Household Recoveries from the 2015 Nepal E arthquakes DESCRIPTION: The 2015 Nepal earthquakes had catastrophic impacts on the liv es and property of Himalayan peoples. Join the UBC Himalaya Program as Dr. Spoon discusses his study which focuses on four settlements in two of the h ardest hit districts with differing access\, aid\, and populations. We rand omly selected 400 households in these locations and conducted two […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The 2015 Nepal earthquakes had catastrophi c impacts on the lives and property of Himalayan peoples. Join the UBC Hima laya Program as Dr. Spoon discusses his study which focuses on four settlem ents in two of the hardest hit districts with differing access\, aid\, and populations. We randomly selected 400 households in these locations and con ducted two ten-week research phases at nine months and 1.5 years after the earthquakes. Using household surveys\, in-depth interviews\, and focus grou ps\, we assessed the roles of hazard exposure\, livelihood diversity\, inst itutional context\, connectivity\, and social memory in the recovery proces s. Employing multivariate statistics and content analysis\, our study found that accessibility\, hazard exposure\, and livelihood diversity were the s trongest drivers of recovery outcomes. We then triangulated our results in a series of local and national research return workshops with the study par ticipants and key consultants 2.5 years after the earthquakes. Our findings can assist policymakers\, practitioners\, academics\, and other stakeholde rs to better understand the dynamics of natural disaster recovery in rural mountain communities in Nepal\, the Himalaya\, and beyond.

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Dr. Spoon is an Associate Professor of Anth ropology at Portland State University and Senior Fellow at The Mountain Ins titute. His research focuses on indigenous ecological knowledge inside and around mountainous protected areas in the Nepalese Himalaya and the Western United States. He recently initiated a new project on social-ecological re covery after natural disasters in mountain ecosystems\, focusing on areas w ith catastrophic impacts from the 2015 Nepal earthquakes. In all of these p rojects\, he utilizes collaborative methods and applies research findings t o tangible projects created in participatory ways.

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Join Dr. Karen Snyder\, Liu Institute Visi ting Fellow\, at her talk on modern slavery.

 

Tuesday\, March 6th\, 20 18
12:00 PM – 1:50 PM
Liu Institute for Global Issues - Multipurp ose Room
Light refreshments will be offered.

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About her talk:

Th ere are tens of millions of people in slavery today.  Slavery generates abo ut US$150 billion for traffickers each year. Ending modern slavery is part of the Sustainable Development Goals.  The human trafficking business affec ts the global economy\, national policies\, vulnerable communities and resi lient survivors.   This presentation will describe the scope of the problem around the world and here in Canada.  More research and evaluation is need ed to understand the impact of anti- prosecution\, protection\, and prevent ion interventions. Opportunities and challenges for policies and programs t hat touch on international development\, governance and security\, business corporate supply chains\, climate change and public health will be discuss ed.

Bio:

Karen Snyder is a Visiting Fellow at the Liu Institute for Global Issues from January 1\, 2018 to April 30\, 2018.  She is a biocultural anthropologist\, public heal th expert and professional evaluator with over 20 years’ experience improvi ng policies and practices in anti-trafficking\, health and the environment.

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This event is co-hosted by the School of Pu blic Policy and Global Affairs\, the School of Population and Public Health \, and the Global Reporting Centre.

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LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/modern-slavery-karen-snyder / ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/02/Photo-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180223T0810Z-1519373444.9798-EO-23915-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180222T200108Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T175724Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180306T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180306T133000 SUMMARY: Beyond Redemption: Re-membering Loss in Lu Xun’s Morning Blossoms Plucked at Dusk DESCRIPTION: A talk by Professor Eileen J. Cheng (Pomona College) This talk explores Lu Xun’s views on memory and his attempts to re-member the past i n his personal memoir\, Morning Blossoms Plucked at Dusk.  Even as he wrote about the need to pay homage to the past\, Lu Xun repeatedly expressed the agony and pain that comes with […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

A talk by Professor Eileen J. Cheng (Pomona College)

This talk explores Lu Xun’s views on memory a nd his attempts to re-member the past in his personal memoir\, Morning Blossoms Plucked at Dusk.  Even as he wrote about the need to pay homa ge to the past\, Lu Xun repeatedly expressed the agony and pain that comes with reliving it.  He was also keenly aware of the fallibility of memories and the human capacity not only to forget\, but to recreate and manipulate the past in the name of justifying one’s present.  Given such concerns\, wh y\, then\, remember? Given the fallibility of memories and narratives\, can one re-member the past ethically? Who and what should be remembered? I sho w how Lu Xun’s essays in Morning Blossoms defies conventional stra tegies of memoir-writing\, re-animating the seemingly irrelevant\, forgotte n\, and unspoken\, as a way of recovering the redemptive meaning of loss an d coming to terms with the fallibility memory and those who recall\, person ally and collectively.

 

About the speaker:

Eileen Cheng teaches Chinese language and literature at Pomo na College.  Her publications include a co-edited volume of translations of Lu Xun’s essays titled Jotting Under Lamplight (2017) and a monog raph on Lu Xun titled Literary Remains:  Death\, Trauma\, and Lu Xun’s Refusal to Mourn (2013).  She is currently working on translations of Lu Xun’s creative essay collections\, Weeds and Morning Blosso ms Plucked at Dusk.

This event is sponsored by the CCK Found ation Inter-University Center for Sinology\; hosted by the Modern Chinese C ulture Seminar at UBC\; and co-hosted by the UBC Department of Asian Studie s and the UBC Centre for Chinese Research.

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This talk has been cancelled. We will reschedule to a future date. Please stay tuned.

Wednesday\, March 7th
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm 
Multipurpose room\, Liu Institute for Globa l Issues\, UBC
Light refreshments provided. No RSVP required.


About Dr. Annette Desmarais:

Annette Aurélie Desmarais is Canada Research Chair in Human Rights\, Social Justice and Food Sovereignty. She is the author of La Vía C ampesina: Globalization and the Power of Peasants (2007) that has been publ ished in French\, Spanish\, Korean\, Italian and Portuguese. She also co-ed ited Food Sovereignty: Reconnecting Food\, Nature and Community (2010) and Food Sovereignty in Canada: Creating Just and Sustainable Food Systems (201 1). Prior to obtaining her doctorate in geography\, Annette was a small-sca le cattle and grain farmer in Canada for fourteen years. She also worked as technical support to La Via Campesina for a decade and continues to conduc t participatory research with member organizations of this transnational ag rarian movement.

This event is part of the UBC Future of Food Global Dialogue Serie s\, a campus-wide initiative bringing together food security a nd sustainability experts from across the university and North America to r egularly engage the UBC community and the public around the Global Food Sys tem\, including topics such as climate change\, food security\, biodiversit y\, social justice\, culture\, and policy. The series uses various formats to foster discussion\, such as dialogue circles\, seminars\, panel discussi ons\, performances\, photo exhibitions\, and film screenings.

The ser ies is jointly convened by the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm \, the Liu Institute for Global Issue s\, and UBC Reads Sustainability\ , an initiative of UBC Sustainability.

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A City Inscribed event. Regis tration is strongly encouraged.

Reception @ 6 pm
Live performance of excerpts in full costu mes @ 6:30 pm
Free and open to the public

The list of Cantonese operas includes thousands of titles. But only a handf ul of them stand the test of time. Amongst these gems\, Tang Disheng’s  The Flower Princess (Di nü hua 帝女花) is a particularly success ful one. The playwright created a world where politics and ethics\, patriot ism and romantic love\, intertwine. The work is far more than entertainment \, with its cultural influence growing rather than waning over time. Adapti ons of the opera in different art forms have been produced and reproduced f requently\, contributing to the various cultural-political imaginations of Hong Kong.

Kwok Kou Leonard Chan is Chair Professor of Chinese Literature and Director of the Research Centre for Chinese Liter ature and Literary Culture at the Education University of Hong Kong. His fi elds of interest are: Chinese poetry and poetics\, literary historiography\ , and Hong Kong literature. His recent works include The Conception of Lyrical China (2013) and Hong Kong in Its History of Lyricism  (2016). He is also the chief editor of the Compendium of Hong Kong Lit erature 1919-1949 (12 vols\; 2014–2016).

This lecture is organiz ed by the Hong Kong S tudies Initiative and co-sponsored by the Department of Asian Studies\, the Mo dern Chinese Culture Seminar\, the Centre for Chinese Research\, the Department of History\, the School of Music\ , the Asian Library\, the Youth Collaborative for Chinatown\, and the Vancouver Cantonese Opera.

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Join us for this special event with Jonathan Wilkinson\, Member of Parl iament for North Vancouver and the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change. This event is part of the School of Publ ic Policy and Global Affairs' new Policy in Practice series.

Thursday March 8\, 2018
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
AERL 120\, Aquatic Eco systems Research Lab\, 2202 Main Mall\, Vancouver\, BC V6T 1Z4
Light r efreshments provided.

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About the talk: When Canada’s Liberal governmen t was elected in 2015\, it promised to repair the extensive damage inflicte d on environmental laws and policies by Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s gov ernment. Progress is being made on environmental assessment\, species at ri sk\, water\, fisheries\, and climate policy.

Jonathan Wilkinson is th e Member of Parliament for North Vancouver and the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change. He will lead a discussio n about the progress being made\, and whether the changes are strong enough to rebuild public trust\, respect Indigenous rights\, and fulfill Canada’s international commitments to protect the environment.

Bio: < /strong>Jonathan Wilkinson was elected Member of Parliamen t for North Vancouver on October 19th\, 2015. Shortly thereafter he was named Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Cl imate Change.

Prior to entering politics\, Jonathan spent the previou s 20 years in the Clean Technology sector holding leadership positions with a number of companies dedicated to the development of green technologies. He was CEO of QuestAir Technologies and BioteQ Environmental Technologies a nd was Senior Vice President of Business Development with Nexterra. Previou sly\,  Jonathan was employed at Bain & Company\, a leading global managemen t consultancy.

Prior to joining Bain\, Jonathan worked in public serv ice as a constitutional negotiator\, an advisor to a provincial Premier and as a federal-provincial relations specialist.

Jonathan holds an MA i n International Relations from McGill University\, an MA in Philosophy\, Po litics\, and Economics from Oxford University - where he attended as a Rhod es scholar – and a BA from the University of Saskatchewan.

Jonathan h as been an active volunteer in his community\, participating as a board mem ber for several charitable and industry organisations including the United Way of the Lower Mainland\, the B.C. Technology Industries Association\, Fu el Cells Canada\, the BC Power Technology Alliance\, the BC Chapter of the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters Association and the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation. Many weekends Jonathan can be found on the field as a co ach for the North Shore Girls Soccer Association. He lives in North Vancouv er with his wife Tara and their two teenaged daughters.

Hosts : This event is co-hosted by the School of Public Policy and Globa l Affairs (SPPGA) and the Institute for Resources\, Environment and Sustain ability (IRES) at UBC.

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Please join us for the book launch of  Colonizing Language by Dr. Christina Yi. In this monograph\, Yi invest igates how linguistic nationalism and national identity intersect in the fo rmation of modern literary canons through an examination of Japanese-langua ge cultural production by Korean and Japanese writers from the 1930s throug h the 1950s\, analyzing how key texts were produced\, received\, and circul ated during the rise and fall of the Japanese empire. She considers a range of Japanese-language writings by Korean colonial subjects published in the 1930s and early 1940s and then traces how postwar reconstructions of ethno linguistic nationality contributed to the creation of new literary canons i n Japan and Korea\, with a particular focus on writers from the Korean dias poric community in Japan. Drawing upon fiction\, essays\, film\, literary c riticism\, and more\, Yi challenges conventional understandings of national literature by showing how Japanese language ideology shaped colonial histo ries and the postcolonial present in East Asia.

About the Spe aker

Christina Yi is an assistant professor of modern Japane se literature at the University of British Columbia. She received her Ph.D. in Modern Japanese Literature from Columbia University. Her research prima rily focuses on Japanese-language literature by ethnic Korean writers from the 1930s to the present. Her most recent publication is a monograph entitl ed Colonizing Language: Cultural Production and Language Politics in Mo dern Japan and Korea (Columbia University Press\, March 2018).

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Free and open to the public (Progr am in Cantonese)

A City Inscribed event. Registration is strongly encouraged.

Hong Kong literature has long been ignored. Current historical accounts of it were mostly produced by Mainland scholars at about the time of the 19 97 handover. The quality and accuracy of these narratives are always a conc ern. Aiming to preserve the best writings and to present Hong Kong literatu re in a systematic way\, the project of the Compendium of Hong Kong Lit erature 1919-1949 is the first attempt to configure the framework of H ong Kong literary history from a local but broadminded perspective.

< strong>Kwok Kou Leonard Chan is Chair Professor of Chinese Literat ure and Director of the Research Centre for Chinese Literature and Literary Culture at the Education University of Hong Kong. His fields of interest a re: Chinese poetry and poetics\, literary historiography\, and Hong Kong li terature. His recent works include The Conception of Lyrical China  (2013) and Hong Kong in Its History of Lyricism (2016). He is als o the chief editor of the Compendium of Hong Kong Literature 1919-1949< /em> (12 vols\; 2014–2016).

香港文學一直備受輕視與忽略，其歷史發展幾乎無從說起。在1997年前後出現不少由大陸 學界撰寫的香港文學史，但當中頗見疏漏粗糙。事實上，從1980年代開始，香港文壇已經倡議編輯「香港文學大系」，以搜羅文獻，追踪軌跡，作為香港文學史書寫的 準備；可惜這個構思一直未能實現。2014年到2016年，十二卷本《香港文學大系 1919–1949》終於面世。這是本地學者經營多年的成果，以立足本土， 放眼世界為編纂宗旨；其間因緣，值得與更多關心香港的朋友分享。

陳國球，香港教育大學中國文學講座教授，中國文學文化研究中心總監；研究範圍包括 中國詩與詩學、文學史學，以及香港文學；近著有《抒情中國論》(2013)、《香港的抒情史》(2016)等；又主編《香港文學大系 1919–1949》(十 二卷，2014-2016)

This community conversation is organized by the Hong Kong Studies Initiative  and co-sponsored by the Department of Asian Studies\, the Modern Chinese Cult ure Seminar\, the Centre for Chinese Research\, the Chinese C anadian Writers’ Association\, and the Richmond Public Librar y.

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LOCATION:Richmond Public Library GEO:49.163814;-123.140996 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-story-of-hong-kong-lite rature%e3%80%8a%e9%a6%99%e6%b8%af%e6%96%87%e5%ad%b8%e5%a4%a7%e7%b3%bb%e3%80 %8b%e8%88%87%e9%a6%99%e6%b8%af%e6%96%87%e5%ad%b8%e5%8f%b2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/02/20180308-Chan-Library-Poster-full.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180313T1622Z-1520958125.5899-EO-23991-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180308T224833Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T174031Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180309T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180309T170000 SUMMARY: Workshop “Gendering War and Peace in Modern Japan” DESCRIPTION: The 2017-2018 Academic Year sees the 150th anniversary of Japa n’s 1868 “Meiji Restoration\,” an epochal political revolution that sparked Japan’s remarkable modernization\, dramatic cultural transformation\, and rapid emergence onto the global stage. One legacy of the Meiji Restoration was Japanese imperialist expansion in East Asia in the late-19th century\, breeding a culture of militarism that pervaded Japanese […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The 2017-2018 Academic Year sees the 150th anniversary of Japan’s 1868 “Meiji Restoration\,” an epochal po litical revolution that sparked Japan’s remarkable modernization\, dramatic cultural transformation\, and rapid emergence onto the global stage.

One legacy of the Meiji Restoration was Japanese imperialist expansion in East Asia in the late-19th century\, breeding a culture of milit arism that pervaded Japanese society in the early 20th and that led Japan into war with China and the Western powers from 1937-1945.  Feari ng the encroachment of Western imperialist nations into East Asia\, Japanes e government leaders and military strategists cast their expansionary gaze to the mainland of Asia in the name of securing autarky and territorial buf fers.  Victories in war over China in 1895 and Russia a decade later in 190 5\, along with the forceful colonial acquisition of Taiwan and Korea\, anno unced Japan as a first-rate imperial power.  Yet this new military might al so aroused the ire of those Western countries entertaining their own imperi al ambitions\, particularly the United States.  A decade of international c ooperation following WWI gave way in the mid-1920s to renewed Japanese aggr ession in China as defensive strategists resolved to strengthen Japanese in terests through any means necessary\, including political assassination\, c oup d’état\, and independent military action.  All the while\, Japan’s incr easing international isolation accelerated the emergence of a fervent natio nalism at home that by the 1930s grew into a popular culture that demanded unquestioned patriotism\, unwavering support of the military\, and unswervi ng loyalty to the “eternal great cause” of the empire.  War against the Uni ted States brought devastation and defeat in 1945\, when the empire and the militarist culture that fueled its creation were stripped away.  In their place\, the Japanese people embraced democracy and demilitarization\, and p ledged themselves to rebuilding Japan as a nation committed to peace.

At the fulcrum of this dramatic oscillation between war and peace\, milita rism and democracy\, were the women and children of Japan.  Women bore a si ngularly heavy burden.  Not only were they expected to be the human factori es of the empire\, giving birth to future imperial soldiers\, they were obl iged to willfully send off their sons to war alongside their fathers\, husb ands\, and brothers\, watch their daughters march off to work in munitions factories\, and evacuate their younger children to the rural countryside — all while cheering for the success of the military and the long life of the emperor.  After the war\, women again were asked to put aside personal gri ef and anguish as they bore the weight of rebuilding their families\, their homes\, and their nation.  Demands put on children\, meanwhile\, shifted f rom devoting their lives to the defense of the empire to tirelessly dedicat ing their labor to the economic reconstruction of the nation.

“Gender ing War and Peace in Modern Japan” convenes scholars of Japanese history an d literature to consider the transwar positionality of women and children\, resisting the tendency to see 1945 as a breakpoint and to instead analyze longer-term developments in years of both war and peace.

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LOCATION:Lillooet Room (301)\, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre GEO:49.267581;-123.252321 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/workshop-gendering-war-and- peace-in-modern-japan/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/03/March-9-Poster-2-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180313T1622Z-1520958125.5993-EO-24008-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180309T230732Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181129T215516Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180310T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180310T210000 SUMMARY: International Women’s Day DESCRIPTION: Join us in celebrating International Women’s Day on March 10th \, at Bonsor Recreation Complex. International Women’s Day is a time to cel ebrate and appreciate the courage and determination shown by women who have played an extraordinary role in their communities Speakers: Consul General of Afghanistan Head of Afghan Community in British Columbia Zahir Faqiri t he head […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us in celebrating International Women 's Day on March 10th\, at Bonsor Recreation Complex. International Women’s Day is a time to celebrate and appreciate the courage and determination sho wn by women who have played an extraordinary role in their communities

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  • Consul General of Afghanistan
    • < li>Head of Afghan Community in British Columbia
  • Zahir Faqiri the he ad of Greater Central Asia Initiative
  • Artists and successful busine ss women of Vancouver

This event will feature cultural and trad itional performances.

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LOCATION:Bonsor Recreation Complex GEO:49.224211;-122.996879 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/international-womens-day/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/03/FB_IMG_1520325576675-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180305T0045Z-1520210707.1668-EO-23961-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180302T000903Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181129T215410Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180312T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180312T173000 SUMMARY: “An Endless River of Blood:” Theatricalizing Lady Rokujō from Nō t o the Present DESCRIPTION: Dr. Carol Fisher Sorgenfrei discusses three modern adaptations of the story of Lady Rokujō\, examining both shifting theatrical styles an d the zeitgeist of the plays' specific cultural/historical moments in this lecture. They offer intriguing opportunities to interrogate how a cultural icon of the past is continually reinterpreted in the ever-transforming his tory of postwar Japan. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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The Tale of Genji\, written around 1000 CE by a woman in the Emper or’s entourage conventionally called Lady Murasaki\, has inspired countless Japanese writers. Zeami saw the novel’s passionate\, possessed female char acters as ideal material for the nō. In the Sandō\, he ca lled these characters “jewels within jewels” whose stories contain “a seed that is full of grace yet is capable as well of providing a proper theatric al …atmosphere that is rarely met with.” (Rimer and Yamazaki\, 153)  The mo st frequently dramatized tale is that of Lady Rokujō\, whose “living spirit ” leaves her body to wreak vengeance on her pregnant rival Aoi.

The s tory of Lady Rokujō has continually been re-invented in various historical\ , cultural and theatrical contexts. Four centuries after the original novel \, the nō plays Aoi no Ue and The Shrine in the Field s (Nonomiya) made crucial plot changes to conform to the ideo logy of the times.

In her 1958 novel Masks (Onna-men)\, Enchi Fumiko\, describes her revenge-seeking\, spirit-possessed female protagonists who are specifically related to Lady Rokujō: “A woman’s love is quick to turn into a passion for revenge — an obsession that becomes an endless river of blood\, flowing on from generation to generation.” (127)

The paper will focus on three modern plays that reinvent the story\, e xamining both shifting theatrical styles and the zeitgeist of their specifi c cultural/historical moments. Mishima Yukio’s The Lady Aoi (A oi no Ue\, 1954)\, Kara Jurō’s Two Women (Futari no onna\ , 1979) and Kawamura Takeshi’s Aoi (2003)\, written at approx imately 25-year intervals\, offer intriguing opportunities to interrogate h ow a cultural icon of the past is continually reinterpreted. What might “an endless river of blood” imply in the ever-transforming history of postwar Japan?

About the Speaker:

Carol Fisher Sorgenfrei\, PhD (UCLA Professor Emerita) is a specialist in Japa nese theatre and intercultural performance\, as well as a playwright\, tran slator and director.  Her book Unspeakable Acts: The Avant-Garde Theatr e of Terayama Shūji and Postwar Japan (University of Hawaii\, 2005) an alyzes the complex work of playwright/director/filmmaker Terayama in cultur al/historical context\, and includes translations of his plays and theory. She is co-author of Theatre Histories: An Introduction (Routledge\ , 2006\; second ed. 2010\; third ed. 2016)\, a widely used and highly prais ed university level textbook that offers new perspectives in Global Theatre History by presenting various theoretical perspectives and in-depth case s tudies as illustrations of the many ways current theatre scholars approach the subject.

In 2008\, she was invited to be one of the ten original Research Fellows at the International Research Institute in Interweaving Pe rformance Cultures at the Free University in Berlin\, Germany. In 2014\, th e Association for Asian Performance named her a Founding Mother of Asian Th eatre Scholarship\; the related article appraising her career appeared in < em>Asian Theatre Journal in 2017.She is Associate Editor of Asian Theatre Journal and Editor of the Newsletter of the Associati on for Asian Performance. She has presented over one hundred papers and key notes at conferences throughout the world.

Sorgenfrei is the author o f over thirty articles and book chapters on Japanese performance\, intercul tural theater\, and fusion theater. These articles\, numerous book and play reviews\, and translations of contemporary Japanese plays appear in As ian Theatre Journal\, Theatre Research International\, Theatre Sur vey\,  Theatre Journal\, Contemporary Theatre Review \, TDR (The Drama Review)\, Modern Drama\, etc. and in va rious edited books. She also frequently contributes articles to encyclopedi a.

Her sixteen original plays include the award-winning Medea: A Noh Cycle Based on the Greek Myth\; the kabuki-flamenco Blood Wine \, Blood Wedding\; the kyōgen-commedia dell’arte The Impostor \; the musical Japanese folk tale Bamboo Moon\; and A Wilderne ss of Monkeys (a revenge-comedy “sequel” to The Merchant of Venice ). She is co-adapter with Israeli director Zvika Serper of the acclaim ed Japanese-Israeli fusion play The Dybbuk/Between Two Worlds. Her most recent play\, Ghost Light: The Haunting\, had an Equity Show case off-Broadway in 2015. Her original plays and translations have been pe rformed in the USA\, Canada\, Great Britain\, Denmark\, India\, Israel and Japan and broadcast on PBS\, NHK and the BBC. In addition\, she has directe d nearly forty stage productions in professional and university theatres in the USA\, Japan and India.

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LOCATION:Room 1099\, Buchanan Tower GEO:49.268589;-123.253408 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/an-endless-river-of-blood-t heatricalizing-lady-rokujo-from-no-to-the-present/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/03/CarolFSlecture_PosterEMAIL.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180313T1622Z-1520958125.6164-EO-23993-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180308T225129Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181129T215247Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180314T114500 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180314T134500 SUMMARY: Party System Institutionalization in Japan Between Integration and Fragmentation DESCRIPTION: Join Dr. Yosuke Sunahara as he discusses the reasons why Japan ese opposition parties are fragmented\, by focusing on the differences betw een national and local electoral systems. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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Japanese party politics has changed significantly after the electoral sy stem reform in 1994. The long lasting Liberal Democratic Party’s single par ty dominance was collapsed\, and the Democratic Party of Japan emerged as a n opposition party and finally took over the government from the LDP in 200 9. However\, the DPJ struggled to integrate its party and finally divided b efore the next general election. The successor parties of the DPJ are still fragmented and no new challenger party to the LDP emerged at present. This talk attempts to explain the reason why Japanese opposition parties are fr agmented by focusing on the differences between national and local electora l systems. Each electoral system has a strong influence on the goal of each politician and discrepancy of the goals prevent political parties from dev eloping stable organizations. First\, Single Non-Transferable Voting system is still in use for the upper house and local assembly elections and the s ystem promoting the personal vote to each candidate makes opposition partie s difficult to be integrated based on a consistent policy platform. Further more\, local governors and mayors are elected by First Past the Post system and emerging urban political parties established by local leaders undermin e support for national opposition parties.

About the Speaker:

Dr. Yosuke Sunahara is pro fessor of public administration at Kobe University and visiting associate p rofessor at Institute of Asian Research of University of British Columbia. He received his PhD from the University of Tokyo in 2009. His research conc erns party politics\, central-local government relations with a focus on Ja pan. He has published several books and articles mainly on Japanese party p olitics at local level. His current research interests include social polic y especially housing policy in Japan.

*Lunch is provided. 

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LOCATION:Room 351\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/party-system-institutionali zation-in-japan-between-integration-and-fragmentation/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/03/March-14-Yosuke-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999976.5671-EO-26703-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180117T200720Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181129T215118Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180314T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180314T133000 SUMMARY: A Sociological Perspective on the Carbon Market: the Carbons\, the Meanings\, and the Policy Network with John Chung-En Liu DESCRIPTION: Join us at this talk\, “A Sociological Perspective on the Carb on Market: the Carbons\, the Meanings\, and the Policy Network”\, with John Chung-En Liu\, Ph.D.\, Assistant Professor of Sociology\, Occidental Colle ge.   Wednesday\, March 14th 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Liu Institute for Global Is sues – Caseroom Light refreshments offered. This event is now sold […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us at this talk\, "A Sociological Per spective on the Carbon Market: the Carbons\, the Meanings\, and the Policy Network"\, with John Chung-En Liu\, Ph.D.\, Assistant Professor of Sociolog y\, Occidental College.

John Liu

 

Wednesday\, Mar ch 14th
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Liu Institute for Global Issues - Case room
Light refreshments offered.

This eve nt is now sold out. To be added to the wait list\, please contact lindsay.m arsh@ubc.ca with your name and any guest name(s). Thank you.

About his talk: The carbon market\, or known as cap and t rade\, has become the most prominent policy tool to address climate change. According to the World Bank\, more than 60 countries and regions in the wo rld adopt some types of carbon market. In this talk\, I draw from my recent and ongoing research projects to demonstrate how sociology can enhance our understanding of such policy. I hope to illustrate three key points. First ly\, our ability to build carbon markets is constrained by the materiality of the carbon molecules. Secondly\, despite carbons can be "standardized" i n the market\, their social meanings determine how we assign values to them . Finally\, the presentation will highlight the role of policy constituenci es in the spread of this policy tool. The talk will end with a reflection o n the roles that sociology can play in climate policy research.

Bio: John Chung-En Liu is an Assistant Professor of Sociology a nd an affiliated faculty in the Department of East Asian Studies at Occiden tal College. Before joining Oxy\, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Ash C enter for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School.

He earned his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madi son in 2015\, and also holds a joint master’s degree from the School of For estry & Environmental Studies and the international and development economi cs program at Yale University. Before his career as a social scientist\, he obtained his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering at National Taiwan University.

This event is hosted by the School of Public Policy and G lobal Affairs.

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LOCATION:Case Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/sociological-perspective-ca rbon-market-carbons-meanings-policy-network-john-chung-en-liu/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/01/Climate-Change-3-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180225T2303Z-1519599828.2115-EO-23946-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180223T203210Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181129T214929Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180315T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180315T140000 SUMMARY: Exiled To Nowhere: Burma’s Rohingya with Greg Constantine DESCRIPTION: Join us for a talk by documentary photographer Greg Constantin e on the persecution and the violence faced by the Rohingya over the past d ecade. This talk is part of UBC’s Virani Lecture series. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us for a talk by documentary photogra pher Greg Constantine on the persecution and the violence faced by the Rohi ngya over the past decade. This talk is part of UBC’s Virani Lecture series .

About the talk: Over the past six months\, the Roh ingya community in Burma have been subjected to what UN officials have call ed a ‘textbook case of ethnic cleansing’.  This recent ‘scorched earth’ cam paign by the Burmese authorities have pushed 700\,000 Rohingya out of the c ountry and into neighbouring Bangladesh.  It is the fastest and largest hum anitarian crisis in the world today. Yet\, this recent wave of violence tow ard the Rohingya under the civilian-led government of the NLD and Aung San Suu Kyi follows decades of discriminatory policies targeted toward them by successive military governments.

Documentary photographer\, Greg Cons tantine\, has been photographing the plight of the Rohingya for more than 1 2 years.  This presentation will look at the timeline of persecution and sl ow violence toward the Rohingya over the past decade and will discuss the c omplexities related to this ongoing human rights and political crisis.

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Bio: Greg Constantine is a docume ntary photographer who works almost exclusively on projects that focus on h uman rights\, injustice and inequality. He is also author of the book\, Now here People\, which documents statelessness around the world. His new project\, Seven Doors\, focuses on immigration detention.

Greg’s work ha s been featured in The Telegraph\,  The Atlantic\, Mother Jones\, The Post Magazine\, Press TV\,among others.

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The Rohingya are a Muslim minority group in predomina ntly Buddhist Myanmar\, concentrated in the western state of Rakhine. North ern Rakhine state is one of the most remote\, poorest\, and densely populat ed areas of the country.

The United Nations has called the Rohingya t he world’s most persecuted minority group and described the atrocities by M yanmar’s authorities as “ethnic cleansing\,” whereby one group removes anot her ethnic or religious community through violence.

The Rohingya Musl im experience in Myanmar shows that this pattern of persecution goes back t o 1948 – the year when the country achieved independence from the British.< /p>
< p>This event is part of the Virani Lecture Series in Islamic Studies. The Virani Lectures are designed to engage students and faculty at UBC and the greater Vancouver community on the topic of Islam. The series provi des interactions designed to complement existing courses and interest in th e field at the University and in the community\, organized around the centr al theme of interest in Islam.

This event is hosted by UBC’s Scho ol of Public Policy and Global Affairs.

Light lunch offe red with registration. Limited seats available!

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LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/exiled-to-nowhere-burmas-ro hingya-with-greg-constantine/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/02/092017-ro-7424-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180206T1702Z-1517936553.7171-EO-23866-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180205T190931Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181129T214746Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180315T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180315T190000 SUMMARY: Book Reading and Discussion with Sarbjit Kaur Athwal Author of Sha med: The Honour Killing that Shocked Britain – By the Sister Who Fought for Justice DESCRIPTION: Sarbjit Kaur Athwal will be at the IAR for a book reading and discussion of her book Shamed: The Honour Killing that Shocked Britain. Joi n us as she discusses the harrowing tale of the murder of her sister-in-la w by her in-laws. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

On Thursday\, March 15th \, the Centre for India and South Asia R esearch at the University of British Columbia and online Watan magazine wil l host a Book Reading and Discussion with Sarbjit Kaur Athwal at 5:00 PM in C.K. Choi Building\, Room #120\, 1855 West Mall\, UBC West Point Grey camp us.

In 1998\, British born Surjit Kaur Athwal went to India with her mother in law and never came back. She was murdered there because her in-la ws thought that she was planning to divorce her husband and shame the famil y. In 2007\, Surjit’s mother in-law Bachan Kaur Athwal and her husband Sukh dev Singh Athwal were found guilty for their part in planning this murder a nd sentenced by court in London.

The decision to murder Surjit was ta ken in front of her sister in-law\, Sarbjit Kaur Athwal. The testimony of S arbjit played a key role in the conviction of Bachan Kaur Athwal and Sukhde v Singh Athwal. In order to get ready and then testify in Surjit’s murder\, Sarbjit has to face significant obstacles and hardships. She was fearful o f her own murder by her in-laws if she went to the police. Instead of takin g her side\, her husband pressured her to keep silent. Some members of the community accused her of not being a good daugher in-law and that she is fa lsely maligning the name of her in-laws. How did she overcame all these obs tacles in order to get justice for Surjit Kaur Athwal? To tell this story s he wrote Shamed: The Honour Killing That Shocked Britain with her co-author Jeff Hudson. Three Canadian writers – Sukhwant Hundal\, Sadhu Binning and Gurmail Rai have translated this book in to Punjabi.

On March 17th\, the Punjabi edition of Shamed\, titled Beizzat\, will be launched at 1:00 P M at Dhaliwal Banquet Hall\, #230-8166-128 St.\, in Surrey. In this  program\, there will be Punjabi and Englis h reading of her book and she will speak about her experience. This program will be in English and Punjabi and is being organized by the Online Watan magazine and Mamta Foundation of Canada.

 

 

 

 

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/book-reading-and-discussion -with-sarbjit-kaur-athwal/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/02/Sarbjit-Book-Event-1-663x1024-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999976.6051-EO-4336-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180205T205943Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181129T213536Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180315T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180315T193000 SUMMARY: Splane Lecture in Social Policy: Poverty\, Basic Income and Social Policy with Dr. David Piachaud DESCRIPTION: Watch the recording of the Splane Lecture below: Join us at Dr . David Piachaud’s talk on “Poverty\, Basic Income\, and Social Policy\,” a s part of the 2018 Dr. Richard B. Splane Lecture in Social Policy. Thursday \, March 15th 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm  Light refreshments provided during the rec eption. New Venue! Asian Centre Auditorium\, 1871 West […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Watch the recording of the Splane Lecture below:

Join us at Dr. David Piachaud's talk on “Poverty\, Basic Incom e\, and Social Policy\," as part of the 2018 Dr. Richard B. Splane Lecture in Social Policy.

Thursday\, March 15th
5:30 pm – 7:30 p m 
Light refreshments provided during the reception.< /strong>

New Venue! Asian Centre Auditorium\, 1871 West Mall\, Vancouver\, BC V6T 1Z2 at UBC. The Asian Centre is found between the C.K. Choi building and Nit obe Gardens\, a short walk from the Liu Institute. Please find a map to the Asian Centre h ere.

*This event is now sold out. To be added to the waitlist\, please email lindsay.marsh@ubc.ca with your full name and any guest names. Thank you.

This event will be live streamed on the Liu Institute for Global Issues Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.c om/LIGI.UBC/ 

 

About the t alk:

Professor Piachaud’s lecture will review the causes\, e xtent and evolution of poverty in advanced economies and the benefits and l imitations of social security responses and\, the growing interest in a bas ic income approach. Basic Income will then be described\, as will confusion s about  its name\, its objectives\, its level\, and its relation to other social services. Other consideration of basic income will include the justi ce of conditionality\; individualized simplicity\; redistributive efficienc y\; and\, political feasibility.  Finally Prof Piachaud will conclude his l ecture with consideration of the broader consequences of poverty and inequa lity  for health\, education and social stability -  and the implications o f these consequences for Basic Income and social policy generally.

Bio:

David Piachaud  taught at the Lo ndon School of Economics from 1970 to 2016 and was Professor of Social Poli cy 1988 to 2016. He is now Emeritus Professor of Social Policy and an Assoc iate of the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion and of the Indian Obser vatory. He was Social Policy Advisor in the Prime Minister’s Policy Unit (1 974-79) and has been Consultant to the European Commission\, the ILO\, the OECD and the Chinese Government. He has lectured in 20 countries. He has wr itten papers and books on children\, poverty\, social security\, social exc lusion and social policy.  Publications include: Causes of Poverty \, HMSO\, 1978 (with Richard Layard and Mark Stewart)\; Understanding S ocial Exclusion. Oxford University Press\, 2002\, (editor with John Hi lls and Julian LeGrand)\; Poverty in Britain: The Impact of Government Policy since 1997\, Joseph Rowntree Foundation\, 2003 (with Holly Suth erland and Tom Sefton)\; One Hundred Years of Poverty and Policy. Joseph Rowntree Foundation\, 2004 (with Howard Glennerster\, John Hills and Jo Webb)’ Making Social Policy Work Policy Press\, 2007 (editor w ith John Hills and Julian Le Grand)\; Colonialism and Welfare\, Ed ward Elgar\, 2011\, and Social Protection\, Economic Growth and Social Change: Goals\, Issues and Trajectories in China\, India\, Brazil and South Africa\, Edward Elgar\, 2013\, (editor with James Midgley).

Thi s event is co-hosted by the UBC School of Social Work\, the School of Publi c Policy and Global Affairs\, the United Nations Association of Greater Van couver and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) BC office.

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LOCATION:Asian Centre Auditorium GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/splane-2018-piachaud/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/01/vsaranphotodotcom-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180223T1817Z-1519409853.0051-EO-23920-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180223T175326Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181129T213224Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180316T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180316T140000 SUMMARY: The Past and Present of Chinese-Language Book Publishing in Hong K ong DESCRIPTION: A City Inscribed event. This talk by Angela Ko\, Acquisitions Librarian of the University of Hong Kong Libraries\, will discuss some of t he characteristics of Chinese-language book publishing in Hong Kong and ide ntify some of the changes over the past decade. Registration for this event  is strongly encouraged. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

A City Inscribed event. Registration is strongly encouraged.

Hong Kong is a small but vibrant city. Though only several thousand Chinese books are p ublished there each year\, its annual book fair has routinely drawn more th an a million visitors. Furthermore\, individual book titles and news of the local book market have from time to time\, and for various reasons\, attra cted international attention. This talk will discuss some of the characteri stics of Chinese-language book publishing in Hong Kong and identify some of the changes over the past decade.

Angela Ko is Acquisitions L ibrarian of the University of Hong Kong Libraries and Assistant Librarian o f the Fung Ping Shan Library\, the East Asian Library of the HKU Libraries. In her capacity as the development and liaison officer for the Fung Ping S han Library\, Ko has traveled extensively to academic libraries\, bookstore s\, and book fairs in the Greater China region and beyond. Since 2009\, she has been a frequent contributor to New Books: Recent and Forthcoming Pu blications in Taiwan\, ROC (a journal published by the National Central Library of Taiwan) reviewing recent Chinese-language publications from Hon g Kong.

This seminar is organized by the Hong Kong Studies Initiative and co- sponsored by the Department of Asian Studies\, the Centre for Chinese Research\, the Departm ent of History\, and the Asian Library.

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-past-and-present-of-chi nese-language-book-publishing-in-hong-kong/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/02/20180316-Ko-Poster-Full.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999976.6368-EO-4452-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180226T225447Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181129T212703Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180319T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180319T200000 SUMMARY: The Colours of Food Security – Public Reception with Dr. Jonathan Foley\, ED of the California Academy of Sciences DESCRIPTION: Join us for the latest Lobby Gallery exhibit opening by artist s The Land Use and Global Environment (LUGE) research group at UBC. The Col ours of Food Security – Public Reception with Dr. Jonathan Foley\, ED of th e California Academy of Sciences Monday\, March 19\, 2018 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Lobby Gallery – Liu Institute […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us for the latest Lobby Gallery exhib it opening by artists The Land Use and Global Environment (LUGE) research g roup at UBC.

The Colours of Food Security - Public R eception with Dr. Jonathan Foley\, ED of the California Academy of Sciences

Monday\, March 19\, 2018
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Lobby Gallery - Liu Institute for Global Issues\,
6 476 NW Marine Drive\, Vancouver\, BC V6T 1Z2

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The Colours of Food Secu rity is a series of bold and striking maps that paint a pictu re of global agriculture today. It pulls decades of scientific research int o one exhibit to walk the audience through key issues surrounding the food system in the twenty-first century.

The exhibit will be introduced by acclaimed environmental scientist and TED Speaker\, Dr. Jonathan Foley\, E xecutive Director of the California Academy of Sciences. Join us for what p romises to be a colourful and fun event accompanied by light refreshments a nd networking opportunities.

More about the exhibition: The Colours of Food Security is an art exhibi t hosted in the Lobby Gallery of the Liu Institute fo r Global Issues and created by the Land Use and Global Environment (LUG E) research group in the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and the Institute for Resources\, Environment\, and Sustainability at the Universi ty of British Columbia. The exhibition is also hosted in collaboration with UBC’s Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program (ISGP).

The exhibit ion runs until March 31\, 2018.

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LOCATION:Lobby Gallery\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/colours-food-security-publi c-reception-ted-speaker-jon-foley/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/02/luge.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181204T1352Z-1543931529.5382-EO-4419-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180221T004910Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181129T212557Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180322T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180322T193000 SUMMARY: Book Launch of Resilience and Contagion: Invoking Human Rights in African HIV Advocacy by Kristi Heather Kenyon DESCRIPTION:   Join us for the launch of Resilience and Contagion: Invoking Human Rights in African HIV Advocacy (McGill-Queen’s University Press) by UBC alumna\, Kristi Heather Kenyon. Come early to pick up a copy of her boo k from the UBC Bookstore table. Thursday\, March 22\, 2018 5:30 PM – 7:30 P M Liu Institute for Global Issues – Multipurpose […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

 

Join us for the launch of Resilience and Contagion: Invoking Human Rights in African HIV Advocacy (McG ill-Queen's University Press) by UBC alumna\, Kristi Hea ther Kenyon. Come early to pick up a copy of her book from the UBC Book store table.

Thursday\, March 22\, 2018
5:30 PM – 7:30 P M
Liu Institute for Global Issues - Multipurpose Room
Light refre shments will be offered.

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Abo ut the book:

HIV represents not only an u nprecedented pandemic but also a site of civil society innovation. In the m idst of devastation\, activists in sub-Saharan Africa are progressing from traditional forms of health advocacy to strategies that engage human rights principles\, techniques\, and language.

Em ploying a comparative case-study approach\, Resilience and Contagion considers the efforts of nine local civil society organizations in Ghana \, Uganda\, South Africa\, and Botswana. Kristi Heather Kenyon examines who adopts rights-based discourse and why\, arguing that leadership\, individu al beliefs\, and structure all play a critical role in framing ADVOCACY. Be yond changing laws or policies\, the most important impact of promoting the rights of people living with HIV\, she attests\, is that it enables indivi duals to interact with health services from a position of resilience\, stre ngth\, and empowerment. This book delves into discourse at the juncture of human rights\, social theory\, and global health\, prompting significant an d relevant discussion on advocacy’s evolution in the region of the world hi t hardest by the HIV pandemic.

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About Dr. K enyon:

Kristi Heather Kenyon is assistant professor in the human rights p rogram of the University of Winnipeg’s Global College. She completed her BA and PhD in Political Science at UBC\, and is a Green College and Liu Schol ar alumna.

This event is co-hosted by the School of Public Pol icy and Global Affairs\, the School of Population and Public Health\, the P olitical Science department\, and the Simon K. Y. Lee Global Lounge & Resou rce Centre.

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LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/resilience-contagion-book-l aunch-kristi-kenyon/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/11/Capture.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180317T1925Z-1521314706.0257-EO-24047-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180316T182545Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181129T212419Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180326T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180326T200000 SUMMARY: Tibeto-Mongolian Buddhism: A Mongolian Perspective DESCRIPTION: The talk will examine Tibeto-Mongolian relations with a specia l focus on the issue of Tibetan Buddhist dissemination among the Mongols. A gata Bareja-Starzyńska is the head of the Department of Turkish Studies and Inner Asian Peoples of the Faculty of Oriental Studies of the University o f Warsaw. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Excerpt: The talk will ex amine Tibeto-Mongolian relations with a special focus on the issue of Tibet an Buddhist dissemination among the Mongols. The distinctive features of Bu ddhist practices in historical and present-day Mongolia will be discussed a s well as the religious-political ties which characterize the Tibetan hiero cratic system of the Dalai Lamas and which served as a monarchical model in Khalkha Mongolia in 1911 for the 8thJetsundamba. Lastly\, the question of labelling Buddhism in Mongolia as “Mongolian Buddhism” will be raised.

< p>Speaker Bio: Agata Bareja-Starzyńska is the head of the Department of Turkish Studies and Inner Asian Peoples of the Faculty of Ori ental Studies of the University of Warsaw. She lectures on Mongolian and Ti betan languages\, literature\, religions and culture. Her scholarly interes ts focus on Buddhism in Mongolia and Tibet\, Mongolian-Tibetan relations an d Mongolian and Tibetan literature. Her major publications include The< /em> Biography of the First Khalkha Jetsundampa Zanabazar by Zaya Pandi ta Luvsanprinlei. Studies\, Annotated Translation\, Transliteration and Fac simile\, Dom Wydawniczy Elipsa\, Faculty of Oriental Studies\, Univers ity of Warsaw\, Warszawa 2015.

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/tibeto-mongolian-buddhism-a -mongolian-perspective/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/03/images.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180313T1622Z-1520958125.6459-EO-24022-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180312T192455Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181129T212250Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180327T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180327T183000 SUMMARY: Sikh Legacy in Pakistan DESCRIPTION: Join CISAR and the Department of Asian Studies for exploration of Amardeep Singh’s research on and documentation of historical sites rela ted to the Sikh tradition in Pakistan. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join CISAR and the Department of Asian Studies for exploration of Ama rdeep Singh’s research on and documentation of historical sites related to the Sikh tradition in Pakistan.

Amardeep Singh is the author of L ost Heritage: The Sikh Legacy in Pakistan and The Quest Continues.  

This event is co-sponsored by Department of Asian Studies and UBC Sikh Students Association.

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LOCATION:Room 604\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/sikh-legacy-in-pakistan/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/03/Sikhs-in-Pakistan-663x1024.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999976.6922-EO-4498-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180302T014711Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181129T212149Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180327T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180327T220000 SUMMARY: Art + Memory + Justice Symposium  DESCRIPTION: Art + Memory + Justice Symposium  March 27th\, 2018 7:00 PM – 10:00 pm Multipurpose Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues (following Eve lyn Amony’s book launch) Please RSVP Disclaimer: Please note that by using this service\, your information will be stored on the Eventbrite server\, w hich is located outside Canada. If you do not wish […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Art + Memory + Justice Symposium < /strong>

March 27th\, 2018
7:00 PM – 10:00 pm
Multipurpose Room\, Liu Institu te for Global Issues (following Evelyn Amony's book launch)

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The Art + Memory + Justice Symposium will showcase the cre ative work done by UBC students engaged in the field of transformative memo ry and justice. The community (you!) will join student artists in an intera ctive\, conversational\, and salon style evening to discuss art in politics \, the relationships between art and memory\, and the role of art in imagin ing futures. The intersections among aesthetics and meaning\, art and acade mia\, and theory and action will serve as key frames for the discussions.​< /p>

Organized by: Emmanuelle Andrews\, Anson Ching\, Sal ma Essam El Din\, Anthony Matarazzo\, Denali Young Wolfe

Spon sored by: The Liu Scholar's Memory\, Resistance and Social Repair Group\, The Social Justice Institute\; The School of Social Work\; The Liu Institute for Global Issues\; and the Ivan Head South-North Chair.

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Join us at Dr. Michael Winter's talk about sustainable intensification\, part of the UBC Futu re of Food Dialogue Series.

 

Wednesday\, March 28\, 2018
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm  
Multipurpose room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues \, UBC
Light refreshments provided. No RSVP required.

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Dr. Winter is a rural policy specialist and soci al scientist with particular interests in applying inter-disciplinary appro aches to policy-relevant research and in direct engagement in the policy pr ocess.  His current research focuses on the governance of sustainable agro- food systems and food security\; the historical and contemporary sociology of west country agriculture\; & farmer environmental attitudes and decision -making\, particularly in the context of diffuse pollution and water qualit y. He leads Project 2 of Defra’s Su stainable Intensification Research Platform.

He chairs the UNESCO  North Devon Biosphere Par tnership and the Stakeholder Group for the Avon Demonstration Test Catc hment. He is a board member of Natural England and a member of the governin g board of Rothamsted Research.

About the Series: Th e UBC Future of Food Global Dialogue Series is a campus-wide initiative bringing together food security and sustainability e xperts from across the university and North America to regularly engage the UBC community and the public around the Global Food System\, including top ics such as climate change\, food security\, biodiversity\, social justice\ , culture\, and policy. The series uses various formats to foster discussio n\, such as dialogue circles\, seminars\, panel discussions\, performances\ , photo exhibitions\, and film screenings.

The series is jointly conv ened by the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm\, the Liu I nstitute for Global Issues\, and UBC Reads Sustainability\, an initiative of UBC Sustain ability.

LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/sustainable-intensification -uk-michael-winter/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2015/03/Terre_Satterfield.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180316T1626Z-1521217600.1869-EO-24029-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180315T222121Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181129T211919Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180328T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180328T133000 SUMMARY: Owning the Ocean: Alaska Fishermen and the Japanese ‘Invasion’ of Bristol Bay\, 1937-1938 DESCRIPTION: The entry by Japanese fishing vessels to Bristol Bay\, Alaska\ , in 1937-38—what Alaska salmon fishermen invariably referred to as an “inv asion”—not only fed the fishermen’s anxiety over the imperialist ambitions of the Asian nation\, but forced them to confront their own ideas of owners hip over the salmon and the very ocean itself. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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The entry b y Japanese fishing vessels to Bristol Bay\, Alaska\, in 1937-38—what Alaska salmon fishermen invariably referred to as an “invasion”—not only fed the fishermen’s anxiety over the imperialist ambitions of the Asian nation\, bu t forced them to confront their own ideas of ownership over the salmon and the very ocean itself. This paper examines the ways Alaskans interacted wit h and understood the salmon\, the physical environment of Bristol Bay\, and the conceptual nature of ocean borders\, and how those perspectives entere d the political and diplomatic discourse on the eve of the Second World War .

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Ross Coen is a PhD candidat e in history at the University of Washington where he is studying the histo ries of race\, environment\, and science in early 20th-century Alaska salmo n fisheries. He is the author of three books on the history of the North Am erican West\, most recently Fu-Go: The Curious History of Japan’s Balloon B omb Attack on America\, published by the University of Nebraska Press in 20 14.

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LOCATION:Room 604\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/owning-the-ocean-alaska-fis hermen-and-the-japanese-invasion-of-bristol-bay-1937-1938/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/03/Mar-28-Poster-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180305T0045Z-1520210707.206-EO-23965-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180302T184026Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181129T200630Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180328T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180328T180000 SUMMARY: The Challenge of World Literary History DESCRIPTION: Join Professor Zhang Longxi as he compares the writing of lite rary history in the Western and Chinese traditions. While it has faced a cr isis in the West\, how does writing literary history differ in China? X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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The writing of history has encountered many challenges in 20th-century theoretical discussions\, while postmodernism and deconstructi on in particular have made literary history all but impossible. In this tal k\, I first review the discussions of the challenges by some literary criti cs and historians from René Wellek and Fredric Jameson\, to Hayden White an d David Perkins\, and I argue that the crisis of writing history is very mu ch a Western problem\, while in China\, history remains important and a hot ly debated intellectual issue. Writing literary history beyond national and regional frames adds to the difficulty\, but a world literary history from a global perspective also makes it possible to rethink the writing of hist ory and its critique\, and to revitalize literary history in the context of world literature.

Speaker Biography:

ZHANG Longxi\, MA\, Peking (’81) and Ph. D.\, Harvard (’89)\, had taught at Peking\, Harvard\, and the University of California\, Riverside\, and is currently Chair Professor of Comparative Literature and Translation at the City University of Hong Kong. He is elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters\, History and Antiquities\, also of Acade mia Europaea\, and President of the International Comparative Literature As sociation for 2016-19. He serves as an Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of World Literature and an Advisory Editor of New Literary History . He has published more than 20 books and numerous articles in both English and Chinese in East-West comparative studies. His major English book publi cations include The Tao and the Logos: Literary Hermeneutics\, East and West (Durham: Duke UP\, 1992)\; Mighty Opposites: From Dichotomies t o Differences in the Comparative Study of China (Stanford: Stanford UP\ , 1998)\; Allegoresis: Reading Canonical Literature East and West (I thaca: Cornell UP\, 2005)\;Unexpected Affinities: Reading across Culture s (Toronto: Toronto UP\, 2007)\; and most recently\, From Comparison to World Literature (SUNY Press\, 2015).

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LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-challenge-of-world-lite rary-history/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/03/ccr-mar.28-vertical-poster-01-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180206T1702Z-1517936553.7232-EO-23867-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180205T190941Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181129T195613Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180329T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180329T183000 SUMMARY: Life Under the Shadow: Twenty years of Nuclear Weapons in India an d Pakistan DESCRIPTION: This talk with M. V. Ramana will describe what we know of the nuclear arsenals of India and Pakistan\, their fissile material production capacities\, nuclear weapon use doctrines\, the role of the United States i n shaping the security relationship in the subcontinent\, and the risks of nuclear weapon use. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

In May 1998\, India and Pakistan conducted tests of nuclear weapons and since then the people of S outh Asia have always had to contend with the possible of use of nuclear we apons. This talk will describe what we know of the nuclear arsenals of Indi a and Pakistan\, their fissile material production capacities\, nuclear wea pon use doctrines\, the role of the United States in shaping the security r elationship in the subcontinent\, and the risks of nuclear weapon use.

< p>M. V. Ramana is the Simons Chair in Disarmament\, Global and Human Securi ty at the Liu Institute for Global Issues\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at UBC. His research  interests are in the broad areas of international security and e nergy supply\, with a particular focus on topics related to nuclear energy and  fissile materials that can be used to make nuclear weapons. He combine s technical skills and interdisciplinary methods to address  policy relevan t questions related to security and energy issues. Ramana is the author of  The Power of Promise: Examining Nuclear Energy in India\, Penguin Books\, New Delhi (2012).

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Pre-event Reception: 5:00 pm – 6:30pm
Lecture: 6:30pm

Join us for this ye ar’s 8th Annual Burge Lecture “Illumination and its Discontents: Electricit y Theft and the Political Economy of Japanese Energy” with guest lecturer D r. Ian Miller\, Professor of History at Harvard University.

How did t he world’s third-largest economy\, Japan\, become addicted to fossil fuels? The first non-Western nation to industrialize—a process driven by calories from coal and calories from bodies—the country now imports 97% of its prim ary energy and is home to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant\, site of three partial core meltdowns. This talk takes us back to the dawn of the energy-intensive culture that we now call “modernity\,” tracing the emerge nce of new attitudes towards electrical power and tracking the development of a political economy that has colonized the climate. Our focus will be ti ght: the streets of Yokohama and Tokyo at the beginning of the twentieth ce ntury. This presentation builds on Miller’s work as a Mellon Foundation New Directions Fellow.

Organized by the UBC History Graduate Student Ass ociation\, the Burge Lecture is an annual endowed lecture made possible by a generous donation from UBC alumnus William Burge. The Burge Lecture serie s provides students\, faculty\, alumni and community members the opportunit y to connect with historians and scholars engaged in exciting research. Thi s year’s Burge Lecture is presented as part of the Meiji at 150 Lecture Ser ies\, generously supported by the Consulate-General of Japan in Vancouver a nd hosted by the Centre for Japanese Research – CJR at UBC\, the Department of History\, and UBC Asian Studies.

For more\, see: meijiat150.arts. ubc.ca.

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URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/easter-monday-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999976.7792-EO-4556-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180321T225953Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181129T195451Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180403T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180403T140000 SUMMARY: Book Launch with Mohamed Zayani – Digital Middle East: State and S ociety in the Information Age DESCRIPTION:   Join us at the launch of Liu Institute Visiting Fellow Moham ed Zayani‘s new book titled Digital Middle East: State and Society in the I nformation Age (Oxford UP). Tuesday\, April 3\, 2018 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM Liu Institute for Global Issues – Multipurpose Room Light refreshments will be offered. Please RSVP on EventBrite Disclaimer: Please […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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Join us at the launch of Liu Institute Visiting Fellow Mohamed Zayani's new book titled Digi tal Middle East: State and Society in the Information Age (Oxford UP)< /a>.

Tuesday\, April 3\, 2018
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Li u Institute for Global Issues - Multipurpose Room
Light refreshments w ill be offered.

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About the book: In recent years \, the Middle East’s information and communications landscape has changed d ramatically. Increasingly\, states\, businesses\, and citizens are capitali zing on the opportunities offered by new information technologies\, the fas t pace of digitization\, and enhanced connectivity. These changes are far f rom turning Middle Eastern nations into network societies\, but their impac t is significant. The growing adoption of a wide variety of information tec hnologies and new media platforms in everyday life has given rise to comple x dynamics that beg for a better understanding.

Digital Middle Ea st sheds a critical light on continuing changes that are closely inter twined with the adoption of information and communication technologies in t he region. It explores how these multifaceted digital transformations are p laying out in the social\, cultural\, political\, and economic spheres\, pa ying particular attention to the various disjunctions and discordances that have marked this digital turn.

Mohamed Zayani


Bio : Mohamed Zayani is a Research Fellow at t he University of British Columbia's Liu Institute for Global Issues and Pro fessor of Critical Theory at Georgetown University. He is the author of the award-winning book Networked Publics and Digital Contention.

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 for I Am Evelyn Amony – Reclaiming my Life from the L ord’s Resistance Army DESCRIPTION: Join us at the book launch for I am Evelyn Amony: Reclaiming m y Life from the Lord’s Resistance Army with author Evelyn Amony and other s pecial guests. Tuesday\, April 3rd  5:00 PM – 7:30 PM Liu Institute for Glo bal Issues – Case Room Light refreshments will be offered. Please come earl y to secure your seat! This event is […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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Join us at the book launch for I am Evelyn Amony: Recla iming my Life from the Lord's Resistance Army with author Evelyn Amony and other special guests.

Tuesday\, April 3rd < br />5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Liu Institute for Global Issues - C ase Room
Light refreshments will be offered.
Please come early to secure your seat! This event is now sold out.

IamEvelynAmony

 

Author Evelyn Am ony and Special Guests reflect on the power of testimony and storytelling i n the aftermaths of war\, and the possibilities they hold for resistance\, remaking memory and social repair.

Featuring Evelyn Amony\, Chairpers on of Women’s Advocacy Network\, Uganda.

Facilitated by Professor Eri n Baines\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs.

With Reflectio ns by Scholars\, Artists\, and Storytellers.

Books and Beads will be available for sale.

Purchase her book on UW Press.< /strong>

Overview of her Book: M ore than 60\,000 children were abducted in east and central Africa in the 1 990s by the violent rebel group the Lord’s Resistance Army and its notoriou s commander Joseph Kony. Evelyn Amony was one of them. Abducted at t he age of eleven\, Evelyn Amony spent nearly eleven years inside the Lord’s Resistance Army\, becoming a forced wife to Joseph Kony and mother to his children. She takes the reader into the inner circles of LRA commanders and reveals unprecedented personal and domestic details about Joseph Kony. Her account unflinchingly conveys the moral difficulties of choosing survival in a situation fraught with violence\, threat\, and death.

Amony was freed following her capture by the Ugandan military. Despite the trauma she endured with the LRA\, Amony joined a Ugandan peace delegation to the LRA\ , trying to convince Kony to end the war that had lasted more than two deca des. She recounts those experiences\, as well as the stigma she and her chi ldren faced when she returned home as an adult.

This extraordinary te stimony shatters stereotypes of war-affected women\, revealing the complex ways that Amony navigated life inside the LRA and her current work as a hum an rights advocate to make a better life for her children and other women a ffected by war.

“It came on its own from my heart. I just felt it was important to narrate these things. I expe rienced such terrible things\, but I am not the only one to have had this e xperience.”
—Evelyn Amony

Sponsored by< /strong>: The Memory\, Resistance and Social Repair Group\ , managed by Liu Scholars.

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The Centre for Southeast Asia Research inv ites you to the panel discussion on Southeast Asia’s Ascendance onto the gl obal stage. With a selection of expert panellists on the region like Prof P aul Evans\, join the discussion exploring the economic\, political and deve lopmental landscape of Southeast Asia. Closely examining the interlinkages and prospective relations between Canada and the region\, the talk aims to provide greater insight and awareness of the region’s importance.

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/southeast-asia-ascendant-so -what-and-whats-next-for-canada/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/03/South-East-Asian-Conference-Mailer.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180317T1925Z-1521314706.0654-EO-24074-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180316T193336Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181129T002423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180404T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180404T203000 SUMMARY: From History to Fiction: Inventing Hong Kong Stories DESCRIPTION: Hong Kong came into being by an act of invention. In 1842\, th e city was founded by the British on the steep and nearly landless northern coast of a barely inhabited island in southern China. All narratives about Hong Kong inevitably cross the line between fact and myth\, reality and im agination. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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Hong Kong came into being by an act of invention. In 1842\, th e city was founded by the British on the steep and nearly landless northern coast of a barely inhabited island in southern China. This island had no o fficial name and was not even recorded on the map. By naming it “Hong Kong\ ,” the city was created from scratch. History began as fiction and with fic tion we reinvent the sites of history. All narratives about Hong Kong inevi tably cross the line between fact and myth\, reality and imagination.

Born in Hong Kong in 1967\, Dung Kai-cheung is without do ubt one of the most highly-regarded Chinese-language fiction writers of his generation. Recipient of a number of prestigious awards\, including the Ju ry Prize of the Dream of Red Chamber Award (2006 and 2008)\, the Award for Best Artist (Literary Arts) by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council (2008 )\, and the Author of the Year of the Hong Kong Book Fair (2014)\, Dung is the author of more than two dozens full-length novels and collections of sh ort stories. Among his publications are Atlas: The Archeology of an Ima ginary City (Columbia University Press) and Cantonese Love Stories  (Penguin)\, both of which are available in English.

This lectur e is organized by the Hong Kong Studies Initiative and co-sponsored by the Department of Asian Studies\, th e Modern Chinese Culture Seminar\, the Centre for Chinese Researc h\, the Department of History\, the Department of E nglish\, the Asian Library\, St. John’s College\, the UBC Partnership Recognition Fund\, and the Vancouver Hong Kong Forum Society.

 

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/from-history-to-fiction-inv enting-hong-kong-stories/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/03/20180404-Dung-Lecture-Poster-Full.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181130T1756Z-1543600619.4843-EO-4474-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180228T211032Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181129T002153Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180405T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180405T183000 SUMMARY: A Matter of Confidence: The Inside Story of the Political Battle f or BC DESCRIPTION: Authors Richard Zussman and Robert Shaw join us to discuss the ir new book\, A Matter of Confidence: The Inside Story of the Political Bat tle for BC. Moderated by Professor Gerald Baier\, Political Science. Thursd ay\, April 5th\, 2018 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM Liu Institute for Global Issues\, M ultipurpose Room 6476 NW Marine Dr.\, Vancouver – […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Authors Richard Zussman and Robert Shaw jo in us to discuss their new book\, A Matter of Confidence: The Inside St ory of the Political Battle for BC. Moderated by Professor Gerald Baie r\, Political Science.

[caption id="attachment_4479" align="aligncenter" width=" 272"]           Author Richard Zussman [/caption]

[caption id="attachment_4481 " align="aligncenter" width="402"]                        Autho r Rob Shaw[/caption]


Thursday\, April 5th\, 2018
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Liu Institute for Global Issues\, Multipurpose Room
6476 NW Marine Dr.\, Vancouver – U BC Point Grey Campus

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About the book: < /strong>British Columbia's political arena has always been the site of dram atic rises and falls\, infighting\, scandal\, and come-from-behind victorie s. However\, no one was prepared for the historic events of spring 2017\, w hen the Liberal government of Christy Clark\, one of the most polarizing pr emiers in recent history\, was toppled. A Matter of Confidence giv es readers an insider's look at the overconfidence that fueled the rise and fall of Clark's premiership and the historic non-confidence vote that defe ated her government and ended her political career. Beginning with this piv otal moment\, the book goes back and chronicles the downfall of Clark's pre decessor\, Gordon Campbell\, which led to her unlikely victory in 2013\, an d traces the events leading up to her defeat at the hands of her NDP and Gr een opponents. Told by reporters Rob Shaw and Richard Zussman\, who covered every moment of the election cycle\, and illustrated by candid and extensi ve interviews with political insiders from both sides of the aisle includin g Christy Clark and John Horgan this book is a must read for anyone who car es about BC politics and the future of the province.

Author b ios: Rob Shaw has covered the BC legislature since 2009\, first as the legislative reporter for the Victoria Times Colonist and curr ently as the legislative columnist for The Vancouver Sun. His stor ies have appeared in local and national newspapers through the Postmedia Ne ws chain.​

​Richard Zussman has covered the BC legislature since 2014 \, first as the legislative reporter for the CBC and currently as a reporte r based at the legislature for Global News. His stories have appeared on lo cal and national television\, radio and online.

Hosted by: The Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions\, as part of the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs.

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Free and open to the public < strong>(Program in Cantonese)

A City Inscribed event. Registra tion is strongly encouraged.

There is no need to ju stify the existence of Hong Kong literature. Yet\, what kind of literature do we have? Why do we need literature in Hong Kong? Or why do we need a “Ho ng Kong” literature? How does local awareness arise in Hong Kong literature ? Where is this awareness leading our literature? These are questions worth serious pondering.

Born in Hong Kong in 1967\, Dung Kai-cheu ng is without doubt one of the most highly-regarded Chinese-langua ge fiction writers of his generation. Recipient of a number of prestigious awards\, including the Jury Prize of the Dream of Red Chamber Award (2006 a nd 2008)\, the Award for Best Artist (Literary Arts) by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council (2008)\, and the Author of the Year of the Hong Kong Bo ok Fair (2014)\, Dung is the author of more than two dozens full-length nov els and collections of short stories. Among his publications are Atlas: The Archeology of an Imaginary City (Columbia University Press) and Cantonese Love Stories (Penguin)\, both of which are available in E nglish.

「香港有文學嗎？」已是個不必爭論的問題。可是，香港有的是怎樣的文學？為何香港需要文學？為何我們需要「香港」文學？香港文學的 本土自覺性是如何形成的？這種自覺性又會把香港文學向哪裡？這些都是值得深思的問題。

董啟章是土生土長的香港作家。他的作品以小說為主，形式多樣 化，包括長篇、中篇、短篇，以至極短的筆記體。重要作品有《安卓珍尼—一個不存在的物種的進化史》，V城系列之《地圖集》、《夢華錄》、《繁勝錄》、《博物誌》 ，中短篇集《名字的玫瑰》、《衣魚簡史》，長篇小說《體育時期》、《天工開物．栩栩如真》、《時間繁史．啞瓷之光》、《學習年代》、《心》、《神》等。曾獲台灣 聯合文學小說新人獎（1994）、香港藝術發展局文學獎新秀獎（1997）、紅樓夢獎：世界華文長篇小說獎決審團獎（2006及2008）、香港藝術發展獎藝術 家年獎（文學）（2007/2008），以及獲選為2014年香港書展年度作家。

This community conversation is organized by the Hon g Kong Studies Initiative and co-sponsored by the Department of Asian Studies\, the Modern Chinese Culture Seminar\, the Centre for Chinese Research\, the UBC Partnership Recognition Fund\, t he Vancouver Hong Kong Forum Society\, the Chi nese Canadian Writers’ Association\, and the Richmond Public Library.

 

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LOCATION:Richmond Public Library GEO:49.163814;-123.140996 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/hong-kong-literature-why-an d-how-%e9%a6%99%e6%b8%af%e6%96%87%e5%ad%b8%e2%94%80%e7%82%ba%e4%bd%95%ef%bc %9f%e5%a6%82%e4%bd%95%ef%bc%9f/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/03/20180405-dung-library-poster-full.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180410T1633Z-1523378004.1599-EO-24173-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180409T190224Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181129T001540Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180406T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180406T120000 SUMMARY: Building Policy Research Capacity in Myanmar Presentations DESCRIPTION: A Gender Perspective of Displacement and its Impacts on Liveli hood: A Case Study of Special Economic Zone Development in Thilawa\, Myanma r Abstract: This study aims to examine the socio-economic conditions of dis placed people at the Thilawa relocation site and analyze the positive and n egative effects on women and men in terms of livelihood security\, gender [ …] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

A Gender Perspective of Displaceme nt and its Impacts on Livelihood: A Case Study of Special Economic Zone Dev elopment in Thilawa\, Myanmar

Abstract:

This study aims to examine the socio-economic conditions of displaced p eople at the Thilawa relocation site and analyze the positive and negative effects on women and men in terms of livelihood security\, gender division of labour\, and women’s role in the household and community under the conte xt of Special Economic Zone Development.

Speaker:

Khin Yu Yu Win is an exchange student for one term at Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs in UBC. She obtained her master degree in Gender and Development Studies at Asian Institute of Technology\, Thailand.

Health Equity from a Gender Perspective in the internal migrant pop ulation in Hlaing Thar Yar Township\, Yangon

Abstrac t:

This study aims to identify health disparities along gend er lines in the internal migrant population of Yangon\, as well as study th e gender sensitivity of service provision. This study provides information on how social determinants of health affect gender differences and health d isparities.

Speaker:

Aung Ko Ko is the exchang e student from the Yangon University of Economics in
Myanmar\, where h e is an Executive Masters of Public Administration student. He is a medical
doctor and has more than 9 years of experience in the public health s ector.

These presentations are part of the IDRC-supported “Buildi ng Policy Research Capacity in
Myanmar” project between UBC a nd the Yangon University of Economics.

Event Poster

LOCATION:Room 351\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/building-policy-research-ca pacity-in-myanmar-presentations/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/04/Building-Policy-Research-Capacity-in-Myanmar-Presentations-Poster.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180322T1642Z-1521736923.2273-EO-24087-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180321T213254Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181129T001304Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180414T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180414T160000 SUMMARY: Afghanistan’s Democratic Journey: Lessons Learnt over the Last 15 Years DESCRIPTION: Join the Greater Central Asia Initiative as they discuss Afgha nistan’s Democratic Journey over the last 15 years at this event! Opening R emarks 11:00 AM to 11:10 AM 11:10 AM to 11:20 AM Welcoming Remarks by Dr. P aul Evans\, interim Director of the Institute of Asian Research Opening Rem arks by Zahir Faqiri\, Senior Fellow\, GCAI Lead […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join the Greater Central Asia Initiative a s they discuss Afghanistan's Democratic Journey over the last 15 years at t his event!

Opening Remarks

11:00 AM to 11:10 AM

11:10 AM to 11:20 AM

Welcoming Remarks by Dr. Paul Evans\, interim Director of the Institute of Asian Research

Opening Remarks by Zahir Faqiri\, Senior Fellow\, G CAI Lead

Keynote Speakers

11:20 AM to 11:30 AMPro f. Yves Tiberghien\, UBC
Democratization and Society: Lessons Lear nt from History
11:30 AM to 11:40 AM Prof. Sonja Luehrmann\, SFU
Co-existence and the L essons Learnt from Other Regions
11:40 AM to 11: 50 AMStephan McGurk\, UBC
Effects of Capacity Building and Higher Education

Pa nel: Voice of Diversity

11:50 AM to 12:25 PM
Prof Karim Qayumi
Co-existence and Voice of Diversity
Mr. Abozar Ahmadi
Social Media and Dynamic Civil Societ y
Mr. Jawad Soltan
Social Capital and peaceful co-existe nce in Afghanistan\, lessons learnt

Ms. Pa rnian Azhir
Democracy and Women’s Right

12:25 PM to 1:00 PMMs. Parnian Azhir
Q & A Session
1:00 PM to 1:30 PMExhibition and Lunch
1:30 PM to 4:00 PMTraditional Music and Dance / Greater Central Asia

 

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-democratic-journey-of-a fghanistan-lessons-learnt-over-the-last-15-years/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/03/Poster-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180415T0102Z-1523754140.9997-EO-24183-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180413T170920Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181129T001022Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180416T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180416T180000 SUMMARY: The Politics of Bigotry and Growing State Repression in India Toda y: a Conversation with Teesta Setelvad DESCRIPTION: Teesta Setelvad is the Editor of Communalism Combat magazine a nd author of Foot Solider of the Constitution: A Memoir (2017).  She is a d edicated social justice activist who has been spearheading the campaign for justice for the victims of the 2002 Gujarat Muslim massacre. As a seculari st\, she has worked to expose majoritarianism and religious fanaticism in o ther parts […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Teesta Setelvad is the Editor of Commu nalism Combat magazine and author of Foot Solider of the Constitut ion: A Memoir (2017).  She is a dedicated social justice activist who has been spearheading the campaign for justice for the victims of the 2002 Gujarat Muslim massacre. As a secularist\, she has worked to expose majorit arianism and religious fanaticism in other parts of the world and has been vocal on issues related to women\, Dalits\, adivasis (indigenous persons)\, and the LGBTQ. A Punjabi translation of Foot Soldier of the Constituti on has recently been completed by Buta Singh\, Editor of Lok Kafil a\, a Punjabi monthly that covers alternative politics\; it is being l aunched on Friday\, April 13. in Rm 120\, Surrey Central Library at 4:30 pm .

Organized by the Centre for India and South Asia Research with Radical Desi magazine.

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-politics-of-bigotry-and -growing-state-repression-in-india-today-a-conversation-with-teesta-setelva d-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/04/2018_04_16_TeestaSetalvadatUBC.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999976.927-EO-4539-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180313T232853Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181129T000753Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180418T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180418T133000 SUMMARY: Movie: Unsettling Environmental Review DESCRIPTION:   Join us at a free screening of Unsettling Environmental Revi ew as a part of the UBC Future of Food Global Dialogue Series\, with specia l remarks from Chief Robert Joseph. The film focuses on ceremony as a step toward bringing the science and economics that dominate current reviews int o conversation with the immeasurable values of love\, compassion\, […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: < /table>

 

Join us at a free screening of Unsettling En vironmental Review as a part of the UBC Future of Food Global Dialogue Series\, with special remarks from Chief Robert Joseph. The film  focuses on ceremony as a step toward bringing the science and economics tha t dominate current reviews into conversation with the immeasurable values o f love\, compassion\, gratitude and generosity.

Wednesday\, A pril 18\, 2018
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm 
Multipurpose room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues\, UBC
Light refreshments provid ed. No RSVP required.

About this event: Env ironmental review of projects such as Enbridge\, Kinder Morgan and the Site C dam excludes or under-represents major areas of intangible value and com mitment that are recognized in the ecological economics and ecosystem servi ces literature as equally or more important than material values. The April 2017 SSHRC Connection Grant Pipelines and the poetics of place brought Ind igenous spiritual people\, natural and social scientists\, artists\, studen ts of religion and residents of the Downtown Eastside into conversation on how to enable environmental review to receive and represent intangible valu es and commitments as coherently as they now present a narrow slice of trad itional economic values.

This 37 minute film of highlights from the 4 -day event considers how Aboriginal and religious ceremony can help make pr ocesses physically\, emotionally\, spiritually and intellectually safer and more welcoming to all.

About the Series: The UBC Future of Food Global Dialogue Series is a campus-w ide initiative bringing together food security and sustainability experts f rom across the university and North America to regularly engage the UBC com munity and the public around the Global Food System\, including topics such as climate change\, food security\, biodiversity\, social justice\, cultur e\, and policy. The series uses various formats to foster discussion\, such as dialogue circles\, seminars\, panel discussions\, performances\, photo exhibitions\, and film screenings.

The series is jointly convened by the Centre for Sustainable Food Sy stems at UBC Farm\, the Liu Institute for Global Issues\, and UBC Reads Sustainability\, an initiative of UBC Sustainability< /strong>.

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This diss ertation explores the effectiveness of water governance on administrative c apacity through multi-stakeholder partnerships in the context of developmen t cooperation. By applying multi-level governance approach\, it analyzes co mplex governance coordination in water governance and how experts from Japa nese cities\, firms and development agencies promote norms within transnati onal networks through local level water development projects in Yangon\, My anmar and Manila\, the Philippines. While the water sector in Myanmar is ce ntralized and publicly owned\, on the other hand\, the water sector in the Philippines has been decentralized and priv atized since the Asian Financial Crisis in 1997. Among many water-related p roblems\, high Non-Revenue Water (NRW) rates are critical issues in both Ya ngon and Manila. NRW refers to water that is lost from the water supply sys tem because of leaks\, bursts or theft\, which is related to institutional and governance causes. Due to the different governance arrangements in the water sector of Myanmar and the Philippines\, how Japanese governance actor s engage with water supply problems in Yangon and Manila are also different . The aims of different water partnerships can be categorized as involving service provision\, knowledge transfer and standard setting. By applying no rm diffusion in International Relations as an analytical framework\, the interaction and dynamics of Japanese a nd local norms in three different partnerships mentioned above will be iden tified. Amongst constructivist views of norm diffusion\, this research take s approaches by Finnemore and Sikkink (1998)\, Acharya (2004) and Keck and Sikkink (1998). Their approaches view norm diffusion as a bottom-up process \, rather than a top-down process. This study presents the roles of Japanes e and local actors as “norm entrepreneur” and “norm transmitter”. It sugges ts that transnational norms do not just diffuse vertically but the process of norm diffusion could be also bottom-up and horizontal\, that are created and framed by local actors according to their institutional backgrounds.

Bio:
Kei Namba is a PhD student in Politi cal Science at Graduate School of East Asian Studies (GEAS) at Free Univers ity of Berlin\, Germany. She is currently a visiting student at UBC within the mobility framework of “University Alliance for Sustainability”. Her res earch interests focus on water and environmental politics and development i n Southeast Asia and Japan\, with an interest to include Central Asia for f uture projects.

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LOCATION:Boardroom\, Rm 231\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/japans-multilevel-water-gov ernance-export-to-sea/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/04/CSEAR_WaterGovernance.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999976.9612-EO-4620-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180409T192528Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T235259Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180509T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180509T140000 SUMMARY: OECD Nuclear Power: The Vanishing Low-carbon Wedge with Ahmed Abdu lla DESCRIPTION: Please join us for this engaging discussion with Ahmed Abdulla \, Jacobs Postdoctoral Fellow from the University of California at San Dieg o on OECD nuclear power. Wednesday\, May 9\, 2018 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM Liu In stitute for Global Issues – Boardroom Light refreshments will be offered. P lease RSVP on EventBrite Disclaimer: Please note that by […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Please join us for this engaging discussio n with Ahmed Abdulla\, Jacobs Postdoctoral Fellow from the University of Ca lifornia at San Diego on OECD nuclear power.

Wednesday\, May 9\, 2018
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Liu Institute for Global Issues - Boa rdroom
Light refreshments will be offered.

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Uns ettling Enviromental Review


Bio: Ahmed Abdulla is a Jacobs Post-doctoral Fellow at the UC San Diego School of Global Poli cy and Strategy\, where he works on questions related to energy policy and the challenge of deeply decarbonizing the electricity sector.

Abdulla manages a diverse research portfolio\, with a focus on three research area s. The common thread interweaving these areas is how public expenditures in the energy and environmental space can be optimized where private enterpri se is either unable or unwilling to contribute to solving societal problems .

First\, Abdulla is engaged in multi-method studies that investigate the political economy of carbon-free technologies\; these involve economic and game-theoretic modeling\, as well as expert elicitation. Second\, give n the importance of public participation in infrastructure deployment\, a g rowing part of his research deals with public risk perception of clean ener gy technologies. Third\, he is investigating the performance of government research and development expenditures in energy technologies.

Prior t o joining UC San Diego\, Abdulla conducted doctoral work on nuclear economi cs and nuclear security\, investigating the economic and institutional chal lenges to deploying a new generation of small modular reactors around the w orld. He holds a Ph.D. in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mello n University (2014)\, and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Princeton Uni versity (2009).

 

This event is hosted by the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs.

LOCATION:Boardroom\, Rm 231\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/oecd-nuclear-power-abdulla/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/04/frederic-paulussen-548445-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181130T1756Z-1543600610.5281-EO-4672-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180420T205228Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T235138Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180511T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180511T173000 SUMMARY: The 2018 BC Science & Policy Conference DESCRIPTION: Join us at the first annual British Columbia Science & Policy Conference! Friday\, May 11\, 2018 12:00 PM – 5:30 PM UBC Life Sciences Ins titute\, room LSC1 2350 Health Sciences Mall\, Point Grey campus\, Vancouve r\, BC\, Canada Reserve your tickets here. Visit the conference website to learn more.  Note: Ella Wright\, Manager of Programs & […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us at the first annual British Columb ia Science & Policy Conference!

Friday\, May 11\, 2018
1 2:00 PM – 5:30 PM
UBC Life Sciences Institute \, room LSC1
2350 Health Sciences Mall\, Point Grey campus\, Va ncouver\, BC\, Canada

Reserve your tickets here.

Visit the conference website to learn more. 

Note: Ella Wright\, Manager of Programs & Strategic Pa rtnerships\, and Professor Max Cameron will be presenting on UBC's School o f Public Policy and Global Affairs (SSPGA) and the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions (CSDI) respectively\, from 3:55 pm - 4:10 pm.

About the event:

The 2018 BC Science & Policy confe rence will explore three themes:

1) How does science research current ly affect policy development in BC? (Lightning talks)

2) What is the role of scientists in policy development\, and what is the responsibility o f policy makers towards the scientific community? (Panel discussion)

3) What is BC's science policy strategy and how can it be improved? (Breako ut session)

The expectation that government decision-making be built on a foundation of credible evidence has become a growing demand of the Can adian public. Access to information\, availability of appropriate resources \, and strong relationships with researchers are just a few of the many fac tors required to ensure government can obtain the best available data. Whil e both researchers and government can agree that an evidence-based approach to policy-making is critical\, the relationships between these sectors are not so clearly established and defined. Thus\, to better support governmen t efforts towards evidence-based decision making\, it is worthwhile to keep strengthening the channels that bridge these gaps.

Canada’s current federal government reaffirmed its commitment to evidence-based decision mak ing through the creation of a Ministry of Science and the re-appointment of a Chief Science Advisor\, to name a few examples. Moreover\, the commissio ning of the Fundamental Science Review (also known as The Naylor Report) ha s brought much needed attention towards the critical role fundamental resea rch plays in the growth of Canadian society. With increasing support toward s science for policy at the federal level comes an opportunity for governme nts to capitalize on this momentum at the provincial level. Many domains fa ll under the jurisdiction of provincial governments\, including health\, ed ucation\, natural resources\, and social services. Moreover\, provinces are the primary funders of Universities\, and are therefore linked to Canada’s scientific efforts.

​​Following in the footsteps of the “Bridging th e Gap between Life Sciences and Politics” conference series at the Universi ty of British Columbia\, the 2018 B.C. Science & Policy Conference aims to open up a discussion about the current status on the use of science for pol icy in British Columbia. Our goal will be to not only bring forward ideas o n how we can better facilitate the communication and mobilization of scient ific knowledge in policy development\, but to drive motivation for change a mong both researchers and government to better support the sustained integr ation of science into everyday government decision making.

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UBC’s Master of Public Policy a nd Global Affairs Student Association

LOCATION:LSC1\, Life Sciences Institute GEO:49.262242;-123.245005 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/2018-bc-science-policy-conf erence/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/04/spencer-watson-528071-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180503T2046Z-1525380395.4981-EO-24246-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180503T202026Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T234831Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180518T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180518T120000 SUMMARY: The Canada China Free Trade Agreement and Tibet DESCRIPTION: Canada Tibet Committee and the UBC Himalaya Program invite you to a Workshop and Discussion Forum exploring human rights implications of the Canada-China Free Trade Agreement\, in particular in relation to Tibet. Workshop participants will look at the Canada-China Free Trade Agreement t hrough a human rights lens\, with attention to Tibet as a case example. […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Canada Tibet Committee and the UBC Himalay a Program invite you to a Workshop and Discussion Forum exploring human rig hts implications of the Canada-China Free Trade Agreement\, in particular i n relation to Tibet.

Workshop participants will look at the Canada-Ch ina Free Trade Agreement through a human rights lens\, with attention to Ti bet as a case example. The discussion will consider how increased trade bet ween Canada and China could potentially affect the human rights of Tibetans .

Speakers will propose possible responses to those impacts. A draft discussion paper will be distributed as background for the workshop.

Host:

Mati Bernabei\, Board of Directors\, Canad a Tibet Committee

Moderator:    

Sara Sh neiderman\, Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology and t he School of Public Policy and Global Affairs/Institute of Asian Research\, Himalaya Program Research & Outreach Coordinator\, UBC

Speakers include:      

Pitman Potter: Professor of Law and Director of Chinese Legal Studies at the Peter A. Allard School of Law \, UBC

Kunchok Yaklha: Research Coordinator\, Canada Tibet C ommittee

Discussant:

Tsering Shakya: Canadian Research Chair in Religion and Contemporary Society in Asia at the Institute for Asian Research\, Himalaya Program Speaker Series & Language Program Coordinator\, UBC

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IAR office to be closed.

 

LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/victoria-day-3/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999977.0201-EO-4733-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180514T234548Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T234514Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180525T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180525T180000 SUMMARY: Twenty Years of the South Asia Nuclear Doomsday Machine DESCRIPTION: Join us for this panel discussion with Pervez Hoodbhoy\, Gaura v Kampani\, Raminder Kaur\, and Sadia Tasleem\, moderated by M. V. Ramana w ith the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. Friday\, May 25\, 2018 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM Liu Institute for Global Issues\, Multipurpose Room 6476 NW Marine Dr.\, Vancouver – UBC Point Grey Campus […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us for this panel discussion with Per vez Hoodbhoy\, Gaurav Kampani\, Raminder Kaur\, and Sadia Tasleem\, moderat ed by M. V. Ramana with the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs.

Friday\, May 25\, 2018
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Liu Institute for Global Issues\, Multipurpose Room
6476 NW Marine Dr.\, Vancouver  – UBC Point Grey Campus
Light refreshments offered.

Please RSVP here.

In May 1998\, India and Pak istan conducted multiple nuclear weapon tests. Since then leaders in India and Pakistan have supported and funded efforts to develop a range of missil es\, airplanes\, and submarines to deliver these nuclear weapons\, and thei r militaries have been preparing to fight nuclear wars. The panel will disc uss the various dimensions of the risks and dangers associated with nuclear weapons in India and Pakistan\, and the impact of the acquisition of nucle ar weapons on other aspects of social and political life in South Asia.

Speaker profiles:

Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy is currently Zohra and Z.Z.Ahmad Distinguished Professor of Physics and Mathe matics at Forman Christian College-University\, Lahore. Earlier he taught f or 44 years at Quaid-e-Azam University. He has a Ph.D. in nuclear physics f rom the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has served on the UN Secr etary General's Advisory Board on Disarmament Affairs and on the Board of S ponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. His contributions have be en recognized through a number of awards including the Baker Award for Elec tronics\, the Abdus Salam Prize for Mathematics\, UNESCO's Kalinga Prize fo r the popularization of science\, the American Physical Society’s Joseph A. Burton Award and the Jean Meyer Award from Tufts University.

Gaurav Kampani is assistant professor of political science at the University of Tu lsa in Oklahoma and a Nonresident Fellow at the Atlantic Council's South As ia Center. He has a Ph.D. in political science and government from Cornell University. He has worked at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation\, the Norwegian Institute of Defense Studies in O slo\, and the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Monterey.

Raminder Kaur is Professor of Anthropology & Cultural Studies at the University of Sussex. She has a Ph.D. from SOAS\, University of London\, a nd is the author or co-author of a number of books and papers\, including " Atomic Mumbai: Living with the radiance of a thousand suns” (Routledge: 201 3).

Sadia Tasleem is a lecturer in the Department of Defence and Stra tegic Studies at Quaid-i-Azam University in Islamabad. She has worked at th e Institute for Strategic Studies\, National Defence University\, and the N ational University of Modern Languages. She is a member of the Asia-Pacific Leadership Network for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament.

Hosted by the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs.

LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/twenty-years-of-the-south-a sia-nuclear-doomsday-machine/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/05/Pakistan.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181125T2155Z-1543182936.4171-EO-25896-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180911T192523Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T234404Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180527 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180911 SUMMARY: On History\, Memory\, and Justice DESCRIPTION: Artist: Iman Baobeid RSVP for the Closing Exhibition on Septem ber 10\, 2018 Our latest Lobby Gallery exhibition\, On History\, Memory\, a nd Justice\, examines the art of bearing witness and the narrative assembla ges of memory in reflection of the current war in Yemen and past colonial a nd imperial histories. Bringing together a complex constellation of visual and […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Artist: Iman Baobeid
RSVP for th e Closing Exhibition on September 10\, 2018

Our latest Lobby Gallery exhibition\, On History\, Memory\, and Justice\,  examines the art of bearing witness and the narrative assemblages of memor y in reflection of the current war in Yemen and past colonial and imperial histories. Bringing together a complex constellation of visual and textual elements\, it explores the violence of processes of nation-state formation and the difficulty of grappling with an increasingly fractured homeland fro m so far away.

In attempting to navigate that reality\, this exhibit poses more questions than answers: how can art bear witness\, testify\, and address past and current violence? What impact does this testimony have on one's sense of self and place? What does it mean to exhume a living archiv e through visual and textual testimony in art? What role does translation p lay in this process - primarily in the form of Arabic calligraphy? Lastly\, how can art make space for resistance and reinvention in the face of immen se destruction and human-made disaster?

Join Baobeid at the closing o f her Lobby Gallery exhibition where a long table discussion will take plac e\, centring the role of social justice in relationship to memory\, history \, and testimony with the larger community.

LOCATION:Lobby Gallery\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/on-history-memory-and-justi ce/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/07/Halak-preferred.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999977.0464-EO-4739-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180515T224759Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T234045Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180529T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180529T153000 SUMMARY: Why the Paris Agreement Negotiations Succeeded while Those in Cope nhagen (2009) Failed\, with Richard Kinley DESCRIPTION: Please join us for this engaging discussion with Richard Kinle y\, former Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat\, on “Why the Paris Agreement Negotiations Succeeded while Thos e in Copenhagen (2009) Failed.” Tuesday\, May 29\, 2018 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM L iu Institute for Global Issues – Multipurpose Room 6476 NW Marine Dr.\, Van couver – […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Please join us fo r this engaging discussion with Richard Kinley\, former Deputy Executive Se cretary of the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat\, on “Why the Pari s Agreement Negotiations Succeeded while Those in Copenhagen (2009) Failed. ”

Tuesday\, May 29\, 2018
2:00 PM – 3: 30 PM
Liu Institute for Global Issues - Multipurpose Room
6476 NW Marine Dr.\, Vancouver – UBC Point Grey Campus
Light refreshments will be offered.

About the talk: The adoption of the Paris Agreement was hailed as a major step forward in international climate policy and pro of that multilateralism can produce successful\, win-win outcomes.  The pre sentation will look at the components of this success – intergovernmental\, diplomatic\, economic\, national policies\, and social mobilization – and contrast the inputs and the outcome of Paris with the bitter experience of the Copenhagen climate negotiations 6 years earlier.  The question and answ er and discussion following the presentation will also be an opportunity to explore current challenges in international climate policy and how to deli ver on the promise of Paris.

Bio: Richard Kinley served as Deputy Executive Secretary (Assistant Secre tary General) of the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat (UNFCCC) fro m 2006-2017. He supported the Executive Secretary in managing and developin g a large international organization of 450-550 staff. He oversaw the secre tariat operational and strategic support to the international climate negot iations including the process of negotiating the Paris Agreement. He also o versaw the organization of the climate change conferences which are the lar gest annual events in the UN calendar\, including the landmark Paris Climat e Change Conference (2015).

Note: This event will be video recorded and posted on this page.

Hosts: This event is co-hosted by the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, The Institute for Resources\, Environment and Sustain ability (IRES)\, and the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS).

LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/why-the-paris-agreement-neg otiations-succeeded-while-those-in-copenhagen-2009-failed-with-richard-kinl ey/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/05/Richard-Kinley-cropped-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180507T1630Z-1525710659.497-EO-24263-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180504T231908Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T233715Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180529T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180529T190000 SUMMARY: Film Screening and Discussion with Director – Connecting Threads: Made In India Fabrics for Africa DESCRIPTION: Documentary Film (Director\, Dr. Renu Modi) – 21 minutes A Cen tre for African Studies and Observer Research Foundation production   About the film The documentary portrays the transoceanic journey of cloth – prim arily Kangas and Vitenge – unique textile genres that are exported from Ind ia to various entrepôts in Africa. It showcases the power of […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Documentary Film (Director\, Dr. Renu Mod i) – 21 minutes

A Centre for African Studies and Observer Research F oundation production

 

About the film

Th e documentary portrays the transoceanic journey of cloth - primarily Ka ngas and Vitenge - unique textile genres that are exported fr om India to various entrepôts in Africa. It showcases the power of globaliz ation\, patterns of exchange and the role of the ubiquitous Vaniyas (merchants) who have an eye for fashion and serve as the linchpin between the two geographies.

Historically\, the ports and inland cities of w estern India were engaged in the manufacturing or transshipment of cloth to Africa. The seaport of Mumbai occupied a central position in the exports o f textiles\, mainly cotton\, in the aftermath of the American civil war tha t disrupted the supply of ‘merikani’ cloth to Africa in the 1860s.  Since t he inception of the first textile mill in Mumbai\, in the 1850s and until t he late 1980s\, cotton fabrics were exported from Mumbai to east Africa.  L ater\, the erstwhile cotton mill town reinvented its role as the leading tr ading and export hub while Jetpur - a bustling cottonopolis in Gujarat\, em erged as the foremost centre for the design and production of Kangas and Vi tenge.

The film documents the lifecycle of these fabrics through the  various artful processes - whereby the ‘grey’ cotton transforms itself into a vibrant cloth\, aligned to the aesthetics\, social\, political and cultu ral lives and regional preferences of peoples in Africa. The designs reques ted by traders in Africa are improvised upon by local designers in India\, thus creating the ‘hybrid’ material infused with Indian and African visual sensibilities. It also underscores the high energy but low profile trade in fabrics - a facet that is evidently missing from the contemporary meta- na rratives on India- Africa trade and people to people connections through th e material medium of cloth.

It has been filmed in various locales\; J etpur and Tarapur (India)\; Mombasa\, Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam (East Afri ca).

Renu Modi is an Associate Prof essor and former Director (2008-2010) of the Centre for African Studies\, U niversity of Mumbai. She is a political scientist from the Lady Shri Ram Co llege for women\, Delhi University\, who later received her Ph.D. from the School of International Studies\, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)\, New D elhi. Her recent books are\, Beyond Relocation: the Imperative of Susta inable Resettlement ( ed. Sage\, New Delhi\, 2009) and South- Sout h Cooperation: Africa on the Centre Stage ( ed. Palgrave Macmillan\, U nited Kingdom\, August 2011). She has written on issues of India-Africa eco nomic relations\, from a historical as well as a contemporary perspective\, and has also served as the social development consultant with the Inspecti on Panel of the World Bank in 2005.

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/film-screening-connecting-t hreads-made-in-india-fabrics-for-africa/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/05/image-300x300-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999977.077-EO-4864-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180618T230438Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T233438Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180620T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180620T103000 SUMMARY: Plenary 1: Tech & Peace: Canada’s Knowledge to Accelerate the UN S ustainable Development Goals DESCRIPTION: Professor Nadja Kunz from the School of Public Policy and Glob al Affairs will be speaking at the opening plenary session at the Canadian Water Summit in Vancouver. The focus will be on the role of the mining sect or in delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)\, both in Canada and abroad\, and the talk will also highlight […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Professor Nadja Kunz from the School of Pu blic Policy and Global Affairs will be speaking at the opening plenary sess ion at the Canadian Water Summit in Vancouver. The focus will be on the rol e of the mining sector in delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG s)\, both in Canada and abroad\, and the talk will also highlight the impor tance of engaging the private sector as a key partner in collaborative effo rts towards SDG implementation.

Wednesday\, June 20\, 2018
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Marriott Pinna cle Hotel
1128 W Hastings St.\, Vancouver

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Schedule for the talk are below. For more information\, click here.

Session Leader: Kim Sturgess\, Alberta WaterSMART< /p>

  • Eva Busza\, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
    • Nadja Kunz\, University of British Columbia
  • < a href="https://watersummit.ca/speaker/marv-devries/" target="_blank" rel=" noopener">Marv DeVries\, (former) Trojan Technologies

 

LOCATION:Marriott Pinnacle Hotel GEO:49.287968;-123.120857 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/plenary-1-tech-peace-canada s-knowledge-to-accelerate-the-un-sustainable-development-goals/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/06/joshua-fuller-594244-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999977.0948-EO-4865-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180618T225341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T233017Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180621T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180621T120000 SUMMARY: Resources for Future Generations: Premiere Conference on Energy\, Minerals\, Water\, the Earth DESCRIPTION: The School of Public Policy and Global Affairs’ own Dr. Nadja Kunz will be co-chairing with Dr. Jenny Broadhurst (University of Cape Town ) at the Resources for Future Generations conference in Vancouver. The half -day event is focused on the topic of “Mining Water Policy and Stewardship in the Developing Context”.    Thursday\, June 21\, 2018 […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The School of Public Policy and Global Aff airs’ own Dr. Nadja Kunz will be co-chairing with Dr. Jenny Broadhurst (Uni versity of Cape Town) at the Resources for Future Generations conference in Vancouver. The half-day event is focused on the topic of “Mining Water Policy and Stewardship in the Developing Context”.   

T hursday\, June 21\, 2018
8:30 AM -12:00 PMVancouver Convention Centre
1055 Canada P l.\, Vancouver

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Other speakers include A ndre Xavier from the Canadian International Resources and Development Insti tute (CIRDI)\, graduate students from the Norman B. Keevil Institute of Min ing Engineering and the Institute for Resources\, Environment and Sustainab ility at UBC\, and numerous postdoctoral researchers from the SPPGA. Detail s about the events are available on the conference website here.

LOCATION:Vancouver Convention Centre GEO:49.288452;-123.111838 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/resources-for-future-genera tions-premiere-conference-on-energy-minerals-water-the-earth/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/06/photo-1498360697998-e46f75c03c17.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180512T0035Z-1526085343.1761-EO-24321-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180511T213552Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233258Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180702 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180703 SUMMARY: Canada Day DESCRIPTION: IAR Office to be closed. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

IAR Office to be closed.

LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/canada-day-3/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180512T0035Z-1526085343.1807-EO-24322-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180511T213620Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233258Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180806 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180807 SUMMARY: BC Day DESCRIPTION: IAR office to be closed. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

IAR office to be closed.

LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/bc-day-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180726T1609Z-1532621340.8945-EO-24332-2671@10.93.0.119 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180725T222613Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T232203Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180807T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180807T193000 SUMMARY: Indo-China: Strategic Cooperation in Afghanistan DESCRIPTION: What does India and China’s convergence in Afghanistan look li ke? The Greater Central Asia Initiative is hosting the “Indo-China: Strateg ic Cooperation in Afghanistan” event\, featuring H.E. Gul Hussain Ahmadi\, Ambassador of Afghanistan to Poland. Ambassador Ahmadi will discuss the rec ent joint economic project between India and China\, Asia’s two rising powe rs\, in Afghanistan. He will share his insights […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

What does India a nd China’s convergence in Afghanistan look like? The Greater Central Asia I nitiative is hosting the "Indo-China: Strategic Cooperation in Afghanistan” event\, featuring H.E. Gul Hussain Ahmadi\, Ambassador of Afghanistan to P oland. Ambassador Ahmadi will discuss the recent joint economic project bet ween India and China\, Asia’s two rising powers\, in Afghanistan. He will s hare his insights on the importance of regional cooperation and stability a s a senior diplomat who served in both India and China\, and will focus on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to China\, and the accord signe d with President Xi Jinping about bilateral cooperation on Afghanistan.

Ambassador Ahmadi has participated in many inte rnational seminars and conferences\, forums\, university lectures and meeti ngs\, delivering speeches on Afghanistan\, as well as on Afghanistan with I ndia and China Relations. He has also written and translated many articles on Afghanistan and International issues from English to Dari (Persian).

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/indo-china-strategic-cooper ation-in-afghanistan/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/07/https_2F2Fcdn.evbuc_.com2Fimages2F481256742F1371957070912F12Foriginal.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180512T0035Z-1526085343.1851-EO-24323-2671@10.93.0.118 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180511T213645Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T233258Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180903 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180904 SUMMARY: Labour Day DESCRIPTION: IAR office to be closed. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

IAR office to be closed.

LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/labour-day-3/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999977.1424-EO-4888-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180705T180043Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T231849Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180910T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180910T210000 SUMMARY: Lobby Gallery Exhibition Closing: On History\, Memory\, and Justic e DESCRIPTION: Join artist Iman Baobeid at the closing of her Lobby Gallery e xhibition\, “On History\, Memory and Justice\,” where a long table discussi on will take place\, centring the role of social justice in relationship to memory\, history\, and testimony with the larger community. 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM  Monday\, September 10th\, 2018 Lobby Gallery and Multipurpose […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join artist Iman Baobeid at the closing of her Lobby Gallery exhibition\, "On History\, Memory and Justice\," where a long table discussion will take place\, centring the role of social justice in relationship to memory\, hi story\, and testimony with the larger community.

7:00 PM - 9: 00 PM 
Monday\, September 10th\, 2018
Lobby Gallery and Multipurpose Room
Liu Insti tute for Global Issues
Unceded Musqueam Territory
Refreshments provided (no alcohol).

Spac e is limited. Reserve your spot here.

Our latest Lobby Gallery exhibition\, "On History\, Memory and Justic e\," examines the art of bearing witness and the narrative ass emblages of memory in reflection of the current war in Yemen and past colon ial and imperial histories. Bringing together a complex constellation of vi sual and textual elements\, it explores the violence of processes of nation -state formation and the difficulty of grappling with an increasingly fract ured homeland from so far away.

In attempting to navigate that realit y\, this exhibit poses more questions than answers: how can art bear witnes s\, testify\, and address past and current violence? What impact does this testimony have on one's sense of self and place? What does it mean to exhum e a living archive through visual and textual testimony in art? What role d oes translation play in this process - primarily in the form of Arabic call igraphy? Lastly\, how can art make space for resistance and reinvention in the face of immense destruction and human-made disaster?

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LOCATION:Lobby Gallery\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/lobby-gallery-on-history-me mory-and-justice/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/07/img-8061_1_orig-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180828T1629Z-1535473780.0573-EO-24606-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180827T214346Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T231106Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180912T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180912T163000 SUMMARY: Fires in Shandong\, Fires in BC: Flora and Firefighting in Mediter ranean & Boreal Forests DESCRIPTION: Opening talk for UBC China Study Forum\, China& and CESS by Dr . Jack Hayes (Associate Professor of Chinese History and Environmental Hist ory in Asian Studies and History Faculty at Kwantlen Polytechnic University \, CCR Associate.) This presentation analyzes aspects of fire fighting and fire management in Chinese and Canadian forest ecosystems.  In examining bo th natural systems […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Opening talk for UBC China Study Forum\, C hina& and CESS by Dr. Jack Hayes (Associate Professor of Chinese History an d Environmental History in Asian Studies and History Faculty at Kwantlen Po lytechnic University\, CCR Associate.)

This presentation analyzes asp ects of fire fighting and fire management in Chinese and Canadian forest ec osystems.  In examining both natural systems (shrubs and trees that burn an d how they are changing) and human systems (causes of fires\, technologies and policies to mitigate them in changing environments)\, we examine how th e understanding and “science” of fire is changing as summer warming trends and fire incidences go up in severity and costs\, as well as how changing p lant ecosystems are adding fuel to the fire(s). This will include examples both historical (fire fighting brigades\, plant ecosystems) and contemporar y (policy & technologies) in China and Canada’s boreal and temperate forest ecoregions.

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/fires-in-shandong-fires-in- bc-flora-and-firefighting-in-mediterranean-boreal-forests/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/08/Fires-in-Shandon-Sept-12th-CCR-Event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180906T0050Z-1536195001.7196-EO-24623-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180905T205658Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T230854Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180913T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180913T140000 SUMMARY: The Literary Anthology and Readership in Colonial India by Kedar A . Kulkarni DESCRIPTION: This lecture will discuss the most reprinted book in the Marat hi language\, Selections of the Marathi Poets\, first published in 1854 und er the auspices of the Bombay Education Society. Selections has continuousl y been in print since then\, most recently reprinted in 2014. Within its co lonial milieu\, Selections of the Marathi Poets underwent significant trans formations in its first three decades as […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

This lecture will discuss the most reprint ed book in the Marathi language\, Selections of the Marathi Poets\ , first published in 1854 under the auspices of the Bombay Education Societ y. Selections has continuously been in print since then\, most rec ently reprinted in 2014. Within its colonial milieu\, Selections of the Marathi Poets underwent significant transformations in its first thre e decades as literati\, educationalists\, and the public sought out a stand ardized format for literary anthologies\, a format that departed from and r etained the residual characteristics of a manuscript.

The lecture wil l compare some manuscripts from the 18th century to their printe d versions in various editions of Selections of the Marathi Poets. Dr. Kulkarni will argue that it is in the cross-medial comparison\, betwee n manuscript and book\, that we can most closely identify the significance of Selections of the Marathi Poets for transformations of the lite rary experience and literary practice. With an eye towards the editorial pr ocess\, my reading of Selections reveals the way poetry is created as an object on the page\, and the strong editorial hand that assembled\, arranged\, and presented poetic materials to the reader. By examining vario us editions of Selections as well as a few manuscript sources for the collection\, this lecture will thus trace the evolution of institutions \, practices\, and readership in colonial India.

* The lecture wi ll be followed by IAR Reception at 4:00 PM.

About the Speaker:< /h4>

Image result for kedar kulkarniKedar A. Kulkarni is Assistan t Professor of Literary and Cultural Studies at FLAME University\, in Pune\ , India. His current research focuses on literary transitions between early modern and colonial India\, from orally-recited poetry to playwright-cente red drama.

 

 

 

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-literary-anthology-and- readership-in-colonial-india-by-kedar-a-kulkarni/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/09/CISAR_Sep-13_Kulkarni-poster-edited-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181128T2042Z-1543437747.5414-EO-4967-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180731T000914Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T230125Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180917T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180917T140000 SUMMARY: Sovereignty Wars: Reconciling America with the World DESCRIPTION:   Join us for this talk with Stewart Patrick\, James H. Binger senior fellow in global governance and director of the International Insti tutions and Global Governance Program\, Council on Foreign Relations\, on h is newest publication\, Sovereignty Wars: Reconciling America with the Worl d.  This discussion will be chaired by Professor Brian Job with UBC’s Depar tment of […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

 

Join us for this talk wit h Stewart Patrick\, James H. Binger senior fellow in global governance and director of the International Institutions and Global Governance Program\, Council on Foreign Relations\, on his newest publication\, Sovereignty Wars: Reconciling America with the World.  This discussion will be chaired by Professor Brian Job with UBC’s Department of Political Science.

Copies of his book will be for sale at the UBC Bo okstore table so come early!

12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Monday\, September 17\, 2018

Liu Institute for Global Issues – Case Room
Light refreshments provided

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Sovereignty Wars: Reconciling America with the W orld is intended to help today’s policymakers think more clearly a bout what is actually at stake in the sovereignty debate and to provide som e criteria for determining when it is appropriate to make bargains over sov ereignty—and how to make them.

Bio: Stewart M. Patrick is James H. Binger senior fellow in global govern ance and director of the International Institutions and Global Governance ( IIGG) Program at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). His areas of exper tise include multilateral cooperation on global issues\; U.S. policy toward international institutions\, including the United Nations\; and the challe nges posed by fragile and post–conflict states. Patrick is the author of The Sovereignty Wars: Reconciling America with the World \, as well as Weak Links: Fragile States\, Global T hreats\, and International Security. He also writes the blog\, The Internationalist.

H osted by: The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada a nd the Institute of Asian Research\, as part of the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. With support from a U.S. Embassy’s Public Affairs Gran t.

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CATEGORIES:Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Case Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/sovereignty-wars-reconcilin g-america-with-the-world/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/07/Eagle-Sov-Wars-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181128T2042Z-1543437767.8548-EO-4963-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180730T235033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T225946Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180919T124500 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180919T140000 SUMMARY: Ships Passing in the Night? The U.S.\, China\, and the Future of t he Asia Pacific DESCRIPTION:   Join us for this talk with Stewart Patrick\, James H. Binger senior fellow in global governance and director of the International Insti tutions and Global Governance Program\, Council on Foreign Relations\, on t he U.S.\, China\, and the future of the Asia Pacific. This discussion will be chaired by Professor Paul Evans with UBC’s School of Public […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

 

Join us for this talk wit h Stewart Patrick\, James H. Binger senior fellow in globa l governance and director of the International Institutions and Global Gove rnance Program\, Council on Foreign Relations\, on the U.S.\, China\, and t he future of the Asia Pacific. This discussion will be chaired by Professor Paul Evans with UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs.

12:45 pm – 2:00 pm
Wednesday\, September 19\, 2018
C.K. Choi Building Room 120
Light lunch provided

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In this talk\, M r. Patrick will address two things that will shape trans-Pacific internatio nal relations in the years to come: 1) whether or how Chinese and American views of regional order can be reconciled\, given their competing norms and visions\; and 2) what role the U.S. alliance system might play in reassuri ng allies around security flashpoints\, such as the East and South China Se as and the Korean Peninsula.

Bio: Stewart M. Patrick is James H. Binger senior fellow in global governance and director of the International Institutions and Global Governance (IIGG) Program at the Coun cil on Foreign Relations (CFR). His areas of expertise include multilateral cooperation on global issues\; U.S. policy toward international institutio ns\, including the United Nations\; and the challenges posed by fragile and post–conflict states. Patrick is the author of The Sovereignty Wars: Reconciling America with the World\, as well as Weak Links: Fragile States\, Global Threats\, and Internationa l Security. He also writes the blog\,  The Internationalist.

Hosted by : The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and the Institute of Asian Research\, as part of the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. With support from a U.S. Embassy’s Public Affairs Grant.

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ships-passing-in-the-night- the-u-s-china-and-the-future-of-the-asia-pacific-with-stewart-patrick/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/07/tic-tac-toe.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180914T1920Z-1536952845.6567-EO-24647-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180913T194253Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T225800Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180921T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180921T143000 SUMMARY: Centre for Asian Legal Studies Seminar DESCRIPTION: Refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to cals@allard.ubc.ca This event is co-sponsored by UBC Centre for Asian Legal Studies and Centr e for Japanese Research. Labour Law Reform: “Work Style Reform 2018 in Japa n” By: Chikako Kanki (Associate Professor\, Rikkyo University in Japan) In light of the declining working population\, Japan’s latest key policy is to  promote work style reform – especially […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to cals@allard.ubc.ca< /a>

This event is co-sponsored by UBC Centre for Asian Legal Studies and Centre for Japanese Research.

Labour Law Reform: “Work Style Re form 2018 in Japan”

By: Chikako Kanki (Associate P rofessor\, Rikkyo University in Japan)

In light of the declining wor king population\, Japan’s latest key policy is to promote work style reform – especially combating low wages of nonregular workers and long-time worki ng culture. This talk will focus on the amendment of working time legislati on and the policy for raising minimum wages.

Succession Law Reform: “Inheritance Law Amendment in Japan\, 2018”

By: Koji Kanki (Attorne y at Law\, Ministry of Justice\, Japan)

In July 2018\, the Amended A ct on the Inheritance law ( a part of the Civil Code) was passed in Japan. It is a big reform and Mr. Koji KANKI was one of the main staffs of the ref orm team in the MOJ\, and he will speak on the gist of this reform.

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LOCATION:Room 104\, Allard Hall GEO:49.270076;-123.253355 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/centre-for-asian-legal-stud ies-seminar/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/09/20180921kanki-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180905T1645Z-1536165926.5381-EO-24621-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180904T165848Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T225559Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180924T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180924T190000 SUMMARY: Himalaya Program Welcome Reception and Photo Exhibition Opening: L ife with the Forest in Sikkim DESCRIPTION: Join the Himalaya Program for a Welcome Reception to mark the beginning of the 2018-2019 academic year and the opening of a photo exhibit ion by Saori Ogura\, a PhD student at UBC Forestry. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Join the Himalaya Program for a Welcome Reception to mark the be ginning of the 2018-2019 academic year and the opening of a photo exhibitio n by Saori Ogura\, a PhD student at UBC Forestry.

The reception wil l be held from 5:00 – 7:00PM in Room 1221 \, in the Forest Sciences Centre\, with the exhibit on show in the adjoinin g Atrium.

Photo Exhibit Information:

The forest is life for people in the Eastern Himalayas. Scholar and artist Saori Ogura lived in Sikkim for one year to better understand the indigenous Lepcha\, or Rongkup\, people’s ways of life and wis dom borne of living with the forest. During her stay and on many subsequent visits\, Saori captured portraits of the villagers’ warmth and strength\, as well as their livelihoods – especially the great diversity of traditiona l crops which are on the cusp of disappearing. Despite rapid lifestyle chan ges\, village life offers an insight into the intricate relationships peopl e have developed over many generations\, enabling them to live in harmony w ith the forest. The exhibit runs for the week of 24-28 September 2018.

Artist Information: 

Saori Ogura was the recipient of the 2017 Nikon Salon Miki Jun Inspir ation Award for her photojournalism project documenting her time living in Sikkim and Darjeeling in India’s Eastern Himalayas. Her doctoral research e xplores the relationships between people and nature\, with a particular foc us on food security through the diversity of traditional crops.

< h3>Event Poster LOCATION:Forest Sciences Centre GEO:49.260502;-123.247621 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/himalaya-program-welcome-re ception-and-photo-exhibition-opening-life-with-the-forest-in-sikkim/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/09/Saori_poster_HP_v5-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181130T1756Z-1543600613.5391-EO-5044-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180830T213118Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T225428Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180926T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180926T134500 SUMMARY: A Conversation on Electoral Reform DESCRIPTION: Join us for public conversation on electoral reform! Wednesday \, Sept 26th 12:15 PM – 1:45 PM Liu Institute for Global Issues – Multipurp ose Room Light refreshments provided Please RSVP here. Join us for a substa ntive\, constructive\, and informative discussion on electoral reform for a nyone looking to learn more about it. This event aims to make […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us for public conversation on elector al reform!

Wednesday\, Sept 26th
12:15 PM – 1:45 PM
Liu Institute for Global Issues – Multipurpos e Room
Light refreshments provided

Pleas e RSVP here.

Join us for a substantive\, constructive\, and informative discussion on electoral reform for anyone looking to learn more about it. This event aims to make available to students and the public some of the considerable expertise on electoral systems ahead of the refer endum this fall.

Our speakers include:

  • Grace Lore\, Instru ctor\, University of Victoria\, Candidate for Victoria City Council
  • Stewart Prest\, Instructor\, Political Science\, Simon Fraser U and Dougla s College
  • Sheryl Lightfoot\, Associate Professor\, Political Scienc e\, CRC in Indigenous Rights and Politics
  • Max Cameron\, Professor\, Political Science\, UBC\; Director\, Centre for the Study of Democratic In stitutions
  • Gerald Baier\, Associate Professor\, Political Science\, UBC

Hosted by: The School of Public Policy an d Global Affairs (SPPGA)\, the Centre for the Study of Democratic Instituti ons (CSDI)\, and the UBC Department of Political Science.

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LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/a-conversation-on-electoral -reform/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2015/08/cropped-jpg_profile_Nancy-Gallini-Copy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180921T1641Z-1537548066.2934-EO-24651-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180920T175256Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T225226Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180927T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180927T180000 SUMMARY: Unevenly Distributed: China and the Future of Work in Southeast As ia DESCRIPTION: 2018 UBC CHINA STUDIES FORUM SERIES  Speaker: Dr. Stephen J. M cGurk Special Advisor to the President Former Vice-President\, Internationa l Development Research Centre   Abstract This presentation reviews the find ings of a series of International Development Research Centre papers on the Future of Work. Digitization of ever-more connected and networked value ch ains permits faster\, simpler\, and cheaper trade […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

2018 UBC CHINA STUDIES FORU M SERIES 

Speaker: Dr. St ephen J. McGurk

Special Advisor to the President

Form er Vice-President\,

International Development Research Centre

 

Abstract

This presentation reviews th e findings of a series of International Development Research Centre papers on the Future of Work. Digitization of ever-more connected and networked va lue chains permits faster\, simpler\, and cheaper trade within Southeast As ia and with trading partners outside the region. Digital trade in products and services connects small entrepreneurs to regional marketplaces while in novation and growth in digital finance bring widespread benefits. China is the largest external investor in Southeast Asia’s digital economy and these investments are among the more significant offshore investments to date by China’s fintech industry. Whether and how Southeast Asian economies can re tain the advantage in manufacturing and continue structural transformations in agriculture\, government\, and services in the face of such technologic al disruption is a story of global relevance\, particularly to other emergi ng economies working hard to develop their own manufacturing. Southeast Asi an countries are the “canaries in the coal mine” for the effects of AI and automation on emerging economies.

About the Speaker

Stephen is an economist and sinologist who has spent more tha n three decades studying Asia’s rural development as a research manager\, p olicy researcher\, grantmaker and investment banker.

From September 2 017\, Stephen serves as a special advisor to the President of the Internati onal Development Research Centre\, a Canadian crown corporation that is par t of Canada’s foreign policy family\, based at the Institute of Asian Resea rch at UBC. Stephen provides research foresight to IDRC on issues like the Future of Work and climate change and represents the IDRC on a number of go vernance committees for international partnerships.

Between 2013 and 2017 Stephen oversaw a billion dollar research portfolio leading a staff of nearly 170 scientists based in four Regional Offices and in Ottawa\, as th e Vice President of IDRC. Prior to that\, also based in Ottawa\, Stephen le d the Centre’s global programs on Agriculture and the Environment supportin g research to increase agricultural productivity and food and water securit y while also ensuring environmental sustainability.

Stephen began his work at IDRC in 2000 as Regional Director Asia\, based first in Singapore between 2000 and 2006 and then in Delhi between 2006 and late 2012. Before that\, between 1992 and 2000\, Stephen worked with the Ford Foundation in B eijing\, where he led the Foundation’s economic security program in China. He taught environmental and resource economics at the University of Califor nia between 1990 and 1992 and worked with the World Bank on the first gener ation of lending to China’s rural development between 1986 and 1992.

Stephen has a Ph.D. (Development Economics) 1990 and an MA (Nutrition) 1986 from Stanford University’s Food Research Institute and a BA (Chinese/Polit ical Science) 1979 from the University of British Columbia.

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*This event is b rought to you by UBC Centre for Chinese Research and UBC Institute of Asian Research.
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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/unevenly-distributed-china- and-the-future-of-work-in-southeast-asia/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/09/https_2F2Fcdn.evbuc_.com2Fimages2F495568102F2029187725052F12Foriginal.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180906T0050Z-1536195001.7372-EO-24626-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180905T210728Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T224817Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180927T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180927T170000 SUMMARY: A Musical Welcome: CISAR Rings in the New Academic Year with Viras at Foundation DESCRIPTION: Join us for a concert with sarod\, sarangi\, and tabla with ac claimed musicians! The event will be preceded by CISAR Annual Reception at 5:00 PM in the lobby of the Liu Institute for Global Issues. About the Arti sts   Dilshad Khan is a renowned Sarangi player and belongs to the Sikar Gh arana of music\, which has given […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us for a concert with sarod\, sarangi \, and tabla with acclaimed musicians! The event will be preceded by CISAR Annual Reception at 5:00 PM in the lobby of the Liu Institute for Global Is sues.

About the Artists

 

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Dilshad Khan is a renowned Sarangi player and belo ngs to the Sikar Gharana of music\, which has given several stalwarts to In dian classical music. He is known today for his excellent command and maste ry on this difficult instrument.

 

 

 

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Abhisek Lahiri is one of the youngest President Award Winning “A” Grade Sarod artist of All India Radio and National Television of India. His music is well-know n for maturity\, depth and perfection.

 

 

 

 

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Su brata Bhattacharya is an acclaimed professional tabla player in th e North Indian classical tradition. He is known for his specialties in expe rimentations and reinterpretations the tradition of Indian music and cultur e.

 

 

 

 

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LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/a-musical-welcome-cisar-rin gs-in-the-new-academic-year-with-virasat-foundation/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/09/Sept-27-musical-welcome-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999977.2897-EO-5110-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180917T210316Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T225030Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180928T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180928T170000 SUMMARY: The More Who Die\, the Less We Care\, with Paul Slovic DESCRIPTION: The More Who Die\, the Less We Care: Confronting the Deadly Ar ithmetic of Compassion\, with Paul Slovic *Note: This event was streamed li ve on the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs Facebook page\, which can be viewed here. Join us for this talk and Q&A with special guest\, Paul Slovic\, on how publics respond or […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The More Who Die\, the Less We Car e: Confronting the Deadly Arithmetic of Compassion\, with Paul Slovic

*Note: This event was streamed live on the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs Facebook page\, which can be vie wed here.

Join us for this talk and Q&A with special guest\, Paul Slovic\, on how publics respond or not to humanit arian crises. This talk is part of The Decision Making for Humanitarian Cri ses (DMHC)\, an initiative of the School of Public Policy and Global Affair s. The DMHC initiative aims to develop the School of Public Policy and Glob al Affairs’ mandate to advance global governance and security.  Led by Prof essors Brian Job and Robin Gregory\, the goal of the DMHC is to create an i nterdisciplinary community of research and teaching\, bringing together UBC faculty and students and\, importantly\, also reaching beyond campus to en gage government\, NGO\, and civil society.  Introductory remarks will be pr ovided by Professors Brian Job and Robin Gregory.

Friday\, Se ptember 28th
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
C.K. Choi Building - Room 120
Refreshments provided

Failure to understand how our minds become insensi tive to catastrophic losses of human life and environmental degradation and failure to act on this knowledge condemns us to passively accept genocide and mass abuses of innocent people as well as great risk from nuclear weapo ns. It may also increase the likelihood that we will fail to take appropria te actions to reduce the damages from other catastrophic events associated with poverty\, disease\, natural disasters\, and climate change. Engage wit h us in this discussion with guest\, Paul Slovic.

B io: Paul Slovic received his B.A. degree from Stanford University\ , and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in psychology from the University of Michi gan. In 1978\, Dr. Slovic founded the research institute Decision Research with Sarah Lichtenstein and Baruch Fischhoff\, where he currently serves as President. He has been a professor of psychology at the University of Oreg on since 1986. He and his colleagues worldwide have developed methods to de scribe risk perceptions and measure their impacts on individuals\, industry \, and society. His most recent work examines “psychic numbing” and the fai lure to respond to mass human tragedies.

Dr. Slovic is a past Preside nt of the Society for Risk Analysis and in 1991 received its Distinguished Contribution Award. In 1993 he received the Distinguished Scientific Contri bution Award from the American Psychological Association. In 1995 he receiv ed the Outstanding Contribution to Science Award from the Oregon Academy of Science. He has received honorary doctorates from the Stockholm School of Economics (1996) and the University of East Anglia (2005). Dr. Slovic was e lected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2015 and the Nationa l Academy of Sciences in 2016.

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Co- Hosted by: The Decision Making for Humanitarian Crises (DMHC)\, an initiative of the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC Psychol ogy\, and the Institute for Resources\, Environment and Sustainability.

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Join us at this triple book launch to expl ore civil society\, the right to food and public policy with Annette Desmar ais (Public Policies for Food Sovereignty)\, Graham Riches (Fo od Bank Nations)\, and Andy Fisher (Big Hunger). This event i s part of the UBC Future of Food dialogue series.

2: 00 PM – 3:30 PM
October 2\, 2018
C.K. Choi Building – Room 120\, 1855 West Mall
Ligh t refreshments will be provided.

Please RSVP

Our speakers include:

Andy Fisher\, a founding director of the Community Food Security Coalition in th e USA and author of Big Hunger: The Unholy Alliance between Cor porate America and Anti Hunger Groups (MIT Press\, 2017).

Annette Aurélie Desmarais\, CRC in Human Rights\, Social Jus tice and Food Sovereignty\, University of Manitoba and co-editor of Public Policies for Food Sovereignty: Social Mo vements and the State (Routledge\, 2017).

Graham Ric hes\, emeritus professor of social work\, UBC and author of Food Bank Nations: Poverty\, Corporate Charity and the Right to Fo od (Routledge\, 2018).

Moderated by Laura Castrejon Violante\, ISGP PhD student\, Land Use and Global Environment (LUG E) lab\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and Liu Scholar.

Copies of the books will be available for purchase at the UBC Bookstore tab le.

Co-hosted by: UBC School of Social Work\, UBC Sc hool of Public Policy & Global Affairs\, the Food Systems Network (a Liu Sc holars group)\, and the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at the UBC Farm .

The UBC Future of Food Global Dialogue Series is a campus-wide initiative bringing together food security and sustainability experts from across the university and North America to regularly engage th e UBC community and the public around the Global Food System\, including to pics such as climate change\, food security\, biodiversity\, social justice \, culture\, and policy. The series uses various formats to foster discussi on\, such as dialogue circles\, seminars\, panel discussions\, performances \, photo exhibitions\, and film screenings.

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Reflec tions from Mayor Gregor Robertson\, City of Vancouver

Join us for an informal conversation reflecting on G regor Robertson’s decade as Mayor of Vancouver. This will be followed by Q& A so come prepared with your questions. This event is hosted by Professor D avid Boyd (School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and the Institute for Resources\, Environment and Sustainability) and is part of SPPGA’s Policy in Practice series.

Wednesday\, October 3
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Liu Institute for Global Issues – Mul tipurpose Room
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Please RSVP here.

Bio: In November 2014\, Gregor Robertson was re-elected to a third term as Mayor of Vancouver to co ntinue building on the progress achieved in the first six years of office.< /p>

Mayor Robertson spearheaded the creation of the city’s first comprehensive Economic Action Strategy\, and is committed to growing a sustainable and thriving economy in Vancouver focused on high- growth sectors like digital media\, clean technology and renewable energy. Vancouver now leads Canada in economic growth\, and is forecast by the Conf erence Board of Canada to lead Canadian cities in growth through to 2019.

Building on the successful legacy of the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games\, Mayor Robertson has established Vanc ouver internationally as the Green Capital — a City where going green is go od for business. He has also overseen the creation and implementation of th e award-winning Greenest City 2020 Action Plan that aims to make Vancouver an environmental leader in everything from energy efficiency and waste redu ction to clean air and local food. The Mayor has also been a consistent adv ocate for new investment in rapid transit with a subway on Vancouver’s UBC- Broadway corridor\, BC’s second-largest employment centre and the busiest b us corridor in North America.

Under Mayor Ro bertson’s leadership\, Vancouver continues to rank as one of the most livab le cities in the world\, with one of the most competitive environments for attracting new jobs and investment. The City of Vancouver has also been nam ed the Most Innovative Organization in the province by BC Business Magazine for its open data initiative.

He has made a ffordable housing a top priority\, with an aggressive\, ten-year plan to pr ovide thousands of affordable housing units for Vancouverites of all ages\, while ensuring that existing affordable housing is protected. Since 2009\, City policies and partnerships have leveraged 10\,000 new units of housing geared to low and middle income households\, ranging from new social and s upportive housing\, to new laneway\, secondary suite\, and market rental ho mes.

Prior to entering politics\, Gregor co- founded Happy Planet\, a socially responsible company that produces organic juices and promotes health and nutrition. He also previously represented V ancouver-Fairview as a Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly.

Co-hosted by: School of Pu blic Policy and Global Affairs and the Institute for Resources\, Environmen t and Sustainability.

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IAR office to be closed.

LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/thanksgiving-day-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181005T1630Z-1538757018.7516-EO-24700-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20181004T195844Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T224207Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181009T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181009T160000 SUMMARY: The Search for the Origins of Chinese Civilization DESCRIPTION: With Dr. Wang Wei 王巍 Institute of Archaeology at the Chinese A cademy of Social Sciences About the Speaker: Professor Wang Wei is academic ian and director of History Division at the Chinese Academy of Social Scien ces. He served as director of the Institute of Archaeology at the Chinese A cademy of Social Sciences from 2006 through 2016. He is […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

With Dr. Wang Wei 王巍

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About the Speaker: Professor Wang Wei is academician and d irector of History Division at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He s erved as director of the Institute of Archaeology at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences from 2006 through 2016. He is the current president of the Archaeological Society of China. He has served many national and internati onal organizations and committees\, including the National People’s Congres s\, State Council’s Committee of Academic Degrees\, and National Foundation of Social Sciences. Professor Wang has directed many archaeological excava tions and research projects mostly concerning early complex societies and a ncient Chinese civilization\, and he has published over two hundred books a nd articles. Among many honors and awards he has received are the foreign h onorary member of the Archaeological Institute of America\, and the honorar y fellow of Germany’s Archaeological Institute.

Co-sponsored by Depar tment of Anthropology\, Center for Chinese Research\, St. John’s College

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Come join the Centre for Japanese Research \,日本研究センター\, as it launches into a new year of events.

Refreshments w ill be served.

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Please join us for a round-table discus sion on the topic of developments in Xinjiang with:

– Timothy Che ek
– Paul Evans
– Graham Fuller
– Diana Lary
– Kai Ostw ald
– Pitman Potter
– Tsering Shakya

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/developments-in-xinjiang-co ncerns-for-canada-and-the-region/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/09/https_2F2Fcdn.evbuc_.com2Fimages2F505883632F2029187725052F12Foriginal.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181130T1757Z-1543600624.4995-EO-5112-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180913T230711Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T222718Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181011T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181011T140000 SUMMARY: ‘Writing Dissent’ without Writing People Off Featuring Robert Jens en DESCRIPTION: October 11\, 2018 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM Liu Institute for Global Issues – Caseroom Light refreshments provided. Please RSVP In 2001\, Robert Jensen published the book Writing Dissent: Taking Radical Ideas from the M argins to the Mainstream\, offering a model of radical writing for mass med ia that can engage rather than alienate. Since then\, political alienation has […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

October 11\, 2018
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Liu Institute for Global Issues – Caseroom
Light refreshm ents provided.

Please RSVP

In 2001\, Robert Jensen published the book Writing Dissent: Taking Radical Ideas from the Margi ns to the Mainstream\, offering a model of radical writing for mas s media that can engage rather than alienate. Since then\, political aliena tion has spiked and engagement seems more difficult\, while mass media stru ggle to compete with social media. In this lecture\, Jensen will distinguis h between radical and reactionary\, and argue for a continued commitment to reasoned argumentation in civic life.

Bio: Robert J ensen is professor emeritus in the School of Journalism at the University o f Texas at Austin and a board member of the Third Coast Activist Resource C enter in Austin. He is the author of The End of Patriarchy: Radical Fem inism for Men (Spinifex Press\, 2017). Jensen’s other books include Plain Radical: Living\, Loving\, and Learning to Leave the Planet Gracefu lly (Counterpoint/Soft Skull\, 2015)\; Arguing for Our Lives: A Us er’s Guide to Constructive Dialogue (City Lights\, 2013)\; All My Bones Shake: Seeking a Progressive Path to the Prophetic Voice\, (Soft Skull Press\, 2009)\; Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculin ity (South End Press\, 2007)\; The Heart of Whiteness: Confronting Race\, Racism and White Privilege (City Lights\, 2005)\; Citizens of the Empire: The Struggle to Claim Our Humanity (City Lights\, 2004 )\; and Writing Dissent: Taking Radical Ideas from the Margins to the M ainstream (Peter Lang\, 2002).

Jensen is also co-producer of the  documentary film “Abe Osheroff: One Foot in the Grave\, the Other Still Da ncing” (Media Education Foundation\, 2009)\, which chronicles the life and philosophy of the longtime radical activist.

Jensen can be reached at   rjensen@austin.utexas.edu and his articles can be found here.

Co-hosted by: School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and the Graduate School of Journalism.

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LOCATION:Case Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/writing-dissent-without-wri ting-people-off/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/09/photo-1533040038109-9b1fb74bb5d3-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180930T1926Z-1538335581.6241-EO-24662-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180928T233137Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T222343Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181011T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181011T180000 SUMMARY: Humans vs. Robots: (Re)valuating the Worth of Work in the Age of A utomation DESCRIPTION: This study addresses how business actors construct the worth o f work in their effort to replace human workers with robots. Whereas existi ng literature takes for granted the valuation of unskilled manual work\, I frame efforts to increase automation as an opportunity to examine the often socially invisible yet power-ridden process of valuation. I use the […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

This study addresses how business actors c onstruct the worth of work in their effort to replace human workers with ro bots. Whereas existing literature takes for granted the valuation of unskil led manual work\, I frame efforts to increase automation as an opportunity to examine the often socially invisible yet power-ridden process of valuati on. I use the case of Apollo—one of the largest contract electronics manufa cturers in China and in the world—to develop an analytical framework that h ighlights: (1) the relative valuation of fixed capital\, bodily capital\, a nd cultural capital\; (2) the material and symbolic dimensions of such valu ation\; (3) the multi-layered power dynamics\, especially the power of the state\, that influence valuation\; and (4) the contradictions that emerge t hrough valuation. Despite announcing a goal of maximum automation\, Apollo has largely failed in its efforts at human-robot substitution\, yet remains committed to the project nonetheless. Drawing on extensive interviews\, et hnographic data\, news reports\, and corporate documents\, I identify three distinct phases as Apollo valuated human versus robot work from 2010 to 20 17. In the first phase\, the company identified technology—and more specifi cally\, automation—as the answer to a series of crises. In the second phase \, Apollo’s automation efforts ironically led many managers and engineers w ithin the company to devalue robots as fixed capital and (re)discover human workers’ bodily capital. Conversely\, the third phase saw the company as a whole largely ignore the insights of the second phase and remain committed to state-promoted technological developmentalism. I discuss the implicatio ns of these findings for understanding the future of work\, technology\, an d inequality.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Professor Ya-Wen Lei is an Ass istant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Harvard University\, and is affiliated with the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard. She holds a J.S.D. from Yale Law School and a Ph.D. in Sociology from the Univ ersity of Michigan. She was a Junior Fellow at Harvard’s Society of Fellows between 2013 and 2016. Her Ph.D dissertation won the 2014 American Sociolo gical Association Dissertation Award\, and her her book The Contentious Public Sphere in China (2018) has won the 2018 Distinguished Book Award\, Sociology of Law Section of the American Sociological Associa tion and the 2018 Gordon Hirabayashi Human Rights Book Award\, Human Rights Section of the American Sociological Association.

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*Thi s event is brought to you by UBC Centre for Chinese Research and UBC Instit ute of Asian Research.
CATEGORIES:Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Fairmont Social Lounge\, St. John's College GEO:49.262900;-123.256295 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/humans-vs-robots-revaluatin g-the-worth-of-work-in-the-age-of-automation/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/09/https_2F2Fcdn.evbuc_.com2Fimages2F500297832F2029187725052F12Foriginal.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180907T1637Z-1536338235.5639-EO-24629-2671@10.93.0.115 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180906T183234Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T222025Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181011T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181011T190000 SUMMARY: Dr Ambedkar’s Legacy – Our Campaign to Outlaw Caste Discrimination in Great Britain by Santosh Dass MBE DESCRIPTION: Join us for the second Annual Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Memorial Lectu re with Ms. Santosh Dass MBE! This year’s Memorial Lecture is dedicated to Mr. Raju Kamble\, Mr. Shital Anmol\, and others who dedicated their lives f or creating inclusive world. Ms. Santosh Dass MBE is a human rights and equ ality campaigner living in London. She is an […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us for the second Annual Dr. B.R. Amb edkar Memorial Lecture with Ms. Santosh Dass MBE! This year’s Memorial Lect ure is dedicated to Mr. Raju Kamble\, Mr. Shital Anmol\, and others who ded icated their lives for creating inclusive world.

Ms. Santosh Dass MBE is a hu man rights and equality campaigner living in London. She is an ex Civil ser vant and held a number of senior roles at the Department of Health (DH) inc luding leading on Better Regulation and Risk Management. Santosh is one of the leading figures in the campaign to outlaw Caste-based discrimination in the UK. She has taken up this issue and that of the rising atrocities agai nst Dalits in India at the United Nations. Santosh is the Chair of the Anti Caste Discrimination Alliance (ACDA)and President of the Federation of Amb edkarite and Buddhist Organisations UK. She is the co-founder of CasteWatch UK and the ACDA. In September 2014\, Santosh put forward and pursued a pro posal to the then Congress-led and then the BJP Government of Maharashtra ( GOM) in India that they fund the purchase of the £3.1million London house w here Dr B R Ambedkar lived in between 1921-22 – and turn it into a memorial . This house was purchased by GOM in September 2015 and has been refurbishe d and opened to the public. Santosh is a member of the Ambedkar House Londo n Memorial Advisory Committee. In 2007 Santosh was awarded an MBE in the Qu een’s Birthday Honours for her services to Better Regulation at DH.

T his event is sponsored by CISAR\, Chetna Association of Canada\, Dr. Hari S harma Foundation\, the Department of Asian Studies\, the Robert H. N. Ho Fa mily Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society (何鴻毅家族基金佛學與當代社 會課程)\, and SFU Institute for the Humanities.

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/dr-ambedkars-legacy-our-cam paign-to-outlaw-caste-discrimination-in-great-britain-by-santosh-dass-mbe/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/09/October11_2018_AmbedkarMemorialLecture-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180930T1926Z-1538335581.6387-EO-24666-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180928T234708Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T221830Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181012T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181012T190000 SUMMARY: Air Pressure: Time and Aviation in Nepal DESCRIPTION: How are aviation workers dealing with the growth of air travel in and out of Nepal? Over the past two decades\, the number of aircraft\, routes\, and mobility has increased. However\, air traffic controllers\, op erations staff\, and crew find themselves under considerable pressure to de al with the increasing flow of passengers through a limited infrastructure\ , […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

How are aviation workers dealing with the growth of air travel in and out of Nepal? Over the past two decades\, the n umber of aircraft\, routes\, and mobility has increased. However\, air traf fic controllers\, operations staff\, and crew find themselves under conside rable pressure to deal with the increasing flow of passengers through a lim ited infrastructure\, a shortage of pilots\, and relative political uncerta inty. In this talk\, I discuss how tensions between the future targets of t he global aviation industry and the everyday practices of managing air trav el in Nepal produce specific spatial hierarchies as well as creative soluti ons.

Speaker Bio: 

Tina Harris is a senior lec turer in Anthropology and Co-Director of the Moving Matters research group at the University of Amsterdam. Her research focuses on cross-border mobili ty\, infrastructure\, and the movement of commodities. She is the author of  Geographical Diversions: Tibetan Trade\, Global Transactions (Unive rsity of Georgia Press\, 2013).

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/air-pressure-time-and-aviat ion-in-nepal/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/09/Nepal-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999977.5042-EO-5176-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20181002T192544Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190524T204336Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181017T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181017T140000 SUMMARY: A National Plastics Pollution Strategy for Canada DESCRIPTION: Join us for a lively panel discussion\, hosted by Professor Da vid Boyd\, on a national plastics pollution strategy for Canada. Professor Boyd was recently appointed the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and E nvironment. This event is part of the Policy in Practice series by the Scho ol of Public Policy and Global Affairs. Wednesday\, October 17 12:30 pm – [ …] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us for a lively panel discussion\, ho sted by Professor David Boyd\, on a national plastics pollution strategy fo r Canada. Professor Boyd was recently appointed the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Environment. This event is part of the Policy in P ractice series by the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs.

< p>Wednesday\, October 17
12:30 pm – 2:00 pmLiu Institute for Global Issues - Multipurpose Room
Light refreshments provided

*Wat ch the Facebook Live video of this event.

Recent polls indicate that plastic pollution is now the #1 enviro nmental concern among Canadians. How big is the problem? What is being done today--at UBC\, in Vancouver\, and in Canada? What needs to be done in the future? What are the most promising approaches to tackling plastic polluti on? Hear from our panelists and how they hope to address some of these ques tions.

Moderated by: David Boyd\, Associate  Professor of Law\, Policy\, and Sustainability at the School of Public Pol icy and Global Affairs and the Institute for Resources\, Environment and Su stainability

Panel Speakers:

  • Usma n Valiante\, Expert on plastics recycling\; Senior Policy Analyst\ , Corporate Policy Group
  • Stephanie Hewson\, Lawyer \, West Coast Environmental Law
  • Fiona Beaty\, Mari ne biology graduate student\, Department of Zoology\, UBC
  • K aleigh Davis\, Marine biology graduate student\, Department of Zoo logy\, UBC
  • Shea O’Neil\, Manager of Operations\, O ffice of the Mayor at City of Vancouver
  • Hadi Dowlatabadi\, Professor at IRES\, Canada Research Chair\, Applied Mathematics of Global Change

Learn more here about how Kaleigh Davis and Fiona Beaty h ave been researching plastics on campus and ways to drastically reduce the amount used.

Co-hosted by: School of Public Policy a nd Global Affairs and the Institute for Resources\, Environment and Sustain ability\, UBC

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LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/5176/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/10/photo-1534962303837-2edd16492781crop.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181013T1840Z-1539456006.0568-EO-24759-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20181012T220711Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T221351Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181018T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181018T180000 SUMMARY: A City Lost or Found? Sketching Hong Kong’s History of the Present DESCRIPTION: In recent years\, political turmoil and popular revolt have en gulfed Hong Kong in a broad struggle to preserve its foundational instituti ons and core values. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

In recent years\, political turmoil and po pular revolt have engulfed Hong Kong in a broad struggle to preserve its fo undational institutions and core values. While many observers and activists fear for the permanent loss of Hong Kong as a bastion of rule of law and l iberal capitalism\, others pin their hopes on the rise of new political ass ertiveness and proliferating aspirations for democracy among the younger ge nerations. This talk explores the major analytical and historical themes th at should inform a political sociology of Hong Kong in the post-1997 era. T he project here is inspired by the notion “history of the present\,” unders tood as a critical historical search not so much for the origins of the pre sent crisis\, but for traces of the past whose emergence\, repurposing and articulation continue to shape how power operates today.

Chin g Kwan Lee is a professor of Sociology at UCLA. Her research inter ests focus on labor\, political sociology\, globalization\, development\, C hina\, Hong Kong\, global south\, and comparative ethnography. She has publ ished three award-winning monographs\, forming a trilogy of Chinese capital ism through the lens of labor: Gender and the South China Miracle: Two Worlds of Factory Women (1998)\, Against the Law: Labor Protests i n China’s Rustbelt and Sunbelt (2007)\, and The Specter of Global China: Politics\, Labor and Foreign Investment in Africa (2017). Her a rticles have appeared in the American Journal of Sociology\, A merican Sociological Review\, Theory and Society\, New Le ft Review\, the China Quarterly\, and Journal of Asian St udies. She is the co-editor of Take Back Our Future: An Eventful P olitical Sociology of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement\, now under contra ct with Cornell University Press.

This public seminar is orga nized by the  UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative and co-sponsored by:  Depart ment of Asian Studies\, Department of History\,  Depar tment of Sociology\, Department of Geography\, Centre fo r Chinese Research\, and St. John’s College.

F ree and open to the public.

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/a-city-lost-or-found-sketch ing-hong-kongs-history-of-the-present/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/10/20181018-Ching-Kwan-Lecture-Poster-Digital-Signage-v2-1024x576-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180930T1926Z-1538335581.6462-EO-24661-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180928T232541Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T212625Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181019T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181019T163000 SUMMARY: Nation-Work: How Tea Became Japanese with Dr. Kristin Surak DESCRIPTION: Join us for an evening of learning about the relationship betw een tea and Japanese culture. Why did an activity as mundane as tea prepara tion become one of the potent symbols of Japan? Drawing on her award-winnin g book Making Tea\, Making Japan: Cultural Nationalism in Practice\, Kristi n Surak will explore the relationship between culture and nation in tea […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us for an evening of learning about t he relationship between tea and Japanese culture.

Why did an activity as mundane as tea preparation become one of the potent symbols of Japan? D rawing on her award-winning book Making Tea\, Making Japan: Cultural Na tionalism in Practice\, Kristin Surak will explore the relationship be tween culture and nation in tea practices past and present. The discussion will examine the tension-filled transformation of the tea ceremony from an aesthetic pleasure of elite men to a hobby of housewives as it came to embr ace not merely the privileged few\, but the nation as a whole. It will also probe the ways that tea practitioners today make use of the association be tween tea and Japanese culture. Taken as a whole\, the tea ceremony provide s insight into one of the fundamental processes of modernity: the work of m aking nations.

About the Speaker:

Kristin Surak is an Asso ciate Professor in Japanese Politics at SOAS\, University of London and a F ung Global Fellow at Princeton University. Her research on international mi gration\, nationalism\, and political sociology has appeared in leading aca demic and intellectual journals and has been translated into a half-dozen l anguages. She also publishes in popular outlets\, including the London Review of Books\, New Left Review\, and the Washington Po st.  Her monograph\, Making Tea\, Making Japan: Cultural Nationali sm in Practice was named the Book of the Year by the American Sociolog ical Association’s Asia Section. The American Academy of Political and Soci al Science has recognized her scholarship\, which has been funded by the Ge rman Science Foundation\, Japan Foundation\, Fulbright-Hays Foundation\, an d Leverhulme Foundation\, among others. She has been an invited fellow at t he Institute for Advanced Study\, Princeton\; Clare Hall\, Cambridge Univer sity\; and the European University Institute.  She comments regularly for t he BBC\, Deutsche Welle\, Channel News Asia TV\, and Sky TV News. Her curre nt research investigates the origins and spread of investment migration pro grams and the global interdependencies that have advanced them.

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/nation-work-how-tea-became- japanese-with-dr-kristin-surak/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/09/CJR-Nation-Work.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181013T1840Z-1539456006.0741-EO-24767-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20181012T233512Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T212030Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181023T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181023T133000 SUMMARY: Narrative\, Performance\, and “Premodern” Forms: Ishimure Michiko’ s Contemporary Noh Play Okinomiya and its Costuming by Shimura Fukumi DESCRIPTION: Abstract: Ishimure Michiko is often represented as a founder o f Japan’s environmental movement\, thanks to her efforts to represent those affected by Minamata Disease through grassroots organization\, direct acti on\, and literary works. Among Ishimure’s writings are two noh plays: Shira nui\, staged in 2002\, and Okinomiya\, which will be performed in October 2 018 featuring costumes naturally […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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Ishimure Michiko is ofte n represented as a founder of Japan’s environmental movement\, thanks to he r efforts to represent those affected by Minamata Disease through grassroot s organization\, direct action\, and literary works. Among Ishimure’s writi ngs are two noh plays: Shiranui\, staged in 2002\, and Okinomiya\, which wi ll be performed in October 2018 featuring costumes naturally hand dyed and woven by Living National Treasure Shimura Fukumi.

My presentation wil l examine Ishimure’s Okinomiya and its production from the perspective of t ranslator and tangential contributor. By examining current ecocritical appr oaches to Ishimure’s oeuvre\, I will show how scholars and interlocutors ha ve approached her complex use of narrative\, voice\, and dialect by sometim es reducing it to an interaction with classical\, traditional\, or premoder n forms. What does this tell us about our understanding of the “premodern” and why a noh play about war\, natural disaster\, and human sacrifice is be ing painstakingly produced in 2018?

About the Speaker:

Christina Laffin is an associate pr ofessor and the Canada Research Chair in Premodern Japanese Literature and Culture at the University of British Columbia. Her research interests inclu de medieval travel diaries\, women’s education and socialization before 160 0\, and waka culture. Laffin’s publications include a monograph on the medi eval poet Nun Abutsu (Rewriting Medieval Japanese Women: Politics\, Persona lity\, and Literary Production in the Life of Nun Abutsu\, 2013)\, a co-edi ted collection of essays and translations on noh drama (The Noh Ominameshi: A Flower Viewed from Many Directions\, 2003)\, and a multi-volume antholog y on Japanese history (Gender and Japanese History\, 1999\; managing editor ).

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LOCATION:Room 604\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/narrative-performance-and-p remodern-forms-ishimure-michikos-contemporary-noh-play-okinomiya-and-its-co stuming-by-shimura-fukumi/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/10/Narrative-Performance-and-Premodern-Forms.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181013T1840Z-1539456006.0824-EO-24766-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20181012T222910Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T211512Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181023T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181023T160000 SUMMARY: “Teaching the Asian Book”: How and Why to Teach a Collaborative Co urse on An Unwieldy Region DESCRIPTION: The written word is an essential source for our study of the p ast\, yet it is easy to forget that it always took a material form that det ermined how it existed in the world and how people interacted with it. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

With: Dr. Christina Laffin\, Dr. Bruce Rus k\, Dr. Adheesh Sathaye

The written word is an essential source for o ur study of the past\, yet it is easy to forget that it always took a mater ial form that determined how it existed in the world and how people interac ted with it. In this presentation\, three faculty members discuss the chall enges of using the history of the book the basis for an introductory course on Asian culture that covers diverse regions and periods. We will reflect on how developing a syllabus together creates opportunities for reflection on our own fields and for finding new connections that will help students a ppreciate the complex background of the books they read.

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/teaching-the-asian-book-how -and-why-to-teach-a-collaborative-course-on-an-unwieldy-region/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/10/https_2F2Fcdn.evbuc_.com2Fimages2F512500442F2029187725052F12Foriginal.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181130T1757Z-1543600643.8805-EO-27592-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20181128T210940Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T211110Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181024T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181128T130000 SUMMARY: Dual Talk Event on Indigenous Food Sovereignty with Mariaelena Hua mbachano and American Youth Food Justice with Morten Nielsen DESCRIPTION: Wednesday\, October 24\, 2018 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Room 254\ , Henry Angus Building (ANGU)\, UBC A Part of the UBC Future of Food Series in collaboration with the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm. Indigenous Food Sovereignty and Wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand and Peru : ‘He kai kei aku ringa’—“the food is […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Wednesday\, October 24\, 2018
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Room 254\, Henry Angus Building (ANGU)\, UBC< /strong>

A Part of the UBC Future of Food Series in collaboration wi th the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm.

Indigenous F ood Sovereignty and Wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand and Peru: ‘He kai kei aku ringa’—“the food is in my hand”

In this talk\, Dr. Huambachano explains how Indige nous peoples across New Zealand and Peru have maintained their food soverei gnty post-colonization. She will introduce the “Khipu Model” and explain ho w Indigenous peoples use it as a knowledge and research framework for under standing and controlling their food under current food systems. The talk wi ll also feature her recent research and interviews with the Māori people of Aotearoa and Quechua peoples of Peru as she explains how this new framewor k can aid in Indigenous resurgence\, advocacy\, and policy change.

About Dr. Mariaelena Huambachano

Mar iaelena Huambachano\, (PhD) is an Assistant Professor of Indigenous Studies and Sustainability at California State University\, Northridge. Her work f ocuses on transformational alternatives to tackle global issues. Her interd isciplinary research combines Indigenous and decolonial studies\, environme ntal studies\, sustainable development\, and public policy to foster the ad vancement of food sovereignty\, social and environmental justice. She is cu rrently working on a book project entitled “Indigenous Food Sovereignty\, S ustainability\, and Justice” and an international community-based project e ntitle “Our Rights to Food.”

Pedagogy\, Learning and Identity Constr uction in the American Youth Food Justice Movement

In this talk\, Dr. Nielsen will be hosting a d iscussion of central findings from his doctoral research of a specific Cali fornian job training and youth food justice program. The topic will explain how a critical approach to the food system is operationalized pedagogicall y\, how paradoxes and power dynamics inform professional role management\, and feature the narrative constructions of youth agency and identity.

About Dr. Morten Kromann Nielsen

Morten Kromann Nielsen\, (PhD)\, is an Associate Professor at University College Lillebaelt (UCL) University College in Odense\, Denmark. With a background in social anthropology\, hi s research ranges from garden-based taste education\, to pedagogy\, and to learning and identity construction in the American Youth Food Justice movem ent.

 

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When Shanghai fell to communist forces in late May 1949 the city’s Tianlanqiao Prison held one British inmate. In thi s talk\, I’ll introduce the man\, his family networks and their reach\, and the diverse range of sources I’ve been assembling. It will explore how he got there\, where he came from\, and where he went next\, and also what I d on’t know\, which is a lot. Frankly\, I’m puzzled: what can I do with all t his?

About the Speaker: Dr. Robert Bickers is a historian of modern Chinese history at Bristol University. He speciali zes in the history of colonialism\, and in particular of the British empire and its relations with China and the history of Shanghai through to the 19 50s. His most recent book is Out of China: How the Chinese Ended the Era of Western Domination (Allen Lane and Harvard University Press\, 2017). His c urrent project experiments with how we tell histories of the overlaps that colonialism creates. Earlier publications include Getting Stuck in China (2 014)\, The Scramble for China (2011)\, andEmpire Made Me: An Englishman Adr ift in Shanghai (2003). Previously he ran a project on the history of the C hinese maritime Customs Service. Currently he directs the Hong Kong History Project.

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LOCATION:Case Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/treaty-porters-or-how-do-yo u-solve-a-problem-like-charlie/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/10/robert_bickers-300x200.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181130T1757Z-1543600626.5718-EO-5228-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20181012T233931Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T205957Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181025T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181025T193000 SUMMARY: Turning Point? American Views on the Midterm Elections DESCRIPTION: October 25\, 2018 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Liu Institute for Global I ssues – Multipurpose Room Light refreshments provided Please RSVP Abstract: Experts in U.S political affairs\, Marc Hetherington and Nicolee Ambrose\, will travel to Canada to discuss American viewpoints of socio-economic iss ues and their impact on the 2018 midterm elections. Moderated by Paul J. [… ] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

October 25\, 2018
6:00 pm – 7 :30 pm
Liu Institute for Global Issues – Multipurpose Room
Light refreshments provided

Please RSVP

Abstra ct:

Experts in U.S political affairs\, Marc Hetherington an d Nicolee Ambrose\, will travel to Canada to discuss American viewpoints of socio-economic issues and their impact on the 2018 midterm elections. Mode rated by Paul J. Quirk\, the event will offer an in-depth look into the iss ues motivating voters as they head to the polls.  

Moderated by: Paul J. Quirk

Speakers:

  • Marc Hetherington\, Raymond Dawson Bicenten nial Chair in Political Science at the University of North Carolina – Chape l Hill
  • Nicolee Ambrose\, Republican National Commi tteewoman for Maryland

Bios:

Marc Hetherington is the Raymond Dawson Bicentennial Chair in Political Science at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hi ll.  He studies the American electorate\, with a particular focus on trust in government and the polarization of public opinion. He is the author of f our scholarly books\, the most recent of which\, Prius or Pickup: How the A nswers to Four Simple Questions Explains America’s Great Divide (co-authore d with Jonathan Weiler)\, is forthcoming in October. Why Washington Won’t W ork (co-authored with Thomas Rudolph) won the Alexander George Award from t he International Society of Political Psychology as the best book in the fi eld of political psychology published in 2015. Authoritarianism and Polariz ation in American Politics (co-authored with Jonathan Weiler) won the Phili p Converse Award in 2016 from the Elections\, Public Opinion\, and Voting B ehavior section of the APSA.

Nicolee Ambrose is a Republican political activist\, conservative commentator\, and the newly elected Repu blican National Committeewoman for Maryland. Ambrose has both initiated and spearheaded the Maryland GOP’s successful “Super Saturday Program\,” which contributed to electing Republicans in deeply Democratic areas.  She speak s at events across the United States\, frequently appearing on ABC\, FOX Ne ws\, and BBC. Previously\, Ambrose served was elected chairman of the Young Republican National Federation\, where she served from 2005 - 2007.
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Paul J. Quirk (moderator) is Phil Lind Chair in U.S. Politics and Representation at the University of British Columbia. After r eceiving his Ph.D. at Harvard University (1978)\, he has taught at several U.S. universities\, most recently\, the University of Illinois\, and has be en a research associate at the Brookings Institution. A citizen and lifelon g resident of the U.S. until he joined the UBC faculty in 2004\, he has wri tten on a wide range of topics in American politics\, including Congress\, the presidency\, presidential elections\, public opinion\, regulatory polit ics\, and public policymaking. He has published in the American Political S cience Review\, the American Journal of Political Science\, and the Journal of Politics\, and served on the editorial boards of several major journals . His awards include the Louis Brownlow Book Award of the National Academy of Public Administration and the Aaron Wildavsky Enduring Achievement Award of the Public Policy Section of the American Political Science Association . Professor Quirk is active in the U.S. Studies Program at UBC and is curre ntly chair of the U.S. politics area committee in the graduate program.

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LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/turning-point-american-view s-on-the-midterm/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/10/jorge-alcala-325378-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181011T1927Z-1539286029.5881-EO-24715-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20181010T185027Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T205619Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181026T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181026T140000 SUMMARY: Tea and Transformation in Medieval Japanese Folklore: The Legend o f Sōtan Inari and the Tsukumogami “Tool Spirits” DESCRIPTION: Abstract: Professor TOKUDA Kazuo of Gakushūin Women’s College offers a firsthand look at medieval tales and legends of supernatural trans formations connected with Japanese tea culture. In one such tale\, a fox le arns the tea ceremony so well that he is able to disguise himself as Sen Sō tan\, the grandson of the great tea master\, Sen […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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Professor TOKUDA Kazuo o f Gakushūin Women’s College offers a firsthand look at medieval tales and l egends of supernatural transformations connected with
Japanese tea cul ture. In one such tale\, a fox learns the tea ceremony so well that he is a ble to disguise himself as Sen Sōtan\, the grandson of the great tea master \, Sen no Rikyū. In other legend\, it is said that once everyday objects\, including utensils for tea preparation and flower arrangement\, grow old an d worn\, they come to life in the form of charming demons (yōkai) that haunt the night.

The talk will be followed by a viewing of origi nal illustrated handscrolls\, books\, and colour woodblock prints.

About the Speaker:

Tokuda Kazuo is Profe ssor of Medieval Japanese Cultural History and Cross-Cultural Studies and D irector of the Institute of International Studies at Gakushuin Women’s Coll ege\, Tokyo. His research on Japanese medieval cultural theory and folklore studies over the past thirty years has been central to the field and he ha s published multiple works on medieval illustrated narratives\, including t he monographs Otogizōshi kenkyū(1988) and E-gatari to mono-gatari (1990). More recently\, his focus has turned specifically to yōkai and the supernatural in Japanese folklore\, on which he has co-authored the volumes Yōkai emaki (Taiyō supplement\, 2010) and Yōkai-gaku no kiso chishiki (Fundamentals of Yōkai St udies\, 2011).

 

Presented by Gakushuin Women’s College Interna tional Exchange through Traditional Culture Series with UBC Library and the Centre for Japanese Research

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LOCATION:Dodson Room\, Room 302\, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre GEO:49.267581;-123.252321 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/tea-and-transformation-in-m edieval-japanese-folklore-the-legend-of-sotan-inari-and-the-tsukumogami-too l-spirits/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/10/1026_Tokuda_lecture_rmchg.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181011T1927Z-1539286029.5998-EO-24717-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20181010T185718Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T203905Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181026T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181026T163000 SUMMARY: Kirei Sabi and the World of Enshu Sadō: An Afternoon of Traditiona l Japanese Tea Culture with Kobori Sojitsu\, Grand Master DESCRIPTION: Abstract: Join us for this rare opportunity to learn about tra ditional Japanese tea culture in the Enshū tradition with KOBORI Sōjitsu\, 13th Grand Master of the Enshū Sadō School. Ever since its founding in the early 17th century by KOBORI Enshū—tea instructor to the Tokugawa shogunate \, painter\, calligrapher\, poet\, architect\, and garden designer—the Ensh ū Sadō […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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Join us for this rare op portunity to learn about traditional Japanese tea culture in the Enshū trad ition with KOBORI Sōjitsu\, 13th Grand Master of the Enshū Sadō School. Eve r since its founding in the early 17th century by KOBORI Enshū—tea instruct or to the Tokugawa shogunate\, painter\, calligrapher\, poet\, architect\, and garden designer—the Enshū Sadō School has upheld the spirit of kirei-sa bi\, the aesthetic of gracefulness and simplicity.

The presentation w ill include an introduction to the history and aesthetics of the Enshū Sadō School accompanied by a formal tea preparation in the Enshū tradition.

The audience is invited to stay for a bowl of matcha tea in the Great Pe rformers’ Lounge following the program.

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KOBORI Sōjitsu is currently the 13th-generation G rand Master of the Enshū Sadō School. After graduating from the Department of Law at Gakushūin University in 1979\, he studied Zen Buddhism at Daitoku ji temple in Kyoto\, later receiving the Zen name “Fuden’an Sōjitsu” from Z en master Fukutomi Settei in 2000. Sōjitsu assumed headship of the Enshū Sc hool as Grand Master in 2001 and has directed numerous exhibitions and arti stic projects on historic masters of the Enshū tradition and has collaborat ed with artists in various fields. He actively participates in overseas cul tural programs\, introducing Japanese traditional cultural practices in for eign countries\, from Poland and Hungary to Singapore and Myanmar and serve s on numerous administrative and advisory boards. In 2017\, he was the subj ect of the documentary film Chichi wa iemoto (My Father is Grand M aster). His publications include: Kobori Enshū: Kirei-sabi no kiwami (Kobori Enshū: The pinnacle of kirei-sabi)\, Nihon no gokan  (Japan’s Five Senses)\, and Chanoyu no fushigi (The marvels of tea culture).

Presented by Gakushuin Women’s College International Exchange through Traditional Culture Series with UBC Library and the Centr e for Japanese Research

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LOCATION:Royal Bank Cinema GEO:49.269769;-123.255072 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/kirei-sabi-and-the-world-of -enshu-sado-an-afternoon-of-traditional-japanese-tea-culture-with-kobori-so jitsu-grand-master/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/10/1026_Enshu_tea_culture.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181011T1927Z-1539286029.6105-EO-24719-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20181010T190022Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T205141Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181026T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181026T170000 SUMMARY: Reclaiming the Traumatic Past in Public Memory: Contended Sites of Ethical Witness and South Korea’s Jeju 4.3 Massacres by State Violence wit h Dr. Nan Kim DESCRIPTION: Nan Kim is Associate Professor in the Department of History at UW-Milwaukee\, where she is the Director of Public History and the Co-Coor dinator of Asian Studies.  She is the author of Memory\, Reconciliation\, a nd Reunions in South Korea: Crossing the Divide\, and her work has appeared in The Journal of Asian Studies\, The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus\,  and The Routledge Handbook on […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Nan Kim is Associate Profess or in the Department of History at UW-Milwaukee\, where she is the Director of Public History and the Co-Coordinator of Asian Studies.  She is the aut hor of Memory\, Reconciliation\, and Reunions in South Korea: Crossing t he Divide\, and her work has appeared in The Journal of Asian Studi es\, The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus\, and The Routledge Han dbook on Memory and Reconciliation in East Asia. She serves on the edi torial boards of the National Museum of Korean Contemporary History and The Seoul Journal of Korean Studies. A native to New York City\, Dr. Kim received her PhD in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Califo rnia\, Berkeley\, and her bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Prin ceton University. This presentation considers ongoing historical debates an d developments in memory politics highlighted by the 70-year milestone sinc e the 1948 Jeju Uprising\, while also tracing past efforts that brought sup pressed Jeju 4.3 historical memory into greater public awareness during rec ent decades. Recognizing how greater visibility of traumatic historical eve nts can also bring about new kinds of risks\, this talk challenges an uncri tical embrace of “dark tourism” with respect to massacre-related memorial s ites on Jeju Island and elsewhere in the world. Framing Jeju’s history of s tate-led touristic development by South Korea’s past military-authoritarian regimes as integral to the censoring and historical erasure of Jeju 4.3 th at had prevailed during much of the late 20th century\, this talk argues th at the island is uniquely positioned to draw into question the larger disco urse that regards as a form of tourism the visitations of sites associated with intense historical trauma.

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/reclaiming-the-traumatic-pa st-in-public-memory-contended-sites-of-ethical-witness-and-south-koreas-jej u-4-3-massacres-by-state-violence-with-dr-nan-kim/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/10/20181026-Nan-Kim-Poster-Final.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181127T1543Z-1543333389.6097-EO-5153-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180926T184116Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220331T165201Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181027T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181027T153000 SUMMARY: The Unique Lived Experiences of Refugees in Metro Vancouver\, a Pu blic Forum DESCRIPTION: The Unique Lived Experiences of Refugees in Metro Vancouver\, a Public Forum Join us for a free\, public forum highlighting the contribut ions and unique lived experiences of people who came to Metro Vancouver as refugees. In particular\, you will hear from people living with disabilitie s and those from the Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual\, Two-Spirit\, Transgender\, Queer […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Unique Lived Experiences o f Refugees in Metro Vancouver\, a Public Forum

Join us for a free\, public forum highlighting the contributions and unique lived e xperiences of people who came to Metro Vancouver as refugees. In particular \, you will hear from people living with disabilities and those from the Le sbian\, Gay\, Bisexual\, Two-Spirit\, Transgender\, Queer and Intersex comm unities.

If you are a community member\, student\, researcher\, settl ement service provider\, newcomer\, or someone wishing to learn more about these topics\, we welcome you to attend!

Date: Satur day\, October 27th
Time: 10:00 am – 3:30 p m
Venue: MOSAIC\, 5575 Boundary Rd\, Vancouver\, BC V 5R 2P9
Please find Parking and Transit Options here.

Alterna tively\, reserve your seat by contacting lindsay.marsh@ubc.ca or 604-822-1672.

Re freshments will be provided throughout the day\, including Starbucks coffee .

Lunch will be provided by Calabash Bistro\, with vegetaria n and Halal and Kosher friendly options.

Childminding and art facilitation to be provided by the Children’s Art So ciety.

Public transit tickets will be offered to newcomers who wish to attend. Please see a MOSAIC staff person for detai ls upon arrival.

The program consists of heartfelt\, informa tive\, and engaging stories by keynote speakers and panelists who will shar e the ups & downs of their journeys settling in Metro Vancouver. Our modera ted and small group discussions provide a chance for you\, our gue sts\, to explore what you heard\, the theme of intersectionality and the be nefits that diversity brings< /span> to our communities.

Enjoy a film screening and live music\, cr eate art with us\, interact with students on their migration research\, net work over lunch backed by DJ beats\, and much more. Meet new people\, gain new resources on refugee resettlement\, including the WUSC program at UBC a nd settlement providers in your community\, and feel inspired to contribute in your own way!

Moderated by: Saleem Spindari\,Man ager of Refugees and Migrant Workers Programs\, MOSAIC

Our Sp eakers include:

  • Indigenous Welcome: Marissa Na hanee\, Maykw Cha7em of Squamish & Nisga’a Nations
  • Keynote : Jana Hussenni
  • Keynote: Loveth Joseph-Amahian
  • Filmmaker: Amar Chebib\, with Film Producer Lindsey Ridgway and Musician Ibrahim Saker 
    Panelists :
  • Ali Hoshman
  • Ahmad Danny Ramadan
  • Jennifer Seto
  • Patience Magagula
  • Zdravko Cimbaljevic
  • Moderators: Imtiaz Popat\, Christopher Wolff

We will present the documentary film\, Wajd – Songs of Separat ion\, and enjoy discussion on the film with producer Lind sey Ridgway and filmmaker Amar Chebib. Inspired by the traditional music of Syria\, director Amar Chebib traveled to Aleppo in 2010. Six months later the revolution began. Touched by the harrowing experiences of the friends h e made\, Wajd shares the stories of three musicians turned refugees. Over f ive years\, we become intimate with the struggles of Ibrahim\, Abdulwahed\, and Mohamed as they face their traumatic past. Forced to rebuild their liv es in exile\, they turn to their love of music to help them find meaning in the aftermath of destruction and atrocity. Verite footage of their daily l ives weaves together with bittersweet musical performances\, traditional Su fi ceremonies\, and poetic imagery of a pre-war Syria that no longer exists . What unfolds is a cinematic meditation on loss\, yearning\, and faith.

Download a Poster for the film.

DJ beats will be provid ed by DJ Judi Sketch Lewinson over lunch.

In the Research Room\, enjoy poster displays by UBC graduate student s.

Stop by the UBC Refugee Relief table to learn more about their work! UBC Refugee Relief is a diverse gr oup of committed students fundraising for and supporting refugees wanting t o come to Canada through the private sponsorship process.

Bio s:

Marissa Nahanee is currently contracted as Client Relations with Indigenous Community for Leadership and Development (ICLD). ICLD works with First Nations to design and deliver personalized training that is developed with respect for the w isdom within each community. Their mission is to facilitate learning and sk ill growth that supports your economic development goals. Marissa worked wi th the Four Host First Nations Secretariat during the Vancouver 2010 Olympi c and Paralympic Winter Games on projects such as the Indigenous Youth Gath ering\, in which 300 youth performed in the Olympic Opening Ceremonies. TV appearances include Creative Native\, My TV\, Tribal Tracks and First Talk\ , as well as four documentaries\, such as The Road Forward by Marie Clement s\, National Film Board of Canada. Marissa is a graduate in Event Managemen t at the Art Institute of Vancouver\, Northwest Coast Art from the Native E ducation College\, and Tourism Management from Simon Frasier University/Chi ef Dan George Centre.

Danny RamadanAhmad Danny Ramadan is a Syrian-Canadian author\, public speaker\, storyteller and an LGBTQ-refugee activist. His English de but novel\, The Clothesline Swing\, continues to receive raving reviews. As an LGBTQ activist\, he has been involved in coordinating online and on the ground efforts to support Queer and Trans identifying refugees from Syria to immigrate to Canada. Danny runs the annual fundraiser An Evening in Dama scus to support those efforts. Since May 2015\, he has raised over $100.000 to support a total of eight other LGBTQ-identifying Syrian refugees\; and participated in efforts to ensure safe passage to 24 Syrian Queer and Trans refugees to Canada. His public speaking and storytelling made him a regula r presenter in conferences\, conventions and storytelling events across Can ada. He was a keynote speaker at QMUNITY’s IDAHOT Breakfast\, the Liberal P arty Convention\, Six Degrees Conference\, among others. His TEDx talk has gathered thousands of views on YouTube. Ramadan serves on the board of Vanc ouver Pride Society since September 2017\, and is a member of the City of V ancouver LGBTQ2+ Advisory Committee.

Ali Hoshman cam e to Canada in 2017 as an inland refugee claimant and earlier this year bec ame a conventional refugee. He is originally from Afghanistan and was an ac tivist there for disabled people and women’s empowerment as the head of the ir union. He was directing a handicrafts company in which he was employed 5 0 women and disabled individuals\, and as a result\, his life was threatene d by Taliban. He has lost his leg 28 years ago because of a land mine.

< p>Patience Magagula

Patience Magagula is a mother of three and has been l iving with HIV for 16 years. She is the co-founder and director of the Afro -Canadian Positive Network of BC. She serves on a number of boards and comm ittees across Canada\, including Pacific AIDS Network (PAN) and Canadian Tr eatment Action Council (CTAC)\, and has served as a Canadian Association fo r HIV Research (CAHR) Community Representative. She also serves as a knowle dge user for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)-funded Unive rsity of Victoria research study of structural factors affecting the health of African migrant women living with HIV in BC called the Newcomer\, HIV\, Immigration\, Treatment Engagement and Stigma in Canada project. By sharin g her story\, Patience hopes to end the stigma of HIV and bring hope to the hopeless.

Zdravko Cimbaljevic< /a> was born in Montenegro and in 2011\, he came out as the first out gay m an in his country\, after experiencing physical attacks and death threats. He was able to sit at the same table with the Montenegrin Prime Minister\, President\, Parliament members and other decision-makers as part of the Nat ional Anti-Discrimination Council. He also brought LGBTIQ topics as one of the most important human rights issues of the European Union Accession Proc ess for Montenegro. He opened the first LGBTIQ2+ Shelter in the Balkan Regi on. Just days before he arrived in Vancouver to open Pride as a Grand Marsh al\, he organized the first ever Pride Parade in Montenegro. He has continu ed with his international activism and joined as a Rainbow Refugee as a Boa rd Member. Next to his endless volunteer hours for causes and LGBTIQ2+ issu es\, he is currently working for the BC Ministry of Finance and will soon b e graduating in “Peace and Conflict Resolution” studies.


Patience MagagulaJudi Lewinson (JudiLew) is a multi‐t alented woman whose resumé includes an Emmy nominated television series and a Peabody award winning film. As a writer\, director\, producer\, author a nd multi‐faceted entertainer JudiLew continues to enjoy an adventure filled career\, packed with eclectic projects all over the world. From her produc tion company\, VANGRIOT’s in‐house produced endeavours to next‐level collab orations and client driven opportunities\, JudiLew has been privileged to m ake a significant impression within Hollywood’s elite circles\, political a renas and the private sector. JudiLew believes she must use her voice in th e entertainment industry to not only entertain\, but to also tell our stori es and give voice to the issues often left in the shadows of the collective conversation. As a woman of Jamaican heritage\, Judi Lewinson proudly embr aces the country's motto\, "Out of Many\, One People" and seeks to tell div erse and incredible stories that highlight our multi‐cultural world while c elebrating the universal strength of the human spirit.

Co-hos ted by: MOSAIC\, Vancouver Association for Survivors of Torture (VAST)\, AMSSA\, Options Community Services Society \, Vancouver Immigration Partnership with the City of Vancouver\, UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs< /a>\, UBC Migration Research Excellence Cluster\, and UBC International Student Deve lopment.

Sponsors: We acknowledge the financial support of UBC Community Engagement\, UBC Migration Research Excellence Clu ster\, and UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs.

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This talk examines the ways in which nonhumans – mountains\, rivers\, cows\, and god s – are drawn into politics as intentional\, subjective actors in India. Th rough an examination of the inclusions and exclusions at the heart of this process\, it probes the possibilities and limits of more-than-human democra tic politics.

About the Speaker:

Radhika Govin drajan is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Washi ngton. Her book\, Animal Intimacies: Interspecies Relatedness in India’s Ce ntral Himalayas\, was published by the University of Chicago Press in 2018. She is beginning work on a new project that examines the ways in which dem ocratic politics in India contends with the nonhumans.

This event is sonsored by CISAR\, the Department of Anthropology and the UBC Himalaya Pro gram\, with special support from the Cascadia Engagement Fund Research Mobi lity Award\, “Connecting South Asian and Himalayan Research Communities Acr oss Cascadia”

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Hong Kong / History Seminar
Free and open to the public

Along with fishery\, smuggling\, and piracy\, coll aboration with foreigners had long been integral to the economy and society of the region of Guangdong in South China before the Opium War (1839–42). In this talk\, Dr. Gary Chi-hung Luk traces Chinese collaboration in Hong K ong and its surrounding lower Pearl River Delta region during the 1839–42 h ostilities to the social ecology and frontier setting of late imperial Sout h China’s littoral. From this fluid water world one could observe a China t hat was much less hostile to—and more accommodating with—the West than what has usually been portrayed in textbooks\, Mainland official discourses\, o r popular media.

Gary Chi-hung Luk did his D.Phil. a t the University of Oxford and is currently the Elizabeth and Cecil Kent Po stdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History\, University of Saskatchewan . His research areas include early modern and modern China\, the British Em pire\, and Hong Kong. His edited volume From a British to a Chinese Col ony? Hong Kong before and after the 1997 Handover was recently publish ed by the Institute of East Asian Studies\, University of California\, Berk eley. He is completing a monograph on China’s coastal and river societies d uring the Opium War and its following years.

This seminar is organized by the UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative and co-sponsored by: Department of History\, Department of Asian Studies\, Centre for Chinese Research\, and St. J ohn’s College.

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/collaboration-in-late-imper ial-south-china-the-lower-pearl-river-estuary-during-the-opium-war/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/10/20181101-gary-luk-poster-Full-1024x791.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181013T1840Z-1539456006.1313-EO-24765-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20181012T222537Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T183029Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181101T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181101T190000 SUMMARY: The Dead and Maimed: A Postscript to Jallianwalla Bagh and the Pun jab Disturbances by Hardeep Dhillon DESCRIPTION: In 1922\, the Government of Punjab distributed nearly 22 lakh  rupees to Punjabi families of the dead and maimed at Jallianwalla Bagh (Amr itsar) and Gujranwala on the insistence of local Indians. The compensation was (perhaps) the first of its type offered to colonial subjects on a large r scale in history. This paper explores not only the historical aspects rel ated to the the debates for compensation — […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

In 1922\, the Government of Punjab distrib uted nearly 22 lakh rupees to Punjabi families of the dead and maimed at Ja llianwalla Bagh (Amritsar) and Gujranwala on the insistence of local Indian s. The compensation was (perhaps) the first of its type offered to colonial subjects on a larger scale in history. This paper explores not only the hi storical aspects related to the the debates for compensation — how and why they emerged\, but places these compensation efforts into a wider conversat ion on reparations\, colonial violence\, justice\, and law.

About th e Speaker

Hardeep Dhillon is a Ph.D. Candidate in t he History Department at Harvard University with a secondary in Women\, Gen der\, and Sexuality Studies (WGS). Her dissertation project\, titled Ind ians on the Move\, explores the movement of Punjabi men in the early tw entieth century to write a larger history of border and boundary making\, m obility\, race\, law\, and dissent. To contact Hardeep\, please email hdhillon@g.harvard.edu.

LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-dead-and-maimed-a-posts cript-to-jallianwalla-bagh-and-the-punjab-disturbances-by-hardeep-dhillon/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/10/The_Dead_And_Maimed-1-1-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181123T2202Z-1543010568.3031-EO-5226-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20181012T231620Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T190742Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181108T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181108T140000 SUMMARY: Global Oceans and International Diplomacy: What is Changing DESCRIPTION: Don’t miss this seminar with Mr. Serge Segura\, Ambassador of France for the Oceans. His talk will be followed by discussant comments by Professor William Cheung\, UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries and a Q&A with the audience. November 8\, 2018 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm C.K. Choi Buil ding\, Room 120 Please RSVP Abstract: For decades\, global […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Don’t miss this seminar with Mr. Serge Seg ura\, Ambassador of France for the Oceans. His talk will be followed by dis cussant comments by Professor William Cheung\, UBC Institute for the Oc eans and Fisheries and a Q&A with the audience.

November 8\, 2018
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm

C.K. Choi Building\, Room 120

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Abstract: For decades\, global oceans were seen as wild areas with infinite resources. Their wellbeing fell out of the gaze of the high tables of glob al politics. This is no longer the case. Issues such as ocean acidification \, plastics pollution\, deep sea mining\, the survival of global fish suppl ies and the impact of fish farming\, biodiversity protection on the high se as (including LMPAs)\, and the existence of traditional cultures linked to oceans have reached critical levels. In response to the growing sense of cr isis\, global oceans are now on the agenda of the UN\, the G20\, the G7\, a nd countless other initiatives and organizations (including the World Ocean Summit since 2010). In this talk\, Ambassador Segura takes stock of intern ational diplomatic activities linked to global oceans so far and delivers h is evaluation of where global ocean governance is heading. He also offers i nsights on French actions related to oceans.

Bio: Se rge Segura studied law at the Faculty of Aix en Provence and political scie nce at the Institute of Political Studies of Paris (Sciences Po Paris). He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1980 and held various posts in th e Embassy of France in Angola\, Spain\, Albania\, Slovenia\, Madagascar and Sweden. From 2012 to 2015 he was Ambassador of France to the Mozambique. I n addition to diplomatic assignments abroad\, he worked at the Legal Depart ment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs where he specialized in internation al law of the sea and polar law. In particular\, he was Deputy Director of Law of the Sea\, River Law and Poles from 2007 to 2012.

Since Septemb er 2015\, he has served as Ambassador for the Ocean with the Ministry of Fo reign Affairs. Serge SEGURA is the first to hold this function\, new in the organization chart of the Ministry. As Ambassador\, Serge SEGURA provides expertise to the French ministries regarding the interests of maritime stak eholders (fishermen\, scientists\, environmentalists\, commercial\, etc.) a nd represents France at the highest level in international negotiations. He also advises the French diplomatic representations worldwide that regularl y deal with maritime issues.

 

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Partner s: SPPGA\, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries\, IES LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/global-oceans-and-internati onal-diplomacy/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/10/photo-1500929466281-cfe085fe6c5a.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181130T1757Z-1543600654.8423-EO-27349-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20181127T213006Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T195540Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181108T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181108T193000 SUMMARY: The US Midterm Elections: The Voters\, Congress\, and the Trump Pr esidency DESCRIPTION: The US Midterm Elections: The Voters\, Congress\, and the Trum p Presidency The 2018 midterm congressional elections may be among the most important elections in American history.  Join us to discuss what happened and why\, and to consider how the elections will affect the working of gov ernment\, major issues of public policy\, and the ongoing investigations [… ] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The US Midterm Elections: The Vote rs\, Congress\, and the Trump Presidency

The 2018 midterm co ngressional elections may be among the most important elections in American history.  Join us to discuss what happened and why\, and to consider how t he elections will affect the working of government\, major issues of public policy\, and the ongoing investigations of President Trump and his associa tes.

When: Thursday\, November 8th\ , 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Where: Liu Institute for Glo bal Issues – Multipurpose Room (6476 NW Marine Dr.)

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Ch air: Peter Klein\, Associate Professor\, Journalism

Winners and Losers:  Explaining the Vote
Richard Joh nston\, Professor\, Political Science

The 116th  Congress: Priorities and Prospects
Paul J. Quirk\, Profe ssor\, Political Science\; Coordinator\, US Studies Program

< em>Economic and Domestic Policies
Marit Rehavi\, Associa te Professor\, Economics

Wheels of Justice:  Investigatin g the President
Robert Russo\, Lecturer\, Law

Organzied by: The UBC Centre for the Study of Democratic Insti tutions\, School of Public Policy & Global Affairs\, US Studies Program\, D epartment of Political Science.

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LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-us-midterm-elections-th e-voters-congress-and-the-trump-presidency/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/11/photo-1496112872005-7bb0b50dad9c-blue.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181129T1250Z-1543495821.0722-EO-27346-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20181127T212620Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T193511Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181115T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181115T190000 SUMMARY: Total Transition: The Human Side of the Renewable Energy Revolutio n Book Talk DESCRIPTION: Sandeep Pai is a Liu Scholar and PhD student at the Institute for Resources\, Environment and Sustainability\, focusing on energy transit ions. There will be a book launch and discussion for his new book\, Total T ransition: The Human Side of the Renewable Energy Revolution on Nov. 15th. November 15th 5.30PM – 7.00PM Multipurpose room\, Liu Institute About the [ …] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Sandeep Pai is a Liu Scholar and PhD stude nt at the Institute for Resources\, Environment and Sustainability\, focusi ng on energy transitions. There will be a book launch and discussion for hi s new book\, Total Tra nsition: The Human Side of the Renewable Energy Revolution on Nov. 15th .

November 15th
5.30PM – 7.00PM
Mu ltipurpose room\, Liu Institute

About the book: In October\, the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C made it clear that the world must make a rapid transition away from foss il fuels to keep global warming below 1.5°C. Told through interviews and pe ople’s stories\, our book Total Transition: The Human Side of the Renew able Energy Revolution explores the social\, political\, and technolog ical challenges and opportunities associated with a global shift away from fossil fuels towards renewables. Total Transition examines the neg ative impacts that fossil fuel extraction currently has on the environment\ , people\, and communities in extraction areas\, with a focus on the Indian coal-mining belt and the Canadian oil sands. The book juxtaposes these imp acts with the “job imperative” — many fossil fuel workers themselves want t o see the world shift away from fossil fuels\, but are concerned about thei r employability in a renewable energy future. Total Transition exa mines the necessity of making fossil fuel workers climate allies\, and desc ribes inspiring case studies and initiatives that point to how workers and communities from fossil fuel regions could transition to new jobs\, identit ies\, and livelihoods in a renewable energy world.

The book is publis hed in Canada by Rocky Mountain Books\, and distributed internationally. It is available in local bookstores and libraries\, and available online\, fo r example on Amazon.

The book will also be availa ble for purchase at the event.

Media coverage about the book:  The Tyee\,  Asia Times\, National Herald\, Scroll< /a>

Author profiles: Sandeep Pai is an award-winning investigative reporter and researcher. During his journalism career\, he h as worked for the special investigation teams of several of India’s leading English-language newspapers. He has written extensively about the impacts of fossil fuel extraction\, renewable energy and rural development. In 2016 he was awarded the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award\, India’s most prestigious accolade for investigative reporting. Currently Sandeep i s pursuing a PhD at the University of British Columbia\, specializing in en ergy transitions. Prior to UBC he completed an Erasmus Mundus Master of Env ironmental Sciences\, Policy and Management\, jointly taught at Central Eur opean University\, Hungary\, and Lund University\, Sweden. He also holds an engineering degree and postgraduate diploma in journalism\, both from Indi a. Sandeep Pai lives in Vancouver\, BC.

Savannah Carr-Wilson works in the field of environmental and Aboriginal law in British Columbia. Passion ate about protecting the global environment\, Savannah has worked in enviro nmental law and policy not only in Canada but also internationally with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe\, Secretariat of the Water C onvention\, and the German nonprofit Welthungerhilfe. She has authored seve ral influential reports and publications on environmental topics ranging fr om the impacts of fossil fuel extraction to the intricacies of water law an d policy. She studied law at the University of Victoria\, specializing in e nvironmental law and sustainability\, and recently completed an Erasmus Mun dus Master of Environmental Sciences\, Policy and Management\, jointly taug ht at Central European University\, Hungary\, and Lund University\, Sweden. She also holds an undergraduate degree in politics and history from Jacobs University in Bremen\, Germany. Savannah Carr-Wilson lives in Vancouver\, BC.

Hosted by: Energy Systems In Transition Network\ , Liu Institute & Energy Resources\, Development And Environment Lab\, UBC< /p>
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LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/total-transition-the-human- side-of-the-renewable-energy-revolution-book-talk/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/11/https_2F2Fcdn.evbuc_.com2Fimages2F521429742F1265332748932F12Foriginal.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999977.7956-EO-27344-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20181127T211417Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181127T211417Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181120T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181120T183000 SUMMARY: 2018 Info Session: Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs DESCRIPTION: Prospective students\, please join us in downtown Vancouver on Tuesday\, November 20th to learn more about the UBC Master of Public Polic y and Global Affairs (MPPGA) program from our Graduate Program Director\, S hashi Enarth\, alumni\, and MPPGA program staff. Time: 5:30PM – 6:30PM Venu e: C.420 Classroom\, UBC Robson Square Light refreshments provided. Door pr izes to be won! […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Prospective students\, please join us in d owntown Vancouver on Tuesday\, November 20th to learn more about the UBC Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) program from our Graduate Program Director\, Shashi Enarth\, alumni\, and MPPGA program staff.

Time: 5:30PM – 6:30PM
Venue: C.420 Classroom\, UBC Robson Square

Light refreshments provided. Door prizes to be won!

The University o f British Columbia’s Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs program\, d elivered by the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, is a profession al global public policy program with particular expertise in Asia Pacific a nd sustainability policies. The program provides policy makers and future l eaders with multidisciplinary policy analysis and design skills and subject -specific expertise in development\, sustainability and global governance. Candidates graduate ready to drive policy change in industry\, government o r non-profits anywhere in the world.

Applications for the UBC Master of Public Policy & Global Affairs September 2019 intake are now open. Apply by January 23\, 2019.

Can’t make it in person? This event will also be live-streamed from the MPPGA Facebook Page.

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How Foreign Ministries Promote Gen der Equality Globally

This event is intended for UBC student s and alumni only. Join this roundtable discussion with all-female Consul G enerals around how Foreign Ministries promote gender equality globally. Com e prepared with your questions!

Wednesday\, November 21

Noon – 1:30 pm
Liu Institute for Global Issues – Mul tipurpose Room
Light refreshments offered.

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Our Speakers include:

  • Consul General Nicole Da vison\, British Consulate General
  • Consul General Tuti Wahyuningsih Irman\, Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia
  • Consul Gener al Katherine S. Dhanani\, Consulate General of The United States
  • Consul General Tong Xiaoling\, Consulate-General of the People’s Rep ublic of China
  • Consul General Berenice Díaz Ceballos Parada\, Consu late General of Mexico

Moderated by: Jillian S tirk\, a retired member of the Canadian Foreign Service
Bio: An expert in foreign policy and multilateral negotiations\, Jillian Stirk is a forme r Ambassador to Norway and assistant deputy minister in the federal public service. Jillian has spent more than thirty years working on human rights\, security\, and conflict prevention in Eastern Europe\, the Balkans\, the M iddle East\, and Afghanistan. She has conducted negotiations through a vari ety of multilateral organisations including the United Nations\, NATO\, the OSCE\, the Arctic Council\, and the EU.

Consul General Biogr aphies:

Nicole Davison took up her position as British Consul General to Vancouver in July 2016. She is the British go vernment’s representative in British Columbia\, the Yukon and the North Wes t Territories. She is accompanied by her partner\, Karen. Nicole joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1988 and has served in South Afri ca\, Bangladesh\, Ukraine and China. Most recently\, she was the Deputy Hea d of Mission at the British Embassy in Zagreb\, Croatia. In London\, Nicole has worked in the FCO’s Western European Department and Latin America and Caribbean Department. She has also been responsible for the FCO’s parliamen tary affairs and ran one of the teams in the FCO’s Global Response Centre ( covering consular and political crises).

Tuti Wahyuningsih Ir man is Consul General of the Republic of Indonesia. From 2014 unti l now\, she has acted as Inspector II with the Inspectorate General\, Minis try of Foreign Affairs. Before this post\, she was Minister Counsellor\, Re presentative of Indonesia for the United Nations in New York for three year s. In 2018\, she co-authored “Responding to the New Challenges of Independe nt and Active Foreign Policy” in Medwell Journal. Consul General Irman has a Doctoral Degree in International Relations from Padjadjaran University\, Bandung (2017)\, a Master Degree in European Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science (1995) and a Bachelor Degree in Interna tional Relations from the University of Indonesia (1990).

Kat herine S. Dhanani is Consulate General of The United States and a career Foreign Service Officer. Her most recent assignments were in the Sta te Department’s Bureau of Human Resources and in the Bureau of African Affa irs’ Office of Regional and Security Affairs. Before returning to Washingto n in 2013\, she served as Consul General at the U.S. Consulate General in H yderabad\, India. Ms. Dhanani began her career working on western hemispher e issues\, with tours as an Economic Officer in Georgetown\, Guyana\, on th e Mexico desk\, and in Mexico City\, as well as in the Bureau of Western He misphere. She also has served five assignments to Embassies in central and southern Africa. Ms. Dhanani trained as an Economist at Kenyon College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and taught economics at Grinnell College before joining the Foreign Service.

Tong Xiaoling is Consulate-General of the People’s Republic of Chi na. She was born in 1962 in Beijing. She graduated from China University of Foreign Affairs. In 2010\, she acted as Ambassador of China to ASEAN. From 2014-2017\, Tong Xiaoling was Deputy Commissioner of the Commissioner’s Of fice of MFA in HKSAR before becoming the Consul General of the People’s Rep ublic of China in Vancouver.

Berenice Díaz Ceballos Parada is Consulate General of Mexico. She has a Bachelor in International Relations with more than 25 years of work experience in the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs especially on bilateral issues (Europe\, Asia-Pacific and A frica and Middle East) and multilateral in the political\, economic\, finan cial\, social\, environmental\, migration\, organized transnational crime\, corruption and human rights. Since July 2016\, she has served as Consul Ge neral of Mexico in Vancouver\, Canada.

Hosted as part of the Wome n in Policy series at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs ( SPPGA).

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LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/how-foreign-ministries-prom ote-gender-equality-globally/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/11/Gender-symbols.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999977.8308-EO-27340-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20181127T210401Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181127T210724Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181122T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181122T110000 SUMMARY: FB Live Info Session: Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs DESCRIPTION: Prospective students\, please join us on Facebook Live on Thur sday\, November 22nd to learn more about the UBC Master of Public Policy an d Global Affairs (MPPGA) program from our Graduate Program Director\, Shash i Enarth\, alumni\, and MPPGA program staff. The University of British Colu mbia’s Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs program\, delivered by th e School of Public […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Prospective students\, please join us on F acebook Live on Thursday\, November 22nd to learn more about the UBC Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) program from our Graduate Prog ram Director\, Shashi Enarth\, alumni\, and MPPGA program staff.

The University of British Columbia’s Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs program\, delivered by the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, is a professional global public policy program with particular expertise in Asi a Pacific and sustainability policies. The program provides policy makers a nd future leaders with multidisciplinary policy analysis and design skills and subject-specific expertise in development\, sustainability and global g overnance. Candidates graduate ready to drive policy change in industry\, g overnment or non-profits anywhere in the world.

Applications for the UBC Master of Public Policy & Global Affairs September 2019 intake are now open. Apply by January 23\, 2019.

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Tuesday\, Nov 27\, 201812:00PM – 1:30PM
Liu Boardroom (Room 316) \, Liu Institute for Global Issues

Speaker:  Dr. Carla Suarez

Drawing on eight months of field research\, Dr. Sua rez will examine how civilians assess\, negotiate with\, and in some cases deceive armed actors in the eastern DRC.

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RETHINKING TIME IN INDIGENOUS TERR ITORIES: 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\, Rac e\, Sexuality and Social Justice

UBC Coach House\, Green Coll ege\, UBC
Tuesday\, November 27\, 5-6:30 pm\, with reception to follow in the series Green College and School of Social Work Special Lecture / Ac tors on the Anthropo(s)cene

Environmental and other conflict s associated with development projects in Indigenous territories are the re sult of ontological disagreements—disagreements about how to be in the worl d. The Wayuu are an Indigenous group of the Guajira Peninsula in the northe rnmost part of Colombia and northwest of Venezuela. In this talk\, Wayuu an thropologist Weildler Guerra examines Wayuu thinking about personhood and t he relationship of human to non-human beings\, such as the sea\, the winds\ , the territory\, animals and plants. In the Wayuu worldview\, time is both transhistorical and transformative: there is the time of Wayuu sumaiiwa (p rimordial order\, origins of the world and transhistorical time)\, and the time of A’wanajawaa (transformative time\, unfolding events). Weildler Guer ra explores contemporary Wayuu notions of time\, event and personhood in re lation to the non-human world with an eye to their implications for develop ment and environmental interventions.

Support for this event is provi ded by the Memory and Justice Stream in the Institute for Social Justice an d by SPPGA Professor Erin Baines\, the Ivan Head South-North Chair at the L iu Institute for Global Issues.

Weildler Guerra Curvelo is a member of the Uliana Clan of the Wayuu nation associated with the territory of Manuyaluu (Carrizal)\, Uribia\, La Guajira. He has served as a consultant and politician advocating for Indigenous Peoples’ cultural heri tage protection\, and is the author of several books. Currently\, he is the director of the Cultural Centre (Banco de la República) in the Islands of San Andrés\, Providencia and Santa Catalina\, and a PhD Candidate in Anthro pology at Universidad de Los Andes (Bogotá\, Colombia).

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LOCATION:UBC Coach House\, Green College GEO:49.270852;-123.256535 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/rethinking-time-in-indigeno us-territories/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/11/photo-1535314003016-19fbc0546a8a.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181130T0854Z-1543568077.051-EO-27334-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20181127T204222Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181127T204222Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181128T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181128T130000 SUMMARY: Impacts of Local\, Landscape\, and Gardener Characteristics on Div ersity\, Ecological Networks\, and Ecosystem Services in Urban Agroecosyste ms DESCRIPTION: Wednesday\, November 28\, 2018 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Beaty Biodiv ersity Museum\, 2212 Main Mall\, UBC Urban gardens are centers of food prod uction in the city\, and provide an array of benefits for biodiversity and gardeners\, but less is known about socio-ecological interactions in garden s. In this talk\, Dr. Stacy Philpott will explore linkages between […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Wednesday\, November 28\, 2018
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Beaty Biodiversity Museum\, 2212 Main Mall\, UBC< /strong>

Urban gardens are centers of food production in the city\, a nd provide an array of benefits for biodiversity and gardeners\, but less i s known about socio-ecological interactions in gardens. In this talk\, Dr. Stacy Philpott will explore linkages between characteristics of gardens (ve getation\, ground cover)\, landscapes (natural habitat\, landscape diversit y)\, and gardeners (gender\, region of origin) and biodiversity\, ecologica l networks\, and ecosystem services such as pollination\, pest control\, wa ter conservation\, and food production.

The seminar will be hosted by the Wittman Lab. Cookies will be served at 11:30am in the Beaty Biodiversi ty Centre atrium (cookie providers: Megan S. and Rassim K.). Seminar will b egin at 12:00pm in the Beaty Biodiversity Museum auditorium.

This eve nt is co-hosted by the Biodiversity Research Centre and the Centre for Susta inable Food Systems at the UBC Farm.

Dr. Stacy Philpott

LOCATION:Beaty Biodiversity Museum GEO:49.268744;-123.255896 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/impacts-of-local-landscape- and-gardener-characteristics-on-diversity-ecological-networks-and-ecosystem -services-in-urban-agroecosystems/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/11/maarten-van-den-heuvel-239204-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181130T0859Z-1543568365.1447-EO-27330-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20181127T202604Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190114T235651Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181129T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181129T183000 SUMMARY: Documentary Screening – ‘Mount Gariwang: An Olympic Casualty’ DESCRIPTION: Raze a forest\, displace people — all for a two-week sport eve nt. This is the story of Mount Gariwang\, a formerly protected mountain in South Korea that was partially bulldozed to build an alpine ski venue for t he 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic & Paralympic Games\, resulting in the di splacement of local residents (both human and […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Raze a forest\, displace people — all for a two-week sport event. This is the story of Mount Gariwang\, a formerly pr otected mountain in South Korea that was partially bulldozed to build an al pine ski venue for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic & Paralympic Games\, resulting in the displacement of local residents (both human and non-human ) in the area.

‘Mount Gariwang: An Olympic Casualty‘ is a short documentary that grapples with questions that transcen d sport mega-events and geographical boundaries\, such as: what inequali ties are perpetuated in environmental controversies?\; how are environment- related decisions made and whose voices are featured or marginalized in the process?\; what assumptions underline dominant approaches to ‘susta inability’ and how do they influence our ability to imagine alternat ive and preferred ecological and socio-political futures?

This do cumentary was developed through a collaboration between Vancouver-based jou rnalists and filmmakers Jordan Wade\, David Gauthier and Connor Lang (see J ordan and Connor’s company Storyhero Media) — and Liv Yoon (doctoral candidate in UBC’s School of Kinesiology and Liu Scholar at the Liu Institute for Global Issues) and Brian Wilson (Director of UBC’s Ce ntre for Sport and Sustainability and Professor in the School of Kinesiolog y).

Based on Liv’s doctoral dissertation research\, this documentary includes original interviews conducted in February 2018 in the lead up to\, and during\, the Games\, as well as original video footage at Mt. Gariwang and other relevant locations around PyeongChang.

Aligned with SSHRC- funded research on Sport Journalism\, Peace and Environmental Issues\, this project was an attempt to implement a set of ‘best practice’ crit eria associated with environmental journalism and comunication\, while purs uing knowledge translation and a public sociology activity through media pr oduction.

The trailer for the documentary is available here.

This event i s free and open to the public\, and will be followed by a catered reception .

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LOCATION:Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability\, BC Hydro Theatre GEO:49.261915;-123.253072 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/documentary-screening-mount -gariwang-an-olympic-casualty/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/11/68189_799478206792439_3610433715642351296_n_0.preview.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181205T0852Z-1543999977.8957-EO-28071-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20181204T201806Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T203333Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181206T140000 SUMMARY: The Rise of Princelings in China: Career Advantages and Collective Elite Reproduction DESCRIPTION: Event Details Start: 6 December 2018 12:00 pm End: 6 December 2018 2:00 pm Venue: Multipurpose Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues Wit h Tony Huiquan Zhang Assistant Professor of Sociology St. Thomas More Colle ge University of Saskatchewan Venue: Multipurpose Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues   Abstract: Recently\, China’s princelings – political elites whose parents are also political elites – have […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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With Tony Huiquan Zhang

Assistant Professor of Sociology

St. Thomas More College
Un iversity of Saskatchewan

Venue: Multipurpose Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues

 

Abstract: Rece ntly\, China’s princelings – political elites whose parents are also politi cal elites – have formed an influential group in China’s top leadership. Ho w have China’s princelings benefitted from their family backgrounds in thei r careers? This study seeks to answer the question and in so doing to add t o the existing factionalist and meritocracy approaches to Chinese political elites. Based on biographical data of 293 princelings\, quantitative analy ses show that princelings have various advantages over non-princeling offic ials on the Central Committee. This is not simply familial advantage\, howe ver\, as regression analysis finds parents’ rank and longevity do not signi ficantly affect princelings’ career outcomes. Rather\, the findings suggest that princelings benefit from membership in an affiliative status group\, which differs from factions. The qualitative analysis find princelings’ sta tus is formed and reproduced in a “collective” manner: (1) princelings’ sta tus and early advantages originated in the state’s centralized resource all ocation system\; (2) princelings’ education and career choices are intertwi ned with the state’s practical and ideological goals\; (3) princelings’ sha red life courses strengthened their collective identity\; (4) princelings’ career advantages are secured by the party-state’s cadre management system. These factors combine to reproduce princelings’ elite status within the pa rty and state\, what I term “collective elite reproduction”. Implications o f princelings’ rule in China\, to academic research\, the public and the in ternational relations (e.g.  Canada-China relations) will be discussed.

About the speaker: Tony Huiquan Zhang is an assis tant professor of sociology at the St. Thomas More College federated with t he University of Saskatchewan. He studies  political sociology in general\, especially in the areas of public opinion\, Chinese politics and social mo vements. Right now he is working on (1) transformations of people’s public opinion\, value orientations and subjective well-being in China and the wor ld\; (2) political elite selection and reproduction in China\; and (3) the diffusion mechanisms of social movements in China and the United States. Hi s works have appeared in British Journal of Sociology\, Sociological Forum\ , Chinese Sociological Review\, Journal of East Asian Studies\, and Weather Climate and Society. His research project\, entitled “The Rise of Princeli ngs: The State and Collective Elite Formation in China”\, has received rese arch grant from the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation (2018-2019).

 

LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-rise-of-princelings-in- china-career-advantages-and-collective-elite-reproduction/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/12/ccp-national-congress-pic-768x516.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181128T1854Z-1543431296.1283-EO-27326-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20181127T201804Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T174926Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181207T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181207T200000 SUMMARY: Can the Displaced Speak? Lobby Gallery Opening Reception DESCRIPTION: Can the Displaced Speak? Refugee Muslim Young Women Negotiatin g Identity and Belonging Through the Camera Lens Liu Lobby Gallery Exhibiti on: November 12\, 2018 – January 4\, 2019 Please join UBC PhD Candidate and PSI Scholar\, Neila Miled\, and the PhotoVoice participants for a brief pr esentation and Q&A session followed by refreshments and light snacks. Frida y\, December 7  5:30 PM […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Can the Displaced Speak? Refugee Muslim Young Women Negotiating Identity and B elonging Through the Camera Lens

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Liu Lobby Gallery Exhibition: November 12\, 2018 – Ja nuary 4\, 2019

Please join UBC PhD Candidate and PSI Scholar \, Neila Miled\, and the PhotoVoice participants for a brief presentation a nd Q&A session followed by refreshments and light snacks.

Fri day\, December 7 
5:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Lobby Gallery\, Liu Institute for Global Issues

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This PhotoVoice project exhibits t he voices of ten Muslim young women who have experienced displacement due t o civil wars in Afghanistan\, Somalia\, Sudan and Syria. It captures the em otions\, journeys and memories that a group of Muslim refugees from differe nt cultural\, ethnic\, and linguistic backgrounds choose to share about the following themes: identity\, belonging\, the notion of home\, and their sc hool experiences.

These young women share being Muslims and becoming ‘refugees’\, but this project is an invitation to see them beyond the ‘Hija b’ and the ‘Niqab’. Through the camera lens\, they speak for themselves and encourage you to see the world through their eyes. They hope you listen to their stories\, as told through their photographs\, and invite you to expe rience the dreams they are chasing and the challenges they face.

 

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Artist Neila Miled. Photo Credit: Serbulant Turan PSI coordinator

LOCATION:Lobby Gallery\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/can-the-displaced-speak-lob by-gallery-opening-reception/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/11/can-the-displaced-speak-Copy-min-Copy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181204T1512Z-1543936327.7748-EO-28027-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20181204T010216Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T193124Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181213T133000 SUMMARY: Creating and Sharing Value with Communities in the Early Mine Life -Cycle DESCRIPTION: Join us for a discussion with UBC researchers and Jon Lyons\, vice president regulatory affairs and strategy\, Erdene Resource Developmen t Corporation\, on a recent project on mining in Mongolia. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Please join us on December 13 from 12:00PM – 1:30PM for a discussion with UBC researchers and Jon Lyons\, vice presid ent regulatory affairs and strategy\, Erdene Resource Development Corporati on on the findings of a recent project in Mongolia: Creating and Sharing Va lue with Communities in the Early Mine Life-Cycle: The Case Of Erdene Resou rce Development Corporation In Mongolia.

A light lunch will be served .

RSVP by December 10 by emailing Bulgan Batdorj at bulgan.ba tdorj@ubc.ca

A copy of the report can be viewed here.

LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/creating-and-sharing-value- with-communities-in-the-early-mine-life-cycle/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/12/snip-mongolia.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181201T1632Z-1543681974.3074-EO-27767-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20181130T194150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T005620Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181214T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20181214T113000 SUMMARY: UBC MPPGA Meet and Greet in Singapore DESCRIPTION: Prospective students\, please join us in Singapore's Marina Sq uare on Friday\, December 14th to learn more about the UBC Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) program X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

UBC MPPGA Meet and Greet in Singapore

Location: The Living Room @ Atrium\, Pan Pacific Singapore // 7 Raffles Blvd\, Marina Square\, Singapore 039595
Date: Friday\, December 14
Time: 10:30AM - 11.30AM
Light refreshments provided.

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Prospective students\, p lease join us at Singapore's Marina Square on Friday\, December 14th to lea rn more about the UBC Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) progra m from our program representatives\, Professor Kai Ostwald\, Tommy Koh\ , and Clare Kim.

  • Kai Ostwald\, Assistant Professor - School of P ublic Policy and Global Affairs & Political Science\, Director - Centre for Southeast Asia Research
  • Tommy Koh\, MPPGA Student - 2017 Cohort
  • Clare Kim\, MPPGA Student - 2017 Cohort

The University of British Columbia’s Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs program\, de livered by the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, is a professional global public policy program with particular expertise in Asia Pacific and sustainability policies. The program provides policy makers and future lea ders with multidisciplinary policy analysis and design skills and subject-s pecific expertise in development\, sustainability and global governance. Ca ndidates graduate ready to drive policy change in industry\, government or non-profits anywhere in the world.

Applications for the UBC Master of Public Policy & Global Affairs September 2019 intake are now open. Apply b y January 23\, 2019.

 

LOCATION:The Living Room @ Atrium\, Pan Pacific Singapore GEO:1.291725;103.858340 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ubc-mppga-meet-and-greet-in -singapore/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/11/Student-Image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190104T2230Z-1546641038.3283-EO-29081-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190104T215256Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190104T215519Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190109T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190109T163000 SUMMARY: Gu Xiong: Migrations DESCRIPTION: This lecture will take a direct and rational perspective on ar tist Gu Xiong and his practice: he was passionate and restless in the 1980s \; in the 1990s\, his thoughts turned to immigration and identity\; around 2000\, he entered into dialogues and drew comparisons in response to a new cultural identity\; and over the past decade\, he has turned his attention to the issue of international migrant workers. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

This lecture will take a direct and ration al perspective on artist Gu Xiong and his practice: he was passionate and r estless in the 1980s\; in the 1990s\, his thoughts turned to immigration an d identity\; around 2000\, he entered into dialogues and drew comparisons i n response to a new cultural identity\; and over the past decade\, he has t urned his attention to the issue of international migrant workers. A journe y of migration unfolds before our eyes and\, as we come to know Gu’s work t hrough this journey\, we encounter enclosures\, garbage\, salmon\, rivers\, tomatoes and cardboard boxes along the way. It has been an extended proces s of cultural reconstruction. This is a journey of persistent inquiries ste mming from the self\, starting with mundane happenings in everyday life and eventually coming to fruition elsewhere in a new land. Art permeates Gu’s life—it has always provided him with company and empowered him.

 About the Exhibition:

< p>Gu Xiong: Migrations is an inquiry about migration in life. The works in the exhibition were created over a span of forty-five years—starti ng with Zhiqing Sketches (1972–76) and ending with Yellow Carg o (2016–17). The sketch pencil that Gu picked up as an innocent youth\ , during one of the darkest periods of his life\, helped him to preserve bo th his sense of self and his independence. In 1978\, Gu became a university student at the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute and thus began the discovery of his own voice in the pursuit of art. Amid Gu’s profound celebration of art \, Gu Xiong: Migrations is a dialogue and\, by the same token\, a gift in itself. however\, it will never end.

Gu Xiong’s large retrosp ective exhibition\, Gu Xiong: Migrations\, which was held in the S ummer of 2017 at the Galaxy Museum of Contemporary Art in Chongqing\, China . It was also organized as a part of the Canada 150 celebrations. The exhib ition was forcibly closed before its scheduled opening\, because of the sen sitivity of Gu’s work on migration. The museum kept its doors open for the two days that it took to tear down the work\, allowing visitors to witness its slow disappearance.

About Gu Xiong：

Gu Xiong\, a multimedia artist from China\, now lives in C anada. He has exhibited nationally and internationally including more than 60 solo exhibitions and three public art commissions. He has participated i n over 100 prominent national and international group exhibitions. His work is represented in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada\, the China National Museum of Fine Arts\, and the Vancouver Art Gallery\, among many other museums and private collections.

Gu Xiong has done three l arge public art projects in Canada and the United States: the Safeco Field\ , Washington State Major League Baseball Stadium (Seattle\, WA)\; the Seatt le Public Library Columbia City Branch (Seattle\, WA)\; the Macdonald Stewa rt Art Centre Donald Forster Sculpture Park\, University of Guelph (Guelph\ , ON).

Gu Xiong has published two books\, seventeen solo exhibitions catalogues and eleven book covers. His writing and art works are published in many art catalogues\, magazines\, and newspapers. His artwork has receiv ed significant critical recognition including reviews in the New York Times and the international art magazines Flash Art and Art in America. In addit ion\, Gu Xiong’s poem and artwork is taught in a grade 7 text book (Nelson Literacy 7c) in the province of Ontario\, Canada. The documentary film The Yellow Pear: The Story of Gu Xiong from the series A Scattering of Seeds: T he Creation of Canada was broadcast on the History Channel in March 2001.

Gu Xiong’s practice centers on the creation of a hybrid identity arisi ng from the integration of different cultural origins. Through the critical angle of visual art\, his work encompasses sociology\, geography\, economi cs\, politics\, and literature\, as well as the dynamics of migration\, glo balization\, local culture and identity politics\, through which he constit utes an amalgamation of multiple cultural histories and seeks to create an entirely new identity. The construction of a new level of being is Gu Xiong ’s primary interest.

Gu Xiong received his BFA and MFA degrees from t he Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in Chongqing\, China. In Canada\, he attende d the Banff Centre for the Arts twice as artist-in-residence\, in addition as a visiting professor and artist to many other colleges and universities in Canada\, the United States\, Ecuador\, and China. He has served on the C anada Council Governor General’s Awards Jury for Visual Arts\, Media Art an d Architecture\; the Canada Council Visual Art Grant Jury\; the Seattle Art s Commission Jury\; the BC Arts Council Jury\; and the Vancouver Foundation Jury. As Professor in the Department of Art History\, Visual Art and Theor y at the University of British Columbia\, Gu Xiong teaches and researches i n the disciplines of installation\, painting\, drawing\, and contemporary a rt theory.

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LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/gu-xiong-migrations/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/01/Gu-Xiong_-Migrations-1-e1546638354208.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181208T0422Z-1544242932.3945-EO-28201-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20181206T005753Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190108T192937Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190110T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190110T110000 SUMMARY: MPPGA Admissions Q&A on Facebook Live DESCRIPTION: Prospective students\, please join us on Facebook Live to lear n more about the admissions process for the UBC Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) program. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Prospective students\, please join us on F acebook Live to learn more about the admissions process for the UBC Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) program.

The MPPGA progra m\, delivered by the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, is a 20-m onth professional global public policy program that provides policy makers and future leaders with multidisciplinary policy analysis and design skills alongside subject-specific expertise in development\, sustainability\, and global governance. Applications for 2019 Fall Admission close January 2 3!

Thursday\, January 10th\, 2019
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Online on the MPPGA Fac ebook Page

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CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/mppga-admissions-qa-on-face book-live/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/12/StudentsatLaptop.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181128T0537Z-1543383447.3183-EO-27309-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20181126T224719Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190108T193050Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190115T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190115T193000 SUMMARY: The Phil Lind Initiative Presents: Robert Bullard DESCRIPTION: We begin the Phil Lind Initiative 2019 series with Robert Bull ard\, considered the “Father of Environmental Justice” and a Distinguished Professor of Urban Planning and Environmental Policy\, X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Phil Lind Ini tiative 2019 series will explore the theme of “America and the C limate Crisis” in Term 2 at UBC with some of the foremost inte llectuals on the climate crisis. We begin the series with Robert Bullard\, considered the “Father of Environmental Justice” and a Distinguished Professor of Urban Planning and Environmental Policy\, Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs\, Texas Southern Uni versity.

Students\, alumni\, faculty members \, staff\, and community members are all welcome to join in this signature event hosted by the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs.

Tuesday\, January 15\, 2019
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Frederic Wood Theatre\, 6354 Crescent Rd\, UBC

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Lind Initiative Series Description: The world is nearing the point-of-no-retu rn for catastrophic and irreversible climate change. Without action\, the f uture will be one of mass forced migration\, famine\, and economic costs in the trillions of dollars. Many of these effects will be felt within the Un ited States\, and yet no other country is as deeply divided on climate chan ge. For America\, the climate crisis is as much a domestic political crisis as it is a crisis of planetary sustainability. But voices for climate acti on in America remain strong and there are signs of progress. American activ ists and philanthropists are increasingly steering the global conservation about how to solve the crisis. Innovation in renewable energy\, geoengineer ing\, and artificial intelligence are thriving and may hold the key. Americ an cities have stepped up to assume the mantle of leadership in reducing gr eenhouse gases when the federal government has failed. There are signs of b oth promise and peril for America’s climate future. Can the United States o vercome its domestic climate crisis to become a global leader for climate a ction? Or are the forces of extreme partisanship\, climate denialism\, and dirty industry too deeply entrenched?

Join u s for this event and our other Phil Lind series events on UBC campus.

All Phil Lind Initiative events are wheelchair ac cessible.

Follow along on Twitter at #LIND19

Subscribe to our Ph il Lind Initiative Newsletter for details and RSVP links.

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CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage LOCATION:Frederic Wood Theatre GEO:49.268043;-123.257021 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-phil-lind-initiative-pr esents-robert-bullard/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/11/Bullard-Crop.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190105T1623Z-1546705417.4088-EO-29071-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190104T203957Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190114T235259Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190117T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190117T190000 SUMMARY: Quality Education and the Role of Digital Technology in Nepal DESCRIPTION: Technological innovations have revolutionized the ways we comm unicate\, exchange knowledge and ideas\, and deliver goods and services. Ho wever\, this progress has yet to touch the lives many around the world\, an d the disparity between the privileged and the disadvantaged has been risin g. There is an urgent need to leverage technology to level the playing fiel d and provide equitable access to education and opportunities for all. Desp ite right intentions and large investments\, the progress has been slow\, a nd much needs to be done in policies and practices. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

This talk is co-sponsored with the Centre for Ind ia & South Asia Research (CISAR)\, the Department of Language and Literacy Education (LLED)\, UBC Language Sciences\, and the Nepal Library Foundation .

Abstract

About the Speaker

Rabi Karmacharya is a social entrepren eur who helped launch OLE Nepal with the vision to use technology to improve the quality of primary education in Nepal’s public schools\, and to transform the way children learn through engagement\, exploration and expe rimentation. Rabi has extensive experience in technological innovation and management\, and a conviction that young educated Nepalis have a critical r ole to play in nation building. Prior to launching OLE Nepal in 2007\, he h eaded HimalayanTechies\, one of the first successful software outsourcing c ompanies that he co-founded in Nepal in 2001. He currently serves as the Ch air of the company’s Board of Directors.

Rabi holds Masters of Engine ering and Bachelors of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He worked at 3Com Corporation in Santa Clara\, California for three years as design eng ineer prior to his return to Nepal. Rabi is the Asia Society’s Asia 21 Youn g Leader (2010) and Asia 21 Fellow (2011).

CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/education-technology-nepal/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/01/photo-1498409785966-ab341407de6e.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190108T0659Z-1546930749.9436-EO-29093-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190104T232109Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190104T232109Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190118T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190118T170000 SUMMARY: Promoting the Nation through Foreign Bodies: Soft Cultural Power a nd K-pop Cover Dance DESCRIPTION: In her seminar\, Dr. Saeji investigates the ways the South Kor ean government is using K-pop cover dance to build nationalism in Koreans a nd soft power for Korea overseas. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Dr. CedarBough Saeji is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of British Columbia. Previously at K orea University and Hankuk University of Foreign Studies\, she is a scholar of the presentation of Korean culture\, whether intangible cultural herita ge or resolutely modern popular music.

In her seminar\, Dr. Saeji inv estigates the ways the South Korean government and other affiliated organiz ations are using the popular practice of performing choreography to Korean popular music\, or K-pop cover dance\, to build nationalism in Koreans and soft power for Korea overseas. She argues that the breathless\, unconvincin gly astounded coverage of K-pop fans from around the world on Korean televi sion programs essentializes foreign places and people with one singular foc us: to prove the attractiveness of Korea to a Korean audience.

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LOCATION:Room 604\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/promoting-the-nation-throug h-foreign-bodies-soft-cultural-power-and-k-pop-cover-dance/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/01/Saeji-PIcture-300x281-e1546644042662.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190114T1828Z-1547490519.4616-EO-29167-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190114T181644Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190114T230031Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190122T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190122T133000 SUMMARY: Make China Green Again: Challenges & Opportunities DESCRIPTION: The talk presents a critique of the prevailing model of enviro nmental management practiced by industrialized and developing countries ali ke and calls for a new paradigm\, using China as a critical case\, in comba ting global pollution and climate change. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
With Dr. Wenran Jiang

Adjunct Professor \, School of Public Policy & Global Affairs

This subject puts China’s efforts to restore its environment in the historical and global context. I t outlines a number of distinctive characteristics of globalized production in the latest wave of industrialization and related environmental problems facing the world. The talk presents a critique of the prevailing model of environmental management practiced by industrialized and developing countri es alike and calls for a new paradigm\, using China as a critical case\, in combating global pollution and climate change.

About t he speaker:

Named by the Alberta Venture magazine as on e of the 50 most influential people in Alberta for 2014\, Dr. Wenran Jiang is adjunct professor at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, Un iversity of British Columbia\, Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Internat ional Centre for Scholars in Washington DC\, and Special Advisor on China t o the US and Canada based Energy Council. He is also the President of Canad a-China Energy and Environment Forum and its annual conference since 2004.< /p>

Dr. Jiang was a tenured professor in the Department of Political Scie nce at the University of Alberta\, and was the special advisor to Alberta D epartment of Energy on Asian market diversification from 2012 to 2014. Dr. Jiang is also the Founding Director (2005-08) of the University’s China Ins titute. He was the mission advisor to Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr f or his China visit in June 2017\, and is currently advising Alaska Legislat ure on the $43 billion Alaska-Sinopec LNG project.

In recent years\, Dr. Jiang has advised government agencies\, private companies in energy\, m ining\, forestry and agricultural sectors on Asian market access and how to engage China\, with a particular focus on energy efficiency and environmen tally friendly technologies. He is currently completing a book on why Canad a needs to diversify its energy market to Asia.

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CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/make-china-green-again-chal lenges-opportunities/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/01/Capture.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190115T2048Z-1547585297.3677-EO-29194-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190115T195734Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190115T195734Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190122T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190122T133000 SUMMARY: Enlightenment for Plants and Trees: Sōmoku jōbutsu in Medieval Jap anese Short Stories DESCRIPTION: Part of the CJR Lunchtime Lecture Series Abstract: In medieval Japan\, popular arts often took advantage of a blending of religious ideol ogy and entertainment in order to educate\, attract audiences\, and solicit donations. Enter otogizōshi—a genre of short stories from the Muromachi pe riod (1392–1573). Originating in popular performance and “picture explainin g” (etoki)\, otogizōshifrequently delivered didactic messages through […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Technol ogical innovations have revolutionized the ways we communicate\, exchange k nowledge and ideas\, and deliver goods and services. However\, this progres s has yet to touch the lives many around the world\, and the disparity betw een the privileged and the disadvantaged has been rising. There is an urgen t need to leverage technology to level the playing field and provide equita ble access to education and opportunities for all. Despite right intentions and large investments\, the progress has been slow\, and much needs to be done in policies and practices. I will use Nepal’s case to highlight the ch allenges and lessons of using technology to uplift the lives of people.   

 

 

Part of the CJR Luncht ime Lecture Series

Abstract:

In medieval Japan\, popular arts often took advantage of a blending of religious ideology and entertainment in order to educate\, attract audiences\, and solicit donations. Enter otogizōshi—a genre of short stories from the Muromachi period (1392–1 573). Originating in popular performance and “picture explaining” (etok i)\, otogizōshifrequently delivered didactic messages through highly entertaining tales. The content of these tales varies greatly\, but one subgenre that stands out is that of iruimono\, or “tales of n on-humans.” While many iruimono are quite humorous\, there exist t ales in which a plant or tree becomes human\, and these stories are general ly treated in a more nuanced or even tragic manner. This talk will explore the Buddhist ideology of sōmoku jōbutsu (“plants and trees becomin g buddhas”) and its connection to this phenomenon of plant anthropomorphiza tion in tales such as Kazashi no himegimi (also known as Kiku no sei monogatari) and Kajō monogatari. It will also consider the relationship of Noh plays such as Bashō to this phenomenon.

About the Speaker:

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Haley Blum received a B. A. in East Asian Studies from Colby College in Waterville\, Maine\, USA\, and a Master’s in Asian Languages and Literatures from the University of Massachusetts\, Amh erst\, USA. She is now a PhD Candidate at the University of British Columbi a. She recently spent a year and a half conducting dissertation research as a visiting scholar at Gakushuin Women’s College in Tokyo\, Japan\, on a ME XT (Monbukagakusho) government scholarship. Her dissertation focus is plant anthropomorphization in medieval short stories (otogizōshi)\; oth er research interests include humor and adaptation.

 

 

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LOCATION:Room 604\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/enlightenment-for-plants-an d-trees-somoku-jobutsu-in-medieval-japanese-short-stories/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/01/cedar.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190121T2357Z-1548115024.4105-EO-29236-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190121T221538Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190124T004111Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190125T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190125T143000 SUMMARY: Meng\, Huawei\, and Sino-Canadian Relations DESCRIPTION: Students at UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SP PGA) have taken initiatives to invite some of the most prominent experts on the issue in Canada to discuss the China crisis. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Roundtable organized by students at the Sc hool of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA).

Speakers: Professor Paul Evans\, Wenran Jiang\, Pitman Potter\, Yves Tiberghi en.

The American request for the arrest of Meng Wanzhou\, CFO of the Chinese tech company Huawei\, puts Canada between a rock and a hard place. Had Canada rejected the request\, as widely believed\, it could have harmed Canada’s relation with the US. By accepting the request\, Canada enraged C hina. Since the arrest\, at least 13 Canadians have been detained in China\ , one Canadian national was re-trailed and sentenced to death\, and one Can adian in transit in China was first detained and then sent back to her poin t of departure.

This is a moment of crisis.

While media have gi ven lengthy coverage to personal opinions on the current crisis\, open conv ersations among experts have been rare. However\, this is exactly the momen t when voices of reasons\, commitments to open debates\, and the courage to face contradictions are the most needed.

Students at UBC School of P ublic Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA) have taken initiatives to invite so me of the most prominent experts on the issue in Canada to discuss the cris is. These experts from diverse backgrounds will share their opinions on the development of the crisis\, the larger landscape behind the incident\, and what needs to be done next and what needed to be avoided.

Asia N ow Forum is a student-led-initiative\, an element of the Asian Specializati on Pilot Project at School of Public Policy and Global Affairs.

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LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/meng-huawei-and-sino-canadi an-relations/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/01/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_55444746_202918772505_1_original.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190107T1719Z-1546881541.1209-EO-29091-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190104T231631Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190114T235152Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190125T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190125T170000 SUMMARY: Military Service\, Class\, Education\, and Korean Masculinity DESCRIPTION: Dr. Kim examines how South Korean millennial men plan for and experience their compulsory military service\, as well as how they manifest their neoliberal ethoses during that process. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Dr. Seung-kyung Kim is the Korea Foundatio n Professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures\, and th e Director of the Institute of Korean Studies at Indiana University. Her re search focuses on gender\, family\, social movements\, and transnational mi gration.

In her seminar\, Dr. Kim studies the conflict of neoliberal principles with compulsory military service in South Korea. Drawing example s from an interview done with South Korean college students who have comple ted their military services between 2013-2017\, Dr. Kim examines how South Korean millennial men plan for and experience their compulsory military ser vice\, as well as how they manifest their neoliberal ethoses during that pr ocess.

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LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/military-service-class-educ ation-and-korean-masculinity/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/01/450x300_q751.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190115T2047Z-1547585240.1396-EO-29196-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190115T200745Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190124T190114Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190128T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190128T140000 SUMMARY: Negotiating the Iran Deal\, with British High Commissioner DESCRIPTION: High Commissioner Susan le Jeune d’Allegeershecque will speak about the process of negotiating the Iran Deal\, the processes and pitfalls \, as well as talking about the deal itself. She will also speak about wher e matters currently stand on the deal. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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Nego tiating the Iran Deal\, with British High Commissioner\, Susan le Jeune d’A llegeershecque

Join us to hear from British High Commissioner\, Susan le Jeune d’Allegeershecque\, on her role in negotiating the Iran Deal while Ambassador to the Organization for Secu rity and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). Welcome remarks will be provided by MPPGA student Marzia Rizvi.

Light refreshme nts provided.

High Commissioner Susan le Jeune d’Allegeershecque will speak about the process of negotiating the Iran Deal\, the processes and p itfalls\, as well as talking about the deal itself.  She will also speak ab out where matters currently stand on the deal.

Bio: Susan le Jeune d’Allegeershecque has been Britain’s High Commission er to Canada since August 2017.

Her 30 year diplomatic career has taken her to three continents\, and exposed her to is sues from the EU\, to nuclear non-proliferation\, anti-narcotics work and t he corporate challenge of the Foreign Service’s HR policies. She has lived through a coup in Venezuela\, and the immediate aftermath of the Brexit vot e in her last post as Ambassador to Austria and Permanent Representative to the UN organisations in Vienna. A career highlight was taking part in the negotiations which led to the JCPOA nuclear deal with Iran.

Susan speaks French\, German and Spanish and is married to Stéphane a former journalist and teacher. They have two grown-up sons.

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CATEGORIES:Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/negotiating-the-iran-deal-w ith-british-high-commissioner/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/01/SusanLeJeune01_Photo.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190115T2113Z-1547586782.7377-EO-29190-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190115T192338Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190115T193554Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190129T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190129T163000 SUMMARY: Signs of the Times: Kunming’s Streetside Political Posters DESCRIPTION: With Dr. John Israel (Professor Emeritus of History at the Uni versity of Virginia) How to figure out what is going on in China? There is no substitute for reading official documents\, following public media\, get ting to know individual Chinese\, and following informed scholarship\, anal ysis and commentary. However\, any visitor equipped with some knowledge of the […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

With Dr. John Israel (Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Virginia)

How to figure out what is going on in China? There is no substitute for reading official docu ments\, following public media\, getting to know individual Chinese\, and f ollowing informed scholarship\, analysis and commentary. However\, any visi tor equipped with some knowledge of the language or accompanied by a helpfu l local friend can learn quite a bit simply by walking down the street with eyes open.

Propaganda posters\, a political art form inspired by the Soviet Union\, enjoyed their halcyon age in China from 1949 through the 19 80s. They loomed above streets and public squares\, festooned bookstores\, and decorated homes\, offices\, and commercial establishments.

In rec ent years\, at least in some parts of China\, streetside political art has seen a renaissance. John Israel’s richly illustrated presentation focuses u pon Kunming\, a city where he has lived for periods of time over the course of nearly four decades.

About the speaker: 

John Israel\, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Vi rginia\, received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin\, Madison (1955) and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard (1957\, 1963).  His scho larly writing has focused upon students and higher education in 20th centur y China.  His magnum opus is Lianda: A Chinese University in War and Revolu tion (1998). He has traveled\, lived\, and studied in Taiwan (1959-1962\, 1 985-1986) and the People’s Republic of China (since 1978).

After reti ring from the UVa faculty in 2003\, Professor Emeritus Israel taught Americ an history to Chinese students at the Yunnan Nationalities University and C hinese history to American students through the Duke in China program in Ku nming. On the 2010 spring voyage\, he helped to launch Semester at Sea’s Tu ng program in Sino-US relations. He and Professor Tao Xie teamed up for the Tung program in spring 2013.  His commentaries on contemporary China have been broadcast through the Voice of America’s Mandarin Language Service.  A veteran of the anti-Vietnam-war movement\, he has periodically conducted c olloquia and seminars on Vietnamese history and the Vietnam War.

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/signs-of-the-times-john-isr ael/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/01/thediplomat_2014-03-28_12-44-00.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190116T1557Z-1547654253.2072-EO-29187-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190115T235146Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190524T205143Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190130T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190130T140000 SUMMARY: Environmental Impacts of Plastics and Initial Policies for their C ontrol DESCRIPTION: Join our SPPGA Policy in Practice panel discussion on sources of plastics in the environment and policies for their mitigation.  X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join our SPPGA Policy in Practice panel discussion on sources of plastics in the en vironment and policies for their mitigation. The discussion will be moderat ed by David Boyd\, Associate Professor of Law\, Policy\, and Sustainability at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and the Institute for Re sources\, Environment\, and Sustainability and currently serving as the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment. Welcome remarks wil l be provided by MPPGA student Denby McDonnell.

*Watch the video of this event on the S chool of Public Policy and Global Affairs Facebook page.

The topics and panelists are:

  • Plastics Futures: modelling the impact of mitigation strat egies for reducing plastic pollution to evaluate their effectiveness for re ducing plastic emissions to the environment.

Stephanie Borrelle is a David H. Smith Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Her cur rent research applies ecological population modelling techniques to evaluat e how different mitigation strategies contribute to reducing plastic enteri ng the world’s oceans. Stephanie is based at the University of Toronto in t he Rochman Lab\, and affiliated with Ocean Conservancy and the University o f Georgia in the Jambeck Research Group.

    Relating Policies to Mitigate Plastics Discharge to Plastics Observed in the Environment: Investigating how the metrics and categories used by citiz en science groups to record plastic debris collection results at shoreline cleanup events in British Columbia (BC) relate to those used by the provinc ial government and industry to track the performance of Extended Producer R esponsibility (EPR) policy for packaging waste.

Lucas Harris is a Senior Policy Analyst\, Extend ed Producer Responsibility with the BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy and a MA Candidate in Geography at Memorial University of N ewfoundland.

  • The EU Single-Use Plastics (SUP) Directive. Describing the Directive\, policy work and process that l ed to the EU ratification of measures to mitigate the discharge of plastics to the environment.

Dominic H ogg\, has more than twenty five years’ experience in the field of the environment as an academic\, campaigner and consultant. He is the found ing Director of Eunomia. His work ranges from policy and strategic studies through to due diligence for funding organizations. He is renowned for cros s-disciplinary\, policy-relevant studies of strategic\, economic and enviro nmental significance.

  • Policies to Drive a Circular Economy for Plastics. Defining a circular economy for plastics\ , the barriers to circularity in a market economy with a fossil based petro -chemical sector and policy measures that will lead to increased use of ren ewable plastic chemistries and reuse and recycling of plastics in Canada.

Usman Valiante is a se nior policy analyst and commercial strategist with 27 years of experience i n the fields of environmental science and economics\, corporate and commerc ial strategy\, public policy development\, regulatory and institutional des ign\, advocacy\, negotiation\, consultation and communications.

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CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Insitute for Global Studies GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/environmental-impacts-of-pl astics-and-initial-policies-for-their-control/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/01/innovative-tech-to-clean-the-oceans-pollution-problem-plastic-bag-ocean-51288178.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190115T2116Z-1547586967.208-EO-29188-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190115T191546Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190115T191546Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190131T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190131T190000 SUMMARY: The Making and Unmaking of “Drought-Free” Citizens: A Political-Ec ological Analysis of Maharashtra’s Drought Protection Campaign by Sameer Sh ah DESCRIPTION: Abstract This talk will critically explore the political-ecolo gy of water and water infrastructures in the making of “drought free” villa ges in rural areas of Maharashtra (India). Drawing on and learning from int erviews with households and experts\, I will show how decentralized infrast ructure overlays with social\, economic\, and political difference in the m aking of “drought-free” citizens. […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Abstract

This talk will criti cally explore the political-ecology of water and water infrastructures in t he making of “drought free” villages in rural areas of Maharashtra (India). Drawing on and learning from interviews with households and experts\, I wi ll show how decentralized infrastructure overlays with social\, economic\, and political difference in the making of “drought-free” citizens. I end\, arguing the focus must turn to improving access (an institutional phenomeno n)\, rather than solely maintaining efforts to improve its availability (a biophysical phenomenon).

About the Speaker

Sameer is Liu Scholar\, SESYNC Graduate Research Fellow\, and Governor General Gold Meda list at The University of British Columbia’s Institute for Resources\, Envi ronment\, and Sustainability and their Program on Water Governance. He spec ializes in water security and governance at the rural-urban divide\, with a keen focus on developing evidence-based policy recommendations to protect vulnerable peoples facing socio-hydrological change in global South regions .

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/maharashtras-drought-sameer -shah/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/01/Temple-Maharashtra-India-Konkan-Architecture-344966.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190205T0051Z-1549327899.923-EO-29385-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190204T220354Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190205T200239Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190201T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190430T170000 SUMMARY: Lobby Gallery Exhibition: Belonging\, Transformation\, and Ethnogr aphic Predicaments in Nepal’s Himalaya DESCRIPTION: Drop by the Liu Lobby Gallery to witness this collection of wo rk pertaining to social\, environmental\, political\, and economic transfor mation among Himalayan communities in Mustang\, Nepal. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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Drop by the Liu Institute Lobby Gallery betwee n now and the end of April to enjoy our latest Lobby Gallery exhibition. A closing reception will be announced soon.

Artists: Y ungdrung Tsewang\, Tsering Gurung\, Yeshi Gurung\, Kory Thibeault\, and Emi ly Amburgey

Curator: Rosaleen McAfee

The photo graphs in this exhibition are a collection of work pertaining to social\, e nvironmental\, political\, and economic transformation among Himalayan comm unities in Mustang\, Nepal. Using landscape and portrait photography\, the exhibit is a compilation of work from artists who have worked together in a n effort to visually explore the unique environment of Mustang in tandem wi th the convergence of inter-generational social change. The secondary aim o f this work is to draw attention to the nature of conducting ethnographic f ieldwork and the complex negotiations that emerge through the process of co llaborative research.

Co-sponsored by the Himalaya P rogram\, funded by the Institute of Asian Research\, and the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs.

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LOCATION:Lobby Gallery\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/lobby-gallery-exhibition-be longing-transformation-and-ethnographic-predicaments-in-nepals-himalaya/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/02/Nepal_Emily-19.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190122T1657Z-1548176269.1175-EO-29209-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190116T200104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190208T001805Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190208T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190208T103000 SUMMARY: Gold Mining in Ghana: Ambiguities of Social Responsibility\, Justi ce\, Human Rights and Development DESCRIPTION: Join us for this book talk by Dr. Nathan Andrews\, author of G old Mining and the Discourses of Corporate Social Responsibility in Ghana. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us for this book talk by Dr. Nathan A ndrews\, author of Gold Mining and the Discourses of Corporate Social R esponsibility in Ghana\, with welcome remarks from Dr. Nadja Kunz\, As sistant Professor at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA) and the Norman B Keevil Mining Engineering.

Light refreshments avail able.

Resource extraction (and the distribution of resource rents the reof) is usually intended to bring positive developmental outcomes when the rights conditions prevail. Ghana's century-old mining sector is yet to exp erience such positive contributions of the industry to both the communities directly impacted by mining and the nation-state as a whole. Based on the recently published book\, Gold Mining and the Discourses of Corporate S ocial Responsibility in Ghana (Palgrave Macmillan\, 2019)\, this talk will explore the scope\, nature and relevance of corporate social responsib ility (CSR) in Ghana with the objective of highlighting how CSR works more  to the benefit of the global corporation than local communities who are the  purported beneficiaries of such efforts. It will also offer suggestions on how things can be reversed to the benefit of affected communities.

< strong>Bio: Nathan Andrews is an assistant professor in the Department of Global and International Studies at the University of Northe rn British Columbia\, after having completed his tenure as a Banting Postdo ctoral Fellow at Queen’s University in August 2017 during which time he was also one of the three shortlisted scholars for the SSHRC Talent Award. His ongoing research examines the international political economy/ecology of r esource extraction and he is currently undertaking a new SSHRC project that examines oil and its livelihood impacts on small-scale fishing communities in Ghana and Mexico. His research has been published in journals such as < em>World Development\, Resources Policy\, Business and So ciety Review\, Energy Research and Social Science\, Third World Qu arterly\, and Africa Today among others. Dr. Andrews has also co-edited different volumes\, including Corporate Social Responsibilit y and Canada’s Role in Africa’s Extractive Sectors (forthcoming with U niversity of Toronto Press\, 2019).

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CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/gold-mining-in-ghana-ambigu ities-of-social-responsibility-justice-human-rights-and-development/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/01/Tarkwa_mining_4_big.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190207T2347Z-1549583265.7881-EO-29410-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190207T180827Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190208T195804Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190211T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190211T143000 SUMMARY: Asia Now Forum: The Karakorum Conundrum DESCRIPTION: Changing Economic and Security Dynamics in South Asia through Pakistan’s Perspective Panelists: Dr Mohammad Tariq (Consulate General of P akistan in Vancouver) Dr Haider Nizamani (Visiting Faculty Social Developme nt and Policy\, Habib University) Pakistan’s new government led by the cric keter-turned politician\, Imran Khan\, promises to shake things up for the country. His political party came to […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Changing Economic and Security Dynamics in South Asia through Pakistan’s Perspective

Panelists:
Dr Mohammad Tariq (Consulate General of Pakistan in Vancouver)
Dr Haider Nizamani (Visiting Faculty Social Development and Policy\, Habib University)

Pakistan’s new government led by the cricketer-turned pol itician\, Imran Khan\, promises to shake things up for the country. His pol itical party came to power on the promise of initiating economic developmen t\, eliminating long-entrenched corruption\, reforming public institutions\ , and tackling climate change.

On the foreign policy front Imran Khan has favored rapprochement with India and provided support to the US led pe ace process in Afghanistan\; with the Afghan war winding to an end after al most 18 years and increasing Chinese influence through economic support und er the BRI\, Pakistan seems to be pulling away from the sphere of American influence. Our panel will discuss the implications of these developments on the Pakistani-India peace process\, the potential costs of Pakistan’s econ omic dependence on China\, and whether US remains an important player in th e South Asian interstate relations. Pakistan continues to battle fundamenta lism within its borders\, challenged by terrorists in the regions bordering Afghanistan and Iran\; our panel will discuss what the future of South Asi a after an American withdrawal might look like from a Pakistani perspective .

This will be a School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA) s tudent-led panel discussion to dissect the challenges of the changing power dynamics of Pakistan. As one of the world’s nuclear powers\, Pakistan face s huge economic challenges resulting from depleting foreign reserves. The p anel will discuss how the country plans to change its course towards democr atic stability\, peace and economic prosperity (with or without a potential IMF bailout). How Pakistan would address its many policy challenges – from relations with United States\, Afghanistan and India\, to extremism within – challenges which have jeopardized the progress of the country since its foundation.

Lunch will be provided at the venue.

CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/asia-now-forum-the-karakoru m-conundrum/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/02/0a0b3f88af7641fc7ba2207106603dc5.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190107T0349Z-1546832999.8959-EO-29074-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190104T204834Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190131T195704Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190211T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190211T190000 SUMMARY: A Sino-Tibetan Buddhist Modernism: Religious Marketplace\, Constel lative Networking and Urbanism DESCRIPTION: Speaker Dan Smyer Yü discusses that Buddhism is undergoing var ious transformations\, especially in urban settings. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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As an increasing number of Tib etan lamas reach out to non-Tibetan populations in contemporary China\, Tib etan Buddhism is undergoing various transformations especially in urban set tings. As its engagement with many aspects of the Chinese society\, such as higher education\, social morality\, philanthropy\, environmental conserva tion\, and modern science\, the pattern of its transregional and trans-ethn ic expansion shows itself as an urban lay Buddhist movement. Based on the a uthor’s ethnographic work\, this chapter discusses how the politics\, econo mics\, and practices of Tibetan Buddhism are deeply entangled with each oth er in contemporary Chinese society. Situated in this sociopolitical context \, this chapter\, by treating Tibetan Buddhism as a world religion\, argues that a Sino-Tibetan Buddhist modernism emerges in urban China as a Buddhis t urbanism possessing both transcendental orientation and worldly function regarding the Buddhist sense of enlightenment and practical techniques for human worldly wellbeing under the fast changing\, precarious conditions of livelihood making in contemporary China. The organizational manifestation o f this Sino-Tibetan Buddhist modernism is what the author calls the “conste llative networks\,” which\, sustained by material resources donated from af fluent Buddhist individuals and businesses\, diffuse the lineage-based Budd hist teachings from Tibetan regions to its receivers in different cities of China.

About the Speaker 

Dan Smyer Y ü is Professor and Founding Director of Center for Trans-Himalayan Studies at Yunnan Minzu University. He received his Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of California at Davis in 2006 and Master’s degrees in theology and anthropology respectively from San Francisco Theological Semin ary (Graduate Theological Union) in 1995 and California State University Ea st Bay in 2000. Prior to his current faculty appointment\, he was a Researc h Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and E thnic Diversity\, a core member of the Transregional Research Network (CETR EN) at University of Göttingen\, and a New Millennium Scholar at Minzu Univ ersity of China\, Beijing. His teaching and research are characteristically interdisciplinary\, uniting cultural anthropology with religious studies\, sociology\, ecology\, cultural geography\, philosophy (phenomenology)\, an d visual studies. He is the author of The Spread of Tibetan Buddhism in China: Charisma\, Money\, Enlightenment (Routledge 2011) and Mind scaping the Landscape of Tibet: Place\, Memorability\, Eco-aesthetics  (De Gruyter 2015)\, and the co-editor of Religion and Ecological Sustai nability in China (Routledge 2014) and Trans-Himalayan Borderlands : Livelihoods\, Territorialities\, Modernities (Amsterdam University P ress 2017). He has also published numerous book chapters and peer-reviewed journal articles. His research interests are religion and ecology\, environ mental humanities\, transboundary state effects\, hydraulic politics\, clim ate change and heritage preservation\, Buddhism and peacebuilding\, and com parative studies of Eurasian secularisms. His current externally funded pro jects are “India-China Corridor Project” (the Swedish Research Council)\, “ Cultural and Ecological Diversity of the Trans-Himalayas in the Context of China’s Belt and Road Initiative” (National Social Sciences Foundation of C hina)\, and “The Price of Spice: Non-Timber Forest Products and Indigenous Minority Livelihoods in the Southeast Asian Massif” (SSHRC Partnership Deve lopment Grant). Presently he is preparing to write up a new monograph – Territorial Charisma: Authority\, Indigeneity\, and Rhizomic Ethics of the Earth (working title).

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/asino-tibetan-buddhist-mode rnism-religious-marketplace-constellative-networking-urbanism/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/01/photo-1534104275488-7ba96ed1a2f6.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20181129T1221Z-1543494094.1069-EO-27314-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20181126T225246Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190130T234529Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190212T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190212T193000 SUMMARY: The Phil Lind Initiative Presents: Elizabeth Kolbert DESCRIPTION: The Phil Lind Initiative 2019 series presents Elizabeth Kolber t\, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist\, staff writer for The New Yorker and book author. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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An Evening with Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Elizabeth Kolbert: On T he Sixth Extinction

A mass extinction event 65 million years ago killed off the dinosaurs\, along with three quarters of the speci es on earth. Today\, the world is changing the world so rapidly that scient ists fear another extinction event– the sixth extinction — is underway. Wha t does this mean for people and for the millions of other species who share our planet?

The Phil Lind Initiative 2019 s eries will explore the theme of “America and the Climate Crisis< /strong>” in Term 2 at UBC with some of the foremost intellectuals on t he climate crisis. Our second speaker is Elizabeth Kolbert\, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist\, staff writer for The New Yorker and author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man\, Nature\, and Climate Change\, among other titles.

S tudents\, alumni\, faculty members\, staff\, and community members are all welcome to join in this signature event hosted by the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs.

Di sclaimer: Please note that by registering via this service\, your informati on will be stored on the Eventbrite server\, which is located outside Canad a. If you do not wish to use this service\, please email  lind.initiative@ubc. ca directly to register. Thank you.

This event is sold out and is wait listed. Please cancel your ticket(s) if you know yo u will not be able to attend so we can accommodate others. Thank you.

Our livestream link will be available here: http://bit.ly/LINDKOLBERT2 019

Lind Initiative Series Description: The world is nearing the point-of-no-retur n for catastrophic and irreversible climate change. Without action\, the fu ture will be one of mass forced migration\, famine\, and economic costs in the trillions of dollars. Many of these effects will be felt within the Uni ted States\, and yet no other country is as deeply divided on climate chang e. For America\, the climate crisis is as much a domestic political crisis as it is a crisis of planetary sustainability. But voices for climate actio n in America remain strong and there are signs of progress. American activi sts and philanthropists are increasingly steering the global conservation a bout how to solve the crisis. Innovation in renewable energy\, geoengineeri ng\, and artificial intelligence are thriving and may hold the key. America n cities have stepped up to assume the mantle of leadership in reducing gre enhouse gases when the federal government has failed. There are signs of bo th promise and peril for America’s climate future. Can the United States ov ercome its domestic climate crisis to become a global leader for climate ac tion? Or are the forces of extreme partisanship\, climate denialism\, and d irty industry too deeply entrenched?

Join us for this event and our other Phil Lind series events on UBC campus.

All Phil Lind Initiative events are wheelchair acc essible.

Follow along at #LIND19< /strong>

Subscribe to our Phil Lind Init iative Newsletter for details and RSVP links.

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CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Frederic Wood Theatre GEO:49.268043;-123.257021 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-phil-lind-initiative-pr esents-elizabeth-kolbert/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/11/Elizabeth-Kolbert-head-shot-credit-Nicholas-Whitman.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190201T2318Z-1549063115.5233-EO-29367-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190201T202657Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190208T212443Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190214T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190214T170000 SUMMARY: Chasing the China Dream: Intellectuals in China Today DESCRIPTION: A dialogue with Professor CHEN Ming and Professor GAO Quanxi o n China’s rise and its intellectual sphere\, where is China’s liberalism up to\, and what exactly is new Confucianism. Hosted by Prof. Timothy Cheek. Professor CHEN Ming (Department of Philosophy\, College of Political Scienc e and Law\, Captial Normal University) 陈明教授 （首都师范大学政法学院哲学系） Click here for his bio. Click here for an introduction and translation of […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

A dialogue with Professor CHEN Ming and Professor GAO Quanxi on China’s rise and its intel lectual sphere\, where is China’s liberalism up to\, and what exactly is ne w Confucianism. Hosted by Prof. Timothy Cheek.

Professor CHEN Ming (Department of Philosophy\, College of Political Scienc e and Law\, Captial Normal University)

陈明教授 （首都师范大学政法学院哲学系）< /p>

Professor GAO Quanxi (Koguan  School of Law\, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

高全喜教授 （上海交通大学 凯原法学院）

  • Click here for his bio.
  • Click here for an introduction and translation of his works by Reading the China Dream Project.< /li>

Program in Mandarin (English translation available).

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/chasing-china-dream/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/02/Screen-Shot-2019-02-01-at-12.24.26-PM-e1549052741787.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190201T0034Z-1548981259.4469-EO-29357-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190131T194743Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190207T182620Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190214T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190214T190000 SUMMARY: Celebrate Language: 3rd Annual International Mother Language Day C elebration DESCRIPTION: UNESCO proclaimed International Mother Language Day (IMLD) in 1999 to celebrate and protect the diverse languages of the world. IMLD repr esents an effort to honor people’s right to speak their mother tongues\, to preserve their culture and identity\, and to safeguard the many endangered languages of the world. In more specific terms\, it is also […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

UNESCO proclaimed International Mother Lan guage Day (IMLD) in 1999 to celebrate and protect the diverse languages of the world. IMLD represents an effort to honor people’s right to speak their mother tongues\, to preserve their culture and identity\, and to safeguard the many endangered languages of the world. In more specific terms\, it is also a tribute to the sacrifices of many in the movement for the preservat ion of the Bengali language in Bangladesh. Since 2000\, IMLD has been celeb rated around the world as well as in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia . Every year IMLD is celebrated at CISAR with multilingual presentations\, performances\, and multicultural festivities\, representing diverse languag es from around the world.

Every year IMLD is celebrated at CISAR with multilingual presentations\, performances\, representing diverse languages from around the world. This year’s programming includes welcome remarks by President Ono\, presentations about local and global language issues with scholars\, teachers\, and activists\, and a facilitated discussion around l anguage and identity.

Co-sponsored by Project Kavi\, UBC Asian Studie s\, UBC Centre for Korean Research\, UBC Centre for Community Engaged Learn ing\, UBC Centre for Chinese Research\, UBC Department of Central\, Eastern and Northern European Studies\, and UBC Bangladeshi Students Association.< /p>

Please RSVP to register for the event. Refreshments will be served.

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/international-mother-langua ge-day-celebration-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/01/International-Mother-Language-Day.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190209T1923Z-1549740206.6887-EO-29444-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190208T202735Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190208T202735Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190214T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190214T193000 SUMMARY: Documentary Film Screening: The Enforced Disappearance of Sombath Somphone DESCRIPTION: The Centre for Southeast Asia Research is reaching out to our friend Phil Calvert who is a UBC Senior Fellow and former diplomat. He serv ed as Canada’s ambassador to the Lao PDR\, Cambodia and Thailand from 2012 to 2016. He brings to us an interesting film on Sombath’s disappearance whi le providing insight and talking points […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Centre for Southeast Asia Research is reaching out to our friend Phil Calvert who is a UBC Senior Fellow and form er diplomat. He served as Canada’s ambassador to the Lao PDR\, Cambodia and Thailand from 2012 to 2016. He brings to us an interesting film on Sombath ’s disappearance while providing insight and talking points before and afte r the film screening. For those of you interested in Southeast Asia and Hum an Rights issues.

Film Synopsis:
This film documents the enforce d disappearance of Sombath Somphone\, a Lao civil society development worke r who was last seen being apprehended outside a police checkpoint in 2012. It narrates the life and work of Sombath in promoting sustainable developme nt in poor rural communities and his aspirations for more inclusive and equ itable development for the ordinary people of Laos.

Year: 2017
D irector: Ran Quinn
Duration: 55 minutes
Country: Lao PDR
Lan guage: English & Lao
Subtitle: Malay

Guest Speaker:

Dr. Philip Calvert

Philip Calvert (BA Honours\, University of Britis h Columbia\, 1980\; MA\, York University\, 1982\; PHD\, University of Washi ngton\, 1991) joined the Department of External Affairs in 1982 (now the De partment of Foreign Affairs\, Trade and Development Canada). His first assi gnment was as Second Secretary in Beijing from 1984 to 1987. At Headquarter s\, he worked in the Trade Policy Competitiveness Division and the APEC Div ision\, as Director for technical barriers and regulations\, and as Deputy Chief Negotiator for Canada for China’s accession in the World Trade Organi zation. Abroad\, Mr. Calvert has served as both Counselor and Deputy Head o f Mission in Beijing. Immediately prior to becoming Canada’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand\, Kingdom of Cambodia and the Lao People’s Democrat ic Republic\, Mr. Calvert was Director General of the North Asia Bureau in Ottawa

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LOCATION:Room 351\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-enforced-disappearance- of-sombath-somphone/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/02/sombath_somphone.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190201T2052Z-1549054358.6526-EO-29364-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190201T192026Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190214T195355Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190215T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190215T140000 SUMMARY: Three Minute Thesis Information session: Presenting your Research\ , Tips & Info DESCRIPTION: The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is an academic competition that assists current graduate students with fostering effective presentation and communication skills. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

NOTE: This event has been resched uled to February 15th\, due to the school closure on the 12th. 

The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is an academic competition that assists current graduate students with fostering effective presentation and communi cation skills. Participants have just three minutes to explain the breadth and significance of their research project to a non-specialist audience. Co me find out more\, and participate in the IAR Asian Research Heat on March 1.

Click here for more event information and here for the schedule.

These events are co-sponsored by CISAR\, CSEAR\, CJR\, CCR\, CKR\, the Ins titute for Asian Research\, & the Department of Asian Studies.

CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/three-minute-thesis-informa tion-session-presenting-your-research-tips-info/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190125T2132Z-1548451950.0939-EO-29305-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190125T200655Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190125T215617Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190215T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190215T173000 SUMMARY: Aizu Bushido: Honor Without Guile DESCRIPTION: Abstract: In 1868-69\, domains loyal to the Tokugawa bakufu fa iled to quash a revolt launched by Satsuma\, Choshu\, and their allies repu tedly to restore sovereign power to the emperor and imperial court. Foremos t among bakufu defenders was Aizu. Its samurai men and women accounted for 65 per cent of all battle deaths on the losing […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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In 1868-69\, domains loyal to the Tokugawa bakufu failed to quash a revolt launched by Satsuma\, Choshu\, and their allies reputedl y to restore sovereign power to the emperor and imperial court. Foremost am ong bakufu defenders was Aizu. Its samurai men and women accounted for 65 p er cent of all battle deaths on the losing Tokugawa side\, and 38 percent o f all troops on both sides\, in the Restoration war. As well\, scores of Ai zu women and boys committed seppuku rather than surrender. Popular a ccounts hold that\, amid the ubiquitous fence-sitting and shameless side-sw itching in both camps\, Aizu samurai alone held steadfast to honor without guile\, only to be demonized as traitors to the emperor under the new regim e. Latter-day sympathizers eulogized this unyielding fidelity and propagate d it as “Aizu bushido”—an ethos to reform Japanese society along desirable lines. 

“In this talk\ , I examine how the nature of Aizu bushido evolved over time in step with c hanging reformist visions. I also introduce a newly translated document\, t he Nisshinkan dojikun\, an ethics textbook that was required reading at the Aizu domain school from 1803 to 1868. Careful analysis of this and other primary sources\, it is hoped\, will disclose an understanding of Aiz u samurai values more in line with “objective historical truth”—for those o f us who accept the worthiness\, if not the possibility\, of that ideal”

About the speaker:

Bob Tadashi Wakabayashi is Professor Emeritus at York University.  His work has ranged from Tokugawa intellectual history to Jap anese war crimes. Major publications include Anti-Foreignism and Wester n Learning in Early-Modern Japan (Cambrid ge: Harvard University Press\, 1986)\, J apanese Loyalism Reconstrued (Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press\, 19 95)\, Opium Regimes: China\, Britain\, and Japan\, 1839-1952 (Berkel ey: University of California Press\, 2000)\, co-edited with Timothy Brook\; and  The Nanking Atrocity: Complicating the Picture (New York: Berghahn Books\, 2ndedition 2017).  

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/aizu-bushido-honor-without- guile/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/01/1200px-Aizuwakamatsu_Castle_05.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190129T2033Z-1548793996.6435-EO-29321-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190129T183523Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190208T195720Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190222T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190222T140000 SUMMARY: ‘Arguably the Most Important Intellectual Alive’: The Global Signi ficance of Noam Chomsky DESCRIPTION: This talk will elaborate on the views of iconic linguist\, med ia scholar\, and radical foreign policy analyst\, Noam Chomsky\, and also l ay out how Chomsky himself challenges and provides alternatives to the stat us quo. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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Don’t miss this talk by inv estigative journalist David Barsamian on the iconic intellectual of our tim e\, Noam Chomsky. Welcome remarks will be provided by MPPGA student\, Atieh Yekta.

Light refreshments offered.

Stay afterwards to peruse the UBC Bookstore table!

Intellectuals play vital rol es in society. Resisting the lure of power\, intellectuals question the sta tus quo and conventional thinking. The iconic intellectual of our time\, No am Chomsky\, the outstanding linguist\, media scholar\, and radical foreign policy analyst\, has written and talked extensively about the role of inte llectuals in today's society. For Chomsky\, intellectuals\, because of thei r privileged position\, have a special responsibility to speak out against injustice\, challenge power\, confront hegemonic thinking and provide alter natives. This talk will elaborate on his views and also lay out how Chomsky himself embodies these values. Chomsky's views and writings on the Middle East will be used as an example to understand his approach.

B io: David Barsamian is an investigative journalist who has altered the independent media landscape\, both with his weekly radio show Alternat ive Radio—now in its 33rd year—and his books with prominent radical intelle ctuals such as Noam Chomsky\, Eqbal Ahmad\, Howard Zinn\, Tariq Ali\, Richa rd Wolff\, Arundhati Roy and Edward Said. His latest book with Noam Chomsky \, the renowned linguist and political dissident\, is Global Discontent s: Conversations on the Rising Threats to Democracy. His book with Edw ard Said-Culture and Resistance-is being reissued this month by Haymarket B ooks with a new introduction by Barsamian. He is the winner of the Media Ed ucation Award\, the ACLU's Upton Sinclair Award for independent journalism\ , the Cultural Freedom Fellowship from the Lannan Foundation\, and two Life time Achievement Awards\, one each from the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justic e Center and the South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy in Vancou ver.

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CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Case Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/arguably-the-most-important -intellectual-alive-the-global-significance-of-noam-chomsky/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/01/David-Barsamian-with-Noam-edit.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190105T1751Z-1546710671.6227-EO-29077-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190104T205428Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190215T234001Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190225T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190225T190000 SUMMARY: Monasteries as Home: Facing Challenges of Modernization in Tibetan Monastic Education and Leadership DESCRIPTION: For well over 500 years in Tibet\, the Buddhist monasteries st ood at the center of Tibetan cultural\, spiritual\, artistic\, economic and political life. Now\, with many Tibetan monasteries relocated to India and around the world\, the monastic leaders face new challenges of how to mode rnize their traditional forms of education\, organization\, management\, an d approach to leadership. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

This talk is co-sponsored with the Robert HN Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society.

Abstract
For well over 500 years in Tibet\, the Budd hist monasteries stood at the center of Tibetan cultural\, spiritual\, arti stic\, economic and political life. Now\, with many Tibetan monasteries rel ocated to India and around the world\, the monastic leaders face new challe nges of how to modernize their traditional forms of education\, organizatio n\, management\, and approach to leadership. The need to adapt and change i s urgent for these monasteries. As Charles Darwin noted\, the species that survive are not the strongest or the most intelligent\; they are the ones t hat can best adapt to change. With the survival and relevance of Tibetan mo nasticism in the modern world at stake\, and with a whole world of possibil ities in front of them\, the Khyentse Foundation initiated an “Excellence i n Leadership and Management” program designed specifically to address these challenges and opportunities. In this talk\, Khenpo Choying Dorjee\, one o f the sponsors of the leadership programs in his monastery\, will introduce traditional monastic institutions and discuss the innovations brought fort h as a result of this Khyentse Foundation initiative.

About t he Speaker
Khenpo Choying Dorjee is a distinguished Tibetan B uddhist scholar and teacher\, in particular\, specialized in Tibetan Buddhi st philosophy (Madhyamaka). He received his degree as Khenpo\, roughly equi valent to a Western Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies\, in 2004. Since then\, he ha s held several leadership positions at Dzongsar Khyentse Chokyi Lodro Insti tute\, which is Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche’s monastic university in India. He served as Abbot for several years and initiated a number of educational innovations. He was a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley in 2011 and serves on the Khyentse Foundation India Program Committee.

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/monasteries-as-home/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/01/photo-1517540527223-3bf9f21cc792.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190201T2052Z-1549054343.5032-EO-29369-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190201T203516Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190215T232352Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190225T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190225T190000 SUMMARY: Evolution of Hong Kong’s Democracy Movement DESCRIPTION: The democracy movement in Hong Kong in the last four decades h as been shaped by three main factors: attitude towards China\, attitude tow ards the establishment\, and class. While the movement has been marked by c ycles of mobilization and demobilization\, the end of the 2014 Umbrella Mov ement has brought new challenges. Advocates for democracy have found […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The democracy movement in Hong Kong in the last four decades has been shaped by three main factors: attitude towards China\, attitude towards the establishment\, and class. While the movement has been marked by cycles of mobilization and demobilization\, the end of t he 2014 Umbrella Movement has brought new challenges. Advocates for democra cy have found it hard to move forward amidst China’s conservative turn\, ne w identity politics\, and value changes.

Ma Ngok 馬嶽 is an Associate Professor of Government and Public Administration at the Ch inese University of Hong Kong. He is the author of Political Developm ent in Hong Kong: State\, Political Society\, and Civil Society (H ong Kong University Press\, 2007) and a frequent commentator on current aff airs and political issues concerning Hong Kong.

This public s eminar is organized by the UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative and co-sponsored by: Department of Asi an Studies\, Department of History\, Department of Political Science\, Centre for Chinese Res earch\, and St. John’s College.

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CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage LOCATION:AERL 120\, Aquatic Ecosystems Research Lab GEO:49.268744;-123.255896 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/hong-kong-democracy/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/02/72557f14-c640-11e7-9f00-d8b0ccf89a9f_1280x720_015917.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190218T1745Z-1550511945.9084-EO-29547-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190215T235824Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190216T000412Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190226T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190226T133000 SUMMARY: Promoting Positive Attitudes for Linguistic and Cultural Diversity in Higher Education in Japan DESCRIPTION: Abstract: Japanese society is changing rapidly toward having m ore linguistic and cultural diversity since the Japanese government is stro ngly promoting a system where more international workers and students stay in Japan. In order to promote a linguistic and culturally inclusive society \, Japanese people need to change their outlook and overcome their attitude of dealing with […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Abstract: Japanese society is changing rap idly toward having more linguistic and cultural diversity since the Japanes e government is strongly promoting a system where more international worker s and students stay in Japan. In order to promote a linguistic and cultural ly inclusive society\, Japanese people need to change their outlook and ove rcome their attitude of dealing with ethnic minorities by either total assi milation or exclusion\, as they have in recent history.

In this talk\ , I will focus on higher education in Japan\, and discuss how people with l inguistic and cultural differences can live together\, focusing on the Japa nese majority. I will present an overview of English-medium instruction cou rses which MEXT leads to promote internationalization in higher education i n accordance with the government’s “300\,000 International Students Plan” p olicy of 2008. I will also present an overview of yasashi nihongo\, which i s a simplified Japanese language\, used initially in the aftermath of the H anshin Earthquake but now used as a common language between linguistically diverse residents in local communities. I will focus on a lecture mainly ta rgetting Japanese students used to promote positive attitudes for linguisti c and cultural diversity and to teach how to communicate with linguistic ot hers in a university campus.

Bio: Yum i Sugihara Yoshida is a visiting associate professor at UBC and an associat e professor of the Faculty of Policy Management in Keio University\, Japan. She specializes in teaching Japanese as a second language and multicultura l education. Publications include Nihongo gakushu no Ethnomethodology [The Ethnomethodology of learning the Japanese language]\, Keiso shobo\, 2010\; and co-author of “Designing Curriculum Towards a Japanese-style Multicultur al Inclusive Society: From the Perspective of Curriculum Management\,” Inte rcultural Education: Bulletin of Intercultural Education Society of Japan 4 4 (2016): 82-97.

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LOCATION:Room 604\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/promoting-positive-attitude s-for-linguistic-and-cultural-diversity-in-higher-education-in-japan/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/02/Yoshida-headshot-300x200.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190201T2317Z-1549063054.9882-EO-29371-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190201T204610Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190201T205028Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190226T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190226T173000 SUMMARY: Song and Dance and the Sonic Territorialization of Xinjiang DESCRIPTION: With Dr. Rachel Harris (SOAS\, University of London) Rachel Ha rris draws on the notion of territorialization to probe current development s in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region\, where a “Peoples War against I slamic Extremism” has developed into an assault on Uyghur cultural identity \, massive securitization of the region\, and the detention of over a milli on people. […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

With Dr. Rachel Harris (SOAS\, University of London)

Rachel Harris draws on the notion of territorial ization to probe current developments in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Reg ion\, where a “Peoples War against Islamic Extremism” has developed into an assault on Uyghur cultural identity\, massive securitization of the region \, and the detention of over a million people. Focusing on the 2014-15 camp aign that compelled Uyghurs in Xinjiang to take part in weekly singing and dancing sessions in the name of tackling Islamic extremism\, and the ongoin g use of singing revolutionary songs within the internment camps\, she argu es that sound is a crucial aspect of territorialization\; the soundscape li ke the landscape is also a site of struggle\; and cultural development\, st ate power\, and the shaping of habitus are all played out through sound.

About the speaker: Rachel Harris is Reader in the Music of China and C entral Asia\, and Research Co-ordinator for the School of Arts at SOAS\, Un iversity of London. Her research focuses on musical life in China’s Muslim borderlands. She has co-edited several volumes including the music textbook Pieces of the Musical World (2015) and Theory and Practice in the music of the Islamic world (2017)\, and she currently edits the Routledge SOAS Musi cology Series. She also works with various outreach and applied projects re lating to Central Asian and Chinese music. She led the Leverhulme Research Project ‘Sounding Islam in China’ (2014-2017) and is working on a new monog raph Soundscapes of Uyghur Islam. She is currently working with Turan Unive rsity in Kazakhstan on a British Academy Sustainable Development Project to revitalize Uyghur cultural heritage in the diaspora.

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LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/song-and-dance-and-the-soni c-territorialization-of-xinjiang/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/02/h2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190221T2127Z-1550784432.5839-EO-29575-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190220T230726Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190227T190732Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190226T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190226T193000 SUMMARY: UBC Connects & The Phil Lind Initiative Present: John Kasich DESCRIPTION: Join President Santa J. Ono for a unique partnership between U BC Connects and the Phil Lind Initiative 2019 series featuring speaker John Kasich\, two-term former Ohio Governor\, CNN Senior Political Commentator\ , and a New York Times best-selling author. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join President Santa J. Ono for a unique p artnership between UBC Connects and the Phil Lind Initiative featuring spea ker John Kasich\, two-term former Ohio Governor\, CNN Seni or Political Commentator\, and a New York Times best-selling author.

The event will be moderated by Professor Richard Johnston with UBC's Depart ment of Political Science. Professor Johnston is Canada Research Chair in P ublic Opinion\, Elections\, and Representation. His interest in electoral s ystems\, party systems\, and parties spans his entire career and involves c lose investigation of patterns in Canada and the U.S.

Event Archive: A video and audio recording of the event will be available in the coming w eeks.

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Bio: Two-term former Ohio Governor John R. Kasich is a politician\, a New York Times best-selling author\,  a Senior Political C ommentator for CNN\, and ultimately an American citizen who believes that u nity is the answer to our most common problems.

As Governor\, Kasich closed an $8 billion budget shortfall without a tax increase\, reduced taxe s by $5 billion and outpaced the nation’s job growth with 557\,600 new jobs in the Buckeye State. Under his tenure\, Ohio budget reserves grew from 89 cents to $2.7 billion. The Governor was a leading voice in promoting bipar tisan solutions to health care reform\, immigration and international trade . He has been one of the few Republicans to advocate for Medicaid’s expansi on.

Kasich has had a storied career in both the public and private se ctors. He served as a member of Congress from central Ohio for 18 years. He was elected to the U.S. House at just 30 years old\, after having become t he youngest state senator in Ohio history. He went on to become the chairma n of the House Budget Committee and balanced the Federal Budget four times— a feat not accomplished since. After leaving Congress in 2000\, Kasich work ed as a managing director in the Investment Banking Division of Lehman Brot hers\, where he helped companies secure the resources they needed to succee d and create jobs.

He was a FOX television commentator for two shows\ , Heroes and Heartland with John Kasich\, in addition to being a stand in h ost for both Bill O’Reilly and Chris Matthews. In January of 2019\, Kasich made his debut as a Senior Political Commentator for CNN\, where he will ap pear across a variety of programs.

Kasich is the author of four New Y ork Times best-sellers: Courage is Contagious\; Stand for Something: The Ba ttle for America’s Soul\; Every Other Monday\; and most recently Two Paths: America Divided or United\, which reflects on 2016 run as Republican Prima ry Presidential candidate and his hopes for America’s future.

Kasich is a graduate of The Ohio State University\, where he also served as a Pres idential Fellow. No longer Ohio’s Governor\, he continues his roles as husb and\, father and American Citizen\, eager for the next chapter.

CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Chan Centre for the Performing Arts GEO:49.269748;-123.255108 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ubc-connects-the-phil-lind- initiative-presents-john-kasich/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/02/connects2019_johnkasich-1000x560_withlogos312.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190209T1731Z-1549733490.7096-EO-29443-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190208T200911Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190208T200911Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190227T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190227T173000 SUMMARY: Will China Rescue Nuclear Power? DESCRIPTION: With Dr. M.V. Ramana (School of Public Policy and Global Affai rs\, UBC) Abstract: Nuclear energy has been declining as a share of electri city generation around the world. China has the most ambitious targets for  nuclear power and some expect that it would shore up the flagging prospects for a large expansion of nuclear power around the world. Is this likely? W hat are the trends in energy in China? About […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

With Dr. M.V. Ramana (School of Pu blic Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC)

Abstract: Nuclear energy has been declining as a share of electricity generation around the world. China has the most ambitious targets for nuclear power a nd some expect that it would shore up the flagging prospects for a large ex pansion of nuclear power around the world. Is this likely? What are the tre nds in energy in China?

About the speaker: Dr. M. V. Ramana is the Simons Chair in Disarmament\, Global and Human Security and Director of the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the School of Public Policy and Glo bal Affairs\, University of British Columbia. He is the author of The P ower of Promise: Examining Nuclear Energy in India (Penguin Books\, 20 12) and co-editor of Prisoners of the Nuclear Dream (Orient Longma n\, 2003). He is a member of the International Panel on Fissile Materials\, the Canadian Pugwash Group\, and the Global Council of Abolition 2000. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Leo Szilard Award from th e American Physical Society.

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LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/china-nuclear-power/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/04/Nuclear-Plant.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190214T0817Z-1550132275.8065-EO-29452-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190213T185427Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190213T185427Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190228T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190228T190000 SUMMARY: Ambedkar’s Idea of Religion DESCRIPTION: Abstract Much of the existing scholarship on Ambedkar’s idea o f religion has focused on his critique of Hinduism and on his distinct appr oach and endorsement of Buddhism. While such a critique and endorsement are a significant part of his oeuvre they are premised on a wider recognition of the role and place of religion\, or\, […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Abstract

Much of the existing scholarship on Ambedkar’s idea of religion has focused on his critique of Hinduism and on his distinct approach and endorsement of Buddhi sm. While such a critique and endorsement are a significant part of his oeu vre they are premised on a wider recognition of the role and place of relig ion\, or\, better still\, a distinct notion of religion. Dr. Ambedkar consi ders such an idea of religion foundational to the constitution of one’s sel f as well as social life. Without foregrounding it\, public life grounded o n principles is not viable. Such an idea of religion leads him to develop n ot merely a sociological but theological critique of Christianity and Islam \, leave alone that of Hinduism. His reading of Buddhism is inextricably bo und with this idea. This lecture explores the idea of religion that informs Ambedkar’s writings and assesses its relevance for a deeply plural society .

About the Speaker

Dr. Valerian Rodrig ues is Ambedkar Chair at Ambedkar University Delhi\, and currently a Visiti ng Professor at Simon Fraser University.

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ambedkars-idea-of-religion/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/02/ambedkar-babasaheb-ambedkar-clipart_1920-1080-min.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190227T0154Z-1551232442.0796-EO-29614-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190226T191437Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190226T191850Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190301T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190302T173000 SUMMARY: 3P Conference: Passing\, Posing\, Persuasion: Cultural Production and Coloniality in Modern Japan DESCRIPTION: This two-day international conference will bring scholars from East Asia and North America together to interrogate various intersections of cultural production (including literature\, film\, popular magazines\, m anga\, and more) in imperial and post-imperial Japan through the lens of ra cial\, ethnic\, and linguistic passing and propaganda\, with a special keyn ote speech by acclaimed artist Shimada Yoshiko. Information […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

This two-day international conference will bring scholars from Eas t Asia and North America together to interrogate various intersections of c ultural production (including literature\, film\, popular magazines\, m anga\, and more) in imperial and post-imperial Japan through the lens of racial\, ethnic\, and linguistic passing and propaganda\, with a special keynote speech by acclaimed artist Shimada Yoshiko. Information on the sch edule\, list of presenters\, sponsors\, location\, and more can be found on the conference website!

For more information\, please contact the conference assistant\, Cyrus Qiu\, at  cyrusqiu@mail.ubc.ca

LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/3p-conference/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/02/miika-laaksonen-737086-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190222T2304Z-1550876671.7753-EO-29579-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190222T002220Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190222T002220Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190301T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190301T133000 SUMMARY: A Call for an Intersectional Approach to Global Affairs\, with Dr. Yolande Bouka DESCRIPTION: Dr. Yolande Bouka will reflect on her academic and policy work \, and on intersectionality and global affairs. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Women in Leadership: A Call for an Intersectional Approach to Global Affairs\, with Dr. Yolande Bouka

Our understanding of international relations is too often anchored in a narrow conceptualiza tion of the world and the norms that should govern the interactions between actors. Indeed\, while we analyze global affairs based on normative framew orks that emerged out of observing how Christian Europeans men engaged in p olitics\, we are often puzzled when these analytical tools fail to yield ad equate insights into some of the world's more pressing challenges. This tal k offers an alternative by exploring the range of possibilities available w hen we decenter masculine European foundation of international relations to understand global affairs dynamics.

Biography:  Dr. Yolande Bouka is a Visiting Assistant Professor o f International Affairs and African Studies at the Elliott School of Intern ational Affairs at George Washington University. She is a scholar-practitio ner of peace and conflict whose research and teaching bridge International Relations (IR) and Comparative Politics with specific interests in contenti ous politics\, dynamics of war\, gender and security\, and field research e thics in Sub-Saharan Africa. She holds a Ph.D. in International Relations f rom American University.  Her current research is a multi-sited historical and political analysis of female combatants in Southern Africa. Her previou s research which is now a book project “In the Shadow of Prison: Power\, Id entity\, and Transitional Justice in Post-Genocide Rwanda” focused on the s ocial and political impacts of the power-laden nature of the Rwandan transi tional justice (TJ) program.  Her research has received support from the Fu lbright Scholar Program and the American Association of University Women.  In addition to her academic work\, she has extensive experience with develo pment and peace and security research agencies.  She has worked with and of fered support to USAID\, the UK Department for International Development\, the United Nations\, the African Union\, the Center for Strategic and Inter national Studies and the United States Institute of Peace. Between 2014 and 2016 she was a researcher at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) in t he Conflict Prevention and Risk Analysis Division\, focusing on Africa’s Gr eat Lakes Region.

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LOCATION:Case Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/a-call-for-an-intersectiona l-approach-to-global-affairs-with-dr-yolande-bouka/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/02/Yolande-Photo.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190201T2320Z-1549063234.6028-EO-29366-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190201T192504Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190201T192932Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190301T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190301T190000 SUMMARY: ASIA Heat: Compete with your research on Asia DESCRIPTION: UBC’s competition for Ph.D. and MA students who work on Asia i n any field/discipline/Faculty. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Come and compete for prizes and the chance to move forward in UBC’s competition. Or come cheer on your friends. For P h.D. and MA students who work on Asia in any field/discipline/Faculty. Pizz a will be provided for all!

Pizza for competitors and audience member s - prizes for winners.

Register here to present your research!

These events are co-sponsored by CISAR\, CSEAR \, CJR\, CCR\, CKR\, the Institute for Asian Research\, & the Department of Asian Studies.

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/asia-heat-compete-with-your -research-on-asia/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190226T2218Z-1551219530.2031-EO-29616-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190226T193446Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190226T193446Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190305T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190305T133000 SUMMARY: Remembering the Dreams\, Forgetting the War: How the Republication of Shōjo no Tomo Reconstructed Japanese Girls’ Culture DESCRIPTION: Shōjo no Tomo\, one of the leading prewar girls’ magazines in Japan\, was republished in 2009. Magazines including girls’ magazines were the important media for propaganda during WWII. At the same time\, however\ , girls’ magazines enabled girl readers to have a site to express themselve s. Therefore\, some readers attach themselves in it and establish their own […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Shōjo< /i> no Tomo\, one of the leading prewar girl s’ magazines in Japan\, was republished in 2009. Magazines including girls’ magazines were the important media for propaganda during WWII. At the same time\, however\, girls’ magazines enabled girl readers to have a site to e xpress themselves. Therefore\, some readers attach themselves in it and est ablish their own girls’ culture. Such a passion led the republication of Shōjo no Tomo.  This talk will explore what is included\, excluded\, and marginalized in th e process of the republication. Through this case study\, I also aim to sho w how prewar girls’ culture is reconstructed outside of wartime contexts. < /span>

About the speaker:
Ai Yamamoto is a Ph.D stu dent in the Department of Asian Studies at UBC. Her research focuses on mod ern Japanese literature and pop culture. Her interests include media for Ja panese girls and narratology focusing on how the story of WWII is remembere d.

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LOCATION:Room 604\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/remembering-the-dreams-forg etting-the-war/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/02/shojo-no-tomo-Nakahara-1939.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190301T0415Z-1551413716.3144-EO-29643-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190228T222507Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190228T222507Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190305T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190305T182000 SUMMARY: Walk in Canada\, Talk on Japan: New Voices from Japan DESCRIPTION: Join us for a rare and exciting opportunity to hear from a pan el of emerging leaders from Japan led by the Deputy Cabinet Secretary Ishig aki Tomoaki. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us for a rare and exciting opportunit y to hear from a panel of emerging leaders from Japan led by the Deputy Cab inet Secretary Ishigaki Tomoaki. The panel of four specialists working in d iverse fields will discuss various topics\, including Japanese sense of hum or and beauty through Kyogen\, Japanese companies\, astronomy and Japan\, a nd Japanese food education.

Speakers:

Tomoaki Ishigaki

Tomoaki Ishigaki\, Deputy Cabinet Secretary for Public Affairs and Director of Global Communications of the Prime Mini ster’s Office\, has served for over 20 years in the Japanese Ministry of Fo reign Affairs. He has undertaken various responsibilities in international trade\, legal affairs\, U.S.-Japan security policy\, Japan’s security and d isarmament policy at the United Nations and climate change negotiations. He also worked as Counsellor of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau (2010-2013) an d Executive Assistant to Prime Minister Abe’s Economic and Fiscal Policy Ad visor (2006-2007). He currently oversees international media relations and public outreach programs at the Prime Minister’s Office and also manages it s social media platforms. He is a graduate of Amherst College and studied l aw at the University of Tokyo before joining the Ministry of Foreign Affair s.

Tokuro Miyake the 10th

Ms. Miyake is the se cond daughter of the 19th head master of one of two traditional families of the Izumi school of Kyogen performers\, and is only the second woman to pe rform Kyogen professionally in Japan. She was born in 1972 and first appear ed on stage at the age of three. In 1989\, she inherited her grandfather's stage name\, Tokuro Miyake\, and received a letter of appreciation from the Minister of Education\, Culture\, Sports\, and Technology. She has perform ed Kyogen in the U.S. and ten other countries.

Ms. Miyake would like to talk about the Japanese sense of humor and beauty through Kyogen.

Yuko Chujo

Ms. Yuko Chujo currently lives in Tokyo a nd works as a banker at an American financial institution. She started her career at a Japanese government-owned bank\, where she was engaged in the b ank’s fundraising activities as well as the provision of loans to support J apanese companies’ overseas ventures.

Ms. Chujo would like to talk ab out the hidden strength of Japanese companies based on her experiences work ing at both Japanese and U.S. companies.

Yoshiki Hatta

Mr. Yoshiki Hatta is a PhD student specializing in asteroseismolog y\, a branch of stellar physics\, at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. He is interested in how stellar internal structures can be mathem atically related to their oscillations\, and aims to become an asteroseismo logist in the near future. Prior to the PhD program\, he was an active coll ege football player. The sport taught him the importance of working togethe r as a team\, and he believes that this experience will be very helpful in his future career.

Mr. Hatta would like to talk about the strength an d significance of Japan’s expertise and the possibility of Japan-U.S. coope ration in the field of astronomy.

Aya Sakai

Ms . Aya Sakai is a student at the Department of Child Education at Japan Wome n’s University. She has experience studying abroad for a month in Australia and for seven months in the U.S. During her time in the U.S.\, she volunte ered at a public elementary school in addition to her university studies. S he also plays the saxophone and is a member of a local symphonic wind orche stra club.

Ms. Sakai would like to talk about how Japanese food educa tion and the school lunch system contribute to children's’ health and longe vity of the people of Japan.

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LOCATION:Room 101\, Allard School of Law GEO:49.269898;-123.253177 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/walk-in-canada-talk-on-japa n-new-voices-from-japan/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/02/roman-kraft-91576-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190222T0259Z-1550804385.3638-EO-29558-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190219T230007Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190306T230610Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190307T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190307T193000 SUMMARY: Diverse Perspectives on the #MeToo Movement: Where Do We Go From H ere? DESCRIPTION: Join us for this special event to commemorate International Wo men’s Day and hear from speakers as they discuss the impacts of the #MeToo Movement from interdisciplinary and global perspectives. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us for this special event to commemorate International Women’s Day and hear from UBC st udents and alumni as they discuss the impacts of the #MeToo Movement from i nterdisciplinary and global perspectives.

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A light dinner with vegetarian and gluten free options will be provided by Tayybeh\, a socia l enterprise catering company run by Syrian women sharing their rich culina ry tradition and connecting to the community.

A year after #MeToo took social media by storm\, shedding light on the ov erwhelming prevalence of sexual harassment and sexual assault\, one might b e left to wonder: Where do we go from here? In anticipation of Internationa l Women’s Day on March 8th\, our panelists will delve into perspectives on the #MeToo movement\, examining its ramifications from different cultural a nd disciplinary lenses and considering what it means for the future.

We will invite questions from you\, our audience\, throughout the discussion.

We will close wi th reflections from the event and share resources on where to learn more ab out the #metoo movement\, including resources and contacts from the UBC Sex ual Violence Prevention and Response Office and the AMS Sexual Support Cent re.

Panelists:

  • Nicole So\, UBC Master of Public P olicy and Global Affairs student. Nicole has worked as a junior policy anal yst at Global Affairs Canada and helped produce a report to the Canadian Pa rliament on Canada’s Official Development Assistance. Outside the classroom \, Nicole has served in multiple leadership positions\, such as representin g the department as the Councillor at the UBC Graduate Student Society and the elected VP of External Affairs of the MPPGA Student Association\, organ izing the 2018 International Development Week Conference in Vancouver on Ge nder Equality and Development\, and participating the T20 Inception Confere nce in Tokyo as a VISION20 Fellow. Internationally\, she has worked with Mé decins Sans Frontières to provide emergency humanitarian responses to the r efugees at the Greek-Macedonian border. Nicole is currently a Junior Resear ch Scholar at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada\, working on the Invest ment Monitor Report on the investment and trade relations between Canada an d the Asia Pacific.
  • Anam Elahi\, UBC Master of Pub lic Policy and Global Affairs student. A Pakistani-Canadian\, split between the two countries\, Anam holds more than 5 years of work experience\, wher e she has assumed management roles in Microfinance Institutes\, SME Financi ng and an advocate for Access to Finance\, holding her last position with a USAID funded project as an SME Finance Specialist. She is passionate about working on projects and assignments which bring Economics\, Finance and Po licy Development together\; strongly supporting and working for assignments in education finance\, financial literacy\, sustainable energy solutions\, and social development. Anam believes that efficacy of policies\, financia l inclusion and better educational opportunities are the key catalysts of e conomic change for developing economies.
  • Fatima Mannapbekov a\, a recent graduate from Human Geography at UBC\, has a backgrou nd in gender issues and is a passionate advocate for gender equality. She i s curious about the ways in which we can decolonize our minds\, bodies and spirits. Her experiences growing up in the Philippines and Uzbekistan have inspire her to constantly rethink what feminism means to her.
  • Tintin Yang is a fourth year international relations student mi noring in Asian Canadian International Studies. She is also an outreach wor ker at the Sexual Assault Support Centre. Her experiences balancing compass ion with anti-violence as a Chinese-Canadian settler have guided her studie s at UBC and have motivated her work with SASC. Currently\, her areas of in terest are in post-colonial theory\, the affective impacts of diaspora\, an d anti-oppressive pedagogies and praxis.

Co-Moderat ors:

  • Sheker Mammetgurban is a fourth year undergraduate student in Asian Area Studies. Ori ginally from Turkmenistan\, Sheker developed a passion for international de velopment\, community engagement and community based approaches to doing vo lunteerism. Sheker is also Senior Community Animator at the UBC Global Loun ge. Sheker is passionate about learning and unlearning processes\, gender e quality\, womanhood and knowledge sharing.
  • Areeka Riaz is a third year undergraduate student in International Relations and R eligion\, Literature and the Arts. Areeka’s academic focuses are on\, decol onization\, migration\, and Islamic political thought. Areeka co-manages th e Global Lounge’s Marketing and Communications\, and is active on campus th rough her work and writing at ‘The Talon’ alternative press\, UBC Social Ju stice Centre & CiTR Radio. Her experiences balancing her identities as a Pa kistani-American Settler has resulted in her centering intersectionality at the foci of her academic and personal life.

Resources:

  • The UBC Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office and the AMS Sexual Support Centre

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Sponsors: We wish to th ank Women Deliver UBC for sponsoring this event.

Co-hosted by: UBC Globa l Campus Initiatives and the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs

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LOCATION:Simon K. Y. Lee Global Lounge\, Marine Drive Residence Building 1 GEO:49.266502;-123.259076 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/diverse-perspectives-on-the -metoo-movement-where-do-we-go-from-here/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/02/three-women-image-edit.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190216T0356Z-1550289419.3407-EO-29554-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190216T002022Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190216T002148Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190308T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190308T170000 SUMMARY: China’s Policy toward North Korea in the Era of Deng Xiaoping DESCRIPTION: Dr. Yafeng Xia is a Professor of History at Long Island Univer sity in New York. He has published many Cold War and Chinese foreign relati ons articles\, as well as authored and coauthored many books such as Negoti ating with the Enemy: U.S.-China Talks During the Cold War\, 1949‒1972 (200 6). In his talk\, Dr. Xia will discuss the significant changes […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Dr. Yafeng Xia is a Professor o f History at Long Island University in New York. He has published many Cold War and Chinese foreign relations articles\, as well as authored and coaut hored many books such as Negotiating with the Enemy: U.S.-China Talks D uring the Cold War\, 1949‒1972 (2006).

In his talk\, Dr. Xia wil l discuss the significant changes in Sino-North Korean relations under Deng Xiaoping’s communist regime in the 1980s and 90s.

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LOCATION:Case Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/dr-yafeng-xia-long-island-u niversity-chinas-policy-toward-north-korea-in-the-era-of-deng-xiaoping/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190302T0253Z-1551495192.939-EO-29659-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190301T210120Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190301T210120Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190311T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190311T173000 SUMMARY: Raising Global Families: Parenting\, Immigration and Class in Taiw an and the US DESCRIPTION: With Dr. Pei-Chia Lan (Distinguished Professor of Sociology\,  National Taiwan University) Public discourse on Asian parenting tends to fi xate on ethnic culture as a static value set\, disguising the fluidity and diversity of Chinese parenting. Such stereotypes also fail to account for t he challenges of raising children in a rapidly modernizing world\, full of globalizing values. Dr. […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

With Dr. Pei-Chia Lan (Distinguished Professor of Sociology\, N ational Taiwan University)

Public discourse on Asian parenting tends to fixa te on ethnic culture as a static value set\, disguising the fluidity and di versity of Chinese parenting. Such stereotypes also fail to account for the challenges of raising children in a rapidly modernizing world\, full of gl obalizing values. Dr. Lan’s new book Raising Global Families: Parenting \, Immigration\, and Class in Taiwan and the US (Stanford 2018) examin es how ethnic Chinese parents in Taiwan and the United States negotiate cul tural differences and class inequality to raise children in the contexts of globalization and immigration. This book draws on a uniquely comparative\, multi-sited research model with four groups of parents: middle-class and w orking-class parents in Taiwan\, and middle-class and working-class Chinese immigrants in the Boston area. Despite sharing a similar ethnic cultural b ackground\, these parents develop class-specific\, context-sensitive strate gies for arranging their children’s education\, care\, and discipline\, and coping with uncertainties provoked by their changing surroundings.

 

About the speaker: Dr. Pei-Chia Lan is Distinguished Professor of Sociology\, Associate Dean of College of Social Sciences\, and Director of Global Asia Research Center at National Taiwan University. She was a Ha rvard Yenching-Radcliffe fellow\, Fulbright scholar at New York University\ , and postdoctoral fellow at UC Berkeley. Her first book Global Cinderellas : Migrant Domestics and Newly Rich Employers in Taiwan (Duke 2006) won seve ral awards\, including American Sociological Association Sex and Gender Boo k Award and ICAS Best Social Science Book Award.

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LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/parenting-immigration-taiwa n-us/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/03/蓝佩嘉-247x300.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190129T2327Z-1548804461.4479-EO-29334-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190129T214407Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190307T230724Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190312T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190312T193000 SUMMARY: The Phil Lind Initiative Presents: Winona LaDuke DESCRIPTION: Join this talk by Winona LaDuke\, a rural development economis t\, Executive Director of Honor the Earth\, and acclaimed author\, as she e xplores Indigenous issues as related to climate change. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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Join this talk by Winona LaDuke\, a rural development economist\, Executive Director of Honor th e Earth\, and acclaimed author as part of the Phil Lind Initiative 2019 series\, exploring the theme of “Americ a and the Climate Crisis.” This series is being held at UBC throughout Term 2 with some of the foremost intellectuals on the climate crisis.

Thi s event will be moderated by Duncan McCue\, Adjunct Professor\, UBC Graduat e School of Journalism.

This event is now Sold Out. Waitlisted guests are welcome to arrive in the theatre lobby between 5:45 p m - 6:00 pm and our staff will do our utmost to locate you a seat\, althoug h we cannot guarantee availability. Thank you for your understanding.  Plea se email tickets@tickets.ubc.ca for any questions\, or if you need to cance l your tickets.

WATCH THE LIVESTREA M OF WINONA LADUKE’S TALK HERE.

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Follow along at #LIND1 9

Subscribe to our Phil Lind In itiative Newsletter for details and RSVP links.

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LOCATION:Telus Studio Theatre at the Chan Centre GEO:49.269730;-123.255036 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-phil-lind-initiative-pr esents-winona-laduke/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/01/winonaladuke.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190226T0336Z-1551152216.5091-EO-29588-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190225T232739Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190228T215213Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190313T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190313T140000 SUMMARY: Accumulating Insecurities in Eastern DRC: A Revised Framework for Understanding Resource Wars DESCRIPTION: Join us for this talk with Dr. Ann A. Laudati on natural resou rces and armed violence in the eastern Democratic Republic. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us for this talk with Dr. Ann A. Laudati on natural resources and armed violence in the eastern Democratic Republic. Welcome remarks will be provided by MPPGA stu dent John Ede and Carla Suarez\, Killam and SSHRC Post-Doctoral Fellow\, Sc hool of Public Policy and Global Affairs.

Lunch will be provided with RSVP. This event will take place in the  xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees)\, formerly the Multipurpose Room \, Liu Institute for Global Issues.

In Easte rn Democratic Republic of Congo\, nearly all armed groups and state forces have been or are directly or indirectly involved in illegal natural resourc e extraction. While minerals\, namely\, coltan\, diamonds\, and gold\, have been shown to play a key role in generating\, sustaining and strongly affe cting the course and impact of armed conflict within Congo’s eastern provin ces\, increasing evidence from researchers working in the area demonstrate that a much wider portfolio of natural resources is at play. Fundamental to unraveling the necessarily complex role of natural resources in shaping an d being shaped by Congo’s violence\, requires research which clarifies the differentiated nature(s) of these resources. Drawing on over 16 months of q ualitative and survey data collection in Eastern DR Congo since 2009\, this talk focuses on a case study of cannabis as illustrative of the larger res earch project that explores how particular resources differentially influen ce and shape the country’s landscape of violence and how these resources ar e entangled in the everyday lives of conflict actors.

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Bio: Dr. Ann A. Laudati is a broadly trained human-environmental geographe r with specializations in natural resource conflict\, war economies\, livel ihoods and (in)security\, conservation and development\, political ecology\ , qualitative field methods\, and Sub-Saharan Africa. After gaining her doc torate at the University of Oregon\, she taught at Utah State University fo llowed by the University of Bristol before moving back to the states. She i s currently finishing a Social Science Research Fellowship at the Universit y of California\, Berkeley where she also teaches as a Visiting Professor o f Geography.

*Photo Credit:  Ann Laudati

Sponsored by:  The Decision Making for Humanitarian Crises (DMHC)

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What changes does China want from the existing international order? Wh at strategies it has adopted to bring about those changes? This talk will a ddress these questions and explore how the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) may fit into a coherent stra tegy.

About the sp eaker: Dr. Songying Fang is Associate Professor of Political Scien ce in the Department of Political Science at Rice University\, Houston\, Te xas\, USA. Her research interests include theory and practice of internatio nal organizations\, territorial disputes\, alliance politics\, and US-China relations. She has published in many leading journals\, including American Journal of Political Science\, International Organization\, International Studies Quarterly\, Journal of Politics\, and British Journal of Political Science. She has also received fellowships from Niehaus Center for Globaliz ation and Governance at Princeton University and the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.

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LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/china-global-governance/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/03/china_plenary002.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190218T1749Z-1550512170.9809-EO-29455-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190213T200257Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190315T215950Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190313T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190313T193000 SUMMARY: What’s Canada’s Climate Plan? with Tzeporah Berman DESCRIPTION: Join us for our annual Splane Lecture in Social Policy featuri ng noted environmental activist and author\, Tzeporah Berman. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Splane Lecture in Social Policy: What’s Canada’s Climate Plan? Fairness\, Safety\, Justice and Resiliency in a World on Fire\, with Tzeporah Berman

Join us for our annual Splane Lecture in Social Policy. This year’s lecture features noted environmental activist and author\, Tzeporah Berman. The lecture will be f ollowed by a reception with refreshments.

Venue: Asi an Centre Auditorium\, 1871 West Mall\, Vancouver\, V6T 1Z2

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This year’s S plane Lecture in Social Policy will explore the social policy implications of climate change and fossil fuel conflicts in Canada. In particular\, the lecture will discuss the implications of the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports for Canadian policy and explore what it will tak e to create a plan in Canada that aligns our policies and planning with glo bal equity considerations\, indigenous rights and the social policy implica tions of both mitigation and adaptation. Weaving stories from the frontline s of the pipeline campaigns\, and her experiences meetings with the CEO's o f major oil companies and advising both the Alberta and BC governments on c limate policy\, Tzeporah will reflect on the pathway forward to a just and equitable approach to building resiliency and safety in Canada in the clima te era.

Bio: Tzeporah Berman\, BA\, MES\, LLD (honori s causa) is a Canadian environmental activist and writer\, and has 25 years of experience designing environmental campaigns in Canada and internationa lly. She is known for her role as the blockade coordinator for largest civi l disobedience in Canada’s history in Clayoquot Sound in 1993. She is curre ntly the International Program Director at Stand.Earth. She also works as a strategic advisor to a number of First Nations\, environmental organizatio ns and philanthropic foundations on climate and energy issues\, including t he oil sands and pipelines.

Tzeporah is an A djunct Professor of York University Faculty of Environmental Studies. In 20 16 she was appointed by the Alberta Government to Co-Chair the Oil Sands Ad visory Working Group tasked with making recommendations to implement climat e change and cumulative impact policies. Also in 2016\, she was listed as o ne of the 35 Most Influential Women in British Columbia by BC Business Maga zine and awarded the Brescia University College Activist Award. The previou s year\, she was appointed to the BC Government Climate Leadership Team tas ked with making policy recommendations to meet BC legislated climate target s.

Her book\, This Crazy Time: Living Ou r Environmental Challenge\, was published by Knopf Canada in 2011. Ber man was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in 2013 by the University of British Columbia.

About the Splane Lectur e: Each year\, various partners co-organize a presentation in the field of Canadian public policy to honour the work of Dr. Richard Splan e\, Professor Emeritus at UBC’s School of Social Work. The lecture is held in the spirit of Article 25 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights which states that “everyone has the right to a standard of liv ing adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family\, i ncluding food\, clothing\, housing and medical care and necessary social se rvices\, and the right to security in the event of unemployment\, sickness\ , disability\, widowhood\, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumsta nces beyond his control.”

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< strong>Hosted by: The UBC School of Social Work\, the UBC School o f Public Policy and Global Affairs\, and the United Nations Association in Canada\, Vancouver Branch.

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LOCATION:Asian Centre Auditorium GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/whats-canadas-climate-plan- with-tzeporah-berman/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/02/photo-1527170733497-fa4cbd5e227b.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190223T0927Z-1550914041.0322-EO-29597-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190222T194457Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190222T195543Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190314T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190314T210000 SUMMARY: The 2019 Harjit Kaur Sidhu Memorial Program: Celebrating Punjabi L anguage and Culture DESCRIPTION: The Department of Asian Studies and the Centre for India and S outh Asia Research is pleased to invite you to our 11th Annual Harjit Kaur Sidhu Memorial Program. Join us in celebrating over 30 years of Punjabi lan guage at UBC on March 14th! 6:00pm Reception with food and refreshments 6:3 0pm Event Program Free & open to the public. Featuring […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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The Department of Asian Studies and the Centre for India and South As ia Research is pleased to invite you to our 11th Annual Harjit Kaur Sidhu Memorial Program. Join us in celebrating over 30 years of < a href="https://asia.ubc.ca/undergraduate/courses/punjabi/">Punjabi languag e at UBC on March 14th!

6:00pm Reception with food and refreshmen ts
6:30pm Event Program

Free & open to the public.

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  • “Punjabi in Pakistan: Politics and Language\,” a talk with Lahore-based poet & critic Mushtaq Soofi
  • Pe rformances by UBC Punjabi language students
  • Awards for winners of a student Punjabi-language essay contest\;
  • A lifetime achievement aw ard for a BC-based Punjabi language writer

 

Made pos sible by the generous support of the Sidhu family\, in loving memory of Har jit Kaur Sidhu (née Gill)\, devoted wife\, mother\, and strong advocate for education\, Punjabi culture and language\, and women’s issues. 

Organized by the Department of Asian Studies and co-sponsored by the Centre for India and South Asia Research and the Office of the Dean of Arts.

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LOCATION:Multipurpose Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/celebrating-punjabi-languag e-and-culture/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/02/HarjitKaur2x1Image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190221T1720Z-1550769648.7121-EO-29564-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190219T200831Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190222T233719Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190314T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190315T173000 RDATE;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190315T173000 SUMMARY: Hokkaidō 150: Settler Colonialism and Indigeneity in Modern Japan and Beyond DESCRIPTION: Coming off the sesquicentennial of the Meiji Restoration in 20 18\, the 2018-2019 Academic Year marks another significant 150th anniversar y in Japanese history: that of the settler colonization of the northern isl and of Hokkaidō\, or Ainu Moshir as it was known to the Indigenous Ainu peo ples.  In the spirit of continuing the national moments of commemoration [… ] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Coming off the sesquicentennial of the Mei ji Restoration in 2018\, the 2018-2019 Academic Year marks another signific ant 150th anniversary in Japanese history: that of the settler colonization of the northern island of Hokkaidō\, or Ainu Moshir as it was known to the Indigenous Ainu peoples.  In the spirit of continuing the national moments of commemoration that occasioned Canada 150 and Meiji at 150\, the Centre for Japanese Research proudly presents “Hokkaidō 150: Settler Colonialism a nd Indigeneity in Modern Japan and Beyond.” This event will mark the 150th anniversary of the 1869 incorporation of the island of Ainu Moshir\, by gat hering academics\, artists\, musicians\, and community members from Japan\, Canada\, and the United States to revisit shared histories of settler colo nialism.  We invite members of the UBC and larger Vancouver community to re flect on the history of settler colonialism and its impacts on Indigenous p eoples\, while celebrating the local culture\, art\, and music of BC and Ho kkaidō as we renew our mutual commitment to international cooperation and T ruth and Reconciliation.

For the full list of events\, see the Hokkaidō 150 website.

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URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/hokkaido-150/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/02/image002.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190308T0218Z-1552011530.5315-EO-29754-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190307T224523Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190307T224613Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190318T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190318T183000 SUMMARY: The Resurgence of Arms Racing and the Collapse of Nuclear Arms Con trol DESCRIPTION: Andrew Lichterman (Western States Legal Foundation) will be ad dressing the resurgence of the arms race and push for discourse on declinin g nuclear arms control. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The resurgence of arms racing and the collapse of nuclear arms control: Time once again to protest and surviv e

The last few years have seen a growing arms race among the leading nuclear-armed countries. In parallel\, there is the collapse of th e remaining arms control treaties that have placed limitations on the kinds and numbers of nuclear weapons that could be deployed by Russia and the Un ited States\, which together possess over 90% of the world’s nuclear arms. This round of arms racing could surpass the Cold War in complexity and inst ability. Today there are more countries with significant nuclear arsenals\, and new material and political conflicts among the elites who govern nucle ar-armed states. Military-industrial complexes remain powerful forces entre nched for over a half-century\, their interests bound to endless high-techn ology military confrontation. All of this is happening as authoritarian nat ionalist governments have emerged and there has been an erosion of what dem ocracy has existed in the world’s most powerful states.

This talk wil l address this resurgence of tensions and arms racing among the nuclear pow ers\, and will offer some thoughts concerning the kinds of movements and ci vil society responses needed to avoid catastrophic wars\, and to create a w orld in which the elimination of nuclear arsenals might be possible.

Speaker: Andrew Lichterman\, Western States Legal Foundati on\, Oakland\, California

LOCATION:UBC Coach House\, Green College GEO:49.270852;-123.256535 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-resurgence-of-arms-raci ng-and-the-collapse-of-nuclear-arms-control-time-once-again-to-protest-and- survive/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190107T0436Z-1546835774.9586-EO-29079-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190104T210444Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190315T191827Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190318T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190318T190000 SUMMARY: Carrying a Basket of Gold: A Historical Reflection on Buddhist Con cepts and Ethics in Bhutan DESCRIPTION: In this talk\, Dagmar Schwerk provides a historical perspectiv e on the development and institutionalization of Buddhist concepts and ethi cs in Bhutan which first manifested themselves in a twofold system of gover nance under a charismatic Buddhist master in the seventeenth century. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
This talk is co-sponsored with the Robert HN Ho Family Foundatio n Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society.
Abstract

What lies behind the idea and p olicies of Gross National Happiness (GNH) in Bhutan and how have Buddhist c oncepts and ethics been implemented on an institutional level in past and p resent? In this talk\, Dagmar Schwerk provides a historical perspective on the development and institutionalization of Buddhist concepts and ethics in Bhutan which first manifested themselves in a twofold system of governance under a charismatic Buddhist master in the seventeenth century. She also t akes a closer look at the broader intellectual history of the twofold syste m of governance\, just kingship\, and knowledge systems of Buddhist ethics— along with the connected intertwining between religion and other societal a reas in pre-modern Bhutan.

About the Speak er 

Dagmar Schwerk’s research covers Indo- Tibetan Buddhism and Tibetan and Bhutanese intellectual\, political\, and s ocial history.  She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Hamburg\, Germany. Her Ph.D. thesis focused on the Mahāmudrā controversy in Tibetan Buddhism and is the current Khyentse Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Tibetan Buddh ist Studies at UBC’s Department of Asian Studies.

In her curr ent research activities\, she is especially interested in Buddhist concepti ons of state and governance as well as applied Buddhist ethics in secular c ontexts in Asia and the West. In her talk\, she will present findings conne cted to a recently completed post-doctoral research project at the Universi ty of Leipzig\, Germany. (“Bhutan in Transition. Metamorphosis and Institut ionalisation of Buddhist Concepts”).

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/historical-reflection-buddh ist-concepts-bhutan/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/01/photo-1516825513084-7a3397fcd108.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190304T1652Z-1551718357.9068-EO-29654-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190301T203540Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190301T231948Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190320T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190320T140000 SUMMARY: “There’s No Place Like It”: Promoting Colonial Hong Kong as a Tour ist Destination DESCRIPTION: Light lunch is provided starting at 12 pm for those who have r egistered by Monday\, March 11. From the early 1950s on\, Hong Kong became a major tourist destination where visitors could have a taste of Chinese cu lture and catch a glimpse of the PRC beyond the “Bamboo Curtain.” This talk explores how the Hong Kong Tourist […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Light lunch is provided starting at 12 pm for those who have registered by Monday\, March 11.

From the early 1950s on\, Hong Kong became a major tourist destination where visitor s could have a taste of Chinese culture and catch a glimpse of the PRC beyo nd the “Bamboo Curtain.” This talk explores how the Hong Kong Tourist Assoc iation\, established in 1957\, promoted Hong Kong as a unique cultural and geopolitical space: Chinese but not quite China\; a harmonious blending of East and West and of old and new\; and a modern\, bustling metropolis coexi sting side-by-side with the rural\, quaint New Territories. Especially with in the contexts of the Cold War and the disintegration of the British Empir e\, tourism was about more than economics and the movement of people. It be came a way for Hong Kong to position itself within Asia and across the glob e.

John M. Carroll is Professor of History and Assoc iate Dean (Global) in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Hong Kong. R aised in Hong Kong and Taipei\, he is author of Edge of  Empires: Chinese El ites and British Colonials in Hong Kong\, A Concise History of Hong Kong\, and the forthcoming Canton Days: British Life and Deat h in China. This talk draws from his current book project\, Destin ation Hong Kong: Promoting Tourism in Britain’s Chinese Colony.

This seminar is organized by the UBC Hong Kon g Studies Initiative and co-sponsored by:  Department of Asian Studies\, Depa rtment of History\, Centre for Chinese Re search\, Histories Research Cluster\, and St. John’s College.

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LOCATION:Fairmont Social Lounge\, St. John's College GEO:49.262900;-123.256295 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/hong-kong-destination-talk/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/03/bady-qb-751603-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190309T1430Z-1552141822.9072-EO-29767-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190308T194907Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190308T194907Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190320T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190320T170000 SUMMARY: The Politics of Historical Justice after the Death of Mao Zedong DESCRIPTION: With Dr. Daniel Leese Professor of modern Chinese history and politics\, University of Freiburg This talk will take recent debates on the legacies of the Cultural Revolution as a starting point to address the que stion of how the Chinese Communist Party dealt with injustices from the Mao era in the late 1970s and early 1980s […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

With Dr. Daniel Leese Professor of modern Chinese history and politics\, University of Freiburg

This talk will ta ke recent debates on the legacies of the Cultural Revolution as a starting point to address the question of how the Chinese Communist Party dealt with injustices from the Mao era in the late 1970s and early 1980s and place th ese developments in broader historical perspective. Given that the Communis t Party politically survived a tumultuous event such as the Cultural Revolu tion\, but also the end of communist rule in Eastern Europe and the fall of the Soviet Union\, the strategies of coping with a violent past under stat e socialism merit special interest. The talk will highlight in particular t he relation between politics and law\, competing strategies of legitimation under Hua Guofeng and Deng Xiaoping\, and the party leadership’s holistic approach to justice and rehabilitation. Thereby it will also raise the issu e of how selectively applied approaches nowadays associated with the concep t of transitional justice may serve to strengthen rather than subvert autho ritarian rule.

About the speaker: Daniel Leese is Pr ofessor of modern Chinese history and politics at the University of Freibur g and currently a fellow at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies. He is the author of Mao Cult (Cambridge 2011) and Die Chinesisch e Kulturrevolution  (C.H. Beck 2016)\, as well as the editor of Br ill’s Encyclopedia of China (Brill 2009) and Victims\, Perpetrator s\, and the Role of Law in Maoist China (De Gruyter 2018\, with Puck E ngman). He is principal investigator of the project “The Maost Legacy: Part y Dictatorship\, Transitional Justice and the Politics of Truth” and with h is research group has compiled a digital archive on this period.

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LOCATION:The xʷθəθiqətəm or Place of Many Trees (formerly the Liu Multipurpose Room) \, GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/politics-historical-justice -mao-zedong/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/03/Headshot-300x200.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190322T2137Z-1553290622.9149-EO-29903-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190322T213121Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190322T213121Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190325T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190325T173000 SUMMARY: The Spectrum of Islamism in the New Malaysia DESCRIPTION: Abstract: The results of the Fourteenth Malaysian General Elec tions have been hailed as a new era of racial and religious equality. Islam is said to be no longer an important factor in Malaysian politics. However \, nine months following the euphoric victory of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) c oalition\, it is a clear that Islam as a […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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The results of the Fourtee nth Malaysian General Elections have been hailed as a new era of racial and religious equality. Islam is said to be no longer an important factor in M alaysian politics. However\, nine months following the euphoric victory of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition\, it is a clear that Islam as a politica l factor not only remains relevant but have garnered renewed strength as ma nifested in the strong Muslim showing during the rally organized to oppose the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Disc rimination (ICERD) and the results of the Cameron Highland elections. This seminar aims to draw a trajectory of political Islam in the new Malaysia an d argues that the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) is likely to play a mor e dominant role in the New Malaysia. There are three parts to the seminar. First\, it seeks to identify the different Islamist political actors in the new Malaysia. Second\, the seminar will extrapolate factors that have led to the renewed strength of political Islam. Last\, the seminar will account for why PAS is likely to grow in strength when compared to other Islamist actors in the country.

JOIN our event to explore the issues s urrounding Political Islam in Malaysia with Dr Mohamed Naw ab Mohamed Osman

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-spectrum-of-islamism-in -the-new-malaysia/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/03/54435161_1551313968334629_2222457099630149632_n.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190304T1643Z-1551717799.8339-EO-29656-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190301T204227Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190301T232054Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190325T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190325T190000 SUMMARY: Hong Kong in the Age of the Chinese Dream DESCRIPTION: Since the handover in 1997\, despite—or because of—the promise of “One Country\, Two Systems\,” ties between Hong Kong and mainland China have become ever closer. As the world enters the Age of the Chinese Dream\ , how should this former British colony situate itself? And how should peop le in Hong Kong pursue their diverse (and\, at […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Since the handover in 1997\, despite—or be cause of—the promise of “One Country\, Two Systems\,” ties between Hong Kon g and mainland China have become ever closer. As the world enters the Age o f the Chinese Dream\, how should this former British colony situate itself? And how should people in Hong Kong pursue their diverse (and\, at times\, incompatible) aspirations?

Alex Yong Kang Chow 周永康 i s a former secretary-general of the Hong Kong Federation of Students. He wa s sentenced to seven months in prison in 2017 for his political leadership in the Umbrella Movement. He is an initiator of the Community Citizen Chart er Movement\, the Community Press Crowdfunding Scheme in Hong Kong\, and th e archival project Decoding Hong Kong. He also serves as a member of Networ k of Young Democratic Asians\, which aims at building a region-based platfo rm for activism and young activists. He is currently a Ph.D. student in Geo graphy at the University of California\, Berkeley.

Prof. Tai- lok Lui 呂大樂 is Vice President (Research and Development) and Chair Professor of Hong Kong Studies at The Education University of Hong Kong. H e is also Director of the Academy of Hong Kong Studies and the Centre for G reater China Studies. Prof. Lui’s research interests cover class analysis\, economic sociology\, urban sociology\, and Hong Kong studies. He is a co-a uthor of Hong Kong\, China: Learning to Belong to a Nation  and Hong Ko ng: Becoming a Chinese Global City as well as a co-editor of Rou tledge Handbook of Contemporary Hong Kong. Prof. Lui is a columnis t and an active member of various committees in NGOs\, governmental\, and p rofessional bodies.

This public dialogue is organized by the UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative and co-sponsored by: Department of Asian Studies\, Department of History\, Department of Political Science\, Centre for Chinese Research\, and St. John’s College.

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LOCATION:AERL 120\, Aquatic Ecosystems Research Lab GEO:49.268744;-123.255896 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/hong-kong-chinese-dream/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/03/joel-fulgencio-670436-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190308T2143Z-1552081391.6924-EO-29769-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190308T205657Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190320T173045Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190325T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190325T210000 SUMMARY: Barry Lopez in Conversation with Ian Gill DESCRIPTION: Join us for this exciting conversation with National Book Awar d-winning author of the now-classic Arctic Dreams\, Barry Lopez\, for the l aunch of his new book\, Horizon. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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This event is presented in partnership with UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, Vancouver Writers Fest\, The Narwhal\, Ocean Wise and BC Parks Foundation.

About Horizo n:
“Exemplary writing about the world and a welcome gift to readers.” —Kirkus Reviews

From the National Book Award-winning author of the no w-classic Arctic Dreams\, a vivid\, poetic\, capacious work that recollects the travels around the world and the encounters—human\, animal\, and natur al—that have shaped an extraordinary life.

Taking us nearly from pole to pole—from modern megacities to some of the most remote regions on the e arth—and across decades of lived experience\, Barry Lopez\, hailed by the L os Angeles Times Book Review as "one of our finest writers\," gives us his most far-ranging yet personal work to date\, in a book that moves indelibly \, immersively\, through his travels to six regions of the world: from West ern Oregon to the High Arctic\; from the Galápagos to the Kenyan desert\; f rom Botany Bay in Australia to finally\, unforgettably\, the ice shelves of Antarctica.

Throughout his journeys—to some of the hottest\, coldest \, and most desolate places on the globe—and via friendships he forges alon g the way with scientists\, archaeologists\, artists and local residents\, Lopez searches for meaning and purpose in a broken world.

Horizon is a revelatory\, epic work that voices concern and frustration along with hum anity and hope—a book that makes you see the world differently\, and that i s the crowning achievement by one of America's great thinkers and most huma ne voices.

Barry Lopez is the author of numerous wor ks of nonfiction and fiction\, among them Arctic Dreams\, for which he rece ived the National Book Award\; Of Wolves and Men\, a National Book Award fi nalist\; two collections of essays\; several story collections\; and Crown and Weasel\, a novella-length fable. He contributes regularly to both Ameri can and international journals and magazines and has travelled to more than 70 countries to conduct research. He is the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim\, Lannan and National Science foundations and has been honou red by a number of institutions for his literary\, humanitarian and environ mental work. He lives in Oregon.

Ian Gill is a write r\, filmmaker and social entrepreneur who founded and led Ecotrust Canada a nd served as CEO of Ecotrust Australia. He has been a reporter and editor f or the Vancouver Sun and CBC. He is also now a regular columnist f or The Tyee. His groundbreaking work of nonfiction\, No News i s Bad News\, explores what’s happening to our newsrooms—and where the future of journalism\, and democracy\, may lie.

LOCATION:Granville Island Stage- Arts Club GEO:49.272167;-123.134346 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/barry-lopez-in-conversation -with-ian-gill/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/03/Barry-Lopez-e1552078939435.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190321T1738Z-1553189901.2947-EO-29883-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190321T173146Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190321T173726Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190326T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190326T150000 SUMMARY: 3rd Annual MPPGA Global Policy Project Symposium DESCRIPTION: Please mark your calendars for our 3rd annual Global Policy Pr oject symposium where we will learn from MPPGA student teams about the outc omes of each of their projects. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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Please mark your calendars for our 3rd annual Global Policy Project s ymposium where we will learn from MPPGA student teams about the outcomes of each of their projects. Morning refreshments and lunch will be served.

Each team collaborated closely with a client on a real-world policy challenge. This year’s projects took place in Canada\,  India\, Nepal\, Peru\, Ethiopia\, and Ghana.

The Global Policy Project is a defining component of the Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs professional program at UBC. It provides opportu nities for students to engage directly with policy makers and civil society  on a real-world policy challenge.

V ENUE: Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) r oom\, 1st floor\, 6476 NW Marine Dr\, Vancouver\, BC V6T 1Z2

PROGRAM: 9:00 PM - 3:00 PM

9:00 am – 12:20 pm: GPP590A - Internation al Projects

12:20 pm - 1:00 pm: Lunch

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm: GPP590B – Domestic Projects

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SCHEDULE

Emcee: Julianne Pipe r\, Graduate Program Manager

9:00 am - 9:05 am                  Opening Remarks by Shashi Enarth\, Graduate Di rector\, Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA)\, UBC

9:05 am - 9:35 am                  Nepal Team Present ation

9:40 am - 10:10 am                Ethi opia Team Presentation

10:15 am - 10:40 am               Ghana Team Presentation

10:50 am - 11:10 am              Break

11:10 am - 11:40 am              Peru Team Presentation

11:45 am - 12:20 pm              India Team Presentation

12:20 pm - 1:00 pm              Lunch< /strong>

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm                 B .C. Team Presentation

1:35 pm - 2:05 pm                  Alberta Team Presentation

2:10 p m - 2:40 pm                 City of Vancouver Team Presentation

2:45 pm - 3:00 pm                 Closing Remarks

INTERNATIONAL TEAM PROJECTS

< p style="font-weight: 400">Sickle Cell Disease Management and S ervice Delivery in Southwestern Nepal

Field Work – Dang District\, Nepal

S tudents: Bashar Alsaeedi\, Shaf Noorani\, Marzia Rizvi\, Daniela Rodriguez\ , and Hadis Siadat

Client: Creating Possibil ities (CP)

Summary: Providing recommendation s on the adequacy of the Nepali public health policy infrastructure and ser vices’ for addressing the socio-economic impact of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD ) and supporting appropriate disease management in the Tharu community.

Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in Ethiopia

Field Work – Addis A baba\, Ethiopia

Students: Adam Cassady\, Jul iana Craig\, Huilin Gao\, Sebastián Jarrin Grijalba\, and Catherine Tarimo< /p>

Client: Canadian International Resources Dev elopment Institute (CIRDI) and the Supporting the Ministry of Mines (SUMM) project\, Ministry of Mines\, Minerals\, Petroleum and Natural Gas of Ethio pia (MMMPNG)

Summary: Evaluating the adequac y of Ethiopia’s institutional mechanisms that are designed to enable gender inclusiveness in artisanal and small-scale mining operations.

Troubled Waters: Developing the Community Re sistance Tool for Free the Slaves

Field Work – Accra\, Ghana

Students: Ali Abdullah Bajwa\, John Ede\, Adedoyin Luwaji\, Ros Seibert\, and Simin Yook

Client: Free the Slaves (FTS)

Summary: Providing a robust mechanism to measure the effe ctiveness of Free the Salves’ intervention activities and resiliency of com munities from slavery.

Integrate d and Inclusive Water Resource Management in Peru

Field Work – Lima and Cusco\, Peru

Students: Diego Bastidas Chasing\, Tovo Jose\, Adrianna Spykre\, Misrak Yacob\, and Atieh Razavi Yekta

Clien t: Autoridad Nacional de Agua (National Water Authority of Peru) (ANA)

< p style="font-weight: 400">Canadian International Resources Development Ins titute (CIRDI)

Summary: Studying the policie s\, programs and institutions within ANA in terms of their equitable and in tegrated approach to water management.

An Assessment of Gender Gaps in Infrastructure Projects

Field Work – Gujarat\, India

Students: Dorine Akwiri\, Alex Ash\, Alfonso Hernandez De lgadillo\, Tracy Ly\, and Rafael Posada

Clie nt: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

Summary: Evaluating the approaches utilized by large development banks for assessing gender gaps in their infrastructure projects so the AIIB can implement their own gender assessment approach.

 

DOMESTIC TEAM PROJECT S

Balancing the Equatio n: Reconciling B.C.’s LNG Export to China with its Climate Targets

Students: Aboozar Ahmadi\, Jiaxin Li\, Nicole So\, and Darren Touch

Client: Minist ry of Energy\, Mines and Petroleum Energy for British Columbia (MEMPE)

< p style="font-weight: 400">Summary: Examining the policy options available to the Government of British Columbia for reconciling the desire to grow it s LNG industry and with the obligation to meet the provincial and national climate targets.

Managing a Just Transition for Alberta’s Oil Sands Workers

Students: Susanne Beilmann\, Clare Kim\, Tommy Koh\, and Aaro n Nelson

Client: Alberta Federation of Labou r (AFL)

Summary: Exploring the strategies th at the Alberta Federation of Labour can advocate to manage the impact on oi l sands workers and their immediate communities\, focusing on maintaining t heir standard of living.

Greenin g Vancouver’s Fleets

Students: Luthfi Dhofier\, Sara Harb\, Nicholas Lloyd-Kuizk\, Alex Loginov\, and Chi amaka Mogo

Client: City of Vancouver – Plann ing\, Urban Design and Sustainability Unit

S ummary: Providing guidelines on the possibilities\, processes\, and barrier s to promoting the transition to zero emissions in the City of Vancouver ba sed on a scan of the best practices implemented in other cities.

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LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/3rd-annual-mppga-global-pol icy-project-symposium/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/03/Ethiopia-Team.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190308T0219Z-1552011573.7535-EO-29728-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190307T204142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190307T204142Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190328T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190328T190000 SUMMARY: Spotlight on Graduate Student Research DESCRIPTION: Numerology as a Way of Explanation: the Panchatūryanāda Classi fication of Musical Instruments in Buddhist Sri Lanka by Eshantha Peiris Ab stract: The concept of panchatūryanāda refers to a five-fold classification scheme of musical instruments that is found in Sri Lankan Buddhist traditi on. Although the term has appeared in Pali and Sinhala texts since the seve nth century\, its connotations […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Numerology as a Way of Explanation: the P anchatūryanāda Classification of Musical Instruments in Buddhist Sri Lanka by Eshantha Peiris

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The concept of panchatūryanāda  refers to a five-fold classification scheme of musical instruments that is found in Sri Lankan Buddhist tradition. Although the term has appeared in P ali and Sinhala texts since the seventh century\, its connotations have var ied in different eras\, and recent scholars have been unable to agree on th e precise criteria of the groupings. In this paper\, I examine the idea of five-fold categorization in the context of Buddhist and South Asian thought \, arguing that numerical equivalences in seemingly unrelated taxonomies co nstituted a way of explanation that created meaning within particular cosmo logical worldviews. Through this lens\, I try to understand what the functi on and significance of panchatūryanāda categorization might have been for S ri Lankan ritual musicians prior to the twentieth century.

Bio:

Eshantha Peiris is a student of ethnomusicology at the University of Bri tish Columbia. He is currently writing a doctoral dissertation about proces ses of change in the Up-Country drumming tradition of Sri Lanka.

Wom en Photographers and the Business of Photography in North India (1950s-1980 s) by Sameena

Abstract:

Through the archives of commercial p hoto-studios\, this paper examines the conditions that led to the emergence of professional women photographers in Delhi and UP in post-Independence I ndia. It critically addresses the politics of invisibility by looking at wh y the history of women photographers remains a ‘lost-history’ in India desp ite their presence in the dark rooms and as camera assistants in the commer cial photo-studios.

Bio:

Sameena is a student of Art History at the University of British Columbia. She is currently pursuing her doctor al research on practices of analog photography within commercial studios in India at Department of Art History\, Visual Art and Theory (AHVA)

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Co-sponsored by: Centre for India and South Asia Res earch and Department of Asian Studies

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/graduate-student-research/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/03/cisar.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190323T0841Z-1553330463.0897-EO-29901-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190322T193334Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190322T193334Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190329T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190329T163000 SUMMARY: Social Responsibility\, Development and the Weaponization of Value s in a Chinese Century DESCRIPTION: With Dr. Robert Hanlon (Assistant Professor\, Thompson Rivers University) Social responsibility is becoming increasing political and is s haping how China’s foreign policy architects court an increasingly fracture d liberal order.  In an era where the United States’ commitment to multilat eralism is wavering\, prominent thinkers are now asking whether global powe r dynamics are shifting to Asia.  Donald Trump’s hostility […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

With Dr. Robert Hanlon (A ssistant Professor\, Thompson Rivers University)

Social responsibilit y is becoming increasing political and is shaping how China’s foreign polic y architects court an increasingly fractured liberal order.  In an era wher e the United States’ commitment to multilateralism is wavering\, prominent thinkers are now asking whether global power dynamics are shifting to Asia.   Donald Trump’s hostility towards trade regimes coupled with Beijing’s eff ort to advance a more assertive foreign policy is disrupting traditional tr ade networks. As Richard Haass has noted\, the international rule-based ord er is weakened and risks collapse without a committed United States. At the same time\, illiberal China has ironically evolved as an advocate of the l iberal trading order.

In this talk\, Dr. Hanlon furthers the critical discussion emerging within the areas of global governance\, political econ omy and public policy. How do human rights and sustainable development impa ct the prospects of economic relations between Western states and China? Do es the prospect of a rising China influence how governments engineer ‘progr essive’ trade agreements? Finally\, he hopes to provide a clearer understan ding of how fragmented business actors influence trade policy within China.

He argues that progressive-neoliberal states in the West are purpose ly leveraging human rights and sustainable development as social trade barr iers to compete in the Asian Century. Similarly\, China is developing a nar rative of ‘social responsibility with Chinese characteristics’ to mitigate socio-economic risks for ensuring regime legitimacy at home and abroad. Com petitive pluralistic notions of social responsibility are being designed by political actors who are challenging the hegemonic discourse of neo-libera lism which has dominated global trade relations for a generation.

About the speaker: Robert Hanlon is a politi cal scientist\, author and consultant whose research explores the links bet ween corruption and human rights in emerging economies. His work on corpora te social responsibility (CSR) has appeared throughout scholarly publicatio ns and media. His regional area of focus is Asia with a specialization in G reater China and Mainland Southeast Asia (MSEA). Click here for more details.

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Dr. Jisoo M. Kim is Korea Foundation Associate Professor of History\, International Affairs\, and Eas t Asian Languages and Literatures at the George Washington University. She is also Director of the GW Institute for Korean Studies. Her broader resear ch interests include crime and justice\, forensic medicine\, the history of emotions\, literary representations of the law\, diglossia\, the vernacula r\, and gender and sexuality.

In her talk\, Dr. Kim will study the th eme of criminal justice in Chosŏn Korea (1392-1910) by investigating foren sic medicine and the postmortem examination of dead bodies\, and will focus on homicide cases to probe into the cultural meaning of interpersonal viol ence.

Event Poster LOCATION:The xʷθəθiqətəm or Place of Many Trees (formerly the Liu Multipurpose Room) \, GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/criminal-justice-eighteenth -century-korea/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/03/1920px-서문보_산수도山水圖_15세기.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190322T1936Z-1553283378.7209-EO-29899-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190322T192403Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190322T214911Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190401T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190401T173000 SUMMARY: Sufism in China: Menhuan\, Han kitāb\, and Belonging DESCRIPTION: With Dr. Jonathan Lipman (Professor Emeritus of History\, Moun t Holyoke College) Over the past millennium\, Sufism—usually glossed as “Is lamic mysticism”—has evolved to pervade the Islamic world.  Even scholars w ho became anti-Sufis\, such as 18th century Arab religious reformer Muhamma d ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab\, studied Sufism deeply. Some manifestations of Sufism have been primarily theological and intellectual\, while others […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

With Dr. Jonathan Lipman  (Professor Emeritus of History\, Mount Holyoke College)

Over the past millennium\, Sufism—usually glossed as “Islamic mysticism”—has evolved to pervade the Islamic world.  Even scholars who became anti-Sufis\, such as 1 8th century Arab religious reformer Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab\, studied S ufism deeply. Some manifestations of Sufism have been primarily theological and intellectual\, while others have led to construction of new social net works. Though far from the Muslim heartlands\, Muslim communities in the Ch inese culture area\, roughly the extent of the 14th-17th century Ming state \, were profoundly influenced by Sufi thought (eastern China) and Sufi inst itutions (Gansu province).  This lecture explores those influences—where\, when\, how\, and by whom they were experienced—in order to understand the s imultaneous\, sometimes conflicting processes of distinction (of Muslims in China) and acculturation (by Muslims to China)

About the speaker: Trained as a historian of early modern and m odern China at Stanford\, Jonathan Lipman served on the faculty of Mount Ho lyoke College from 1977 to 2015\, holding the Felicia Gressitt Bock Chair i n Asian Studies.  In addition\, he taught as a visiting professor at Doshis ha University\, Yale\, Harvard\, and the University of Washington.

Pr of. Lipman’s research deals primarily with the long-term residence and accu lturation of Muslims in China.  His 1997 book\, Familiar Strangers:  A Hist ory of Muslims in Northwest China\, remains a standard history of the subje ct.  He edited Islamic Thought in China (2016) and co-wrote a textbook\, Mo dern East Asia:  An Integrated History (2011).  His current research focuse s on the life and thought of Ma Zhu (馬注)\, a Yunnanese Muslim scholar of th e early Qing period\, author of a Chinese-language introduction to Islam (清 真指南) still in print 300 years after its composition.  He is also editing a collection on Chinese Muslim genealogical traditions and studying the Minsh ar\, a controversial 17th-century Sufi litany used by Sufis in Gansu.  Prof . Lipman lives in Corvallis\, Oregon\, with his wife\, Ann Pemberton\, a so cial justice activist and wine educator.

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Join this Phil Lind Initiative talk by Bill McKibben\, noted environmental activist and autho r of the first book about global warming—1989’s The End of Nature\ , as part of the “America and the Climat e Crisis” series. This series is being held at UBC throughout Term 2 wi th some of the foremost intellectuals on the climate crisis.

This eve nt will be moderated by Elizabeth May\, environmentalist\, writer\, lawyer\, leader of the Green Party of Canada and Member of Parlia ment for Saanich-Gulf Islands.

**Please Note: This e vent is now Sold out. Ticketed guests are asked to arrive by 5:45 p m to secure their seat. Waitlist guests are welcome to arrive in t he lobby from 5:45 pm – 6:00 pm and we will do our utmost to locate you a s eat\, although we cannot guarantee availability.

Staff from the UBC B ookstore will be selling copies of his books in the lobby before and after the talk. Staff can take cash or credit

All Phil Lind Initiative even ts are wheelchair accessible.

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CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Telus Studio Theatre at the Chan Centre GEO:49.269730;-123.255036 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-phil-lind-initiative-pr esents-bill-mckibben/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/03/BillMckibben.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190322T1937Z-1553283446.5158-EO-29897-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190322T191236Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190322T191236Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190403T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190403T173000 SUMMARY: Distant Reading: Large-Scale Textual Analysis for Sinology and Bey ond DESCRIPTION: 3:00-4:30 Public Talk and Discussion (Click here for RSVP) 4:3 0-5:30 Workshop\, Pre-registration requested (Click here for RSVP) With Dr.  Ryan Nichols (Full Professor\, Department of Philosophy\, California State University\, Fullerton) and Dr. Edward Slingerland (Distinguished Universi ty Scholar | Professor of Asian Studies\, UBC)     Lecture topic: Ryan Nich ols: Supernatural Agents and Prosociality in Historical China Edward Slinge rland: Beyond Cherry-Picking: Using Large-Scale Text Analysis to Adjudicate Hermeneutical […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

3:00-4:30 Public Talk and Discussion (Click here for RSVP)

4:30-5:30  Workshop\, Pre-registration requested (Click here for RSVP)

With Dr. Ryan Nichols (Full Professor\, Department of Philosophy\, California State University\, Fullerton) and

Dr. Edward Slingerland (Distinguished University Sc holar | Professor of Asian Studies\, UBC)

 

 

Lecture topic:

Ryan Nichols: Supernatural Agents and Prosociality in Historical China

Edward Slingerland: Beyond Cherry-Picking: Using Large-Scale Text Analysis to Adjudicate H ermeneutical Disputes

The creation of digital\, fully- searchable text corpora opens up entirely new analytic possibilities for re searchers\, especially sinologists\, who have a wealth of such corpora at t heir disposal. It remains the fact\, however\, that scholarly arguments in the field are still supported primarily with small numbers of cherry-picked examples\, with no attempt to document larger patterns or trends.

Th is event will begin with two talks illustrating how large-scale text analys is tools can help to resolve long-standing interpretative debates or uncove r new patterns in the texts that we read. Such efforts are best pursued by interdisciplinary teams\, and we will discuss the challenges in creating th ese sorts of collaborations. With some guidance\, however\, individuals can also begin to experiment with these new methodological tools. The talks wi ll be followed by an optional\, hands-on workshop allowing participants to learn how to perform their own analyses using freely-available software pac kages.

Following the public talk\, Prof. Nichols will run a han ds-on workshop focused on the basics of text mining and large-scale text analysis\, and using Donald Sturgeon’s Chinese Text Project corpus as our material. Although the text to be analyzed i s in classical Chinese\, the workshop itself will be held in English\, and knowledge of classical Chinese—though helpful—is not strictly necessary to benefit from the workshop.

Prior to the workshop\, participants are r equested to download the latest version of AntConc\, a freeware text-m ining application for all platforms. It would be best if participants began to familiarize themselves with how to use the program by uploading a text file and playing with it beforehand\, but they will be walked through its u se in the workshop.

In addition\, participants are asked to follow th e Dropbox link below so that they can download the corpus to be analyzed during the workshop onto their local hard drive. Click here for the link to the corpus to be analyzed dur ing the workshop (the ctext.org Chinese Text Project corpus)\, please downl oad ahead of time the file “Alltexts”.

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LOCATION:The xʷθəθiqətəm or Place of Many Trees (formerly the Liu Multipurpose Room) \, GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/distant-reading-sinology/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/03/11d-China-6-min-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190322T1939Z-1553283586.9363-EO-29895-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190322T185854Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190322T185854Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190404T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190404T134500 SUMMARY: End-of-Term Celebration for HKSI/Cantonese Language Program DESCRIPTION: Thursday\, 4 April 2019\, 12:00–13:45 pm Place of Many Trees ( formerly the Multipurpose Room) Liu Institute for Global Issues\, UBC 6476 NW Marine Dr.\, Vancouver Presentations and screenings begin @ 12:30 Free a nd open to the UBC community Light lunch will be provided for those who hav e registered by Wednesday\, March 27. Come celebrate the […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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Thursday\, 4 April 2019\, 12:00–13:45 pm
Place of Many Trees (formerly the Multipurpose Room)
Liu Institute for Globa l Issues\, UBC
6476 NW Marine Dr.\, Vancouver
Presentations a nd screenings begin @ 12:30
Free and open to the UBC community

Light lunch will be provided for those who have registered by Wednesday\, March 27.

Come celebr ate the end of another exhilarating academic year for the UBC Hong Kong Stu dies Initiative and the UBC Cantonese Language Program with food\, drinks\, highlights of student projects\, and a guest presentation:

British-Chinese Communities and Identities Between the UK and HK
Dr. Desmond Cheung (Portland State University)

Desmond Cheung (PhD\, UBC) is a China historian and assistant professor at Portland State University\, Oregon. His research to date has mainly been focused on the Ming period (1368-1644)\, with projects on the history of H angzhou’s famous sites as well as the late imperial statecraft tradition. H e has also begun to work on the history of Chinese in the United Kingdom\, starting with oral histories collected from the British-Chinese community.< /p>

 

Hosted by the Hong Kong Studies Initiative and the Canto nese Language Program and co-sponsored by: Department of Asian Studies\, Depa rtment of History\, Centre for Chinese Research\, and St. John’s Colleg e.

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Don’t miss this SPPGA Policy in Practice talk by Ramesh Thakur\, an international figure on matters of global governance\, including nuclear weapons. Professor Brian Job will be providing the welcome remarks. Refres hments will be offered.

Professor Ramesh Thakur will address the cris is of global governance\, focusing upon the need to address the dangers pos ed by the arms race\, ongoing wars\, and the Trump effect on global order.< /p>

Bio: Professor Ramesh Thakur is Director of the Cent re for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in the Crawford School\, T he Australian National University and co-Convenor of the Asia-Pacific Leade rship Network for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament. He was Vice Re ctor and Senior Vice Rector of the United Nations University (and Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations) from 1998–2007.

Educated in India and Canada\, he was a Professor of International Relations at the Un iversity of Otago in New Zealand and Professor and Head of the Peace Resear ch Centre at the Australian National University\, during which time he was also a consultant to the Australian and New Zealand governments on arms con trol\, disarmament and international security issues.

The author or e ditor of 50 books and 400 articles and book chapters\, Prof. Thakur also wr ites regularly for several newspapers around the world and serves on the in ternational advisory boards of institutes in Africa\, Asia\, Europe and Nor th America\, and is the Editor-in-Chief of Global Governance (2013 -18).

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Doc Talks @ SPPGA is a new series providing a platform for newly defended U BC PhDs to share why the new knowledge they’ve created is important and wha t potential impacts and implications it can have\, including the industries it can be applied to. Doc Talks @ SPPGA is open to everyone.

Watch a video recording of the event here.

Biographies:

Eric Merkley

Dr. Merkley's thesis is composed of three papers that illustrate important limitations of exper t influence on public opinion. The first paper analyzes news content to sho w that journalists rarely discuss expert consensus when appropriate\, and w hen they do it is typically in a polarizing political context. The second p aper\, using an automated content analysis and aggregate public opinion dat a\, finds that Americans may have polarized on climate change because of a proliferation of party elite messages as the issue rose to prominence. The third paper uses an experiment to demonstrate that anti-intellectualism con sistently conditions the persuasiveness of scientific consensus cues.

Marcelo Bravo

< p style="font-weight: 400">Knowledge mobilization (KMb) refers to processes and activities that make knowledge generated in universities accessible an d relevant to non-academic stakeholders\; as well as for universities to be more receptive\, recognize and value various forms of non-academic knowled ge. UBC has expressed its commitment to become a recognized leader in knowl edge mobilization\, and the need to design a knowledge mobilization framewo rk to improve UBC’s capacity to share knowledge was identified. Dr. Bravo w orked with UBC community members and partners on the following question: Ho w to co-design a broader university framework to support the research and k nowledge needs of non-academic groups of stakeholders? Dr. Bravo applied th e Strategic Design Method\, an integrative and interdisciplinary approach t o explore this question. The results of this research will inform the conti nuous development of knowledge mobilization and knowledge exchange strategi es at UBC.

Shenaz Shahban

Dr. Shahban’s dissertation is committed to improving the lives of ordinary Canadians and is grounded in strategic design\, well-being\, and policy. She researches how Canadian federal policy can improve psychological well-being for citizens. Her findi ngs led to the development of the Federal Settlement Platform™ a national w eb-based orientation system that connects pre-arrivals with settlement agen cies. This matters because it can help restore Canada’s place globally as a n innovator in peace and human solutions. Invited by local MPs\, she also p articipates in national level policy steering discussions and teaches class es on Social and Bio-Psychology on campus.

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LOCATION:Case Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/doc-talks-sppga/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/04/doc-talk_Facebook.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190330T0219Z-1553912355.465-EO-29929-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190329T191250Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190409T173700Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190410T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190411T163000 SUMMARY: Niches Constructed for Conflict: Human-Locust Competition for Agri cultural Space in Imperial China DESCRIPTION: With Dr. David Bello Professor of History\, Director of East A sian Studies\, Washington and Lee University This lecture considers some im plications of Niche Construction Theory—the notion that life forms can adap tively modify their surroundings—for an environmental analysis of attempts to control locusts in cereal fields in north China during the eighteenth an d nineteenth centuries during […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

With Dr. David Bello

Professor of History\, Director of East As ian Studies\, Washington and Lee University

This lecture considers so me implications of Niche Construction Theory—the notion that life forms can adaptively modify their surroundings—for an environmental analysis of atte mpts to control locusts in cereal fields in north China during the eighteen th and nineteenth centuries during China’s last dynasty\, the Qing (1644-19 12). In the process human social structures were altered to deal with contr adictory demands of timely interventions in the locust life cycle and in ce real cultivation to selectively deny a niche to the insects while maintaini ng one for the plants.

The empire’s agricultural niches\, however\, p rovided not only a habitat for human-cultivar interaction\, but also\, inad vertently\, one for locusts. As an anthropogenic construct\, the high conce ntration of cereals unintentionally promoted swarming behavior in locusts b y attracting large concentrations of normally solitary insects. Swarming is stimulated by frequent hind-leg receptor contact between individual locust s that releases the neurotransmitter serotonin (a process called “density-d etermined phase polymorphism”)\, which occurs at much higher rates where fo od is concentrated. Consequently\, cereal fields also maximized the insect yield. Fields\, as manifestations of human “behavioral plasticity” or “exte nded phenotype” or “ecosystem engineering\,” actually created a niche confl ict between people and locusts largely determined by the insects’ lifecycle to which humans were forced to respond because of their dependency on cere al cultivars.

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/bello-talk-human-locust/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/03/Locust-Eat-Grass-Closeup-IMAGE.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190402T1958Z-1554235086.7425-EO-29942-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190401T175359Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190502T002518Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190411T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190411T193000 SUMMARY: Meet the White Helmets: Hear from the Heroes of the Syrian Conflic t DESCRIPTION: Don’t miss this special event at UBC with the White Helmets De legation to Canada as they discuss their rescue operations in Syria and mor e. This event will also include a short video screening and art. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The White Helmets

 

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This special event was held at UBC with the White Helmets delegat ion to Canada where they discussed their rescue operations in Syria and ans wered audience questions. The event also included a short video screening a nd poetry\, with a light dinner provided by Tayybeh\, a social enterprise catering c ompany run by Syrian women sharing their rich culinary tradition and connec ting to the community.

The program began with remarks by Dr. Amira Ha lperin\, followed by a short video screening. Our panelists shared their ex periences and expertise and responded to questions from the audience. We ed ned with a poetry reading in Arabic by Rawan Nahhas\, a former Syrian refug ee who settled in Canada 16 months ago.

The White Helmets\, aka the Syrian Civil Defense\, saved more than 100\,000 civ ilians during the Syrian civil war. Several members are visiting Canada to speak about their work. They’ll be joined by a fourth speaker who is a Syri an refugee now living in Vancouver.

  • Majed Al Khalf\, founding White Helmets’ volunteer
  • Maysoon al Masri\, journalist and the White Helmets’ first f emale volunteer
  • Jihad Almahammed\, White Helmets’  volunteer
  • Mohammed Alsaleh\, Syrian refugee turned award-winning public activist
  • Moderator: Dr. Amir a Halperin\, Research Fellow\, Department of Sociology\, and a mem ber of UBC Migration

We heard about:

  • the White Helmets’ rescue operations in aerial bombardment zones
  • their journalistic mission of documenting the conflict when the world’s journalists no longer had access to the front lines
  • the Canadian government’s humanitarian assistance in Syria
  • resettlement in Canada
  • Alsaleh’s imprisonment\, torture\, es cape to Lebanon\, and migration and integration into Canada
  • why tec hnology is important to refugees

About: The White Helmets is a humanitarian group that operat es in anti-government held areas. While the Syrian-Russian military coaliti on conducted indiscriminate attacks on civilian populations in areas like E astern Ghouta\, Idlib\, Daraa and Quneitra\, the White Helmets were pulling the injured from under the rubble\, burying the dead\, putting out fires\, and conducting countless search and rescue operations. They bore witness t o many of the atrocities that characterized the conflict.

Learn more about their work in this Guardian article\, "How Syria's White Helmets became victims of an online propaganda machine."

In July of 2018\, the Honourable Chrystia F reeland\, Minister of Foreign Affairs\, released the following statement in support of The White Helmets. Please read it here. The Canadian government has worked t o resettle a group of White Helmets in Canada this past year. Read more details here.

Biographies:

Majed Al Khalf joined The White Helmets in 201 3\, and since then\, he has been a student at the University of Aleppo at E ngineering faculty. He has participated in international meetings at the Un ited Nations on the humanitarian situation in general\, on Migration and on  Internally Displaced People (IDPs). He won the Emmy Awar d for his 60 minute episode. He has been nominated to attend the 2016 Young Leaders' Conference in Colombia and nominated for the McKin Institute of C ourage in America. He has participated with an international team in Kosovo for the Explosive Remnants of War (ERW).

Maysoon Al Masri was the firs t female volunteer of the White Helmets female team. Before the Syrian upri sing\, she worked for the Syrian Arab News Agency\, SANA\, for four years a s a journalist in the city of Daraa\, but since the beginning of the Syrian revolution she has been working independently to document Assad forces' vi olations against civilians. She has also helped with providing educational and psychological support to children in Daraa. She joined the White Helmet s since the foundation of the organization in 2015 as a volunteer for Centr e 1511 in Daraa. Now\, she acts as the person in charge of women’s affairs.

 

Jiha d Almahammed - was a civil servant who worked at the Commercial Ba nk of Syria before the revolution. Cognizant of the political injustice hap pening in his country\, Mr. Almahameed joined the peaceful protest at the s tart of the Syrian revolution\, believing in the power of civil work and co mmunity empowerment. He helped lead the peaceful civil movement before he w as then arrested by the Syrian regime in June of 2012. Upon his release\, M r. Almahameed established a service to provide repair services to Syrian co mmunities bombarded by the regime\, and the group was later merged with the White Helmets.

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Mohammed Alsaleh is o riginally from Syria and uses the adversities he had faced in life as a ref ugee himself to bring others hope and inspiration. After losing his cousin to cancer\, Mohammed decided to become a physician with a specialization in oncology. But during his time in medical school\, his entire life changed as the Syrian conflict broke out. After surviving imprisonment and torture\ , Mohammed fled his home to Lebanon and made his journey to seek refuge in Vancouver.

Now\, Mohammed is an internationa l speaker and an advocate\, raising a voice for thousands of people going t hrough the hardships he experienced first-hand. As a two-time TEDx speaker\ , he's an active advocate for refugee livelihood and well-being. A recent r ecipient of the 2018 RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award\, he has been reco gnized from the likes of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau\, Defense Minister H arjit Sajjan\, and Hollywood Actor and Activist George Takei.   From Syria to Canada\, his journey was famously featured in the documentary "Welcome t o Canada".

D r. Amira Halperin is a Research Fellow at the Department of Sociol ogy at the University of British Columbia and a member of UBC Migration . She researches the integration of Syrian refugees and immigrants to Canada through media\, information and communication technologies. She has been researching marginalized populations and media for 15 years\, working from a community-base and using participatory methodology and an interdisci plinary approach.

She holds an MA in Interna tional Journalism\, and PhD in Communication and Media from the University of Westminster\, United Kingdom. She is the author of the book 'The Use of New Media by the Palestinian Diaspora in the United Kingdom'\, 2018.

Amira worked as an Investigative Journalist and Te levision Correspondent (1998 – 2006). The highlight of this route was her w ork\, in London UK\, on BBC 'Panorama' (2004 – 2006). She has been regularl y interviewing as a commentator on international media.

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Co-hosted by: The Department of Sociology\, The School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, and Development and Alumni Engagement\, Faculty of ArtsSPPGA Wordmark

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Himalaya Closing Reception

Please join us for a Lobby Gallery closing reception with one of the artists\, Emily Amburgey (PhD Student\, Anthropo logy\, UBC)\, who will be sharing more information about the project. Speci al guests\, Dr. Mark Turin (Associate Professor of Anthropology & Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies\, UBC) and Dr. Pasang Yangjee Sherpa (Anth ropologist\, affiliated with South Asia Center at UW) will be joining Emily for a conversation on the changing practice of ethnography\, followed by a Q&A session.

Light refreshments and snacks will be served.

Thi s reception is part of the current Lobby Gallery exhibition\, Belonging\, T ransformation\, and Ethnographic Predicaments in Nepal’s Himalaya\, running between now and April 30\, 2019. For more information on the exhibition\, please click here.

About the Lobby Gallery: The Lobby Gallery’s mandate is to foster alternative and artistic forms of disseminat ion of research through critical artistic expression\, enabling a space for creative dialogue about global issues. Learn more on the SPPGA website.

< p>Co-sponsored by the Himalaya Program\, funded by the Ins titute of Asian Research\, and the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the S chool of Public Policy and Global Affairs.

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LOCATION:Lobby Gallery\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/lobby-gallery-closing-recep tion-himalaya/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/02/2nd-option-resized.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190402T1957Z-1554235077.9193-EO-29964-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190402T182410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190405T222757Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190425T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190425T183000 SUMMARY: Sacred Himalaya in the Anthropocene DESCRIPTION: Drawing from posthumanist\, decolonial and Indigenous literatu re\, this lecture considers the concept of the Anthropocene in relation to sacred Himalayan landscapes. Bringing questions raised by the species-think ing designation of the current epoch anchored in the West into discussions of Himalayan environments\, the presentation opens pathways for co-producti on of knowledge without erasing marginalized voices. Pasang Yangjee […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Drawing from posthumanist\, decolonial and Indigenous literature\, this lecture considers the concept of the Anthropo cene in relation to sacred Himalayan landscapes. Bringing questions raised by the species-thinking designation of the current epoch anchored in the We st into discussions of Himalayan environments\, the presentation opens path ways for co-production of knowledge without erasing marginalized voices.

Pasang Yangjee Sherpa\, Ph.D. (2012) is an anthropologist from Nepal. H er primary research areas include human dimensions of climate change\, Indi geneity\, and development in the Himalayas. She is also completing a projec t about the Sherpa diaspora in the United States and South Asia. She is cur rently affiliated with the South Asia Center of the University of Washingto n. Previously\, she was a lecturer in the department of anthropology at Pen n State University and a postdoctoral fellow at The New School. She receive d the 2014 Senior Fellowship award from the Association of Nepal and Himala yan Studies and is a fellow of the Society for Applied Anthropology.

This event is co-sponsored by:
Institute for Critical Indigeno us Studies
UBC Himalaya Program
UBC Department of Anthropology

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LOCATION:UBC Coach House\, Green College GEO:49.270852;-123.256535 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/sacred-himalaya-anthropocen e/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/04/anton-van-der-weijst-570895-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190418T1005Z-1555581902.0404-EO-30151-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190418T000018Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190418T000059Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190425T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190425T203000 SUMMARY: Utopia or Dystopia: What is the Future of Natural Resource Governa nce? DESCRIPTION: The Canadian International Resources and Development Institute (CIRDI) is pleased to invite you to an expert panel event the evening of A pril 25 entitled\, Utopia or Dystopia: What is the Future of Natural Resour ce Governance? X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Canadian I nternational Resources and Development Institute (CIRDI) is pleased to invite you to an expert panel event the evening of April 25 entitled\, Utopia or Dystopia: What is the Future of Natural Resource Governan ce?  This panel event will mark the end of our two-day worksh op focused on CIRDI’s work and leading practices\, and we welcome you to jo in us to reflect on what the future holds for natural resource governance.< /p>

The panel aims to discuss future scenarios on the important issue of resource governance from the perspective of economic development\, gender a nd the environment. The discussion will feature established and emerging th ought leaders in the field of natural resource governance and will be moder ated by Åsa Borssén of RAW Talks. RA W Talks is a not-for-profit organisation which focuses on developing multim edia products on the extractives industry and natural resources governance. An introductory video for RAW Talks is available here: RAW Talks in 60 seconds.

 

Tentative Agenda:

5:30 pm - 7.30 pm

  • We lcome and Introduction to CIRDI
  • Feature Panel
  • Audience Ques tions

7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

  • Reception and Networking
  • Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs - Global Policy Project Exh ibition

 

Please RSVP as there are limited spots available. This event is free to attend.

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CIRDI was founded in 2013 by three leading universities: University of British Columbia (UBC)\, Simon Fraser University and Polytechnique Montréal\, and is now housed within UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs . Since its founding\, CIRDI has become a trusted inter-disciplinary centre of expertise on natural resource governance and related policy\, managemen t and sustainable development. With Canadian and international partners\, C IRDI has been providing leading-practice advice\, technical support\, train ing and applied research\, and established itself as a platform for innovat ive thinking\, knowledge mobilization and shared learning. Over the past fi ve years\, CIRDI has delivered programming across 22 project sites\, with 1 86 partners\, including academic institutions\, local communities\, embassi es\, industry associations\, international and regional agencies\, NGOs and non-profits\, and private and government partners. The initial suite of pr ojects delivered under CIRDI’s founding Contribution Agreement with Global Affairs Canada is in the final stages of implementation and is due to concl ude this spring. This provides a timely opportunity to consolidate research \, project outcomes and lessons learned across all our projects.

CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre – Jack Poole Hall GEO:49.266057;-123.249755 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/utopia-or-dystopia-what-is- the-future-of-natural-resource-governance/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190405T2311Z-1554505882.9074-EO-30002-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190404T222450Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190424T220311Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190427T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190427T173000 SUMMARY: Intercultural Dialogue\, Good Governance and Nation-Building in Af ghanistan DESCRIPTION: The Greater Central Asia Initiative at the Institute of Asian Research\, UBC and the Centre for Dialogue at SFU are dedicated to bringing together a significant number of diverse scholarly events inviting VIPs\, diplomats and practitioners to explore global geo-strategies\, geopolitics\ , geo-economies\, cross-cultural negotiation\, intercultural communications \, women’s empowerment\, and other topics. This conference on Cross-Cultura l […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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The Greater Central Asia Initiative at the Institute of Asian Research\, UBC and the Centre for Dialogue at SFU ar e dedicated to bringing together a significant number of diverse scholarly events inviting VIPs\, diplomats and practitioners to explore global geo-st rategies\, geopolitics\, geo-economies\, cross-cultural negotiation\, inter cultural communications\, women's empowerment\, and other topics. This conf erence on Cross-Cultural and Intercultural Communication aims to bring toge ther leading academic scientists\, researchers and research scholars to exc hange and share their experiences and research results on various aspects o f cross-cultural and intercultural communication. It also provides a premie r interdisciplinary platform for researchers\, practitioners\, and educator s to present and discuss the most recent innovations\, trends\, and concern s as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of Cross-Cultural and Intercultural Communications.

The import ance of interCultural negotiation in trust and reciprocity building\, good governance and the role of women in the national building is vital. We can look at the impact of conflict on social and political cohesion in the Afgh anistan case and lessons learned since 1978 and explore what the need is fo r functional political structure in nation building and the role of civil s ociety in good governance.

Today’s international media headlines on A fghanistan mostly address security issues and terrorist attacks. People in Afghanistan are undergoing major difficulties\, namely around security and poverty. The Afghan-led peace talks are an admirable process\, as the count ry and the Afghan people deserve\, like any other nation\, to live in peace and prosperity. We are certain that there is a need for a broader view of the country and open discourse that is not confined to these topics. One sh ould not lose sight of the various shades of Afghan life and culture vis-à- vis fostering cross-cultural and intercultural negation. Afghanistan has a rich cultural history and played an important role as a cradle of culture a nd art in the region and throughout history.

Speaker Biograp hies

Welcoming Remarks

Zahi r Faqiri Director Greater Central Asia Initiative\, UBC < /p>

Mr. Faqiri is a Senior Fellow\, Faculty Associate / Lead Greater Cent ral Asia\, Institute of Asian Research\, at the University of British Colum bia. Mr. Faqiri has held high positions of professional responsibility over seas ranging from a General Directorate and spokesman to Minister Plenipote ntiary-Ambassadorial levels and Hon. Professor. Mr. Faqiri is a graduate of Diplomatic and Strategic Studies Paris- France\, and has successfully atte nded four Fellowship Programs throughout his professional and diplomatic ca reer. Mr. Faqiri has attended many regional and international conferences a nd gatherings\; delivered numerous professional speeches as a guest lecture r at many schools\, universities\, academic centers\, think tanks and scien tific institutions. More specifically\, whilst holding a Deputy Ambassadori al rank\, he has served for a significant tuner of office\, as the Minister \, deputy Permanent Representative to United Nations Headquarters in New Yo rk \, Minister Plenipotentiary\, Deputy Ambassador to Washington D.C. as we ll as Deputy Permanent Representatives to UNESCO HQ in Paris and respective ly. In his career\, Mr. Faqiri\, have had managed to enrich his knowledge a nd experience of the international affairs and to make the best out of it b y dynamically taking part in all pertinent conferences and forums of the Un ited Nations and other International Organizations specialized in the field s of Peace\, Security\, International Development and Global Affairs. Mr. F aqiri is both an academic and a practitioner in the fields of diplomacy\, i nternational relations\, strategic studies and central Asian history.

Dr. Murali Chandrashekaran Vice-Provost\, Internation al\, UBC

Dr. Murali Chandrashekaran has been appointed as the Vi ce-Provost\, International for a five-year term\, beginning September 1\, 2 017. Dr. Chandrashekaran\, the Fred H. Siller Professor of Marketing and Be havioural Science\, is currently Senior Associate Dean\, Strategic Partners hips and Global Initiatives\, in the Sauder School of Business.

Shashi Enarth Graduate Director for the Master of Public Po licy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) program\, School of Public Policy and Globa l Affairs\, UBC

Shashi Enarth brings 27 years of experience with a mix of academia\, policy research\, advocacy and grassroots level develo pment work with vulnerable segments of the communities across two continent s and 3 countries. For fourteen of those years\, he held leadership positio ns in two of the best known non-government development organizations in Ind ia.

Keynote Speaker

Ambassador Omar S amad

Omar Samad is a Senior Advisor to Dr. A. Abdullah\, th e Chief Executive of Afghanistan since 2014. Omar Samad is a senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center. He is also the founder and p resident of Silkroad Consulting L.L.C. Prior to joining the Atlantic Counci l\, Samad was a senior Afghan expert in-residence with the Center for Confl ict Management at the US Institute of Peace from January 2012 to January 20 13. He also served as Ambassador of Afghanistan to France from 2009 to 2011 and Ambassador to Canada from 2004 to 2009.

Jack Austin\, Honorary Professor\, SPPGA\; Co-Chair\, UBC China Council

Jack Austin was a member of the Senate of Canada for 32 years\, repres enting British Columbia and has championed stronger relations between Canad a and Asia. In 1971\, as the Serving Deputy Minister of Energy\, Mines and Resources\, he was part of the first Canadian trade mission to China. He la ter served as President of the Canada China Business Council and Co-Chair o f the Canada China Legislative Association. Senator Austin was awarded Orde r of Canada for his contribution in Canada-China relation\, and was also in strumental in establishing the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. He serves as an Honorary Professor of IAR\, as well as the Co-Chair of the UBC China Council.

Panel Moderator

Paul Evans\, Professor\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs

Paul Evans (PhD Dalhousie) has been a professor at the University of B ritish Columbia since 1999 teaching Asian and trans-Pacific affairs. Paul i s the Director Emeritus of the Institute of Asian Research.

His acade mic appointments have been as Assistant\, Associate and Professor\, Departm ent of Political Science\, York University\, 1981-97\; Director\, Universit y of Toronto - York University Joint Centre for Asia Pacific Studies\, 1991 -96\; Visiting Professor\, Asia Center\, Harvard University\, 1997-99\; Act ing Director\, Liu Institute for Global Issues\, 2004-5\; Director\, Instit ute of Asian Research\, 2008-11.

Panelists

Karim Qaumi\, Director Partnership Afghanistan-Canada

Mr. Abuzar Ahmadi\, MPPGA student\, UBC

Miss Hadia Samem\, MA student\, SFU

Mr.Edris Arib PhD student\, Germany

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Conference Schedule

CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/afghanistan-conference-on-c ross-cultural-and-intercultural-communication/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/04/Herat_Masjidi_Jami.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190417T2132Z-1555536761.104-EO-30140-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190417T184047Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190417T184047Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190430T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190430T133000 SUMMARY: China: The Nexus of Economy\, Climate Change and Renewable Energy DESCRIPTION: Join us for a dialogue with Dr. Hu Angang (胡鞍钢)\, Professor of Tsinghua University and Director of the Center for China Study at Tsinghua -CAS. As an economist forecasting China’s future\, Hu is noted for his cons istent optimism about the country’s socio-economic transformation and histo ric reemergence as a world power. The event will be moderated by Dr. […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us for a dialogue with Dr. Hu Angang (胡鞍钢)\, Professor of Tsinghua University and Director of the Center for Chi na Study at Tsinghua-CAS. As an economist forecasting China’s future\, Hu i s noted for his consistent optimism about the country’s socio-economic tran sformation and historic reemergence as a world power.

The event will be moderated by Dr. Michael Byers and Dr. Paul Evan s.

Commentators include Dr. Yves Tiberghi en and Dr. Wenran Jiang.

< p>Co-sponsoring with Department of Political Science.

Light lunch wil l be served\; Registration required.

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/china-the-nexus-of-economy- climate-change-and-renewable-energy/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/04/bio-3-300x207.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190425T2153Z-1556229195.6829-EO-30181-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190424T171404Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190503T184925Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190506T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190506T140000 SUMMARY: Shifting Policy Paradigm\, Skills and Mindsets DESCRIPTION: Join us for this Policy-in-Practice session with Qi Wang\, Dir ector of the Policy Community Partnership Office. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us for this< em> Policy in Practice session with Qi Wang\, Director of the Policy C ommunity Partnership Office. Welcome remarks offered by MPPGA student Eseoh e Ojo.

Please RSVP. Light refreshments offered

Wonderi ng how the policy paradigm is shifting in an evolving public policy context ? What are the skills and mindsets needed to do great policy work now and i nto the future? Learn about the Government of Canada's Policy Community\, a nd participate in a discussion with the Director of the Policy Community Pa rtnership Office.

Biography:

Qi Wang is the Director of the Policy Community Partnership Office (PCPO) dedicated to supporting the newly created Government of Canada's Policy Community . She is passionate about building a Policy Community that cuts across functions\, classifications\, departments and geography to achieve better o utcomes for Canadians. Prior to joining the PCPO\, Qi worked in policy deve lopment and strategic policy in a wide-array of organizations (e.g.\, Natur al Resources Canada\, Privy Council Office\, Citizenship and Immigration Ca nada).

Qi Wang est la directrice du Bureau d es partenariats de la communauté des politiques (BPCP) qui se consacre à so utenir la comm unauté des politiques du gouvernement du Canada nouvellement créée. Ell e est passionnée par la création d'une communauté qui rassemble les pratici ens de politiques peu n’importe leurs fonctions\, classifications\, ministè res et géographie afin d'obtenir de meilleurs résultats pour les Canadiens. Avant de se joindre au BPCP\, Qi a travaillé à l'élaboration de politiques et de politiques stratégiques dans un large éventail d'organisations (p. E x. Ressources naturelles Canada\, Bureau du Conseil privé\, Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada).

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CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage LOCATION:Boardroom\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267710;-123.259656 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/shifting-policy-paradigm-sk ills-and-mindsets/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/04/photo-1511974212900-b42a18e19eb8-e1556125950358.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190410T1927Z-1554924439.1326-EO-30054-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190410T164156Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190511T000842Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190514T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190514T190000 SUMMARY: “Is it safe to rebuild the gumba?” The politics and practice of la ndslide risk management in post-earthquake Nepal DESCRIPTION: This event is co-sponsored by the Peter Wall Institute for Adv anced Studies\, the Institute of Asian Research\, and the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. Abstract Landslides are a pervasive hazard in ru ral Nepal\, where the impacts are manifest in very tangible ways: as a chro nic threat to both lives and livelihoods\; and via […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

This event is co-sponsored by the Peter Wa ll Institute for Advanced Studies\, the Institute of Asian Research\, and t he School of Public Policy and Global Affairs.

Abstract

Landslides are a pervasive hazard in rural Nepal\, where the impa cts are manifest in very tangible ways: as a chronic threat to both lives a nd livelihoods\; and via damage to and destruction of houses\, farmland\, r oads and trails. While rural householders are very much aware of the causes and triggering mechanisms of landslides\, and have developed their own way s of reducing the risks they face\, gaps in local knowledge exist. This is particularly the case when the hazard context itself evolves\, for example\ , following a high magnitude earthquake\, which brings new behaviours to ot herwise familiar landscapes. The 2015 Gorkha earthquake\, which triggered o ver 22\,000 landslides\, the equivalent of more than 200 years of ‘normal’ landsliding\, is a case in point. Many households are rebuilding and are se eking definitive answers to their questions and concerns about the landslid e risk faced. But while landslide risk maps can be produced\, and sites can be individually assessed by technical experts\, the formulation\, communic ation\, use and even contestation of technical information and recommendati ons is poorly understood. Drawing on findings from a UK Department for Inte rnational Development-funded project on landslide risk mapping\, I provide a critical overview of landslide risk management in Nepal\, including the r ole of science and technical expertise\, and how this intersects with local knowledge\, politics\, power and agency within local government and commun ities themselves.

About the Speaker

Katie Oven is an Assistant Professor (Research) in the Department of Geography\, Durham University\, UK. Her re search focuses on environmental hazards (including landslides and earthquak es) and human vulnerability\, with a particular focus on South and Central Asia. Her recent research has explored issues of development\, policy and g overnance in the context of disaster risk drawing on field research in Nepa l. Related publications have sought to highlight the everyday lived experie nce of householders\, and have taken a critical view of the institutionalis ed concepts of vulnerability and resilience.

CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/landslide-risk-management-n epal/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/04/82575688_82575687-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190417T2326Z-1555543582.0946-EO-30084-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190416T231224Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190517T231902Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190517T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190517T150000 SUMMARY: Little Voices from Fukushima\, a Film Screening and Discussion DESCRIPTION: Join us for this film screening and discussion by filmmaker Hi tomi Kamanaka from Japan on her film\, 小さき声のカノン– 選択する人々(“Little Voices from Fukushima”). SPPGA Professor Ramana will provide remarks on nuclear disast ers and explore the contemporary nuclear power conversation. Open to all\, inclusive of all levels of knowledge and interest in these issues. A light lunch will be provided. About […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Little Voices from Fukushima\, a film screeni ng

Join us for this film screening and discussion by filmmaker Hitomi Kamanaka from Japan on her film\, 小さき声のカノン– 選択する人々(“Little Voices from Fukushima”). SPPGA Profe ssor Ramana will provide remarks on nuclear disasters and explore the conte mporary nuclear power conversation.

Open to all\, inclusive of all levels of knowledge and interest in these issues. A light lunch will be provided.

About the Film: This new release from Hitomi Kam anaka\, the director of “Rokkasho Rhapsody” and “Ashes to Honey\,” travels between Fukushima and post-Chernobyl disaster (1986) Belarus. Across nation al borders\, mothers have chosen to stand tall and make their own path in t he hope of a better future.

Opinions are div ided in the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster: whether it is once again s afe\, or whether it remains dangerous\; whether recovery efforts are progre ssing\, or whether they are stalling. But are the voices of those affected being heard–the voices of people struggling to rebuild their lives in the a fflicted areas or in places where they took refuge.

This film relays the voices of mothers who are determined to safegu ard the futures of their children\, voices at risk of being drowned out by the waves of vested interests.

Although the Chernobyl nuclear disaster happened more than twenty five years before the Fukushima disaster\, it is not widely known that harmful effects are being felt to this day. What has happened to the children of Belarus\, where peop le have been living under the fallout from Chernobyl? What did the Belarusi an mothers do to try to protect their children? Beset by worries\, just lik e Japanese mothers\, they have tried to find the best ways to protect their children\, relaying on their own resources and instincts\, and refusing to be silenced by the voices of power in society.

We are over the initial shock and bewilderment caused by the Fukushima disaster. Now we are at the next stage\, of making our hopes for the future real. Their steps may be uncertain\, but Japanese mothers have started to mobilize. They are finding ways to act out of their own wish to protect the ir children. The small voices of these mothers are beginning to reverberate around the world.

Learn more about the film  here.

Co-hosted by: The School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, the Department of History\, the Centre for Japanese R esearch (Institute of Asian Research)\, the Department of Asian Studies\, t he Institute for Resources\, Environment and Sustainability (IRES)\, the De partment of Political Science\, and the Faculty of Arts.

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LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/little-voices-from-fukushim a-a-film-screening-and-discussion/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/04/little-voices-from-fukushima-ciccic-poster-a4-e1555456314707.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190527T2010Z-1558987814.6079-EO-30497-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190527T185546Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190527T201631Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190530T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190530T180000 SUMMARY: Lobby Gallery Public Event & Reception – Knowledge from Agroecolog ical Experience DESCRIPTION: Join us for the opening reception for the latest Lobby Gallery photography exhibition "Nature & Nourishment: The Agrobiodiversity and Foo d Security Nexus." Enjoy a presentation by Dr. Barbara Gemmill-Herren\, aud ience Q&A\, and an informal reception with complimentary refreshments. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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Join us for the opening reception for the late st Lobby Gallery photography exhibition "Nature & Nourishment: The Agrobiodiversity and Food Security Nexus" now on display at the Liu Institute for Global Issues. Enjoy a presenta tion by Dr. Barbara Gemmill-Herren and audience Q&A. An informal reception with complimentary refreshments will follow. No RSVP is required.

The keynote will be livestreamed at the following website.

As agroecology - in its multiple dimensions - has received considerable attention in the last five years on global and regional levels\, and multiple requests have been made on the part of governments for a better evidence base on the perf ormance of Agroecology vis a vis other “sustainable agriculture” systems. T here is an increasing recognition that we leave off a vast scope of knowled ge by ignoring or not validating diverse sources of information: the knowle dge and experience of farmers\, local communities\, and many community-leve l initiatives with a depth of knowledge far beyond the bounds of experiment al stations and controlled environments. In the context of providing a rapi d review of such realms of knowledge to support the ongoing Committee on Wo rld Food Security High Level Panel of Experts project report on Agroecology \, we have explored methods to facilitate better capturing of local experie nces and impacts that ultimately reflect larger patterns\, seeking to expan d observations and inferences from individual case studies beyond their spa tial and temporal boundaries.

Barbara Gemmill-Herren

Dr. Barbara Gemmill-Herren – Senior Asso ciate\, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) & World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)

Bio: Bar bara Gemmill-Herren served as Delivery Manager for the Major Area of Work o n Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity at the UN Food and Agriculture Organi zation (FAO). She coordinated the International Pollinator Initiative\, bui lding a global project on Pollination Services. She was responsible for FAO ’s work on Ecosystem Services in Agricultural Production and was engaged in FAO’s new focus on Agroecology.  She presently works as a senior associate to the World Agroforestry Centre\, supporting the United Nations’ work on agroecology and true-cost accounting in agriculture. In April 2018 she was appointed to the UN Committee on Food Security’s High Level Panel of Expert s project team on ‘Agroecological approaches and other innovations for sust ainable agrifood systems that enhance food security and nutrition’.

< strong>Co-hosted by: The Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UB C Farm\, the Diversified Agroecosystems Research Excellence Cluster\, the P eter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies\, and the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs.

 

CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/lobby-gallery-public-event- reception-knowledge-from-agroecological-experience/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/05/A-Colourful-Display-Small-for-Web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190605T1955Z-1559764505.6586-EO-30560-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190604T175440Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190604T221622Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190604T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190604T133000 SUMMARY: Silent Anniversaries: May Fourth and June Fourth in the Age of Xi Jinping DESCRIPTION: On the June 4th\, join the “Silent Anniversaries: May Fourth a nd June Fourth in the Age of Xi Jinping” – a roundtable of UBC China Studie s faculty commemorating the 30th anniversary of the June 4th repression of popular protests in China. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Change of Venue:

The event ve nue has changed to:

Case Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issu es

6476 NW Marine Dr.

On the June 4th \, join the “Silent Anniversaries: May Fourth and June Fourth in the Age of Xi Jinping” – a roundtable of UBC China Studies faculty commemorating the 30th anniversary of the June 4th repression of popular protests in and arou nd Tiananmen in Beijing and the one hundredth anniversary of the May 4th mo vement of 1919.

This event is open to public.

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CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage LOCATION:Case Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/silent-anniversaries-may-fo urth-and-june-fourth-in-the-age-of-xi-jinping/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190524T2151Z-1558734695.8232-EO-30473-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190524T213641Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190604T221421Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190605T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190605T170000 SUMMARY: Cultivating Knowledge for Citizenship and Rule in Democracy DESCRIPTION: What kind of knowledge and character do citizens and statesper sons need in a flourishing democracy? Join this Congress 2019 dialogue betw een academics and practitioners will draw on the experience of UBC’s summer Institute for Future Legislators. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

What kind of knowledge and character do ci tizens and statespersons need in a flourishing democracy? A dialogue at Con gress 2019 held at UBC between academics and practitioners will draw on the experience of UBC’s Institute for Future Legislators to explore how to fos ter evidence-based policymaking\, consensus-building\, and ethical partisan ship. This will be followed by practical exercises—media training\, parliam entary simulations\, role-playing—to showcase the experiential and experime ntal learning and mentoring that occurs in the Summer Institute. The progra m will end with a discussion of the role of public educational institutions as sources of ideas\, evidence\, and practical wisdom in politics.

< strong>1:30-3:00 pm:

Part 1. A panel discussion with Carole Taylor\, Preston Manning\, Adriane Carr and UBC Professor Max Cameron\, mod erated by Kathryn Gretsinger.

3:00-5:00 pm:

Pa rt 2. The summer Institute for Future Legislators: A demonstration of the u se of role-playing and simulations\, hosted by Gerry Baier.

S peaker bios:

Preston Manning\, PC CC AOE\, represented the f ederal constituency of Calgary Southwest in the Canadian House of Commons f rom 1993 until his retirement in 2002. He founded the Reform Party and serv ed as Leader of the Official Opposition from 1997 to 2000. Upon his retirem ent he established the Manning Foundation for Democratic Education and the Manning Centre for Building Democracy\, not-for-profit organizations dedica ted to strengthening Canadian democracy in accordance with conservative pri nciples.

In addition to spending many years in television journalism\ , Carole Taylor has been elected both municipally and provincially\, most r ecently as BC’s Minister of Finance. Carole has served on more than 2 dozen public and corporate Boards in her career. Currently she is Chancellor Vic toria College at University of Toronto\, Chancellor Emeritus Simon Fraser U niversity\, Canadian Chair of the Trilateral Commission and an Officer of t he Order of Canada.

Adriane Carr is Vancouver’s first Green Party Cit y Councillor. From 2000 to 2006 she served as BC Green Party Leader -- a pa rty she co-founded in 1983 -- and from 2006 to 2014 as Deputy Leader to fed eral Green Party leader Elizabeth May. She is the Chair of the City of Vanc ouver’s standing committee on Policy and Strategic Priorities\, the City’s representative to the C40 Women4Climate\, a Metro Vancouver Board member an d Chair of Metro Vancouver’s Climate Action Committee.

Kathryn Gretsi nger teaches in the UBC Graduate School of Journalism. Her career in journa lism began in the late 80s when she joined the Canadian Broadcasting Corpor ation (CBC)\, Canada’s public broadcaster. Her documentaries\, programs and interviews have been recognized locally and nationally. She works with pro grammers\, producers and journalists as they construct and present journali sm including audio storytelling techniques.

Gerald Baier teaches in t he Department of Political Science at UBC. His teaching and research intere sts are in Canadian politics with a focus on the Constitution\, federalism and public law. He is a regular commentator on federal politics in national and local media. His past research has explored the role of judicial decis ion-making in the shaping of federalism in Canada\, Australia and the Unite d States. He is presently conducting a comprehensive study of the Supreme C ourt of Canada’s institutional character and processes.

Maxwell A. Ca meron is the Director of the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institution s at the University of British Columbia (UBC)\, in which capacity he runs a n annual summer Institute for Future Legislators. His research focuses on comparative democratization (especially in Latin America)\, constitutio ns\, and the role of wisdom and judgment in politics. His most recent book is entitled Political Institutions and Practical Wisdom (Oxford University Press\, 2018). He is the recipient of a UBC Killam Teaching Prize.

Speakers:

Preston Manning\, PC CC AOE

Carole Tay lor\, Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Adriane Carr\, Vancouver’s first Green Party City Councillor

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Despite international pressure\, Japan has been notoriously reluctant to open up its borders to the world's refugees. Is the country ready to break this enduring policy gridlock?

With an eye toward the liberal-democratic paradox of migrant admission\, this talk will assess recent developments in Japan's embattled refugee policy and co ntend that the country is well equipped to move beyond the static-centric p aradigm of refugee acceptance.

Speaker: Dr. Konrad K alicki (National University of Singapore)

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CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage LOCATION:Room 351\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/breaking-the-gridlock-of-ja pans-refugee-policy/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190515T2332Z-1557963154.0593-EO-30419-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190515T215523Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190917T200350Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190614T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190614T140000 SUMMARY: Belt and Road Initiative: Progress\, Challenges\, and Prospects DESCRIPTION: Since the proposal of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) by Pr esident Xi Jinping in 2013\, BRI has attracted great attentions from all ov er the world. Join us for an informative session with Dr. Bo Chen\, Chutian Professor of Economics at Huazhong University of Science and Technology. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Since the proposal of the Belt and Road In itiative (BRI) by President Xi Jinping in 2013\, BRI has attracted great at tentions from all over the world. Hopes and doubts are both arising from th e development of BRI. In this seminar Dr. Chen will first summarize the pro gress of BRI\, particularly in trade and FDI\, and analyze the rationales b ehind it. Then he will also discuss the challenges of it\, such as politica l risk and debts problems\, particularly under the context of severer China -US rivalry. In conclusion\, Dr. Chen will make his opinions on the prospec t of the BRI.

Presenter: Bo Chen\, Chutian Professor of Ec onomics\, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

This even t is sponsored by the Centre for Chinese Research\, Centre for Southeast As ia Research\, Greater Central Asia Initiative and Asia and Global Governanc e Initiative.

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/belt-and-road-initiative-pr ogress-challenges-and-prospect/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190521T1749Z-1558460999.2156-EO-30453-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190521T164545Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200602T211907Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190617T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190617T140000 SUMMARY: Declining Disarmament: What is Canada doing about threats from lan dmines\, killer robots and nuclear weapons? DESCRIPTION: Join us for this Women in Policy talk by special guest\, Erin Hunt\, Program Manager at Mines Action Canada\, as she discusses Canada’s c urrent disarmament positions and where Canadian leadership can be found. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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Join us for this Women in Policy  talk by special guest\, Erin Hunt\, Program Manager at Mines Action Canada \, as she discusses Canada’s current disarmament positions and where Ca nadian leadership can be found. Welcome remarks will be provided by MPPGA s tudent Emily Enright.

Everyone welcome. Li ght refreshments will be provided. Please RSVP.

Canada has long been considered a leader on disarmament. This reputat ion was built on being the first state with the capacity to build nuclear w eapons that chose not to\, being a strong supporter of UN disarmament effor ts\, and being driving force behind the Ottawa Treaty banning landmines. Bu t is that reputation still deserved? What has been Canada’s role in interna tional disarmament diplomacy in recent years\, including at the negotiation of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and the ongoing talks about autonomous weapons systems (also known as killer robots)? This talk w ill assess Canada’s current disarmament positions and where Canadian leader ship can be found.

Bio: E rin Hunt is the Program Manager at Mines Action Canada. She contributes to the work of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines\, the Cluster Munit ion Coalition and the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots. She also spent two ye ars as a senior researcher on casualties and victim assistance for the Land mine and Cluster Munition Monitor. Erin was a member of the civil society n egotiating team during the 2017 process to negotiate the Treaty on the Proh ibition of Nuclear Weapons with the Nobel Peace Laureate International Camp aign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Political S cience from the University of Victoria and a Master’s Degree in Human Secur ity and Peacebuilding from Royal Roads University.

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CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - Boardroom GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/declining-disarmament-what- is-canada-doing-about-threats-from-landmines-killer-robots-and-nuclear-weap ons/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/05/samuel-fyfe-415374-unsplash-edit-small-for-web.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190614T2346Z-1560555988.4311-EO-30653-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190614T232301Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190617T172109Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190618T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190618T160000 SUMMARY: Taking it to the Streets: Hong Kong’s Resistance to the Extraditio n Bill DESCRIPTION: Please join us on June 18th at the Institute of Asian Research for a scholarly roundtable on recent ongoings in Hong Kong. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Please join us on June 18th at the Institute of Asian Research for a scholarly roundtable on recent ongoin gs in Hong Kong.

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CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/taking-it-to-the-streets-ho ng-kongs-resistance-to-the-extradition-bill/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190627T2309Z-1561676961.9771-EO-30744-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190627T175425Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190627T175425Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190722T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190722T200000 SUMMARY: Agents of Change DESCRIPTION: We are proud to co-host an in-depth conversation between UC Pr esident and former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and  UBC President and Vice-Chancellor Santa Ono focused on the role that unive rsities should play on global issues like the climate crisis. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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What role should universities play on global issues like the climate crisis?

The world we live in toda y is more seamless\, more interconnected\, and more global than ever before . Challenges such as the climate crisis\, political polarization\, and pove rty aren’t isolated to any one nation or region of the planet. Solving them will require ambitious ideas\, bold action\, and a global approach.

The University of British Columbia\, in partnership with the Pacific Instit ute for Climate Solutions\, is proud to host an in-depth conversation betwe en UC President and former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jane t Napolitano and UBC President and Vice-Chancellor Santa O no focused on the role that universities should play on global iss ues like the climate crisis.

Universities’ convening power\, their de ep community ties\, their subject-matter expertise\, and the energy of thei r students\, faculty and staff make them an invaluable resource to urgently solve the world’s most intractable problems. With their emphasis on cuttin g-edge research and innovation in the interest of the public good\, the Uni versity of California and the University of British Columbia are well-posit ioned to lead the way towards a future that is sustainable and thriving for all.

The conversation will be followed by an open audience Q&A with the speakers.

Tickets cost $10. All proceeds go to the UBC Climate Hub. A  drinks reception follows the lecture.

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This event is presented in partnership with the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions\, the University of California\, UBC Campus + Community Plan ning\, UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, and UBC Institute for Resources\, Environment and Sustainability.

UC3 Summit
The University Climate Change Coal ition (UC3) Vancouver Summit on July 22-23\, 2019 will bring together the l eaders of top research universities\, philanthropists\, environment ministe rs\, municipalities\, utilities\, and non-governmental organizations to dis cuss higher education’s role in limiting global GHG emissions and associate d temperature rises to under 2ºC.

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The UBC Vancouver campus is located on the traditional\, ancestral\, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people. CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/agents-of-change/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/06/Agents-of-Change-for-website.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190827T0231Z-1566873115.948-EO-31362-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190826T233012Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190904T213445Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190904T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190904T135000 SUMMARY: Science in the Age of Misinformation\, with Katie Gibbs\, Evidence for Democracy DESCRIPTION: Join us for this Policy in Practice event with Katie Gibbs\, E D of Evidence for Democracy\, to discuss the role that researchers play in a political environment that is increasingly polarized and influenced by mi sinformation. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

In the lead up to the federal election\, i t is more important than ever to understand the role that researchers play in shaping policy. Join us for this special Policy in Practice eve nt with Dr. Katie Gibbs\, Executive Director of Evidence for Democracy\, Ca nada's leading\, national\, non-partisan\, and not-for-profit organization promoting science and the transparent use of evidence in government decisio n making. A Musqueam land acknowledgement\, welcome remarks and moderation of this event will be provided by MPPGA students Joshua Tafel\, and Chengkun Lv.

Pizza will be pro vided starting at noon on first come\, first serve basis. Please RSVP.

What role do researchers play in a political environment that is increasingly polarized and influenced by misinformation? Dr. Katie Gibbs\, Executive Director of Evidence for Democracy\, will give an overview of th e current state of science integrity and science policy in Canada highlight ing progress made over the past four years and what this means in a context of growing anti-expert movements in Canada and around the world. Dr. Gibbs will share concrete ways for researchers to engage heading into a critical federal election\, and how they can have lasting policy impact.

Bio: Katie Gibbs is a scientist\, organizer and advocate for s cience and evidence-based policies. While completing her Ph.D. at the Unive rsity of Ottawa in Biology\, she was one of the lead organizers of the ‘Dea th of Evidence’—one of the largest science rallies in Canadian history. Kat ie co-founded Evidence for Democracy\, Canada's leading\, national\, non-pa rtisan\, and not-for-profit organization promoting science and the transpar ent use of evidence in government decision making. Her ongoing success in a dvocating for the restoration of public science in Canada has made Katie a go-to resource for national and international media outlets including S cience\, The Guardian and the Globe and Mail.

Katie has also been involved in international efforts to increase evidence-based dec ision-making and advises science integrity movements in other countries and is a member of the Open Government Partnership Multi-stakeholder Forum.

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LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/science-in-the-age-of-misin formation-with-katie-gibbs-evidence-for-democracy/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/08/Katie-Gibbs-headshot-2019-cropped.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190912T2033Z-1568320380.6083-EO-31453-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190912T175704Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190912T175704Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190917T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190917T140000 SUMMARY: Ethnic Polarization and Power Sharing by Donald L. Horowitz DESCRIPTION: The Centre for Southeast Asia Research and Political Science a re co-hosting a talk on ethnic polarization and power sharing by Donald L. Horowitz\, Professor of Law and Political Science Emeritus at Duke Universi ty. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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This p resentation concerns remedies that have been recommended for polities with severe ethnic divisions. The lecture will first depict the characteristics of severely divided societies and the problems for democracy posed by ethni c polarization. It will then describe the principal academic prescriptions for these problems\, before turning to an enigma: the paucity of countries that have actually adopted the institutions commonly recommended to cabin s erious ethnic conflict. Adoptions are relatively few\, and when they occur are not generally durable. The inability to adopt durable institutions of e thnic power sharing is a major unsolved problem of democratization. Althoug h this problem is present in several regions of the world\, special attenti on will be devoted to its manifestations in Asia.

Bio: Donald L. Horowitz is the James B. Duke Professor of Law and Political S cience Emeritus at Duke University. He holds law degrees from Syracuse and Harvard and a PhD in political science from Harvard. Professor Horowitz is the author of eight books\, including A Democratic South Africa? Consti tutional Engineering in a Divided Society (1991)\, which won the Ralph Bunche Prize of the American Political Science Association\, The Deadl y Ethnic Riot (2001)\, and Constitutional Change and Democracy in Indonesia\, published in 2013 by Cambridge University Press. He recent ly completed a book project\, provisionally titled Constitutional Proce sses and Democratic Commitment.

Co-hosted by: < a href="https://csear.iar.ubc.ca/">The Centre for Southeast Asia Research at the Institute of Asian Research and the Department of Political Scien ce\, UBC

LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ethnic-polarization-and-pow er-sharing-by-donald-l-horowitz/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/09/ck_choi_20190729_james_vogl-medium.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190830T2231Z-1567204262.9363-EO-31382-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190830T203502Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190912T173940Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190917T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190917T180000 SUMMARY: The State of Ethics: Moral and Civic Education in Ulaanbaatar DESCRIPTION: Join us for this Institute of Asian Research event on the stat e of ethics in Mongolia\, with special guest Jade Richards. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us for this Institute of Asian Research event on the state of ethics in Mongolia\, with special guest Jade Richards\, a PhD student fr om the School of Anthropology at the University of Kent\, UK. With welcome remarks by SPPGA Professor Julian Dierkes.

In Mongolia\, a fundamenta l breakdown of trust between politicians and electorates has recently given rise to a widespread sense of disaffection among ordinary citizens. Many p eople feel that the political landscape proposed by democratization has beg un to run counter to their sense of moral order in particularly stark ways. As a result\, they reject certain dimensions of democracy\, such as freedo m\, that fail to live up to their material and ethical expectations. For te achers of moral and civic education\, this has presented a unique challenge .

Anchored in insights from Jane Richards' evolving research on Lifel ong Education in Ulaanbaatar\, this talk explores the question of why democ ratic freedom has become the object of so much contention\, and the attempt s of moral and civic education teachers to rethink the meaning of freedom a nd the practice of civic virtue in their classrooms. She pays particular at tention to the ethical factors that structure their view of how best to rel ate to themselves and others\, as well as to values\, objects and instituti ons. This involves thinking about people’s own criteria for evaluating demo cracy on a more ethical scale than is usual in political analysis. Cruciall y\, she uses civic education as the grounds from which to better understand how larger shifts are understood by ordinary citizens and subsequently ref ashioned into critiques and new political forms on the ground. This not onl y reflects emerging political sensibilities as they are locally constructed through what is considered ethically correct\, but also as a product of an d reaction to the current unethical perception of politicians.

Bio: J ade is a final year PhD student from the School of Anthropology at the Univ ersity of Kent\, UK. This talk is part of her larger thesis project titled ‘Creative Citizenship: Ethics\, Expectation and Lifelong Education in Ulaan baatar’. Based on 18 months of fieldwork at Mongolia’s largest Non-formal a nd Lifelong Education Centre\, her research explores the diverse array of c lasses designed to equip unemployed adults with the ‘traditional’ knowledge \, practical skills and ethical dispositions considered necessary to meet t he rapidly changing demands of everyday urban life. Jade is currently at UB C as a visiting international research student working along Dr. Julian Die rkes to write about the relationship between ethical self-cultivation and d emocracy in contemporary Ulaanbaatar.

The event is sold out b ut you're welcome to show up at the door.

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LOCATION:Room 129\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-state-of-ethics-moral-a nd-civic-education-in-ulaanbaatar/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/08/night-view-2172718_1920.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190902T0601Z-1567404064.2049-EO-31379-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190830T174207Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190912T004324Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190917T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190917T193000 SUMMARY: The Coal Transition? with Dr. Mark Thurber DESCRIPTION: This Liu Scholar-led event is a book launch for “Coal” by Dr. Mark Thurber\, Associate Director of the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development (PESD) at Stanford University. RSVP for dinner. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

This event is led by Liu Scholars at UBC. The Energy Systems in Transition (EST) network at the L iu Institute for Global Issues and the Energy Resources\, Development and E nvironment Lab (ERDEL) in the Faculty of Forestry are delighted to invite y ou for the book launch of a newly released called “Coal” authored by Dr. Ma rk Thurber\, Associate Director of the Program on Energy and Sustainable De velopment (PESD) at Stanford University.

Please RSVP as dinner will be provided for the first 50 participants.

Book Synopsis 

By making available the almost unlimited energy stored in prehistoric p lant matter\, coal enabled the industrial age – and it still does. Coal tod ay generates more electricity worldwide than any other energy source\, help ing to drive economic growth in major emerging markets. And yet\, continued reliance on this ancient rock carries a high price in smog and greenhouse gases. We use coal because it is cheap: cheap to scrape from the ground\, c heap to move\, cheap to burn in power plants with inadequate environmental controls. In this book\, Mark Thurber explains how coal producers\, users\, financiers\, and technology exporters drive this supply chain\, while frag mented environmental movements battle for full incorporation of environment al costs into the global calculus of coal. Delving into the politics of ene rgy versus the environment at local\, national\, and international levels\, Thurber paints a vivid picture of the multi-faceted challenges associated with continued coal production and use in the twenty-first century.

Bio: Dr. Mark Thurber is Associate Director of the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development (PESD) at St anford University\, where he studies and teaches about energy and environme ntal markets and policy. Dr. Thurber has written and edited books and artic les on topics including oil\, natural gas\, and coal markets\, climate poli cy\, integration of renewable energy into electricity markets\, and provisi on of energy services to low-income populations. Dr. Thurber co-edited and contributed to Oil and Governance (Cambridge University Press\, 20 12) and The Global Coal Market (Cambridge University Press\, 2015) .

His new book\, Coal (Polity Press \, 2019)\, looks at why coal continues to play such a significant role in t he global energy mix despite its serious impacts on climate and local air q uality. Dr. Thurber holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University and a B.S.E. fro m Princeton University.

Event Sch edule  

5.30 pmRegistration & Dinner
6.00 – 6.10 pmIn troduction to the event & speakers
6.10 – 6.40 pmDr. Mark Thurber talks about his new book “Coal”
6.40 - 7.20 pmPanel discuss ion on coal transition

Panelists

1. Dr. Mark T hurber\, Professor at Stanford University

2. Dr. Kathryn Harrison\, P rofessor of Political Science\, UBC

3. Dr. Philippe Le Billon\, Profe ssor\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and Department of Geograp hy\, UBC

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LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-coal-transition-with-dr -mark-thurber/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/08/Coal.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190904T1834Z-1567622065.6493-EO-31410-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190904T182845Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190904T182845Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190919T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190919T190000 SUMMARY: Language Politics and Policy in South Asia and the Himalaya DESCRIPTION: On September 19th\, join the UBC Himalaya Program in welcoming Selma K. (“Sam”) Sonntag to UBC campus for a talk on Language Politics and Policy in South Asia and the Himalaya. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

On September 19th\, join the UBC Hima laya Program in welcoming Selma K. (“Sam”) Sonntag to UBC campus for a talk on Language Politics and Policy in South Asia and the Himalaya.

This event is Co-Sponsored by the UBC H imalaya Program\, UBC Langua ge Sciences\, the Centre for India and South Asia Research\, the Department of Anthropology\, the Department of Asi an Studies\, the Department of Li nguistics\, the Department of Politi cal Science and the Peter Wall Institut e for Advanced Studies.

Abstract

< p>In this retrospective of my research in Nepal\, North India and Northeast India\, I consider the relationship between language politics and language policy. My research in North India in the early 1990s contrasted the polit ics surrounding the status of Urdu in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. I argued tha t in the 1980s differences in the consolidation of political power between the two states explained why granting Urdu official status was less controv ersial in Bihar than in Uttar Pradesh. My focus was on the politics of lang uage policy-making or what I call the politics of governing languages. I al so conducted fieldwork in Nepal during the same research stint\, in the aft ermath of the people’s movement that ended absolute monarchy. I explored th e impact of a new multilingual policy in education and broadcasting on the Tamang and the Tharu\, arguing that the policy encouraged ethnic identity f ormation among the former and language creation among the latter. Language policy had spurred political activity on the part of both groups—what Parth a Chatterjee calls the politics of the governed.

This relationship be tween language politics and language policy\, i.e.\, analytically distingui shing the politics of governing languages from the language politics of the governed\, can also be gleaned from my subsequent work on language politic s in India’s northeast. I posited that the establishment of an autonomous c ouncil in 1988 in Darjeeling ensued from the interplay between the politics of the governed and the politics of governing: while the language demands of the Gorkha movement had been integrationist—for recognition of Nepali as an Indian language—the muddled politics of governing\, which pitted the un ion government against the state government\, led to an experimental policy instituting self-government. Most recently\, I have focused on language po litics in Assam. Employing a historical institutionalist approach\, I discu ss how the pre-colonial multilingual language regime began shifting to a mo nolingual policy of standardized Assamese as a result of the expansion of t he political reach and make-up of the ruling power\, setting the stage for the intense demotic politics that have characterized Assam ever since.

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About the Speaker

Selma K. (“Sam”) Sonntag  is Professor Emerita of Politics at Humboldt State Univ ersity in California and Affiliate Professor at the University of Colorado\ , Boulder. Her extensive research and publications focus on the poli tics of language\, primarily in South Asia\, but also in the United States\ , Europe and South Africa.

Event Poster

LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/language-politics-and-polic y-in-south-asia-and-the-himalaya/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190523T2315Z-1558653321.8387-EO-30460-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190523T224427Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190909T203642Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190920 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190921 SUMMARY: Lobby Gallery Exhibition – Nature & Nourishment: The Agrobiodivers ity and Food Security Nexus DESCRIPTION: Drop by the Liu Institute Lobby Gallery between now and Sept. 20 to enjoy our latest Lobby Gallery exhibition\, Nature & Nourishment: The Agrobiodiversity and Food Security Nexus. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

[caption id="attachment_30463" align="alig ncenter" width="620"]A Colourful Display A COLOURFUL DISPLAY\, Negros Occidental\, Philippines\, by Amb er Heckelman[/caption]

Drop by the Liu Institute Lobby Gallery betwee n now and September 20th\, 2019 to enjoy our latest Lobby Gallery exhibitio n\, Nature & Nourishment: The Agrobiodiversity and Food Security Nexus< /em>.

Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm
Diversifie d Agroecosystems Cluster
Photo Gallery Team Members: Amber Heckelman\, Matthew Mitchell\, Laura Morillas\, Hannah Wittman

We are wh at feeds us…

Agrobiodiversity includes all of the genetic\, species\, ecosystem\, and cultural diversity\, and associated local knowle dge\, that occurs within agricultural landscapes and food systems. Food sec urity is the condition where all people\, at all times\, have physical\, so cial\, and economic access to sufficient\, safe\, and nutritious food that meets their cultural food preferences and dietary needs for an active and h ealthy lifestyle. Food sovereignty brings these together – as a set of prac tices\, processes\, and policy frameworks that ensures the rights of Indige nous peoples\, farmers\, fishing communities\, urban dwellers and regional governance bodies to foster ecologically and socially just food systems. Th is exhibit tells this story. Worldwide\, agrobiodiversity plays a critical role in the production of food\, maintenance of human livelihoods and biocu ltural traditions\, and is essential to protect the resilient ability of co mmunities to sustain culturally and ecologically diverse landscapes for foo d sovereignty.

The exhibit takes you around the world through the eye s of food systems researchers to explore the agrobiodiversity-food security nexus. In photographs from Asia\, Africa\, and the Americas\, two key mess ages emerge from the images. The first is one of concern and warning. Agric ultural biodiversity is critical to food production and the ecosystem servi ces that agricultural landscapes provide\, and loss of this diversity will have significant and far-reaching negative consequences. The second is hope ful and courageous. People globally are working diligently and enthusiastic ally to understand\, conserve\, and increase agrobiodiversity to create a m ore resilient and food sovereign future.

The images presented here de monstrate the inextricable role humans play in stewarding and augmenting ag robiodiversity. From farmers and researchers nestled in diversified farming systems\, to colorful markets in city and rural landscapes\, the diversity of images is deliberate and intentional. Viewers will see mosaic landscape s\, field-level cultivation of multiple crops\, innovative urban agricultur e initiatives\, cultural traditions\, and ceremonies associated with agricu ltural diversity\, along with examples of participatory methods to increase crop diversity. Other images highlight specific aspects of agricultural bi odiversity – including key groups of species such as pollinators\, benefici al insects\, birds\, and mammals that are significant to maintaining health y agricultural ecosystems.

What are the relationships between agrobio diversity and food security? This critical question is central to and motiv ates each of the photographs in this exhibit. Each image illustrates a diff erent link between the organisms that makeup agricultural systems\, the peo ple who live and work in these landscapes\, and the food that they coproduc e. The exhibit conveys the diversity of interconnections between people and nature that are embodied in the food that each of us consumes every day.

[caption id="attachment_30465" align="aligncenter" width="640"]SUNS ET OVER UBC FARM SUNSET OVER UBC FARM. Vancouv er\, British Columbia\, Canada\, by the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm[/caption]

Gallery Contributors

Aerin Jacob is a conservation scientist at the Yellowstone t o Yukon Conservation Initiative. Based in Canmore\, Alberta\, she conducts and communicates applied research to inform conservation that helps people and nature to thrive.

Amber Heckelman is a Ph.D. Can didate at UBC’s Faculty of Land & Food Systems and the Centre for Sustainab le Food Systems. She is committed to creating sustainable\, equitable\, and resilient food systems through public scholarship and knowledge mobilizati on. Her dissertation research centres on exploring pathways and barriers to smallholder resilience in the Philippines.

Amy Panikowski is an American freelance researcher and consultant (B.S. Biology\; M .A. Geography) currently living in South Africa. She focuses on human-envir onmental interactions\, conservation development\, gender development\, and participatory science.

Andrea Reid is a Nisg a’a fisheries scientist and conservation biologist\, and Ph.D. Candidate af filiated with the Department of Biology at Carleton University and the Depa rtment of Forest & Conservation Sciences at UBC. As an Explorer with the Na tional Geographic Society\, a Fellow of The Explorers Club\, a Natural Scie nces and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Aboriginal Ambassad or\, and the 2019 Partners in Research Young Researcher Ambassador\, Andrea has significant experience leading community-engaged research and outreach around the globe.

Aspen Ono is a Masters Student at UBC’s Institute for Resources\, Environment and Sustainability\, researchi ng environmental justice and immigrant populations. Aspen’s past research a llowed her to live\, work\, and engage with local communities around the wo rld\, including India and Kenya on issues of community resilience and envir onmental justice.

Barbara Gemmill-Herren (Ph.D. in E cology\, University of California) served as Manager for Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Na tions (FAO). Within FAO\, she built and coordinated a global project on pol lination services\, implemented in Brazil\, Ghana\, Kenya\, South Africa\, India\, Pakistan and Nepal and contributed to FAO’s new focus on agroecolog y. She has been a contributor to the UN initiative “The Economics of Ecosys tems and Biodiversity for Agriculture and Food” – exploring True Cost Accou nting in Agriculture – and led the “Beacons of Hope” initiative of the Glob al Alliance for the Future of Food.

Chris Hergesheimer holds a Ph.D. from the Faculty of Land & Food Systems at UBC and a M.A. in Sociology from Simon Fraser University. His Ph.D. work revolved around t he relationship between food sovereignty and fair trade in high value fruit chains. These days he is busy performing economic development services as Program Manager for the Sunshine Coast Regional Economic Development Organi zation.

Colin Shanley is a wildlife biologist in Ala ska. His research broadly explores the intersection of applied ecology and natural resource conservation utilizing geospatial tools and quantitative m odeling. Colin’s science and art are inspired by wild landscapes and cultur es of place.

Dana James is a Ph.D. Candidate at UBC’ s Institute for Resources\, Environment and Sustainability and the Centre f or Sustainable Food Systems. She is also a UBC Public Scholar using transdi sciplinary research methods to investigate the enabling and constraining fa ctors for agroecological transitions in Brazil.

Danny Karp is an Assistant Professor at the College of Agricultural and Environ mental Sciences at the University of California\, Davis. His research focus es on harmonizing conservation and food production across working landscape s\, both in temperate and tropical agroecosystems.

Devon Samp son is an agroecology researcher and community organizer based in Oaxaca\, Mexico who is fascinated with the complexity and beauty of diverse farms. His research explores the many ways farmers use agrobiodiversity to build food security and healthy nutrition outcomes. Devon is a principal r esearcher at Polyculture Research and Media and co-producer of Delicious Re volution\, a radio show and podcast about food movements.

Eva n Bowness is a Ph.D. Candidate at UBC’s Institute for Resources\, Environment and Sustainability studying urban agriculture and food movement s in Canada and Brazil. He is a UBC Public Scholar who uses visual methods\ , including video-making and photography in his research. He is also an ins tructor at the University of Manitoba where he teaches courses in visual so ciology and film.

Ilyas Siddique is Professor of Agr oecosystems at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)\, Brazil\, t eaching agroecology\, agroforestry\, ecological weed management\, research synthesis\, epistemology\, science methods and communication. Active engage ment in knowledge systems dialogue among ecology\, social science\, technic al practitioners\, and indigenous/peasant knowledge encouraged Ilyas to pro mote synergies among food sovereignty\, on-farm conservation of agrobiodive rsity\, and productive tropical forest restoration\, most recently as coord inator of the Network of Agroecological Agroforestry of Southern Brazil.

Indonesian Farmers Union (SPI) of Jambi branch is an o rganization of peasants in the Jambi provinces. SPI Jambi is part of a nati onwide peasant organization focused on agrarian reform\, peasant rights\, f ood sovereignty and sustainable agriculture. Currently\, SPI is active in e leven provinces in Indonesia\, including North Sumatra\, West Sumatra\, Sou th Sumatra\, Jambi\, Lampung\, Banten\, Yogyakarta\, Central Java\, East Ja va\, West Nusa Tenggara and East Nusa Tenggara. The SPI is also a member of the international peasant movement La Via Campesina. 

Maayan Kreitzman is a Ph.D. candidate at UBC’s Institute for Re sources\, Environment\, and Sustainability. She studies the agronomic and e nvironmental outcomes of woody perennial food production and the role of pe rennial staple crops in the current and future food system.

M atthew Mitchell is a postdoctoral research fellow at UBC’s Institu te for Resources\, Environment and Sustainability and the Centre for Sustai nable Food Systems. His research focuses on how to manage human-dominated a gricultural and urban landscapes for ecosystem services and biodiversity.

Sean Kearney studied ecosystem service synergies and trade-offs resulting from agroforestry and organic management of smallholde r maize and bean production in northern El Salvador. He is currently a post doctoral research fellow in the Integrated Remote Sensing Studio at UBC\, w here he is analyzing the effects of landscape change and anthropogenic acti vity on grizzly bear behaviour and health in western Alberta\, Canada.

< p>Sean Smukler is Associate Professor in Applied Biology & Soil Science and the Junior Chair of Agriculture and the Environment for U BC’s Faculty of Land & Food Systems. His research is focused on working wit h farmers\, and other managers of agricultural landscapes to find ways to b etter monitor\, protect and enhance biodiversity and the availability of ec osystem services.

Sieglinde Snapp is Professor of So ils and Cropping Systems Ecology at Michigan State University\, and Associa te Director of the Center for Global Change and Earth Observations. For ove r two decades she has conducted action learning with farmers and interdisci plinary students and scholars\, from Malawi to Michigan. Sieglinde is deepl y committed to agroecology education and extension\, integrated with adapti ve research for sustainable lands and livelihoods.

The Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm is a research centre and local-to-global food hub working towards a more sustainable\, food-secure future. Photos of activities at the farm were taken by various contributors \, including Duncan McHugh\, Martin Dee\, the BC Association of Farmers Mar kets\, and others.

Yudi Bachri is a Ph.D. Student at the Institute of Social Anthropology at the University of Bern. He is also a lecturer in the History Department at the University of Indonesia and a researcher at the Agrarian Resources Center in Bandung\, Indonesia.

< strong>Zulfi Saeful graduated from Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung\, majoring in Islamic History and Civilization. He is currently an active researcher at the Agrarian Resources Center (ARC) Bandung\, Indonesia.

Acknowledgements

Peter W all Institute for Advanced Studies\; the Liu Institute for Global Issues\; the UBC VPRI Research Excellence Cluster Program\; Emily Amburgey and Rosal een McAfee for help with curation\; and Lindsay Marsh for promotion. We als o thank the numerous people\, farmers\, organizations\, and funding agencie s who made the research projects displayed here possible.

[caption id ="attachment_30464" align="aligncenter" width="426"]GOGO and UMUTHI GOGO & UMUTHI (GRANDMOTHER & MEDICINE)\, Mbonglowane\, Sou th Africa\, by Amy Panikowski[/caption]

Event Poster

LOCATION:Lobby Gallery\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/lobby-gallery-exhibition-na ture-nourishment-the-agrobiodiversity-and-food-security-nexus/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/05/A-Colourful-Display-Small-for-Web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190920T2255Z-1569020101.822-EO-31533-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190920T222720Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190920T222720Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190923T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190923T183000 SUMMARY: The Great Hydraulic Transition: Colonial Engineering and the Makin g of Modern Rivers in South Asia DESCRIPTION: This event is in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Hist ories Research Cluster\, and is co-sponsored by the Department of History\, and the Graduate Program in Science and Technology Studies. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

This event is in collaboration with th e Interdisciplinary Histories R esearch Cluster\, and is co-sponsored by the Department of History\, and the Graduate Program in Science and Technology Studies. 

Abstract

The immense flowing rivers of South Asia ─ from the sprawl ing Indus system in the West to the volatile Irrawaddy in the East ─ were t urned into modern rivers through the course of British colonial rule in the nineteenth century. This ‘great hydraulic transition’\, I argue\, was phil osophically premised on the need to separate land and water ⎯  as two disti nct non-overlapping natural domains. A  transition effected\, in the main\, by the interventions of colonial engineering  with which rivers were quant ified as units of flow\, disclosed by comprehensive control  and harnessed with weirs\, embankments and dams. The introduction of colonial hydraulic i nfrastructure\, in essence\, was to sustain land as legal claim and to be i magined as permanent ownership\, while river flows were recast as resource.

Modern rivers as the subdued and stable volumetric channel\, however \, has remained haunted by its other irrepressible geological energies: as capricious silt leaden currents\, fluvial biological webs and recurring tor rential entanglements with soil.  The transition to a shackled geometric st raight line of contained flows\, in other words\, has been repeatedly calle d to contend with the rivers many watery pasts of radical seasonal overflow \, eclectic channel oscillations\, frenzied avulsions and sudden fluvial  b ursts.

The making of modern rivers in South Asia\, I suggest\, is a h istory that brings  to the surface the ecological and ideological that has thus far remained submerged by  the overbearing triumphalist narrative of c olonial engineering. By reconsidering rivers as geomorphological process an d as stochastic pulses rather than mere volume and stock\, I hope to recove r perceptions\, philosophical dispositions\, institutional mind sets\, soci al complexity  and issues of power that shaped the great hydraulic transiti on in South Asia.

As the quest for large dams and megawatts continues to convulse the political and ecological worlds of South Asia (and many ot her parts of the world)\, subversive histories about colonial engineering a nd river control\, I argue\, will be critical to how we re-imagine other so cial possibilities.

Presenter

Rohan D’Souza is Associate Prof essor at the Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies (Kyoto Unive rsity). His PhD was awarded from the Centre for Historical Studies (Jawahar lal Nehru University).  He was elected General Secretary of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Student’s Union (1989-90)\, on the political platform of t he All India Student’s Federation.

He has held postdoctoral fellowshi ps at the Agrarian Studies Program (Yale University) and at the University of California (Berkeley)\, besides having had visiting fellowships at the C entre for the Advanced Study of India (University of Pennsylvania) and at t he Resources Management Asia-Pacific (Australian National University).  He holds honorary affiliation as Senior Research Associate at the Centre for W orld Environmental History (University of Sussex) and was the Short Term Ch air at the University of Tokyo ( Japan) as Visiting Professor of Contempora ry Indian Studies.

He is the author of Drowned and Dammed: Colonia l Capitalism and Flood control in Eastern India (2006) and the  joint e ditor of   The British Empire and the Natural World: Environmental Encou nters in South Asia (2011). He has also edited the  Environment\, Te chnology and Development: Critical and Subversive essays (2012) for the Economic and Political Weekly Series. His research  interests and publicat ions cover themes in   environmental history\, political ecology\, sustaina ble  development  and modern technology.

Event Poster

LOCATION:Room 1197\, Buchanan Tower GEO:49.268589;-123.253408 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-great-hydraulic-transit ion-colonial-engineering-and-the-making-of-modern-rivers-in-south-asia/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/09/The-Great-Hydraulic-Transition-Colonial-Engineering-and-the-Making-of-Modern-Rivers-in-South-Asia.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190824T0829Z-1566635359.0435-EO-31328-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190821T183409Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190909T215034Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190924T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190924T140000 SUMMARY: A Blue Economy: Achieving a Socially Equitable Marine Industrial R evolution DESCRIPTION: Join our Policy in Practice talk by Andrés Cisneros-Montemayor \, a resource economist specializing in marine social-ecological systems. W elcome remarks will be provided by Professor Rashid Sumaila. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join our Poli cy in Practice talk by Andrés Cisneros-Montemayor\, a resource economi st specializing in marine social-ecological systems. Welcome remarks will b e provided by Professor Rashid Sumaila.

< strong>Please RSVP. Light refreshments offered.

Interested in what fast-shifting discourses on development and sustainability may mean for oceans and coastal communities?

The world's oceans face a growing set of pressures\, f rom climate change to pollution to overexploitation. They nevertheless cont inue to support livelihoods\, food production\, and economic activity\, and are essential to cultures and identities across the world. Drawing from ex periences on the water and in international discussions\, Dr. Andrés will e xplore what competing discourses on ocean development might mean for coasta l regions\, and the centrality of social equity in the interconnectedness o f human well-being and environmental sustainability.

Biography:

Andrés Cisneros-Montemayor (PhD) is a resource economist specializing in ma rine social-ecological systems. He is Program Manager of the Nippon Foundat ion Nereus Program and Research Associate at the University of British Colu mbia. Linking field\, theoretical\, and policy work\, he studies the econom ics of ecotourism\, competing fishing sectors\, alternative management stra tegies\, and ecosystem and social-ecological approaches to policy in multi- stakeholder contexts. An important aspect of this work involves the dynamic s between commercial\, recreational\, social and cultural benefits within c omplex social-ecological systems.

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CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/a-blue-economy-achieving-a- socially-equitable-marine-industrial-revolution/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/08/jellyfish.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190913T0451Z-1568350269.6967-EO-31439-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190911T205234Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191008T181711Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190924T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190924T140000 SUMMARY: Climate Change and the Federal Election: What’s at Stake and Where do the Parties Stand? DESCRIPTION: Join this discussion with UBC faculty members and students tha t focuses on climate change in the lead-up to the Canadian federal election . X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Don’t miss this event with UBC faculty mem bers and students that focuses on climate change in the lead-up to the UBC Climate Strike on September 27th and the Canadian federal election on Octob er 21st\, 2019.

Please enjoy a video recording of this event on our SPPGA YouTube page.

The discussion will look at how reasonable Canada’ s targets in the context of global emission targets\, compare the parties’ policy platforms on climate\, examine the polarizing role of carbon pricing in this election\, and how to have your vote matter.

Speaker s:

Co-hosted by: The School of P ublic Policy and Global Affairs\, the Department of Political Science\, and the Master of Food and Resource Economics\, Land and Food Systems\, UBC

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LOCATION:Asian Centre Auditorium GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/climate-change-and-the-fede ral-election-whats-at-stake-and-where-do-the-parties-stand/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/09/Canada-glaciers.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190920T2248Z-1569019700.4782-EO-31535-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190920T223304Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190920T223304Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190925T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190925T130000 SUMMARY: Investigation of Book Covers and Paper from the Edo Period DESCRIPTION: Kazuko Hioki will talk about rarely documented and researched recycled papermaking and book cover production from a conservator’s perspec tive. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

About the Talk

Book s from the Edo period (1603-1868) were almost exclusively printed on fine J apanese paper by woodblock\, and many were bound in paper covers that were intricately decorated by embossing\, burnishing\, multi-colored printing an d other decorative techniques. In contrast to the attractive appearance of these covers\, they were made of layers of gray colored\, lowest-quality pa per containing hairs\, dust\, and other impurities. The low-quality paper w as a recycled paper that was made from waste paper\, while traditional Japa nese paper was made from tree bark fibers such as kozo (paper mulb erry). How were those papers and covers made? Who made them? Do certain phy sical characteristics such as decorations and raw materials reflect certain periods of time or subject matter? As a trained conservator\, I study the history of materials\, their production methods\, and their chemistry in or der to halt\, mitigate\, or retard the degradation of the artifacts. I will talk about rarely documented and researched recycled papermaking and book cover production from a conservator’s perspective. My presentation intends to encourage cross-disciplinary conversations among technical experts\, sci entists\, and humanities scholars.

Speaker Bio

Since 2017\, Kazuko Hioki serves as the preservation librarian at the Univ ersity of Hawai’i Mānoa Library. A book and paper conservator\, she earned an M.I.L.S. with a Certificate of Advanced Study in Conservation from the U niversity of Texas at Austin\, and was trained and employed as a conservato r at various institutions including the University of Kentucky Libraries\, the New York Public Library\, and the Library of Congress. Before her caree r in conservation\, she was a chemist at the Sumitomo Chemical Company in O saka\, having completed a Bachelor of Agriculture degree focused on pestici de chemistry from Kobe University. More information about her research can be found here: http://works .bepress.com/kazukohioki/

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LOCATION:Room 129\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/investigation-of-book-cover s-and-paper-from-the-edo-period/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/09/Investigation-of-Book-Covers-and-Paper-from-the-Edo-Period.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190920T2255Z-1569020145.817-EO-31538-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190920T223837Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190920T223837Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190926T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190926T180000 SUMMARY: Bharatnatyam: Stories of Nayikas (Heroines) and Sakhis (Heroine’s Friends) DESCRIPTION: This lecture demonstration will provide a brief overview of th e aesthetics and vocabulary of Bharatanatyam by covering two types of prese ntations in Indian Classical dance – Nritta (pure dance) and Nritya (storyt elling). X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

This event is in collaboration with UBC Green College\, Asta Alliance\, the Department of Asian Studies\, and the Indian Classical Music Society of Vancouver (ICMSV ).

Abstract

This lecture demonstration will provide a brief overview of the aesthetics and vocabulary of Bharatanatyam by cover ing two types of presentations in Indian Classical dance – Nritta (pure dan ce) and Nritya (storytelling). Arno and Ashvini will each narrate and prese nt a love story exploring different mental states of a romantic heroine\, e ither through the lens of the heroine or the heroine’s friend.

Prese nters

Ashvini Sundaram is a Bharatanatyam performance artist receiving ongoing training from Sangeet Natak Akademi Awardee\, Smt. Rama V aidyanathan. Ashvini studied Behavioural Neuroscience at UBC and now works in research at the Children’s Health Policy Centre at SFU. She is also trai ned in Carnatic music\, ballet and contemporary dance.

Arno Kamoli ka is a Bharatanatyam artist and instructor who has been trained under Padmabhushan Professor C.V. Chandrasekhar (India)\, Sharmila Banerjee (Bang ladesh) and Jai Govinda (Canada). Her journey in this South Indian dance fo rm has been complemented by her training in architecture\, Bengali music an d other form of Indian classical dances.

Event Poster

LOCATION:UBC Coach House\, Green College GEO:49.270852;-123.256535 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/bharatnatyam-stories-of-nay ikas-heroines-and-sakhis-heroines-friends/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/09/Bharatnatyam-Stories-of-Nayikas-Heroines-and-Sakhis-Heroine’s-Friends-featured.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190927T1717Z-1569604666.5095-EO-31640-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190927T165618Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190927T165618Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191001T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191001T183000 SUMMARY: Global Economic Governance at a Crossroads: Is the Bretton Woods S ystem Unravelling? DESCRIPTION: 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 Wo ods conference in the context of current challenges to its core principles at this time of global economic upheaval. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

This year marks the 75th anniversary of on e of the most famous international economic meetings of all time: the 1944 Bretton Woods conference. The conference outlined innovative principles for the postwar system of global economic governance and established the Inter national Monetary Fund and the World Bank. This lecture examines the innova tions and legacies of the Bretton Woods conference in the context of curren t challenges to its core principles at this time of global economic upheava l.

Eric Helleiner is currently Professor in the Department of Politic al Science and Balsillie School of International Affairs at the University of Waterloo. He has authored and edited eleven books\, including most recen tly Governing the World’s Biggest Market: The Politics of Derivatives R egulation After the 2008 Crisis(Oxford University Press\, 2018). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and has received many awards\, inc luding the Killam Research Fellowship\, the Trudeau Foundation Fellows Priz e\, the Francesco Guicciardini Prize for Best Book in Historical Internatio nal Relations\, the CPSA Prize in International Relations\, and the Donner Book Prize. He is presently co-editor of the book series Cornell Studie s in Money.

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LOCATION:UBC Coach House\, Green College GEO:49.270852;-123.256535 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/global-economic-governance- at-a-crossroads-is-the-bretton-woods-system-unravelling/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190927T1522Z-1569597775.3553-EO-31611-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190926T222108Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190926T222108Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191003T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191003T183000 SUMMARY: Awakened Villages: Liberation and Exclusion at the place of Buddha ’s Enlightenment in North India DESCRIPTION: Drawing on ethnographic research\, this talk will touch on how some of the Dalit villages located a short distance from the Mahabodhi Tem ple encapsulate the diverse expressions\, meanings and contradictions of In dian Buddhism in the early twenty-first century. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

This event is in collaboration with th e Interdisciplinary Histories R esearch Cluster\, the \, and the Departm ent of Asian Studies. 

Abstract

The state of Bihar ( the “land of vihara”) is frequently lauded by Indian political leaders and Buddhist teachers as the “land of origins” and/or homeland of Buddhism that has given rise to a pan-Asian\, if not\, global religious movement. Outsid e of the obvious economic benefits generated by Buddhist pilgrimage and rel igious tourism in Bodh Gaya\, there remains a deep disconnect and cultural divide among efforts to rebuild an Indian Buddhist sangha\, and the sacred power inscribed on the landscape by extra-national Buddhist communities and diasporic groups\, like the Tibetans. Drawing on ethnographic research thi s paper will examine how some of the Dalit villages located a short distanc e from the Mahabodhi Temple encapsulate the diverse expressions\, meanings and contradictions of Indian Buddhism in the early twenty-first century.

Presenter

David Geary is Associate Professor of Anthropology in the Community\, Culture and Global Studies Department at the University of British Columbia (Okanagan). He has held research and teaching positions a t IIAS (Leiden)\, the Antioch University Buddhist Studies Program in Bodh G aya\, India\, and at the University of Oxford. His research interests inclu de pilgrimage\, tourism and diaspora\, the spatial politics of UNESCO World Heritage\, Buddhism\, modernity and the transnational politics of revival in contemporary India. He is the author of The Rebirth of Bodh Gaya: Buddhi sm and the Making of a World Heritage Site (Global South Asia Series\, Univ ersity of Washington Press\, 2017).

Event Poster

LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/awakened-villages-liberatio n-and-exclusion-at-the-place-of-buddhas-enlightenment-in-north-india/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190920T2257Z-1569020241.9303-EO-31532-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190920T221438Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190926T233924Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191004T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191004T183000 SUMMARY: Do Regimes Matter? Comparing the Politics of Rights-Based Activism in India and China DESCRIPTION: This presentation addresses these questions by examining the p olitics of rights-based legal activism from the era of Indira Gandhi and De ng Xiaoping to Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Abstract

What explains the growth of rights-based activism\, particularly through appeals to the courts\, law \, and constitutionalism\, in India and China? How are these various rights justified\, conceptualized\, and pursued by state actors and social forces in terms of their moral imaginaries\, political strategies\, and social re pertoires? Why have many prominent rights-based struggles in India and Chin a simultaneously demanded greater transparency\, responsiveness\, and accou ntability from the state? What are their successes and failures to date? Fi nally\, does the trajectory of these developments underscore the importance of regime-level differences or their declining significance? This presenta tion addresses these questions by examining the politics of rights-based le gal activism from the era of Indira Gandhi and Deng Xiaoping to Narendra Mo di and Xi Jinping.

Talk is by Dr. Sanjay Ruparelia.

Event Poster

LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/do-regimes-matter-comparing -the-politics-of-rights-based-activism-in-india-and-china/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190924T2226Z-1569363996.8228-EO-31547-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190923T184511Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190925T175020Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191006T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191006T200000 SUMMARY: Documentary Screening and Q&A of “Reason: The War between Faith an d Rationality” DESCRIPTION: Interested in Indian history and the cultural norms of India? Join us for a screening of "Reason: The War between Faith and Rationality" followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Anand Patwardhan. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

This event is open to the public. Light refreshments offere d.

Interested in Indian history and the cultural norms of India? Join to watch “Reason: the war between faith and rationality” an 8-part\, award -winning documentary.

Filmmaker Anand Patwardhan will be joining us i n person and will lead a Q&A after the screening.

Synopsis

Those who witnessed the scientific spirit fostered by the Enli ghtenment would scarcely believe that over 400 years later\, Faith would st ill have an upper hand over Reason.

Today as technologically advanced nations still debate the merits of Creationism and Evolution\, the develop ing world falls prey to blind faith and religious war.

Everywhere pri vatization and a rush to corner ever-depleting natural resources has catapu lted corporates and their extreme right wing storm-troopers into power.

With the collapse of egalitarian values\, democracy itself is under sieg e. That we\, the temporarily comfortable\, rarely notice\, is because an em bedded media controls both information and entertainment. We see what they want us to see and quickly tire of seeing anything that matters.

Reas on takes us to a macrocosm – India\, the world’s largest democracy. Its eig ht chapters are a chilling account of how murder and mind control are being applied to systematically dismantle secular democracy in a country which o nce aspired not just to Liberty\, Egalite and Fraternity\, but to lead the post-war world out of its mindless spiral of violence and greed.

And yet the battle for Reason is not lost. Even as Brahminism (a priest ordaine d caste hierarchy that withheld knowledge from the working castes) drapes i tself in the national flag and sends out its hit squads\, resistance has no t ended. For every brave rationalist gunned down or driven to suicide\, man y more take up the mantle.

Reason is then both a warning and a promis e.

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Co-Hosted by: The School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, the Centre for India and South Asia Research\, Interdisciplinary Histories Research Cluster\, Graduate School of Journali sm\, Department of Theatre & Film\, W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Eth ics\, and the South Asian Film Education Society (SAFES)

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CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 120 - Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory GEO:49.268744;-123.255896 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/documentary-screening-and-q a-of-reason-the-war-between-faith-and-rationality/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/09/Doc-Screening-–-Reason-Graphics_Square-crop.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191017T0357Z-1571284634.0134-EO-31965-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191017T010253Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200221T011658Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191007T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200219T190000 SUMMARY: Golden Letters Arrayed Like Stars and Planets: The Tibetan Culture of Language and Letters DESCRIPTION: Drop by the Liu Institute Lobby Gallery to view our latest exh ibition\, Golden Letters Arrayed Like Stars and Planets: The Tibetan Cultur e of Language and Letters. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Lobby Gallery - Jeff OBrien

 

Drop by the Liu Institute Lobby Gallery durin g business hours to view our latest exhibition\, Golden Letters Arrayed Like Stars and Planets: The Tibetan Culture of Language and Letters.< /p>

The exhibition runs from October 7\, 2019 – January 4\, 2020.

Tibetans regard every syllable of their language as sacred\ , imbued with the power to liberate beings from suffering. The Tibetan reli gious corpus is among the vastest of any literatures in history and the she er reverence with which Tibetans hold their language has been a defining ch aracteristic of this civilization on the world’s highest plateau. This exhi bition\, which takes its title from a 13th century Tibetan poem\ , was curated by doctoral student Patrick Dowd. It features sacred scriptur es\, calligraphy\, and numerous other powerful textual objects gathered fro m three continents and five countries\, all representative of the epic\, be autiful and ongoing story of the Tibetan culture of language and letters.

Credits:

Tsengdok Rinpoche was born in northeastern Tibet and received his monastic education at Ganden J angtse Monastic College in India. He moved to Canada in 2005 and has since served as a central cultural and spiritual leader for the Tibetan populatio n of British Columbia.

Patrick Dowd is a second-year doctoral student in the Department of Anthropology and is a Liu Scholar\, Public Scholar\, and Killam Doctoral Scholar.

Sonam Chusang is an Adjunct Professor of Tibetan language in the Department of As ian Studies at the University of British Columbia.

Co-sponsor ed by: The Himalaya Program\, Institute for Asia Research\, the Li u Institute for Global Issues\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\ , and Asian Studies\, UBC.

LOCATION:Lobby Gallery\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/golden-letters-arrayed-like -stars-and-planets-the-tibetan-culture-of-language-and-letters/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/10/Lobby-Gallery-Jeff-3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190927T1522Z-1569597773.7637-EO-31610-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190926T220935Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190926T220935Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191007T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191007T170000 SUMMARY: Affective Governance: On Outrage\, Sympathy and Gratitude in the P eople’s Republic DESCRIPTION: This talk is based on a co-authored paper with Jeffrey Javed\, and will touch on the Chinese Communist Party regard of affect as a relati onal structure between both state and society\, public and private realms. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Abstract

The Chines e Communist Party regards affect as a relational structure between both sta te and society\, public and private realms. For this reason\, the CCP has r egarded the cultivation of affect as its sovereign prerogative. However\, t he range of affects promoted by the CCP has changed\, if not entirely rever sed direction\, over time. In the Mao era (1949-1976)\, the Communist Party pursued a horizontal redistribution of affective resources by mobilizing p eople to feel\, narrate\, and perform outrage against their exploite rs and oppressors and sympathy for their fellow comrades. Under Xi J inping’s leadership (2012-present)\, gratitude (gan’en) has b ecome the dominant affective sensibility.  This emphasis on gratitude belon gs to a vertical re-alignment of state-society society relations and  de-mobilization of the masses.

Talk is based on a co-authored paper with Jeffery Javed.

 

About the Author< /p>

Dr. Sorace’s research focuses on ideology\, discourse\, urbanisation\ , and aesthetics. He is the author of Shaken Authority: China’s Communis t Party and the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake (Cornell University Press 2017)  and co-editor of Afterlives of Chinese Communism: Political Concepts fr om Mao to Xi (Verso Press and ANU Press 2019).

Event Poster

LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/affective-governance-on-out rage-sympathy-and-gratitude-in-the-peoples-republic/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190919T0110Z-1568855422.4011-EO-31488-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190918T235420Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191007T165437Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191007T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191007T200000 SUMMARY: Federal Leaders’ Debate Watching Party DESCRIPTION: Join us to watch the televised Federal Leaders’ Debate\, in th e the lead-up to the Canadian federal election on October 21st\, and enjoy Debate Bingo with prizes. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Debate Watching

Join us to watch the televised Federal Leaders’ Debate\, in the lead-up to the Canadian federal election on Octob er 21st\, and enjoy Debate Bingo with prizes! Welcome remarks will be provi ded by MPPGA student E aston Lloyd Smith.

Enjoy a downloadable format of the 2019 Federal Debate BINGO created for you by the UBC Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions. Alternatively\, you can m ake your own debate bingo cards at home with this bingo generator.

The Debate starts at 4pm Pacific/7pm Eastern.

Debate watching will be followed by an informal panel discussion with the following UBC panelists:

  • She ryl Lightfoot\, Canada Research Chair of Global Indigenous Rights and Polit ics\; Associate Professor\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, Po litical Science and Indigenous Studies
  • Carey Doberstein\, Assistant Professor\, Political Science
  • George Hoberg\, Professor\, School o f Public Policy and Global Affairs
  • Sarah Lachance\, PhD Student\, P olitical Science

Light refreshments and popcorn(!) provided. Please RSVP.

Co-hosted by: The Department of Political Science\, the Centre for the Study of De mocratic Institutions\, and the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs< /p>

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CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/federal-leaders-debate-watc hing-party/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/09/Debate-Watching-featured-image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190920T2253Z-1569019997.1382-EO-31529-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190920T194021Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191204T194943Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191008T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191008T110000 SUMMARY: Online Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs Info Session DESCRIPTION: Interested in applying or learning more about the UBC Master o f Public Policy and Global Affairs program? Register for our information se ssion to see if our program is the right fit for you! X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Interested in applying or learning more about the UBC Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs program?

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About this Event

The University of Bri tish Columbia’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs is transforming policy education through innovative instruction that bridges essential theo ry and professional practice\, including our signature Global Policy Projec t.

In our Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, you’ll study w ith students from around the world\, gaining critical skills and a global p erspective to help you to confront the most urgent issues of our time\, fro m sustainability to social change\, international development to governance .

Register for our information session to see if our program is the r ight fit for you! The session will be live-streamed on our UBC School of P ublic Policy and Global Affairs Facebook page on Oct. 8\, 2019 from 10: 00 AM - 11:00 AM PST.

*Be sure to “like” the SPPGA Facebook page to r eceive a notification when the live stream begins\, or visit our Facebook p age during your preferred time.

Disclaimer: Please note that by using this service\, your information will be stored on the Eventbrite server\, which is located outside Canada. If you do not wish to use this se rvice\, please email mppga.program@ubc.ca directly to register. Thank you.< /p>

URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/online-master-of-public-pol icy-and-global-affairs-info-session/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/09/2019-MPPGA-Info-Sessions-Oct.-8-Graphics_Linked-In.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190821T1713Z-1566407633.1031-EO-31326-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190821T170512Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191007T204512Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191008T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191008T140000 SUMMARY: The Rise of Mega-companies in the Global Food System: Implications for Justice and Sustainability DESCRIPTION: Join this event to hear from Jennifer Clapp\, Canada Research Chair in Global Food Security and Sustainability and Professor in the Schoo l of Environment\, Resources and Sustainability at the University of Waterl oo. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

A shrinking number of ever larger “mega-co mpanies” command enormous influence over the global food system.
In th is talk\, Jennifer Clapp outlines the current status of corporate consolida tion across the global agrifood system\, examines its key drivers\, and ass esses debates over the implications of this trend for the future of food sy stems more broadly. She argues that a complex mix of technological\, financ ial and policy factors have encouraged growing concentration in the sector in recent years\, and discusses current policy proposals to address it.

Jennifer Clapp is a Canada Research Chair in Global Food S ecurity and Sustainability\, and a Peter Wall Institute International Visit ing Research Scholar from the School of Environment\, Resources and Sustain ability at the University of Waterloo\, Canada. She has published widely on the global governance of problems that arise at the intersection of the gl obal economy\, the environment\, and food security. Her most recent books i nclude Speculative Harvests: Financialization\, Food\, and Agriculture (wit h S. Ryan Isakson\, Fernwood Press\, 2018)\, Food\, 2nd Edition (Polity\, 2 016)\, and Hunger in the Balance: The New Politics of International Food Ai d (Cornell University Press\, 2012).

Co-hosted by: T he Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies\, The School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA)\, the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at the UBC Farm\, and the Global Reporting Centre

This event is fre e\, but registration is required. Light refreshments will be serve d.

LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-rise-of-mega-companies- in-the-global-food-system-implications-for-justice-and-sustainability/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/08/jakub-kapusnak-vnNFWKY7Tj4-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190927T1522Z-1569597770.6001-EO-31615-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190926T225537Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190926T225537Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191010T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191010T140000 SUMMARY: Twists and Turns of Japan’s Neighbourly Relations DESCRIPTION: During the past two decades\, how have Japan’s neighbourly dip lomacy gone through twists and turns? How can they be accounted for? What w as the role and place of the United States in these shifting relations? X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

About the Talk:

Rel ations between Tokyo and Seoul are now said to be the worst since diplomati c normalization in 1965. In recent weeks\, the rift has spilt over into eco nomic and security domains. Japan’s relations with China now appear improvi ng\, but their security and geopolitical interests still diverge. Twenty ye ars ago\, however\, the Japan-South Korea relationship was at its best\, tr iggered by the historic reconciliation between Prime Minster Keizo Obuchi a nd President Kim Dae-jung in October 1998. In January 2000\, the Prime Mini ster’s Commission on Japan’s Goals in the 21st Century recommended Prime Mi nister Keizo Obuchi to prioritize “neighborly relations (rinko)” with China and South Korea.

During the past two decades\, how have Japan’s neig hbourly diplomacy gone through twists and turns? How can they be accounted for? What was the role and place of the United States in these shifting rel ations?

Speaker Bio:

Yoshihide SOEYA is Profes sor of political science and international relations at the Faculty of Law of Keio University. His areas of interest are politics and security in East Asia\, and Japanese diplomacy and its external relations. His most recent publications in English include “The Rise of China in Asia: Japan at the Ne xus\,” in Asle Toje\, ed.\, Will China’s Rise be Peaceful? Security\, Stabi lity\, and Legitimacy (Oxford: Oxford University Press\, 2018)\, and “The C ase for an Alternative Strategy for Japan: Beyond the Article 9-Alliance Re gime\,” in Michael J. Green and Zack Cooper\, eds.\, Postwar Japan: Growth\ , Security and Uncertainty since 1945 (Washington D.C.: CSIS\, 2017). Dr. S oeya received Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1987\, majoring in w orld politics.

Event Poster

LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/twists-and-turns-of-japans- neighbourly-relations/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191008T2312Z-1570576362.9559-EO-31895-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191008T220624Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191008T220711Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191010T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191010T160000 SUMMARY: China’s International Cooperation Strategy and the Belt and Road I nitiative DESCRIPTION: This talk is with Jiantuo Yu\, the Assistant Secretary General & Director of Research Department I\, China Development Research Foundatio n (CDRF). He works in the areas of urbanization and regional development\, the Belt & Road Initiative\, rural finance system\, poverty and inequality\ , international development cooperation\, public finance\, social welfare s ystem\, and theory and practice of human development approach. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Jiantuo Yu is the Assistant Secretary Gene ral & Director of Research Department I\, China Development Research Founda tion (CDRF). Before joining CDRF in 2009\, he subsequently worked at John-H opkins Nanjing Center (2001-2005)\, Center for Human and Economic Developme nt Studies (Peking University) (2005-2007) and UNDP China Country Office (2 007-2008)\, and had been the visiting fellow of OPHI\, Oxford University\, in 2008. He works in the areas of urbanization and regional development\, t he Belt & Road Initiative\, rural finance system\, poverty and inequality\, international development cooperation\, public finance\, social welfare sy stem\, and theory and practice of human development approach.

俞建拖，中国发 展研究基金会秘书长助理、研究一部主任。在2009年加入中国发展研究基金会之前，他先后担任约翰·霍普金斯南京中心项目研究员(2001-2005) 、北京 大学经济与人类发展研究中心研究员、主任助理 (2005-2007），以及联合国开发计划署驻华代表处项目顾问（2007-2008）工作，并于2008年受 邀为牛津大学贫困与人类发展研究中心的访问
学者。主要的研究领域包括城市化与区域发展、国际发展合作、农村金融、贫困与不平等、国际发展合作、公共 财政政策、社会福利体系、人类发展的理论与实践。

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/chinas-international-cooper ation-strategy-and-the-belt-and-road-initiative/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/10/China’s-International-Cooperation-Strategy-and-the-Belt-and-Road-Initiative.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190927T0119Z-1569547160.8098-EO-31613-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190926T223313Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190926T223313Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191010T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191010T200000 SUMMARY: Caste Matters: The Fourth Annual Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Annual Lecture DESCRIPTION: This talk is with Suraj Yengde\, an award-winning scholar and activist from India\, and the author of Caste Matters. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

This event is part of the Annual Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Lectu re Series.

This event is in collaboration with the Chetna Association of Canada\, Department of Asian Studies\, the Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhis m and Contemporary Society (何鴻毅家族基金佛學與當代社會課程)\, the Dr. Hari Sharma Foundation\, and the Institute for the Humanities at Simon Fraser University.

Presenter

Suraj Yengde is an award-winning scholar and activist from India\, and the author of Cas te Matters. He is an inaugural postdoctoral fellow at the Initiative fo r Institutional Anti-racism and Accountability\, Shorenstein Center on Medi a\, Politics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. Dr. Yengde is India’s first Dalit Ph.D. holder from an African university (University of the Witwatersrand\, Johannesburg). He has published in the field of caste\ , race\, ethnicity studies\, and inter-regional labor migration in the glob al south.

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LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/caste-matters-the-fourth-an nual-dr-b-r-ambedkar-annual-lecture/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190918T1937Z-1568835425.4937-EO-31476-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190918T174309Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191009T015348Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191011T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191011T203000 SUMMARY: Women in Politics: The Road to Equal Representation DESCRIPTION: Join us for a lively discussion on women's representation in C anada in two aspects: electoral politics and Political Science academia. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The University of British Columbia is loca ted on the traditional\, ancestral\, and unceded territory of the ən̓q̓əmin ̓əm̓-speaking Musqueam people.

Join us for a lively discussion on wom en's representation in Canada in two aspects: electoral politics and Politi cal Science academia.

This event is now sold out. Thank you for your interest.

There will be two panels:

Ac ademics:

  • Dr. Eline de Rooij\, Associate Professor\, Dep artment of Political Science\, Simon Fraser University
  • Sarah Munawa r\, Instructor\, Columbia College
  • Dr. Claire Peacock\, SSHRC Postdo ctoral Fellow\, Simon Fraser University and the University of Laval
  • Bella Aung\, M.A. Candidate\, Department of Political Science\, Simon Fras er University\, Daughters of the Vote 2019 Delegate - Burnaby North - Seymo ur Federal Riding
  • Moderator: Lydia Tang\, B.A.\, Department of Hist ory\, Simon Fraser University\, Daughters of the Vote 2019 Delegate - Vanco uver South Federal Riding

Elected officials:

  • Councillor Rebecca Bligh\, Vancouver
  • Councillor Melissa D e Genova\, Vancouver
  • Councillor Lisa Dominato\, Vancouver
  • J oyce Murray\, Liberal Candidate for Vancouver Quadra
  • Councillor Nad ine Nakagawa\, New Westminster
  • Councillor Jean Swanson\, Vancouver< /li>
  • Moderator: Lydia Tang\, B.A.\, Department of History\, Simon Fraser University\, Daughters of the Vote 2019 Delegate - Vancouver South Federal Riding

All panels will be followed by a Q&A session for paneli sts to engage with the audience. Panelists will share their lived experienc es and journeys as women in politics and discuss the importance of women's representation.

This evening hopes to contribute to a better understa nding of women's representation in Canadian politics and open up discussion on how we can achieve equality in this field. The audience will learn more about the challenges our panelists faced and are facing as women in politi cs and how they overcame these struggles.

This event is proudly s ponsored by the University of British Columbia’s Center for the Study of De mocratic Institutions (CSDI)\, the School of Public Policy and Global Affai rs and the UBC Department of Political Science.

We invite fo lks from all walks of life\, especially those who identify as women\, femme s\, and non-binary.

Registration

Please h elp us plan best for this event by registering via Eventbrite.

Accessibility information: The venue offers easy access to UBC’s pedestrian paths and parkades and is wheelchair accessible.

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Disclaimer: Please note that by registering via Eventbrite\, your information will b e stored on the Eventbrite server\, which is located outside Canada. If you do not wish to use this service\, please email Joelle.Lee@ubc.ca directly to register. Thank you.

CATEGORIES:Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/women-in-politics-the-road- to-equal-representation/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/09/women-in-politics-event-cover.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190926T1810Z-1569521446.1304-EO-31596-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190925T233103Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191011T223912Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191015T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191015T134500 SUMMARY: ‘Riding on the Waves of Progressive Political Environment’: the co mplex world of Gender\, LGBT movement and development in Bangladesh DESCRIPTION: Dr. Shuchi Karim's talk will aim to make a historical account and analysis of gender\, sexuality and rights issues in connection with LGB T movement and development field in Bangladesh between 2006 to 2016\, and w ill try to understand the politics\, progress and pitfalls of the process. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Light refreshments offered. 

Sexuality in general\, and LGBT in particular are risky terms in the context of Bangladesh\, a country that struggles to find its balance be tween tradition-modernisation-and increasing influence of religion on every level of citizens´ lives. The dominant discourse on sexuality and rights s tays within the boundaries of reproductive health\, marriage normativity an d heteronormativity – and this is also applicable to development sector\, w hich\, made attempts to bring rights as a framework within this discourse a round a decade ago by including LGBT issues\, communities and activism in i ts agenda. The sexual politics of Bangladesh has experienced violent backla sh in the recent years resulting is almost stalling of LGBT activism\, visi bility and incorporation in various development programs. This point of tim e\, one must look back and analyse the complex world of gender and sexualit y politics\, especially in its connections and contexualisation within deve lopment – and how various elements and actors contributed to the almost col lapse of a rights movement at a particular point in the country´s history. This talk will aim to make a historical account and analysis of gender\, se xuality and rights issues in connection with LGBT movement and development field in Bangladesh between 2006 to 2016\, and will try to understand the p olitics\, progress and pitfalls of the process.

Bio: Dr. Shuchi Karim is a feminist academic and researcher from Bangladesh. Sh e completed her PhD at the Institute of Social Studies (ISS)\, The Hague\, The Netherlands in 2012\, specializing in Women\, Gender and Development wi th focus on sexualities. Karim had her first MA degree in English Language and Literature from Jawaharlal Nehru University\, India\; and her second MA from University of Warwick\, UK\, in Gender and International Development. Shuchi Karim’s career is a combination of development work\, academia and activism. In recent years she worked at multiple academic and development i nstitutions in the area of gender and sexual and reproductive health and ri ghts\, including the Institute of Educational Development of BRAC Universit y (Bangladesh)\, the ISS\, and Radboud University\, Nijmegen\, Netherlands. She is currently working at Western University (Women's Studies and Femini st Research Department) as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Karim's research are as include women's rights\, Sexuality\, education and transnational feminis m.

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< /h2> CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/riding-on-the-waves-of-prog ressive-political-environment-the-complex-world-of-gender-lgbt-movement-and -development-in-bangladesh/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/09/ShuchiTalkUpdatedTime_Twitter.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191003T1530Z-1570116614.7956-EO-31703-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191001T203603Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191009T015303Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191015T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191015T200000 SUMMARY: Golden Letters Arrayed Like Stars and Planets: The Tibetan Culture of Language and Letters DESCRIPTION: Join us for the opening reception of the latest Liu Lobby Gall ery exhibition\, Golden Letters Arrayed Like Stars and Planets: The Tibetan Culture of Language and Letters. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us for the opening reception of the l atest Liu Lobby Gallery exhibition\, Golden Letters Arrayed Like Stars and Planets: The Tibetan Culture of Language and Letters.

Please RSVP.

The exhibition runs from October 7\, 2019 – J anuary 4\, 2020.

Tibetans regard every syllable of their language as sacred\, imbued with the power to liberate beings from suffering. The Tibet an religious corpus is among the vastest of any literatures in history and the sheer reverence with which Tibetans hold their language has been a defi ning characteristic of this civilization on the world’s highest plateau. Th is exhibition\, which takes its title from a 13th century Tibeta n poem\, was curated by doctoral student Patrick Dowd. It features sacred s criptures\, calligraphy\, and numerous other powerful textual objects gathe red from three continents and five countries\, all representative of the ep ic\, beautiful and ongoing story of the Tibetan culture of language and let ters.

The exhibition opening will feature reflections on Tibetan lang uage and its historical and continued importance to global culture.

< strong>Tsengdok Rinpoche was born in northeastern Tibet and receiv ed his monastic education at Ganden Jangtse Monastic College in India. He m oved to Canada in 2005 and has since served as a central cultural and spiri tual leader for the Tibetan population of British Columbia.

P atrick Dowd is a second-year doctoral student in the Department of Anthropology and is a Liu Scholar\, Public Scholar\, and Killam Doctoral S cholar.

Sonam Chusang is an Adjunct Professor of Tib etan language in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Briti sh Columbia.

Co-sponsored by: The Himalaya Program\, Institute for Asia Research\, the Liu Institute for Global Issues\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, and Asian Studies\, UBC.

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Tibet

CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage LOCATION:Lobby Gallery\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/golden-letters/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/10/Tibet.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190926T1807Z-1569521269.406-EO-31591-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190925T213756Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191009T195050Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191016T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191016T190000 SUMMARY: Federal Election 2019: The Home Stretch DESCRIPTION: Don’t miss this discussion with UBC faculty members on the Can adian Federal Election. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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Still unsure who to vote for i n the Canadian Federal Election? Don’t miss this discussion with UBC facult y members and students. Come with your questions and comments on the campai gn\, debates\, polls\, and the key issues that matter most to voters. Welco me remarks will be provided by MPPGA student\, Sumaiyyah Adam. Follow along on Twitter usin g #UBCCanadaVotes

Light refreshments offered. Please RSVP.

Panelists:

Public Seminar
Thursday\, 15 February 2018\, 5:30 pm
Hong Kong Nationalism and the Chinese Dream in the Age of Global Capital ism
Dr. Wai Kit Choi (California State University\, Los Angel es)
120\, C. K. Choi Building

Public Seminar
Frida y\, 16 February 2018\, 12:30 pm
Behind the Scenes: Transnation al Ties between the Hollywood and Hong Kong Entertainment Industries
Dr. Sylvia J. Martin (University of Hong Kong)
120\, C. K. Cho i Building

Public Lecture
Wednesday\, 7 March 2018\, 7 pm
The Princess Flower and the Imaginations of Hong K ong
Dr. Leonard Chan (Education University of Hong Kong)
120\, C. K. Choi Building

Community Conversation (in Canton ese)*
Thursday\, 8 March 2018\, 7:30 pm
The Story of Hong Kong Literature《香港文學大系》與香港文學史
A Conversation with Dr. Leonar d Chan 陳國球
Richmond Public Library

UBC Cantonese Language Pr ogram Event
Friday\, 9 March 2018\, 7 pm
The First UBC Cantonese Singing Contest
Lower Atrium\, AMS Nest

Public Seminar
Friday\, 16 March 2018\, 12:30 pm
The Past and Present of Chinese-Language Book Publishing in Hong Kong
Angela Ko (University of Hong Kong)
120\, C. K. Choi Building

Public Lecture
Wednesday\, 4 April 201 8\, 7 pm
From History to Fiction: Inventing Hong Kong Stories< /strong>
Dung Kai-cheung (Writer)
120\, C. K. Choi Building

Community Conversation (in Cantonese\, supplemented with Mandarin )*
Thursday\, 5 April 2018\, 7:30 pm
Hong Kong Literature : Why and How? 香港文學──為何？如何？
A Convers ation with Dung Kai-cheung 董啓章
Richmond Public Library

Gatew ay Theatre Forum
Sunday\, 15 April 2018\, 1 pm
Colon ialism at Work: Hong Kong in the 1920s
Dr. Leo K. Shin (Unive rsity of British Columbia)
Gateway Theatre
(In conjunction with t he staging of Nine Dragons)

Public Screenin g and Discussion (to be confirmed)
9 May 2018
Boundary  東西 (138 mins.\, 2015)
(In conjunction with the Work shop “Reading for Pleasure: Chinese Popular Literature and the Cold War”)

Public Workshop (in Cantonese/English)*
21–22 June 2018< br />Cantonese Worlds 2
Performance Hall\, Richmond L ibrary and Cultural Centre
(In conjunction with the 4th Workshop o n Innovations in Cantonese Linguistics)

The “Ci ty Inscribed” series is made possible by the generous support of:

Dep artment of Asian Studies
Centre for Chinese Research (Institute of Asian Researc h)
Department of History
St. John’s College
Yip So Man Wat Memorial Lectures
The Modern Chinese Culture Seminar ( CCK-IUC)
UBC Cantonese Language Program
Asian Library
Department of English
Depart ment of Sociology
Department of Theatre and Film
School of Music
Ins titute for Transpacific Cultural Research (SFU)
Chinese Canadian Writers’ A ssociation
Vancouver Hong Kong Forum Society
Gatew ay Theatre
Richmond Public Library

LOCATION:Various GEO:49.282729;-123.120738 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/series-city-inscribed-%e6%8 8%91%e5%af%ab-%e2%80%a2-%e6%88%91%e5%9f%8e-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20171214T2237Z-1513291079.9373-EO-23445-2671@10.93.0.119 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20171213T173213Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T201138Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180118T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180118T183000 SUMMARY: Monsoon Mosques: Reading Kerala’s Muslim Monuments by Sebastian Pr ange DESCRIPTION: Join us to hear Sebastian Prange of UBC Department of History talk about the mosques of Kerala. This talk will highlight different layers of evidence that are yielded by these mosques—stylistic features\, archite ctural changes\, epigraphs\, literary references\, historical context—to sh ow that their significance extends far beyond their immediate purpose as pl aces of worship. Rather\, they serve as primary sources for the development of Muslim communities in South India\, their links to wider Indian Ocean n etworks\, and the place of Islam within this predominantly Hindu society. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us to hear Sebastian Prange of UBC De partment of History talk about mosques of Kerala. Kerala is famously known as the “land of temples”\, which makes it easy to overlook the region’s les s numerous\, less celebrated\, and less studied mosques. These mosques\, ho wever\, offer a unique window into Kerala’s relationship to the wider tradi ng word of the pre-modern Indian Ocean. This talk will highlight different layers of evidence that are yielded by these mosques—stylistic features\, a rchitectural changes\, epigraphs\, literary references\, historical context —to show that their significance extends far beyond their immediate purpose as places of worship. Rather\, they serve as primary sources for the devel opment of Muslim communities in South India\, their links to wider Indian O cean networks\, and the place of Islam within this predominantly Hindu soci ety.

LOCATION:Seminar 307\, The Peter Wall Institute of Advanced Studies GEO:49.268667;-123.256919 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/monsoon-mosques-reading-ker alas-muslim-monuments-by-sebastian-prange/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/12/Ponnani-mosque-high-res-Basel-1-1024x683.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20180104T1713Z-1515086014.4136-EO-23489-2671@10.93.0.119 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20180103T211733Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T202535Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180119T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20180119T173000 SUMMARY: [CANCELLED] Living in the Face of Death: Martial Mindfulness in Mo dern Japan DESCRIPTION: This event has been cancelled. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
  • Richard Johnston\, Professor\, Political Science\, UBC
  • Kathryn Harrison\, Professor\, Political Science\, UBC
  • Carey Doberstein\, Assistant Professor in Canadian Politics\, Political Science\, UBC
  • Sarah Lachance\, PhD Candidate\, Political Science\, UBC
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    Moderated by: Gerald Baier\, Professor\, Political Science\; Director\, Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions\, UBC< /p>

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    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/federal-election-2019/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/09/Pre-Election-Panel-Graphics_Twitter.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191004T0528Z-1570166890.0734-EO-31737-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191002T184104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191002T185305Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191017T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191017T183000 SUMMARY: Disputed Pasts\, Violent Present: Examining Anti-Muslim Discourses in Contemporary India DESCRIPTION: This talk is with Heba Ahmed\, an emerging scholar whose work addresses the violence against Muslims in the state of Gujarat in 2002 (and in particular efforts to commemorate the violence). X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Abstract

    Since the 2014 formation of the central government by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India\, vi olence against minorities has increased significantly. Of particular note i s the violence against Indian Muslims\, the largest religious minority in I ndia. Databases compiled by different civil society organisations¹ have doc umented incidents of Muslims being lynched to death\, mostly on accusations of cow slaughter or petty theft. This talk will examine the discourse of a nti-Muslim violence in contemporary India\, and attempt to answer why hate crimes against Muslims are rising with little to negligible public indignat ion. Violence against Muslims in India today will be interrogated vis-à-vis India’s anti- colonial/postcolonial pasts\, which witnessed militant ‘cow protection movements’ in which the beef-eating Indian Muslim was identified as the chief antagonist. Indian Muslims have also been burdened with the g uilt of the Partition of India. The cumulative effect of these disputed pas ts is that in the present\, Muslims can hardly take legal recourse against the hate crimes committed against them without being further victimised. Th is has led to Indian Muslims existing under conditions of what Judith Butle r has called “precarious life” (2004).

    ¹‘Hate Crime: Cow-related viol ence in India’\, available at https://lynch.factchecker.in/\,
    ‘DOTO: D ocumentation of the Oppressed’\, available at https://www.dotodatabase.com/ .

    Presenter

    Heba Ahmed is an emerging scholar whose work addr esses the violence against Muslims in the state of Gujarat in 2002 (and in particular efforts to commemorate the violence).

    This event is in collaboration with the Interdi sciplinary Histories Research Cluster\, and the Department of Asian Studies. 

    Event Poster LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/disputed-pasts-violent-pres ent-examining-anti-muslim-discourses-in-contemporary-india/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/10/Heba-Ahmed-event.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190909T2205Z-1568066742.0119-EO-31420-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190909T164838Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190909T164838Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191018T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191019T170000 SUMMARY: “Building Connections: Between and Within” 2019 LINA Inaugural Sym posium DESCRIPTION: The Liu Institute Network for Africa (LINA) is hosting an inau gural showcase of the network to feature researchers from Africa and resear ch activities relating to Africa. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    LINA

    T he Liu In stitute Network for Africa (LINA) was established in early 2018 to brin g together researchers and community members working on global issues affec ting Africa and African issues affecting the world.

    To officially lau nch the Liu Institute Network for Africa (LINA) to the wider research commu nity in British Columbia\, an inaugural showcase of the network will be hel d on October 18-19th\, 2019.

    This event will feature researchers from Africa and research activities relating to Africa.

    Dialogues\, writi ng\, research posters\, music and art under the broad themes of education\, decision-making (policy)\, and environment will be featured during this tw o day event. Attendees will have an opportunity to engage with LINA members and discuss the mission and vision of LINA while connecting with the netwo rk at UBC and in the surrounding community.

    UBC graduate\, post-docto ral and faculty researchers are invited to submit abstracts by  Sep tember 20\, 2019.

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    LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/building-connections-betwee n-and-within-2019-lina-inaugural-symposium/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/09/LINA.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191024T2338Z-1571960327.0841-EO-32026-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191018T230815Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191018T230815Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191024T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191024T180000 SUMMARY: Dhrupad as a Progression in Multiple Dimensions by Arijit Mahalana bis DESCRIPTION: The practice and performance of dhrupad has grown in popularit y in recent times\, though a wider understanding of the art remains elusive . This talk will allow the attendee to more critically understand the music al art. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This event is in collaboration with UBC Green College\, Asta Alliance\, and the Indian Classical Music Society of Vancouver (ICMSV).

    Abstract

    Most scholars of Indian music cons ider dhrupad\, and its cognate form dhamār\, to be the oldest extant subgen res of Hindustānī music. The practice and performance of this art has grown in popularity in recent times\, though a wider understanding of the art re mains elusive. Practitioners\, scholars\, and hereditary keepers of the tra dition often choose to exude an air of esotericism\, rather than offering a practical and logical explanation for the objectives\, structure\, functio n\, and performance of the art. In this talk\, we touch on each of these as pects\, particularly delving into a model of dhrupad that defines it as a m usical entity in multiple dimensions. Specifically\, we consider dhrupad fr om the perspective of alāp syllables\, the tonal complex of the rāga\, time and rhythm\, tonal dynamics\, and textual content. In each of these dimens ions\, we introduce a logical calculus that governs the progression of cont ent. Taken in totality\, these calculi\, when followed\, uniquely define a well-formed dhrupad performance. We hope that this talk will allow the atte ndee to more critically listen to and understand a dhrupad performance.

    Presenters

    Arijit Mahalanabis began his studies in music under vocalist Smt. Shahana Banerjee of Delhi\, shortly before hi s family moved from India to the United States. Faced with few options for formal study\, Arijit undertook an intense period of self-directed study\, encouraged and supported by his mother\, Smt. Sukla Mahalanobis.  Starting in 1989\, he began a long association with Penn State University’s Raaga. D uring this time\, he received much encouragement\, mentoring and informal g uidance from the members of this group\, in particular in the joys of Carna tic music. In 1999 he moved to Seattle\, a seminal moment in his musical li fe. There\, he began a diligent period of discipleship under Smt. Shantha B enegal\, a vocalist and musicologist versed in Dagar Bani Dhrupad\, Khayal\ , and Thumri. Arijit learned much about each of these forms from his primar y Guru. He was also deeply influenced in his studies by time spent with var ious visiting musicians. After serving in adjunct positions at the Evergree n State College and the University of Washington\, in 2008\, Arijit found h is true calling as a teacher of music\, when he established the Seattle Ind ian Music Academy (SIMA). In 2014\, after 15 years in Seattle\, he relocate d to State College\, and is presently helping to establish a new SIMA (the Society for Indian Music and Arts) in his old hometown.

    Kisha n Patel is emerging as an all-rounder with potential as a singer\, harmonium accompanist\, esraj player\, tabaliya and pakhawaji under the tu telage of his guru\, Arijit Mahalanabis. Previously\, Kishan studied vocal music with Dr. Nisha Joshi in Portland\, Oregon\, and mridangam under Vidwa n Poovalur Srinivasan in Texas.  He was also a percussionist in his high sc hool band. However he has found his niche in north Indian classical music. Having moved to State College\, PA\, Kishan continues his college education through Bellevue College\, simultaneously studying music with Arijit. Asid e from solo performances\, Kishan has had the opportunity to accompany some of India’s finest musicians including Vidushi Aditi Kaikini Upadhya\, Mita li Bhawmik\, Sandipan Samajpati\, Kumud Diwan\, Satish Vyas\, and Arnab Cha krabarty.

    Event Poster

    LOCATION:Green College GEO:49.270852;-123.256535 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/dhrupad-as-a-progression-in -multiple-dimensions-by-arijit-mahalanabis/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/10/dhrupad.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191023T1928Z-1571858899.7077-EO-31982-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191017T185244Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191017T191033Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191025T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191025T140000 SUMMARY: The Stolen Bicycle: A conversation with Taiwanese author Wu Ming-Y i and Translator Darryl Sterk DESCRIPTION: Come join an award-winning literary duo\, Taiwanese author Wu Ming-Yi and Canadian translator Dr Darryl Sterk\, for a lunchtime discussio n of their collaborations on the novels The Man With the Compound Eyes and The Stolen Bicycle. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Come join an award-w inning literary duo\, Taiwanese author Wu Ming-Yi and Canadian translator D r Darryl Sterk\, for a lunchtime discussion of their collaborations on the novels The Man With the Compound Eyes and The Stolen Bicycle. Science ficti on author Ursula K. Le Guin wrote of The Man With the Compound Eyes: “We ha ven’t read anything like this novel. Ever. South America gave us magical re alism—what is Taiwan giving us? A new way of telling our new reality\, beau tiful\, entertaining\, frightening\, preposterous\, true. . . . Wu Ming-Yi treats human vulnerability and the world’s vulnerability with fearless tend erness.”

    This event is sponsored by the Taiwan Academy\, the UBC Depa rtment of Asian Studies\, and the UBC Institute of Asian Research.

    Lu nch provided – please RSVP at the link below by October 23.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-stolen-bicycle-a-conver sation-with-taiwanese-author-wu-ming-yi-and-translator-darryl-sterk/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/10/The-Stolen-Bicycle-768x480.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191009T1732Z-1570642351.7827-EO-31886-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191004T220434Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191004T220722Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191025T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191025T170000 SUMMARY: Korean Webtoons’ Transmedia Storytelling: Towards Big Screen Cultu re in the Twenty-First Century DESCRIPTION: By employing media convergence supported by transmedia storyte lling as a theoretical framework\, Dal Yong Jin will historicize the emerge nce of webtoon culture. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Dr. Dal Yong Jin is Distinguished SFU Prof essor. He completed his Ph.D at the Institute of Communications Research at the University of Illinois\, Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Jin’s major research an d teaching interests are digital platforms and digital games\, globalizatio n and media\, transnational cultural studies\, and the political economy of media and culture.

    By employing media convergence supported by trans media storytelling as a theoretical framework\, Dr. Jin will historicize th e emergence of webtoon culture. It divides the evolution of webtoon culture to big-screen culture into three periods according to the surrounding new media ecology developed in Korea. It then investigates how webtoons have be come a resource for transmedia storytelling. Finally\, it articulates the r easons why webtoon culture is becoming big-screen culture with the case of “Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds”\, which has transformed from a popula r webtoon to one of the most successful movies.

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    Event Poster

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/korean-webtoons-transmedia- storytelling-towards-big-screen-culture-in-the-twenty-first-century/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191027T0024Z-1572135859.178-EO-32029-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191018T231709Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191018T235149Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191026T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191026T170000 SUMMARY: Shastra Aur Prayoga: Intersections between Text and Practice in In dian Classical Performing Arts DESCRIPTION: The Shastra Aur Prayoga Conference aims to explore the interse ctions between text and practice in Indian performing art traditions by bri nging together academics\, musicians\, dancers\, and connoisseurs in dialog ue. The conference\, the brainchild of the Indian Classical Music Society o f Vancouver and Asta Alliance\, is a unique event approaching analyzing top ics in Indian classical performing arts through a multidisciplinary lens. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This event is organized by the Indian Classical Music Society of Vancouver and Asta Alliance\, with support from the Centre for India and South Asia Research\, UBC Green College\, UBC Scho ol of Music\, UBC Bangladeshi Students Association\, UBC Pakistani Students Association\, UTSAV – UBC Indian Students Association\, and UBC Sargam. 

    The Shastra Aur Prayoga Conference aims to explore the intersecti ons between text and practice in Indian performing art traditions by bringi ng together academics\, musicians\, dancers\, and connoisseurs in dialogue. The conference\, the brainchild of the Indian Classical Music Society of V ancouver and Asta Alliance\, is a unique event approaching analyzing topics in Indian classical performing arts through a multidisciplinary lens. It r epresents the breadth of geographies Indian classical performing arts exten ds its reach within and outside of India. The conference is divided into a symposium and a concert. The symposium constitutes of a lecture with an aca demic focus\, and a panel discussion with a focus to bridge the gap between academia and performative practice. The concert portion highlights the per formance aspect of Indian classical performing arts traditions.

    The c onference features the following scholars\, musicians\, and dancers:
    –  Dr. Mandakrant a Bose
    – D r. Thomas Hunter
    – Shri Arijit Mahalanabis
    – Dr. Lakshmi Sreeram
    – Smt. Prajakta T rehan
    – Smt. Sudnya Mulye

    For more information and to register\, please click here< /a>.

    Event Poster

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/shastra-aur-prayoga-interse ctions-between-text-and-practice-in-indian-classical-performing-arts/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190927T1522Z-1569597772.2109-EO-31635-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190927T005357Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190930T213340Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191026T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191026T153000 SUMMARY: Naomi Klein in Conversation with Kathryn Gretsinger DESCRIPTION: The #1 international and New York Times bestselling author Nao mi Klein speaks to the most pressing issue of our time: how bold climate ac tion is essential—not only for environmental survival but also for a just a nd thriving society. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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    Tickets will be available at the door o n a first-come first-serve basis. Arrive early!
    All a dvance reservations have been booked.

    The #1 international a nd New York Times bestselling author Naomi Klein  speaks to the most pressing issue of our time: how bold climate action is e ssential—not only for environmental survival but also for a just and thrivi ng society. Her latest book\, On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green N ew Deal\, gathers more than a decade of her impassioned writing\, pair ing it with new material on the staggeringly high stakes of our immediate p olitical and economic choices. This important\, elegant discussion is bound to provoke and inspire. Don’t miss a chance to hear from one of the essent ial voices of our time.

    Presented in collaboration with the UBC S chool of Public Policy & Global Affairs and the Chan Centre for the Perform ing Arts.

    LOCATION:Chan Centre for the Performing Arts GEO:49.269748;-123.255108 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/naomi-klein-in-conversation -with-kathryn-grestinger/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/09/Naomi-Klein-headshot.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191022T1403Z-1571752993.0008-EO-32024-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191018T224239Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191021T171712Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191028T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191028T163000 SUMMARY: Walk in Canada\, Talk on Japan: Foreign Policy\, Economy\, Culture \, and International Relations DESCRIPTION: Join us for a rare opportunity to engage with emerging young l eaders from Japan led by Ambassador Kenjiro Monji. This public lecture and Q&A will cover a wide variety of topics focusing on Japan’s foreign policy\ , economic policy\, culture\, and more. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us for a rare opportunity to engage w ith emerging young leaders from Japan led by Ambassador Kenjiro Monji. This public lecture and Q&A will cover a wide variety of topics focusing on Jap an’s foreign policy\, economic policy\, culture\, and more. Each member of the delegation will give a short presentation on their field of specialty w ith a Q&A portion to conclude.

    Event Poster

    Delegation Profile:

    Kenjiro Monji

    Mr. Kenjiro Monji was born in Kitakyushu\, Fukuoka in 1952. After gr aduating from the Faculty of Law at Tokyo University\, he entered the Minis try of Foreign Affairs in 1975. In his career at home\, he has served mainl y in the areas of treaties\, national security and cultural exchange in suc h posts as Deputy Director-General of the Treaties Bureau（2003）\, Director- General for International Affairs at the Ministry of Defense （2004） and Dir ector-General for Public Diplomacy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2008 ).  He has worked overseas at nine postings in seven countries. He served a t embassies in France\, Australia\, Belgium and the United Kingdom as well as at the mission to the European Union. Then\, he had assumed four Ambassa dorial posts in Iraq (2007)\, in Qatar (2010)\, at UNESCO (2013) and in Can ada (2015) before finishing his diplomatic carrier in late 2017.

    Amba ssador Monji continues to promote soft power diplomacy in such areas as pop culture and Japanese sake. He is one of 78 Sake Samurais in the world so f ar nominated by the Japan Sake Brewers Association’s Junior Council.  He no w serves FUJITSU Limited as a  Senior Advisor.

     

    K eita　Kakehashi

    Mr. Kakehashi is Corporate Officer\, HR Director for Asia excluding Japan\, and HR Director for key global HR projects at N SG\, one of the world’s largest glass manufacturers. After joining NSG in 1 985\, he worked in various management positions including an eight-year sec ondment to the firm’s US office\, initially based in Lexington\, KY and nex t in NYC\, NY. He was also closely involved in the management integration p rocess\, particularly in the area of HR\, after NSG acquired the UK-listed glass company Pilkington in 2006. He is currently chair of NSG’s Group Incl usion & Diversity Steering Committee.

     

     

    Miho Kurosaki

    Ms. Kurosaki is Head of Japan and Korea R esearch for Bloomberg NEF (BNEF)\, the energy and transport research divisi on of Bloomberg. She leads analysis and research on topics including the im pacts of energy market liberalization. She has also served as a committee m ember on the Climate Change Advisory Panel for Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Prior to BNEF\, she developed Bloomberg’s Environmental\, Social a nd Governance (ESG) analytics platform as senior ESG analyst. Ms. Kurosaki holds an MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London and a BA in Economics from Keio University.

     

     

    J onathan Berkshire Miller

    Mr. Miller is currently a Senior Fello w with the Japan Institute of International Affairs and also Deputy Directo r and Senior Fellow at the Ottawa-based MacDonald Laurier Institute. He als o holds the concurrent roles of Distinguished Fellow with the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada\, Senior Fellow with the Asian Forum Japan and Senior Fellow with the East-West Institute. Mr. Miller previously served in the Ca nadian government—both with the Foreign Ministry and in the area of securit y—for nearly a decade. He is also a regular contributor of articles\, inter views and presentations on East Asian security matters.

     

     

    Saki Matsunaka

    Ms. Matsunaka is curre ntly in her second year at the Fukui University School of Medical Sciences\ , where she is studying with the aim of becoming a practitioner in the fiel d of Obstetrics. Interested in medicine since her high school days\, as a p articipant in Fukui Medical High School—an extracurricular initiative at Fu kui University that aims to develop gifted students into global scientists\ , the doctors and researchers of tomorrow—she had the opportunity to study at the University of Kansas. Furthermore\, after picking up silverware in a Fukui Prefecture-wide English debating competition for high-schoolers\, sh e also attended a study program in Wisconsin.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/walk-in-canada-talk-on-japa n-foreign-policy-economy-culture-and-international-relations/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/10/Walk-in-Canada-Talk-on-Japan-cropped.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190919T2250Z-1568933424.4702-EO-31512-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190919T221818Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200603T210446Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191028T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191028T203000 SUMMARY: Exchange: Millennial Urban Leadership DESCRIPTION: Join us for an exciting Millennial Urban Leadership panel feat uring Vancouver City Councillors\, moderated by UBC professor Gerald Baier. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us for a Millennial Urban Leadership panel featuring Vancouver City Councillors Michael Wiebe ( Green)\, Rebecca Bligh (NPA)\, and Melissa De Genova (NPA) along with commu nity activist\, human rights educator\, and previous OneCity council candid ate Brandon Yan\, moderated by UBC Professor of Political Science\, Gerald Baier. This is intended to be a lively discussion to reflect on the major m unicipal issues facing Vancouver\, as well as the opportunities and challen ges that lie ahead in fostering a welcoming\, safe\, and vibrant city for e veryone.

    Everyone is welcome. This event is free to attend. < /strong>

    A selection of hors d'oeuvres\, coffee/tea and soda/ juice will be provided.

    We encourage youth under 30 to atten d to have an opportunity to hear from and engage with decision-makers meani ngfully on issues that matter to you. The event is a forum for debate and d iscussion\, where difficult questions\, or questions not yet asked in other forums\, are encouraged.

    6:00 PM Refreshments & Network ing
    6:45 PM Program begins

    Indigenous Land Ackn owledgement: Marissa Nahanee\, Maykw Cha7em Squamish & Nisga'a Nations\, Eagle Cla n

    Opening Remarks: Adriaan de Jager\, Associate Vice President\, Government Relations & Community Engagement\, UBC

    Welcome Remarks and Introductions: Jude Crasta\, Cobalt Strategy Group\; Israa Nou reddine\, Student\, Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs

    Panelists:

    • Vancouver City Councillor Michael Wiebe ( Green)

    • Vancouver City Councillor Rebecca Bligh (NPA)

    • Vancou ver City Councillor Melissa De Genova (NPA)

    • Brandon Yan (甄念本)\, com munity activist\, human rights educator\, and an LGBT2Q+ advocate

    Moderator: UBC Professor Gerald Baier\, Political Science\; D irector\, Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions\, UBC

    Speaker Biographies:

    Professor Gerald Baier (Ph.D\, Dalhousie) is Director of the Centre for Democratic Institution s at the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. He has teaching an d research interests in Canadian politics with a focus on the Constitution\ , federalism and public law. He is a regular commentator on federal politic s in national and local media. His past research has explored the role of j udicial decision-making in the shaping of federalism in Canada\, Australia and the United States. He is presently conducting a comprehensive study of the Supreme Court of Canada’s institutional character and processes.

    Councillor Michael Wiebe is a strong supporter of rich cul tural spaces\, accessibility\, social inclusion\, reconciliation\, multi-mo de transportation\, climate change mitigation\, and efficient local governa nce. As a GREEN City Councillor\, he wants to preserve and create new place s and experiences that honor our past\, foster our creativity\, strengthen our identity\, and bring people together. Councillor Wiebe gained extensive leadership experience as a public servant and business leader with the Van couver Park Board (past chair)\, Art House Society (saved the RIO)\, eight ½ restaurant lounge\, Office of the Premier\, Mount Pleasant BIA (president )\, Persons with Disabilities Advisory Committee\, Indigenous Peoples Advis ory Committee\, LGBT2+/TGV2S\, Food Policy Council\, Implementation Committ ee\, and other community groups to better serve this city.

    Co uncillor Rebecca Bligh facilitates programs centered around commun ication and leadership development. She is a passionate supporter of famili es\, education\, and the environment. Councillor Bligh has spent time in Af rica working on sustainable leadership programs by partnering with NGOs in the education and ecological conservation sectors. She is a founder of a lo cal fundraiser SwingIt24. The event has brought together more than 200 part icipants and volunteers in the past three years. Locally\, Councillor Bligh is an activator and leader in her community. Ongoing\, she volunteers in t he kitchen and provides pro-bono coaching and executive development for the Dr. Peter Centre and Dr. Peter Aids Foundation.

    Councillor M elissa De Genova chose to run for City Council with the NPA for ma ny reasons\, including\, adding the voice of a millennial to Vancouver gove rnment and to bring her experience in housing to create affordable and real istic housing solutions in our city\, in light of the Vancouver’s housing c risis. Councillor De Genova is a board director and gala chair for Honour H ouse Society\, a refuge for Canadian Forces\, veterans\, first responders\, and their families to stay\, while they receive medical care in Metro Vanc ouver. In her professional life\, Councillor De Genova is the director of d evelopment for the Vancouver Resource Society\, a non-profit organization\, where she leads initiatives to create and secure accessible housing for pe rsons with disabilities. She holds a political science degree from Simon Fr aser University and has in the past worked in senior management roles for m any companies and organizations in both non-profit and private sectors.

    Brandon Yan (甄念本) is a community activist\, human right s educator\, and an LGBT2Q+ advocate. He is currently the Deputy Executive Director for Out On Screen\, an organization that illuminates\, celebrates\ , and advances queer lives through film\, education\, and dialogue through its two core programs\, The Vancouver Queer Film Festival and Out In School s. Brandon has collaborated with the Ministry of Education\, BC Teachers' F ederation\, and other stakeholders to address the needs of LGBT2Q+ youth th rough policies and practices that foster inclusive and more supportive scho ol environments. Brandon understands that representation of diverse and com plex intersecting identities is important\, and it is this conviction and h is experience that led him run for Vancouver city council in 2018 with OneC ity. His campaign focused on amplifying the voices of renters\, the arts co mmunity\, young people and other groups who are underrepresented in our loc al government. Though he didn't win\, it brought forward important conversa tions on representation\, sexuality\, and race. He has a Masters in Urban S tudies from SFU and served on the City of Vancouver's City Planning Commiss ion from 2014 to 2016.

    Please Note: Councillor Chris tine Boyle can no longer attend this event.

    Co-hoste d by: Cobalt Strategy Group\, the Centre for the Study of Democrat ic Institutions\, and the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs

    With support from UBC Community Engagement and UBC Robson S quare

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    LOCATION:Theatre C300\, UBC Robson Square GEO:49.282863;-123.120705 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/exchange-millennial-urban-l eadership/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/09/Cobalt-Partnershup-Graphics_website-image-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191027T0136Z-1572140201.8929-EO-31987-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191017T191231Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191017T191400Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191030T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191030T130000 SUMMARY: Crossing the Threshold: Home-Leaving and Home-Making in the Works of Japanese Female Directors DESCRIPTION: One could say that “home” is the heart of Japanese cinema. Dr. Laird will introduce her current work in progress: a study of home in the works of contemporary Japanese women directors. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    In this talk\, Dr. Laird will introduce he r current work in progress: a study of home in the works of contemporary Ja panese women directors. One could say that “home” is the heart of Japanese cinema. There are genres and sub-genres of the home in Japanese film\, part icularly of melodrama and\, later\, melodrama’s kissing cousin horror. We m ay easily list genres such as haha mono\, tsuma eiga\, hom u dorama\, kateigeki\, and shōshimingeki as exemplary sub -genres of drama just\, but movies about home\, homecoming\, and the family in their home form the very pillars of Japan’s film history. In the works of contemporary Japanese female filmmakers\, we see a consistent and intentional restructuring of domestic spaces and a return to home as both a physical and emotional manifestation that builds on a legacy of home in J apanese cinema. Depictions of home-leaving and home-making feature largely in the early works of this generation almost uniformly expressed through th e motif of leaving a perceived traditional home in order to make a new fami liarity to call one’s own.

    Colleen A. Laird is an Assistant Pr ofessor of Japanese Studies at the University of British Columbia. Her publ ications include “Imaging a Female Filmmaker: The Director Personas of Nish ikawa Miwa and Ogigami Naoko” (Frames Cinema Journal\, 2013)\, “Star Gazing : Sight Lines and Studio Brands in Postwar Japanese Film Posters” (Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema\, 2011)\, and “Japanese Cinema and the Classr oom” (Jump Cut\, 2010). She is currently working a monograph on Japanese wo men film directors.

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    LOCATION:Room 604\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/crossing-the-threshold-home -leaving-and-home-making-in-the-works-of-japanese-female-directors/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/10/crossing-the-threshold.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191004T0715Z-1570173308.46-EO-31788-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191003T182138Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191115T002548Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191030T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191030T140000 SUMMARY: Is Globalization Doomed? With Pascal Lamy\, President of the Paris Peace Forum DESCRIPTION: Join us for this Policy in Practice series event featuring Pas cal Lamy\, President of the Paris Peace Forum and former Director-General o f the World Trade Organization\, who will speak to the future of globalizat ion. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Watch the video recording of this event below:

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    Join us for this Policy in Practice series event featuring Pascal Lamy\, P resident of the Paris Peace Forum and former Director-General of the World Trade Organization\, who will speak to the future of globalization. Welcome remarks will be provided by Dr. Murali Chandrashekaran\, Vice Provost\, In ternational\, UBC.

    **Please note: This event is sold out. Registered attendees\, please come early to secure your seat! Non-reg istered attendees are welcome to show up at the door but we cannot guarante e seating.

    We will be livestreaming from the SPPGA Facebook page and sharing the link to a video recording on this page following the event.

    Light refresh ments provided.

    Bio: From September 2005 to August 2 013\, Pascal Lamy served for two consecutive terms as General Director of t he World Trade Organization (WTO). A committed European and member of the F rench Socialist party\, he was Chief of Staff for the President of the Euro pean Commission\, Jacques Delors from 1985 to 1994. He then joined the Cred it Lyonnais as CEO until 1999\, before returning to Brussels as European Tr ade Commissioner until 2004. Mr. Lamy holds degrees from HEC School of Mana gement\, the Institut d’Etudes Politiques (IEP) and the Ecole Nationale d’A dministration (ENA).

    Pascal Lamy was appointed in 2019\, President of the Paris Peace Forum. He shares his other activities between the Jacques Delors Institute (President emeritus)\, the presidency of the World Committ ee on Tourism Ethics\, the presidency of the French Committee of the Pacifi c Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) and in as well as various mandates or missions related to international affairs. He is also President of the Boa rd of Directors of the Musiciens du Louvre (Orchestra of Marc Minkowski)\, member of the Board of Directors of the Fondation nationale des Sciences po litiques\, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation\, the Thomson Reuters Founders Share C ompany\, Transparency International France and the Center on Regulation in Europe (CERRE)\; senior advisor to the Brunswick Group\, to Trade Mark East Africa (TMEA) and to the World Trade Board\, member of the Advisory Boards of Transparency International\, the Oxford Martin School. He is affiliate Professor at HEC and at the China International Business School (CEIBS Shan ghaï) and CEPR Distinguished Fellow. He is currently also member of the Glo bal Future Council on regional Governance at the World Economic Forum and m ember of the Orientation Committee of the Colbert Foundation.

    Pascal Lamy is author of various books and reports on global governance\, Europe a nd international trade. His latest publications are: Oxford Martin Commissi on: “Now for the long term” (2013)\; “The Geneva Consensus” (Cambridge Univ ersity Press\, 2013)\; “Quand la France s’éveillera” (Odile Jacob\, 2014)\, Où va le monde ? (Odile Jacob\, 2017)

    Pascal Lamy also lectures to t he benefit of Institut Jacques Delors among other engagments\, on issues re lated to globalisation\, global governance\, international trade\, internat ional economics\, regional integration\, European and French issues.

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    Co-hosted by: The School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, the Department of Political Science\, Sauder School of Business\ , and the Vancouver School of Economics.

    LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/is-globalization-doomed-wit h-pascal-lamy-president-of-the-paris-peace-forum/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/10/Pascal-Lamy-portrait-3Mo.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191018T1659Z-1571417960.5992-EO-31956-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191016T224536Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191016T224536Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191101T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191101T160000 SUMMARY: Democracy in Brazil Today: Round Table DESCRIPTION: Participants from a variety of disciplines will speak accordin g to their area of expertise and research\, and to the effects of changes w ithin Brazilian\, Latin American and global contexts. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Given the drastic and rapid political\, social\, economic and env ironmental changes occurring in Brazil today\, we will host a round table d iscussion to examine the impacts of these changes on Brazil’s democracy. Pa rticipants from a variety of disciplines will speak according to their area of expertise and research\, and to the effects of these changes within Bra zilian\, Latin American and global contexts.

    Panelists:

    • Jon Beas ley-Murray\, Latin American Studies
    • Maxwell Cameron\, School of Pub lic Policy and Global Affairs
    • Vinicius Cavicchioli Azevedo\, Biolog ical Science SFU
    • Claudio Ferraz\, School of Economics
    • Regia ne Garcia\, School of Population and Public Health
    • Nuno Porto\, Mus eum of Anthropology
    • Jeannie Shoveller\, School of Population and Pu blic Health
    • LaShandra Sullivan\, Anthropology Reed College
    • Rafael Wainer\, Anthropology and Sociology
    • Hannah Wittman\, Faculty of Land and Food Systems

    Organized by: Regiane Garcia (School of Pop ulation and Public Health)\, Maxwell Cameron (School of Public Policy and G lobal Affairs) and Alessandra Santos (Latin American Studies)

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    The University of British Columbia’s School of Public Polic y and Global Affairs is transforming policy education through innovative in struction that bridges essential theory and professional practice\, includi ng our signature Global Policy Project.

    In our Master of Public Polic y and Global Affairs\, you’ll study with students from around the world\, g aining critical skills and a global perspective to help you to confront the most urgent issues of our time from sustainability to social change\, inte rnational development to governance.

    Applications are open for Fall 2 020. Register for our Q&A information session featuring our Graduate Direct or\, alumni and students and see if our program is the right fit for you! T he session will be live-streamed on our UBC School of Public Policy and Gl obal Affairs Facebook page\, on Nov. 1 from 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM PST.

    < p>*Be sure to “like” the SPPGA Facebook page to receive a notification when the live stream begins\, or visit our Facebook page during your preferred time.

    Disclaimer: Please note that by using this service\, your information will be stored on the Eventbrite server\, which is located outside Canada. If you do not wish to use this service\, please email mppga.program@ubc.ca directly to register. Thank you.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/online-master-of-public-pol icy-and-global-affairs-info-session-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/09/191101-MPPGA-Online-Info-Session-Graphics_FB_Site.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191022T0647Z-1571726851.2829-EO-32031-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191018T232601Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191018T232614Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191102T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191102T180000 SUMMARY: Patterns of Political Violence: 35 Years Since 1984 DESCRIPTION: This event features two filmmakers to screen and discuss their films\, as well as one scholar and two journalists whose work addresses th e violence in 1984 and other parallel incidents in post-colonial India\, fo r a day-long event. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This event is in collaboration with th e Interdisciplinary Histories R esearch Cluster\, SANSAD\, the Dr. Hari Sharma Foundation\, and with th e support of the Office of the Dean of Arts.

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    Th is event features two filmmakers to screen and discuss their films\, as wel l as one scholar and two journalists whose work addresses the violence in 1 984 and other parallel incidents in post-colonial India\, for a day-long ev ent. Teenaa Kaur’s film\, “1984 – When the Sun Didn’t Rise\,” provides a co mprehensive account of the Sikh women in Delhi who survived the 1984 massac re\, their emotions\, and their continuing fight for justice. Nakul Sawhney ’s “Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai” or “Muzaffarnagar Eventually…\,” docu ments the orchestrated “riots” against Muslims in a small city in Uttar Pra desh\, an incident that is widely held to have enabled the victory of the B haratiya Janata Party or BJP at the national level in 2014. Neha Dixit is a n independent journalist who has done ground-breaking work on violence agai nst women and communal violence in India\; in 2016 she exposed the traffick ing of adivāsī girls for “hinduization.” Kaur\, Sawhney and Dixit will be joined by local scholar Kamal Arora (Ph.D.\, UBC)\, whose dissertat ion addresses the experience of women in the “women’s colony” that Kaur’s f ilm addresses\, and Gurpreet Singh\, a local journalist who has written wid ely on politics and violence in India today – and connections to the Indo C anadian community.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/32031/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191022T1323Z-1571750619.46-EO-31999-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191017T232645Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191029T164835Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191105T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191105T140000 SUMMARY: National Versus Human Security: Australian and Canadian Military I nterventions DESCRIPTION: Dr Gregory MacCallion will conduct a presentation of findings for his entitled: ‘Human security is dead\; long live human security’. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    National Versus Human Security: Au stralian and Canadian Military Interventions\, with Greg M acCallion

    Light refreshments offered. Please RSVP.

    < p>Dr Gregory MacCallion will conduct a presentation of findings for his ent itled: ‘Human security is dead\; long live human security’. By examining tw o military interventions that have defined the post-Cold War period\, Somal ia (1992-1995) and Afghanistan (2001-2014)\, Dr MacCallion argues that for Australia and Canada\, the concept of human security works better in practi ce than it does in theory. For when human security was first advanced in 19 94\, debates raged. It was argued that the concept needed an agreed and art iculated definition before it could have policy relevance or applicability.

    Dr MacCallion argues that the core concept of human security has alt ered states’ understanding of traditional national security during the impl ementation of military interventions. The experience of Australia and Canad a over this period demonstrates that the concept of human security is becom ing more relevant to states\, and their policy makers and military planners \, as they conduct military interventions.

    The book\, Nationa l Versus Human Security: Australian and Canadian Military Interventions\, draws on extensive primary research\, including over 70 original in terviews with Prime Ministers (John Howard\, Brian Mulroney)\, Defence Mini sters (John McCallum\, Brendan Nelson)\, Foreign Ministers (Bill Graham\, G areth Evans\, Alexander Downer)\, Chiefs of Defence (Peter Gration\, Johnat han Vance)\, along with input from commanders in the field\, diplomats and development workers. The research provides unprecedented access to the key actors and decision makers who shaped the political articulation and implem entation of these missions. Dr MacCallion’s presentation will overview the book and also introduce the new way forward for human security.

    Bio: Gregory MacCallion is a Visiting Fellow at the Strategic a nd Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University. He holds a PhD in International Relations from the Australian National University. He has published book chapters\, journal articles\, and presented at internat ional conferences on security theory\, strategy\, foreign policy\, and deve lopment. He is a specialist in Australian and Canadian defence issues.

    < p>Hosted by: UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affair s

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    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Case Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/australian-academic-book-to ur-national-versus-human-security/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/10/Greg-MacCallion-Graphics_Facebook.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191102T0103Z-1572656616.9948-EO-32230-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191101T195453Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191101T200458Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191107T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191107T170000 SUMMARY: Is It Worth It? Building Opposition Alliances in Electoral Autocra cies DESCRIPTION: The Centre for Southeast Asia Research (CSEAR) is hosting a ta lk this coming Thursday (November 7) by Dr. Elvin Ong\, postdoctoral fellow at CSEAR. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Centre for South east Asia Research (CSEAR) is hosting a talk this coming Thursday (November 7) by Dr. Elvin Ong\, postdoctoral fellow at CSEAR. The event is open to t he public. A light snack will be provided.

    RSVP at the link above.

    LOCATION:Case Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/is-it-worth-it-building-opp osition-alliances-in-electoral-autocracies/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/elvin-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191022T1439Z-1571755192.2086-EO-32033-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191018T233228Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191018T233228Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191107T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191107T183000 SUMMARY: Fanning the Flames: the ZXX Study and Maternal and Infant Health C anada’s Research DESCRIPTION: Will the re-emergence of traditional health knowledge in India \, in the form of the AYUSH Ministry and otherwise\, improve the health of women and children? Maternal and Infant Health Canada is studying this ques tion with our partners in India and we’ll present our ideas in progress. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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    Will the re-emergence of traditional health knowledge in India\, in the form of the AYUSH Ministry a nd otherwise\, improve the health of women and children? Maternal and Infan t Health Canada is studying this question with our partners in India and we ’ll present our ideas in progress. Want to hear life stories of Parsi women ? The ZXX project is an oral herstory study conducted by and for the Parsi community. We’ll discuss the project and it’s Canadian and Indian participa nts.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/fanning-the-flames-the-zxx- study-and-maternal-and-infant-health-canadas-research/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191027T0558Z-1572155938.9807-EO-32155-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191025T210116Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191025T210116Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191108T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191108T140000 SUMMARY: The Return of Chen Ching Lin: A Chinese Deserter in the British Ra j\, 1943-46 DESCRIPTION: During World War II\, more than fifty thousand Chinese soldier s were sent to India for training. This talk not only unearths the little-k nown experience of the Chinese deserters in India\, but also explores how C hinese nationalist government’s aim to discipline the overseas Chinese comm unities conflicted with the agenda of the British geopolitics. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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    During Wor ld War II\, more than fifty thousand Chinese soldiers were sent to India fo r training. Many of them\, however\, deserted from the army and made their livings across India. Chen Ching Lin was one of these deserters. Focusing o n the trajectory of Chen Ching Lin’s trip in India from 1943 to 1946\, this article not only unearths the little-known experience of the Chinese deser ters in India\, but also explores how Chinese nationalist government’s aim to discipline the overseas Chinese communities conflicted with the agenda o f the British geopolitics. It further contends that modern Chinese and Indi an history could be integrated into a single narrative framework from subal tern perspectives.

     

    ABOUT THE SPEAKER 

    Cao Yin is associate professor in the Department of History and Cyrus Tang Scholar at Tsinghua University. He works on modern Indian history\, global history\, and India-China connections in the twentieth century. His first b ook\, From Policemen to Revolutionaries: A Sikh Diaspora in Global Shang hai\, 1885-1945\, was published by Brill in 2018. He also published res earch articles in Journal of World History\, Indian Historical Re view\, Britain and the World\, and Frontiers of History in Ch ina. He is now working on a project that explores how India was turned into China’s home front during World War II.

     

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-return-of-chen-ching-li n-a-chinese-deserter-in-the-british-raj-1943-46/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/10/stijn-swinnen-qwe8TLRnG8k-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191026T0328Z-1572060492.4991-EO-32165-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191025T214919Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191025T214919Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191108T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191108T170000 SUMMARY: Reflections on Providing Humanitarian Aid in North Korea and Other Authoritarian Settings DESCRIPTION: Increasingly\, international and domestic aid workers provide humanitarian aid in countries with authoritarian governments. One of the ma ny dilemmas is ensuring that the most vulnerable receive the allocated aid while concurrently liaising and coordinating with national and local govern ment entities who often don’t prioritize the needs of their at-risk populat ions. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Christy Gavitt began her overseas career a s a Peace Corps volunteer in South Korea from 1974-76\, followed by a year- long internship with CARE-Korea. She then worked overseas in international relief and development programs for 32 years\, 19 of those years with CARE- USA.  Her assignments included emergency programs in Pakistan\, Somalia\, C had\, Mozambique\, Somaliland\, North Korea and Rwanda. From 2000\, she man aged HIV/AIDS and mother-child health programs in Mali\, Togo\, Namibia and Tanzania.

    After returning to the US\, she worked for over five years as the Senior Health Coordinator with the American Red Cross in Washington DC.  She is currently a global health consultant.

    Increasingly\, int ernational and domestic aid workers provide humanitarian aid in countries w ith authoritarian governments. One of the many dilemmas is ensuring that th e most vulnerable receive the allocated aid while concurrently liaising and coordinating with national and local government entities who often don’t p rioritize the needs of their at-risk populations. Despite these obstacles\, aid organizations should make every effort to ensure that they can be phys ically present in the country over the life of the project. The potential b enefits to be gained by both the aid organization and the population that a id workers come in contact with can potentially exceed the obstacles and fr ustrations experienced by the NGO. During a six-month period in 1998 and 19 99\, the presenter was employed by the Private Voluntary Organization for N orth Korea\, a consortium of five US non-governmental relief agencies. Alon g with six other colleagues\, she carried out project assessments and the s ubsequent monitoring of the distribution of 150\,000 MT of US Government-co ntributed maize and wheat through 152 food-for-work projects in seven provi nces in North Korea.  The projects focused on the repair of embankments tha t had been damaged by the previous years’ floods.  This job entailed repeat ed contact with as many as 300 North Korean senior counterpart officials.  Ms. Gavitt was one of the three Korean speakers on the team.

     

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/reflections-on-providing-hu manitarian-aid-in-north-korea-and-other-authoritarian-settings/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191031T1917Z-1572549435.2419-EO-32209-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191030T234652Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191030T235133Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191112T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191112T193000 SUMMARY: Screening: Echoes of the Rainbow DESCRIPTION: Want to take a study break—come join students of HKSI for a fr ee screening of this heart-warming\, award-winning film by director Alex La w. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Screening

    Tuesday\, 12 November 2019 \, 5:30 pm
    Echoes of the Rainbow 歲月神偷 (2010)
    Dir ector: Alex Law
    Cast: Simon Yam\, Sandra Kwan Yue Ng\, Aarif Rahman
    Food\, Nutrition and Health Bldg (FNH) 30\, UBC
    2205 East Mall\, Va ncouver (Map)
    Chinese and English subtitles

    Free admission

    “The ups and downs of a Hong Kong family and their shoe shop as seen through the eyes of their eccentric eight-year-old son.”

    Want to take a study break—come join students of HKSI for a fr ee screening of this heart-warming\, award-winning film by director Alex La w.

    This social event is organized by the Hong Kong Studies Initiative and co-hosted by the Cantonese Language Program\, Department of Asian Studies\, De partment of History\, and Centre for Chinese Research.

     

    Ev ent Poster

    LOCATION:Room 30\, Food\, Nutrition and Health Building GEO:49.263986;-123.250055 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/screening-echoes-of-the-rai nbow/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/10/20191112Film-Screeening-Poster-2x1_thumb-1024x512.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191031T1942Z-1572550975.5449-EO-32217-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191030T235752Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191030T235933Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191113T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191113T160000 SUMMARY: A Chinese Melting Pot: Original People and Immigrants in Hong Kong ’s First ‘New Town’ DESCRIPTION: Book Launch Wednesday\, 13 November 2019\, 2:00 pm A Chinese M elting Pot: Original People and Immigrants in Hong Kong’s First ‘New Town’ Dr. Elizabeth Lominska Johnson and Dr. Graham E. Johnson 120\, C. K. Choi B uilding\, UBC 1855 West Mall\, Vancouver Reception and book sale to follow presentations Drawing on research in anthropology and sociology […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Book Launch

    Wednesday\, 13 November 2019\, 2:00 pm
    A Chinese Melting Pot: Original People and Immigrants in Ho ng Kong’s First ‘New Town’
    Dr. Elizabeth Lominska Johnson and Dr. Graham E. Johnson
    120\, C. K. Choi Building\, UBC
    1855 West Mall\ , Vancouver

    Reception and book sale to follow presentations< /p>

    Drawing on research in anthropology and sociology conducted over the past fifty years\, as well as lived experience\, Elizabeth and Graham Johns on have produced a study of the mid-twentieth century transformation of a r ural district in Hong Kong’s New Territories into a chaotic industrial city . Conditions deteriorated to the point that the colonial government had to abandon its laissez-faire policy and designate it the first ‘new town’ on t he British town planning model. By the 1980s\, dramatic change on both side s of the border resulted in its development into a post-industrial city.

    Their work has implications beyond its specific location: scholars of h istory\, anthropology and sociology\, urban planning\, ethnomusicology\, wo men’s studies\, political science\, ethnic relations\, and China studies in general will find it meaningful—and the authors hope that it may help to p rovide insight into the unforeseen challenges facing contemporary Hong Kong .

    Tsuen Wan was incorp orated into Hong Kong’s New Territories in 1898. The original inhabitants w ere Hakka\, and settled the area in the 18th century. They were guaranteed land rights\, which were central to later developments\, by the colonial go vernment. After the Japanese war\, the town was overwhelmed by vast numbers of immigrants fleeing war and revolution and seeking employment in rapidly -developing industries established by immigrant Shanghai entrepreneurs. The newcomers were welcomed as tenants\, but in the absence of firm planning g uidelines\, their numbers far exceeded the town’s ability to house them. Th e original inhabitants were firmly rooted in villages and elaborate kinship organizations\; the immigrants similarly relied on voluntary associations to help them face the many challenges that change brought into their lives. Over time\, and especially under Governor MacLehose\, the government becam e more interventionist and developed Tsuen Wan as the first ‘new town’ in t he New Territories. In recent years\, the culture of the original inhabitan ts has become diluted and differences among immigrants have diminished as a ll have assumed a general Hong Kong identity.

    The authors began study ing Tsuen Wan while earning their PhDs at Cornell University. Both spent th eir professional careers at the University of British Columbia. Eli zabeth Lominska Johnson was curator at the Museum of Anthropology\ , while Graham E. Johnson was professor of sociology.

    < p id="RF">This event is co-hosted by: Hong K ong Studies Initiative\, Museum of Anthropology\, Department of Sociology\, Department of Asian Studies\, De partment of History\, and Centre for Chinese Research.

     

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/a-chinese-melting-pot-origi nal-people-and-immigrants-in-hong-kongs-first-new-town/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/10/chinese-melting-pot.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191026T0725Z-1572074707.7345-EO-32158-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191025T212016Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191025T212833Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191114T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191114T183000 SUMMARY: Law\, Empire and the Institutional Conditions of Sikh Citizenship in British Columbia\, 1900-1947 DESCRIPTION: Until 1947\, Sikh and South Asian populations were denied lega l citizenship in Canada. This talk pursues the specific forms of Sikh citiz enship that emerged and transformed through the workings of gurdwaras\, lum ber mills\, and diasporic presses\, especially as they figured in the polit ical landscapes of empire and racial nationalism. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This event is in collaboration with th e Interdisciplinary Histories R esearch Cluster\, and is co-sponsored by the Dr. Hari Sharma Fo undation\, and the Department of Asia n Studies.

    Abstract

    Until 1947\, Sikh and South Asia n populations were denied legal citizenship in Canada. Yet\, archival recor ds gesture to the complex institutional apparatuses that mediated the polit ical status of Sikh communities in British Columbia before and after they w ere enfranchised. This talk pursues the specific forms of Sikh citizenship that emerged and transformed through the workings of gurdwaras\, lumber mil ls\, and diasporic presses\, especially as they figured in the political la ndscapes of empire and racial nationalism.

    Presenter

    Bonar Buffam\, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Irving K Barber School of Arts and Sciences at UBC’s Okanagan Campus. He is currentl y working on a SSHRC-funded project on the changing political circumstances of religious minorities in Western Canada.  His research has been publishe d in Theoretical Criminology\, Identities\, Sikh Formations\, and Cultural Studies.

     

    Event Poster

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/law-empire-and-the-institut ional-conditions-of-sikh-citizenship-in-british-columbia-1900-1947/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191102T0101Z-1572656461.1738-EO-32238-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191101T200430Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191101T202156Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191114T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191114T190000 SUMMARY: The Dilemma of Faith in Modern Japanese Literature DESCRIPTION: Dr. Tomasi explores the reasons for these authors’ ultimate re jection of Christianity\, examining the process of their conversion and unv eiling the significant influence that this had on their self-construction a nd their literary production. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Abstract: The spread of P rotestant Christianity in late nineteenth-century Japan generated excitemen t among intellectuals\, and a considerable number of writers converted duri ng their youth. Virtually all of these writers\, however\, eventually relin quished their faith\, casting doubt on the possible impact that such religi ous experience had on the development of their narrative. Drawing from his recent book The Dilemma of Faith in Modern Japanese Literature: Metapho rs of Christianity (New York and London:  Routledge\, 2018)\, Dr. Toma si explores the reasons for these authors’ ultimate rejection of Christiani ty\, examining the process of their conversion and unveiling the significan t influence that this had on their self-construction and their literary pro duction.  He will also introduce his current work on the interface between the Meiji and Taishō Christian experience and the intriguing developments t hat followed —most notably the prominence of Catholicism among the writers of the postwar period.

    Massimiliano Tomasi is Pro fessor of Japanese and Director of the Center for East Asian Studies at Wes tern Washington University. He earned a PhD in Japanese from Nagoya Univers ity. Publications include Rhetoric in Modern Japan: Western Influences on the Development of Narrative and Oratorical Style (University of Ha waii Press\, 2004)\; The Literary Theory of Shimamura Hōgetsu (1871-191 8) and the Development of Feminist Discourse in Modern Japan (Mellen\, 2008)\; and The Dilemma of Faith in Modern Japanese Literature: Metaph ors of Christianity (Routledge\, 2018). He is also the editor of R eligion and Spirituality in Japanese Literature (Association for Japan ese Literary Studies\, 2016).

     

    Event Poster

    LOCATION:Room 604\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-dilemma-of-faith-in-mod ern-japanese-literature/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/Copy-of-THE-DILEMA-OF-FAITH-IN-JAPAN-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191114T1106Z-1573729573.1734-EO-32374-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191113T235522Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191114T003144Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191115T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191115T121500 SUMMARY: Coup in Bolivia? What Next? DESCRIPTION: UBC’s Latin American Studies Program presents a “Beyond the He adlines” forum. Enjoy context and informed analysis of current events. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    UBC’s Latin American Studies Program prese nts a “Beyond the Headlines” forum. Enjoy context and informed analysis of current events.

    With

    Max Cameron (Acting Director\, SPPGA\; UBC Political Science)\, Juan Felipe Hernández (UBC FHIS)\, Rodolfo Ortiz (UBC FHIS)\, and Zaraí Toledo Orozco (UBC Political Science).

    All welcome .

    Co-sponsored by the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions .

    Event Poster

    LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/coup-in-bolivia-what-next/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/Capture.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191031T1932Z-1572550372.9375-EO-32206-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191030T234141Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191101T201709Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191115T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191115T190000 SUMMARY: Clerical Privileges and the Jurisdiction of the Buddhist Clergy: D o They Exist? DESCRIPTION: Drawing on cases presented in Buddhist legal texts (Vinaya) fr om different traditions preserved in Sanskrit\, Pāli\, Chinese\, and Tibeta n\, Cuilan Liu challenges the Orientalist assumption that Buddhism is “lawl ess.” X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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    The demarcation and maintenance of jurisdictional boundaries between religious institutions and lay society have been at the center of the conflict between religion and the state since the formation of early Bu ddhism. Drawing on cases presented in Buddhist legal texts (Vinaya) from si x different traditions preserved in Sanskrit\, Pāli\, Chinese\, and Tibetan \, Cuilan Liu challenges the Orientalist assumption that Buddhism is “lawle ss.” She argues that despite using a less aggressive strategy to settle jur isdictional boundaries with the state\, Buddhist clergy in ancient India we re not only interested in creating and implementing Buddhist canon law to g overn Buddhist adherents but were also ambitious and strategic in securing legal privileges and jurisdictional autonomy in their interactions with the state.

    Bio of Speaker

    Cuilan Liu is an Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. She received her PhD from Harvard University in 2014\, where she had also made a documentary film Young Jigme screened at t he 2015 International Jean Rouch Film Festival in Paris. Her research focus es on the legal interaction between Buddhism and the state in China\, Tibet \, and India. Her publications have appeared in the Journal of Chinese Reli gions\, the Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies\, the Journal of the American Oriental Society\, and the Journal of Indian Ph ilosophy.

    This event is co-sponsored by the Tianzhu Buddhist Netw ork and the UBC Department of Asian Studies.

     

    Event Poster

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/clerical-privileges-and-the -jurisdiction-of-the-buddhist-clergy-do-they-exist-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/10/Cuilan-Liu_Headshot.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191108T2219Z-1573251579.2771-EO-32323-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191108T214707Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191108T214938Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191115T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191115T180000 SUMMARY: Crisis in Kashmir: How We Got Here and What is Happening DESCRIPTION: This event includes a film screening (Jashan-a-Azadi) and disc ussion with filmmaker\, Sanjay Kak. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Orga nized by the Centre for India and South Asia Research\, with support from t he Interdisciplinary Histories Research Cluster and Stand with Kashmir UBC.  

    This event includes a film screening (Jashan-a-Azadi) and discussion with filmmaker\, Sanjay Kak.

    Event Poster

    LOCATION:Room 103\, Buchanan A GEO:49.269076;-123.254727 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/crisis-in-kashmir-how-we-go t-here-and-what-is-happening/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/kashmire.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191106T1951Z-1573069863.4807-EO-32284-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191104T232836Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191112T205149Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191118T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191118T150000 SUMMARY: Canada-China Relations Forum DESCRIPTION: Join us for a conversation with experts organized by UBC Maste r of Public Policy and Global Affairs students on how should Canada navigat e the increasingly complex Canada-US-China relationship. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
    Canada China Relations Forum


    How should Canada navigate the increasingly complex Canada-US -China relationship?

    Join us for a conversation with experts organized by UBC Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs student s on how should Canada navigate the increasingly complex Canada-US-China re lationship. Light refreshments will be provided. Please RSVP.

    Followi ng the detention of Meng Wanzhou—the CFO of Chinese company Huawei—China-Ca nada relations have hit their lowest point since 1989. The relationship has suffered.

    The current diplomatic crisis poses unprecedented challeng es to the relationship between Canada and China. Compounding\, if not the c ause of\, the ongoing dispute between Canada and China are the policies of the US Trump administration. Since its election\, the Trump administration has engaged in a trade war with China. Canada’s closest neighbor\, economic partner\, and ally has pursued an aggressive “zero-sum” economic policy to wards China (though not only China) with serious diplomatic and economic im plications for the Canada-China relationship. As a result of these developm ents brought on by “America First” policies\, Canada needs to modernize its diplomatic strategy when approaching Canada-China-US relations.

    To d o that\, a myriad of questions needs to be answered first. What is the natu re of the US-China dispute\, and how can it best be resolved? How Can Canad a best deal with China in matters relating to the US? How can Canada best d eal with the US in matters relating to China? Fundamentally\, what interest s do the three countries share in common\, and in what areas do they have c onflicting interests? What changes might the latest Canadian federal electi on bring to the Canada-China-US relationship?

    Ultimately\, we will ap proach The Question: How should Canada navigate the increasingly complex Ca nada-US-China relationship?

    A conversation with experts:

    • D r. Brian Job- Professor of Political Science and a resident Faculty Associa te of School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of Briti sh Columbia
    • Dr. Yves Tiberghien- Professor of Political Science\, F aculty Associate in the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the U niversity of British Columbia
    • Dr. Jeremy Paltiel- Professor of Poli tics\, Government and Foreign Policies of Asia (China and Japan)\, Developm ent Politics at Carleton University
    • Dr. Yuezhi Zhao- Professor of C ommunication and Canada Research Chair at Simon Fraser University
    • D r. Jessica Wang- Associate Professor for the Department of History at the U niversity of British Columbia
    • Dr. Stephen McGurk- Former Vice-Presi dent\, Program and Partnership Branch at the International Development Rese arch Centre

    Disclaimer: Please note that by re gistering via Eventbrite\, your information will be stored on the Eventbrit e server\, which is located outside Canada. If you do not wish to use this service\, please email brayden.pelham@alumni.ubc.ca directly to register. T hank you.

    Hosted by: Students in the UBC Master of P ublic Policy and Global Affairs at the School of Public Policy and Global A ffairs

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Allard School of Law- Franklin Lew Forum (Room 101) GEO:49.269996;-123.253280 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/canada-china-relations-foru m/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/dragon.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191027T0502Z-1572152530.7937-EO-32162-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191025T213536Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191112T204515Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191118T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191118T170000 SUMMARY: Afghanistan: Regional Cooperation and International Partnership Pr ospect for Peace and Stability DESCRIPTION: Join us for this talk with Ambassador Soroosh on Afghanistan: Regional Cooperation and International Partnership\, Prospect for Peace and Stability. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us for this talk with Ambassa dor Soroosh on Afghanistan: Regional Cooperation and International Partners hip\, Prospect for Peace and Stability

    Opening Remar ks

    3:00 - 3:10 PM - Welcoming Remarks by Mr. Zahir Faqiri\, Director of GCAI- UBC

    3:10 - 3:20 PM - Opening Remarks by Prof. Mural i\, Vice Provost-International - UBC

    3:20 - 3:30 PM - Remarks by Ms. Aida\, Member of Afghan Student Association-UBC on Women Education in Afgha nistan.

    3:30 - 3:40 PM - Remarks by Prof. Shelley Hymel\, Faculty of Education and Mr. Tim Laidler\, Veteran served in Afghanistan\, Faculty of Education UBC

    KEYNOTE SPEAKER

    3:40 - 4:20 PM - H.E. Hassan Soroosh\, Ambassador of Afghanistan to Canada

    Af ghanistan: Regional Cooperation and International Partnership\, the prospec t for Peace and Stability

    Speaker Bio: H.E. Hassan Soroosh\, Ambassador of Afghanistan to Canada

    Ambassador Hassan Soroosh has more than 17 years of experience with the Ministry of Fo reign Affairs of Afghanistan working in different capacities in Kabul and a t various Afghan missions abroad. Mr. Soroosh’s main positions prior to thi s post and during his career with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghan istan include: Director General for Economic Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan in Kabul\; Charge d’Affaires at the Embassy and Permanent Mission of Afghanistan in Vienna\; Counselor at the Embassy of Afghanistan in Washington\, DC\; Deputy Director General for Economic Af fairs\; Director of Regional Cooperation\; Acting Director of Human Rights Department\; and Second Secretary at the Embassy of Afghanistan in Tokyo.

    Q & A Session

    4:25 - 5:00 PM

    The Q & A session by Prof. Yves Tiberghien\, Department of Political Science\, UBC

    Sponsors: The UBC VP International Office\, Veteran s served in Afghanistan (UBC Faculty of Education)\, and Voice of Diversity (Partnership Afghanistan-Canada).

     

    Event Poster

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/afghanistan-regional-cooper ation-and-international-partnership-prospect-for-peace-and-stability/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/10/Image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191102T0101Z-1572656489.3876-EO-32247-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191101T204432Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191101T204432Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191119T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191119T183000 SUMMARY: Ground Down by Growth: Tribe\, Caste\, Class and Inequality in 21s t Century India DESCRIPTION: Alpa Shah presents her co-authored ‘Ground Down by Growth: Tri be\, Caste\, Class and Inequality in 21st Century India’\, listed as a 2018 Book of the Year by The Hindu newspaper. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This event is in coll aboration with the Department of Anthropolog y\, Department of Asian Studies\, South Asian Network for Secularism and Democrac y (SANSAD)\, David Lam Centre (SFU)\, Sc hool for International Studies (SFU)\, Institute for the Humanities (SFU)\, and Indian Summer Festival. 

    Abstrac t

    Alpa Shah presents her co-authored ‘Ground Down by Growth: Trib e\, Caste\, Class and Inequality in 21st Century India’\, listed as a 2018 Book of the Year by The Hindu newspaper. While the world marvels at India’s economic growth rates\, inequality is rising and the country’s ‘untouchable’ and ‘tribal’ communities – who make up a stagge ring one in twenty-five people across the globe – remain at the bottom of t he economic and social hierarchy. How and why is this the case? In conversa tion with economists\, a team of anthropologists lived with Adivasis (‘trib es’) and Dalits (‘untouchables’) in five different sites across India to an swer this question. They show how capitalism is entrenching social d ifference\, transforming traditional forms of identity-based discrimination into new mechanisms of exploitation and oppression. Inherited inequalities of power are merging with the super-exploitation of migrant labour\, and t he conjugated oppression of class\, caste\, tribe and gender. The struggles against these inequalities are considered.

    Presenter

    Alpa Sh ah was raised in Nairobi\, read Geography at Cambridge and completed her Ph D in Anthropology at the London School of Economics\, where she now teaches as Associate Professor. She is the author of Nightmarch (a finalist for the 2019 Orwell Prize for Political Writing\, a 2018 Book of the Year for the New Statesman\, the Scroll and History Workshop\, a Hindu Year in R eview Book and a Hong Kong Free Press Best Human Rights Book)\, In the S hadows of the State (2010) and Ground Down by Growth (2018) whic h is co-authored with Jens Lerche\, Richard Axelby\, Dalel Benbabaali\, Bre ndan Donegan\, Jayaseelan Raj and Vikramaditya Thakur. She has reported for BBC Radio 4 and the World Service and co-curated the photo exhibition\, Behind the Indian Boom.

    Event Poster

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ground-down-by-growth-tribe -caste-class-and-inequality-in-21st-century-india/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/ground-down-by-growth-tribe-caste-class-and-inequality-in-21st-century-india.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191102T0056Z-1572656212.854-EO-32251-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191101T205156Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191101T205205Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191120T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191120T140000 SUMMARY: Paradoxes of the Popular: Crowd Politics in Bangladesh DESCRIPTION: In this talk\, Nusrat S. Chowdhury discusses her new book\, Pa radoxes of the Popular: Crowd Politics in Bangladesh\, in which she makes a compelling case for the crowd as a defining feature and a foundational for ce of democratic practices in South Asia. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Abstract

    In this talk\, Nusrat S. Chowdhury discusses her new book\, Paradoxes of the Popular: Crowd Politics in Bangladesh\, in which she makes a compelling case for the crowd as a de fining feature and a foundational force of democratic practices in South As ia. She ultimately argues that crowds are a true political pharmakon in the sense that they are both solutions and scapegoats in performances of popul ar politics.

    Presenter

    Nusrat S. Chowdhury is Associate Profe ssor of Anthropology at Amherst College\, USA. She writes on popular sovere ignty and political communication\, mostly in relation to Bangladesh.

    Event Poster LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/32251/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/crowd-politics.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191104T1759Z-1572890358.4215-EO-32262-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191104T173913Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191114T172837Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191120T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191120T190000 SUMMARY: The Challenge of Strengthening the Social and Environmental Perfor mance of the Mining Industry DESCRIPTION: Join this inaugural cross campus seminar series\, Mining and M inerals Extraction in a New Global Landscape\, for the first seminar\, Mini ng and Minerals Extraction in a New Global Landscape\, featuring Dr. R. Ant hony Hodge\, Adjunct Professor at the Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining Engineering Queen’s University. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join this inaugural cross campus seminar s eries\, Mining and Minerals Extraction in a New Global Landscape\, for the first seminar in the series\, The Challenge of Strengtheni ng the Social and Environmental Performance of the Mining Industry \, featuring Dr. R. Anthony Hodge\, Adjunct Professor at the Rober t M. Buchan Department of Mining Engineering Queen’s University.

    No R SVP is required. We encourage you to show up at the door.

    Anthon y Hodge

     

     

     

     

    Dr. Hodge will begin by reflecting on the fact that even though some improv ements to social and environmental performance are evident amongst leadersh ip mining companies\, needed change is not forthcoming\, too short term\, a nd not industry wide – a concern that has been re-enforced by the recent ta ilings tragedies.  He will point out that the demands of green technologies and support for the evolution of and poverty reduction in emerging nations together mean that more mining will be needed in the future – not less.  T his at a time when societal pressure to bring fairness to the attendant dis tribution of costs\, risks and benefits will only increase.  Hodge will pro vide an overview of the many thousands of “mining” companies and operations \, upstream supply and service companies (particularly financial)\, downstr eam consumers\, governments\, civil society organizations\, and affiliated academic/research organizations together comprise the “mining ecosystem.”  Objectives\, size\, ownership models\, capacity\, and importantly\, interes t in and willingness to change is highly variable.  Different incentives fo r strengthening performance targeted at different parts of the industry are essential.  These need to be synchronized through the creation of a synchr onized industry-wide change strategy.  If this step is not taken\, business -as-usual will continue:  change and improvement will continue at a rate th at is too little and too slow\, leading companies will continue to be dragg ed down by the laggards\, and respect from society for the industry will no t be forthcoming.

    Bio: Dr. R. Anthony Hodge is a geo logical engineer with early graduate work focusing on hydrogeology (Univers ity of British Columbia\, 1972\, 1976).  In 1995 he was awarded an interdis ciplinary Ph.D. from McGill University\, Montreal\, for his work on Assessi ng Progress Toward Sustainability.

    He is currently Senior Scholar and Adjunct Professor at the Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining Engineering Queen’s University in Kingston\, Canada\; Visiting Professorial Fellow and Adjunct Professor at the Sustainable Minerals Institute\, University of Qu eensland\, Brisbane Australia\; member of the Natural Resource and Energy L eadership Council convened by RESOLVE in Washington DC\;  advisor to the Re sponsible Mining Foundation\, Amsterdam\, and a member of the Independent T ailings Review Board for the Red Mountain mine project\, British Columbia.< /p>

    In September 2015\, he stepped down after serving for 7 years as Pres ident of the International Council on Mining and Metals\, London UK.  Just prior to that\, in September 2007\, Dr. Hodge had been appointed the first Kinross Professor in Mining and Sustainability at the Queen’s University De partment of Mining Engineering\, a position he relinquished with regret to assume his duties as ICMM President.

    Throughout his professional life he has been guided by a deep commitment to concepts of applied sustainabil ity\, working at the social-technical-environmental-financial interface to achieve both human and ecosystem well-being over the long term\, not one at the expense of the other.  His assignments span the private sector\, gover nment\, quasi-judicial processes\, civil society organizations\, communitie s\, and Indigenous peoples.  He has sought common ground between actors\, i ntegrating multiple values into the solutions to some of the most difficult challenges facing today’s society.

    Co-hosted at UBC by:

    • The Norman B Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering
    • Centre for Business Law\, Peter A. Allard School of Law
    • Peter P. D hillon Centre for Business Ethics\, within the Sauder School of Business
    • Bradshaw Research Initiative for Minerals and Mining
    • Canadian International Resources and Development Institute (CIRDI)\, the School of Public Policy & Global Affairs
    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Forestry Science Centre - FSC 1005 GEO:49.260186;-123.248397 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-challenge-of-strengthen ing-the-social-and-environmental-performance-of-the-mining-industry/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/Photo-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191031T2057Z-1572555472.8811-EO-32182-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191029T191022Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191120T023250Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191121T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191121T140000 SUMMARY: The Global Movement for Universal Health Coverage by 2030 DESCRIPTION: Don’t miss this talk on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by Pet er Berman\, Professor and Director of the UBC School of Population and Publ ic Health. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Global Movement for Universal Health Coverage by 2030: What is it and how is it going?

    Don’t miss this talk on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by Pete r Berman\, Professor and Director of the UBC School of Population and Publi c Health. With welcome remarks by SPPGA Acting Director Max Cameron.

    Global discourse has supported Universal Health Coverage (UHC) since 2005\, which evolved to a key Sustainable Development Goal to be achieved by 2030 . This talk will review the challenges in providing a clear\, practical\, a nd measurable definition of UHC and in many countries efforts to reach it.< /p>

    Disclaimer: Please note that by registering via Eventbrite\, your information will be stored on the Eventbrite server\, which is located out side Canada. If you do not wish to use this service\, please email Joelle.L ee@ubc.ca directly to register. Thank you.

    Bio: Prof. Peter Berman (M.Sc\, Ph.D) is a health economist with forty years of experience in research\, policy analysis and development\, and training an d education in global health. Prof. Berman is Professor and Director\, Scho ol of Population and Public Health\, University of British Columbia in Vanc ouver Canada\, and Adjunct Professor in Global Health at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health\, Harvard University\, as of January 1\, 2019.

    He relocated to Vancouver\, Canada after a quarter century on the facult y of Harvard University\, most recently as Professor of the Practice of Glo bal Health Systems and Economics at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Hea lth (HSPH) in Boston\, USA. He is also affiliated as Adjunct Professor at t he Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) in New Delhi\, India and as adv isor to the China National Health Development Research Center for health ca re financing and health accounts.

    With the World Bank from 2004-2011\ , Prof. Berman spent four years in the Bank’s New Delhi office as Lead Econ omist for Health\, Nutrition\, and Population. There he oversaw a portfolio of almost $2 billion in projects and research. In Washington\, D.C from 20 08\, he was Lead Health Economist in the HNP anchor department and Practice Leader for the World Bank’s Health Systems Global Expert Team. He led anal ytical work on health systems analysis and strategic approaches to improvin g service delivery.

    Prof. Berman’s specific areas of work include ana lysis of health systems performance and the design of reform strategies\; a ssessment of the supply side of health care delivery and the role of privat e health care provision in health systems and development of strategies to improve outcomes through public-private sector collaboration. He pioneered the development and use of national health accounts as a policy and plannin g tool in developing countries. Prof. Berman has worked extensively on heal th system reform and health care development issues in a number of countrie s including Egypt\, India\, Colombia\, Indonesia\, and Poland. He has also worked for extended periods of residency and field work in Indonesia and In dia.

    He is co-author of Getting Health Reform Right: A Guide to Impro ving Performance and Equity (Roberts\, et al\, Oxford University Press\, 20 08)\, co-editor of the Guide to the Production of National Health Accounts (World Bank\, World Health Organization\, and USAID\, 2003)\, and co-editor of Berman and Khan\, Paying for India’s Health Care (Sage\, 1993).

    < img class="structured-content__image g-img" src="https://img.evbuc.com/http s%3A%2F%2Fcdn.evbuc.com%2Fimages%2F78657477%2F268407189800%2F1%2Foriginal.2 0191029-185211?h=2000&w=720&auto=compress&s=1d9aab30db22c8ac517866a74be0b4d b" alt="" width="247" height="50" /> CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-global-movement-for-uni versal-health-coverage-by-2030/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/10/Peter-Berman-Graphics_Facebook.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191030T0432Z-1572409972.5017-EO-32171-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191028T172808Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191028T172921Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191121T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191121T183000 SUMMARY: Earthquake and Tsunami Aftermaths: A Roundtable Discussion DESCRIPTION: This roundtable integrates diverse approaches to understanding the social elements of disaster aftermaths – with an eye towards producing usable knowledge in the present as we prepare for future disasters. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Abstract:

    On e year. Eight years. Eighteen years. After disaster\, life goes on. Individ uals\, communities and countries rebuild and restructure\, leaving the time of disaster behind while they simultaneously incorporate its affective rea lities into their everyday lives. How can we understand the relationship be tween time and transformation in the wake of major natural disasters? How a re these relationships mediated by specific social\, political\, and econom ic contexts which may torque and twist the material and affective experienc es of reconstruction? This roundtable integrates diverse approaches to unde rstanding the social elements of disaster aftermaths – with an eye towards producing useable knowledge in the present as we prepare for future disaste rs. The speakers will share their anthropological research in India\, Sri L anka\, and Japan\, followed by a response focused on Vancouver from the cit y's lead seismic policy planner.

    Join us before the event for a private exhibit tour at the Museum of Anthropology!

    Program:

    3:30 – 4:30        [space limited] Pre-eve nt tour of the exhibit Shake Up: Preserving What We Value\, led by co-curator Jennifer Kramer

    @ Museum of Anthropology\, 6393 NW Marine Dr\, Vancouver\, BC

    4:30 – 5:00        Coffee\, tea and refreshments

    @ CK Choi Building\, 1855 West Mall\, Vancouver\, BC

    5:00 – 6: 30        Roundtable discussion

    @ Room 120\, CK Choi Building\, 1855 West Mall\, Vancouver\, BC

     

    Please note that space is limited for the pre-event exhibit tour at MOA. RSVP for the tour here.

    Registration is not required to attend the 5pm roundtable event – please just show up!

     

    Speakers:

    Edward Simpson\, Professor\, Social Anthropology\, SOAS Univers ity of London

    • Author of The Political Biography of an Earthq uake: Aftermath and Amnesia in Gujarat\, India (Oxford University Pres s\, 2013)

     

    Michele Gamburd\, Professor\, Anthropology\, Portland State University

    • Author of The Golden Wave: Culture and Politics After Sri Lanka’s Tsunami Disaster

    (Indiana University Press\, 2013)

     

    Chika Watanabe\, Lecturer\, Social A nthropology\, University of Manchester

    • Principal Investigator of Exporting Readiness: Training Experts of Disaster Preparedness Education i n Japan (British Academy-Leverhulme Grant)

     

    Respondent:

    Micah Hilt\, Lead Seismic Policy Pl anner\, City of Vancouver / PhD Student\, UBC Geography

     

    Moderators:

    Sara Shneiderman\, Associate Professor\, Anth ropology and School of Public Policy & Global Affairs\, UBC

    • Prin cipal Investigator of Expertise\, Labour and Mobility in Nepal’s Post-C onflict\, Post-Disaster Reconstruction (SSHRC Partnership Development Grant)

     

    Jennifer Kramer\, Associate Professor\, Anthropo logy and Curator\, Museum of Anthropology\, UBC

    • Co-curator of Shake Up: Preserving What We Value (MoA exhibition on earthquakes)

     

    This roundtable event is being held in conjunction with the American Anthropological Association / Canadian Anthropology Society jo int conference (though you will not need to register for the conference in order to attend this roundtable). The event is supported by the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Arts\, the School of Public Policy and Glo bal Affairs\, the Department of Anthropology\, the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies\, and the Museum of Anthropology.

    Looking forward t o seeing you there!

    Event Poster

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/earthquake-and-tsunami-afte rmaths-a-roundtable-discussion/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/10/Eventbrite_Banner_Earthquake-and-Tsunami-Aftermaths.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191108T0037Z-1573173423.2423-EO-32315-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191107T231917Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191107T231950Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191121T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191121T183000 SUMMARY: Coming of Age in Macholand: Exploring the Intersections of Media\, Masculinity and Transnational Migration in Punjab DESCRIPTION: What does it mean to be a successful man in Punjab today? Thro ugh on-going ethnographic research and filmmaker\, Dr. Harjant Gill explore s the various nuances of contemporary Punjabi masculinity. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This event is in collaboration with th e Department of Asian Studies. 

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    What does it mean to be a successful man in Punjab today ? Through on-going ethnographic research and filmmaker\, Dr. Harjant Gill e xplores the various nuances of contemporary Punjabi masculinity. In a state increasingly transformed by globalization\, becoming a transnational migra nt is synonymous with becoming successful. Through interviews\, documentary film\, film and media analysis and written scholarship\, Dr. Gill explores the transformations in gender relations\, development of masculinities\, a nd the role caste\, class and transnational mobility plays in shaping every day life in Punjab.

    Presenter

    Harjant Gill is an associate pr ofessor of anthropology at Towson University. He received his PhD fromAmeri can University. His research examines the intersections of masculinity\, mo dernity\, transnational migration and popular culture in India. Gill is als o an award-winning filmmaker and has made several ethnographic films that h ave screened at film festivals\, academic conferences\, and on television n etworks worldwide including BBC\, Doordarshan (Indian National TV) and PBS. His films include: Roots of Love which looks at the changing significance of hair and turban among Sikh men in India\; Mardistan
    (Macholand) whi ch explores Indian manhood focusing on issues of sexual violence\, son pref erence and homophobia\; andSent Away Boys which examines on how provincial communities across northern India are transformed by the exodus of young me n giving up farming to seek a better life abroad. Gill is a fellow alumnus of the Point Foundation. He co-directed the SVA Film &\; Media Festival (2012-2014)\, and currently co-edits the Multimodal Anthropologies section of the journal American Anthropologist. Funded by the Performing Arts Fello wship by American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) and the Fulbright-Nehr u Research Award\, Gill is currently living in New Delhi while developing a n eight-part immersive virtual reality web-series on Indian masculinities t itled “Tales from Macholand.” His website is www.TilotamaProductions.com

    Event Po ster

    LOCATION:Buchanan A - Room 202 GEO:49.269076;-123.254727 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/32315/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191107T0043Z-1573087380.7668-EO-32297-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191107T002401Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191107T002943Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191121T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191121T210000 SUMMARY: The “History Wars” and the “Comfort Woman” Issue: Revisionism and the Right-wing in Contemporary Japan\, U.S.\, and Canada DESCRIPTION: Based on Dr. Yamaguchi’s anthropological fieldwork on the Japa nese right-wing activities in the U.S. and Japan\, as well as the experienc es of people involved in the making of the “comfort women” memorials in the U.S.\, Dr. Yamaguchi will demonstrate how this issue functions as an impor tant rallying point to tie together disparate right-wing forces in and outs ide Japan. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    An issue of intense controversy currently in Japan is “comfort women”\, with many in the right wing relentlessly atta cking the accepted historical narrative and denying that there was any gove rnment involvement in\, or corresponding responsibility for\, a system of s exual slavery. Right-wing media and intellectuals have begun to use the ter m “history wars” to refer to this development. They have criticized the “co mfort woman” monuments\, resolutions\, museum exhibits\, and coverage of “c omfort women” in history textbooks and curriculums in the U.S.. In particul ar\, as “comfort woman” monuments and statues have been built in various lo cations in the world\, including the U.S.\, during the last decade\, they h ave become the target of attacks from the Japanese government and Japanese right-wingers. They consider the United States to be the major “battlegroun d” on the “comfort woman” issue\, as well as to the United Nations.

    B ased on Dr. Yamaguchi’s anthropological fieldwork on the Japanese right-win g activities in the U.S. and Japan\, as well as the experiences of people i nvolved in the making of the “comfort women” memorials in the U.S.\, Dr. Ya maguchi will demonstrate how this issue functions as an important rallying point to tie together disparate right-wing forces in and outside Japan. Dr. Yamaguchi will also highlight how the acts of remembering and commemoratin g the survivors’ experiences of wartime violence against women become such a contentious\, political issue that mobilize the Japanese right-wing so in tensively and emotionally both in Japan and the United States.

    Follow ing Dr. Yamaguchi’s talk\, Satoko Oka Norimatsu\, Yamaguchi’s fellow As ia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus editor and a Vancouver-based author\, will introduce “history wars” in Canada\, in 2015 over the plan to build a “comfort women” statue in Burnaby\, and in 2018 over the movement to establ ish a Nanjing Massacre Commemorative Day in Canada.

    Seminar poster

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-history-wars-and-the-co mfort-woman-issue-revisionism-and-the-right-wing-in-contemporary-japan-u-s- and-canada/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/Faded-Fall.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191108T0042Z-1573173738.6731-EO-32300-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191107T003505Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191107T003505Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191122T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191122T170000 SUMMARY: The Korean Diaspora in the Production and Consumption of Hallyu DESCRIPTION: This talk examines the role of the Korean diaspora in the rece nt transnational flow of Korean media and popular culture\, known as the Ko rean Wave or Hallyu. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Kyong Yo on is an associate professor of cultural studies at the University of Briti sh Columbia’s Okanagan campus. His research interests include digital media \, migration\, and Korean popular culture. His recent studies of transnatio nal Korean popular culture have been published in several journals\, includ ing Journal of Youth Studies (2019)\, International Communicat ion Gazette (2019)\, and Popular Music & Society (2018). He i s the author of a forthcoming book entitled Digital Mediascapes of Tran snational Korean Youth Culture (Routledge).

    This study examines the role of the Korean diaspora in the recent transnational flow of Korean media and popular culture\, known as the Korean Wave or Hallyu. While there are ongoing debates about who consumes Hallyu and how it is consumed\, rec ent audience studies have increasingly examined overseas fans of Korean med ia in regions geo-culturally distant from Korea. As a result\, there has be en a lack of studies on diasporic Korean audiences in the existing studies of Hallyu. To address this lacuna\, this study explores how Hallyu affects\ , and is affected by\, young diasporic Korean audiences. Drawing on intervi ews with young Korean Canadian audiences in Vancouver and Toronto\, conduct ed between 2015 and 2018\, the study shows how diasporic youth critically e ngage with Korean media and popular culture.

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    Seminar Poster

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-korean-diaspora-in-the- production-and-consumption-of-hallyu/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/Kyong-Yoon-Banner.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191114T1050Z-1573728636.6754-EO-32364-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191113T212706Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191118T190730Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191122T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191122T180000 SUMMARY: Politics of Scope: Regionalization\, Structural Adjustment and Ele ctions in Mongolia DESCRIPTION: The Mongolia Lecture Series at the Institute of Asian Research brings Marissa Smith and Mari Valdur to discuss the state of politics in M ongolia. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Mongolia Politics

    The Mongolia Lecture Series at the Institute of Asian Resea rch brings Marissa Smith and Mari Valdur to campus to discuss the state of politics in Mongolia.

    No RSVP required. This event is free and open t o the public!

    Marissa Smith
    Provincial Gove rnors vs. People's Parties: Regionalizing "Local" Party Politics in Mongoli a

    In 1994\, Mongolia's "second city" of Erdenet was transformed from federal municipality to province. While on the one hand this might rep resent increased local participation in national politics\, in fact the cha nge has been unpopular\, and Erdenet residents point that Prime Ministers d e facto appoint provincial governors. However\, at the same time\, the Peop le's Parties\, descending from the single state party of the socialist era have in fact been successful at maintaining their networks across the count ry\, and often fielded successful candidates for seats representing Orkhon. The case is one instance of Ulaanbaatar-centered vertical integration on t he one hand\, and regionalization associated with post-imperial economic an d ethnic entanglements on the other\, that characterizes Mongolia and its r egional differentiation more broadly.

    Marissa Smith\, PhD\, is a cult ural anthropologist based in California’s Silicon Valley. She has conducted research on mining professions and national identity in Erdenet\, Mongolia \, international collaboration in cultural heritage work in Mongolia\, and Mongolian political economy.

    Mari Valdur
    St ate for Children: The Politics of Structural Adjustment and Motherhood in M ongolia

    This paper explores the scope of Mongolian politics by d iscussing linkages between structural adjustment and motherhood through the  country’s most valuable persons: children. The politicization of children has been reflected upon by parents\, particularly mothers\, who seek and st ruggle to secure secondary care for their children. These forms of care inc lude medical and educational services but also the state child benefits. Th e latter have been the focus of ongoing reform\, and politicization through the withholding and releasing of funds\, which in cases have been accounte d to election meddling. On an international scale\, Mongolian child benefit s were debated as structural adjustment when International Monetary Fund (I MF) required Mongolia to replace its universal child benefits in place with targeted funds to certain groups before IMF released its funds to Mongolia . Drawing on ethnographic accounts the paper draws two conclusions. Firstly \, and very apparently\, to understand (election) politics in Mongolia\, it is worthwhile to trace politicization beyond those immediately involved. S econdly\, motherhood in Mongolia does not only alter a woman’s personhood b y her shifting kinship relations or contributing to the nation as a whole\, but it also produces a range of reflective\, ongoing and often extremely t rying gendered engagements and subjectivities vis-à-vis ‘the state’.

    Mari Valdur is a fourth and final year PhD candidate of Social Anthropology at the University of Helsinki\, Finland. Her PhD project focuses on kinshi p\, gender and reproductive healthcare in Ulaanbaatar\, Mongolia\, with a p articular interest in how forms of insecurity and (in)formality emerge and are maintained. She has carried out 14 months of ethnographic fieldwork for the project. Also\, she has visited Mongolia every year since 2012 and wor ked in the country for 9 months prior starting her doctoral studies.

    Event Poster

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage LOCATION:Room 351\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/politics-of-scope-regionali zation-structural-adjustment-and-elections-in-mongolia/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/Mongolia.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191116T0608Z-1573884530.1996-EO-32370-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191113T230004Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191113T231304Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191125T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191125T140000 SUMMARY: Technologies of “Reeducation”: International Implications of Turki c Muslim Surveillance\, Internment and Labor in Northwest China DESCRIPTION: Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in the Uyghur Autonomous Reg ion\, this talk describes the history which produced these forms of surveil lance and detention\, and demonstrates the quotidian experience of their ef fects in Uyghur and Kazakh societies. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    ABSTRACT

    A new syst em of control\, made up of a multi-billion dollar industry of computer-visi on technologies\, militarized policing\, and the mass mobilization of Chine se civil servants and Han industrialists\, is attempting to transform Uyghu r and other Turkic minority societies in Northwest China.

    Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in the Uyghur Autonomous Region\, this talk describe s the history which produced these forms of surveillance and detention\, an d demonstrates the quotidian experience of their effects in Uyghur and Kaza kh societies. It argues that this system of “reeducation” is\, in fact\, a social engineering system that works in concert with a Chinese form of illi beral capitalism.

    As it was implemented\, it has the effect of partit ioning and radically disempowering those already marginalized within nation al and global economic systems. It shows that these new automated forms of surveillance\, coercive Han-centric education systems\, as well as new mode s of state-enforced capitalist discipline amplify the power of those who en gineer and implement these systems while rapidly disintegrating minority so cial systems.

     

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR

    Darren Byler is a post-doctoral researcher at the Center for Asian Studies\, University of Colorado\, Boulder where he studie s the effects of Chinese infrastructure and security technology. His book p roject titled Terror Capitalism: Uyghur Dispossession and Masculine Viol ence in a Chinese City focuses on the effects of digital cultural produ ction\, surveillance industries and mass internment in the lives of Uyghur and Han male migrants in the city of Ürümchi\, the capital of Chinese Centr al Asia (Xinjiang). He has published research articles in the Asia-Pacif ic Journal\, Contemporary Islam\, Central Asian Survey\, the Journal of Chinese Contemporary Art and contributed essays to volumes on ethno graphy of Islam in China\, transnational Chinese cinema and travel and repr esentation. In addition he has provided expert testimony on Uyghur human ri ghts issues before the Canadian Parliament and writes a regular column on T urkic Muslim colonization for the journal SupChina. He also edits th e art and politics repository The Art of Life in Chinese Central Asia\, which is hosted at livingot herwise.com.

     

    EVENT POSTER

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/technologies-of-reeducation -international-implications-of-turkic-muslim-surveillance-internment-and-la bor-in-northwest-china/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/image034.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191106T2339Z-1573083553.5538-EO-32292-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191106T184051Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191125T215909Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191125T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191125T183000 SUMMARY: UBC Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs Info & Networking S ession DESCRIPTION: Join us on November 25th in downtown Vancouver to gain an insi de look at UBC’s Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs program from st aff and alumni. Come prepared with questions and enjoy networking over refr eshments following the panel presentations. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The University of British Columbia’s School of Public Pol icy and Global Affairs is transforming policy education through innovative instruction that bridges essential theory and professional practice\, inclu ding our signature Global Policy Project.

    In our Master of Public Pol icy and Global Affairs\, you’ll study with students from around the world\, gaining critical skills and a global perspective to help you to confront t he most urgent issues of our time\, from sustainability to social change\, international development to governance.

    Applications are now open. Apply by January 30\, 2020.

    Join us on November 25th in downtown Vancouver to gain an inside look at UBC’s Master of Public Pol icy and Global Affairs program from staff and alumni. Come prepared with qu estions and enjoy networking over refreshments following the panel presenta tions.

    Please RSVP. Refreshments will be provided.

    Pres enters:

    • MPPGA Program Manager Julia Park
    • MPPGA Program Coordinator Alex Brzezinski
    • Sara Harb\, MPPGA Alumna\, Con sultant at International Financial Consulting
    • Ros Seibert\, MPPGA A lumnus\, Policy Analysis And Government Relations Specialist at Woodf ibre LNG

    Sara Harb

    < strong>Bio: Sara Harb is a consultant at International Financial C onsulting\, where she manages projects\, writes research reports and liaise s with clients globally. As a generalist\, Sara has a wide range of interes ts from development and migration to climate financing and energy.

    Sa ra decided to pursue a master’s degree in public policy and global affairs as she is driven by a passion to address social\, economic and environmenta l issues that affect us all. During her time in the program\, Sara went on exchange to SciencesPo in Paris and interned at the UNDP in Beirut where sh e joined the M&E/Reporting unit.

    Prior to joining the MPPGA program\, Sara gained four years of work experience in Saudi Arabia as a communicati ons manager where she successfully led her team\, honed her project managem ent skills and built a strong rapport with clients. She also speaks English \, Arabic\, Korean and French.

    Ros Seibert edited

    Bio: Ros is a recent Master grad uate of the Public Policy and Global Affairs program at the University of B ritish Columbia. He is currently a Policy Analysis And Government Relations Specialist at Woodfibre LNG.

    He has three years working experience i n formulating and analyzing foreign policy\, defense\, trade\, and environm ental legislation in the United States Senate. He has one and a half year o f acting as the Special Assistant to United States Senator Bill Nelson.

    Ros was born and raised in West Virginia. He graduated from West Virgini a University with a BA in International Studies\, specializing in Intellige nce and National Security policy\, and received his MA in International Pol itics from the University of Manchester.

     

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    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Boardroom\, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada GEO:49.260872;-123.113953 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ubc-master-of-public-policy -and-global-affairs-info-networking-session/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/MPPGA-Nov.-25-Info-Session_Digital-Signage.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191128T1440Z-1574952052.3307-EO-32462-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191125T235411Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191125T235411Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191125T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191125T183000 SUMMARY: Infrastructures of Occupation: Dams\, Development\, and the Politi cs of Integration in Kashmir DESCRIPTION: Dr. Mona Bhan\, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Syracus e University\, will be giving a talk that analyzes the relationship between dam building\, border wars\, and India's settler colonial politics in Kash mir. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Dr. Mona Bhan\, Assoc iate Professor of Anthropology at Syracuse University\, will be giving a ta lk that analyzes the relationship between dam building\, border wars\, and India's settler colonial politics in Kashmir\, particularly in the aftermat h of the removal of Articles 370 and 35A that maintained Kashmir's semi-aut onomous status in the Indian union.  Dr. Bhan will discuss how controlling vital Himalayan rivers fortifies Hindu reimaginings of Kashmiri territory w hile forcibly integrating the region into India's extractive economy.

    Co-sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Histories Research Cluster\, the Cen tre for India and South Asia Research\, the Institute for Asian Research\, the Himalaya Program\, Science and Technology Studies\, the Department of A nthropology\, and the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/infrastructures-of-occupati on-dams-development-and-the-politics-of-integration-in-kashmir/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/nyu7.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191201T2222Z-1575238961.541-EO-32464-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191126T000137Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191126T000215Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191127T124500 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191127T141500 SUMMARY: “Prosperity and Stability”: Why Did Hong Kong Work? DESCRIPTION: Examining the current crisis beyond the protestors’ political demands\, this talk explores how socioeconomic forces might have animated d ifferently the various demographic groups in Hong Kong and questions whethe r political reforms alone could put an end to the conflicts in the city. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Dr. John D. Wong (The University of Hong Kong)
    Commentator:  Dr. Clement Tong (UBC)

    A City in Protest event

    The cur rent crisis in Hong Kong is characterized by a level of social unrest the c ity has not seen since the riots of 1967. In the aftermath of the previous round of turmoil\, the British colonial regime regained legitimacy of its r ule largely through the socioeconomic improvement of Hong Kong. “Prosperity and Stability” became the hallmark of Hong Kong’s success that extended be yond the 1970s into the period of political uncertainty in the 1980s. Socio economic development in the post-handover era stands in sharp contrast to t he economic miracle of post-riot Hong Kong in the 1970s and 1980s. Post-han dover Hong Kong has registered lackluster economic growth in most years\, a nd growing income inequality is only exacerbating the situation for the ave rage Hongkonger. Examining the current crisis beyond the protestors’ politi cal demands\, this talk explores how socioeconomic forces might have animat ed differently the various demographic groups in Hong Kong and questions wh ether political reforms alone could put an end to the conflicts in the city .

    Dr. John D. Wong received his BA (Hons) in Economi cs from the University of Chicago\, MBA from Stanford University\, and PhD in History from Harvard University. He has taught at the University of Hong Kong since 2012. His research focuses on the flow of people\, goods\, capi tal\, and ideas. With a particular interest in Hong Kong and the Pearl Rive r Delta area\, Dr. Wong explores how such flow connected the region and its residents to the Chinese political center in the north as well as their ma ritime partners in the South China Sea and beyond.

    Studying the China trade in the context of early-nineteenth-century global exchange\, his fir st monograph\, Global Trade in the Nineteenth Ce ntury: The House of Houqua and the Canton System (Cambridge Univer sity Press\, 2016)\, demonstrates how China trade partners sustained their economic exchange on a global scale long before Western imperialism ushered in the era of globalization in a Eurocentric modern world. He has publishe d in various academic journals including Business History Review\,  Law & Literature\, and Asia Major.

    This se minar is organized by the Hong Kong Studies Initiative and co-sponsored by: Departme nt of Asian Studies\, Department o f History\, Centre for Chinese Research\, and St. John’s College.

    Event Poster

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/prosperity-and-stability-wh y-did-hong-kong-work/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/prosperity.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191108T0044Z-1573173890.0159-EO-32302-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191107T005605Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191107T005605Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191127T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191127T163000 SUMMARY: The Last Gasp of the Little Ice Age & Fiscal Reform in Qing Mongol ia (1823-1838) DESCRIPTION: This presentation draws on Mongolian\, Manchu\, and Chinese so urce materials to explain this process and contextualize the findings in te rms of their significance to late imperial Chinese history and Mongolian st udies. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Mongolian nobility\, the descendants of C hinggis Khan\, enjoyed exemptions from tax and compulsory labor  during the Qing dynasty (1691-1911) until the mid-nineteenth century\, when those pri vileges diminished. Scholars have correlated this erosion of privilege to i ncreasing debts owed by noblemen and officials to Chinese merchant houses. However\, based on archival research about disaster and poverty relief effo rts in Qing Mongolia during the nineteenth century the crucial elements app ear to be environmental factors\, poverty alleviation efforts\, and anti-cl ericalism. 

    The twenty years between 1830- 1850 were the coldest in Mongolia in the last 1\,000 years\, according to d endrological paleoclimatic data. During those two decades\, the Mongolian c ountryside was ravaged by winter storms and droughts\; as a result of repea ted livestock die-offs\, many districts were unable to meet tax and labor q uotas. Unlike the Chinese parts of the Qing empire\, where the government o pened grain reserves to relieve famine and offset inflated prices during na tural disaster\, in Outer Mongolia the government moved common herders\, li vestock\, and goods from wealthier districts to destitute ones\, a process they called “equalizing dues” (Mo. alba tegsidkekü). Because of the prolonged period of cold and dry weather\, equalization was insuffic ient to meet the Qing’s fiscal demands in the 1820s\, leading to an emergen cy decision to tax the nobility directly. The direct taxation of the nobili ty exposed to Qing auditors the means by which wealth had been sheltered in Outer Mongolia\; importantly\, the Qing court perceived Mongolian Buddhist ecclesiastical estates as sites of wealth concealment and labor runoff\, a nd in 1838 prescribed enrollment in Buddhist estates to a narrow range of p eople. These policy shifts\, triggered by abnormal climatic conditions\, ha d long-lasting consequences for Mongolian society. 

    This presentation draws on Mongolian\, Manchu\, and Chinese sourc e materials to explain this process and contextualize the findings in terms of their significance to late imperial Chinese history and Mongolian studi es. This presentation will be of interest to students of early modern Chine se and Inner Asian history as well as pastoral-nomadic and Mongolian studie s.

    Event Pos ter

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-last-gasp-of-the-little -ice-age-fiscal-reform-in-qing-mongolia-1823-1838/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/gigi-LFO17z8bork-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191111T0817Z-1573460233.1894-EO-32329-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191108T215912Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191108T215951Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191128T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191128T183000 SUMMARY: A Celebration of Guru Nanak DESCRIPTION: We celebrate Guru Nanak’s 550th birthday by remembering his jo yous aesthetics. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This event is in collaboration with the Department of Asian Studies.

    Abstract

    We celebrate Guru Nanak’s 550 th birthday by remembering his joyous aesthetics. Could the dexterous jeweler working away with his an vil and hammer\, bellows and fire in the final stanza of the Japji (#38) be the Guru himself? For sure\, it is an amazingly creative performance — sim ultaneously poetic\, musical\, artistic. As we recap the motions and emotio ns of the jeweler working in his smithy\, we too get rapt in the Guru’s rap ture.

    Presenter

    Dr. Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh is the Crawford Professor and head of the Department of Religious Studies at Colby College . Her interests focus on Asian Religions\, feminist issues\, and sacred art and poetry. Dr. Singh has published extensively in the field of Sikh studi es. Her books include Of Sacred and Secular Desire: An Anthology of Lyrical Writings from the Punjab (IB Tauris 2012)\, Sikhism: An Introduction (IB T auris 2011)\, Cosmic Symphony (Sahitya Akademy\, 2008)\, Birth of the Khals a (SUNY 2005)\, Feminine Principle in the Sikh Vision of the Transcendent ( Cambridge University Press\, 1993)\, Sikhism (Facts on File\, translated in to Japanese\, 1993)\, and The Name of My Beloved (HarperCollins1995\; Pengu in 2001). She has authored over 100 articles and chapters\, and has deliver ed more than 250 lectures nationally and internationally.

    Event Poste r

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/a-celebration-of-guru-nanak -by-nikky-guninder-kaur-singh/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/guru-nanak.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191109T1838Z-1573324722.9808-EO-32274-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191104T191530Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191127T204026Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191129T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191129T170000 SUMMARY: Memory\, Intimacy and Difficult Knowledge DESCRIPTION: Please join us for a conversation between Noo Saro-Wiwa\, awar d-winning travel writer\, and Dr. Juliane Otoniya Okot Bitek\, award-winnin g Poet. The dialogue will incorporate the two authors' readings and reflect ions\, grounded in their own experiences. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Memory\, Int imacy and Difficult Knowledge

    Me mory\, Intimacy and Difficult Knowledge: A Dialogue between Noo Saro-Wiwa a nd Dr. Juliane Okot Bitek

    Please RSVP\, with a r eception to follow the main event.

    Please n ote: This event has been moved to the adjacent larger room\,  xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of Many Trees)\, 1st floor\, Liu Institute for Global Is sues.

    Please join us for a conversation between Noo Saro-Wiwa\, award -winning travel writer\, and Dr. Juliane Otoniya Okot Bitek\, award-winning Poet. The dialogue will incorporate the two authors' readings and reflecti ons\, grounded in their own experiences. Noo is writing a book about her tr avels around the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. This area is her native hom eland and the source of childhood memories\, but it is also a place of envi ronmental degradation\, violence and political instability. Juliane has bee n thinking and writing about homeland as well. In her work\, she thinks abo ut poetry as a space for reflection\, truth telling and a possible future b eyond the trauma of mass violence and war. Different from Afrofuturism\, or even Africanfuturism\, poetry in song remembers and is the practice of a d eep tradition where art is the ultimate expression of a people.

    This public event makes up one of a series of conversations being held this year as part of the Memory and Justice Research Stream Speaker's Series\, and w ill be the conclusion of a course at UBC entitled\, “Difficult Knowledge: E thics and Praxis of Research in Challenging Settings.”

    All are welcom e and encouraged to attend!

    Organized by: Memory and Justice Logo_MJS Black

    Co-sponsors:

    Social Justice Institute

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    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/memory-intimacy-and-difficu lt-knowledge/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/Memory-Intimacy-and-Difficult-Knowledge.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191126T2348Z-1574812125.1358-EO-32466-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191126T001016Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191126T001218Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191130T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191130T170000 SUMMARY: [Launch+Exhibition] A Vancouver Archive of the Umbrella Movement DESCRIPTION: The Hong Kong Studies Initiative invites you to this special t wo-part “City in Protest” event to mark the public presentation of “After t he Protest: A Vancouver Archive of the Umbrella Movement.” X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Hong Kong Studies Initiative invites you to this special two-part “City in Protest” event to mark the public present ation of “After the Protest: A Vancouver Archive of the Umbrella Movement.”

    Join our interviewees and artist Tammy Flynn Seybold for some person al reflections on the Umbrella Movement of 2014 and its implications/lesson s for the current crisis in Hong Kong.

    Archive Launch
    S aturday\, 30 November 2019\, 2:00–4:00 pm
    After the Protest: A Vanc ouver Archive of the Umbrella Movement
    120\, C. K. Choi Building\, UBC
    1855 West Mall\, Vancouver

    Free and open to the public< /em>
    RSVP

    The 79-day Umbrella Movement of 2014—which in many wa ys foreshadowed the current struggles of Hong Kong—was a watershed moment i n the history of the city. Not only has the protest movement transformed th e political and social dynamics of this former British colony\, it has also deeply affected overseas Hong Kong/Chinese communities. Our goal for this project is to create a publicly accessible oral history archive\, both as a means to learn about the impacts of the Umbrella Movement in general but a lso as a way to better understand the Hong Kong community in Vancouver in p articular.

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    Exhibition
    Saturda y\, 30 November 2019\, 1:00–5:00 pm
    The Hong Kong Umbrella Movement – An Artistic Diary
    Tammy Flynn Seybold
    Lobby\, C. K. Choi B uilding\, UBC
    1855 West Mall\, Vancouver

    Free and open to th e public (registration not required for the exhibition)

    During t he 2014 pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong\, many creatives put forth thei r art to document and support the movement. Near the “Lennon Wall” in Admir alty\, sculpture\, paintings\, video art installations and more grew organi cally into a large and inclusive exhibition of protest art. Tammy Flynn Seybold was an artist living and working in Hong Kong during this time\ , and she began creating a documentary artwork for each day the streets wer e occupied. Her artwork was informed by the local media reports and her pho tography\, taken at the Central\, Admiralty and Wan Chai protest sites. Cop ies of the paintings and illustrations hung at the Admiralty protest site\, but the originals travelled with Flynn Seybold when she moved to Vancouver in 2015. These are being exhibited for the first time\, alongside the more recent work of UBC student Aaron Tong\, whose piece also addresses this critical time in the history of Hong Kong.

    Since her undergradua te studies of Art\, History of Art\, and Chemistry at the University of Cal ifornia\, Berkeley\, Tammy Flynn Seybold (and her work) has been influenced by her belief in the power of art to inspire and influence change. Her graduate work at Queen’s University\, where she received her M asters in Art Conservation\, cemented her conviction to preserve cultural w orks and heritage. The paintings\, illustrations\, and photography she crea ted in the autumn of 2014 were an effort to document\, highlight\, and prop agate the truth of what was occurring in the streets of Hong Kong during th is critical time. Flynn Seybold’s artwork has been exhibited in Toronto\, H ong Kong\, and Vancouver. Her latest exhibition\, “Of Time and Tides\,” rec ently held at the Silk Purse Art Centre in West Vancouver\, documented what is gifted to us by the Pacific Ocean\, both in Hong Kong and here in Vanco uver.

    This special two-part event is organized by the UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative and is generou sly supported by: Interdiscipli nary Histories Research Cluster\, Depart ment of Asian Studies\, Department of History\, Department of Art History\ , Visual Art & Theory\, Asian Canad ian Asian Migration Program\, and Centre for Chinese Research.

    Event Poster

    LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/launchexhibition-a-vancouve r-archive-of-the-umbrella-movement/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191130T1101Z-1575111665.6158-EO-32440-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191122T220249Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191129T065853Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191203T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191203T150000 SUMMARY: Reluctant Exiles to Voluntary Diaspora: Post 1997 Migrations from Hong Kong DESCRIPTION: This talk attempts to use Hong Kong as a typical case of migra tion studies to look into the pattern of outmigration\, return migration\, and double reverse migration. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Reluctant e xiles to voluntary diaspora: Post 1997 migrations from Hong Kong

    Abstract:

    As a politically diverse and economic ally active region\, Asia has become a central concern for world politics a nd global economic development since the 1990s. Asia also continues to take the lead in generating international migrations. Many Asians are active mo vers and are making multiple times of migration during one’s life time. In the 1980s and 1990s\, out of fear of Hong Kong’s pending return to China\, a large number of middle class families immigrated to western countries suc h as the USA\, Canada and Australia\, and were described as “reluctant exil es.” Migrations from Hong Kong have picked up momentum again since the 2010 s due to Hong Kong’s rapidly changing social and political environment. Rat her than describing them as reluctant migrants\, this paper will examine ho w Hong Kong migrants have gradually formed a voluntary and fluid diaspora a round the world. It attempts to use Hong Kong as a typical case of migratio n studies to look into the pattern of outmigration\, return migration\, and double reverse migration.

    Bio:

    Yuk Wah Chan i s Associate Professor of the Department of Asian and International Studies at City University of Hong Kong. She is an editor of the Routledge Seri es on Asian Migration and has published widely on Asian migration\, As ian borderlands\, food and identity.

    Co-hosted by: U BC Department of Anthropology\, UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affa irs

    Event Poster

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage LOCATION:Room 134\, Anthropology &\; Sociology Building GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ubc-anth-colloquia-dr-chan- yuk-wah/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/exiles.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191128T1656Z-1574960186.5905-EO-32467-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191126T001612Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191126T001926Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191207T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20191207T180000 SUMMARY: Umbrella Diaries: The First Umbrella Screening DESCRIPTION: Umbrella Diaries: The First Umbrella (2018) charts the origins of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement through the eyes of the activists and ord inary people who made it happen. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Screening+Dial ogue
    Umbrella Diaries: The First Umbrella 傘上 : 遍 地開花
    followed by conversation with Director James Leong

    Cantonese with English Subtitles (120 mins.)
    Free and open to the publ ic

    A City in Protest event

    Umbrella Diaries: The First Umbrella (2018) charts the origins of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement t hrough the eyes of the activists and ordinary people who made it happen. Fr om the June 4th Candlelit Vigil until September 28th\, 2014\, when tens of thousands of protestors occupied the streets outside Government Headquarter s\, this documentary puts us at the heart of the action\, allowing viewers to experience the highs and lows of that remarkable summer\, when Hong Kong witnessed a “blossoming of democracy.”

    James Leong‘ s documentaries have screened at festivals such as Hotdocs\, IDFA and Yamag ata. Passabe (2004)\, about truth and reconciliation in East Timor \, received a grant from the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund. Homel ess FC (2006) won the top prize at the Chinese Documentary Festival in Hong Kong. Wukan (2015) was awarded Best Feature at the Freedom F ilm Festival and the Chinese Documentary Festival and received a special me ntion at the Dubai International Film Festival. Umbrella Diaries: The F irst Umbrella has been nominated for Best Feature Documentary at the 5 5th Golden Horse Awards.

    Together with Lynn Lee\, James also directed the two-part documentary film Hong Kong’s Summer of Defiance (201 9) for Al Jazeera English about the on-going anti-extradition bill protests in Hong Kong.

    This screening is organized by the UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative and co-presented b y: Department of Asian Studies\, Department of History\, Department o f Theatre and Film\, Centre for Chinese R esearch\, and Vancouver Hong Kong Forum Society .

    Full event post er

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    LOCATION:Frederic Wood Theatre GEO:49.268043;-123.257021 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/umbrella-diaries-the-first- umbrella-screening/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/umbrella-diaries.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191221T1614Z-1576944872.0257-EO-32661-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191220T181835Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191220T182306Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200108T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200108T173000 SUMMARY: Opera Diplomacy? A PRC Troupe on a 1960 Canada Tour DESCRIPTION: Dr. Josh Stenberg speaks about a PRC Troupe on a 1960 tour of Canada. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    In 1960\, as part of the early PRC's cultu ral diplomacy\, a troupe of almost a hundred Chinese performers and officia ls visited Canada\, where they were widely identified as "the Peking Opera. " This was the high Cold War\, ten years before Canada would recognise the PRC. The visit revealed a range of perspectives on China and Canada\, from the federal government\, to Canadian organizers\, Canadian Chinese communit ies and an anxious Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The tour shows how the cu ltural isolation of the PRC was coming to an end as early as 1960\, even in North America\, and prefigures China's present soft power push.

    Dr. Josh Stenberg is a Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies at t he University of Sydney. His research interests include the uses and transf ormations of xiqu ("Chinese opera") as performed within China\, in other Ch inese-speaking areas\, and abroad.

    This event is sponsored by: Centre for Chinese R esearch and UBC Theatre & Film.

    Event Poster

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/opera-diplomacy-a-prc-troup e-on-a-1960-canada-tour/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/12/Stenberg-event-Jan-8th-small.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200109T1451Z-1578581474.8241-EO-32800-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200107T214147Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200107T214147Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200114T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200114T190000 SUMMARY: Parks vs People: An Unresolved Conflict in Nepal DESCRIPTION: At a time when biodiversity loss threatens humanity\, few can deny the importance of protecting forests and wildlife. But what measures a re being used to achieve the goal of conservation and how do they affect pe ople at the margins? X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    A talk by Shradha Ghale\, Journalist

    At a time when bi odiversity loss threatens humanity\, few can deny the importance of protect ing forests and wildlife. But what measures are being used to achieve the g oal of conservation and how do they affect people at the margins? This talk by one of Nepal’s foremost independent journalists will address this quest ion by examining the experiences of people who live around Nepal’s national parks\, as revealed through her long-term investigative reporting on this issue.

    Speaker Bio: Shradha Ghale has written regula rly for various Nepali and Indian media outlets over the last decade\, incl uding the Kathmandu Post\, the Record\, and the Wire. Much of her work focu ses on the relationship between the Nepali state and the country’s historic ally marginalized communities. In recent years she has written about the un even impact of the 2015 earthquake\, flaws of the new Constitution\, and do minant discourses of development and conservation. Her first novel The Wayw ard Daughter: A Kathmandu Story was published in 2018 by Speaking Tiger\, D elhi.

    This talk is co-sponsored by the UBC School of Public Polic y and Global Affairs\, the Global Reporting Centre\, the School of Forestry \, the Ecologies of Social Difference Research Group\, the Centre for India and South Asia Research\, and the Institute for Critical Indigenous Studie s.

    Event Poster

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/parks-vs-people-an-unresolv ed-conflict-in-nepal/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/01/Jan14_Shradha_Women-fishing_SG.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191129T1209Z-1575029371.3667-EO-32503-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191128T200203Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191129T071337Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200115T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200115T193000 SUMMARY: The Phil Lind Initiative Presents: Claudia Rankine DESCRIPTION: The School of Public Policy and Global Affairs presents Claudi a Rankine\, New York Times bestselling poet\, MacArthur "Genius" award reci pient\, and Professor at Yale University\, in conversation with Kaie Kellou gh\, novelist\, poet\, and sound performer as part of the 2020 Phil Lind In itiative series on Thinking While Black. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Claud ia Rankine

    UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs is proud to present Claudia Rankine\, New York Times bestselling poet\, MacArthur "Genius" award recipient\, and Professor at Yale University\, as the first speaker in our 2020 Phil Lind I nitiative series on Thinking While Black.

    The moderator for this event is Kaie Kellough\, novelist\, poet\, and sound performer.

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    Ticket holders are requested to arrive at the theatre by 5:50 pm to secure their seat. Please cancel your ticket if you are no longer ab le to attend. Thank you.

    We are not managing a Waitlist in advance bu t we encourage non-ticket holders to speak to staff at the Waitlist table a t the venue to sign up (on a first come\, first serve basis).

    Learn m ore about the 2020 Thinking While Black series here.

    Blackness as a form\, concept and experience\, has fundamentally shaped American ico nographies\, language\, media\, and cultural productions. This series invit es us to consider Blackness as both a culture and a mode of thinking. This series will meditate on the structures of race in North America and will sp otlight the seemingly disconnected forms of racial violence that hide in pl ain sight. How\, despite shifts in rhetoric and political policy\, have so many forms of racial violence persisted? How\, we ask\, can we rethink ours elves by understanding our relations to blackness?

    Bio: Claudia Rankine is the author of five collections of p oetry\, including Citizen: An American Lyric and Don’t Let Me Be Lonely\; t wo plays including The White Card\, which premiered in February 2018 (ArtsE merson/ American Repertory Theater) was published with Graywolf Press in 20 19\, and Provenance of Beauty: A South Bronx Travelogue\; as well as numero us video collaborations. Her next publication\, Just Us\, is a collection o f essays forthcoming with Graywolf Press in 2020. She is also the editor of several anthologies including The Racial Imaginary: Writers on Race in the Life of the Mind. In 2016\, she co-founded The Racial Imaginary Institute (TRII). Among her numerous awards and honors\, Rankine is the recipient of the Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry\, the Poets & Writers’ Jackson Poetry Prize\, and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation\, the Lannan Founda tion\, the MacArthur Foundation\, United States Artists\, and the National Endowment of the Arts. She is a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and teaches at Yale University as the Frederick Iseman Professor of Poetry . She lives in New Haven\, Connecticut.

    Bio: Kaie Kellough is a novelist\, poet\, and sound performer. His work emerges at a cr ossroads of social engagement and formal experiment. From western Canada\, he lives in Montréal and maintains a strong relationship with the Caribbean \, with roots in Guyana\, South America.

    His books include Magnetic E quator (poetry\, McClelland and Stewart\, 2019)\, and Dominoes at the Cross roads (short fiction\, Véhicule\, 2020). His novel Accordéon was shortliste d for the Amazon/Walrus Foundation Fist Novel Award. Kaie’s work has been r ecognized by the Manitoba Book Awards\, the League of Canadian Poets\, and Carte Blanche Magazine.

    Kaie’s vocal performance\, recorded audio\, a nd electronic narrative explore migration and the suspension of arrival. Si nce 2011 he has created mixed media compositions with saxophonist and synth esist Jason Sharp.

    Kaie’s work has traveled internationally\, notably to festivals in the UK\, Australia\, and continental Europe. He continues to craft new passages.

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    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Frederic Wood Theatre GEO:49.268043;-123.257021 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-phil-lind-initiative-pr esents-claudia-rankine/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/11/Lind-2020-Claudia-Talk-Graphics_Facebook.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200119T0518Z-1579411086.5573-EO-32922-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200116T195149Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200116T231844Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200122T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200122T140000 SUMMARY: Children’s Rights and the Mining Sector DESCRIPTION: To learn more about this important aspect of the global Busine ss and Human Rights agenda\, join Simon Chorley\, International Programs Ma nager at UNICEF Canada\, in conversation with Dr. Priya Bala-Miller\, Direc tor of Partnerships and Program Development at CIRDI\, on how these princip les have been applied in the Mining Sector\, and with what results. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
    Cross-campus seminar series "Mining and Minerals Extraction in a New Glob al Landscape."

    About this Event

    The last few decades have seen a shift in society’s understanding a nd awareness of the impact and role of business in society. However\, viewi ng children as stakeholders with legitimate rights claims in the context of responsible business conduct is a relatively recent development. This deve lopment is both timely and necessary in light of global commitments to chil dren’s rights\, as part of the global UN Sustainable Development Goals. Non etheless\, as UNICEF observes\, children have not been adequately considere d by the business sector\, and governments across many countries have not a dequately taken the steps that are necessary to prevent and address abuses of children’s rights that may have resulted from business activities.

    Following the release of the Children’s Rights and Busi ness Principles (the Principles) in 2012\, UNICEF has worked to raise a wareness of children and youth as key stakeholders of business and has enga ged in activities to better understand how the Principles should be applied in different sectors.

    To learn more about this important aspect of t he global Business and Human Rights agenda\, join Simon Chorley\, Internati onal Programs Manager at UNICEF Canada\, in conversation wit h Dr. Priya Bala-Miller\, Director of Partnerships and Program Development at the Canadian International Resources and Development Institute \ , on how these principles have been applied in the Mining Sector\, and with what results.

    Date and time:

    Seminar: January 22\, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm.

    Audience participation welcome\, Q & A to follow.

    Light refreshments will be served.

    Convening Partners:

    Th e Canadian International Resources and Development Institute (CIRDI) is a centre of expertise on natural resource governance\, housed at t he School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA). This seminar\, a s part of a cross-campus seminar series on Mining and Minerals Extr action in a New Global Landscape. It is hosted by CIRDI with finan cial support from the SPPGA\, and promotional support from the Peter P. D hillon Centre for Business Ethics\, within the Sauder School of Busines s\, and the Norman B Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering.

    Speaker Bios:

    Simon Chorley is the Internatio nal Programs Manager at UNICEF Canada. He leads the organization’s engageme nt with the Canadian private sector and the Government of Canada on corpora te responsibility\, sustainability\, innovations and innovative financing. He has thirteen years of experience in human rights and international devel opment\, having previously worked for an international anti-human trafficki ng organization in London. He was born in England\, grew up in East Africa\ , and lives in Ontario with his wife and two children.

    Dr. Pr iya Bala-Miller is the Director of Partnerships and Program Develo pment at CIRDI. She has over seventeen years of professional experience in sustainable development with specialist expertise on gender equality\, huma n rights and sustainable finance. She has previously worked with UN agencie s\, NGOs and the private sector to advance corporate social responsibility from a rights-based lens in a variety of industry sectors. She earned an MA in Conflict Analysis and Management from Royal Roads University\, where he r dissertation evaluated the role of global companies in the trade of confl ict minerals originating from the Democratic Republic of Congo. More recent ly\, she was awarded a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Br itish Columbia for a thesis that examined the human rights policies and pra ctices of large institutional investors\, with case illustrations covering extractives projects in Burma\, Sudan\, Papua New Guinea and Western Sahara .

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    For UBC graduate students interested in career paths re lated to the UN\, CSR or rights-based advocacy\, there will be a Q & A sess ion with Simon Chorley\, held at the Liu's Case room at 11 am\, on January 22. Please register separately.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage LOCATION:The xʷθəθiqətəm or Place of Many Trees (formerly the Liu Multipurpose Room) \, GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/childrens-rights-and-the-mi ning-sector/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/01/mining-edit-sppga.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200115T2206Z-1579125980.766-EO-32889-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200114T234239Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200114T235220Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200124T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200125T150000 SUMMARY: Japan’s Leadership in the Liberal International Order DESCRIPTION: Since 2016\, Japan has shown remarkable leadership on several dimensions of global and regional economic governance\, including trade gov ernance\, economic and data governance\, regional rules-based order\, and e nvironmental governance. This workshop is hosted by the Centre for Japanese Research. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    UBC Centre for Japanese Research Workshop: Japan’s Leadership in th e Liberal International Order

    Event Description:

    Since 2016\, Japan has shown remarkable leadership on severa l dimensions of global and regional economic governance\, including trade g overnance (CPTPP\, EU-Japan FTA\, RCEP\, Japan-US trade agreement\, WTO ref orms)\, economic and data governance (Osaka G20 in 2019\, including Osaka t rack on data with trust\, quality infrastructure\, global finance)\, region al rules-based order (Free and Open Indo Pacific\, stabilized relations wit h China\, strategic engagement with India and ASEAN)\, and environmental go vernance (oceans\, climate).

    Th is workshop focuses on the following questions:

    • How significant is Japan’s new leadership in global trade leadersh ip from CPTPP to EU-Japan FTA\, US-Japan bilateral management\, WTO reforms \, stabilization with China\, and role in RCEP?
    • What is driving this change?
    • Do we s ee a larger pattern of Japan’s leadership in the Global Liberal Order\, inc luding its G20 chairmanship\, statements on climate change (Eg Davos speech )?
    • Where has Japan’s leadership been limit ed\, and what are the constraints?
    • What im plications and potential for Japan-Canada relations (including over WTO ref orm)?

     

    Schedule:

    Friday\, January 24\, 2020

    10:30am-10:50am: Opening Ceremony at UBC

    10:50am- 12:30pm: Panel 1: The Strategic Picture – Explaining the Burst in Japanese Leadership in Support of the Rules-Based Internation al Order

    12:45pm-2:00pm: Lunch

    2:00pm-3:45pm: Panel 2: Global T rade Governance: CPTPP\, EU-Japan FTA\, and RCEP

    3:45pm-4:15pm: Tea a nd Cookie Break

    4:15pm-5:45pm: Panel 3: International Organizations a nd Global Economic Governance

     

    Saturd ay\, January 25\, 2020

    9:15am-11:00am: Panel 4: Free and Open Indo-Pacific (1)\, Economic Pillars (quality infrast ructure\, trade\, energy\, and digital connectivity issues)

    11:00am-11:15am: Coffee Break

    11:15am-12:15pm: Keynote Lecture and Q&A: Professor Miyajima Hideaki

    < p style="text-align: left">12:15pm-1:30pm: Lunch

    1:30 pm-3:00pm: Panel 5: Free and Open Indo Pacific (2) – Security of the Commons

     

    Event Post er

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/japans-leadership-in-the-li beral-international-order/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/01/Big-Japan-Graphics_LinkedIn.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200111T1556Z-1578758177.3753-EO-32804-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200107T221310Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200107T221310Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200124T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200124T170000 SUMMARY: A Fugitive Christian Public: Singing\, Sentiment\, and Socializati on in Colonial Korea DESCRIPTION: Well-known songs of colonial Korea such as "Kagop’a" and "Pong sŏnhwa" appear to be secular songs\, but their origins lie in the complex i ntersection of North American Christian missions\, Korean cultural life\, a nd Japanese colonial rule. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Hyun Kyong Ha nnah Chang is Lecturer in Korean Studies at the University of Sheffield. Sh e is a musicologist and historian with research interest in sociocultural f ormations in trans-Pacific Korea. Her research examines nineteenth- and twe ntieth-century Korea within the intertwined histories of the U.S.\, Japan\, and Korea\, paying attention to the aspects of musical diffusion that inte rsected with the history of empires and the formations of new selfhoods. Cu rrently\, she is writing a book entitled A Vocal Interior: Korean Hymns and Prayers between the US and Japanese Empires. She has published on music an d Korean Christianity\, Japanese school music in colonial Korea\, and Korea n popular music.

    Seminar Poster< /h3> LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/a-fugitive-christian-public -singing-sentiment-and-socialization-in-colonial-korea/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/01/A-fugitive.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200111T1857Z-1578769062.4219-EO-32719-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200110T193138Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200128T223800Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200127T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200127T200000 SUMMARY: Dangers of Free Speech: The Unjust Arrest of Loujain Al-Hathloul DESCRIPTION: Panel discussing the unfairness of UBC alumna Loujain Al-Halth oul’s imprisonment\, human rights and free speech in the Middle East. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Loujain Al-Hathloul is a UBC alumna and wo men’s rights activist\, who spearheaded the charge for women’s rights and p ushing for the right to drive in Saudi Arabia. Loujain was kidnapped from t he UAE in March 2018 and deported to Saudi Arabia where she was arrested fo r a few days\, then put under a travel ban. She is currently still in Saudi prison\, for over a year and a half now\, even though the Kingdom has lift ed the female driving ban leaving Loujain and many other women’s rights rem aining jailed. There have been direct accounts from Loujain herself and her siblings that she has been tortured\, sexually harassed\, and threatened w ith rape and murder in jail by Saudi authorities. UBC and President Santa O no have been vocal about the unfair conditions regarding Loujain’s arrest a nd her inability to reach the outside world.

    Join us for this informa tive panel & campaign created by UBC alumna Dalya Al Masri that aims to dis cuss human rights\, free speech in the middle east\, and the unfairness of UBC alumna Loujain Al-Halthoul’s imprisonment\, while pushing UBC to award her an honorary doctorate for her human rights activism.

    Light refres hments (pizza) will be provided. Please RSVP.

    ABOUT THE MODER ATOR

    Dalya Al Masri is a Palestinian-Canadi an political analyst and UBC alumna. She has worked with Amnesty Internatio nal and the United Nations Association in Canada on local and global human rights issues\, and most recently as a journalist. Dalya’s motivation for t his event was due to witnessing human rights violations first-hand in Saudi Arabia and the UAE\, as well as hearing about the murder of Washington Pos t Saudi journalist\, Jamal Khashoggi.

    ABOUT THE PANEL

    Sima Godfrey teaches French Literature and Cultura l History in the Department of French\, Hispanic and Italian Studies at UBC . She was the Founding Director of the UBC Institute for European Studies w hich she headed from 1998 – 2007. Loujain Al-Hathloul was her student in a course entitled “Qu’est-ce que la francité?” (“What is Frenchness?”).

    Atiya Jaffar is a Digital Strategist with 350 Canada\, an organization dedicated in tackling climate change\, and organizer with Van couver-based group Friends of Loujain. Atiya met Loujain during their time at UBC from 2011-2014 where they became fast friends.

    Adel Is kandar is a British-born Middle East media scholar\, postcolonial theorist\, analyst\, and academic. He is the author and co-author of severa l works on Arab media\, most prominently an analysis of the Arab satellite station Al Jazeera. He is also a co-editor of Jadillya\, an Ezine\, with hu man rights lawyer Noura Erakat. Currently\, he is an Assistant Professor of Global Communication at SFU.

    Michelle Ghoussoub is a Lebanese-Canadian journalist with CBC News in Vancouver who has written o n Loujain’s case. She has previously reported in Lebanon and Chile and grad uated from the UBC School of Journalism in 2016.

    Additional panel mem bers TBC.

    Co-Hosted by: UBCSchool of Public Policy a nd Global Affairs\; Amnesty International Vancouver\; UBC Institute for Gen der\, Race\, Sexuality and Social Justice.

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    CATEGORIES:Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/dangers-of-free-speech-the- unjust-arrest-of-loujain-al-hathloul/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/01/Loujain-Al-Halthouls-Imprisonment-Graphics_Website-FT-small.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20191220T0519Z-1576819159.8899-EO-32640-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20191219T004924Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211115T173351Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200129T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200129T143000 SUMMARY: Hope vs Hopium – Is There a Role for Hope in the Climate Era? with Karen Mahon Carrington DESCRIPTION: In this session we will look at tools and maps to help guide u s through this time of massive upheaval.  We will look at the hard lessons learned by humanity at other difficult times and  from them\, explore how w e can live full\, engaged\, meaningful and even joyful lives through this t ime of climate chaos. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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    We are living in a time like any other.  It feels as if the world we kn ow is ending and we do not know what lies ahead.  We are living through the early stages of climate change and while we strive to do everything we can to mitigate further impacts\, we now know that adaptation will be a necess ity.  Socially we have begun to think about how to adapt to changes in our physical environment\, but what we have yet to start considering is how we adapt on a personal\, emotional and spiritual level. How do we live our liv es in these times of accelerated destruction? How do we face the potential for mass war and starvation without losing ourselves in fear or grief? Amon g the skills we need to flourish in these times\, surely these are among th e most essential.

    In this session we will look at tools and maps to h elp guide us through this time of massive upheaval.  We will look at the ha rd lessons learned by humanity at other difficult times and  from them\, ex plore how we can live full\, engaged\, meaningful and even joyful lives thr ough this time of climate chaos.

    ABOUT KAREN MAHON CARRINGTON

    Kare n is a strategist\, organizer\, teacher\, writer with more than 25 years ex perience in making social change.  She is the founder of Climate Hope – a new project helping people buil d personal and community resilience in the climate era. Karen is a former E xecutive Director of Greenpeace Canada and past International Campaign Dire ctor of Stand.earth.  Early in her career she led the campaign to protect t he rainforest of Clayoquot Sound.  She was a principle architect of the mul ti-sector collaboration that led to the protection of the Great Bear Rainfo rest. Since then she has been focused on limiting the expansion of fossil f uel infrastructure projects working with interests as diverse as the Govern ment of Alberta\, indigenous leaders\, grassroots environmentalists and oil company CEO’s.

    Alongside her front-line work Karen trained several t housand change makers as the Executive Director of the Hollyhock Leadership Institute. There she focused on how to combine modern strategy and communi cation tools with the   teachings of ancient wisdom traditions to amplify t he work of social transformation. Recently she has been arrested in protest s against the trans-mountain pipeline and ordained as an inter-faith spirit ual guide focused on climate change.

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    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/hope-vs-hopium-is-there-a-r ole-for-hope-in-the-climate-era-with-karen-mahon-carrington/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/12/Climate-Hope-Graphics_Website-FT-image-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200124T1853Z-1579892006.9098-EO-33005-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200124T002235Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200124T002235Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200129T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200129T163000 SUMMARY: Los adioses – Film Screening DESCRIPTION: Los adioses (2018)\, directed by Natalia Beristáin\, tells the story of writer Rosario Castellanos\, one of Mexico’s most important liter ary voices of the 20th century. Screening followed by discussion with Tamar a Mitchell\, Nancy Ross and Ricardo García. All are welcome. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

     

    Los adioses (2018)\, directed by Natalia Beristá in\, tells the story of writer Rosario Castellanos\, one of Mexico’s most i mportant literary voices of the 20th century.

    Screening followed by d iscussion with Tamara Mitchell\, Nancy Ross and Ricardo García. All are wel come.

    Brought to you by:
    Latin American Studi es
    Hispanic Studies Research Seminar
    School of Public Policy and Global Affairs

     

    About the Movie:

    < p class="">“Some four decades after her untimely demise\, Rosario Castellan os remains one of Mexico’s most important literary figures. The author of n umerous volumes of poetry and essays and a trio of beloved semi-autobiograp hical novels\, Castellanos\, a member of the legendary Generation of 1950\, was not only a prolific author but also a pioneer: in a stringently male-d ominated literary scene\, she provided an insistent female voice. This evoc ative bio-pic from director Natalia Beristáin (She Doesn’t Want to Sleep Al one) focuses on a pair of pivotal moments in Castellanos’ life: her time as an introverted university student looking for route to belonging and her t empestuous relationship with philosopher Ricardo Guerra. Featuring engrossi ng performances from veteran actors Karina Gidi\, Daniel Giménez Cacho and  After Lucia’s Tessa Ia\, The Eternal F eminine apprehends the essence of a woman whose life and work contin ue to fascinate and inspire.”

     

    Director Natalia Beristáin:

    Natalia Beristáin is a filmmaker from Mexico City\, where she graduated from the Centro de Capaci tación Cinematográfica. Some of her films include the shorts “Peces plátano ” (2006) and “Pentimento” (2009) and the feature She Doesn’t Want to Sleep Alone (2012).  One of her latest projects\, Nosotras\, portrays gender violence and feminicides in Mexico.

    LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/los-adioses-film-screening/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190823T0035Z-1566520530.6534-EO-31341-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20190821T211453Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200123T205310Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200130T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200130T200000 SUMMARY: Second annual Art + Memory + Justice Symposium DESCRIPTION: Postponed: This event is a student-led symposium showcasing th e creative work of those engaged in the field of transformative memory and justice. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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    About this Event

    The Art + Memory + Justice Symposium is a student-led\, interactive\, conversational\, and sal on-style symposium showcasing the creative work of those engaged in the fie ld of transformative memory and justice.

    Disclaimer: Please note that by registering via Eventbrite\, your information will be stored on the Eventbrite server\, which is located outside Canada. If you do not wish to use this service\, please email Denali YoungWolfe at amj.symposium@gmail.com directly t o register. Thank you.

    Event Agenda

    4-5: Wine & Mingling

    5-7: Opening\, Food\, Presentations & Performances

    7-8: Long Table

    Direct presenters can email us at amj.symposium@g mail.com or fill out this  presenter form.

    Co-organizers: Anson Ching\, Alejandra Gaviria\, Alessia Rodriguez\, & Denali YoungWolfe

    Sponsored by: Memory and Justice Research Stream\; the Ivan Head S outh-North Chair\; The Social Justice Institute\; The Liu Institute for Glo bal Issues\; The School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\; The Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity\; The Critical and Creative Social Justic e Studies Research Excellence Cluster

    Image: Katy Oxborrow

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    CATEGORIES:Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/second-annual-art-memory-ju stice-symposium/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/08/Katy-Oxborrow-image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200126T0212Z-1580004753.8692-EO-33012-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200124T191422Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200124T191422Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200130T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200130T180000 SUMMARY: Worldly Divine Love: Women and Public Performances of Sung Poetry in South Asia DESCRIPTION: Through postcolonial and contemporary gender studies theories\ , the presenter will discuss and showcase secular and religious repertoires \, ranging from the songs performed by the tawaif-s (courtesans) to the sun g poetry associated with spiritual contexts and practices. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This event is in collaboration with UBC Green College and the Depart ment of Asian Studies.

    Abstract

    Through postcolonial and contemporary gender studies theories\, the presenter will discuss and show case secular and religious repertoires\, ranging from the songs performed b y the tawaif-s (courtesans) to the sung poetry associated with spiritual co ntexts and practices. Delving into the social norms that in Pre-Partition I ndia prevented women from becoming professional singers\, the speaker will debate the public sphere of music performances dominated by male-restricted mehfils. Based on several years of fieldwork in South Asia\, and rigorous musical training under the guidance of renowned singers of Indian music\, D r. Cassio’s talk will explore two opposite expressions of ‘love’ – as portr ait in the tawaifs’ songs and in the Sikh kirtan repertoire – whose nuances though allow to go beyond the (colonial) binary categories of secular and ‘religious’\, dissolving into the spiritual dimension of the sung poetry\, in which the ‘beloved’ is disembodied.

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    Dr. Frances ca Cassio is Professor of Music at Hofstra University (NY) and since 2011 h olds the Sardarni Harbans Kaur Chair in Sikh Musicology\, the first academi c position of its kind in the United States. M.A. and PhD in Ethnomusicolog y from the University ‘La Sapienza’ of Rome\, in affiliation with the Benar es Hindu University\, Dr. Cassio has conducted extensive research in India\ , where she lived for several years and was trained in vocal music by renow ned musicians such as Ustad Rahim Fahimuddin Khan Dagar\, Prof. Ritwik Sany al\, and Dr. Smt. Girija Devi. Senior disciple of Bhai Baldeep Singh\, the 13th generation exponent of Gurbani kirtan\, Dr. Cassio specialized on the history and the musicological analysis of traditional Sikh repertoires. Pri or to joining Hofstra\, Dr. Cassio was lecturer of Ethnomusicology and Indi an vocal music at the University of Trento\, Conservatory of Vicenza\, Cons ervatory of Adria (Italy)\, and Visiting Professor at Viswa Bharati Univers ity (Shantiniketan\, India). Dr. Cassio is the author of a monograph on dhr upad titled “Percorsi della Voce. Storia e teccniche esecutive del canto dh rupad dell’India del Nord” (2000). Her essays are published in edited volum es and international academic journals\, and her research interests cover s everal areas in the field of South Asian music\, ranging from early-music h istory to pedagogy\, music and gender\, music-s of underrepresented traditi ons\, postcolonial and decolonial studies. In 2015\, she was awarded the St essin Prize with the article “Female Voices in Gurbani Sangit and the Role of the Media in Promoting Female Kirtanie”. Accomplished dhrupad singer and kirtaniya\, Dr. Cassio has lectured and performed in renowned gurdwaras an d academic institutions in India\, Europe and the USA.

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    LOCATION:UBC Coach House\, Green College GEO:49.270852;-123.256535 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/worldly-divine-love-women-a nd-public-performances-of-sung-poetry-in-south-asia/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/01/Worldly-Divine-Love.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200109T1138Z-1578569910.8885-EO-32802-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200107T214456Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200107T214456Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200131T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200131T163000 SUMMARY: Rethinking the Cultural Cartographies of Tokyo in Japanese Media DESCRIPTION: No other city has lent itself to the spatial imaginary of Japa nese cultural production than Tokyo. Capital of Japan\, undisputed center o f politics and business\, home of the publishing industry\, most populous m etropolis in the world: Tokyo maps itself onto the rest of the nation in wa ys both profound and pervasive. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    No other cit y has lent itself to the spatial imaginary of Japanese cultural production than Tokyo. Capital of Japan\, undisputed center of politics and business\, home of the publishing industry\, most populous metropolis in the world: T okyo maps itself onto the rest of the nation in ways both profound and perv asive. This workshop will explore some of these mappings in media – literal ly and literarily – through presentations by four leading scholars of Japan . Presentations will be primarily in Japanese\, with Q&A in Japanese and En glish.

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    LOCATION:Room 604\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/rethinking-the-cultural-car tographies-of-tokyo-in-japanese-media/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/01/cartographies.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200131T0723Z-1580455402.7537-EO-33093-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200130T182135Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T182200Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200205T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200205T140000 SUMMARY: Exploring the Prospects of Trilateral Cooperation Between Russia\, South Korea and North Korea DESCRIPTION: The possibilities for trilateral cooperation between Russia an d the two Koreas involve the domains of security\, politics\, economy and c ulture. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Dr. Tamara Troyakova is Head of the International Studies Depar tment in the Oriental Institute\, School of Regional and International Stud ies\, Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU\, Vladivostok\, Russia). She rec eived her High Education Diploma in History from Leningrad State University and her Candidate of Sciences (PhD) in History from the Institute of Gener al History\, USSR Academy of Sciences\, Moscow. Dr. Troyakova has worked as a researcher and lecturer in FEFU\, Vladivostok. Her main research agenda focuses on the political and economic role of Russia’s Far Eastern region i n Northeast Asia. Because of her expertise in the history and politics of t he Russian Far East\, Prof. Troyakova has been invited to speak at many con ferences worldwide.

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    LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/exploring-the-prospects-of- trilateral-cooperation-between-russia-south-korea-and-north-korea/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/01/Banner-Dr.-Tamara-Troyakova.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200130T0842Z-1580373765.779-EO-33075-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200128T222440Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200128T222505Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200205T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200205T183000 SUMMARY: Why Are There Protests in India Now\, and Why Does it Matter? DESCRIPTION: Part of the What is Happening in India? Teach-in at UBC organi zed by the Centre for India and South Asia Research. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Part of the What is Happening in Indi a? Teach-in at UBC organized by the Centre for India and South Asia Re search.

    With Joanna Chiu (Journalist\, The Toronto Star)\, Dionne Bu nsha (Journalist)\, Mohammad Zaman (Independent Consultant)\, Milind Kandli kar (Faculty\, UBC)\, & Lara Jesani (Lawyer\, Activist).

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/why-are-there-protests-in-i ndia-now-and-why-does-it-matter/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/01/what-is-happening-in-india.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200205T0151Z-1580867471.5437-EO-33130-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200204T214105Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200204T214105Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200206T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200206T151500 SUMMARY: Paper\,” Binding\, Book: Perspectives from Japan\, India\, and Tib et DESCRIPTION: Learn about Japanese paper production\, binding techniques\, a nd book formats with book history expert Dr. Takahiro Sasaki (Keio Universi ty)–presenting in Japanese with English translation. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Learn about Japanese paper product ion\, binding techniques\, and < strong>book formats with book history exp ert Dr. Takahiro Sasaki (Keio University)–presenting in Japanese w ith English translation.

    Join our discussion with UB C Asian Studies professors Dr. Adheesh Sathaye\, Dr. Dagmar Schwerk\, and Dr. Hasan Siddiqui.

    Dr.  Sasaki heads the Keio University Institute of Orient al Classics (Shidō Bunko)\, a collection of 170\,000 rare books and researc h materials on Japan and Asia. A leading researcher of book history\, in 20 16 he published Nihon koten shoshigakuron\, a monograph on Japanes e bibliography studies. As a developer of pedagogy on rare books\, he has c reated multiple online courses via FutureLearn\, including Japanese Culture Through Rare Books\, Sino-Japanese Interactions Through Rare Books\, and T he Art of Washi Paper in Japanese Rare Books offered.

    Dr. Adh eesh Sathaye is an associate professor specializing in early medie val Sanskrit drama\, aesthetics\, and narrative literature.

    Dr. Dagmar Schwerk is a Khyentse Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Tibetan Buddhist Studies and Steering Committee Member of the UBC Himalaya Program researching Tibetan Buddhism with a focus on the intellectual\, pol itical\, and social history of Bhutan.

    Dr. Hasan Siddiqui is a postdoctoral fellow in Asian Studies researching the social and cultural history of early modern South Asia and the Mughal empire.

    Sp onsored by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and the UBC Centr e for Asian Research.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/paper-binding-book-perspect ives-from-japan-india-and-tibet/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200125T2323Z-1579994632.2034-EO-33016-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200124T194650Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200124T194850Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200206T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200206T183000 SUMMARY: Crossing the borders: Saadat Hasan Manto DESCRIPTION: While depicting the tragic events of partition through his bri lliant fiction writing\, Manto stretched the\nlimits of socially approved n orms of storytelling. His unconventional lifestyle too was the mirror image of\nhis writings as if he was a character of one of his own stories. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This even t is in collaboration with the Department of Asian Studies.

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    While depicting the tragic events of partition through his bri lliant fiction writing\, Manto stretched the
    limits of socially approv ed norms of storytelling. His unconventional lifestyle too was the mirror i mage of
    his writings as if he was a character of one of his own storie s. The ultimate shock came when he decided
    to leave India to settle do wn in Pakistan\, a land unknown to him. The move that was surprising for ev eryone was in fact rather typical of him\; stretching the limits – crossing the borders.

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    Krešimir Krnic is a senior lecturer i n Sanskrit\, Hindi and Urdu languages and literatures at the Department of Indology and Far-Eastern Studies\, University of Zagreb. He has researched on Vālmīki’s Rāmāyaṇa analysing elements of oral poetry and classical liter ature. Apart from the classical Indology\, he has also worked on contempora ry Hindi-Urdu literature and translated some prominent Hindi-Urdu authors i nto Croatian. For past decade\, Krnic has been actively exploring the life and works of Manto and introducing him to Croatian literary circles. He pub lished Croatian translation of Manto’s stories\, first ever collection of t ranslation from any Urdu author into Croatian language. The collection was highly acclaimed and very well received by general public. In his effort to introduce Manto to Croatia\, Krnic has created a lecture-cum-performance o n Manto and his writings. He has been invited by various libraries and univ ersities in Croatia to present the lecture-cum-performance as a part of pro motional tour for the translation of Manto’s writings.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/crossing-the-borders-saadat -hasan-manto/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/01/Manto.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200131T0745Z-1580456732.0163-EO-33096-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200130T182616Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T182742Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200206T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200206T183000 SUMMARY: Nationalism and Shared Democratic Identity: Evidence from Japan an d South Korea DESCRIPTION: Nationalism is known for its deleterious effect in internation al relations: when nationalistic sentiments are stimulated\, people tend to prefer hawkish foreign policy and call for military aggression. Is there a ny way to mitigate the negative consequences of nationalism? X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Jiyoung Ko is an Assistant Pr ofessor of Politics at Bates College. Dr. Ko is an international security s cholar with a regional focus on Northeast Asia. Her research explores how n ationalism affects a country’s foreign policy behaviour and regional securi ty issues like alliance politics and nuclear proliferation in Northeast Asi a. She is currently completing her book project that examines how popular n ationalism affects the likelihood of international conflict. Dr. Ko receive d her Ph.D\, M.Phil\, and M.A. in Political Science from Yale University\, and a B.A. and a M.A. in Political Science from Korea University.

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    LOCATION:Room 200\, Geography GEO:49.265926;-123.256230 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/nationalism-and-shared-demo cratic-identity-evidence-from-japan-and-south-korea/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/01/Banner-Dr.-Jiyoung-Ko.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200210T0211Z-1581300707.3176-EO-33099-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200130T183254Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T183254Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200207T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200207T170000 SUMMARY: The Optics of Mutant Vectors: Run-away Neoliberalism in Post-IMF K orean Science Fiction Cinema DESCRIPTION: Exploring South Korean cinema in the wake of the Asian financi al crisis\, Joseph Jeon observes the use of “secondorder representations” – the fantastic and/or technologically mediated means of instantiation – as a way of diagnosing the problematics of economic institutions in Vicious Ci rcuits: Post-IMF Cinema and the End of the American Century (2019). X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Haeri n Shin is an assistant professor of English\, with secondary appointments i n Asian Studies and Cinema & Media Arts. Shin works on late twentieth and t wenty first century fiction and media across American/Asian American/Korean /Japanese literature. Her research focuses on telepresence technology\, dig ital/visual media aesthetics\, and the ontology of alterity concerning race and ethnicity. Past and forthcoming publications include essays on techno- Orientalism\; the affective contours of apocalyptic and disaster fiction an d film\; cyber fandom and trolling\; alternative temporalities in digital f ilm techniques\; posthuman race politics and spirituality\, etc. Currently wrapping up her first book\, Technology of Presence: Being and Reality in the Age of Cyberculture\, Dr. Shin is beginning to work on her seco nd project on Asian American speculative fiction\, tentatively titled T echnology of Alienation.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-optics-of-mutant-vector s-run-away-neoliberalism-in-post-imf-korean-science-fiction-cinema/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/01/Banner-Dr.-Haerin-Shin.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200117T0017Z-1579220243.1614-EO-32898-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200115T164625Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200211T215949Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200211T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200211T193000 SUMMARY: The Phil Lind Initiative Presents: Ta-Nehisi Coates DESCRIPTION: Join us to hear from Ta-Nehisi Coates\, author\, MacArthur ‘Ge nius’ grant winner\, and distinguished writer in residence at NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute\, as the second speaker in our 2020 Phil Lin d Initiative series on Thinking While Black. Reserve your tickets today! X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global A ffairs is proud to host Ta-Nehisi Coates\, author and distingu ished writer in residence at NYU's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute\, as the second speaker in our 2020 Phil Lind Initiative series on Thinki ng While Black.

    This event will be moderated by Sara Ghebremusse \, Assistant Professsor\, Peter A. Allard School of Law.

    This event will be live streamed at the link below. The recording will also be posted on the Lind Initiative website for 90 days following the event.

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    Blackness as a form\, concept and experience\ , has fundamentally shaped American iconographies\, language\, media\, and cultural productions. This series invites us to consider Blackness as both a culture and a mode of thinking. This series will meditate on the structur es of race in North America and will spotlight the seemingly disconnected f orms of racial violence that hide in plain sight. How\, despite shifts in r hetoric and political policy\, have so many forms of racial violence persis ted? How\, we ask\, can we rethink ourselves by understanding our relations to blackness?

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    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Chan Centre for the Performing Arts GEO:49.269748;-123.255108 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-phil-lind-initiative-pr esents-ta-nehisi-coates/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/01/Lind-2020-Ta-Nehisi-Coates-Talk-Graphic_Eventbrite.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200208T0737Z-1581147465.4103-EO-33149-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200207T010016Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200207T010051Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200212T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200212T170000 SUMMARY: Politics of Biodiversity Conservation in China: The Rising Epistem ic Community and National Park Reforms in an Adapted Multiple Stream Framew ork Analysis DESCRIPTION: How would an authoritarian developmental state respond to chal lenges and difficulties in governing technically complex issues\, such as n ature conservation systems? What roles do scientists and experts play? Why do some ideas prevail while others fall aside in the policy making process？ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    China Environmental Science & Sustainabili ty Research

    Li Guo

    PhD Candidate\, Department of Political Science\, U niversity of British Columbia (UBC)

    Politics of Biodiversity Conse rvation in China: The Rising Epistemic Community and National Park Reforms in an adapted Multiple Stream Framework analysis

    How would an aut horitarian developmental state respond to challenges and difficulties in go verning technically complex issues\, such as nature conservation systems? W hat roles do scientists and experts play? Why do some ideas prevail while o thers fall aside in the policy making process？

    Using China’s past two decades of protected area reforms as a prism\, my research proposes an ada pted multiple stream framework to shed light on the role of experts and sci entists in China’s mixed process of policy formation and decision making. T his modification of Kingdon’s MSF allows us to bring in political regimes w hile focusing on social agency in the policy process\; in particular\, this adapted MSF allows us to focus on the dynamic interactions between the bur eaucratic state and social actors enabled by political events.

    By loo king into how the IUCN’s ideas of national parks and protected areas are ma de into China’s reform agenda\, I argue that the domestic epistemic communi ty’s advocacy and contestation are key to the diffusion of international no rms\, and the impacts of the epistemic community are conditioned on the dev elopments in the political stream.

    ABOUT THE SPEAKER

    LI GUO is a PHD candidate in the Department of Political Science at UBC. Her dissertation investigat es authoritarian responsiveness in the public policy making process\, with a particular focus on the emerging social actors and the conditions of thei r policy impacts in China’s biodiversity conservation and biosafety politic s.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/politics-of-biodiversity-co nservation-in-china-the-rising-epistemic-community-and-national-park-reform s-in-an-adapted-multiple-stream-framework-analysis/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/02/yifan-liu-2VH9MrudyGI-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200207T1920Z-1581103214.7338-EO-33142-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200207T000740Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200207T000740Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200213T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200213T200000 SUMMARY: The Fourth Annual International Mother Language Day Celebration DESCRIPTION: Every year International Mother Language Day is celebrated at CISAR with multilingual presentations\, performances\, and multicultural fe stivities\, representing diverse languages from around the world. 2020 mark s the 20th anniversary of the International Mother Language Day\, and the F ourth Annual International Mother Language Day celebrations at CISAR. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    UNESCO p roclaimed International Mother Language Day (IMLD) in 1999 to celebrate and protect the diverse languages of the world. IMLD represents an effort to h onor people’s right to speak their mother tongues\, to preserve their cultu re and identity\, and to safeguard the many endangered languages of the wor ld. In more specific terms\, it is also a tribute to the sacrifices of many in the movement for the preservation of the Bengali language in Bangladesh . Since 2000\, IMLD has been celebrated around the world as well as in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. Every year IMLD is celebrated at CISAR with multilingual presentations\, performances\, and multicultural festivit ies\, representing diverse languages from around the world. 2020 marks the 20th anniversary of the International Mother Language Day\, and the Fourth Annual International Mother Language Day celebrations at CISAR.

    5.00pm to 7.00pm program followed by a light dinner from 7.00pm to 8.00pm.

    The program will feature:

    • The History of IMLD by the UBC Bangladesh Students Association
    • Keynote address by Bonnie Norton
    • Community guest: Halchigul Pattar (Uyghur Community Member and Activi st)
    • Various cultural performances

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-fourth-annual-internati onal-mother-language-day-celebration/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/02/Mother-Language-Day.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200207T1649Z-1581094140.0815-EO-33144-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200207T001412Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200207T001412Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200214T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200214T180000 SUMMARY: An Autumn’s Tale Screening DESCRIPTION: Winner of Best Film\, Best Cinematography\, and Best Screenpla y at the 1988 Hong Kong Film Awards\, An Autumn’s Tale is widely considered one of the finest examples of Hong Kong cinema. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Screening 放映會
    An Autumn’s Tale 秋天的童話 (1987)
    Director: Mabel Cheung
    Cast: Chow Yun-fat\, Cherie Chung\, and Danny Chan

    Chinese and English subtitles

    Free admission | RSVP

    Winner of Best Film\, Best C inematography\, and Best Screenplay at the 1988 Hong Kong Film Awards\, An Autumn’s Tale is widely considered one of the finest examples of H ong Kong cinema. Filmed in New York City and starring the improbably perfec t trio of Chow Yun-fat\, Cherie Chung\, and Danny Chan\, it is a story of s ojourning\, of love\, and of possibilities. . . .

    This social event is organized by the Hong Kong Studies Initiative and co-hosted by: Cantonese Language Program< /a>\, Department of Asian Studies\, Department of History\, and < a href="https://ccr.ubc.ca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cent re for Chinese Research.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/an-autumns-tale-screening/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200130T2244Z-1580424261.9114-EO-33077-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200128T222650Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200128T222650Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200225T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200225T183000 SUMMARY: Weaponizing Citizenship: The politics of exclusion and inclusion i n India DESCRIPTION: Part of the What is Happening in India? Teach-in at UBC organi zed by the Centre for India and South Asia Research. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Part of the What is Happening in Indi a? Teach-in at UBC organized by the Centre for India and South Asia Re search.

    With Sara Shneiderman (Faculty\, UBC)\, Nakul Sawhney (Filmm aker)\, Gurpreet Singh (Journalist)\, and more.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/weaponizing-citizenship-the -politics-of-exclusion-and-inclusion-in-india/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/01/what-is-happening-in-india.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200124T1323Z-1579872206.9433-EO-32986-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200123T164247Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200421T233319Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200225T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200225T193000 SUMMARY: The Phil Lind Initiative Presents: Roxane Gay DESCRIPTION: UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs is proud to h ost Roxane Gay\, author and cultural critic\, as the third speaker in our 2 020 Phil Lind Initiative series on Thinking While Black. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs is proud to host Roxane Gay\, author and cultural critic\, as the third speaker in our 2020 Phil Lind Initiative series on Thinkin g While Black.

    This event was moderated by poet Junie Désil< /a>. Watch a recording of the event below. Please Note:The recordi ng was posted for 45 days and removed on April 21\, 2020.

    Learn more about the 2020 Thinking While Black series here.

    Blackness as a form\, concept and exp erience\, has fundamentally shaped American iconographies\, language\, medi a\, and cultural productions. This series invites us to consider Blackness as both a culture and a mode of thinking. This series will meditate on the structures of race in North America and will spotlight the seemingly discon nected forms of racial violence that hide in plain sight. How\, despite shi fts in rhetoric and political policy\, have so many forms of racial violenc e persisted? How\, we ask\, can we rethink ourselves by understanding our r elations to blackness?

    Bio: Roxane Gay is an author and cultural critic whose writing is unmatched and widely revered. Her work garners international acclaim for its reflective\, no-holds-barred explora tion of feminism and social criticism. With a deft eye on modern culture\, she brilliantly critiques its ebb and flow with both wit and ferocity.

    < p>Words like “courage\,” “humor\,” and “smart” are frequently deployed when describing Roxane. Her collection of essays\, Bad Feminist\, is u niversally considered the quintessential exploration of modern feminism. NP R named it one of the best books of the year and Salon declared the book “t railblazing.” Her powerful debut novel\, An Untamed State\, was lo ng listed for the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize. In 2017\, Roxane relea sed her bestselling memoir\, Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body\, which was called “Luminous…intellectually rigorous and deeply moving” by The New York Times. She also released her collection of short stories\, Diffic ult Women. The Los Angeles Times says of the collection\, “There’s a d istinct echo of Angela Carter or Helen Oyeyemi at play\; dark fables and tw isted morality tales sit alongside the contemporary and the realistic…”

    In 2018\, she released Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture\, a valuable and searing anthology edited by Roxane\; it has been descri bed as “essential reading” and a “call to arms” by its readers. Roxane’s ne west work\, How to Be Heard\, is set to release in 2019.

    Rox ane co-hosts Hear to Slay with Tressie McMillan Cottom – a podcast with an intersectional perspective on celebrity\, culture\, politics\, art\, life\, love\, and more. She is also a contributing op-ed writer for The New York Times\, was the co-editor of PANK\, and formerly was the non-fiction editor at The Rumpus. Her writing has appeared in McSweeney’s\, The Nation and ma ny other publications. She was the first black woman to ever write for Marv el\, writing a comic series in the Black Panther universe called World of W akanda. Roxane fronts a small army of avid fans on social media and when sh e finds the time\, she dominates the occasional Scrabble tournament.

    Subscribe to our Phil Lind Initiative Newsletter for updates regar ding when tickets will be released for each event.

    Disclaimer : Please note that by using this service\, your information will b e stored on the Eventbrite server\, which is located outside Canada. If you do not wish to use this service\, please email lind.initiative@ubc.ca dire ctly to register. Thank you.

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    CATEGORIES:Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Chan Centre for the Performing Arts GEO:49.269748;-123.255108 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-phil-lind-initiative-pr esents-roxane-gay/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/01/Lind-2020-ROXANE-GAY-Talk-Graphics_Eventbrite.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200229T0604Z-1582956256.7936-EO-33280-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200229T012735Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211101T210205Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200227T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211203T170000 SUMMARY: A Tene Mehodihi exhibition: Our Ancestors’ Trail DESCRIPTION: Visit the Liu Institute for Global Issues' Lobby Gallery to vi ew the exhibition\, Our Ancestors’ Trail\, a result of collaboration betwee n Tahltan youth and artists and scientists\, educators\, cultural practitio ners and Elders and Tahltan allies. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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    Our Ancestors’ Trail is a result of collaboration between Tahltan youth and arti sts and scientists\, educators\, cultural practitioners and Elders and Tahl tan allies—who support and/or teach youth to learn and realize Tahltan ways of knowing. Artwork and archeological work happened on the Tene Mehodihi l and-based education program 2018-2019.

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    Exhibition Dates and Locations unt il December 3\, 2021:
    Lobby Gallery at the Liu Institute for Global Issues (first floor)\, 6476 NW Marine Drive\, Vancouver
    On View during business hours: Monday – Friday\, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm. No RS VP necessary.

    The Lab of Archeology at the Museum of Anthropology\, U BC 6393 NW Marine Dr\, Vancouver

    Or visit the Virtual Gallery Walkthrough

    Artists:

    Sage Novak
    Una-Ann Moy er
    Tsēmā Igharas
    Sophia Biedka
    Ocean van Mierlo
    Freya Podlasly

    Collaborators:

    Brendan Gray
    Cur tis Rattray
    Candis Callison
    Nadja Kunz
    Brittany Seymour
    Shesley Callison-Hanna
    Nathan Skubovius
    Duncan McLaren

    With Support From:

    The University of British Columbia:
    Schoo l of Public Policy and Global Affairs
    Liu Institute for Global Issues< br />School of Journalism\, Writing\, and Media
    The Lab of Archeology\ , MOA
    Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering
    Faculty of Applied Science
    Sandpiper Signs & Decals Inc.

    T-WILD: < /strong>Tū’dese’chō Wholistic Indigenous Leadership

    For more inform ation\, please visit the Tene Mehodihi website.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Lobby Gallery\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/lobby-gallery-exhibition-ou r-ancestors-trail/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/02/Our-Ancestors-Trail-postcard-small.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200220T1022Z-1582194139.006-EO-33221-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200220T003456Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200529T222417Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200227T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200227T163000 SUMMARY: Our Ancestors’ Trail Exhibition Opening and Film Screening DESCRIPTION: Join us for the opening and film screening of the latest Lobby Gallery exhibition: Our Ancestors’ Trail. This project is a result of coll aboration between Tahltan youth and artists and scientists\, educators\, cu ltural practitioners and Elders and Tahltan allies—who support and/or teach youth to learn and realize Tahltan ways of knowing. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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    Opening Exhibi tion Date and Location:
    February 27th\, 2020
    Exhibition Opening and Film screening of “If You Must”: 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
    Case Ro om\, Liu Institute for Global Issues\, 6476 NW Marine Dr\, Vancouver

    RSVP isn't mandatory\, but is preferred. Refreshments will be p rovided.

    Exhibition Dates and Locations:
    < /strong>February 27th - August 31st\, 2020: On View
    Lobby Gal lery at the Liu Institute for Global Issues\, UBC\, 6476 NW Marine Dr\, Van couver
    The Lab of Archeology at the Museum of Anthropology\, UBC 6393 NW Marine Dr\, Vancouver

    Our Ancestors’ Trail is a r esult of collaboration between Tahltan youth and artists and scientists\, e ducators\, cultural practitioners and Elders and Tahltan allies—who support and/or teach youth to learn and realize Tahltan ways of knowing. Artwork a nd archeological work happened on the Tene Mehodihi land-based education pr ogram 2018-2019.

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    Artists:

    Sage Novak
    Una-Ann Moyer
    Tsēmā Igharas
    Sophia Biedka
    Ocean van Mierl o
    Freya Podlasly

    Collaborators:

    Brendan Gray
    Curtis Rattray
    Candis Callison
    Nadja Kunz
    Brittany Seymour
    Shesley Callison-Hanna
    Nathan Skubovius
    Duncan McLa ren

    With Support From:

    The University of British Columbi a:
    School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
    Liu Institute for G lobal Issues
    School of Journalism\, Writing\, and Media
    The Lab o f Archeology\, MOA
    Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering
    Sandpaper Signs

    For updates on times and events\, please visit the Tene Mehod ihi website.

    T-WILD: Tū’dese’chō Wholistic Ind igenous Leadership

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Case Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/our-ancestors-trail-exhibit ion-opening-and-film-screening/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/02/Our-Ancestors-Trail-postcard-small.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200217T2045Z-1581972321.8874-EO-33145-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200207T004129Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200222T003632Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200303T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200303T210000 SUMMARY: [CANCELLED] “One Country\, Two Systems”: Past and Future DESCRIPTION: The on-going protests in Hong Kong have once again fueled fier ce debates about the state of “one country\, two systems\,” the constitutio nal principle that has served as the overarching framework for the governan ce of the Special Administrative Region since its handover to the People’s Republic of China in 1997. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Community Conversation 粵語座談會
    Prof. Albert Chen 陳弘毅教授 (University of Hong Kong)
    Comme ntator 對談嘉賓: Mr. Tommy Tao 陶永強律師

    This event has been cancelled.

    LOCATION:Richmond Cultural Centre Atrium GEO:49.164121;-123.141133 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/one-country-two-systems-pas t-and-future/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200228T2134Z-1582925660.9912-EO-33272-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200226T232804Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200302T173345Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200304T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200304T133000 SUMMARY: Dialogue with Andrea Reimer\, SPPGA’s First Policy Practitioner Fe llow DESCRIPTION: Join us for a Policy in Practice dialogue session over lunch w ith Andrea Reimer\, Adjunct Professor of Practice and the first-ever Policy Practitioner Fellow at UBC's School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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    Join us for a Policy in Practice dialogue session over lun ch with Andrea Reimer\, Adjunct Professor of Practice and the first-ever Po licy Practitioner Fellow at UBC's School of Public Policy and Global Affair s.

    Lunch provided. Please RSVP.

    Andrea Reimer has been a strong public voice in Vancouver and the metro region for almost two decades\, with a focus on working with residents to build green\, reconciled\, engaged communities an d making government easy for the public to access.

      Ms. Reimer has launched an ‘Ask Me Anything’ initiative\, inviting UBC students\, faculty\, staff\, alumni\, and community members to ask her the ques tions that they’ve been pondering about power and practice\, and the practi cal challenges of policy-making. So come prepared with your questions for a n exciting and engaging dialogue!

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    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/dialogue-with-andrea-reimer -sppga-first-policy-practitioner-fellow/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/02/Policy-Practitioner-Fellow-Graphics_Website-FT.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200222T0931Z-1582363911.6584-EO-33219-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200219T224502Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200219T224502Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200304T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200304T173000 SUMMARY: China and the Coronavirus: A Roundtable Assessment X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: URL;VALUE=URI:https://ccr.ubc.ca/events/event/china-and-the-coronavirus-a-r oundtable-assessment/#new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/02/poster-for-eventbrite3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200303T0240Z-1583203255.7137-EO-33306-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200302T185723Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200302T185723Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200306T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200307T150000 SUMMARY: Translation and Modernity in Japan DESCRIPTION: Join us for a talk on Translation and Modernity in Japan on Ma rch 6-7\, 2020. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
    Friday: 9:30AM-4:45pm | Keynote: 5:15-6:15pm
    Saturday: 10:30AM-3:00PM
    Auditorium\, Asian Centre
    1871 Wes t Mall

    Click here for Progr am Schedule

    LOCATION:Asian Centre Auditorium GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/translation-and-modernity-i n-japan/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200226T1828Z-1582741731.6713-EO-33268-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200226T003938Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200226T003938Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200306T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200306T143000 SUMMARY: Making a Just City: Implications for Public Policy DESCRIPTION: The Center for Southeast Asia Research (CSEAR) and the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA) proudly presents "Making a Just City: Implications for Public Policy\,” a public seminar by Susan S. Fains tein and Norman Fainstein. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Cent er for Southeast Asia Research (CSEAR) and the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA) proudly presents "Making a Just City: Implications f or Public Policy\,” a public seminar by Susan S. Fainstein and Norman Fains tein.

    Those of you riveted by public policy and urban development\, m ark your calendar because this public seminar is coming your way!

    Sav e the date and looking forward to seeing many of you there!

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/making-a-just-city-implicat ions-for-public-policy/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/02/Making-a-Just-City-Implications-for-Public-Policy.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200222T0931Z-1582363911.6781-EO-33241-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200221T022323Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200310T232227Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200311T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200311T173000 SUMMARY: COVID-19: Contextualizing the Scientific\, Political\, Societal an d Economic Impact DESCRIPTION: Learn more about COVID-19\, the disease caused by the new coro navirus\, through a moderated panel discussion with local experts\, as part of the Voices in Health event series. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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    Learn more about COVID-19\, the disease caused by th e new coronavirus\, through a moderated panel discussion with local experts \, as part of the Voices in Health event series.

    EVENT DETA ILS

    Date: Wednesday\, March 11\, 2020
    Time: 4:00 – 5:30 PM
    Location: Liu Institut e for Global Issues - Place of Many Trees\, 1st floor\, 6476 NW Marine Driv e

    In recognition and support of the Joint Statement released by the BC Ministry of Health on March 9th\, the School of Population an d Public Health (SPPH) and the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs ( SPPGA) welcome and invite those interested in the event to attend virtually . We will still be hosting the event in-person\, but should you op t to attend virtually\, please visit the SPPH YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/ubcspph1

    Click here to rea d more information on the Joint Statement.

    SCHEDULE

    4:00 – 4 :05: Welcome
    4:05 – 4:15: Moderator Introduction
    4:15 – 5:00: Pan el Discussion
    5:00 – 5:30: Questions

    MODERATOR

    Peter Klein was a longtime pr oducer with CBS News 60 Minutes\, and has produced projects for many of the major American news programs\, including Frontline\, Nightline and 20/20. He has written for The New York Times\, The Christian Science Monitor and o ther newspapers. His work has been honoured by the National Academy of Tele vision Arts & Sciences (Emmy x3)\, Society of Professional Journalists (SDX x2)\, Radio Television Digital News Association (Murrow x6)\, Internationa l Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (Webby honor x2) and Online Journali sm Organization (ONA).

     

     

     

    PANELISTS

    Srinivas Murthy is a Clinical Associate Professor in th e Department of Pediatrics at the University of British Columbia and an Inv estigator at BC Children’s Hospital. Infections in children are still a maj or cause of early morbidity and mortality throughout the world\, despite th e advances made in preventive care. Infections are often a reason for child ren to become critically ill\, and often occur in the critically ill child. Dr. Murthy’s research focuses upon stemming this burden through optimizing their management in a variety of settings. Additionally\, the ability of v arious settings and healthcare systems to cost-effectively manage criticall y ill children\, especially those with infection\, is an area of focus.

     

     

     

    Kelley Lee is trained in International Relations and Public Administration with a focus on international political economy. She spent over twenty years at t he London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine\, initially analyzing the role of the UN in health. She was a core member of two major donor-led stu dies on WHO reform during the 1990s. She co-established the WHO Collaborati ng Centre on Global Change and Health\, and chaired the WHO Resource Group on Globalization\, Trade and Health. Dr Lee also co-led a major internation al initiative to secure public access to tobacco industry documents\, and a nalyze their contents in relation to the globalization of the tobacco indus try. She joined the SFU Faculty of Health Sciences in 2011 as Associate Dea n\, Research and Director of Global Health. She is a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health\, Royal College of Physicians and Fellow of the Canadian A cademy of Health Sciences.

     

     

    Pitman Potter is Professor of Law and Director of Chinese Legal Studies at the Peter A. Allard School of Law. His teaching and research focus on PRC and Taiwan law and policy in t he areas of foreign trade and investment\, dispute resolution\, property la w\, contracts\, business regulation\, and human rights. He has published ov er 100 articles and essays and several books\, including The Legal System o f the People’s Republic of China (Cambridge: Polity Press\, 2013) and Asses sing Treaty Performance in China: Trade and Human Rights (Vancouver and Tor onto: UBC Press\, 2014). Dr. Potter is a fellow of the Royal Society of Can ada. Dr. Potter is ordained a Deacon in the Anglican Church of Canada (Dioc ese of New Westminster).

     

     

     

    David Patrick  is an Infectious Diseases Specialist and Epidemiologist with a career inter est in responding to emerging infectious diseases. His current focus is on the broad effort to contain the threat of antimicrobial resistance in Canad a and around the World. He is particularly interested in understanding the drivers of antibiotic utilization in the community and intervening to reduc e unnecessary use.

     

     

     

    For further questions abou t the event\, please contact  voices.in.health@spph.ubc.ca

    Co-Hosted by: Schoo l of Population and Public Health and the School of Public Policy and Globa l Affairs

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/covid-19-contextualizing-th e-scientific-political-societal-and-economic-impact/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/02/COVID-19-Graphic-for-website.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200229T0523Z-1582953811.3641-EO-33296-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200228T182137Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200228T182137Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200313T154500 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200313T180000 SUMMARY: Screening: A Simple Life DESCRIPTION: Join us for screening of Ann Hui's A Simple Life on March 13\, 2020. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Screening 放映會
    A Simple Life 桃姐 (2012)
    Director: Ann Hui
    Cast: Andy Lau\ , Deanie Ip

    Cantonese with English subtitles

    Free admi ssion | RSVP

    “Since her teenage years\, Chung Chun-Tao\, known as Ah Tao\, has worked as an amah—a servant—for the Leung family. Now\, after 60 years of service\, she is looking after Roger\, who works in the film indus try and is the only member of the family still resident in Hong Kong. One d ay Roger comes home from work to find that Ah Tao has suffered a stroke and Roger comes to realise how much she means to him. . . .”

    Based on re al events and winner of Best Film\, Best Director\, Best Screenplay\, Best Actor\, and Best Actress at the 31st Hong Kong Film Awards\, A Simple L ife tells the story of a relationship that was at once ordinary and ex traordinary.

    This social event is organized by the Hong Kong Studies Initiative and co-hosted by: Cantonese Language Program\, Department of Asian Studies\,  Department of History\, and Centre for Chinese Research.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/screening-a-simple-life/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/02/202000313-A-Simple-Life-poster-2x1-1-1024x512.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200116T0204Z-1579140243.5681-EO-32884-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200114T163634Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200313T172647Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200316T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200316T210000 SUMMARY: CANCELLED – Migrant Dreams Film Screening & Discussion – 2020 Dr. Richard B. Splane Lecture in Social Policy DESCRIPTION: Join us for a film screening of Migrant Dreams by Assistant Pr ofessor Min Sook Lee and a panel discussion on issues of migration for the annual Richard B. Splane Lecture in Social Policy. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    CANCELLED - We regret to inform you that due to the increased public health concerns around the cor onavirus (COVID-19)\, we have decided to cancel our Migrant Dreams Film Screening & Discussion – 2020 Dr. Richard B. Splane Lecture in Social Poli cy this Monday\, March 16. Our special guest speaker\, Min Sook Lee\, has decided in light of the health concerns not to travel. We hope to resch edule this event when conditions improve.

    Join us for a film screeni ng of Migrant Dreams by Assistant Professor Min Sook Lee and a discussion on issues of migration for the annual Richard B. Splane L ecture in Social Policy.

    Lee’s most recent feature\,  Migrant Dreams\, tells the undertold story of migrant workers stru ggling against Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) that treats foreign workers as modern-day indentured labourers. In 2017\, Migrant Dreams garnered the prestigious Canadian Hillman Prize which honours j ournalists whose work identifies important social and economic issues in Ca nada.

    Discussion moderated by Professor Tim Stainton\, UBC Sc hool of Social Work\, with:

    • Min Sook Lee\, Filmmaker an d Assistant Professor\, OCAD University
    • Saleem Spindari\, Senior Ma nager\, Refugees and Migrant Workers Programs\, MOSAIC BC

    M in Sook Lee

    Bio< /strong>: Min Sook Lee has directed numerous critically -acclaimed feature documentaries\, including: Donald Brittain Gemini winner  Tiger Spirit\, Hot Docs Best Canadian Feature winner Hogtown\, Gemini nomi nated El Contrato and Canadian Screen Award winner\, The Real Inglorious Ba stards.

    Lee is a recipient of numerous awards\, inclu ding the Cesar E. Chavez Black Eagle Award\, and the Alanis Obomsawin Award for Commitment to Community and Resistance. Canada’s oldest labour arts fe stival\, Mayworks\, has named the Min Sook Lee Labour Arts Award in her hon our.

    Lee’s most recent feature\, Migrant Dreams tells the undertold story of migrant workers struggling against Canada’s Tempora ry Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) that treats foreign workers as modern-day indentured labourers. In 2017\, Migrant Dreams garnered the prestigious Can adian Hillman Prize which honours journalists whose work identifies importa nt social and economic issues in Canada.

    Lee is an As sistant Professor at OCAD University\, her area of research and practice fo cuses on the critical intersections of art+social change in labour\, border politics\, migration and social justice movements.

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    Co-hosted by: UBC School of Social Wor k\, United Nations Association in Canada – Vancouver Branch\, the UBC Schoo l of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, MOSAIC BC\, and AMSSA (Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies of BC).

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    POSTPONED - Out of increased public health concerns around the coronav irus (COVID-19)\, we regret to inform you that we have postponed our next P hil Lind Initiative series event with Ibram X. Kendi\, scheduled for March 17th. Our event with Jesmyn Ward event on March 24th  has also been postponed. We will update this page once new dates h ave been confirmed.

    UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs is proud to host Ibram X. Kendi\, National Book award-win ning historian and author of Stamped From The Beginning\, as the f ourth speaker in our 2020 Phil Lind Initiative series on Thinking While Bla ck.

    Talk Title: “How to Be an Antiracist”

    When the first Black president headed into the White House\, Americans were ima gining their nation as colorblind and went so far as to call it post-racial . With the arrival of Donald Trump many people are awakening and seeing rac ial reality for the first time. With opened minds\, people are actively try ing to understand racism. In this deeply personal and empowering lecture\, Kendi shifts the discussion from how not to be racist\, to how to be an ant iracist. He shares his own racist ideas and how he overcame them. He provid es direction to people and institutions who want more than just band-aid pr ograms\, but actual antiracist action that builds an antiracist America.

    This event will be moderated by El Jones\, spoken word poet\, an educator\, journalist\, and community activist.

    Learn more about the 2020 Thinking While Black series here.

    Blackness as a form\, concep t and experience\, has fundamentally shaped American iconographies\, langua ge\, media\, and cultural productions. This series invites us to consider B lackness as both a culture and a mode of thinking. This series will meditat e on the structures of race in North America and will spotlight the seeming ly disconnected forms of racial violence that hide in plain sight. How\, de spite shifts in rhetoric and political policy\, have so many forms of racia l violence persisted? How\, we ask\, can we rethink ourselves by understand ing our relations to blackness?

    Bio: Ibram X. Kendi is the National Book Award-winning author of Stamped From The Beginning : A Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America and How to Be an Antiracist. His relentless and passionate research puts into question the notion of a post-racial society and opens readers’ and audiences’ eyes to the reality of racism in America today. Kendi’s lectures are sharp\, in formative\, and hopeful\, serving as a strong platform for any institution’ s discussions on racial discrimination.

    When Dr. Ibram X. Kendi won t he National Book Award for Nonfiction in 2016 for a book about the history of racist ideas in America\, some people felt a disconnect. Emerging from e ight years of leadership under an African-American president\, a narrative was building in America about the emergence of a post-racial society\, colo rblind to race and valuing merit over skin color. Kendi challenges this not ion in his New York Times-bestselling book Stamped from the Beginning\, tak ing an expansive view on race and racist ideas that spans from 15th century Europe until modern day America. Kendi’s insight on racist structures are the focus of his latest book\, How to Be an Antiracist\, which empowers rea ders and audiences to not only recognize the pervasive influence of racism and racist ideas\, but to actively participate in dismantling it.Kendi emba rked on the research for his book under the assumption that the major produ cers of racist ideas were hateful and ignorant. And that borne from racist ideas were racist policies like slavery\, Jim Crow\, and mass incarceration . But as Kendi dug deeper and contextualized motives\, he began to gain a n ew understanding of the cause and effect actually at play. He soon discover ed that political\, economic\, and cultural self-interest are behind the cr eation of racist policies and these policies in turn create the racist idea s that rationalize the deep inequities in everything from wealth to health.

    Ibram X. Kendi is Professor of History and International Relations a nd the Founding Director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at Am erican University. He is a frequent public speaker who speaks with great ex pertise and compassion about the findings of his book and how they can fit into the national conversation on racial and social justice.Kendi has recei ved research fellowships\, grants\, and visiting appointments from a variet y of universities\, foundations\, professional associations\, and libraries \, including the American Historical Association\, Library of Congress\, Na tional Academy of Education\, Spencer Foundation\, Lyndon B. Johnson Librar y & Museum\, Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis\, Brown University\, Pr inceton University\, Duke University\, University of Chicago\, and UCLA. Mo st recently\, he was named a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow for his work.In additio n to winning the National Book Award\, Stamped from the Beginning: The Defi nitive History of Racist Ideas was also named a finalist for the 2016 Natio nal Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction and nominated for the 2016 NAA CP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work in Nonfiction. The book was fe atured on many Best Books of 2016 lists\, including in the Boston Globe\, K irkus\, The Washington Post\, The Root\, Chicago Review of Books\, and Buzz feed.Kendi has published numerous academic essays as well as op-eds in publ ications such as The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, Time\, The Guar dian\, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. He is also the author of the award-winning book\, The Black Campus Movement: Black Students and the Raci al Reconstitution of Higher Education\, 1965-1972. In 2018\, he was named a columnist for a new vertical of The Atlantic focusing on ideas\, opinion\, and political and cultural commentary.

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    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Chan Centre for the Performing Arts GEO:49.269748;-123.255108 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-phil-lind-initiative-pr esents-ibram-x-kendi/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/02/Lind-2020-Ibran-X.-Kendi-Talk-Graphics_SPPGA.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200311T2032Z-1583958721.9741-EO-33467-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200311T171616Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200312T224212Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200318T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200318T153000 SUMMARY: CANCELLED – The ABCs of Cyber Threats to Democracy\, with Dr. Mich ael Hsieh DESCRIPTION: Join this Policy in Practice talk by Dr. Michael Hsieh on the ABCs of cyber threats to democracy\, hosted by Yves Tiberghien\, Professor of Political Science. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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    This event has been canc elled. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

     

    Join this Policy in Practice talk by Dr. Michael Hsieh on the ABCs of cyber threats to democracy\, hosted by Professor of Politic al Science Yves Tiberghien (Co-Director\, UBC Centre for Japanese Research\ ; Faculty Associate\, UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs).

    < p>Please RSVP. A light lunch is provided.

    *Please note the new time\, from 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm. We hope you can still join us!

    Misinformation? Disinfo rmation? Cyber-breaches and Kill Switches? Dr. Michael Hsieh will provide i nsights gained from a career in cybersecurity that has taken him from DARPA to think tanks to global corporations. His presentation will cover real ca se studies of real cyber breaches\, explore the mechanics of how a cyber br each happens\, and end with pointers on what steps organizations take to im prove their cyber readiness.

    Bio: Dr. Michael Hsieh is the executive director of FDD’s Transformative Cyber Innovation Lab. He previously served as a program manager in the Information Innovation Office at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). His focus was on quantitative and cryptographic techniques for establishing provable securi ty in big data and software. Prior to that\, he was a research scientist at Science Applications International Corporation and a scientific consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton.

    Most recently\, Michael received a Council o n Foreign Relations’ International Affairs Fellowship to work with the Japa nese government to assess the prospect of developing high-risk / high-rewar d research institutions in Japan to support the U.S.-Japan security partner ship.

    He earned his bachelor’s degrees in economics and mathematics a t the University of California\, Berkeley and his PhD in chemistry at Princ eton University.

    Co-hosted by: School of Public Poli cy and Global Affairs\, Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions\, C entre for Japanese Research (CJR)\, and Political Science\, UBC

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    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-abcs-of-cyber-threats-t o-democracy-with-dr-michael-hsieh/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/03/Cyber-Enabled-Economic-Warfare-Graphics_Website-FT.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200312T2249Z-1584053376.0153-EO-33503-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200312T224928Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200313T202752Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200319T171500 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200319T181500 SUMMARY: POSTPONED – Understanding Intersectionality in the Everyday and Pu blic Policy Decisions DESCRIPTION: POSTPONED - A discussion on intersectional considerations and experiences from our everyday lives to its effects on public policy. This e vent is aimed at giving a voice to students to speak from their own knowled ge. This is a joint discussion hosted by the MPPGA Student Association\, th e International Relations Student Association\, and the Graduate Student So ciety. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    POSTPONED – Out of increased publ ic health concerns around the coronavirus (COVID-19)\, we regret to inform you that the student organizers have postponed this event.

    A discussion on intersectional considerations and experiences from our ever yday lives to its effects on public policy. This event is aimed at giving a voice to students to speak from their own knowledge. This is a joint discu ssion hosted by the MPPGA Student Association\, the International Relations Student Association\, and the Graduate Student Society.

    (Content warning: discussion of lived trauma may occur)

    Panelist s:

    Nicolas Jensen\, MPPGA Student

    Dinoba Kirupa\, MPP GA Student

    Valeria Alcaraz GRSJ Student

    Kerry Ross\, SPPGA Staf f

    One Additional Panellist - TBD

    Moderator:

    Paige Rumelt\, MPPGA Student

    Coffee\, tea\, and snacks will b e provided.

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    This event has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

    During part of the first state visit to Canada by the President of the Internatio nal Criminal Court\, the University of BC is pleased to host President Chil e Eboe-Osuji for his presentation regarding the creation of the Court and i ts place in international justice. As a former Vancouver lawyer and now the chief justice of the ICC\, Judge Eboe-Osuji occupies a unique perspective on Canada as a state party and its role for international justice.

    [c aption id="attachment_33390" align="alignleft" width="300"]Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji\, the President of the International Crim inal Court Judge as of 11 March 2012\, for a t erm of nine years. Assigned to the Trial Division\; assumed full time duty 16 March 2012. National of Nigeria\, elected from list A (competence in cri minal law and procedure) on 16 December 2011.[/caption]

    JUDGE CHILE EBOE-OSUJI\, President of the International Crimina l Court

    Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji\, President of the Internatio nal Criminal Court\, has served as Judge of the ICC since 11 March 2012\, a nd he is the Court’s President and Judge of the Appeals Division since 11 M arch 2018. Prior to joining the ICC\, Judge Eboe-Osuji was the Legal Adviso r to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights\, during which time he ancho red the High Commissioner's interventions in cases involving human rights q uestions. In that capacity\, he led the writing of amicus curiae submission s to the European Court of Human Rights and the United States Supreme Court . He served as principal appeals counsel for the Prosecution in the Charles Taylor Case at the Special Court for Sierra Leone\, and has held several p osts at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda\, including Head of Chambers and Lead Prosecution Trial Counsel.

    He was called to the Bar in Nigeria\, Ontario and British Columbia\; and practiced law as a barrist er before trial courts in Nigeria and Canada\; and conducted appeals before the Court of Appeal for Ontario (Canada) and the Supreme Court of Canada. Judge Eboe-Osuji taught international criminal law as adjunct professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ottawa\, Canada\, and has an extens ive record of legal scholarship and publications\, including the books titl ed International Law and Sexual Violence in Armed Conflicts\, and Protectin g Humanity (ed). He is the editor-in-chief of the Nigerian Yearbook of Inte rnational Law. He served as legal expert to Nigeria's delegation to the ICC -ASP Special Working Group on the Definition of the Crime of Aggression.

    He holds an LLB degree from the University of Calabar (Nigeria)\; an LL M from McGill University\; a PhD from the University of Amsterdam (the Neth erlands)\; and\, a Doctor of University (honoris causa) from the University of Middlesex (England).

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    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:FASKEN CLASSROOM 122\, Allard Law School GEO:49.269996;-123.253280 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/one-lucid-moment-in-time-ho w-the-world-got-its-international-criminal-court/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/03/20190318-ICC_President_Judge_Chile_Eboe-Osuji-44.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200214T0952Z-1581673963.7727-EO-33212-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200214T013439Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200313T194001Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200324T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200324T193000 SUMMARY: POSTPONED – The Phil Lind Initiative Presents: Jesmyn Ward DESCRIPTION: POSTPONED - UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs i s proud to host Jesmyn Ward\, MacArthur Genius and two-time National Book A ward winner\, as the final speaker in our 2020 Phil Lind Initiative series on Thinking While Black. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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    P OSTPONED - Out of increased public health concerns around the coronavirus ( COVID-19)\, we regret to inform you that we have postponed this event with Jesmyn Ward event on March 24. Our event with Ibram X. Ken di\, scheduled for March 17\, has also been postponed. We will update this page once new dates have been confirmed.

    U BC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs is proud to host Jesmyn Ward\, MacArthur Ge nius and two-time National Book Award winner\, as the final speaker in our 2020 Phil Lind Initiative series on Thinking While Black.

    This event will be moderated by Canis ia Lubrin\, a writer\, editor\, critic and teacher.

    Lear n more about the 2020 Thinking While Black series here.

    Blackness as a form\, concept and experience\, has fundamentally shaped American iconographies\, language\, media\, and cultural productions. This series invites us to cons ider Blackness as both a culture and a mode of thinking. This series will m editate on the structures of race in North America and will spotlight the s eemingly disconnected forms of racial violence that hide in plain sight. Ho w\, despite shifts in rhetoric and political policy\, have so many forms of racial violence persisted? How\, we ask\, can we rethink ourselves by unde rstanding our relations to blackness?

    Bio: MacArthur Genius and two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward has been hailed as the standout writer of her generation\, proving her “fearless and tough ly lyrical” voice in novels\, memoir\, and nonfiction. Betsy Burton of the American Booksellers Association has called her “the new Toni Morrison.” In 2017\, she became the first woman and the first person of color to win two National Book Awards for Fiction—joining the ranks of William Faulkner\, S aul Bellow\, John Cheever\, Philip Roth\, and John Updike.Ward’s stories ar e largely set on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi\, where she grew up and stil l lives. When Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast\, Ward was forc ed to evacuate her rapidly flooding home. Her writing is deeply informed by the trauma of Katrina\, not to mention its unimaginable social and economi c repercussions. Her novel Salvage the Bones\, winner of the 2011 National Book Award\, is a troubling but ultimately empowering tale of familial bond s set amid the chaos of the hurricane. Likewise\, Ward’s debut novel\, Wher e the Line Bleeds\, depicts what Publishers Weekly calls “a world full of d espair but not devoid of hope” in the aftermath of natural disaster.Ward’s memoir\, Men We Reaped\, delves into the five years of Ward’s life in which she lost five young men—to drugs\, accidents\, suicide\, and the bad luck that follows poor people and people of color. Lauded by Kirkus Reviews as a “modern rejoinder to Black Like Me [and] Beloved\,” Men We Reaped is a bea utiful and painful homage to Ward’s ghosts and the haunted yet hopeful plac e she calls home. Men We Reaped won the Heartland Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.Ward is the also the editor of t he critically acclaimed anthology The Fire This Time: A New Generation Spea ks about Race\, which NPR named one of the Best Books of 2016. Taking James Baldwin’s 1963 examination of race in America\, The Fire Next Time\, as a jumping-off point\, this groundbreaking collection features essays and poem s about race from the most important voices of our time—including Edwidge D anticat\, Natasha Trethewey\, Isabel Wilkerson\, Mitchell S. Jackson\, Kies e Laymon\, and Claudia Rankine.

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    The Indian Summer Festival returns for its 2020 Digital Season celeb rating its 10th anniversary. The 10-week curated-for-screen even ts will feature Grammy Award-winning musicians\, insightful economists\, vi sionary environmentalists\, and more\, bringing the community together virt ually during these challenging times.

    Tune in every Saturday at 7 p.m. PST\, from May 16 to July 18\, to experience this year’s audacious curatorial content!

    Learn more and register here: https://www.indiansumme rfest.ca/

     

    This festival is brought to you with suppor t from the University of British Columbia\, including the Faculty of Arts a nd the Center for India and South Asia Research.

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    The Collective for Gender+ in Research\, based out of ORICE (Office for Regional and International C ommunity Engagement)\,  looks forward to hosting the first of our re-imagin ed online teach-in series called Gender+ and COVID-19. Moderated b y host\, Nora Angeles\, our first teach-in will see numerous speakers prese nt short 7-10 minute talks about the various ways the pandemic impacts and is impacted by gendered intersectionalities. Participants are welcome to as k questions to the panel at the end of their presentations.

    We will b e gathering on Zoom using a link emailed to those who register prior to the te ach-in -- the Zoom link will be emailed closer t  o the event date.

    W e look forward to welcoming you! To join us\, please RSVP here.

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    Leonora (Nora) Angeles is Associate Professor at the School of Community and Regional Planning and the Women’s and Gende r Studies Undergraduate Program at the University of British Columbia. She is currently the Graduate Program Advisor of the Centre for Women’s and Gen der Studies. She is also faculty research associate at the UBC Centre for H uman Settlements where she has been involved in a number of applied researc h and capacity-building research projects in Brazil\, Vietnam and Southeast Asian countries. Her continuing research and interests are on community an d international development studies and social policy\, participatory plann ing and governance\, participatory action research\, and the politics of tr ansnational feminist networks\, women’s movements and agrarian issues\, par ticularly in the Southeast Asian region.

     

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    Julia Smith is a Research Associate in the Faculty o f Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University. Her research centres around t he social\, political and commercial determinants of health. She holds a Ph D\, from the University of Bradford in the UK\, and has 15+ years experienc e working with health and development projects in Canada\, Africa and Europ e.

    Kim van der Woerd is a member of the ‘Namgis First Nation from Alert Bay\, BC. Kim is the owner of Reciproca l Consulting\, an Indigenous consulting firm specializing in program evalua tion and research. She has over 20 years of experience conducting local\, p rovincial and national program evaluations managing over 200 projects. Kim completed her PhD in Psychology at Simon Fraser University. Her dissertatio n was the recipient of the Michael Scriven Dissertation Award for Outstandi ng Contribution to Evaluation Theory\, Methodology or Practice\, 2007.  Kim also received the Canadian Evaluation Society Contributions to Evaluation in Canada 2014 Award for her mentorship of Indigenous students. More recent ly\, Kim was awarded the 2018 BC Community Achievement Award\, and the 2018 Mitchell Award through the BC Achievement Foundation\; as well as the Indi genous Business Award 2018 for businesses with 3-10 people. Kim and her tea m at Reciprocal Consulting are passionate about social justice\, and cultur ally responsive research and evaluation. Kim has also been active in her co mmunity serving on many boards locally and nationally.

    Ellen Woodswort h is an international speaker on urban issues using a gendered intersectional lens. She is the Founder and Co-Chair of Women Transforming Cities International Society (WTC) www.womentransformingcities.org and a former Vancouver City Councillor. Ellen acted as a consultant and keynote speaker for the NDI Ira q project Her Story\; she was a speaker for the BMW Foundation Female Leade rship in Resilient Cities\, the Canadian Institute of Planners\, the RailVo lution International Conference\, and Feminists Deliver. Ellen is a member of the national committee “Advancing Equity and Inclusion: A Guide for Muni cipalities” and she coordinates the WTC “Hot Pink Paper Municipal Campaign” to create women friendly cities\, in addition to multiple other speaking a nd facilitating activities internationally. More recently\, Ellen has becom e a strong advocate for a feminist COVID-19 recovery strategy and budget.

    Katherine Scott is a Senior Researcher with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and se rves as the director for the CCPA's gender equality and public policy work. She has worked in the community sector as a researcher\, writer and advoca te over the past 25 years\, writing on a range of issues from social policy to inequality to funding for nonprofits.

    Tim Agg is currently Interim Executive Director of Qmunity\, a non-profit organization based in Vancouver\, BC tha t works to improve queer\, trans\, and Two-Spirit lives. He was previously the Executive Director at PLEA Community Services Society for over 30 years \, retiring in 2016. Two years later\, he was appointed by the Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction to facilitate the Re-Imagining Com munity Inclusion initiative\, a stakeholder engagement process which create d a ten-year road map for the development of supports and services for peop le with intellectual and developmental disabilities in BC. He was a board m ember of the former BC Human Rights Coalition\, among other voluntary roles .

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/policy-politics-pandemic/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/05/ORICE-event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200526T0429Z-1590467395.0371-EO-34113-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200525T171938Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200915T171106Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200528T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200813T140000 SUMMARY: Virtual Institute for Future Legislators Series – 2020 DESCRIPTION: Join this free virtual Institute for Future Legislators series  to learn from repository of seasoned political practitioners who will shar e their insights\, experience and expertise on effective leadership\, democ racy\, communications\, and engagement and what it means during a global cr isis. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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    Welcome to the IFL Virtual Series!

    This series has now ended. Click on the titles below to watch vide o recordings of each session. 

    The Institute for Future Legi slators (IFL) provides intensive hands-on mentoring and training for anyone who seeks the experience and knowledge necessary to make a difference in C anadian politics — whether at the local\, provincial\, or federal level. Th rough the Institute\, former politicians\, journalists and advocates provid e hands-on training and mentorship to participants on topics including legi slative life\, effective political communication and working within and acr oss political parties. At the end of the Institute\, participants put their training into practice with a lively simulation of a parliamentary session .

    Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic\, we are unable to offer an in- person Institute this year. Over the past months\, we have collectively exp erienced the challenges of a world grappling with a devastating and deadly pandemic. We have watched global leaders both fail and succeed at guiding t heir countries and constituents through this crisis.  It is during these ti mes that the importance of having strong legislators who can make difficult decisions for the health and welfare of their communities\, becomes vital.

    UBC’s Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions (CSDI) at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA) has partnered with the Faculty of Arts at Ryerson University to co-present a  free virtual series that will expose you to our repository of seasoned political practitioners who will share their insights\, experience and expertise on effective leadership\, democracy\, communications\, and e ngagement and what it means during a global crisis.

    Session 1 – May 28\, 2020
    Cross-Party Co llaboration with Lisa Raitt & Nathan Cullen. Moderated by Ian Hanomansing
    12:30 p.m.–2:00 p.m. PDT/ 3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. EDT . Via Zoom
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    Session 2 – June 1 1\, 2020
    Getting Trolled on the Cam paign Trail: How Candidates Address Online Harassment and Incivility with Grace Lore & Chris Tenove
    10:00 a.m.–11: 30 a.m. PDT/ 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. EDT. Via Zoom
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    Session 3 – June 25\ , 2020
    Leadership and Representation: Connecting with communities and amplifying voices with Matthew Green & An drea Reimer. Moderated by Brittany Andrew-Amofah
    12:30 p.m.–2 :00 p.m. PDT/ 3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. EDT. Via Zoom
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    Session 4 – July 9\ , 2020
    Making Space for Indigenous Governance: Two Examples i n Conversation with Damien Lee & Marrissa Mathews
    10:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m. PDT/ 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. EDT. Via Zoom

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    Session 5 – July 23\, 2020
    Cutting through the Noise: Mastering the Elements of Clear Political Communication with Alison Broddle & Elamin Abdelmahmoud
    12:30 p.m. –2:00 p.m. PDT/ 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. EDT. Via Zoom

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    Session 6 – August 13\, 2020
    How-To Parl iament: An Introduction to the Institute for Future Legislators
    12:30 p.m.– 2:00 p.m. PDT  / 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. EDT. Via Zoom

    View Event Recording

    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/virtual-institute-for-futur e-legislators-series-2020/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/05/IFL-Virtual-Series-2020-Feature-Image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200526T0432Z-1590467553.0147-EO-34114-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200525T172132Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200615T185841Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200528T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200528T140000 SUMMARY: IFL Virtual Series Session 1: Cross-Party Collaboration with Lisa Raitt & Nathan Cullen DESCRIPTION: Former Members of Parliament\, Nathan Cullen and Lisa Raitt ki ck off our IFL Virtual Series with a discussion of their experiences workin g across party lines\, and what possibilities they see going forward. This session is moderated by Ian Hanomansing\, host of The National on CBC. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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    Polarization in Canadian politics has risen rapidl y in recent years. Yet\, over the past few months\, we have seen remarkable examples of politicians from all parties in Canada working together to tac kle the crisis brought on by COVID-19. Can this become the norm going forwa rd? Where have cross-party collaborations succeeded before? Under what circ umstances are politicians able to set-aside partisanship to work together? Can the growing polarization we have seen in Canadian politics be reversed?

    Former Members of Parliament\, Nathan Cullen and Lisa Raitt kick off our IFL Virtual Series with a discussion of their experiences working across party lines\, and what possibilities t hey see going forward.

    This session is moderated by Ian Hanom ansing\, host of The National on CBC.

    View event recording

    ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:

    Lisa Raitt

    The Honourable Lisa Raitt joined CIBC Capital Markets in January 2020\, having previously worked in both the pub lic and private sectors. Ms. Raitt’s current focus is on senior client cove rage and business development with clients in the energy\, infrastructure a nd industrial sectors\, which align closely with her deep expertise.

    Prior to her current role\, Ms. Raitt was the President and CEO of the Toro nto Port Authority. She was elected into the House of Commons in 2008\, whe re she went on to hold three senior portfolios serving as Minister of Natur al Resources\, Minister of Labour\, and Minister of Transport. Most recentl y\, Ms. Raitt was the Deputy Leader of the Official Opposition and the Cons ervative Party of Canada.

    Ms. Raitt holds a Bachelor of Science degre e from St. Francis Xavier University and a master’s degree in Chemistry fro m the University of Guelph. She possesses an LL.B from Osgoode Hall Law Sch ool and was called to the Ontario bar in 1998. In 2020 Ms. Raitt was named a Woodrow Wilson Center Global Fellow of the Canada Institute.

    nathan_cullenNathan Cullen is a Senior Advisor\, providing strategic advice and support to StrategyCorp’s clients. He brings 15 years of experience as an accomplished Member of Par liament and veteran member of the New Democratic Party of Canada (NDP) to t he firm.

    First elected in 2004 and re-elected four consecutive times until his retirement from federal politics in 2019\, Nathan represented the riding of Skeena—Bulkley Valley in British Columbia. During his tenure in Parliament\, Nathan served as the NDP Critic for Finance\, Environment\, De mocratic Reform\, Natural Resources\, and Human Resources and Skills Develo pment. Nathan was also House Leader for the Official Opposition. In additio n to his many parliamentary roles\, he was a candidate for the federal NDP leadership in 2012.

    Prior to his political life\, Nathan owned a priv ate consulting company that specialized in strategic planning and conflict resolution. He has a deep interest in issues relating to energy\, rural aff airs\, and Indigenous peoples.

    ian_hanomansingIan Hanomansing hosts THE NATIONAL from Vanco uver. Born in Trinidad and raised in Sackville\, New Brunswick\, veteran ho st and reporter Ian Hanomansing began his broadcasting career at CKDH Radio in Amherst\, Nova Scotia\, working at radio stations in Moncton and Halifa x before joining CBC in Halifax in 1986. His assignments took him to Toront o the following year and eventually to Vancouver\, where he was a national reporter for fourteen years.

    Among his major assignments: the Exxon V aldez oil spill and San Francisco earthquake (both in 1989)\, the Los Angel es riot (1992)\, Vancouver's two Stanley Cup riots (1994 and 2011)\, the Ho ng Kong handover (1997) the Slave Lake Alberta wildfire (2011)\, the Humbol dt bus crash (2018) and seven Olympic Games\, the most recent in Sochi in 2 014.

    He has hosted a wide range of programs including: Pacific Rim Re port (1995-1999)\, which focused on Canada's connection to Asia\; Times 7 ( 2005)\, a joint venture between CBC News and the New York Times\; Canada No w (2000-2007)\, a national supper-hour newscast\; Still Talking Hockey (200 4)\, a sports-themed late night program on CBC British Columbia\; Feeling t he Heat (2007)\, a summer series about the environment on CBC Radio One and CBC News Network with Ian Hanomansing (2012-2017) which won a Canadian Jou rnalism Award in 2014 and shared a Canadian Screen Award in 2015\, both for breaking news coverage.

    ABOUT THE SERIES:

    Thi s session is part of the IFL Virtual Series\, co-presented by UBC’s Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and the Faculty of Arts at Ryerson University. The IFL Virt ual Series brings together political practitioners from the Institute for F uture Legislators to share their insights\, experience and expertise. Pleas e see our IFL Virtual Series webpage for more in formation on all upcoming events.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ifl-virtual-series-session- 1-cross-party-collaboration-with-lisa-raitt-nathan-cullen/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/05/IFL-Series_Raitt_Hanomansing_Cullen_Cropped-Feature-Image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200530T0101Z-1590800490.1752-EO-34188-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200528T212453Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200618T181515Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200601T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200601T090000 SUMMARY: Mongolia Election Preview DESCRIPTION: This even is a part of the Mongolia Lecture Series. Mongolians will be electing a new parliament on June 24\, 2020. Dr. Julian Dierkes wi ll provide an overview of the electoral system\, parties and candidates com peting and what’s at stake. View Event Recording X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This even is a part of the Mongolia Lecture Series.

    Mongolians wil l be electing a new parliament on June 24\, 2020. Dr. Julian Dierkes will p rovide an overview of the electoral system\, parties and candidates competi ng and what’s at stake.

    View Event Recording

    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/mongolia-election-preview/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/05/Mongolia-Election-Preview-Graphics_Twitter.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200521T1732Z-1590082360.0878-EO-34091-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200520T212535Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210624T201612Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200608T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200608T103000 SUMMARY: Environmental and Social Licenses for Mining Projects in India: As sessing Regulatory Gaps and Prospects for Reform DESCRIPTION: UBC’s Canadian International Resources and Development Institu te (CIRDI) invites you to join us for a virtual discussion on the regulator y regime for post-leasing mining licenses in India\, with respect to enviro nmental and social licenses to operate. This event is being convened as par t of the on-going cross-campus seminar series on Mining and Minerals Extrac tion in a New Global Landscape\, featuring distinguished experts from Brook ings India. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    UBC’s Canadian Intern ational Resources and Development Institute (CIRDI) invites you to join us for a virtual discussion on the regulatory regime for post-leasing mini ng licenses in India\, with respect to environmental and social licenses to operate. This event is being convened as part of the on-going cross-campus seminar series on Mining and Minerals Extraction in a New Global Lands cape\, featuring distinguished experts from Brookings India.

    Date: June 8\, 2020

    Time: 8:00 am – 10:30 am Pacific / 11am – 12.30pm Eas tern / 8:30pm – 10pm Delhi

    Registration link: Zoom

    After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

    Moderator< /strong>: Kevin Hanna\, PhD\, Associate Professor\, Geography\, Director\, Centre for Environmental Assessment Research\, UBC

    Featured s peakers:

    Dr. Rajesh Chadha is Program Direc tor for Natural Resources at Brookings India. He was formerly a Professor & Research Director at the National Council for Applied Economic Research in India. He has worked extensively on regional and multilateral issues perta ining to international trade\, foreign direct investment and agricultural m arkets.  Dr. Chadha has been a Visiting Scholar at the Universities of Mich igan\, Melbourne\, and Monash\, and Visiting Faculty at many prestigious ac ademic and research institutes in India\, and was nominated as a GTAP Resea rch Fellow (2004-2007) by the Global Trade Analysis Project\, Purdue Univer sity\, USA. He received his PhD in Economics from the Indian Institute of T echnology\, New Delhi.

    Dr. Srestha Bannerjee is a Vi siting Scholar with the Natural Resources\, Energy & Sustainability team at Brookings India. She is an environment and public policy expert with over 10 years of professional experience in research and policy advocacy in Indi a and the United States. Her areas of specialization include environmental governance\, natural resource management\, sustainable industrialization\, community rights and empowerment\, urban sustainability and environmental j ustice.

    This webinar will be recorded and shared on the CIRDI web site following the event. The recording will not include attendees’ names n or their video or audio.

    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/environmental-and-social-li censes-for-mining-projects-in-india-assessing-regulatory-gaps-and-prospects -for-reform/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/05/Brookings-India-Facebook-2-1024x538.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200529T0218Z-1590718714.6868-EO-34155-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200528T170915Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200617T155454Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200611T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200611T113000 SUMMARY: IFL Virtual Series Session 2: Getting Trolled on the Campaign Trai l: How Candidates Address Online Harassment and Incivility DESCRIPTION: Join this IFL Virtual Series session with Dr. Grace Lore. Dr L ore and her team have been researching the forms and effects of online hara ssment\, particularly during the 2019 federal election. She will join us to talk about her research\, and to discuss policy changes and individual str ategies to address this problem. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    From before the COVID-19 pandemic forc ed a great many activities to go digital\, social media has played an incre asingly important role in local\, provincial and federal elections. Through social media platforms\, candidates and voters can connect rapidly and dir ectly. This has brought new opportunities but also new challenges\, includi ng high volumes of abusive and toxic messages directed at candidates and el ected officials.

    Dr. Grace Lore and her team have be en researching the forms and effects of online harassment\, particularly du ring the 2019 federal election. She\, along with UBC Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Chris Tenove\, will join us to talk about their research \, and to discuss policy changes and individual strategies to address this problem.

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    ABOUT THE SERIES:

    This session is part o f the Institute for Future Legislators (IFL)  Virtual Series\, co-presented by UBC’s C entre for the Study of Democratic Institutions at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and the Faculty of Arts at Ryerson University. Th e IFL Virtual Series brings together political practitioners from the Insti tute for Future Legislators to share their insights\, experience and expert ise. Please see virtual series page for more inf ormation on all upcoming events.

    ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:

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    Grace Lore i s a lecturer at the University of Victoria where she teaches Canadian Polit ics\, Political Science Methods\, and Gender and Politics. She works with w omen's organization like the Equal Voice\, the Victoria Sexual Assault Cent re\, and the PEI Women's Coalition\, to promote women's political represent ation and best practices in gender-based policy.

    She has a PhD in Pol itical Science from the University of British Columbia where she studied th e relationship between electoral systems\, women’s political representation \, and the representation of gendered policy issues. She is mom of two and was recently a candidate for Victoria city council in the 2018 municipal el ection.

    Chris Tenove is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Politi cal Science at the University of British Columbia. He researches democratic participation\, public policy\, and digital politics. In recent years he h as published studies and policy reports on the threats that disinformation and harmful speech pose to Canadian democracy. Together with Grace Lore and Heidi Tworek (UBC History and SPPGA)\, he is conducting an in-depth study of the online abuse of Canadian politicians.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ifl-virtual-series-session- 2-getting-trolled-on-the-campaign-trail-how-candidates-address-online-haras sment-and-incivility/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/05/IFLR_Twitter_2020_VIRTUAL_SERIES_Lore_1024x512.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200608T1219Z-1591618765.7039-EO-34304-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200605T220305Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200618T181606Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200612T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200612T090000 SUMMARY: Update on Mongolia’s Election Campaign DESCRIPTION: We are roughly halfway through Mongolia’s parliamentary electi on campaign. A panel of speakers affiliated with UBC’s Mongolia Focus blog will review the campaign up until now and discuss the campaign platforms of the dominant parties as well as some of the groups and individuals attempt ing to challenge this dominance. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This event is a part of the Mongolia Lecture Series.

    We are roughly halfway through Mongolia’s parliamentary election campaig n. A panel of speakers affiliated with UBC’s Mongolia Focus blog< /a> will review the campaign up until now and discuss the campaign platform s of the dominant parties as well as some of the groups and individuals att empting to challenge this dominance.

    Speakers:

  • Dr. Ma rissa Smith\, independent researcher
  • Bulgan Batdorj\, incoming PhD stu dent\, Resources\, Environment and Sustainability\, UBC
  • Dr. Julian Dierkes \, Associate Professor\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs

    • For a preview of the election that focused on the electoral system\, t he parties/candidates competing\, and some of the main issues\, see here.

    View Event Recording

    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/update-on-mongolias-electio n-campaign/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/06/Update-on-Mongolia’s-Election-Campaign_Facebook.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200620T0853Z-1592643193.153-EO-34390-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200618T180728Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200618T181531Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200622T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200622T091500 SUMMARY: Mongolia Campaign Update II DESCRIPTION: This event is a part of the Mongolia Lecture Series.\n\nIn thi s session we will focus on education\, anti-corruption\, gender and the rol e of Facebook in the Mongolian parliamentary election campaign. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This event is a part of the Mongolia L ecture Series.

    In this session we will focus on education\, anti-corr uption\, gender and the role of Facebook in the Mongolian parliamentary ele ction campaign.

    Speakers:

    • Dr. Mar issa Smith\, independent researcher
    • Bulgan Batdorj \, incoming PhD student\, Resources\, Environment and Sustainabili ty\, UBC
    • Dr. Julian Dierkes\, Associate Professor\ , School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
    • Robert Ritz\, PhD student\, Sociology\, Ider University and Director\, LETU Mong olian American University

    An open Q&A will follow the prese ntations.

    Please RSVP to receive a personalized Zoo m link.

    View previous event recordings:
    J une 1 - Mongolia Election Preview
    June 12 - Update on Mongolia’s E lection Campaign

    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/mongolia-campaign-update-ii / ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/06/Update-on-Mongolia’s-Election-Campaign-Part-2_Website-FT.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200618T1547Z-1592495264.0963-EO-34379-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200617T181934Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200623T184114Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200623T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200623T123000 SUMMARY: Trade and Transit Facilitation Between Central Asia and South Asia In the Time of Covid-19 Pandemic DESCRIPTION: Join us on June 23 for a virtual discussion on Trade and Trans it Facilitation Between Central Asia and South Asia In the Time of Covid-19 Pandemic. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

     

    Moderator: Mr. Zahir Fa qiri\, Lead\, Greater Central Asia Initiative

    Speake rs:

    H.E. Hassan Soroosh\, Ambassador of Afghanistan\, Ottawa
    H.E. Ajay Bisaria\, High Commissioner of India\, Ottawa
    Mr . David Hartman\, Director General of South Asia Bureau\, Global Affairs Ca nada

    The event seeks to:

    • Set a new path of inter-regional conversation that brings together voices from Central Asia (CA) and South A sia (SA) to discuss further diversification of trade and regional connectiv ity during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    • Underscoring the significance of inter-regional cooperation\, identifies challenges as well as ways to tackl e these barriers vis-à-vis regional transit and trade facilitation between CA and SA during this pandemic.
    • Finding answers on how governments respond to the pandemic will have a lasting impact on the regions stability during and post COVID-19. Given the diverse and compact nature of the Cent ral and South Asian region adds complexity fighting the pandemic. Measures to limit the virus’s spread have spurred massive economic contraction which is disproportionately affecting the region’s most vulnerable populations.< /li>

    Please RSVP and a Zoom link will be emailed to you closer to the event.

    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/trade-and-transit-facilitat ion-between-central-asia-and-south-asia-in-the-time-of-covid-19-pandemic/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/06/GCAI-Event-Graphics-v2_Website.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200624T0508Z-1592975320.8203-EO-34368-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200616T223454Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200721T012653Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200625T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200625T100000 SUMMARY: Why Local Indigenous Voices are Essential to Global Forest Commitm ents DESCRIPTION: 2020 is the final year to prepare for a number of internationa l commitments on sustainable forest governance. The post-2020 biodiversity agenda and the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration will accelerate global ac tion on forest conservation\, restoration\, and sustainable use. Indigenous voices are critical in ensuring that international processes reflect and r espect traditional knowledge innovations and […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    2020 is the final year to prepare for a number of international co mmitments on sustainable forest governance. The post-2020 biodiversity agen da and the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration will accelerate global action on forest conservation\, restoration\, and sustainable use. Indigenous voi ces are critical in ensuring that international processes reflect and respe ct traditional knowledge innovations and practices.

    The webinar will look outside the Canadian context to explore how Indigenous voices are cont ributing to and can accelerate sustainable forest governance. A panel of ex perts from the United Nations and the University of British Columbia will s hare their own perspectives and experiences on the process of strengthening Indigenous forest governance rights and recognition. Speakers will discuss the value of Indigenous forest governance and introduce existing mechanism s that support its recognition.

    Date: June 25th \, 9am-10am PDT

    Registration link: Zo om

     

    Speakers: 

    Dr. Musonda Mumba is currently the head of the UN Environment’s Terrestrial Ec osystems Team\, with over 20 years’ experience in environmental and con servation issues globally.  She recently became the new Chair of the Global Partnership on Fores t and Landscape Restoration (GPFLR).  Her responsibilities include prov iding leadership on Forests and Climate Change\, Integrated Landscape Manag ement (ILM) Approaches\, technical expertise to governments globally\, deve loping appropriate policy dialogue and strategic direction around Terrestri al Ecosystems.  She has published widely in various journals\, newspapers\, articles and contributed to book chapters.  She will also be the UN Enviro nment lead on Terrestrial Ecosystems for the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021 – 2030)\, a UN General Assembly Resolution that was passed on 1st  March 2019.

    John Scott is an Indigenous descendan t from North-Eastern Australia. He is the Senior Programme Officer for the Peoples and Biodiversity Unit and the focal point for Indigenous peoples an d local communities at the CBD S ecretariat. Mr. Scott has a background in education\, social policy\, l aw\, Indigenous rights and traditional knowledge. He was an Aboriginal Educ ation Advisor\; CEO for Aboriginal Programs\; Deputy Director for the Schoo l of Indigenous Studies at James Cook University\; Manager of the Cultural Unit with National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission\; Indig enous Human Rights Officer with the United Nations High Commission on Human Rights\, and Social Affairs Officer at the Secretariat of the United Natio ns Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Mr. Scott has a Diploma in Seconda ry Teaching\, a Graduate Diploma in Aboriginal Education\, and a Masters of (Indigenous) Legal Studies – International Indigenous Rights and Constitut ional Law Reform.

    Helina Jolly is a Ph.D. c andidate and National Geographic Explorer (2018) at the Institute for Resources Environment and Sustainability. An e cologist and environmental policy analyst by training\, she studies the rel ationship between forest ecosystems and Kattunayakans\, a lesser-known hunt er-gatherer Indigenous People of South India. Her doctoral research examine s the complexities of human and nature connections in these societies throu gh the conversations on human-wildlife interactions\, food security\, fores t fire and rights- capabilities. As a part of her Ph.D. work\, she directed and produced an ethnographic documentary Gidiku Vapathu (2020)\, on Kattun ayaka People to understand how these traditional societies perceive and int eract with forest and non-human beings. Helina is also the founder of an in ternational web-based project\, ‘The Everyday Nature’ that focuses on documenting the perception of pe ople towards nature. She also leads the Collective for Gender+ in Research at the UBC that seeks to develop a network to articulate methods and tools to engage gender in research. Before joining UBC\, Helina worked in India f or six years on various environmental projects in South Asia with the Germa n Development Cooperation (GIZ)\, Centre for Science and Environment and Cl inton Climate Initiative. She is a Commonwealth Scholar and has an MSc in E nvironmental Policy and Regulation from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

    Agni Klintuni Boedhihartono is an Associate Professor\, Tropical Landscapes and Livelihoods\, at  the UBC’s Faculty of Forestry. Intu worked for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and t he United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) based in Switzerland. Over the course of her career\, Intu has devoted much of her time in Africa and SE Asia and spent several years working in the Malinau Research Forest region in North Kalimantan\, Indonesia\, with the Center for International Forestr y Research (CIFOR). Intu has worked with multidisciplinary teams in remote locations in tropical landscapes and seascapes in Asia\, Africa and Latin A merica. She has focussed on issues with Indigenous people and local communi ties\, particularly on the importance of their traditional knowledge and wi se practices in natural resources management and the conservation of their cultural diversity. Intu’s research has sought to enable forest-dependent p eople\, coastal communities and Indigenous groups to achieve a balance betw een conservation and social\, cultural and economic development.

     

    This event will be moderated by CIRDI’s Director of Program Delivery\,  Jaime Revenaz Webbe .

    The panel will be preceded by a short presentation on the recent CI RDI paper “< strong>Indigenous Forest Governance: Challenges\, Enabling Conditions\, and Factors for Success“ by Dr. Joleen Timko\, a social scientist and technical forestry expert.

    This webinar will b e recorded and shared on the CIRDI website following the event. The recordi ng will not include attendees’ names nor their video or audio.

     

    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/why-local-indigenous-voices -are-essential-to-global-forest-commitments/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/06/Indigenous_Voices_Webinar_poster_V2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200529T0436Z-1590726962.0318-EO-34160-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200528T171907Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200709T203619Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200625T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200625T140000 SUMMARY: IFL Virtual Series Session 3: Leadership and Representation: Conne cting with communities and amplifying voices DESCRIPTION: Join Join Matthew Green\, Member of Parliament\, and Andrea Re imer\, former Vancouver City Councillor\, in this IFL Virtual Session as th ey share their insights and experience on how to bring diverse voices to th e table\, build coalitions\, and advocate for local needs on a provincial\, national and international level. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Engaging constituents is one of the most important roles that legislators hold. A vibrant democracy inc ludes the voices of all of its members and effective leaders are able to un derstand and advocate for the diverse needs of their constituents\, especia lly for those that are marginalized.

    Join Matthew Green\, Member of Parliament\, and Andrea Reimer\, former Va ncouver City Councillor\, as they share their insights and experience on ho w to bring diverse voices to the table\, build coalitions\, and advocate fo r local needs on a provincial\, national and international level.

    Thi s session is moderated by Brittany Andrew-Amofah\, Senior Policy and Research Analyst at the Broadbent Institute.

    View Event Recording

    ABOUT THE SERIES:

    This session is part of the IFL Virtual Series\, c o-presented by UBC’s Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and the Faculty of Arts at Ryerson Uni versity. The IFL Virtual Series brings together political practitioners fro m the Institute for Future Legislators to share their insights\, experience and expertise. Please see the virtual series page for more information on all upcoming events.

    ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:< /h4>

    matthew_green_smIn 2019 Matthew Green was elected the Member of Parliament for Hamilton C entre. He previously made history when he became the first person of colour elected to Hamilton City Council in 2014. During his time as Ward 3 Counci llor\, Matthew’s policy initiatives focused on ecological\, equity\, and ec onomic justice issues.

    Matthew has a Political Science and Legal Stud ies degree from Acadia University and continued his education at McMaster U niversity as well as the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and Harvard B usiness School.

    Prior to being elected to city council Matthew owned a small business in Hamilton and most recently\, served as the Executive Di rector of the Hamilton Centre for Civic Inclusion.

    Matthew is the NDP Critic for National Revenue\, Public Services and Procurement\, Treasury B oard\, Deputy Critic for Ethics.

     

    Andrea Reimer croppedAndrea Reimer\, an Adju nct Professor of Practice and a Policy Practitioner Fellow at UBC's School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, has been a strong public voice in Van couver and the metro region for almost two decades\, with a focus on workin g with residents to build green\, reconciled\, engaged communities and maki ng government easy for the public to access.

    Andrea started her publi c work as a community organizer on community efforts to achieve greater soc ial\, environmental and economic justice. In 2002\, she was elected to the Vancouver School Board\, a first for the Green Party in Canada. In 2008\, A ndrea co-chaired Gregor Robertson’s successful campaign for Mayor\, ran for Council herself\, and went on to be elected to three terms on Vancouver Ci ty Council.

    During her decade on City Council\, Andrea spearheaded a number of initiatives\, including the City’s effort to be the Greenest City on earth and Vancouver’s nationally significant municipal framework for re conciliation with Indigenous peoples.

    After leaving municipal politic s\, Andrea was awarded a prestigious Loeb Fellowship at Harvard University’ s Graduate School of Design where she studied and taught about urban policy and strengthening democracy.

    She has been recognized with a number o f awards including the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Award and the World Green Bu ilding Council Chairman’s Award. She is frequently asked to speak nationall y and internationally on her policy achievements to inspire other governmen ts to bolder action.

     

    Brittany Andrew-Amofah is a public policy professional based in Toronto. She is currently the Senior Policy and Research Analyst at the Broadbent Institute\, where she is respo nsible for assisting with setting the research and policy direction of the organization\, and managing the Broadbent Institute’s Fellow Program. Britt any is regularly sought out to provide research\, analysis and commentary o n pressing policy and political issues.

    Since graduating with a Master’s in Political Management from Carleton University\, prior to joining the Broad bent Institute\, Brittany was on the policy team at the Maytree Foundation where her work focused on researching various poverty reduction strategies. She is also a former Program Manager at Harmony Movement\, where she deliv ered diversity\, equity and anti-racism training to students\, educators an d non-profits across Ontario\; a constituency assistant to Councillor Janet Davis and has worked many years in Toronto's homelessness and housing sect or.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ifl-virtual-series-session- 3-leadership-and-representation-connecting-with-communities-and-amplifying- voices/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/05/IFLR_Twitter_2020_VIRTUAL_SERIES_Green_Reimer_Amofah_1024x512.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200629T0620Z-1593411622.2543-EO-34463-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200626T211520Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200626T214140Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200629T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200629T091500 SUMMARY: Mongolia’s Election Results DESCRIPTION: Mongolians voted on June 24 and gifted the Mongolian People’s Party a resounding victory\, winning 62 of 76 seats.\nThis event will revie w the results\, speculate on causes\, take a look at incoming MPs\, and dis cuss future implications. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This event is a part of the Mongolia Lecture Series.

    Mongo lians voted on June 24 and gifted the Mongolian People’s Party a resounding victory\, winning 62 of 76 seats.
    This event will review the results\ , speculate on causes\, take a look at incoming MPs\, and discuss future im plications.

    Please RSVP to receive a personalized Zoom l ink.

    View previous event recordings:
    June 1 – Mongolia Election Preview
    June 12 – Update on Mongolia’s Elec tion Campaign
    June 22 - Update on Mongolia's Election Campaign II

    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/mongolias-election-results/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/06/Mongolias-Election-Results-Event_Website-FT.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200621T0519Z-1592716757.185-EO-34402-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200619T163227Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200810T222321Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200709T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200709T113000 SUMMARY: IFL Virtual Series Session 4: Making Space for Indigenous Governan ce: Two Examples in Conversation DESCRIPTION: Indigenous governance is complex. Many First Nations communiti es continue to use their own governance systems while also having to use In dian Act governance as a result of Canadian law. This is true for many Anis hinaabe communities in Canada\, for example. In urban contexts\, where band governance is often less present\, Indigenous peoples organize politically in innovative ways. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Indigenous governan ce is complex. Many First Nations communities continue to use their own gov ernance systems while also having to use Indian Act governance as a result of Canadian law. This is true for many Anishinaabe communities in Canada\, for example. In urban contexts\, where band governance is often less presen t\, Indigenous peoples organize politically in innovative ways.

    In th is session\, Dr. Damien Lee and Marrissa Mathews\, PhD Candidate\, discuss Anishinaabe and urban governance systems\ , and some of the nuances often overlooked in mainstream political discussi ons.

    View Event Recording

    ABOUT THE SERIES:

    This sessio n is part of the IFL Virtual Series\, co-presented by the Faculty of Arts a t Ryerson University and UBC’s Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. The IFL Virtual Series brin gs together political practitioners from the Institute for Future Legislato rs to share their insights\, experience and expertise. Please see the virtual series page for more information on all upcom ing events.

    ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:

    Dr. Damien Lee is a cis-gendered racially-white man who b elongs with Anishinaabeg of the northern shore of Lake Superior. He was ado pted as an infant into Fort William First Nation in accordance with Anishin aabe law\, and raised as Anishinaabe by his family.

    Dr. Lee’s researc h focuses primarily on the resurgence of Indigenous legal and governance sy stems\, and often considers how such systems are both impacted by and push back against settler colonial law in the present. Mentored by Anishinaabe k nowledge holders Doug Williams and Marlene Pierre\, Dr. Lee is an assistant professor in Ryerson University’s Department of Sociology.

    < a href="https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/06/ma tthews.png">Marrissa Mathews is O mushkegowuk Cree from Treaty 9. She is a PhD candidate at McMaster Universi ty in Political Science.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ifl-virtual-series-session- 4-making-space-for-indigenous-governance-two-examples-in-conversation/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/06/IFLR_Twitter_2020_VIRTUAL_SERIES_Lee_Matthews_1024x512.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200714T1218Z-1594729090.9976-EO-34599-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200713T201920Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200807T001240Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200715T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200715T113000 SUMMARY: Public Health Systems and Health Care: Fostering Lessons For The F uture DESCRIPTION: This webinar series highlights African responses to COVID-19 a cross different sectors. In this session\, learn about the resilience of Af rica's health care systems and ways in which other pandemics have prepared many African nations for effective management of the COVID-19 pandemic. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This webinar series\, hosted by the Liu In stitute Network for Africa\, highlights African responses to COVID-19 acros s different sectors. In this session\, we aim to highlight the resilience o f Africa's health care systems and ways in which other pandemics have prepa red many African nations for effective management of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    We will hear from high-level leaders from various nations and region s in the continent to learn more about the current state of health status a nd health care systems in Africa.

    Finally\, we will explore new and e merging lessons and opportunities for the future.

    Learn more on the LINA website

    Download the Event Poster

    Watch the webinar recording below:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtziHKR3eWM&feature= youtu.be

     

    Opening remarks by Professor Santa Ono\, 15th President and Vice-Chancellor\, UBC

    Speakers

    Dr-Matshidiso-Moeti

    < p class="">Dr. Matshidiso Moeti\, from Botswana\, is the f irst woman to be elected as WHO Regional Director for Africa. Over the past five years\, Dr Moeti has led the transformation of WHO in Africa to ensur e the Organization is accountable\, effective and driven by results. A key feature of the Regional Director's leadership is the cultivation of strong partnerships\, both with traditional and new partners\, including philanthr opic foundations\, civil society\, academia\, and increasing engagement wit h young people and women in global health.

    Dr. Moeti is a pu blic health veteran\, with almost 40 years of national and international ex perience. She joined the WHO Regional Office for Africa in 1999 and has ser ved as Deputy Regional Director\, Assistant Regional Director\, Director of Noncommunicable Diseases\, WHO Representative for Malawi\, Coordinator of the Inter-Country Support Team for the South and East African countries and  Regional Advisor for HIV/AIDS.

    Dr. Moeti is renowned for ha ving led WHO’s “3 by 5” Initiative in Africa at the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic\, resulting in a significant increase in access to antiretroviral therapy among people living with HIV.

    Prior to joining WHO\, Dr. Moeti worked with the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAI DS) as Team Leader of the Africa and Middle East Desk in Geneva (1997–1999) \; with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) as Regional Health Advi sor for East and Southern Africa\; and with Botswana’s Ministry of Health a s a clinician and public health specialist.

     

    Lemogang Kwape

    Hon. Dr. Lemogan g Kwape\, who is area Member of Parliament for Kanye South  consti tuency in the Southern part of Botswana was appointed the Minister of Healt h and Wellness\, Botswana on November 6th 2019.

    Dr. Kwape ho lds a PhD in Epidemiology from University of Aberdeen\, Scotland\; a Master ’s Degree in Public Health & Epidemiology from Wageningen University\, Neth erlands\; and a Bachelor’s Degree in Dietetics from Texas Southern Universi ty\, USA.

    Dr. Kwape’s strong technical background includes o ver two decades of work as a Registered Dietitian with Botswana Health Prof essions Council\, having worked in public\, private and Non Governmental Or ganisation spheres. His roles and various duties in these portfolios earned him diverse professional experience as they accorded him opportunities to function in the areas of policy\, public administration\, management\, stra tegic networking\, cultural sensitivity\, gender & diversity and economic d evelopment.

    An administrator of note\, Honourable Minister D r. Kwape worked as the Head of Nutrition and Dietetics at the National Food Technology Research Centre (NFTRC) Botswana\, where he spent 19 years of h is career. He is a strategic thinker who rises to the challenge and identif ies problems\, and proposes innovative and realistic solutions when called upon to do so.

    Due to his professionalism and effectiveness Honourable Minister Dr. Kwape served in various social leadership roles and high level decision making Boards which include\, and serving as:

    • Botswana Innovation Hub (BIH) Board\ , as a member

    • Botswana VISION 2036 Council\, as a m ember

    • National Food Technology Research Centre (NFT RC) Board\, as member

    • Chairperson of the National F ood Technology Research Centre (NFTRC) Corruption Prevention Committee.

    Salim AK 2020

    Professor Salim S. Abdool Karim\, FRS\, is a South African c linical infectious diseases epidemiologist widely recognized for scientific contributions to HIV prevention and treatment. He is Director of the Centr e for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA)\, Durban\, a nd CAPRISA Professor of Global Health at Columbia University\, New York.

    He is an Adjunct Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseas es at Harvard University\, Boston\, Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Cornel l University\, New York\, and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the Univers ity of KwaZulu-Natal\, Durban. He is an Associate Member of The Ragon Insti tute of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)\, Massachusetts Institute of T echnology (MIT) and Harvard University. He previously served as President o f the South African Medical Research Council and is currently serving as th e Chair of the South African Ministerial Advisory Committee on COVID-19 and as a Member of the Africa Task Force for Coronavirus and the Lancet Commis sion on COVID-19.

    Dr. Abdool Karim is ranked among the world ’s most highly cited scientists by Web of Science. He serves on th e Boards of several journals\, including the New England Journal of Med icine\, Lancet Global Health\, Lancet HIV and mBio. He is the Chair of the UNAIDS Scientific Expert Panel\, WHO’s HIV Strategic and Technical Advisory Committee as well as the WHO TB-HIV Task Force. He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for Global Health at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

    His many awards include the Af rican Union’s “Kwame Nkrumah Award” which is Africa’s most prestigious scie ntific award\, the Kuwait Al-Sumait Award\, the Canadian Gairdner Global He alth Award and pinnacle awards from the African Academy of Sciences\, Acade my of Science in South Africa\, Royal Society of South Africa and the South African Medical Research Council. He is member of the US National Academy of Medicine\, the American Academy of Microbiology and the Association of A merican Physicians.

    He is a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS ).

     

    Nyatanyi Thierry

    Dr. Thierry Nyatanyi is a physician by training and gl obal health specialist. Previously\, Nyatanyi worked with the Ministry of H ealth in Rwanda\, and with the University of Minnesota in the United States . In Rwanda\, he served as the director of the epidemiology department\, an d head of division for epidemic surveillance and response at the Ministry o f Health. In that capacity\, he was responsible for developing\, implementi ng\, monitoring and evaluating programs meant to prevent\, and rapidly resp ond to epidemic prone diseases threats. In the United States\, he has worke d with the University of Minnesota as the regional technical lead for Afric a\, under the USAID funded One Health Workforce Project that supported high er institutions of learning (public health and veterinary medicine) to deve lop of a public health workforce with the technical skills and cross-sector al capacity to readily adapt and respond to emerging infectious disease thr eats in eight African countries. He has also worked as an international con sultant with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)\, to assess One Health operationalization gaps in the Africa region. Currently\, he serves as the senior advisor on COVID-19 response with the Africa CDC\, supportin g the Ministry of Health in Rwanda.  He is fluent in English and French. He received an MD/M.P.H from the University of Rwanda\, and a MMSc-GHD from H arvard Medical School.

     

    Moderator

    Dr-Farah-Shrof f-photo

    Dr. Farah Shroff is a public health researcher and educator and faculty mem ber at the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Medicine. Born in Ke nya\, she has worked in various African nations on projects related to wome n's health\, training of village health workers\, participatory action rese arch\, traditional medicine\, HIV and more. Farah is the founder and lead o f Maternal and Infant Health Canada.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/public-health-systems-and-h ealth-care-fostering-lessons-for-the-future/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Public-Health-Systems-and-Health-Care-Fostering-Lessons-For-The-Future.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200710T1611Z-1594397468.19-EO-34546-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200706T234940Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200706T234940Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200716T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200716T133000 SUMMARY: Gender+ and COVID-19: Data for Justice DESCRIPTION: The Collective for Gender+ in Research looks forward to hostin g the second of our re-imagined online teach-in series called Gender+ and C OVID-19: Data for Justice. Moderated by host\, Dr. JP Catungal (UBC)\, our second teach-in will see numerous speakers present short 5-7 minute talks a bout the various ways data can be mobilized by and for communities during t he pandemic\; how communities are responding to the need for intersectional data collection and analysis\; and what some of the vulnerabilities might be for specific individuals and communities in the push to collect and diss eminate health data. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The C ollective for Gender+ in Research looks forward to hosting the second o f our re-imagined online teach-in series called Gender+ and COVID-19: D ata for Justice. Moderated by host\, Dr. JP Catungal (UBC)\, our secon d teach-in will see numerous speakers present short 5-7 minute talks about the various ways data can be mobilized by and for communities during the pa ndemic\; how communities are responding to the need for intersectional data collection and analysis\; and what some of the vulnerabilities might be fo r specific individuals and communities in the push to collect and dissemina te health data. Participants are welcome to ask questions to the panel at t he end of their presentations.

    Dr. John Paul (JP) Catungal (UBC\, moderator) is an interdisciplinary scholar trained in the nexus of critical human geography and intersectional feminist theorizing. His resear ch interests concern Filipinx and Asian Canadian studies\; feminist and que er of colour critique\; migrant\, anti-racist and queer community organizin g\; and the politics of education\, mentorship\, teaching and learning. JP is currently Assistant Professor in Critical Racial and Ethnic Studies with UBC’s Social Justice Institute\, where he was previously an instructor and Postdoctoral Fellow. His active research projects include “Mentorship as P olitical Practice”\, a community partnered research project with the Kababa yan Academic Mentorship Program (KAMP)\; “Queer World Cities”\, in partners hip with Dr. Natalie Oswin (at McGill University)\; and an oral history of HIV/AIDS in Vancouver BC\, with various local community partners. He teache s courses on theories of subjectivity\, representation and queer of colour critique\, as well as global social justice issues and Asian Canadian studi es.

    Faithe Day\, PhD (Purdue Uni versity / Assistant Director\, COVID Black) (she/her) is a CLIR Postdoctora l Fellow in Data Curation within the Libraries and School of Information St udies and African American Studies and Research Center at Purdue University . Faithe develops curriculum\, data collection\, and curation projects in c ollaboration with other scholars to identify critical frameworks and best p ractices to ensure an ethical and justice-centered approach to data curatio n\, with a focus on Black and LGBTQIA+ Community Based Data and Discourse.< /p>

    Dr. June Francis (SFU / Co-Chair\, Hogan’s Alley Society) is an Associ ate Professor of Marketing and is the Co-Founder of The Co-Laboratorio proj ect that works to strengthen cross-sector collaboration\, learning and inno vation — for more inclusive resilient solutions in governance\, policies an d industry practice. She is also Director of the Institute for Diaspora Res earch and Engagement at SFU. The Institute’s mandate is to strengthen the l inks between scholarly research\, policy and practice related to multi-cult ural and diaspora communities and their role in building innovative\, susta inable and inclusive initiatives.

    < strong>Courtney Skye (Yellowhead Institute) Ganyáhdę: niyagˀes yaóˀdę:\, Ganyęˀge̲ho:nǫˀ niyagǫ̲hwę́jˀodę: neˀ Courtney. Gayogo̲ho:noˀ ǫdé wayę́:staˀ. Ohswe:gęˀ hǫ: gyagohdo:gęh. Grihoˀgwa:s niyagoihoˀdęhsroˀdę:. C ourtney is a researcher\, policy development consultant and Cayuga language student. She is a Research Fellow with the Yellowhead Institute\, a First Nations-led governance think tank at the Faculty of Arts\, Ryerson Universi ty. She has led policy development for the public sector at local\, provinc ial\, and national levels\, with a specific focus on youth development and ending violence against Indigenous women\, girls\, queer\, Trans\, gender-d iverse\, and Two-Spirit people. Her work focuses on the promotion of the po litical mobilization of Indigenous women\, queer\, Trans\, gender-diverse\, Two-Spirit people and youth to create transformational change in communiti es.

    Kevonnie Whyte (Vancouver Coastal Health / Black in BC Mutual Aid Collective) is a Business Analyst at Vanco uver Coastal Health. She is passionate about seeing people reach their full potential and does this through developing\, implementing and managing the processes involved with improving people’s workplace experiences- especial ly the experiences of those most marginalized. When you don’t see her at th e gym\, doing yoga\, or hanging out with friends\, you will find her active in the black community as she currently sits on the board of the National Congress of Black Women Foundation as well as the City of Vancouver Racial and Ethno-Cultural Advisory Committee.

    Please RSVP to receive the invita tion link!

    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/gender-and-covid-19-data-fo r-justice/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/GenderData_Twitter.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200621T0045Z-1592700309.1139-EO-34406-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200619T163852Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200810T222401Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200723T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200723T140000 SUMMARY: IFL Virtual Series Session 5: Cutting through the Noise: Mastering the Elements of Clear Political Communication DESCRIPTION: Recent events and crises around the world have highlighted the importance of good political communication and journalism for a functionin g democracy. Now more than ever\, citizens are turning to their politicians for information and reassurance. At the same time\, they rely on journalis ts to hold those politicians accountable. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Rec ent events and crises around the world have highlighted the importance of g ood political communication and journalism for a functioning democracy. Now more than ever\, citizens are turning to their politicians for information and reassurance. At the same time\, they rely on journalists to hold those politicians accountable.

    Join journalists Alison Broddle and Elamin Abdelmahmoud as they share their insights on how politicians can effectively communicate across different platforms\ , and the role that journalists play in strengthening democracy.

    View Event Recording< /p>

    ABOUT THE SERIES:

    This session is part of th e IFL Virtual Series\, co-presented by the Faculty of Arts at Ryerson Unive rsity and UBC’s Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions at the School of P ublic Policy and Global Affairs. The IFL Virtual Series brings together pol itical practitioners from the Institute for Future Legislators to share the ir insights\, experience and expertise. Please see the virtual series page for more information on all upcoming events.

    ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:

    Alison Broddle has been a journalist for nearly thre e decades\, covering everything from elections to the Olympics and producin g award-winning investigative stories.

    She is currently a managing ed itor of digital content at the CBC\, where she has also worked as a reporte r\, producer and host for a range of TV and radio programs\, including The Current.

    She has been speaking to participants about the intersection of politics and media at UBC's IFL for the past six years and is thrilled to be returning to her alma mater\, Ryerson (Journalism '86)\, to kick off the workshop here.

    Elamin Abdelmahmoud is a news curation editor with B uzzFeed News and a columnist for CBC radio's Q. He appears regularly as a c ulture and current affairs commentator on CBC News and CTV. His writing has appeared in Maclean's\, Chatelaine and The Guardian. His debut collection of essays\, Son of Elsewhere\, arrives fall 2020.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ifl-virtual-series-session- 5-cutting-through-the-noise-mastering-the-elements-of-clear-political-commu nication/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/06/IFLR_Twitter_2020_VIRTUAL_SERIES_Broddle_Abdelmahmoud_1024x512.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200716T2324Z-1594941899.5332-EO-34681-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200716T185951Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200716T190044Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200723T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200723T183000 SUMMARY: Kuzushiji and Premodern Japanese Studies: Learning Resources and A rtificial Intelligence Initiatives DESCRIPTION: Reading kuzushiji is an essential skill for the study of premo dern Japan but gaining kuzushiji proficiency can be a challenge. This talk will offer a brief introduction to approaches to learning how to decipher k uzushiji. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Graduate student workshop with Dr. Tarin Clanuwat

    Event now at full capacity.
    Please email b ianca.chui@ubc.ca to be added to our waitlist. Please note our prioriti ze system below.

    This workshop is limited to fifty participant s and is aimed at graduate and undergraduate students with research interes ts related to premodern Japan. Priority will be given first to students and then to postdocs and junior scholars but others are welcome to register an d will be notified if space allows. We hope to make much of the session pub licly accessible following the event.

    When: July 23 5:00 pm PDT
    Where: Zoom (details to follow). For upda tes\, visit the CJR we bsite.
    How: Register by emailing bianca.chui@ubc.ca

    Reading kuzushiji is an es sential skill for the study of premodern Japan but gaining kuzushiji profic iency can be a challenge. This talk will offer a brief introduction to appr oaches to learning how to decipher kuzushiji. Dr. Clanuwat will show online and offline kuzushiji learning resources and demonstrate how to use KuroNe t\, an artificial intelligence based kuzushiji recognition system used to t ranscribe premodern Japanese documents. She will also discuss current limit ations and future possibilities in kuzushiji recognition systems.

    A manuscript of The Tale of Genji.

    Transcription of the manuscript above using the online KuroNet ser vice which will be demonstrated during the talk.

    Dr. Ta rin Clanuwat is a project researcher at the National Institute of Informatics and a project assistant professor at ROIS-DS Center for Open Da ta in the Humanities. She received her PhD from the Graduate school of Lett ers Arts and Sciences at Waseda University\, where she specialized in Kamak ura-era Tale of Genji commentaries. In 2018\, she developed an AI-based kuz ushiji recognition model called KuroNet. In 2019\, she hosted a Kaggle mach ine learning competition for kuzushiji recognition which attracted over 300 machine learning researchers and engineers from around the world. Her AI a nd kuzushiji research won the Information Processing Society of Japan Yamas hita Memorial Research Award.

    This workshop is limited to fifty participants and is aimed at graduate and undergraduate students with rese arch interests related to premodern Japan. Priority will be given first to students and then to postdocs and junior scholars but others are welcome to register and will be notified if space allows. We hope to make much of the session publicly accessible following the event.

    Questions?< /strong> Contact Dr. Christina Laffin (University of British Columbia) at < a href="mailto:Christina.Laffin@ubc.ca">Christina.Laffin@ubc.ca

    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/kuzushiji-and-premodern-jap anese-studies-learning-resources-and-artificial-intelligence-initiatives/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200725T1904Z-1595703876.279-EO-34744-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200724T223354Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200727T152756Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200730T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200730T103000 SUMMARY: The COVID-19 and Africa Webinar Series – Impacts of COVID-19 on Fo od Systems\, Nutrition and Health: Fostering Lessons for the Future DESCRIPTION: This session is part of the "COVID-19 and Africa" webinar seri es and will examine the actual and potential impacts of COVID-19 on Africa' s agricultural and food systems. Esteemed speakers from Ghana\, Ethiopia\, Botswana and the FAO Africa Regional office will share their insights into the implications COVID-19 has had on health and livelihoods in their region s. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Impacts on Food Syste ms

    The "COVID-19 and Africa" web inar series is hosted by the Liu Institute Network for Africa at t he School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, University of British Colum bia. It is graduate student-led initiative aimed at examining African respo nses to COVID-19 across the different sectors to include public health\, fo od security\, education\, and other topics.

    The second session of the series\, Impacts on Food Systems\, Nutrition and Health\, will ex amine the actual and potential impacts of COVID-19 on Africa's agricultural and food systems. Esteemed speakers from Ghana\, Ethiopia\, Botswana and t he FAO Africa Regional office will share their insights into the implicatio ns COVID-19 has had on health and livelihoods in their regions.

    *Please register in advance. The webinar passcode will be emailed to all registered attendees before the session.

    Opening r emarks by Dr. Santa Ono\, UBC's 15th President and Vice-Chancellor.

    < strong>Moderator: Professor Rickey Yada\, Dean of Faculty of Land and Food Systems\, UBC

    Speakers:

    • Professor A mos Laar\, Senior Lecturer\, School of Public Health\, University of Ghana< /p>

    • Professor Maria S. Nnyepi\, Human Nutrition\, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences\, University of Botswana

    • Dr. Ade Freeman\, FA O Africa Regional Program Leader

    • Dr. Namukolo Covic\, Senior Resear ch Coordinator\, IFPRI\, Ethiopia

    Speakers' Bios:

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    Amos La ar\, Associate Professor of Public Health\, School of Public Health\, Unive rsity of Ghana\, Legon

    Professor Amos Laar has academic trai ning in Nutrition\, Public Health\, and Bioethics. In his independent schol arship\, he draws on theoretical and conceptual perspectives from the socia l sciences\, bioethics\, and public health to understand how physical envir onment\, social environment\, and structural forces affect health. Currentl y\, his research focuses on two distinct\, yet related areas of public heal th: bioethics (research ethics\, ethics & public health\; health & human ri ghts)\; & public health nutrition (food environment\, & nutrition-related n on-communicable diseases).

    He is an active researcher having served a s Principal/Co-Investigator of over 20 successful research grants at the Un iversity of Ghana. He co-led the “Dietary Transitions in Ghanaian Cities”\; the “Dietary Transitions in African Cities Projects” (both projects aimed to identify how social\, and physical environments drive consumption of ene rgy dense nutrient-poor foods and beverages). He is the Principal Investiga tor of an IDRC-funded MEALS4NCDs Project which is “measuring the healthines s of Ghanaian children’s food environments to prevent obesity and non-commu nicable diseases”.

    Amos Laar has been engaged internationally on matt ers relating to public health nutrition\, including participating in the 66 th Session of the UN-General Assembly Meeting in New York\, 2011\; particip ation in UN Economic Commission for Africa Expert Group Meeting on “Reducin g Child Stunting in Africa\, Nov 2017 in Addis Ethiopia\, and in the UN FAO ’s Future of Food Symposium in Rome\, Jun 2019 .

    He leads implementat ion of the INFORMAS protocols in Ghana – learn more here.

    He was recently recognized in the Lancet\, for h is efforts at combating nutrition-related NCDs in Ghana – learn more here.

    Details of Amos Laar’s work may be accessed from his website< /a>.

    Maria S Nnyep i\, Professor in Human Nutrition\, Department of Family and Consumer Scienc es\, University of Botswana

    Prof. Maria S. Nnyepi\, a native of Botswana\, is a Professor of Human Nutrition in the Department of Famil y and Consumer Sciences at the University of Botswana. Prof. Nnyepi holds M S and PhD degrees in Human Nutrition from Michigan State University. Her ba chelor’s degree is in Medical Dietetics from the University of Columbia- Mi ssouri. Prior to working for the University of Botswana\, she worked as a N ational Maternal and Child Nutrition Coordinator with the Ministry of Healt h\, Botswana. She has worked extensively in the area of maternal and child nutrition. Her research works also explored the nutritional status of popul ations at risk for malnutrition (preschool children\, HIV positive children \, adolescent and adults\, and communities practicing flood recession farmi ng. She is currently working on a project focusing on the nutrition care of end-of- life patients who are cared for at home. Prof. Nnyepi has taught h uman nutrition courses for Family and Consumer Sciences and Nursing student s. Some of the courses she has taught include an Introductory Nutrition cou rse\, Nutrition throughout the Lifecycle\, Clinical Nutrition and Contempor ary Issues in Foods and Nutrition. She is also a registered dietician with the Botswana Dietetics Association and the Botswana Health Professions Coun cil. Prof. Nnyepi has also held the following administrative positions as t he University of Botswana\; Head of the Department of Family and Consumer S ciences\, Deputy Dean\, and Dean of the Faculty of Education.

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    Dr. Ade Free man\, Regional Programme Leader\, FAO Regional Office for Africa

    Ade provides management and leadership for strategic planning\, formul ation\, execution\, monitoring and reporting of FAO’s programme of work in Africa. He also supports the FAO Assistant Director General/Regional Repres entative in collaboration with FAO Representatives in engaging Member Gover nments in formulating and implementing the Organization’s work in response to regional priorities within the context of FAO’s Strategic Outcomes. Prio r to joining FAO\, he held several positions at the World Bank\, including management and leadership responsibilities for investment operations\, anal ytical and advisory activities\, and policy dialogue on issues related to i nvestment and trade\, sector competitiveness and spatial development strate gies such as growth corridors and special economic zones. He worked extensi vely in research and senior management positions in four International Agri cultural Research Centers within the Consultative Group for International A gricultural Research. He holds a PhD in Applied Economics from University o f Minnesota.

    Namukolo Covic

    Dr. Namukolo Covic\, Senior Research Coordinator\, IFPRI\, Ethiopia

    Namukolo Covic\, PhD is a Registered Nutritionist with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) with a dual background i n agriculture and nutrition. She is a Senior Research Coordinator at the In ternational Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) based in Addis Ababa\, E thiopia. Her work with IFPRI focuses on the CGIAR Collaborative Research Pr ogramme on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) and inc ludes engaging with African Union and Ethiopian Government efforts that see k to address food security and nutrition from a food system perspective. Th e work straddles the interface of policy\, dynami cs of agriculture and food systems and related interventions\, and how research could inform the intended impact on nutrition and health outcomes for Low-Middle-Income-Countries (LMICs) with special focus on Africa. She h as experience working in several African countries.

    Find her on Twitt er @NamukoloC

    Moderator's Bio :

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    Rickey Y. Yada\, PhD Professor and Dean Faculty of L and and Food Systems\, University of British Columbia

    In 201 4\, Professor Rickey Yada was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Land and Foo d Systems at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver\, B.C. Prior t o UBC\, Dr. Yada was at the University of Guelph where he held numerous lea dership roles\, including Assistant Vice President Research\, Canada Resear ch Chair in Food Protein Structure\, Scientific Director of the Advanced Fo ods and Materials Network (Networks of Centres of Excellence)\, and Foundin g Member of the Food Institute. He is\, currently\, the North American Edit or of Trends in Food Science and Technology as well as serving on the edito rial board of several journals.

    His areas of research includes: the s tructure – function relationships of enzymes (aspartic proteases) and carbo hydrate biochemistry as related to nutrition and food quality.

    Dr. Ya da serves in a leadership capacity to several research and industry organiz ations\, some of which include Chair of the Board of Trustees\, Internation al Life Science Institute – North America\; Board of Bioenterprise Inc.\; A dvisory Committee Member – Arrell Food Institute and Seeding Food Innovatio n Grant Program (George Weston Loblaws)\; Member of the Scientific Advisory Panel – Riddet Institute (New Zealand)\; and a Member of the Advisory Pane l – AgResearch (New Zealand). He is also a Past President and Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology and the International Ac ademy of the International Union of Food Science and Technology\, and is al so a fellow of the Institute of Food Technologists. Dr. Yada has an honorar y DSc from the University of Guelph and was the 2019 Harraways 1867 Visitin g Professor\, University of Otago\, New Zealand.

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    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/impacts-of-covid-19-on-food -systems-nutrition-and-health-fostering-lessons-for-the-future/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Impacts-on-Food-Systems1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200726T0007Z-1595722079.9072-EO-34742-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200724T200653Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200724T200653Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200731T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200731T183000 SUMMARY: An Introduction to Digital Resources for Research on Premodern Chi nese Texts DESCRIPTION: At a time when access to on-site library resources is limited\ , many scholars rely on digital resources in order to conduct basic researc h. However\, not all databases are created equal. How does one choose the b est tool for the job? X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    A works hop for UBC scholars with Dr. Kay Duffy (UBC)

    Where: Zoom (link will be sent to registrants)

    Registration: Send name and email address to this email [ckr.ck@ubc.ca]

    For updates\, check the Ce ntre for Korean Research site.

    At a time when access to on-site l ibrary resources is limited\, many scholars rely on digital resources in or der to conduct basic research. However\, not all databases are created equa l. How does one choose the best tool for the job? In this workshop\, I will introduce several commonly used open-source (Ctext\, Kanripo) and propriet ary (Scripta Sinica\, Erudition) textual databases and their respective qui rks\, as well as a new resource (Ancient Books) recently made available to UBC users on a trial basis. This workshop is open to anyone whose work touc hes on premodern Chinese sources — scholars working outside the field of Ch ina studies are welcome.

    Co-sponsored by the Centres for Chinese\, Ja panese\, and Korean Research.

    Event Poster

    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/an-introduction-to-digital- resources-for-research-on-premodern-chinese-texts/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/working-from-home.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200725T1601Z-1595692872.3754-EO-34735-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200724T194706Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200728T235144Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200804T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200804T190000 SUMMARY: “Your Dream is Our Dream”: From H.G. Mudgal to South Asians for Bl ack Lives DESCRIPTION: The fate of the South Asian American community is inextricably linked with the struggle against anti-Black racism in the United States. T hrough stories from the archive\, SAADA Co-Founder and Executive Director\, Samip Mallick\, will demonstrate the urgent need for solidarities between South Asians and Black Americans and the work that needs to be done within our community. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This event will be held virtually\, via an online livestream with Zoom.

    The fate of the South Asian American community is inextrica bly linked with the struggle against anti-Black racism in the United States . Through stories from the archive\, SAADA Co-Founder and Executive Directo r\, Samip Mallick\, will demonstrate the urgent need for solidarities betwe en South Asians and Black Americans and the work that needs to be done with in our community.

     Samip Mallick is the Co-Founder a nd Executive Director of SAADA\, which for the last 12 years has worked to document\, preserve\, and share stories from the South Asian American commu nity.  At a time when the role of immigration in American society is being questioned\, SAADA's work serves as a powerful response to the question of who belongs.

    Co-Sponsored by:

    The Centre for I ndia and South Asia Research\, the Institute for Asia Research\, UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\; South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA)\; Equality Labs\; Poetic Justice Foundation\; UFV South Asian Stud ies Institute\; Interdisciplinary Histories Research Cluster

    Event Poster

    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/your-dream-is-our-dream-fro m-h-g-mudgal-to-south-asians-for-black-lives/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/aug-4-crop.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200805T1822Z-1596651773.3343-EO-34777-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200804T173353Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200819T155725Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200813T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200813T140000 SUMMARY: IFL Virtual Series Session 6: How-To Parliament: An Introduction t o the Institute for Future Legislators DESCRIPTION: Join us for an engaging and interactive virtual session that b rings together Institute for Future Legislators alumni and anyone intereste d in learning more about the program. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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    Join us for an engaging and interactive session that brings together I nstitute for Future Legislators alumni and anyone interested in learning mo re about the program.

    Past IFL alumni and instructors will share insi ghts from their time in the program\, how they’ve put their training practi ce since the institute\, and advice for anyone interested in the program or politics in general. Participants will then get a chance to participate in one of our signature IFL political simulations\, where th ey will experience first-hand some of the challenges\, trade-offs\, and opp ortunities that come along with public office.

    Find the video recordi ng below:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPmyIMgq8wE&feature=youtu.b e

    Agenda:

    12:30 p.m. PDT / 3:30 p.m. EDT - Wel come and Introductions

    12:35 p.m. PDT / 3:35 p.m. EDT - Overview of t he Institute for Future Legislators

    12:45 p.m. PDT / 3:45 p.m. EDT - Panel of IFL Alumni with Q&A

    1:15 p.m. PDT / 4:15 p.m. EDT - Minister ’s Inbox Simulation

    1:45 p.m. PDT / 4:45 p.m. EDT - Debrief and Closi ng

    ABOUT THE SERIES:

    This is the final sessi on of the IFL Virtual Series\, co-presented by UBC’s Centre for the Study of Democrati c Institutions at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and th e Faculty of Arts at Ryerson University. The IFL Virtual Series brings toge ther political practitioners from the Institute for Future Legislators to s hare their insights\, experience and expertise. Please see the virtual series page for more information.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ifl-virtual-series-session- 6-how-to-parliament-an-introduction-to-the-institute-for-future-legislators / ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/08/IFL_Virtual_Series_How_to_Parliament_twitter_1024x512.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200726T2213Z-1595801583.1972-EO-34737-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200724T195403Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200728T235022Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200818T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200818T190000 SUMMARY: South Asians for Black Lives: Caste & Anti-Blackness DESCRIPTION: Join Equality Labs for a session on the rise of Hindu national ism\, anti-Blackness and Islamophobia in the South Asian diaspora. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This event will be held virtually\, via an online livestream with Zoom.

    Join Equality Labs for a session on the rise of Hindu nati onalism\, anti-Blackness and Islamophobia in the South Asian diaspora.

    < p>Equality Labs centers the leadership of South Asian caste and religion - oppressed communities in the ongoing redefinition of South Asian identity i n the United States\, across the diaspora\, and in our home countries\, fro m India to Tamil Eelam\, Bangladesh\, Bhutan\, Nepal\, and Pakistan. Our me mbership includes Dalits (formerly known as the “Untouchable” people)\, Adi vasi (indigenous people of South Asia)\, Muslim\, Buddhist\, Sikh\, and Chr istian South Asians.

    We believe that all progressive South Asians mus t work towards the goals of ending white supremacy but crucially\, also our internal hegemonies\, such as that exemplified by caste. We must create sp aces where women\, femmes\, gender non-binary\, and trans leaders lead the way in identifying the problems and creating solutions. In doing so\, we ca n truly ensure all South Asian Americans can create communities with equity .

    Thenmozhi Soundararajan is a Dalit transmedia artist and Executive Director of Equality Labs.

    Sharmin Hossain is a Bangladeshi American queer Muslim and Political Director of Equality Labs.

    Co-Spon sored by:

    UBC Centre for India and South Asia Research\, the Institute for Asia Research\, UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affai rs\; South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA)\; Equality Labs\; Poetic Justice Foundation\; Interdisciplinary Histories Research Cluster

    Event Poster

    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/south-asians-for-black-live s-caste-anti-blackness/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/aug-18-crop.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200815T1227Z-1597494464.2675-EO-34852-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200812T205713Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200813T222329Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200819T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200819T110000 SUMMARY: The COVID-19 and Africa Webinar Series – Education Sector Response to COVID-19 in African Countries DESCRIPTION: In this webinar\, scholars and practitioners will engage atten dees on pertinent issues relating to how the education sector in Africa has responded to COVID-19 pandemic. The panelists will draw from their persona l experiences\, insights\, and portfolios they hold in their respective Afr ican countries (Kenya\, Egypt and Ghana) to discuss the theme of this webin ar. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The “COVID-19 and Africa” webinar series is hosted by the Liu I nstitute Network for Africa at the School of Public Policy and Global A ffairs\, University of British Columbia. It is a graduate student-led initi ative aimed at examining African responses to COVID-19 across the different sectors to include public health\, food security\, education\, and other t opics.

    In this webinar\, "Education Sector Response to COVID- 19 in African Countries\," scholars and practitioners will engage attendees on pertinent issues relating to how the education sector in Afric a has responded to COVID-19 pandemic. The panelists will draw from their pe rsonal experiences\, insights\, and portfolios they hold in their respectiv e African countries (Kenya\, Egypt and Ghana) to discuss the theme of this webinar.

    *Please register in advance. The webinar passcod e will be emailed to all registered attendees before the session.

    Moderator:

    Dr. Bathseba Opini

    Dr. Bathseba Opini\, Assistant Professor\, Dep artment of Educational Studies\, Faculty of Education\, UBC

    Dr. Opini is a daughter of Mother Africa who is thankful for the privilege of working at an institution located in the traditional\, ancestral and unc eded territory of the Musqueam people.

    She is an assistant professor in the department of educational studies\, faculty of education\, UBC. Her teaching and research interests are in teacher education\, general teaching practices\, decolonizing studies\, critical race and antiracist perspectiv es\, disability studies and international education.

    About ou r speakers:

    Nelly El Zayat\, Co-founder and Director of Newton Education Services

    For the past 20 years\, Nelly has been working in international educ ation\, specifically in student advising\, scholarship management\, admissi ons\, curriculum design\, e-learning\, learner-centered teaching\, and on b ridging the gap between education and the job market. She has held position s in several educational organizations including AMIDEAST\, the Institute o f International Education\, Georgetown University\, and the American Univer sity in Cairo. She has been part of the core team working on Education 2.0\ , Egypt’s new education system\, since 2017.

    Nelly is the Co-founder and Director of Newton Education Services\, and is the Advisor to the Minis ter of Education on Early Childhood Education and Education Policy. She hol ds a Master’s degree in International Education Policy from Harvard Univers ity\; a Master of Arts in Middle East Studies\, and a Bachelor of Arts in E conomics\, both from The American University in Cairo.

     

    Marangu Njigu\, Chief Ex ecutive Officer of Windle International

    Marangu Njogu is the Chief Executive Officer of Windle International based in Oxford\, providin g strategic leadership and bringing together the international and regional strategies for Windle.

    He has three honorary doctorate degrees from the Guelph University\, University of British Columbia and York University.

    He is an internationally-recognized leader in the development of ref ugee education whose work over almost three decades has transformed the liv es of hundreds of thousands of African refugees. He played a key role in th e establishment of BHER in Dadaab.

     

     

     

     < img class="size-medium wp-image-34855 alignleft" src="https://sppga.cms.art s.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/08/jennifer-240x300.jpg" alt="" wi dth="240" height="300" />Professor Jennifer Wanjiku Khamas i EBS\, Registrar Academic Affairs and Research\, Dedan Kimathi University of Technology

     Professor Khamasi\, is an As sociate Professor of Family and Consumer Sciences Education and has special ization in curriculum and instruction. She is the Registrar Academic Affair s.

    Prof. Khamasi helped set up and consequently served as the first d irector of the Institute for Gender Equity\, Research and Development\, IGR ED (2005-2011) at Moi University.

    She served as the Associate Dean\, School of Education Chepkoilel Campus (2002-2005) and Head of Family and Co nsumer Sciences Department (2003-2008). Professor has held fellowships at i nternational Center for Research on Women Washington DC 2003\, African Popu lation and Health Research Center Nairobi 2006 and in 2009/10 she was award ed Erasmus Mondus Scholarship which was tenable at Karolinska Institute Swe den and University college London\, UK in 2010.

    From 2005-2012\, she was the Project Leader for MU-VLIR-Gender Equity Project which institutiona lized gender mainstreaming strategies at Moi University from September 2007 April 2012.

    A graduate of UBC (PhD)\, UNB (M. Ed) and UON (B. Ed)\, Jennifer’s interests include: Teacher education\, gender and leadership\, p articipatory research methodologies\, peace education\, refugee studies and cultural practices and ways in which they manifest/inform human sexuality. Prof. Khamasi has taught and published in these areas.

     

    Dr. Benedict Nii Tette h Yartey\, Chief Executive Officer & Principal of British Columbia College\, Accra

    Dr. Benedict Nii Tetteh Yartey is t he Chief Executive Officer & Principal of British Columbia College\, Accra and the Chief Executive Officer of Emerald Consult Ltd.\, Accra.

    Dr. Yartey obtained a first class in Bachelor of Science in Business Administra tion (Accounting option) from the University of Ghana. He holds a Master of Education in Administration in Higher Education from the University of Cap e Coast and a Doctor of Philosophy in Education from the Alfred Nobel Unive rsity\, Ukraine. Currently\, a PhD candidate in Education in Higher Managem ent at the Atlantic International University\, USA.

    Dr. Yartey is an Educationist\, Consultant\, Pianist\, Music Composer\, and a Mentor. He is the Resident Judge for the TV3 Talented Kidz reality show and the Music Dir ector\, Choirmaster & Organist of St. Andrew Anglican Church\, Abossey Okai - Accra.

     

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    Virtual Book Launch – Christian Sorcerers on Trial: Records of the 1827 Osaka Incident

    Description
    The Cent re for Japanese Research (CJR) at the University of British Columbia presen ts a series of online book launches to celebrate recent publications about premodern Japan. For our September event\, co-authors Fumiko Miyazaki and K ate Wildman Nakai will be discussing Christian Sorcerers on Trial: Records of the 1827 Osaka Incident in conversation with Jolyon Thomas\, with a mess age from co-author Mark Teeuwen.

    Featuring

    • Fumiko Miyazaki\, Professor Emerita\, Keisen University\, Tokyo.
    • Kate Wildman Nakai\, Professor Emerita\, Sophia University\, Tokyo.
    • (Facilitator) Jolyon Thomas\, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies\ , University of Pennsylvania

    Time
    Thu\, S ept 24\, 2020 5-6:15PM in Pacific Time (US and Canada)
    Thu\, Sept 24\, 2020 8-9:15PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
    Fri\, Sept 25\, 2020 9- 10:15AM in Japan Time

    Registration
    Zoom Webinar

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    Zoom Webinar access will be provided a few days before the event. If you do not receive an email with access detai ls by the day before the event\, please email     bianca.chui@ubc.ca

    For disability accommodations\, questio ns\, or concerns\, please either email  bianca.chui@ubc.ca.We can also be reached via Twitter @ubcCJR

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    About the Book

    Christian Sorc erers on Trial: Records of the 1827 Osaka Incident

    Translated and with an introduction by Fumiko Miyazaki\, Kate Wildman Naka i\, and Mark Teeuwen

    Published by Columbia Universi ty Press

    In 1829\, three women and three men were paraded through Osaka and crucified. Placards set up at the execution ground proclaimed their crime: they were devotees of the “pe rnicious creed” of Christianity. Middle-aged widows\, the women made a livi ng as mediums\, healers\, and fortune-tellers. Two of the men dabbled in di vination\; the third was a doctor who collected books in Chinese on Western learning and Christianity.

    This was a startling development. No one in Japan had been identified and punished as a Christian for more than a ce ntury\, and now\, avowed devotees of the proscribed sect had appeared in th e very heart of the realm. Just decades before the arrival of Perry’s black ships and the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate\, the incident reignited fear s of Christians as evil sorcerers\, plotting to undermine society and overt hrow the country.

    Christian Sorcerers on Trial offers annotate d translations of a range of sources on this sensational event\, from the 1 827 arrest of the alleged Christians through the case’s afterlife. The prot agonists’ testimonies relate with striking detail their life histories\, pr actices\, and motivations. The record of deliberations in Edo and communica tions between Osaka and Edo officials illuminate the operation of the Tokug awa system of criminal justice. Retellings of the incident show how the sto ry was transmitted and received. Translated and put in context by Fumiko Mi yazaki\, Kate Wildman Nakai\, and Mark Teeuwen\, the sources provide studen ts and scholars alike with an extraordinarily rich picture of late Edo soci al life\, religious practices\, and judicial procedures.

    For more inf ormation on the book\, please click here.

    Interested in l earning more\, visit this blog post on the Columbia University Press Blog!

    About the Author

    Fumiko Miyazaki is Professor Emerita at Keisen University\, Tokyo.

    Kate Wildman Nakai is Professor Emerita at Sophia University\, Tokyo.

    Mark Teeuwen is Professor of Japanese studies at the University of Oslo .

    Miyazaki\, Nakai\, and Teeuwen previously collaborated (with Anne W althall and John Breen) on a translation of another late Edo source: Lus t\, Commerce\, and Corruption: An Account of What I Have Seen and Heard by an Edo Samurai (Columbia\, 2014).

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    COVID-19 and A frican Economies4

    The "COVID-19 and Afri ca" webinar series is hosted by the L iu Institute Network for Africa (LINA) at the School of Public Policy a nd Global Affairs\, University of British Columbia. LINA is a graduate stud ent-led multidisciplinary policy\, academic and community research network\ , with faculty\, postdoctoral\, student\, professional and community member s. The previous webinars in the “COVID-19 and Africa” series have examined African responses to COVID-19 across the public health\, food security and education sectors.

    LINA will be hosting another webinar exploring the impacts of COVID-19 on socioeconomic development across Africa\, and the m easures that are necessary for the post-pandemic recovery. The webinar will take place on Wednesday\, September 30 from 9:00 am–10:30 am Pacific Time (Vancouver)\, 4:00 pm–5:30 pm GMT (Abidjan)\, and 7:00 pm– 8:30 pm East Africa Time (Addis Ababa and Nairobi) over Zoom. Panellists fr om international organizations\, Kenya and Nigeria will speak to the webina r theme at the continental\, regional\, or national levels.

    O pening remarks: Professor Santa Ono\, UBC's 15th President and Vic e-Chancellor

    Moderator: Dr. Sara Ghebremusse\, Assis tant Professor\, Peter A. Allard School of Law\, UBC

    Speakers :

    • David Luke\, Coordinator of the African Trade Policy Centre\, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
    • Amanda Dakou ré\, Senior Legal Counsel\, African Development Bank
    • Damilola Olawu yi\, Professor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor\, Afe Babalola University\, Niger ia\, Associate Professor\, HBKU College of Law\, Qatar\, and Vice Chair\, I nternational Law Association
    • Caroline Wanjiku Saroni\, Chairperson\, Advocates Complaints Commission - Office of the Attorney General\; Representative of the Attorney General of Kenya on the National Multi-Agency Command Center – COVID 19\, Government of Kenya

      • Speakers’ Bios:

      Dr. David Luke

      David Luke

      David Luke is Coordinator of the Af rican Trade Policy Centre at the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) wi th the rank of a director at the Commission. He is responsible for leading ECA's research\, policy advisory services\, training and capacity developme nt on inclusive trade policies and in particular the boosting intra-African trade and the continental free trade area initiatives. His portfolio also includes WTO\, EPAs\, Brexit\, AGOA\, Africa's trade with emerging economie s\, and trade and cross-cutting policy areas such as trade\, industrializat ion and structural transformation\, trade and gender\, trade and public hea lth and trade and climate change.

      Prior to joining ECA in 2014\, he s erved as UNDP trade policy adviser in Southern Africa and Geneva and also a s Senior Economist and Chief of Trade at the Organization for African Unity /African Union Commission\, and as an Associate Professor at Dalhousie Univ ersity in Halifax\, Canada.

       

      Ms. Amanda Dakouré

      Ms. Amanda Dakouré

      Amanda Dakouré is a Canadian qualified lawyer with over ten years of professional experience with the Canadian government\, international law firms and international o rganisations. Based in Abidjan for the past four years\, she currently hold s the position of Senior Legal Counsel in the Office of the General Counsel at the African Development Bank Group where she provides legal advice to s tatutory bodies of the institution.

      Prior to joining the Bank Group\, Ms. Dakouré was an Associate in International Arbitration at White & Case LLP in Paris where she provided legal advice in both international commerci al and investment disputes.

      Ms. Dakouré holds a LL.M. from the London School of Economics where she specialized in International Business Law. S he also holds a LL.B. and B.Soc.Sc. in Economics from the University of Ott awa where she was Editor-in-Chief of the Ottawa Law Review from 2009-2010.< /p>

      Prof. Damilola Olawuyi

      Prof . Damilola Olawuyi

      Damilola S. Olawuyi is a Professor\, Depu ty Vice Chancellor\, Chancellor’s Fellow and Director of the Institute for Oil\, Gas\, Energy\, Environment and Sustainable Development (OGEES Institu te)\, Afe Babalola University\, Nigeria. He is also an Associate Professor of Law at HBKU College of Law\, Doha\, Qatar.

      A prolific and highly r egarded scholar\, Professor Olawuyi has practiced and taught law in Europe\ , North America\, Asia\, Africa and the Middle East. He has served as a vis iting professor at Columbia Law School\, New York\, China University of Pol itical Science and Law and senior visiting research fellow at the Oxford In stitute for Energy Studies. In 2019\, he was a Herbert Smith Freehills visi ting professor at Cambridge University. He was formerly an international en ergy lawyer at Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP where he served on the firm ’s global committee on energy investments in Africa. He has delivered lectu res on energy law in over 40 countries. Professor Olawuyi has published clo se to a hundred articles\, book chapters and books on petroleum law\, energ y and international environmental law. His most recent book publications in clude The Human Rights-Based Approach to Carbon Finance (Cambridge Universi ty Press\, 2016) and Extractives Industry Law in Africa (Springer\, 2018). Professor Olawuyi serves on the executive committees and boards of several organizations. He is Vice Chair of the International Law Association\; co-c hair of the Africa Interest Group of the American Society of International Law (2016-2019)\; and member of the Academic Advisory Group of the Internat ional Bar Association’s Section on Energy\, Environment\, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law (SEERIL). He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy.

      Professor Olawuyi holds a doctorate (DPhil) in energy and environmental law from the University of Ox ford\; a master of laws (LL.M.) from Harvard University\; and another LL.M. from the University of Calgary. He has been admitted as Barrister and Soli citor in Alberta\, Canada\; Ontario\, Canada\; and Nigeria. Professor Olawu yi is a regular media commentator on all aspects of natural resources\, ene rgy and environmental law.

      Caroline Saroni (formerly Caroline Kago)

      Caroli ne Saroni (formerly Caroline Kago)

      Caroline Saroni is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya with over fourteen years’ experience in the practice of law. She has taught law at one of the leadin g public law schools in Kenya since 2009 as well as published several artic les in the area of regional integration\, trade and investments law and pub lic participation.

      Caroline currently serves as the Chairperson of th e Advocates Complaints Commission. She is also a Tobacco Control Technical Legal Expert for the WHO-Regional Office for Africa.

      In March 2020\, Caroline was appointed by the Honorable Attorney General to the legal cell of the National Multi Agency Command Center – COVID 19 (NMACC-Kenya) to rep resent the Office of the Attorney General and Department of Justice.

      Caroline is a member of the McCabbe Centre for Law and Cancer (Melbourne\, Australia) International Alumni Network and the Leading in Public Life: Wom en\, Influence Power Programme Alumni Network under the Nelson Mandela Scho ol of Public Governance\, University of Cape Town.

      Moderator’ s bio:

      Dr. Sara Ghebremusse

      Dr. Sara Ghebremusse is an Assista nt Professor at the Allard School of Law. She writes\, researches\, and tea ches in the areas of African law and society\, law and development\, mining governance in the global south\, human rights\, and transnational law. She has published in all these fields and has presented her research at confer ences in Canada\, Germany\, Kenya\, Mexico\, South Africa\, and the United States. Dr Ghebremusse supervises graduate students in subjects related to her research and teaching interests. She is a member of UBC Black Caucus.

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      URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/covid-19-and-african-econom ies-impact-and-what-is-needed-for-the-post-pandemic-recovery/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/09/COVID-19-and-African-Economies4.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200918T1045Z-1600425918.2003-EO-35181-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200917T213708Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201009T003253Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201002T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201002T100000 SUMMARY: Policy Salon – COVID-19: Seizing Opportunities to Advance Indigeno us Self-determination through Policy with Dr. Danièle Behn Smith and Dr. Sh annon Waters DESCRIPTION: Watch the video recording of this Policy Salon virtual session and hear from Indigenous public health physicians\, Dr. Behn Smith and Dr. Waters\, who will reflect on B.C.’s commitment to a new relationship with Indigenous peoples\, including the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act\, and challenges with implementation during the pandemic. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      This webinar was part of the 2020 Policy S alon on the theme\, "The Importance of Good Governance in the COVID-19 Era\ , from the Local to the Global." Watch the video recording here:

      https://youtu.be/X7i8NqVjlSc

      Indigenous p ublic health physicians\, Dr. Behn Smith and Dr. Waters\, will reflect on B .C.’s commitment to a new relationship with Indigenous peoples\, including the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act\, and chal lenges with implementation during the pandemic. The unprecedented measures enacted during COVID-19 have illuminated tensions between mainstream policy and legislation and Indigenous peoples’ inherent rights.

      Ind igenous Land Acknowledgement and Welcome: Elder Larry Grant\, Musq ueam
      Welcome remarks:       SPPGA Director Allison Macfarl ane

      Co-Presenters: Dr. Danièle Behn Smith\, Deputy P rovincial Health Officer\, Indigenous Health\, B.C.\, and Dr. Shannon Water s\, Medical Health Officer\, Vancouver Island Health Authority

      Moderator: Professor Sheryl Lightfoot (SPPGA\; Political Science \, UBC)

      Speakers' Bios:

      Dr. Danièle Behn SmithDr. Danièle Behn Smith\, Deputy Provincial Health Officer\, Indigenous Health\, has been work ing to support Indigenous health in the Office of the Provincial Health Off icer since 2015. Dr. Behn Smith works alongside Dr. Bonnie Henry\, Provinci al Health Officer. Dr. Behn Smith provides independent advice and support t o the Ministry of Health on Indigenous health issues. In support of the min istry’s strategic agenda\, Dr. Behn Smith works in meaningful partnership w ith Indigenous collectives\, communities and organizations to advance welln ess and disrupt colonial practices and policies. Dr. Behn Smith is Eh Cho D ene (Big Animal People) of the Fort Nelson First Nation in B.C. with French Canadian/Métis roots in the Red River Valley. Since getting her Doctor of Medicine from McMaster University and completing residencies at the univers ities of Ottawa and Manitoba\, Dr. Behn Smith’s career has spanned the coun try and the globe. She has practiced rural medicine in remote and First Nat ions communities across Canada.  She was a board director for the Indigenou s Physicians Association of Canada\, the director of education for the Univ ersity of Alberta’s Indigenous Health Initiatives Program and the site dire ctor of the University of British Columbia’s Aboriginal Family practice res idency. Since 2014\, she has transitioned to a functional medicine practice . Functional medicine is a complex systems biology approach to family pract ice that resonates with Indigenous approaches to health and healing.

      Dr. Shannon W aters

      Dr. Shannon Waters is Coast Salish and a member of Stz’uminus First Nation on Vancouver Isla nd. She completed the First Nations Family Practice program at the Universi ty of British Columbia and worked as a family doctor in Duncan\, BC. While honored to work close to home Shannon became frustrated with seeing people mostly when they were unwell and wanted to focus on keeping people healthy in the first place so she returned to school and completed her specialty tr aining in Public Health and Preventive Medicine. Shannon worked as the Dire ctor of Health Surveillance at First Nations and Inuit Health Branch and\, at First Nations Health Authority as the Acting Senior Medical Officer for Vancouver Island Region. She has worked with Vancouver Island Health Author ity as a Medical Director and with the Ministry of Health as the Aboriginal Physician Advisor. She is currently honored to have come full circle and t o be working in her home territory as the local Medical Health Officer with Vancouver Island Health Authority. Dr. Waters is a Clinical Assistant Prof essor with the UBC School of Population and Public Health.

      Mo derator's Bio:

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      Dr. Sheryl Lightfoot is Cana da Research Chair of Global Indigenous Rights and Politics and Associate Pr ofessor\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and the Department of Political Science at the University of British Columbia. As one of the worl d’s experts in global Indigenous politics\, Sheryl’s research specializes i n complex questions of Indigenous peoples’ rights and how those rights are being claimed and negotiated in various political spaces. Her work explores both practical and theoretical aspects of implementation of Indigenous rig hts globally as well as in comparative domestic and regional contexts. Sher yl also currently serves as Senior Advisor to the UBC President on Indigeno us Affairs. Sheryl is Anishinaabe from the Lake Superior Band of Ojibwe\, e nrolled at the Keweenaw Bay Community in northern Michigan.

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      CATEGORIES:Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/policy-salon-covid-19-seizi ng-opportunities-to-advance-indigenous-self-determination-through-policy-wi th-dr-daniele-behn-smith-and-dr-shannon-waters/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/09/Oct-2-COVID-19-–-Seizing-Opportunities-to-Advance-Indigenous-Self-determination_Website.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200923T1730Z-1600882231.2192-EO-35271-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200922T230455Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200922T230455Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201002T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201002T180000 SUMMARY: Democratic Health Communications during Covid-19: Lessons from Sou th Korea and Canada DESCRIPTION: This talk argues that communications form a crucial part of th e response to Covid-19. It considers how South Korea and Canada have commun icated around Covid-19\, what lessons we can learn from both\, and what bot h tell us about the meaning of democratic health communications. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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      Zoom (li nk will be sent to registrants)

      Registration: 
      Please fill out a form here by September 30. https://ckr.iar.ubc.ca/friday- october-2-2020/

      Speaker: Dr. Heidi Tworek & Yoojung Lee

      This talk argues that communications form a crucial part of the r esponse to Covid-19. It considers how South Korea and Canada have communica ted around Covid-19\, what lessons we can learn from both\, and what both t ell us about the meaning of democratic health communications. The talk is b ased on a report about health communications in nine democracies on five co ntinents during Covid-19.

      Event Poster URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/democratic-health-communica tions-during-covid-19-lessons-from-south-korea-and-canada/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200905T0129Z-1599269375.6459-EO-35073-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200904T202045Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200930T183650Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201006T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201006T180000 SUMMARY: “Hush… It’s All in the Past”: Exploring the Silenced Narratives ar ound Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Asia DESCRIPTION: By exploring different examples of “sexual violence” in Asia p resented by three speakers\, we hope to generate an informed discussion on how to understand and respond to “sexual violence” perpetrated by the state across Asia. In addition\, in honour of the 20th anniversary of the Securi ty Council Resolution on Women Security\, we aim to discuss the limits of c urrent global governance in addressing the issue of conflict-related “sexua l violence”. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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      Joi n us for the first major event of the term by the Institute of Asian Resear ch at the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. By exploring diff erent examples of “sexual violence” in Asia presented by three different pa nelists\, we hope to generate an informed discussion on how to understand a nd respond to “sexual violence” perpetrated by the state across Asia. In ad dition\, in honour of the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Security C ouncil Resolution on Women Security\, we hope to discuss the limits of curr ent global governance in addressing the issue of conflict-related “sexual v iolence”.

      This webinar aims to stimulate conversation around conflict -related “sexual violence” as a way to remind ourselves that “sexual violen ce” remains a major issue that is often overlooked. We hope to inspire peop le to educate themselves and join in the movement in part to prevent “sexua l violence” perpetrated by the state.

      Why “sexual violence” not sexua l violence?

      Throughout our research\, we learned that “sexual violenc e” is a complex term that cannot be accurately defined or quantified. There fore\, we placed the term in quotation marks in order to take steps to avoi d a rigid definition of the term by placing too heavy a focus on “actively violent” examples while neglecting other forms of violence such as forced a ssimilation through marriage. Rather than adopt the standard definition of sexual violence\, we plan to use this webinar as an attempt to de-structura lize and unpack the term. By looking at three different examples\, we are h oping that this would demonstrate the complications that the term holds.

      Please RSVP - Zoom link to be emailed to registrants closer to the event.
      For any questions or issues\, please contact Bianca Chui
      Date: Tuesday October 6\, 2 020
      Time: 4PM - 6PM PT

      Erin-Baines Moderator: Erin Baines\, Associate Professor and Ivan Head S-N IDRC Chair\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\ , University of British Columbia

      Panelists: 

      < strong>Tiffany Hs iung: “Comfort Women” – Military Sexual Slavery in Korea\, Phi lippines and China during World War II by the Japanese Imperial Army < /p>

      Tiffany’s presentation centres around a critical question. How do we perpetuate the shame and stigma that leads to silence for survivors of sexu al violence? This will be discussed through her experience of documenting t he lives of for sex slaves during World War II in Asia.

      About Tiffany

      Tiffany Hsiung is an award-winning filmmaker. Her d ebut feature length documentary The Apology (2016) produced by the National Film Board of Canada\, has won over a dozen awards internationally. This i ncludes the prestigious Peabody Award\, Dupont Columbia award\, best docume ntary at Busan International Film Festival and Oslo International Film Fest ival to name a few. Hsiung is also the recipient of Allan King memorial awa rd from DOC Canada and a winner of the Peabody - Futures of Media Award (20 18) and a Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Digital Production for Th e Space We Hold (2017). Her recent film Sing Me a Lullaby (2020) had a worl d premiere at the 45th Toronto International Film Festival which earned the Inaugural Share Her Journey Short Cuts Award at TIFF.  Hsiung’s passion bo th in filmmaking and education sparks a unique energy to change the status quo and bring critical stories to audiences around the world. More informat ion on Hsiung can be found on her website.

      Parboti Roy: Sexual violence and Gendered violenc e against Indigenous women in the Chittagong Hill Tracts\, Bangladesh< /p>

      Parboti’s discussion topic covers gendered and sexual violence agains t Indigenous women in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT)\, Bangladesh and how militarization\, illegal settlement of non-Indigenous population and the c ulture of impunity led to the violation of indigenous women’s human rights and access to justice.

      About Parboti

      Parboti Ro y is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Asian Studies\, UBC. She hails fr om Chakma Indigenous community\, Chittagong Hill Tracts\, Bangladesh. Her r esearch interest broadly focuses on Indigenous women issues\, gender-based violence\, resistance politics\, and indigeneity in South Asia.

      Guldana Salimjan: “Sexual violence” against Muslim communities in Chin a’s Xinjiang

      In this talk\, Guldana discusses these questions: w hat is the gendered dimension in the ongoing 'People's War on Terror' in Xi njiang Uyghur Autonomous Region\, northwest China? How should we understand the intersectionality of gender and race and the way sexual violence manif ests itself in this context?

      About Guldana

      Guld ana Salimjan is the Ruth Wynn Woodward Junior Chair at the Gender\, Sexuali ty\, and Women’s Studies department at Simon Fraser University. Her researc h focuses on the politics of memory\, representation\, gender\, and nationa lism. More information on Guldana.

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      CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/hush-its-all-in-the-past-ex ploring-the-silenced-narratives-around-conflict-related-sexual-violence-in- asia/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/09/Website-“Hush…-It’s-All-in-the-Past”_-Exploring-the-Silenced-Narratives-around-Conflict-Related-Sexual-Violence-in-Asia.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200828T0531Z-1598592703.8098-EO-34900-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200820T225507Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201217T223825Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201007T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201007T103000 SUMMARY: Virtual UBC MPPGA Info Session: Why Choose the MPPGA Program DESCRIPTION: Join us for a virtual UBC MPPGA Info Session to learn more abo ut UBC's professional graduate program in public policy and global affairs. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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      We held a virtual info session about the profes sional Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) program at the Sc hool of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, University of British Columbia i n Vancouver\, Canada.

      Learn why our graduate program is unique and how it will equip you with a profound understanding of policy-making p rocesses through a foundation of knowledge acquisition\, policy analysis\, career development\, and experiential learning. As an MPPGA student\, you w ill have the opportunity to directly engage with a client organization on a pressing policy challenge in our signature Global Policy Project.

      UB C is consistently ranked as the number one university in the world for taki ng urgent action to combat climate change\, while SPPGA faculty are renowne d for their research and expertise in sustainability and the Asia Pacific. Tailor your learning to your interests and gain critical skills and a globa l perspective to help you to address complex public policy challenges and d rive meaningful change.

      Join our Master of Public Policy and Global A ffairs program and study with change makers from around the world.

      Presenters:

      • Julia Park\, MPPGA Program Manager
      • Professor Georg e Hoberg\, MPPGA Graduate Program Director
      • Kiran Alwani (MPPGA '17)\, Policy Analyst\, Natural Resources Canada\, Ottawa\, ON

      Agenda Topics:

      • Introduction to t he professional MPPGA Program at UBC
      • Key program benefits
      • H ow to apply
      • Possible career paths in government\, not-for-profit\, and the private sector
      • Q&A

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      CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/virtual-ubc-mppga-info-sess ion/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/08/Info-Session-1-Oct.-7-2020_Website-.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200917T1519Z-1600355975.8811-EO-35019-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200909T043314Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201014T202535Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201007T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201007T135000 SUMMARY: Escalating US-China Tensions\, Techno-nationalism & Their Implicat ions for Universities in the U.S. (and Canada). Why now? What next? DESCRIPTION: Join this webinar on Oct. 7 featuring Professor Paul Evans (SP PGA) and Professor Emeritus John Krige (Georgia Tech) on the escalating US- China tensions and implications for universities. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      Relations between the United States and China are sourin g dramatically in what is rapidly becoming a Cold War setting.  This is hav ing significant impact on multiple sectors including universities that over four decades have built a web of linkages largely regarded as of mutual ad vantage.  In particular\, faculty in STEM and other fields including bio/me dicine and Chinese students at American universities\, have become increasi ngly entangled in the escalating confrontation between Washington and Beiji ng.

      Presidential directives\, Congressional committees\, actions by f ederal departments and funding agencies (including NIH and NSF)\, as well a s steps taken by some university administrations\, have had a major impact on university-based research collaborations with Chinese counterparts.

      < p>Leading researchers\, the majority of them of Chinese descent\, are charg ed with betraying the trust placed in them by university administrations an d federal granting agencies by transferring cutting-edge knowledge back to China as part of “whole of society” efforts to enhance China’s economic and military power at the US’s expense.

      In this online encounter we will ask:

      • What are the national security and integrity of research c onsiderations behind these actions?
      • What is the scale and scope of activities considered improper or illegal?
      • What have been the conse quences for American universities and how have they responded?
      • What are the implications for third countries\, including Canada?
      • How d o we balance the advantages of open science\, collaborations\, education an d exchange with the need to protect national security\, maintain cyber secu rity\, safeguard intellectual property\, and maintain ethical standards?

      Moderator: Meigan Aronson\, Dean of Science\, UB C

      Presenters:   

      • Paul Evans\, Professor\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC
      • John Krige\, Rege nts Professor Emeritus\, Georgia Tech\; Distinguished Visiting Fellow\, Gre en College\, UBC

      Commentator:

      • Allis on Macfarlane\, Director and Professor\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC

      View the event recording here.

      Speakers’ Bios:

      Paul Evans (PhD with distinct ion Dalhousie University 1982) has been a Professor at the University of Br itish Columbia since 1999\, teaching Asian and trans-Pacific international relations. His work was based at the Institute of Asian Research and the Li u Institute for Global Issues which are now both located in the School of P ublic Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA). An advocate of cooperative and hum an security\, he has been studying and promoting policy-related activity on track-two security processes and the construction of multilateral institut ions since 1988. His recent writings and media commentaries have focused on Canada-China relations\, Asian security dynamics\, and the emergence of te chno-nationalism as a defining force in regional affairs\, including a rece nt essay “Techno-nationalism in China-US Relations: Implications for Univer sities\,” East Asian Policy\, June 2020.

      John Krige is Regents Professor Emeritus in the School of History and Sociology at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. He is an historian working at the intersection between science\, technology a nd foreign policy. He has been a Visiting Fellow in Residence at Green Coll ege\, and at the Liu Institute for Global Issues. His most recent monograph \, co-authored with Mario Daniels (Amsterdam)\, is entitled Knowledge a nd National Security in Cold War America (University of Chicago Press\ , in press). He is also the author of a recent essay\, “Scholars or Spies?  U.S – China Tension in Academia\,” China Currents\, Fall 2020.  He has ret ired and lives in Paris.

      Moderator’s Bio:

      Dr. Meigan Aronson was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Bri tish Columbia (UBC) on September 1\, 2018. Dr. Aronson brings a strong comm itment to research\, teaching and learning. She has an extensive publicatio n record (more than 140 articles\, including in Nature Communications\, PNA S\, Physical Review Letters\, and Physical Review B). She has been honoured with a number of fellowships\, including American Physical Society Fellow\ , and most recently\, Fellow of the Neutron Scattering Society of America. To date\, Dr. Aronson has received more than US$13.5 million in sponsored r esearch support. She is passionate about mentoring students and postdoctora l fellows\, and has a deep commitment to diversity and improving the succes s of students and faculty.

      Commentator:

      Dr. Allison M. Macfarlane - featureDr. Al lison M. Macfarlane is Professor and Director of the School of Public Polic y and Global Affairs within the Faculty of Arts at UBC. Dr. Macfarlane has held both academic and government positions in the field of energy and envi ronmental policy\, especially nuclear policy. Most recently\, she directed the Institute for International Science and Technology Policy at the George Washington University. She recently held a fellowship at the Wilson Intern ational Center for Scholars in Washington\, DC and was Fulbright Distinguis hed Chair in Applied Public Policy at Flinders University and Carnegie Mell on Adelaide in Australia.

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      Co-Sponsors: The Ce ntre for Chinese Research\, the Institute of Asian Research\, the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, as well as Green College\, UBC < /p>

       

       

       

       

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      CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/escalating-us-china-tension s-techno-nationalism-their-implications-for-universities-in-the-u-s-and-can ada-why-now-what-next/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/09/Webinar-Escalating-US-China-Tensions_Website.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20201008T2218Z-1602195511.0619-EO-35633-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20201008T214155Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201021T004558Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201013T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201013T134500 SUMMARY: B.C.’s 2020 SNAP ELECTION DESCRIPTION: British Columbians will quickly be heading to the polls while only 1/3rd of people say they are fully engaged with the campaigns. Join us on Oct. 13 for B.C.’s 2020 Snap Election webinar organized by Centre for t he Study of Democratic Institutions at the School of Public Policy and Glob al Affairs to learn more about campaigning and voting during Covid-19 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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      British Columbians will soon be heading to the polls. Candidates of every political stripe are cobbling together campaigns at a time when BC is facing two major public h ealth crises. Only one-third of British Columbians say they are fully engag ed with the campaigns - most are aware but not closely following developmen ts. Voters are concerned with issues related to the pandemic\, the worsenin g overdose crisis\, affordable housing\, climate change\, indigenous rights \, health care and the economy\, among others. How do these issues square w ith party platforms? What does campaigning and voting look like in a pandem ic? What will the BC legislature look like in the months to come?

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      Moderator: Gerald Baier\, Associate Professor at P olitical Science\, UBC\; Acting Director\, the Centre for the Study of Demo cratic Institutions\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA)

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      George Hoberg: Dr. George Hoberg is a profess or at SPPGA and has been teaching political science for thirteen years. He has written and edited several books on Canadian and US environmental polic y\, comparative Canada-US policies\, and the influence of the US on Canada. His current research focuses on the clean energy transformation. Other res earch interests include environmental policy\, and the design of policies a nd institutions to promote sustainability.

      Priscilla Omulo: Priscilla Omulo is a Tsartlip First Nations consultant and facilita tor for various organizations in Greater Vancouver. Priscilla is a writer a nd speaker on indigenous women’s rights and reconciliation and a program co ordinator for Feminists Deliver. She is passionate about sharing her experi ences and culture to support Truth & Reconciliation and Indigenous empowerm ent.

      Justine Hunter: Justine Hunter is a reporter fo r The Globe and Mail. Based in the press gallery of the B.C. Legislature in Victoria\, Justine has followed the ups and downs of B.C. premiers since 1 988. She has also worked as a business reporter and on Parliament Hill cove ring national politics.

      This event is hosted by the Centre for the St udy of Democratic Institutions at the School of Public Policy and Global Af fairs.

      CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/b-c-s-2020-snap-election/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/10/BCs-Snap-Election-event_Website-FT-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20201002T2302Z-1601679731.9882-EO-35507-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20201001T233429Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201001T233655Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201015T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201015T191500 SUMMARY: Virtual Book Launch – Reflecting the Past DESCRIPTION: For our October event\, author Erin L. Brightwell will be disc ussing Reflecting the Past: Place\, Language\, and Principle in Japan’s Med ieval Mirror Genre in conversation with Michael McCarty and Roberta Strippo li. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

       

      Virtual Book Launch – Reflectin g the Past: Place\, Language\, and Principle in Japan’s Medieval Mirror Gen re

      Description

      The Centre for Japanes e Research (CJR) at the University of British Columbia presents a series of online book launches to celebrate recent publications about premodern Japa n. For our October event\, author Erin L. Brightwell will be discussing Ref lecting the Past: Place\, Language\, and Principle in Japan’s Medieval Mirr or Genre in conversation with Michael McCarty and Roberta Strippoli.

      Featuring
      • Erin L. Brightwell\, Assistant Professor of Asian Languages and Culture\, University of Michigan.
      • (Interlocut or) Michael McCarty\, Assistant Professor of East Asian History\, Salisbury University\, Maryland.
      • (Interlocutor) Roberta Strippoli\, Associate Professor of Asian and Asian American Studies\, Binghamton University\, Ne w York.

      Time
      Thu\, October 15\, 2020 6-7:15PM i n Pacific Time (US and Canada)
      Thu\, October 15\, 2020 9-10:15PM in Ea stern Time (US and Canada)
      Fri\, October 16\, 2020 10-11:15AM in Japan Time

      Registration
      https://ubc.zoom .us/webinar/register/5616015767726/WN_c5vlqf4xQSKcNOvyJxYF6g

      Note
      Zoom Webinar access will be provided a few days befo re the event.
      If you do not receive an email with access details by th e day before the event\, please email bianca.chui@ubc.ca

      For disabili ty accommodations\, questions\, or concerns\, please either email bianca.ch ui@ubc.ca.
      We can also be reached via Twitter @ubcCJR

      Event Poster

      URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/virtual-book-launch-reflect ing-the-past/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/10/reflecting-sppga.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20201018T1935Z-1603049704.934-EO-35473-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20200930T205338Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200930T205439Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201016T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201016T180000 SUMMARY: Witnessing Gwangju: Learning from the past to inform the present DESCRIPTION: When I witnessed the weeklong uprising in Gwangju in May 1980\ , I had no idea that the event would become the foundation for democratic c hange in South Korea. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      Presented by Dr. Paul Courtright
      Friday October 16\, 2020 from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. (PDT)

      The Zoom link will be sent to registrants.

      Talk Summary:
      When I witnessed the weeklong uprising in Gwangju in May 1980\ , I had no idea that the event would become the foundation for democratic c hange in South Korea. I recently published my memoir\, Witnessing Gwangju ( the Korean translation is entitled 푸른 눈의 증인)\, based upon extensive notes I took at the time. During my talk I will cover three topics\, illustrating examples from the Uprising in 1980 and how they also resonate today: leavin g out the unheard minimizes the full nature of events\, conflict is always more interesting than cooperation\, and how a false narrative can persist l ong into the future.

      How to register?
      Please fill out a form here by October 1 4.

      More details are included in the event po ster.

      All of our seminars are open to public!
      Please email to ckr.ck@ubc.ca if you have any questions.

      URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/witnessing-gwangju-learning -from-the-past-to-inform-the-present/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/09/gwanju.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20201022T0024Z-1603326279.3564-EO-35742-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20201020T183007Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201105T003333Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201022T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201022T134500 SUMMARY: The 2020 U.S. Election Event Series: Doubling Down on Democracy DESCRIPTION: On October 22\, join us for the panel discussion “Doubling Dow n on Democracy” as part of “The 2020 U.S. Election Event Series” on how pub lic opinion & voter suppression/intimidation is impacted by the current pol itical climate & Covid-19. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      This event is a part of "The 2020 U. S. Election Event series". Please stay tuned for future events.

      In the midst of a global pan demic\, tens of millions of Americans have already begun voting in record n umbers. This panel will first provide an overview of the nuts and bolts of the campaigns\, the overall context of this election\, its dynamics and eve n a little something of a forecast. Panelists will also discuss the impact protests against racialized violence and police brutality have had in shapi ng public opinion and the impact of voter suppression and intimidation. Fin ally\, the panel will consider the possibilities of an unclear or contested outcome and possible scenarios for the immediate aftermath of the election .

      Student Host: Kazi Mohua\, (Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs)
      Moderator: Lisa Sundstrom (UBC Political Science)
      Panelists:       Bruce Baum (UBC Political Sc ience)\; Richard Johnston (UBC Political Science)\; Robert Russo (Peter A. Allard School of Law).

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      Bio s:
       Lisa Sundstrom is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Co-Chair of the International Relations Program at UBC and teaches internat ional relations and comparative politics. Her primary research interests in clude democratization\, human rights\, gender politics\, the politics of in ternational democracy assistance\, and NGO activism. Dr. Sundstrom’s latest book is Courting Gender Justice: Russia\, Turkey\, and The European Cou rt of Human Rights.

      Bruce Baum is an Associate Professor o f Political Science at UBC. He works in modern and contemporary political t heory. His primary research and teaching interests are in the areas of crit ical social theory\, including critical race and feminist theory\; American political thought and cultural politics\ ; the political theories of Mill and Marx\; and philosophy of political inq uiry\; and liberal and democratic theory. His current project is tentativel y titled “Identities and Indignities: Critical Theory and the Politics of E quality\, Identity\, and Difference.”

      Richard Johnston is a Pro fessor Emeritus of Political Science at UBC. Dr. Johnston's distinguished c areer includes appointments at the University of Toronto\, UPenn\, Caltech\ , and Harvard in addition to his long service to UBC. He held the Canada Re search Chair in Public Opinion\, Elections\, and Representation until his r etirement in June\, 2020. Dr. Johnston has done extensive research in elect oral and party systems\, communications media and campaigns\, and social ca pital\, diversity and the welfare state.

      Robert Russo is a Faculty Lead Lecturer for the LLMCL program at the Peter A. Allard Sc hool of Law. Dr. Russo’s interests in law include human rights\, labour and justice issues. His research has been primarily in the area of immigration and labour/employment law and he has published several peer-reviewed artic les in this field. He is an active member in the local legal community and a member of the Law Society of British Columbia.

      CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-2020-u-s-election-event -series-doubling-down-on-democracy/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/10/201022-The-2020-U.S.-Election-Doubling-Down-on-Democracy-graphics_Website-FT-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20201022T1915Z-1603394107.1468-EO-35761-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20201020T203444Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T193542Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201022T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201119T163000 SUMMARY: The 2020 U.S. Election Event Series DESCRIPTION: The 2020 U.S. Election Event Series will look at the issues an d dynamics driving the campaigns\, the legal questions sure to dominate the days and weeks after the election\, the election’s impact on global politi cs\, the pandemic\, and what we can expect as we head into 2021. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      In a year marked by turmoil and unprecedented threats to democratic process\, the 2020 U.S. Presidential election is the most bit terly contested and consequential race in recent years. The Covid-19 pandem ic has laid bare the structural inequalities and harsh realities faced for decades by the vast majority of Americans. Persistent racialized violence a nd police brutality have been met with global protests and widespread calls to dismantle systems of violence and oppression. Wildfires and storms have provided stark reminders of the existential threat of climate change. In a ddition to the very real\, moral issues at stake\, the country is faced wit h challenges to the primacy of objective truth and reality and a rejection of longstanding procedural norms in the government’s handling of these over lapping crises. This election may prove to be the ultimate stress test for democratic values\, norms and institutions in the United States.

      This series will look at the issues and dynamics driving the campaigns\, the le gal questions sure to dominate the days and weeks after the election\, the election’s impact on global politics\, the pandemic\, and what we can expec t as we head into 2021.

      Please check back for event recor dings.

      Doubling Down on Democracy
      Thursday\, October 22nd\,   12:15 pm – 1:45 pm PDT
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      Religion & U.S. Presidential Election
      Tuesday\, October 27th\, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm P DT
      View Event Recording

      The Day After the 2020 U.S. Elections 
      Wednes day\, November 4th\, 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm PST
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      The Global Impact of the U.S. Election
      Friday\, November 13th\, 12:15 pm – 1:45 pm PST
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      The Aftermath of the U.S. Election: What's Next?
      Thur sday\, November 19th\, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm PST
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      CATEGORIES:Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-2020-u-s-election-event -series/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/10/201022-The-2020-U.S.-Election-Event-Series-Graphic_Website-FT.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20201015T2013Z-1602792788.2845-EO-35701-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20201014T235657Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201023T215227Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201023T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201023T100000 SUMMARY: Echoes of Empire DESCRIPTION: An online panel discussion of the new film “Echoes of Empire” by Robert Lieberman\, a cinematic view of Mongolia’s past and present. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      An online panel discussion of the new film “Echoes of Empire” by Robert Lieberman\, a cinematic view of Mongolia’s pa st and present.

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      Panelists will include:

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      Hosted by: The Mongolia Lecture Series\, The Institute of Asian Research\, School of Public Policy and Gl obal Affairs\, UBC

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      CATEGORIES:Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/echoes-of-empire/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/10/Echoes-of-Empire_Website-FT.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20201013T2043Z-1602621833.9632-EO-35657-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20201013T181253Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201013T181634Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201026T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201026T190000 SUMMARY: Everyday Ecology: Reading the Environment of Modern Korea DESCRIPTION: Presented by Dr. Albert L. Park Monday October 26\, 2020 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. (PDT) The Zoom link will be sent to registrants. Tal k Summary: How should we read the environment? How does reading the environ ment help us to locate the origins of modern Korea’s environmental problems ? How should we organize and narrate the events\, occurrences and […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      Presented by Dr. Albert L. Park

      Mond ay October 26\, 2020 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. (PDT)

      The Zoom link will be sent to registrants.

      Talk Summary:

      How should we read the environment? How does reading the environment help us t o locate the origins of modern Korea’s environmental problems? How should w e organize and narrate the events\, occurrences and entities of environment al history in Korea? This presentation traces the origins of environmental issues in the late nineteenth century\, when Chosŏn Korea joined transnatio nal\, top-down drives to modernize its agriculture. Going beyond the simpli stic binary of the exploitative cities (and industrialists) vs. exploited a grarian areas (and farmers)\, this presentation aims to illuminate how powe r\, the ecological environment\, and agricultural practices have shaped eac h other since the late nineteenth century in ways that set the stage for wh at came to be identified as environmental problems since the 1960s. Overall \, this presentation calls for spatially reconceptualizing “environmental p roblems” and using the paradigm of “everyday ecology” to shift our focus fr om industrialization in cities to agriculture and the rural in reading the environment and writing a critical environmental history of Korea.

      Ho w to register?
      Please fill out a form here by October 24.

      Event Poster

      URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/everyday-ecology/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20201031T0532Z-1604122347.7104-EO-35899-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20201030T213613Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201106T230516Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201104T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201104T131500 SUMMARY: The Day After the 2020 U.S. Election DESCRIPTION: The day after the U.S. election\, our panelists will discuss t urnout and election night returns. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      This event is a part of UBC's “2020 U.S. Election Event Series.“ Please stay tuned for future events.

      The day after the U.S. election\, ou r panelists will discuss turnout and election night returns. Given the less than traditional nature of this election\, clear results may not be forthc oming immediately\, but some of the next steps may be clear. Our panelists will discuss the legal issues around vote counting and the determination of a winner and what processes might be invoked to clarify results. They’ll a lso look at international reaction to the outcome and what to expect in the coming weeks.

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      Student Host: Nicolas Tyler\, Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs\ , UBC

      Moderator: Megan Dias (PhD student\, University of Texas at Austin\; MA\, UBC Political Science)< /span>

      Panelists: Kristen Hopewell (UBC School of Public Poli cy and Global Affairs)\; Robert Russo (Peter A. Allard School of Law)\; Mat thew Wright (UBC Political Science)

      Bios:

      Megan Dias is a PhD student at the University of Texas at Austin. She's interested in questions around immigration\, multiculturalism\, and h ow we live and govern together in diverse democracies. Megan did her MA in Political Science at UBC (and returned to Vancouver a couple of months ago to escape the COVID numbers in Texas). She's worked with the Institute for Future Legislators since 2017. In 2019\, she helped bring the Institute to Toronto and has worked as the Program Coordinator for the IFL at Ryerson Un iversity since.

      Kristen Hopewell is an Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Policy at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at UBC. Her research specialize s in international trade\, global governance\, industrial policy and develo pment\, with a focus on emerging powers. Dr. Hopewell has written two books on global economic issues and her policy writings have been featured in va rious major magazines and newspapers.

      Robert Russo is a Faculty Lead Lecturer for the LLMCL program at the Peter A. Allard School of Law. Dr. Russo’s interests in law include human rights\, labour and justice issues. His research has been primarily i n the area of immigration and labour/employment law and he has published se veral peer-reviewed articles in this field. He is an active member in the l ocal legal community and a member of the Law Society of British Columbia. < /span>

      Matthew Wright is an Assis tant Professor of Political Science at UBC. His research explores how both political identities and core values influence peoples’ attitudes about imm igrants\, immigration policy and diversity more generally. Dr. Wright's wor k has appeared in various political science journals and publications. His latest book\, Immigration and the American Ethos\, further explores these s ubjects.

      Co-hosted b y: The Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC\; UBC Political Science\; The Canad ian International Council

      CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-day-after-the-2020-u-s- election/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/10/201104-The-Day-After-the-2020-U.S.-Election_Website-FT.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20201009T0622Z-1602224541.242-EO-35599-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20201007T231833Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201014T000450Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201110T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201110T163000 SUMMARY: The Phil Lind Initiative Presents: Jesmyn Ward DESCRIPTION: Join Jesmyn Ward\, MacArthur Genius and two-time National Book Award winner\, for a virtual event as part of our 2020 Phil Lind Initiativ e series on "Thinking While Black." X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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      UBC’s School o f Public Policy and Global Affairs is proud to host Jesmyn Ward\, MacArthur Genius and two- time National Book Award winner\, as part of the 2020 Phil Lind Initiative series on "Thinking While Black."

      This event will be moderated by Canisia Lubrin\, a writer\, editor\, critic and teacher.

      Reserve your ticket today fo r this free public event. The webinar link and passcode will be shared with registrants prior to the event.

      Learn more about the 2020 Thinking W hile Black series here .

      Blackness as a form\, concept and experience\, has fun damentally shaped American iconographies\, language\, media\, and cultural productions. This series invites us to consider Blackness as both a culture and a mode of thinking. This series will meditate on the structures of rac e in North America and will spotlight the seemingly disconnected forms of r acial violence that hide in plain sight. How\, despite shifts in rhetoric a nd political policy\, have so many forms of racial violence persisted? How\ , we ask\, can we rethink ourselves by understanding our relations to black ness?

      Bio: MacArthur Genius and two-time National Bo ok Award winner Jesmyn Ward has been hailed as the standout writer of her g eneration\, proving her “fearless and toughly lyrical” voice in novels\, me moir\, and nonfiction. Betsy Burton of the American Booksellers Association has called her “the new Toni Morrison.” In 2017\, she became the first wom an and the first person of color to win two National Book Awards for Fictio n—joining the ranks of William Faulkner\, Saul Bellow\, John Cheever\, Phil ip Roth\, and John Updike.Ward’s stories are largely set on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi\, where she grew up and still lives. When Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast\, Ward was forced to evacuate her rapidly flood ing home. Her writing is deeply informed by the trauma of Katrina\, not to mention its unimaginable social and economic repercussions. Her novel Salva ge the Bones\, winner of the 2011 National Book Award\, is a troubling but ultimately empowering tale of familial bonds set amid the chaos of the hurr icane. Likewise\, Ward’s debut novel\, Where the Line Bleeds\, depicts what Publishers Weekly calls “a world full of despair but not devoid of hope” i n the aftermath of natural disaster.Ward’s memoir\, Men We Reaped\, delves into the five years of Ward’s life in which she lost five young men—to drug s\, accidents\, suicide\, and the bad luck that follows poor people and peo ple of color. Lauded by Kirkus Reviews as a “modern rejoinder to Black Like Me [and] Beloved\,” Men We Reaped is a beautiful and painful homage to War d’s ghosts and the haunted yet hopeful place she calls home. Men We Reaped won the Heartland Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Ci rcle Award.Ward is the also the editor of the critically acclaimed antholog y The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race\, which NPR named one of the Best Books of 2016. Taking James Baldwin’s 1963 examination of r ace in America\, The Fire Next Time\, as a jumping-off point\, this groundb reaking collection features essays and poems about race from the most impor tant voices of our time—including Edwidge Danticat\, Natasha Trethewey\, Is abel Wilkerson\, Mitchell S. Jackson\, Kiese Laymon\, and Claudia Rankine.< /p>

      Subscribe to our Phil Lind Initiative Newsletter for updates regarding when tickets will be released for each event.

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      UBC’s Scho ol of Public Policy and Global Affairs is proud to host Ibram X. Kendi\, National Book aw ard-winning historian and author of Stamped From The Beginning and  How to Be an Antiracist\, as part of our 2020 Phil Lind Initiativ e series on "Thinking While Black."

      This event was moderated by El Jones\, spoken word p oet\, an educator\, journalist\, and community activist.

      A recording of the event was available for a short time and has now been removed.

      Talk Title: “How to Be an Antiracist”

      When the firs t Black president headed into the White House\, Americans were imagining th eir nation as colorblind and went so far as to call it post-racial. With th e arrival of Donald Trump many people are awakening and seeing racial reali ty for the first time. With opened minds\, people are actively trying to un derstand racism. In this deeply personal and empowering lecture\, Kendi shi fts the discussion from how not to be racist\, to how to be an antiracist. He shares his own racist ideas and how he overcame them. He provides direct ion to people and institutions who want more than just band-aid programs\, but actual antiracist action that builds an antiracist America.

      Learn more about the 2020 Thinking While Black series here.

      Blackness as a form\, c oncept and experience\, has fundamentally shaped American iconographies\, l anguage\, media\, and cultural productions. This series invites us to consi der Blackness as both a culture and a mode of thinking. This series will me ditate on the structures of race in North America and will spotlight the se emingly disconnected forms of racial violence that hide in plain sight. How \, despite shifts in rhetoric and political policy\, have so many forms of racial violence persisted? How\, we ask\, can we rethink ourselves by under standing our relations to blackness?

      Bio: Ibram X. K endi is the National Book Award-winning author of Stamped From The Begi nning: A Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America and How to Be an Antiracist. His relentless and passionate research puts into que stion the notion of a post-racial society and opens readers’ and audiences’ eyes to the reality of racism in America today. Kendi’s lectures are sharp \, informative\, and hopeful\, serving as a strong platform for any institu tion’s discussions on racial discrimination.

      When Dr. Ibram X. Kendi won the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 2016 for a book about the his tory of racist ideas in America\, some people felt a disconnect. Emerging f rom eight years of leadership under an African-American president\, a narra tive was building in America about the emergence of a post-racial society\, colorblind to race and valuing merit over skin color. Kendi challenges thi s notion in his New York Times-bestselling book Stamped from the Beginning\ , taking an expansive view on race and racist ideas that spans from 15th ce ntury Europe until modern day America. Kendi’s insight on racist structures are the focus of his latest book\, How to Be an Antiracist\, which empower s readers and audiences to not only recognize the pervasive influence of ra cism and racist ideas\, but to actively participate in dismantling it.Kendi embarked on the research for his book under the assumption that the major producers of racist ideas were hateful and ignorant. And that borne from ra cist ideas were racist policies like slavery\, Jim Crow\, and mass incarcer ation. But as Kendi dug deeper and contextualized motives\, he began to gai n a new understanding of the cause and effect actually at play. He soon dis covered that political\, economic\, and cultural self-interest are behind t he creation of racist policies and these policies in turn create the racist ideas that rationalize the deep inequities in everything from wealth to he alth.

      Ibram X. Kendi is Professor of History and International Relati ons and the Founding Director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University. He is a frequent public speaker who speaks with gre at expertise and compassion about the findings of his book and how they can fit into the national conversation on racial and social justice.Kendi has received research fellowships\, grants\, and visiting appointments from a v ariety of universities\, foundations\, professional associations\, and libr aries\, including the American Historical Association\, Library of Congress \, National Academy of Education\, Spencer Foundation\, Lyndon B. Johnson L ibrary & Museum\, Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis\, Brown University \, Princeton University\, Duke University\, University of Chicago\, and UCL A. Most recently\, he was named a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow for his work.In ad dition to winning the National Book Award\, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas was also named a finalist for the 2016 National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction and nominated for the 201 6 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work in Nonfiction. The book w as featured on many Best Books of 2016 lists\, including in the Boston Glob e\, Kirkus\, The Washington Post\, The Root\, Chicago Review of Books\, and Buzzfeed.Kendi has published numerous academic essays as well as op-eds in publications such as The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, Time\, The Guardian\, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. He is also the author of the award-winning book\, The Black Campus Movement: Black Students and the Racial Reconstitution of Higher Education\, 1965-1972. In 2018\, he was na med a columnist for a new vertical of The Atlantic focusing on ideas\, opin ion\, and political and cultural commentary.

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      This event is a part of UBC's “2020 U.S. Election Event Series. “ Please stay tuned for future events.

      This panel will examine the impact of the U.S. election on int ernational security\, international trade and economy\, and global climate politics and policy.

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      S tudent Host: Paige Rumolt\, Master of Public Policy and Global Aff airs\, UBC

      Moderator: Gerald Baier\, Acting Director\, Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions\, School of Public Policy and Glo bal Affairs\, UBC

      Panelists: Hugh Gusterson (UBC Anthropology )\; Kathryn Harrison (UBC Political Science)\; Christopher Sands (Johns Hop kins University)

      Panelist Bios:

      < span data-key="264">Hugh Gusterson is a Professor in the Department of Anth ropology at UBC. His work focuses on nuclear culture\, international securi ty and the anthropology of science and his research interests also include militarism\, neoliberalism\, counterinsurgency\, and securitization. Dr. Gu sterson’s articles have been featured in various magazines and newspapers a nd he has a regular column in the anthropology journal\, Sapiens.

      Kathryn Harrison is a Professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia. Her primary areas of research are environmental policy\, federalism\, and comparative public policy. Dr. Harrison has authored and co-authored books on these subjects and has published many articles in political journals\, magazines and newsp apers. She has also advised local\, provincial\, and national governments.< /span>

      Christopher Sands is a Sen ior Research Professor and Director of the Center for Canadian Studies at J ohns Hopkins University. Dr. Sands has a decade of teaching experience and over two decades of experience at Washington think tanks. Dr. Sands’ most r ecent book is on Canada-U.S relations and he is currently working on a book on the evolution of the North American political economy.

      Co-hosted by: The Centre for the Study of Democratic Institu tions\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC\; UBC Political Sc ience\; The Canadian International Council

      CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-global-impact-of-the-u- s-election/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/10/Nov-13-The-Global-Impact-of-the-U.S.-Election_Website-FT.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20201024T0059Z-1603501144.732-EO-35818-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20201023T222313Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201029T224208Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201113T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201113T140000 SUMMARY: Himalayan Research in the time of COVID-19: Views from Canada DESCRIPTION: Featuring a panel of graduate students and emerging scholars a cross different disciplines and institutions in Canada\, the roundtable dis cussion will explore the ongoing experience of what it is like to conduct r esearch about the Himalayan region during a time of sheltering-in-place. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      Featuring a panel of graduate students and emerging schol ars across different disciplines and institutions in Canada\, the roundtabl e discussion will explore the ongoing experience of what it is like to cond uct research about the Himalayan region during a time of sheltering-in-plac e.

      Please register for the event here. The Zoom link will be emailed to you one week before the event.

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      Tsering Dolkar Watermeyer (she/her/hers) is a PhD candidate at th e UBC School of Social Work. Her PhD research explores the role of Tibetan ethnocultural organizations in integration of ‘minority within minorities’ in Canada. Tsering is also a registered social worker and has been working in clinical settings since 2010.

      Chulthim Gurung is a PhD candidate in McGill University’s Buddhist Psychology program\, under the Sc hool of Religious Studies. His Ph.D. research focuses on the Mental factors (Tibetan: sems byung\, Sanskrit: caitasika)\, an important Buddhist philos ophical topic in the Abhidharma literature.

      Bicram Rijal i s a Ph.D. Candidate in Anthropology at Simon Fraser University. His researc h focuses on the politics and transformation of sanitation and defecation h abits\, infrastructure\, and the uncertainty of everyday life in Nepal.

      Sujata Thapa is a Ph.D. candidate in Planning\, within the De partment of Geography and Planning at the University of Toronto. Her resear ch interests include gender and globalization\, urban poverty\, inequality\ , safe mobility and transportation in the cities of Global South. Her curre nt research focuses on the right to mobility and access to transportation i n Kathmandu Valley.

      Ian Turner is a doctoral student at th e University of Toronto\, Department for the Study of Religion. An anthropo logist of Buddhism as found amongst the Newars of Nepal\, Ian examines how houses\, domestic spaces and home life inform and are formed by the Newars’ enduring Vajrayāna traditions.

      Moderator Bios:

      Elsie Lewison completed her PhD in Geography at the Universi ty of Toronto in 2019 and is currently a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow at the U BC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. Her postdoctoral work explor es how the COVID-19 pandemic is re-shaping agricultural governance strategi es in both the Himalaya and British Columbia\, with particular focus on org anic agriculture\, labour mobility and domestic market development.< /p>

      Dagmar Schwerk‘s research focuses on Tibetan and Bhutanese intell ectual and political history and her forthcoming monograph addresses the lo ngstanding philosophical debate about Mahāmudrā from a Bhutanese perspectiv e. She teaches courses about Tibetan Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhist literatu re and material culture with experiential learning elements.

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      URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/himalayan-research-in-the-t ime-of-covid-19-views-from-canada/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/10/Himalaya-Program.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20201027T1435Z-1603809330.6462-EO-35800-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20201023T193108Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220429T184438Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201116T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201116T133000 SUMMARY: “Deep Time Reckoning: How Future Thinking Can Help Earth Now” Book Talk by Dr. Vincent Ialenti DESCRIPTION: Join this book talk by Dr. Vincent Ialenti\, Postdoctoral Fell ow at the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, to learn about h is new work\, Deep Time Reckoning: How Future Thinking Can Help Earth Now\, a guide to how to envision the far future of Earth. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      Join this book talk by Dr. Vincent Ialenti \, Postdoctoral Fellow at the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affair s\, to learn about his new work\, Deep Time Reckoning: How Future Think ing Can Help Earth Now\, a guide to how to envision the far future of Earth.

      A video recording is available below:

      https://www.youtub e.com/watch?v=eHTxKk661uQ&feature=youtu.be

      Remarks: Director and Professor Allison Macfarlane\, UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affa irs

      Dr. Vincent Ialenti confronts two overlapping and urgent global c rises: the Anthropocene\, our current moment of human-caused environmental transformation\; and the institutional erosion of expert authority. The sec ond crisis\, he argues\, is worsening the effects of the first. Listening t o scientific experts who study a wider time span than a Facebook timeline i s critical to tackling our planet's emergency. Astrophysicists\, geologists \, historians\, evolutionary biologists\, climatologists\, archaeologists\, and others can teach us the art of long-termism.

      Dr. Ialenti turns t o Finland's nuclear waste repository “Safety Case” experts to explore how t hese scientists forecast far future glaciations\, climate changes\, earthqu akes\, and more\, over the coming tens and hundreds of thousands of years. They are not pop culture “futurists” but data-driven\, disciplined technica l experts\, using the power of patterns to construct detailed scenarios and quantitative models of the far future. This is the kind of time literacy\, Dr. Ialenti argues\, that we need if we are to survive the Anthropocene.

      Regarding his work\, Dr. Ialenti stated: "Based on my 32-months of ant hropological fieldwork among Finland's nuclear waste repository safety case experts\, Deep Time Reckoning offers practical strategies - I cal l them 'reckonings' - for envisioning potential future worlds\, despite tod ay's collapsing societal faith in expertise."

      One book reviewer share d: "Imagine yourself as an ancestor of people living ten thousand or a hund red thousand years in the future. Ialenti focuses on these unfathomable tim escales through the lens of radioactive waste and illuminates how readjusti ng our time horizon underlies our survival." -- Ruth DeFries\, Denning Fami ly University Professor of Sustainable Development\, Columbia University\; author of What Would Nature Do? 

      Bio: Vincent Ialenti is a n anthropologist who studies the cultures of nuclear waste experts in Finla nd and the United States. His current ethnographic project explores the pol itical-economic drivers behind U.S. transuranic waste "drum breach" acciden ts. Vincent's research has been supported by the U.S. National Science Foun dation\, The Mellon Foundation\, and The MacArthur Foundation. Alongside hi s academic publications\, he has written for NPR\, Forbes\, Nautilus\, Atla s Obscura\, and other outlets. Vincent holds a PhD in Sociocultural Anthrop ology from Cornell University and a MSc in Law\, Anthropology & Society fro m the London School of Economics.

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      Speaker: Dr. Wiebke Denecke
      Location: Zoom - The Zoom link will be sent to registrants. 

      How to register? Please fill out a form here: https://ckr.iar.ubc.ca/monday-november-16-202 0/

      More details are inclu ded in the attached file. All of our seminars are open to the public!

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      Talk Summary: This talk focuses on envoy poetry from early modern East Asia\, in particular on Collections of Magnificent Fl owers (Hwanghwajip)\, a large corpus of officially compiled poet ry anthologies from the missions the Ming court sent to Chosŏn Korea betwee n 1450 and 1633\; and several 18th-century poetry collections fr om Korea’s t'ongsinsa missions to Japan. In cross-cultural perspecti ve East Asia’s envoy poetry is a highly distinctive phenomenon: during thei r encounters envoys communicated in the scripta (rather than ling ua) franca of Literary Sinitic through “brush talk” on paper\; t hey were Confucian literati eager to display their talent in collective poe try composition on set topics and shared rhyme schemes\; and they learnt ho w to play with a common set of themes and tropes to convey courtesy and con viviality. How do the literary repertoires differ in Ming-Chosŏn and Chosŏn -Tokugawa envoy poetry collections and why? How did current events and evol ving political constellations affect this rather formulaic  poetry? Ultimat ely this lecture aims to understand the role of envoy poetry in the history of early modern East Asia and develop a comparative framework for understa nding the phenomenon of envoy poetry in cross-cultural perspective.

      URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/composing-courtesy-understa nding-envoy-poetry-in-early-modern-east-asia/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20201113T1656Z-1605286592.5188-EO-35959-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20201112T185635Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T035609Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201116T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201116T180000 SUMMARY: Matriarch Illuminations – “Dreaming\, Sovereignty & Matriation” DESCRIPTION: Join Jessica Wood\, SPPGA Policy Practitioner Fellow\, and gue st Patricia M. Barkaskas\, Associate Professor of Teaching\, Allard School of Law\, in a discussion on “Dreaming\, Sovereignty & Matriation” for the s eries\, Matriarch Illuminations. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      View the video recording below:

      http s://youtu.be/Vh0CWIfo1OI

      Jessica Wood\, known as Si Sityaawks (Wo man who creates change)\, from the Gitxsan and Tsimshian First Nations with roots among the Tahltan and Nisga’a Nations\, engaged in dialogue for a 5- part series called Matriarch Illuminations in Novemb er and December 2020. Jessica Wood is the current Policy Practitioner Fello w at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of Br itish Columbia and she will host fellow Matriarchs from across Turtle Islan d.

      Students\, staff\, faculty and community members were invited to p our themselves a cup of tea and sit around the virtual table to listen.

      Format: A 45 min discussion\, 15 min Q&A from 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm on various evenings on Zoom

      Audience: All a re welcome. Questions will be prioritized from Indigenous\, Black and Peopl e of Colour attendees.

      Guest Speaker: Patricia M. Ba rkaskas\, Associate Professor of Teaching\; Academic Director\, Indigenous Community Legal Clinic\, Peter A. Allard School of Law\, University of Brit ish Columbia

      Theme: “Dreaming\, Sovereignty & Ma triation”

      Patricia M. BarkaskasGuest Speaker’s Bio: Patricia M. Barkaskas is Métis from Alberta. Her research focuses on the intersection of justice and law\, including access to justice\, clinical legal education\, and decolonizing and Indigenizing law. She is particularly interested in examining the value of Indigenous pedagogies in experiential learning\, clinical legal educati on\, and skills-based legal training\, and disrupting the normative violenc e of colonial legal education.

      Professor Barkaskas is the Academic Di rector of the Indigenous Community Legal Clinic (ICLC)\, which is located in the Downtown Eastside community of Vancouver on the traditio nal\, ancestral\, and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam)\, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish)\, and sə̓lílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. The IC LC welcomes up to thirty law students a year who provide free legal service s to the Indigenous community in the Lower Mainland and throughout the prov ince.  Students are taught through hands-on experience conducting legal wor k on client files\, including legal research\, submissions\, and court appe arances. Professor Barkaskas is also faculty lead for the law school’s Indigenous Cultural Competency Certificate (ICCC)\, launched in September 2018. The ICCC is an eight-month non-credi t certificate course that assists students in developing better understandi ngs of colonial assumptions\, beliefs\, and biases that form the foundation of the Canadian legal system\, the history of colonial practices and polic ies in Canada\, Indigenous perspectives on law\, and what decolonization me ans for the practice of law.

      Before attending law school\, Professor Barkaskas earned a M.A. in History\, with a focus on Indigenous histories i n North America\, and worked for Residential school survivors as an histori cal legal researcher for the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreemen t. As part of her J.D.\, she completed a Law and Social Justice Specializat ion. After receiving her law degree from UBC\, she practiced in the areas o f child protection (as parent’s counsel)\, criminal\, family\, civil litiga tion\, and prison law. She has written Gladue reports for all levels of cou rt in BC.

      Learn more about the Matriarch Illuminations serie s here.

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      Jessica Wood\, known as Si Sityaaw ks (Woman who creates change)\, from the Gitxsan and Tsimshian First N ations with roots among the Tahltan and Nisga’a Nations\, is engaging in di alogue for a 5-part series called Matriarch Illuminations in Novem ber and December 2020. Jessica Wood is the current Policy Practitioner Fell ow at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of B ritish Columbia and she will host fellow Matriarchs from across Turtle Isla nd.

      Students\, staff\, faculty and community members are invited to p our themselves a cup of tea and sit around the virtual table to listen.

      Format: A 45 min discussion\, 15 min Q&A from 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm on various evenings on Zoom

      Audience: All a re welcome. Questions will be prioritized from Indigenous\, Black and Peopl e of Colour attendees.

      Schedule:

      “Drea ming\, Sovereignty & Matriation” with Patricia M. Barkaskas\, Associate Pro fessor of Teaching\, Peter A. Allard School of Law\, UBC
      Mond ay\, November 16\, 2020
      5:00 pm – 6:00 pm PST
      Learn more - Event Recording Available

      “Safety and Matriarchy” with Brenda Butterworth-Carr\, Assis tant Deputy Minister and Director of Police Services
      Monday\, November 23\, 2020
      5:00 pm – 6:00 pm PST
      Learn more - Event Recording Available

      "Storytelling as Guidance" with Tanya Talaga\, Canadian Journalist and Aut hor
      Monday\, November 30\, 2020
      5:00 pm – 6:00 pm PST
      Learn more - Event Recording Available

      "Making Law and Policy - Matriarch Traditions " with Dr. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond\, Director of the Indian Residential Sc hool History and Dialogue Centre and Professor\, Peter A. Allard School of Law\, UBC
      Wednesday\, December 2\, 2020
      5:00 pm – 6:00 p m PST
      Learn more - Ev ent Recording Available

      “Where we go from h ere” with Andrea Reimer\, Adjunct Professor of Practice\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and Sheryl Lightfoot\, Professor\, School of Publ ic Policy and Global Affairs and Department of Political Science\, UBC
      Thursday\, December 3\, 2020
      5:00 pm – 6:00 pm PST
      Learn more - Event Recording Available

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      CATEGORIES:Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/matriarch-illuminations-a-5 -part-series/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/11/Matriarch-Mondays_Series-Graphic_Website-FT-Image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20201017T1222Z-1602937333.4075-EO-35727-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20201016T230946Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201124T230548Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201117T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201117T135000 SUMMARY: Silicon Valley and the Future of Capitalism DESCRIPTION: Join the first session of the Liu Institute for Global Issues webinar series to learn about The Smartphone Society with author Nicole Asc hoff. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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      Join the first session of the Liu Institute for Global Issu es webinar series to learn about The Smartphone Society with autho r Nicole Aschoff.

      The rapidly growing power of US tech companies to d ominate digital markets has alarmed policymakers around the world. Google\, Amazon\, and Facebook are increasingly compared to the robber barons of th e Gilded Age — a time of skyrocketing inequality and corporate overreach. C ongressional investigators recently argued that “these firms have too much power\, and that power must be reined in and subject to appropriate oversig ht and enforcement.” Observers are right to be worried. But reining in Big Tech will require us to look beyond digital markets to how capitalism itsel f has evolved over the past decade. Technology companies have used our smar tphones to forge a new frontier of appropriation and exploitation with prof ound political\, social\, and ecological implications.

      Presen ter: Nicole Aschoff
      Faculty Host: SPPGA Professor Ramana\, Simon s Chair in Disarmament\, Global and Human Security\; Director\, Liu Institu te for Global Issues\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC
      Student Host: Alexander Howes\, Master of Public Policy and Global Affa irs\, UBC

      Bio: Nicole Aschoff is the author of T he Smartphone Society and The New Prophets of Capital\, the m anaging editor of the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism\, and an ed itor-at-large at Jacobin magazine. She holds a PhD in sociology fr om Johns Hopkins University and previously taught at Boston University. She lives in Cambridge\, Massachusetts.

      Nicole’s new book is called The Smartphone S ociety: Technology\, Power and Resistance in the New Gilded Age. ( You can order the book from Beacon.) Using the smartphone as a lens\, she examin es the cultural\, political\, and economic shifts reshaping American societ y since the birth of the smartphone in 2007. In particular\, she interrogat es the defining tension of digital life: the stark disconnect between the o rdinary smartphone user seeking entertainment\, connection\, information\, and justice\, and the tech companies looking to profit from our every tap a nd swipe.

      You can reach her on Twitter: @Nico leAschoff

      Co-hosted by: The Liu Institute for Gl obal Issues\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC

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      CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/silicon-valley-and-the-futu re-of-capitalism/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/10/Nicole-Ashcroft-Webinar_Website-FT.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20201111T1533Z-1605108785.5876-EO-36029-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20201111T025857Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201113T211115Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201118T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201118T113000 SUMMARY: Fragile Chains: Coronavirus and the Medical Supply DESCRIPTION: Join a virtual panel with reporters and researchers behind the high-profile PBS Frontline documentary and Associated Press series that ha s been exploring the collapse of the fragile medical supply chains as the c oronavirus pandemic emerged in the spring. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
      Fragile Chains Virtual Roundtable

       

      Meet the journalists and scholars behind a major projec t on how medical supply chains collapsed under the strain of the coronaviru s pandemic. The resulting FRONTLINE documentary and Associated Press series exposed the complexities of global med ical supply chains\, and have spurred discussions about how we can better p repare for future outbreaks.

      On November 18th\, 9:30 am PST/12:30 pm EST/ 5:30 pm GMT.

      Panelists will discuss key findings\, challenges in reporting and producing a film of this scope during the height of the pand emic\, and next steps in this ongoing project.

      Martha Mendoza : Two-time Pulitzer winner and Emmy award-winning Associated Press reporter who spoke with many of the key players in medical supply producti on\, distribution and regulation\, and tracked several databases of medical supplies coming into the United States.

      Juliet Linderman: National investigative reporter for The Associated Press who conduct ed key interviews on the ground including with the FBI and members of the W hite House who are responsible for overseeing medical supplies in the US — including President Trump’s key trade advisor Peter Navarro.

      Dr. Jane Lister: GRC Research Manager who will offer her perspecti ves on helping oversee the academic framing of this research.

      Sharon Nadeem: UBC Journalism alum who served as associate produc er on the documentary will share stories of tracking down documents\, data and sources throughout the half-year investigation.

      Moderated by Peter Klein\, Professor and Executive Director of the Global R eporting Centre\, who directed the documentary. Professor Klein is also a F aculty Associate of the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs.

      Many of the scholars and students who participated will also be in atten dance.

      The project has been supported by a SSHRC Partnership Grant and a VPRI Research Excellence Cluster\, and the workshop is supported by the Pet er Wall Virtual Roundtable.

      Co-hosted by: The Global Reporting Centre\, The School of Journalism\, Writing\, and Media\, The Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies\, The School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, and the School of Population and Public Health\, UBC< /p>

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      CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/fragile-chains-coronavirus- and-the-medical-supply-crisis/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/11/Fragile-Chains-Virtual-Roundtable-Eventbrite.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20201031T1130Z-1604143852.3134-EO-35901-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20201030T221431Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201203T175612Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201119T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201119T163000 SUMMARY: The Aftermath of the U.S. Election: What’s Next? DESCRIPTION: This panel will discuss Presidential governance from 2021-2024 \, its priorities and prospects\, the results of Congressional wins\, the i mpact on international trade policy and global governance\, and the impact on the Covid-19 response and what we can expect going forward. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxQQFqgH0S s&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=UBCSchoolofPublicPolicyandGlobalAffairs

       

      This event is a part of UBC's “2020 U.S. Election Event Series< /span>.“

      This panel will discuss Presidential governance from 2021- 2024\, its priorities and prospects\, the results of Congressional wins\, t he impact on international trade policy and global governance\, and the imp act on the Covid-19 response and what we can expect going forward.

      Student Host: Easton Lloyd Smith\, Master of Public P olicy and Global Affairs\, UBC

      Moderator: Sheryl Lig htfoot\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\; Political Science\, U BC

      Panelists: Kristen Hopewell (UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs)\; Gyung-Ho Jeong (UBC Political Science)\; Heid i Tworek (UBC History\; School of Public Policy and Global Affairs)\; Paul Quirk (UBC Political Science)

      Bios:

      Sher yl Lightfoot is Associate Professor in First Nations and Indigenous Studies and the Department of Political Scien ce at UBC and Canada Research Chair in Global Indigenous Rights and Politic s. Dr. Lightfoot is Senior Advisor to the President on Indigenous Affairs\, a position within the First Nations House of Learning.

      Kristen Hopewell is an Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Policy at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at UBC. Her research specializes in international trade\, global governance\, indus trial policy and development\, with a focus on emerging powers. Dr. Hopewel l has written two books on global economic issues and her policy writings h ave been featured in various major magazines and newspapers.

      Gyung-Ho Jeong is an Associate Professor in the UBC Department o f Political Science. His research interests include US Politics\, Legislati ve Politics\, Social Choice\, Political Economy\, and Legislative Politics in Korea. Dr. Jeong is interested in how Congress makes decisions on public policies\, including civil rights\, immigration\, trade\, and foreign poli cy issues.

      H eidi Tworek is Associate Professor of History and Public Policy. Her research brings a historical sensibility to policy discussions\, particularly around communications and international o rganizations. Dr. Tworek has briefed or advised officials and policymakers from multiple European and North American governments on media\, democracy\ , and the digital economy. She co-edits the Journal of Global History and manages the United Nations History Project.

      Paul Quirk is Phil Lind Chair in U.S. Politics and Representation at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Quirk has written on a wide range of topics in Ame rican politics\, including Congress\, the presidency\, presidential electio ns\, public opinion\, regulatory politics\, and public policy making. He ha s published and served on the editorial boards of several major journals. < /span>

      Co-hosted by: The Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC\; UBC Political Science\; The Canadian Int ernational Council 

      CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-aftermath-of-the-u-s-el ection-whats-next/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/10/Nov-19-The-Aftermath-of-the-U.S.-Election-What’s-Next_Website-FT.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20201106T2247Z-1604702833.9928-EO-35996-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20201106T185144Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201117T234600Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201120T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201120T191500 SUMMARY: Virtual Book Launch – Agents of World Renewal DESCRIPTION: The Centre for Japanese Research (CJR) at the University of Br itish Columbia presents a series of online book launches to celebrate recen t publications about premodern Japan. For our November event\, author Takas hi Miura will be discussing Agents of World Renewal: The Rise of Yonaoshi G ods in Japan in conversation with Gideon Fujiwara and Gennifer Weisenfeld. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      Virtual Book Launch – Agents of World Renewal: The Rise of Yonaoshi Gods in Japan

      Description

      The Centre for Japanese Researc h (CJR) at the University of British Columbia presents a series of online b ook launches to celebrate recent publications about premodern Japan. For ou r November event\, author Takashi Miura will be discussing Agents of Wo rld Renewal: The Rise of Yonaoshi Gods in Japan in conversation with G ideon Fujiwara and Gennifer Weisenfeld.

      Featuring

      • Takashi Miura (University of Arizona)
      • (Interlocutor) Gideon F ujiwara (University of Lethbridge)
      • (Interlocutor) Gennifer Weisenfel d (Duke University)

      Time
      Friday\, November 20\, 2020 6-7:15PM in Pacific Time (US and Canada)
      Friday\, November 20\, 2020 9-10:15PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
      Saturday\, November 21\ , 2020 10-11:15AM in Japan Time

      Registration

      < a href="https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5wsf-GtrTorHtDG8zSq5Nqd_FVB1I BDGtzZ">https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5wsf-GtrTorHtDG8zSq5Nqd_FVB1I BDGtzZ

      Note

      If you do not receive an email with access details by the day before the event\, please email bianca.chui@ubc.ca

      For disability accomm odations\, questions\, or concerns\, please either email bianca.chui@ubc.ca.

      We can also be reached via Twitter @ubcCJR

       

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      About the Presenters

      Takashi Miura is an Associate Pro fessor in the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Arizona . His research focuses on Japanese religions in the early modern and modern periods. He received his BA and MA from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa and his PhD from Princeton University.

      Gideon Fujiwara is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Lethbridge\, where he als o serves as the coordinator of Asian Studies. Gideon studies the history of early modern to modern Japan\, focusing on the themes of community and nat ion\, kokugaku (Japan studies)\, and waka poetry. His fir st book\, From Country to Nation: Ethnographic Studies\, Kokugaku\, and Spirits in Nineteenth-Century Japan\, is forthcoming from Cornell Uni versity Press\, Cornell East Asia Series in May 2021.

      Gennifer Weisenfeld is a Professor in the Department of Art\, Art History\, and Visual Studie s at Duke University and she received her Ph.D. from Princeton University. Her field of research is modern and contemporary Japanese art history\, des ign\, and visual culture. Her first book Mavo: Japanese Artists and the Avant-Garde\, 1905-1931 (University of California Press\, 2002) addre sses the relationship between high art and mass culture in the aesthetic po litics of the avant-garde in 1920s Japan. And her second book Imaging D isaster: Tokyo and the Visual Culture of Japan’s Great Earthquake of 1923 (University of California Press\, 2012\, Japanese edition Seidosha\, 20 14) examines how visual culture has mediated the historical understanding o f Japan’s worst national disaster of the twentieth century. She is the gues t editor of the special issue Visual Cultures of Japanese Imperialism of the journal positions: east asia cultures critique (Winter 2000) that includes her essay\, “Touring ‘Japan as Museum’: NIPPON  and Other Japanese Imperialist Travelogues.” She has also written extensiv ely on the history of Japanese design\, such as\, “‘From Baby’s First Bath’ : Kaō Soap and Modern Japanese Commercial Design” (The Art Bulletin\, September 2004) and the core essay on MIT’s award-winning website V isualizing Cultures on the Shiseido company’s advertising design. She has just completed a new book project titled Gas Mask Nation: Visualizi ng Civil Air Defense in Wartime Japan.

      About the Book

      Agents of World Renewal: The Rise of Yonaoshi Gods in Japan

      Takashi Miura

      Published by Un iversity of Hawai’i Press

      This volume examines a category of Japanese divinities that centered on the concept of “world renewal” (yonaoshi). In the latter half of the Tokugawa peri od (1603–1867)\, a number of entities\, both natural and supernatural\, cam e to be worshipped as “gods of world renewal.” These included disgruntled p easants who demanded their local governments repeal unfair taxation\, gover nment bureaucrats who implemented special fiscal measures to help the poor\ , and a giant subterranean catfish believed to cause earthquakes to punish the hoarding rich. In the modern period\, yonaoshi gods took on more explicitly anti-authoritarian characteristics. During a major uprising in Saitama Prefecture in 1884\, a yonaoshi god was invoked to deny the legitimacy of the Meiji regime\, and in the late nineteenth and early twent ieth centuries\, the new religion Ōmoto predicted an apocalyptic end of the world presided over by a messianic yonaoshi god.

      Using a vari ety of local documents to analyze the veneration of yonaoshi gods\,  Takashi Miura looks beyond the traditional modality of res earch focused on religious professionals\, their institutions\, and their t exts to illuminate the complexity of a lived religion as practiced in commu nities. He also problematizes the association frequently drawn between the concept of yonaoshi and millenarianism\, demonstrating that yonao shi gods served as divine rectifiers of specific economic injustices an d only later\, in the modern period and within the context of new religions such as Ōmoto\, were fully millenarian interpretations developed. The scop e of world renewal\, in other words\, changed over time.

      Agents of World Renewal approaches Japanese religion through the new analytical lens of yonaoshi gods and highlights the necessity of looking beyond the boundary often posited between the early modern and modern periods whe n researching religious discourses and concepts.

      Available for purchase from the University of Hawai’i Press (United States) and UBC Press (Canada) in both hardcover and paperback.

      URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/virtual-book-launch-agents- of-world-renewal/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/11/11-agents-social-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20201118T0159Z-1605664771.1125-EO-36136-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20201118T002637Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T035506Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201123T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201123T180000 SUMMARY: Matriarch Illuminations – “Safety and Matriarchy” DESCRIPTION: Join a discussion on “Safety and Matriarchy” with SPPGA Policy Practitioner Fellow Jessica Wood and Brenda Butterworth-Carr\, Assistant D eputy Minister and Director of Police Services\, as part of our Matriarch I lluminations series. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      Watch the video recording below:

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      Jessica Wood\, known as Si Si tyaawks (Woman who creates change)\, from the Gitxsan and Tsimshian Fi rst Nations with roots among the Tahltan and Nisga’a Nations\, engaged in d ialogue for a 5-part series called Matriarch Illuminations in November and December 2020. Jessica Wood is the current Policy Pr actitioner Fellow at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia and she will host fellow Matriarchs from acr oss Turtle Island.

      Students\, staff\, faculty and community members w ere invited to pour themselves a cup of tea and sit around the virtual tabl e to listen.

      Format: A 45 min discussion\, 15 min Q& A from 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm on various evenings on Zoom

      Audience : All are welcome. Questions will be prioritized from Indigenous\, Black and People of Colour attendees.

      Guest Speaker: Brenda Butterworth-Carr\, Tr'injà shär njit dintlät\, Assistant Deputy Minister and Director of Police Services\, Policing and Security Branch

      Stud ent Host: Nadine Van Dalen\, UBC Master of Public Policy and Globa l Affairs

      Theme: “Safety and Matriarchy”

      Guest Bio< /span>: Brenda Butterworth-Carr\; Tr'injà shär njit dintlät is the Assistant Depu ty Minister and Director of Police Services and has been leading the Polici ng and Security Branch in the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor Gener al since March of 2019.

      In the past year as the Director of Police Se rvices\, Brenda has provided central oversight of policing\, law enforcemen t and the security industry in B.C. Working collaboratively with branch exe cutives\, Brenda and her team develop and administer public safety initiati ves dedicated to the protection of British Columbians. Recent special proje cts have included the Witness Security Program\, anti-money laundering\, co untering radicalization to violence initiatives and the Special Committee o n Reforming the Police Act. As well as\, providing oversight for the law en forcement aspects of the opioid emergency and COVID-19 responses.

      Bre nda began her career with the RCMP in 1987 as a Native Special Constable an d continued her 23 years of service in various roles with the RCMP in B.C. and Yukon Territory. Prior to joining the ministry\, she was the Commanding Officer of the British Columbia RCMP\, the largest RCMP Division in Canada . She has also held key senior executive leadership positions\, which inclu ded: BC RCMP’s Officer in Charge of Criminal Operations and Core Policing\, the Commanding Officer of the Saskatchewan RCMP and the National Criminal Operations’ Director General for Aboriginal Policing and Crime Prevention S ervices.

      As a First Nations woman\, Brenda has had many firsts and he r diverse career has provided her with extensive experience and a solid und erstanding of policing service agreements\; operations\; management of crit ical incidents and crisis negotiation\; crime prevention\, community and In digenous policing\; and executive leadership. She is passionate about opera tions\, employee safety\, and ensuring that all employees have the proper r esources to carry out their duties in a professional manner.

      Brenda m aintains many active positions on provincial\, federal and international co mmittees and associations. Her awards and honours include the Senate 150th Anniversary Medal\, Queen’s Golden and Diamond Jubilee Medals an d Officer of the Order of Merit of Police Forces. These awards recognize he r exceptional service and performance of duty.

      Brenda is from the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’i n Han Nation\, Yukon Territory. Her three sons\, and Boston Terrier x Pug\, Doug\, are her ultimate inspiration for dedicating and committing herself to continuously learn and grow as a leader.

      Learn more about t he Matriarch Illuminations series here.

      For te chnical assistance\, please email tina.alexander(at)ubc.ca

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      CATEGORIES:Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/matriarch-illuminations-saf ety-and-matriarchy/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/11/Matriarch-Illuminations-Graphics_Nov-23_Website.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20201016T1825Z-1602872727.5139-EO-35718-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20201016T181348Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201217T224055Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201124T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201124T103000 SUMMARY: Virtual UBC MPPGA Info Session: Scholarships and Funding\; Interna tional Students DESCRIPTION: Join us for our second virtual info session about the MPPGA pr ogram to learn more about scholarships and funding available as well as det ails on joining the MPPGA program as an international student. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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      We held a virtual info session on scholarships and funding availabl e as well as details for international applicants seeking to join the profe ssional Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) program delivere d by the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of Br itish Columbia in Vancouver\, Canada. We also discussed the new 16-month fu ll-time accelerated program option.

      UBC Presenters:< /p>

      • Julia Park\, MPPGA Program Manager
      • Andrea Reynolds\, Stu dent Academic Services Manager
      • Lilian Bandeira\, International Stud ent Advisor\, International Students Advising Office
      • Joshua Roberts on\, Enrolment Services Advisor\,  Enrolment Services

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      < strong>Applications are open! Apply to the MPPGA program by January 21\, 20 21.

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      CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/virtual-ubc-mppga-info-sess ion-scholarships-and-funding-international-students/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/10/Info-Session-2-Nov.-24-2020_Website-FT-image-v2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20201111T1434Z-1605105297.997-EO-36040-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20201111T022754Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201111T023356Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201125T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201125T113000 SUMMARY: Virtual Book Launch: “One Who Dreams is Called Prophet” DESCRIPTION: The Liu Institute Network for Africa is hosting the launch of the book\, “One Who Dreams is Called Prophet\,” authored by Dr. Sultan Somj ee\, with remarks from Prof. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o\, Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California\, Irvin e. The book is about peace making among indigenous peoples. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      LINA: One Who Dreams is Called Prophet

      The Liu Institute Network for Africa (LINA) at the School of Publi c Policy and Global Affairs\, University of British Columbia\, is hosting t he launch of the book\, “One Who Dreams is Called Prophet\,” authored by Dr . Sultan Somjee\, with remarks from Prof. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o. The book is ab out peace making among indigenous peoples. LINA is a multidisciplinary poli cy\, academic and community research network\, with graduate student\, post doctoral\, faculty\, professional and community members.

      The Zoom lin k to join will be provided upon registration.

      Kimberly Baker\, an art ist\, a writer\, a museum educator\, a peace activist\, and a member of LIN A\, describes the book below:

      “There is much to admire about Kenya’s Indigenous Peoples as peacemakers that are portrayed in One Who Dreams is Called a Prophet. In this creative fiction\, Sultan Somjee intricat ely weaves together memoir\, history\, and peace heritage traditions by tel ling the story of one of the most sought-after ideals of humankind\, the se arch for peace. Alama\, the protagonist\, walks across Kenya’s red soil mee ting Elders\, exchanging peace staffs\, and with each encounter illuminatin g the stories of the beauty of peace. During his interactions with Western hegemony\, he challenges liberal peace practices being employed and rejects money and fame\, turning towards his own honour\, dignity and freedom. Ult imately\, finding internal peace within his own Indigenous belief system.” Kimberly Baker\, UBC Ph.D Candidate (Thesis: Museums of Peace in Confli ct Zones)\, and Chair\, The Living Peace Museum\, Canada

      Panel:

      • Dr Sultan Somjee\, Author
      • Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o\, Reviewer
      • Kimani Wa Karangu\, Moderator

      Bios:

      Sultan SomjeeSultan Somjee: For four decades Sultan Somjee has worked on material culture. He introduced l earning about indigenous through material culture in the Kenyan school curr iculum (1985-1990). While he was the Head of Ethnography at the National Mu seums of Kenya\, Somjee started village peace museums. The museums highligh t indigenous languages\, material culture and the arts used over generation s for reconciliation and social cohesion. Today\, the peace museums have sp read from Kenya to Uganda and South Sudan as a people to people civil socie ty movement. In 2001\, the United Nations named Somjee one among the only t welve ‘Unsung Heroes of Dialogue Among Civilizations’ worldwide in recognit ion of his work. In 2002\, Somjee was appointed on the Global Advisory Boar d of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies.

      The book “One Who Dreams is Called a Prophet” is inspired by the author-ethnographer’s journey into the world of material culture\, storytelling\, indigenous African knowledge and nature that describe Utu\, Swahili for ‘being mtu’ or simply ‘being hu man’. All over traditional Africa the principle of Utu or Ubantu is used in reconciliation and sustaining peace.

      Prof. Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong'oProf. Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong'o: N gũgĩ wa Thiong’o is a Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Li terature at the University of California\, Irvine. Ngũgĩ is a novelist\, es sayist\, playwright\, journalist\, editor\, academic and social activist fr om Kenya. He is a recipient of fourteen Honorary Doctorates\, is a Fellow o f the MLA and an Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letter s\, and an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

      The Kenya of his birth and youth was a British settler colony (1895-1963 ). As an adolescent\, he lived through the Mau Mau War of Independence (195 2-1962)\, the central historical episode in the making of modern Kenya and a major theme in his early works: Weep not Child (London\, 1964)\, The Rive r Between (London\, 1965)\, A Grain of Wheat (London\, 1967)\, Secret Lives (London\, 1969)\, and Petals of Blood (London\, 1977).

      The year 1977 forced dramatic turns in Ngũgĩ’s life and career. Petals of Blood painted a harsh and unsparing picture of life in neo-colonial Kenya. That same year Ngũgĩ’s controversial play\, Ngaahika Ndeenda (I Will Marry When I Want)\, written with Ngũgĩ wa Mirii\, was performed at Kamirithu Educational and C ultural Center\, Limuru\, in an open-air theatre. Sharply critical of the i nequalities and injustices of Kenyan society\, Ngũgĩ was arrested and impri soned without charge at Kamiti Maxium Security Prison. An account of those experiences can be found in his memoir\, Detained: A Writer’s Prison Diary. After Amnesty International named him a Prisoner of Conscience\, an intern ational campaign secured his release a year later\, December 1978. He resum ed his writings and his activities in the theatre and in so doing\, continu ed to be an uncomfortable voice for the Moi dictatorship. While in Britain for the launch and promotion of Devil on the Cross\, he learned about the M oi regime’s plot to eliminate him on his return. This forced him into exile \, first in Britain (1982 – 1989) and then the U. S. (1989 – 2002). He rema ined in exile for the duration of the Moi dictatorship. When he and his wif e\, Njeeri returned to Kenya in 2004 after twenty-two years in exile\, they were attacked by four hired gunmen and narrowly escaped with their lives.< /p>

      His most recent publications are Wizard of the Crow ‘06\, Something T orn and New: An African Renaissance ’09\, Dreams in a Time of War: A Childh ood Memoir ’10\, Globalectics: Theory and The Politics of Knowing ’12\, In the House of the Intrepreter ’12\, In the Name of the Mother ’13\, and Secu re the Base 2016. Most recent works include his third memoir\, Birth of a D reamweaver: A Writer’s Awakening 2016\; Wrestling with the Devil: A Prison Memoir. New York: New Press\, 2018\; Kenda Mũiyũrũ: Rũgano Rwa Gĩkũyũ Na Mũ mbi. East African Educational Publishers Limited\, 2018 (Gĩkũyũ)\; Minutes of Glory: And Other Stories. New York: New Press\, 2019\; The Perfect Nine: The Epic of Gikuyu and Mumbi\, New York: The New Press\, 2020.

      Kimani Wa KaranguKimani Wa Karangu: < /strong>Kimani was born and raised in Kenya. He is currently working on his PhD in Curriculum Studies at UBC\, where he also completed his MA. His Bac helor of Education is from Kenyatta University with a focus on history and Kiswahili. His primary research interest is improving education in Africa\, especially in refugee camps such as Dadaab and Kakuma.

      Kimani is a C o-Chair of LINA\, the President of the Graduate Student Society of UBC\, Pr esident of the Kenyan Community in British Columbia\, and radio co-host of the African Vibes Show at the Community Radio\, Vancouver\, CFRO 100.5FM. H e is a former Peer Advisor at the Faculty of Education Curriculum and Pedag ogy Department at UBC.

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      CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/virtual-book-launch-one-who -dreams-is-called-prophet/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/11/Poster.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20201008T0028Z-1602116891.1535-EO-35606-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20201007T231838Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210126T003130Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201125T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201125T163000 SUMMARY: The Phil Lind Initiative: Ibram X. Kendi and Jesmyn Ward In Conver sation DESCRIPTION: Join National Book award-winning authors Ibram X. Kendi and Je smyn Ward for a virtual event as part of UBC's Phil Lind Initiative on “Thi nking While Black.” X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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      Ibram X. Kendi\, National Book award-winning historian and author of How to Be an Antiracist\, and Jesmyn Ward\, MacArthur Genius and two-time National Book Award w inner\, were joined in conversation as part of the “Thinking While Black” s eries. This virtual event was hosted by the Phil Lind Initiative at UBC’s S chool of Public Policy and Global Affairs.

      This event was moderated b y Phanuel Antwi\ , Assistant Professor\, Department of English Language and Literatures.

      Please Note:A recording of the event was posted here and has no w been removed.

      Learn more about the 2020 Thinking While Black series  here.

      Blackness as a form\, concept and experience\, has fundamentally shaped American iconogr aphies\, language\, media\, and cultural productions. This series invites u s to consider Blackness as both a culture and a mode of thinking. This seri es will meditate on the structures of race in North America and will spotli ght the seemingly disconnected forms of racial violence that hide in plain sight. How\, despite shifts in rhetoric and political policy\, have so many forms of racial violence persisted? How\, we ask\, can we rethink ourselve s by understanding our relations to blackness?

      Bio:  Ibram X. Kendi is the National Book Award-winning author o f Stamped From The Beginning: A Definitive History of Racist Ideas in A merica and How to Be an Antiracist. His relentless and passio nate research puts into question the notion of a post-racial society and op ens readers’ and audiences’ eyes to the reality of racism in America today. Kendi’s lectures are sharp\, informative\, and hopeful\, serving as a stro ng platform for any institution’s discussions on racial discrimination.

      When Dr. Ibram X. Kendi won the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 20 16 for a book about the history of racist ideas in America\, some people fe lt a disconnect. Emerging from eight years of leadership under an African-A merican president\, a narrative was building in America about the emergence of a post-racial society\, colorblind to race and valuing merit over skin color. Kendi challenges this notion in his New York Times-bestselling book Stamped from the Beginning\, taking an expansive view on race and racist id eas that spans from 15th century Europe until modern day America. Kendi’s i nsight on racist structures are the focus of his latest book\, How to Be an Antiracist\, which empowers readers and audiences to not only recognize th e pervasive influence of racism and racist ideas\, but to actively particip ate in dismantling it.Kendi embarked on the research for his book under the assumption that the major producers of racist ideas were hateful and ignor ant. And that borne from racist ideas were racist policies like slavery\, J im Crow\, and mass incarceration. But as Kendi dug deeper and contextualize d motives\, he began to gain a new understanding of the cause and effect ac tually at play. He soon discovered that political\, economic\, and cultural self-interest are behind the creation of racist policies and these policie s in turn create the racist ideas that rationalize the deep inequities in e verything from wealth to health.

      Bio: MacArthur Geni us and two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward has been hailed as the standout writer of her generation\, proving her “fearle ss and toughly lyrical” voice in novels\, memoir\, and nonfiction. Betsy Bu rton of the American Booksellers Association has called her “the new Toni M orrison.” In 2017\, she became the first woman and the first person of colo r to win two National Book Awards for Fiction—joining the ranks of William Faulkner\, Saul Bellow\, John Cheever\, Philip Roth\, and John Updike. Ward ’s stories are largely set on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi\, where she gre w up and still lives. When Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast\, Ward was forced to evacuate her rapidly flooding home. Her writing is deepl y informed by the trauma of Katrina\, not to mention its unimaginable socia l and economic repercussions. Her novel Salvage the Bones\, winner of the 2 011 National Book Award\, is a troubling but ultimately empowering tale of familial bonds set amid the chaos of the hurricane. Likewise\, Ward’s debut novel\, Where the Line Bleeds\, depicts what Publishers Weekly calls “a wo rld full of despair but not devoid of hope” in the aftermath of natural dis aster.Ward’s memoir\, Men We Reaped\, delves into the five years of Ward’s life in which she lost five young men—to drugs\, accidents\, suicide\, and the bad luck that follows poor people and people of color. Lauded by Kirkus Reviews as a “modern rejoinder to Black Like Me [and] Beloved\,” Men We Re aped is a beautiful and painful homage to Ward’s ghosts and the haunted yet hopeful place she calls home. Men We Reaped won the Heartland Prize and wa s a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.Ward is the also th e editor of the critically acclaimed anthology The Fire This Time: A New Ge neration Speaks about Race\, which NPR named one of the Best Books of 2016. Taking James Baldwin’s 1963 examination of race in America\, The Fire Next Time\, as a jumping-off point\, this groundbreaking collection features es says and poems about race from the most important voices of our time—includ ing Edwidge Danticat\, Natasha Trethewey\, Isabel Wilkerson\, Mitchell S. J ackson\, Kiese Laymon\, and Claudia Rankine.

      Subscribe to our Phil Lind Initiative Newsletter for updates regarding fu ture Phil Lind Initiative events.

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      Presenters: Aasim Sajjad Akhtar\, Political Economy at the National Institute of Pakistan Studies\, Quaid-i-Azam University\; Sad ia Tasleem\, Department of Defence and Strategic Studies at Quaid-i-Azam Un iversity in Islamabad\; Moderator: M.V. Ramana\, Director\, Liu Institute f or Global Issues\; Simons Chair in Disarmament\, Global and Human Security\ , School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC\; Faculty Member of Comm on Room at Green College
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      Wednesday\, November 25\, 7:30 pm
      in the series G reen College Encounters

      In this online encounter\, guided by the mode rator\, the presenters will explore the historical context of China's Belt & Road Initiative in the context of Pakistan.

      China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)\, the flagship project of the China's Belt & Road Initiati ve\, will usher in more than US$60billion of investment into Pakistan. With an emphasis on road construction from the Pakistan-China border in the nor th down to the Gwadar Port in the insurgency-wracked Balochistan province i n the south\, as well as power generation and information technology\, CPEC has been hailed as a 'game-changer' by planners and strategists within Pak istan. On the face of it\, China's growing 'developmental' footprint in Pak istan can be contrasted with the role of the country's major patron\, US\, which has traditionally focused on military and strategic cooperation over economic aid per se. There is evidence to suggest\, however\, that CPEC is as much a strategic intervention as as purely developmental one\, and will buttress the power of Pakistan's preeminent political and economic power\, the army. Furthermore\, CPEC's design and implementation to date have raise d concerns that long-standing regional conflicts within the country will be exacerbated\, not to mention ecological fallouts.

      Presented in partn ership with the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and the Cent re for India and South Asia Research.

      Aasim Sajjad Akhtar is Associate Professor of Political Economy at the National Institute of Pakistan Studies\, Quaid-i-Azam University. He was previously at the La hore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). Prof. Akhtar works on divers e subjects such as state theory\, informality\, colonial history\, and soci al movements. He has published widely in journals such as Third World Quart erly\, Journal of Contemporary Asia\, Journal of Peasant Studies and Critic al Asian Studies. He is also the author of three books\, most recently The Politics of Common Sense: State\, Society and Culture in Pakistan (Cambridg e\, 2018). He also writes a syndicated column for Pakistan’s newspaper-of-r ecord\, DAWN. Alongside his academic pursuits\, Prof. Akhtar has also been closely affiliated with political and social movements in Pakistan for more than two decades.

      Sadia Tasleem is currently a PhD student at UBC and a lecturer at Quaid-i-Azam University’s Department of De fense and Strategic Studies in Islamabad\, Pakistan. As a Robin Copeland Me morial Fellow for Nonproliferation from 2014 to 2015\, she investigated the prospects of “Creating a Constituency for Unilateral Nuclear Arms Restrain t in Pakistan.” She regularly delivers lectures on strategic stability and nuclear deterrence to senior officers at Pakistan Air Force and Pakistan Na vy. She has done extensive research on various aspects of Strategic Stabili ty\, Nuclear Learning and the implications of Knowledge Diffusion as a core member of the Program on Strategic Stability Evaluation (POSSE). Presently \, she is a core member of Asia-Pacific Leadership Network for Non-Prolifer ation and Disarmament. Previously\, she worked as a senior research scholar at the Institute for Strategic Studies\, Research and Analysis at the Nati onal Defense University\; a research associate at the International Islamic University\; and a lecturer at the Department of International Relations a t the National University of Modern Languages in Islamabad.

      M . V. Ramana is Professor and Simons Chair in Disarmament\, Global and Human Security at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA )\, University of British Columbia. His research interests are in the broad areas of international security and energy supply\, with a particular focu s on topics related to nuclear energy and fissile materials that can be use d to make nuclear weapons. He combines technical skills and interdisciplina ry methods to address policy relevant questions related to security and ene rgy issues.

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      Speaker: Dr. Minsoo Kang (Univer sity of Missouri – St. Louis)

      Time: Monday\, November 30\, 2020 from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

      Location: Zoom - The Zoom link will be sent to registrants.

      How to register? Please f ill out a form here:
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      Talk Summary: There is no doubt that The Story of Hon g Gildong (『홍길동전』) is one of the most important works of prose fiction of p remodern Korea\, and perhaps still the most beloved. There are\, however\, a number of persistent myths about its significance that have distorted sch olarly understanding of the work\, including its traditional attribution to Heo Gyun (허균) and the dating of its composition to the early seventeenth c entury. This has also led to the interpretation of The Story of Hong Gildon g as essentially a work of political protest literature criticizing Joseon dynasty policy on illegitimate children (서자) as well its entire feudal stru cture. Such views originate with the colonial-era literary scholar Kim Taej un (김태준)\, the author of the enormously influential work History of Joseon Fiction (『조선소설사』\, 1930-31). In my book\, I sought to make the definitive c ase that The Story of Hong Gildong could not have been written before the n ineteenth century as it features all the characteristics of popular fiction written in hangeul that began to appear in the late eighteenth century. I also contend that while all fictional narratives (소설) of the Joseon dynasty tend to be lumped together\, the hangeul fiction that was written by commo ner writers for commoner readership should be treated as a separate and spe cial category of writing that points to a genuine people’s literature in th e late Joseon period.

      Event Poster URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-authorship-question-of- the-story-of-hong-gildong-and-its-place-in-classic-korean-literature/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20201119T1817Z-1605809824.0639-EO-36137-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20201118T013254Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T035325Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201130T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201130T180000 SUMMARY: Matriarch Illuminations – “Storytelling as Guidance” DESCRIPTION: Join a discussion on “Storytelling as Guidance” with SPPGA Pol icy Practitioner Fellow Jessica Wood and Canadian journalist and author Tan ya Talaga as part of the Matriarch Illuminations series. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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      Jessica Wood\, known as Si Sityaawks (W oman who creates change)\, from the Gitxsan and Tsimshian First Nations wit h roots among the Tahltan and Nisga’a Nations\, engaged in dialogue for a 5 -part series called Matriarch Illuminations in Novem ber and December 2020. Jessica Wood is the current Policy Practitioner Fell ow at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of B ritish Columbia and she will host fellow Matriarchs from across Turtle Isla nd.

      Students\, staff\, faculty and community members were invited to pour themselves a cup of tea and sit around the virtual table to listen.

      Format: A 45 min discussion\, 15 min Q&A from 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm on various evenings on Zoom

      Audience: All are welcome. Questions will be prioritized from Indigenous\, Black and Peop le of Colour attendees.

      Guest Speaker: Tanya Talaga\ , Canadian Journalist and Author

      Theme: "Storytellin g as Guidance"

      Student Host: Tasha Carruthers\, Master of Public P olicy and Global Affairs

      Guest Speaker Bio: Tanya Ta laga is an Anishinaabe journalist and speaker. Talaga’s mother’s family is from Fort William First Nation and her father was Polish-Canadian.

      Fo r more than 20 years\, she was a journalist at the Toronto Star covering ev erything from health to education\, investigations and Queen’s Park. She’s been nominated five times for the Michener Award in public service journali sm and been part of teams that won two National Newspaper Awards for Projec t of the Year.

      Her first book\, Seven Fallen Feathers\, is a national bestseller\, winning the RBC Taylor Prize\, the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing\, and the First Nation Communities Read Award: Young Adult/Adult. The book was also a finalist for the Hilary Weston Writ ers’ Trust Nonfiction Prize and the BC National Award for Nonfiction.

      Her second book\, All Our Relations: Finding The Path Forward\, i s also a national bestseller\, finalist for the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trus t Nonfiction Prize and a finalist for the British Academy’s Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural Understanding.

      Talaga was the 2017–2018 At kinson Fellow in Public Policy and the 2018 CBC Massey Lecturer\, the first Anishinaabe woman to be so.

      Talaga heads up Makwa Creative Inc.\, a production company focused on amplifying Indigenous voices through document ary films\, TV and podcasts. She holds an honorary doctorate from Lakehead University in Thunder Bay.

      Listen to her Seven Truths podcoa st on Audible.ca.

      Le arn more about the Matriarch Illuminations series here.

      For technical assistance\, please email tina.alexander(at )ubc.ca

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      Jessica Wood\, known as Si Sityaawks  (Woman who creates change)\, from the Gitxsan and Tsimshian First Nat ions with roots among the Tahltan and Nisga’a Nations\, engaged in dialogue for a 5-part series called Matriarch Illuminations in November and December 2020. Jessica Wood is the current Policy Practitio ner Fellow at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the Univers ity of British Columbia and she will host fellow Matriarchs from across Tur tle Island.

      Students\, staff\, faculty and community members were inv ited to pour themselves a cup of tea and sit around the virtual table to li sten.

      Format: A 45 min discussion\, 15 min Q&A from  5:00 pm – 6:00 pm on various evenings on Zoom

      Audience: All are welcome. Questions will be prioritized from Indigenous\, Black and People of Colour attendees.

      Guest Speaker: Dr. M ary Ellen Turpel-Lafond\, Academic Director of the Indian Residential Schoo l History and Dialogue Centre (IRSHDC) at UBC

      Theme: “Making Law and Policy – Matriarch Traditions”

      Student Host:  Lilian Shams-Amiri\, Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs

      Guest Speaker Bio: Dr. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond\, Aki-kwe\, is the Academic Director of the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre (IRSHDC) at UBC. She is a Canadian lawyer\, former judge\, legislative advocate for children ’s rights and a professor at UBC’s Allard School of Law. She holds a law de gree from Osgoode Hall at York University\, a master’s degree in internatio nal law from the University of Cambridge\, and a doctorate of law from Harv ard Law School. As a member of the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation\, Aki-kwe was th e first Treaty Indian to be named to the judicial bench in Saskatchewan. Sh e has served as a Representative for Children and Youth for BC\, and contin ues to draft legislation\, provide legal advice and speak to all levels of government.

      Learn abo ut a new report led by independent investigator Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafon d that has found 'widespread' anti-Indigenous racism in B.C. health system.

      Learn more about the Matriarch Illuminations series here.

      For technical assistance\, please email lindsay.marsh(at)ubc.ca

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      CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/matriarch-illuminations-mak ing-law-and-policy-matriarch-traditions/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/11/Matriarch-Illuminations-Graphics_Dec-2_Website.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20201118T1528Z-1605713312.8068-EO-36145-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20201117T232143Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201118T190734Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201203T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201203T183000 SUMMARY: Japan’s Role in the Global Order at a Pivotal Time: Evaluating Abe ’s Legacy\, Suga’s Early Steps\, and the Post-US Elections Landscape DESCRIPTION: Join Centre for Japanese Research at this webinar with leading scholars and analysts in Japanese politics\, and learn about what role Jap an will take in the global order at this pivotal time. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      Join this online webinar with leading Japa nese politics scholars and analysts\, hosted by the Centre for Japanese Res earch (CJR) at the Institute of Asian Research\, SPPGA.

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      A lot has happened in the past few month s in the world of Japanese politics: Abe Shinzō’s sudden resignation\, Suga Yoshihide taking the office of Prime Minister\, and the US-election projec ting a drastic change in its foreign affairs – all the while the COVID pand emic remains a threat for the physical and economic health of the country. Join Centre for Japanese Research at this webinar with leading scholars and analysts in Japanese politics\, and learn about what role Japan will take in the global order at this pivotal time.

      Panel Speakers:

      Dr. Saori N. Katada (University of Southern California)

      D r. Masahiro Kawai (University of Tokyo & Economic Research Institute for No rtheast Asia)

      Dr. Mireya Solis (Brookings Institution)

      Dr. Haru kata Takenaka (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)

      Moderator:

      Dr. Yves Tiberghien (University of British Colu mbia)

      Date & Time:

      Thursday\, December 3rd\, 2 020 | 5:00PM – 6:30PM (PST)

      Thursday\, December 3rd\, 2020 | 8:00PM – 9:30PM (EST)

      Friday\, December 4th\, 2020 | 10:00AM – 11:30AM (JST)< /p>

      “Location”:

      This webinar will be hosted via Zo om. Participants will receive a link to access the webinar 24 hours prior t o the event via email. Registration is required.

      Registration :

      Click here to r egister.

      *If you do not receive an email with access details 24 hours prior to the event\, please email sayasoma@mail.ubc.ca.

      More informa tion to come! Please check back the website for speaker details.

      URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/japans-role-in-the-global-o rder-at-a-pivotal-time-evaluating-abes-legacy-sugas-early-steps-and-the-pos t-us-elections-landscape/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/11/715x402.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20201120T1601Z-1605888074.9187-EO-36140-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20201119T210803Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T232831Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201203T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201203T180000 SUMMARY: Matriarch Illuminations – “Where we go from here” DESCRIPTION: Join a discussion on “Where we go from here” with SPPGA Policy Practitioner Fellow Jessica Wood and Andrea Reimer\, Adjunct Professor of Practice\, and Professor Sheryl Lightfoot (SPPGA\; Political Science) as p art of the Matriarch Illuminations series. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      Please watch the video recording below:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQkRbkEBkrI&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel =UBCSchoolofPublicPolicyandGlobalAffairs

       

      Jessica Wood\, known as < em>Si Sityaawks (Woman who creates change)\, from the Gitxsan and Tsim shian First Nations with roots among the Tahltan and Nisga’a Nations\, is e ngaging in dialogue for a 5-part series called Matriarch Illu minations in November and December 2020. Jessica Wood is the curre nt Policy Practitioner Fellow at the School of Public Policy and Global Aff airs at the University of British Columbia and she will host fellow Matriar chs from across Turtle Island.

      Students\, staff\, faculty and communi ty members are invited to pour themselves a cup of tea and sit around the v irtual table to listen.

      Format: A 45 min discussion\ , 15 min Q&A from 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm on various evenings on Zoom

      Audience: All are welcome. Questions will be prioritized from I ndigenous\, Black and People of Colour attendees.

      Guest Speak ers: Andrea Reimer\, Adjunct Professor of Practice\, School of Pub lic Policy and Global Affairs and Sheryl Lightfoot\, Professor\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and Department of Political Science\, UBC< /p>

      Theme: “Where we go from here”

      Student Host: Lisa Sl ager\, Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs

      Guest S peakers' Bios:

      Andrea Reimer is an Adjunct Professor of Prac tice at UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. She was the schoo l’s first Policy Practitioner Fellow. Andrea has been a strong public voice in Vancouver and the metro region for almost two decades\, with a focus on working with residents to build green\, reconciled\, engaged communities a nd making government easy for the public to access.

      Andrea started he r public work as a community organizer on community efforts to achieve grea ter social\, environmental and economic justice. In 2002\, she was elected to the Vancouver School Board\, a first for the Green Party in Canada. In 2 008\, Andrea co-chaired Gregor Robertson’s successful campaign for Mayor\, ran for Council herself\, and went on to be elected to three terms on Vanco uver City Council.

      During her decade on City Council\, Andrea spearhe aded a number of initiatives\, including the City’s effort to be the Greene st City on earth and Vancouver’s nationally significant municipal framework for reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.

      As a long-time political lead on community planning in Vancouver and as Vancouver’s representative on Metro Vancouver’s Regional Planning Committee\, Andrea also brings a str ong understanding of housing\, transportation\, and land use issues across the region.

      Sheryl Lightfoot is Canada Research Chair of Global In digenous Rights and Politics and Associate Professor\, School of Public Pol icy and Global Affairs and the Department of Political Science at the Unive rsity of British Columbia.

      As one of the world’s experts in global In digenous politics\, Sheryl’s research specializes in complex questions of I ndigenous peoples’ rights and how those rights are being claimed and negoti ated in various political spaces. Her work explores both practical and theo retical aspects of implementation of Indigenous rights globally as well as in comparative domestic and regional contexts.

      Sheryl also currently serves as Senior Advisor to the UBC President on Indigenous Affairs. Sheryl is Anishinaabe from the Lake Superior Band of Ojibwe\, enrolled at the Kew eenaw Bay Community in northern Michigan.

      Learn more about the Ma triarch Illuminations series here.

      For technical assistance\, please email lindsay.marsh(at)ubc .ca

      Hosted by:

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      CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/matriarch-illuminations-whe re-we-go-from-here/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/11/Matriarch-Illuminations-Graphics_Dec-3_Website.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20201122T2009Z-1606075748.2427-EO-36233-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20201121T033957Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201125T004911Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201205T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201205T160000 SUMMARY: Refugees and Borders: Remapping the World We Think We Know DESCRIPTION: Borders are first imagined and then built. What we think borde rs can do is shaped by the stories we tell. What is your border story? X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      Refugees & Bord ers Feature Image

      This Kinbrace-inspired free webinar begins with a virtual screening of Borderstory\, a Worn Words short documentary and dialogue-opene r about what the word ‘border’ means to us. Following the film\, cross-sect or experts will engage questions as part of a panel discussion on the word ‘border’ and give concrete suggestions for policy and law. Participants are invited to ask honest questions and participate in dialogue based on perso nal experience and collective curiosity. As global and country citizens\, w e’ll imagine incremental ways our idea of ‘border” can increasingly become more human-centred and benefit the safety needs of people seeking refuge wh ile honouring the practical need for boundaries.

      Moderator

      Th e event will be moderated by Saleem Spindari\, Senior Mana ger of the Refugees and Migrant Workers Programs at MOSAIC.

      Panellis ts:

      Hassan Al Kontar - known as the Man from the Ai rport\, a former Syrian refugee living in Canada\, and refugee activist (bio l Twitter: @Kont ar81)

      Efrat Arbel - UBC law professor\, examines legal rights in liminal spaces like borders\, detention centres\, and pris ons (bio l Twitter: @earbel)

      Kristi Pinderi - LGBTQ+ Support Worker at DIVERSEcity and refugee advocate / activist living in Metro Vanco uver (bio | Twitter: @KristPinderi )

      Edward Alden - American jou rnalist\, author\, and the Bernard L. Schwartz senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (bio l Twitter: @edwardalden)

      Carlo Handy Charles - Doctoral scholar researching migration\, sexuality\, and race at McM aster University and Université des Antilles (bio l Twitter: @carlo_handy)

      Virtual Event Platform

      This event is being held online as a Zoo m Video Webinar. Please refer to Zoom's privacy policy before registering for the event.

      Attendees will receive an email with the link to join the webinar prior to the event.

      Questions?

      Pleas e contact events@kinbrace.ca.

      This < a href="https://kinbrace.ca/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener norefe rrer">Kinbrace- inspired event is co-hosted by the University of Britis h Columbia's School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, MOSAI C and Journey Home Community Association\, w ith thanks to the UBC Commun ity Engagement Partnership Recognition Fund\, Vancity\, and generous co-sponsors.

       

      CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/refugees-and-borders-remapp ing-the-world-we-think-we-know/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/11/Refugees-Borders-Feature-Image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20201128T0248Z-1606531723.869-EO-36298-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20201127T202205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201127T202205Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201208T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201208T183000 SUMMARY: Book Talk – The Iconoclast: Shinzō Abe and the New Japan with the Author Tobias Harris DESCRIPTION: Join UBC Centre for Japanese Research in the book talk – The I conoclast: Shinzō Abe and the New Japan with the author Tobias Harris\, in conversation with the CJR Co-Director Yves Tiberghien. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      Join UBC Centr e for Japanese Research in the book talk – The Iconoclast: Shinzō Abe and t he New Japan with the author Tobias Harris\, in conversation with the CJR C o-Director Yves Tiberghien (Professor at UBC Political Science). We will ta ke a deeper look at the life and career of Shinzō Abe\, the former Prime Mi nister of Japan.

      Event Page on CJR Website.

      Location:

      The even t will be hosted via Zoom. Participants will receive a link to access the e vent 24 hours prior to the event via email. Please register.

      Registration:

      Click here to register.

      *If you do no t receive the event link 24 hours prior to the event\, please email Saya So ma at sayasoma@mail.ubc.ca.

      About the Author Tobias Harris

      Tobias Harris is a J apanese politics analyst at Teneo Intelligence\, the political risk arm of the strategic consultancy Teneo. His first book – THE ICONOCLAST: SHINZŌ AB E AND THE NEW JAPAN – was published in 2020. From 2006-2007 Tobias worked o n the staff of Keiichiro Asao\, at that time a member of the upper house of the Japanese Diet and shadow foreign minister for the Democratic Party of Japan. He earned an MPhil in International Relations from the University of Cambridge and a bachelor’s degree in Politics and History from Brandeis Un iversity. Tobias has also conducted graduate research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and\, from 2011-2012\, at the Institute for Social Science at the University of Tokyo as a Fulbright scholar.

      Tobias has written about Japanese politics for publications including the Financial T imes\, Wall Street Journal\, and Foreign Affairs and regularly provides on- air analysis for CNBC\, Bloomberg\, and other networks. He was the Fellow f or Economy\, Trade\, and Business at Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA from 201 4-2020.

      About the Book The Iconoclast: Shinzō Abe and the New Japan

      Shinzo Abe entered politics burdened by high expectat ions: that he would change Japan. In 2007\, seemingly overwhelmed\, he resi gned after only a year as prime minister. Yet\, following five years of rei nvention\, he masterfully regained the premiership in 2012 and\, until his resignation in 2020\, dominated Japanese democracy as no leader had done be fore.

      Abe inspired fierce loyalty among his followers\, sidelining ri vals with his ambitious economic programme and support for the security and armed forces. He staked a leadership role for Japan in a region being rapi dly transformed by the rise of China and India\, while carefully preserving an ironclad relationship with Trump’s America.

      The Iconoclast tells the story of Abe’s meteoric rise and stunning fall\, his remarkable comebac k\, and his unlikely emergence as a global statesman who laid the groundwor k for Japan’s survival in a turbulent century.

      Book is available for orders here .

      URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/book-talk-the-iconoclast-sh inzo-abe-and-the-new-japan-with-the-author-tobias-harris/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/11/download-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20201127T2237Z-1606516642.6352-EO-36295-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20201127T200550Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201127T203109Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201210T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201210T183000 SUMMARY: Book Talk – Greening East Asia: The Rise of the Eco-developmental State DESCRIPTION: Join the online book talk will feature the authors and editors of a newly published book - Greening East Asia: The Rise of the Eco-develo pmental State. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      A jointly-hosted online book talk by  Centre for Chinese Research\, Centre for Japanese Research\, Centre for Kor ean Research\, Institute of Asian Research\, University of British Columbia .

      Title: Book Talk – Greening East Asia: The Ri se of the Eco-developmental State
      Speakers: Book auth ors & contributors
      Location: Zoom
      How to register: Eventbrite - bit.ly/3l1 vwv1

      Summary:
      On December 10 at 5PM (PST)\, join the online book talk hosted collaboratively by UBC’s Centre for Chine se Research\, Centre for Japanese Research\, and Centre for Korean Research . The event will feature the authors and contributors of a newly published book—Greening East Asia: The Rise of the Eco-developmental State\, edited b y Ashley Esarey\, Mary Alice Haddad\, Joanna I. Lewis and Stevan Harrell. W e will take a look into the regional shift in East Asia from development to “Eco-Development.” Opening remarks by CCR and IAR director Tim Cheek and C JR Co-director Yves Tiberghien.

      Book information:
      East Asia hosts a fifth of the world’s population and consumes over half the world’s coal\, a quarter of its petroleum products\, and a tenth of it s natural gas. It also produces a third of worldwide greenhouse gas emissio ns\, making it a major contributor to climate change. The region—whose coun tries share ecological\, sociocultural\, and political characteristics whil e varying in size\, resource wealth\, history\, and political systems—offer s excellent insights into the complex dynamics influencing environmental po litics\, advocacy\, and policy. With essays addressing Japan after Fukushim a\, coal plants and wind turbines in China\, environmental activism in Taiw an\, and sustainable rural development in South Korea\, Greening East Asia explores a region’s shift from development to “eco-development” in acknowle dgment that environmental sustainability is a critical component of economi c growth. (from publisher website)

      URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/book-talk-greening-east-asi a-the-rise-of-the-eco-developmental-state/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/11/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_118753869_493291433779_1_original-2-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20201217T1804Z-1608228258.9419-EO-36462-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20201211T220943Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201211T221101Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201217T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201217T181500 SUMMARY: Narrating Women: Historical Imagination and the Writing of History DESCRIPTION: The Centre for Japanese Research (CJR) is delighted to announc e a roundtable on the role of the historical imagination in historiography\ , focusing on approaches to writing women’s history. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      The Cent re for Japanese Research (CJR) at the University of British Columbia is del ighted to announce a roundtable on the role of the historical imagination i n historiography\, focusing on approaches to writing women’s history. Our t hree roundtable members\, Professors Gaye Rowley\, Amy Stanley\, and Marcia Yonemoto\, will draw fr om their scholarship and respond to Prof. Stanley’s new book\,  Stranger in the Shogun’s City\, in considering how we reconst ruct the past\, particularly when faced with scanty documentary evidence.

      We invite you to join us online and look forward to your questions.

      Featuring

      • Gaye Rowley (Waseda Unive rsity)
      • Amy Stanley (Northwestern University)
      • Marcia Yonemoto (University of Colorado\, Boulder)

      Time
      T hursday\, December 17\, 2020 5-6:15PM in Pacific Time (US and Canada)
      Thursday\, December 17\, 2020 8-9:15PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
      Friday\, December 18\, 2020 10-11:15AM in Japan Time

      Registr ation

      https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Usf-Cp qzwpHdMOqpw0WvmQTBrasQhISu6l

      Note

      If you d o not receive an email with access details by the day before the event\, pl ease email bianca.chui@ubc.ca

      For disability accommodations\, questions\, or concerns\, please either em ail bianca.chui@ubc.ca.

      We ca n also be reached via Twitter @ubcCJR< /a>

      About the Presenters

      Gaye Rowley teac hes English and Japanese literature at Waseda University in Tokyo\, where she is Director of the Library. Her complete translation of In th e Shelter of the Pine (Matsukage nikki\, ca. 1712) w ill be published by Columbia University Press in 2021. She is the author or translator of several biographies of Japanese women\, including An Imp erial Concubine’s Tale\, Yasano Akiko and The Tale of Genji\, and Masu da Sayo’s Autobiography of a Geisha.

      Amy Stanley is a Professor of History at Northwestern U niversity. She is the author of Selling Women: Prostitution\, Household s\, and the Market in Early Modern Japan (UC Press\, 2012) and Str anger in the Shogun’s City: A Japanese Woman and Her World (Scribner\, 2020)\, as well as articles in The Journal of Japanese Studies\,  The Journal of Asian Studies\, and the American Historical Rev iew. She received her PhD in East Asian Languages and Civilizations fr om Harvard in 2007\, and she has held fellowships from the Japan Foundation \, the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission\, and the National Endowment for th e Humanities.

      Marcia Yonemoto is Professor of History at the University of Colorado Boulder. She is the author of Mapping Early Modern Japan: Spac e\, Place\, and Culture in the Tokugawa Period (1603-1868) (UC Press\, 2003) and The Problem of Women in Early Modern Japan (UC Press\, 2016)\, and co-editor\, with Mary Elizabeth Berry\, of What Is a Family ? Answers from Early Modern Japan (UC Press\, 2019). Her articles have appeared in The Journal of Asian Studies\, Japan Forum\, the U.S.-Japa n Women’s Journal\, and other venues. She has received fellowships fro m the National Endowment for the Humanities\, the Social Science Research C ouncil\, The Japan Foundation\, and the American Council of Learned Societi es. Her current research project is a history of adoption in Japan from 170 0 to 1925.

      About the Book

      Stranger in the Shogun’s City: A Japanese Woman and Her World

      Amy Stanley

      Publishe d by Simon & Schuster

      A vivid\, deeply researched work o f history that explores the life of an unconventional woman during the firs t half of the 19th century in Edo—the city that would become Tokyo—and a po rtrait of a great city on the brink of a momentous encounter with the West.

      The daughter of a Buddhist priest\, Tsuneno was born in a rural Japanese village and was expected to live a traditional life much like her mother’s. But after three divorces—and a temperament much too strong-willed for her family’s approval—she ran away to make a life for herself in one o f the largest cities in the world: Edo\, a bustling metropolis at its peak.

      With Tsuneno as our guide\, we experience the drama and excitement o f Edo just prior to the arrival of American Commodore Perry’s fleet\, which transformed Japan. During this pivotal moment in Japanese history\, Tsunen o bounces from tenement to tenement\, marries a masterless samurai\, and ev entually enters the service of a famous city magistrate. Tsuneno’s life pro vides a window into 19th-century Japanese culture—and a rare view of an ext raordinary woman who sacrificed her family and her reputation to make a new life for herself\, in defiance of social conventions.

      Immersive and fascinating\, Stranger in the Shogun’s City is a revelatory work of history\, layered with rich detail and delivered with beautiful prose\, abo ut the life of a woman\, a city\, and a culture.

      Available for purchase from Simon & Schuster in various f ormats.

      URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/narrating-women-historical- imagination-and-the-writing-of-history/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/12/rountable.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20201208T0715Z-1607411710.0753-EO-36429-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20201207T225404Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201208T002726Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210114T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210114T103000 SUMMARY: Virtual UBC MPPGA Q&A Info Session DESCRIPTION: Looking to join the Fall 2021 cohort but still have questions about the program or completing your application? Don’t miss this virtual Q &A Info Session for the opportunity to ask your final questions before the application deadline. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      Join us for o ur final virtual info session hosted by the professional Master of Public P olicy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) program at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, University of British Columbia in Vancouver\, Canada.

      Looking to join the Fall 2021 cohort but still have questions about the program or completing your application? Don’t miss this virtual Q&A Info Se ssion for the opportunity to ask your final questions before the applicatio n deadline.

      Applications close on January 21\, 2021.

      UBC is consistently ranked as the number one university in the world for taking urgent action to combat climate change\, while SPPGA faculty ar e renowned for their research and expertise in sustainability and the Asia Pacific. Tailor your learning to your interests and gain critical skills an d a global perspective to help you to address complex public policy challen ges and drive meaningful change.

      Join our Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs program and study with change makers from around the world.

      Please RSVP. The Zoom webinar information will be sent to registrants by email ahead of the event.

      Presente rs:

      • Julia Park\, Program Manager\, Master of Public Pol icy and Global Affairs\, UBC
      • Hui Jia\, Program Coordinator\, Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC

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      CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/virtual-ubc-mppga-qa-info-s ession/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/12/Info-Session-4-Jan.-14-2020_Website-FT-image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210310T0025Z-1615335926.7892-EO-36672-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210111T185557Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210111T192839Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210115T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210115T183000 SUMMARY: Book Talk – One Left: The First Korean Novel to Focus on the “Comf ort Women” DESCRIPTION: The UBC Centre for Korean Research is joined by Dr. Bonnie Oh\ , Dr. Bruce Fulton\, and Ju-Chan Fulton for a discussion of One Left\, the first Korean novel to focus on the subject of Comfort Women. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: URL;VALUE=URI:https://ckr.iar.ubc.ca/friday-january-15-2021/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20201218T1446Z-1608302809.616-EO-36553-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20201218T011110Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210219T171238Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210121T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210121T183000 SUMMARY: The Phil Lind Initiative Presents: Michael Sandel DESCRIPTION: Watch a clip of the talk by political philosopher Michael Sand el on “The Anti-Democratic Turn” as part of the 2021 Phil Lind Initiative a t UBC. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs hosted Michael Sandel \, political philosopher and Professor\, Harvard University\, for a virtual event as part of our 2021 Phil Lind Initiative series on The Anti-Demo cratic Turn.

      Welcome remarks: Professor Santa O no\, President & Vice-Chancellor of the University of British Columbia

      < p>Moderator: Sylvia Berryman\, Professor\, Department of P hilosophy\, UBC

      Watch a short clip from the event below:

      https: //youtu.be/FrW6ao_SEQI


      Series      : The unprecedent ed assault on the rules and norms of democracy in the US over the past four years has exposed its vulnerability. The problems have become all too fami liar: corruption\, disinformation\, foreign interference\, gerrymandering\, social media complicity\, voter suppression\, and the previously inconceiv able threat that the outgoing president would refuse to concede and instead launch a series of futile but harmful legal challenges to democracy itself . Despite the eventual outcome of the presidential election\, democracy in the US may not be as resilient as we once thought. If we accept that the pr evious administration is a symptom of more deeply rooted problems in Americ an society\, how do we begin to address these emerging fault lines in the d emocratic process? How can we protect the integrity of our democracies in a n era marked by authoritarian resurgence and nativist backlash?

      Learn more about the 2021 series\, The Anti-Democratic Turn.

      Michael SandelBio: Harvard polit ical philosopher and bestselling author Michael Sandel challenges audiences to examine the ethical dilemmas we confront in politics\, business\, and o ur everyday lives. One of Foreign Policy's Top 100 Global Thinkers\, Sandel has been described as “the most relevant living philosopher\,” “a rock-sta r moralist" (Newsweek)\, and “the most famous teacher of philosophy in the world.” (New Republic). His writings — on justice\, democracy\, morals\, an d markets — have been translated into 27 languages.

      Sandel’s legendar y course "Justice" has enrolled over 15\,000 students and was the first Har vard course to be made freely available online and on public television. It has been viewed by millions of people around the world\, including in Chin a\, where China Newsweek named him the “most influential foreign figure of the year.”

      In his New York Times bestseller Justice: What’s the R ight Thing to Do?\, Sandel takes readers on a fascinating journey of m oral reflection and shows how reasoned debate can illuminate democratic lif e. Justice has sold over two million copies worldwide and inspired public d ebate about the ethical and civic questions of our time.

      In his lates t bestseller\, What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets\, Sandel invites readers to rethink the role that money and markets should p lay in our lives. One of Foreign Policy’s “20 must-read books” of the year\ , reviewers have called it “brilliant\, easily readable\, and often funny\, ” an “eloquent argument for morality in public life.” Now a six-part series hosted by the Ford Foundation and moderated by the Financial Times' Rana F oroohar\, Sandel’s “What Money Can’t Buy: The Series” will be available for streaming in April 2018.

      Sandel served for four years on the Preside nt's Council on Bioethics\, exploring the ethical implications of new biome dical technologies. This prompted him to write The Case Against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering\, a book about the moral quandari es that arise when we seek to perfect our children and ourselves. His other books include Democracy’s Discontent\, Liberalism and the Limits of Justic e\, and Public Philosophy: Essays on Morality in Politics.

      Sandel’s l ectures have been the subject of television series on PBS and the BBC. His ongoing BBC radio series\, “The Public Philosopher\,” engages audiences in debates about the big philosophical questions lying behind the headlines. H e has appeared on The Colbert Report\, the Today Show\, and Morning Joe.

      Described by The Guardian as “the man who is currently the most effecti ve communicator of ideas in English\,” Sandel’s books and online lectures h ave brought him “the kind of popularity usually reserved for Hollywood movi e stars and NBA players.” (China Daily) His recent lecture tours have taken him across five continents and packed such venues as St. Paul’s Cathedral (London)\, the Sydney Opera House\, and an outdoor amphitheater in Seoul\, Korea\, where 14\,000 people came to hear him speak. For his strong work “o n the normative foundations of liberal democracy as well as the defense of civic virtues\,” Sandel won the Princess of Asturias Award in Social Scienc es from Spain\, in 2018.

      Subscribe to our Phil Lind Initiative N ewsletter for updates regarding future events.

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      CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-phil-lind-initiative-pr esents-michael-sandel/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/12/Lind-2021-Michael-Sandel-Graphics_Website-FT.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20201218T1428Z-1608301710.7251-EO-36559-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20201218T011116Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210211T184153Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210121T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210318T183000 SUMMARY: The Phil Lind Initiative Presents: The Anti-Democratic Turn DESCRIPTION: The 2021 Phil Lind Initiative series examines emerging fault l ines in U.S. democracy and their wide-ranging implications for democracy ev erywhere. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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      #LIN D21 | January – March\, 2021

      The unprecedented assault on th e rules and norms of democracy in the US over the past four years has expos ed its vulnerability. The problems have become all too familiar: corruption \, disinformation\, foreign interference\, gerrymandering\, social media co mplicity\, voter suppression\, and the previously inconceivable threat that the outgoing president would refuse to concede and instead launch a series of futile but harmful legal challenges to democracy itself. Despite the ev entual outcome of the presidential election\, democracy in the US may not b e as resilient as we once thought. If we accept that the previous administr ation is a symptom of more deeply rooted problems in American society\, how do we begin to address these emerging fault lines in the democratic proces s? How can we protect the integrity of our democracies in an era marked by authoritarian resurgence and nativist backlash?

      The Phil Lind Initiat ive 2021 series on The Anti-Democratic Turn will explore these que stions and more\, with virtual events featuring leading intellectuals and a uthors including Michael Sandel (January 21)\, Charles Blow\, (February 4)\, Anne Appleba um (February 25)\, Timothy Snyder (March 4)\, and < a href="https://lindinitiative.ubc.ca/speakers/danielle-allen/">Dan ielle Allen (March 18).

      Each of our pub lic events held virtually is free to attend. Tickets will be available appr oximately a month before each event.

      The Phil Lind Initiative is host ed by the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. The initiative’s mandate is to invite prominent U.S. scholars\, writers\, and intellectuals to UBC to share ideas with students\, faculty\, and the wider community on some of the most urgent issues of our time.

      Subscribe to our Phil Lind Init iative Newsletter for updates on events.

      Video recordings of our events can be found on our P hil Lind Initiative website.

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      CATEGORIES:Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-phil-lind-initiative-pr esents-the-anti-democratic-turn/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/12/Lind-2021-General-Series-Graphics_Website-small.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210107T2055Z-1610052932.4467-EO-36654-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210107T172802Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210107T173404Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210126T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210126T190000 SUMMARY: The Time is Now: Canadian and Global Recognition of the Right to a Healthy Environment DESCRIPTION: Join us for a public talk by Professor David R. Boyd (SPPGA\; IRES)\, UN Special Rapporteur\, on the urgent need for the legal recognitio n and implementation of the human right to a healthy environment. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      Time is Now

      What can our governments do to address the impacts of the global environmental crisis on our lives?

      Join us for a public talk by Dr. David R. Boyd \, UN Special Rapporteur\, on the urgent need for the legal recogn ition and implementation of the human right to a healthy environment. While already recognized in the majority of countries\, this right is not yet pr otected by national laws in Canada\, the United States\, the United Kingdom or Japan. These countries are home to many environmentally damaging indust ries and are key contributors to the climate emergency\, with effects that transcend domestic and international borders. Existing environmental laws a re inadequate to effectively protect human and environmental health\, highl ighting the need for the right to a healthy environment to serve as a catal yst for rapid\, systemic and transformative changes.

      Opening remarks will be made by Annamie Paul\, leader of the Green Party o f Canada\, and Dr. Boyd will be introduced by Dr. David Suzuki\, scientist and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation.

      ABOU T THE SPEAKERS

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      David R. Boyd is the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment and an associate pr ofessor of law\, policy\, and sustainability at the University of British C olumbia\, jointly appointed at the Institute for Resources\, Environment an d Sustainability and the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs.

      Boyd is also the author of ten books and over 100 reports and articles on e nvironmental law and policy\, human rights\, and constitutional law. His bo oks include Thirst for Justice (2020)\, The Rights of Nature (2017)\, The O ptimistic Environmentalist (2015)\, and The Environmental Rights Revolution  (UBC Press\, 2012).

      He lives on Pender Island with his partner and t heir daughter\, and loves to run\, hike\, kayak and cycle!

       

      Cle_Annamie_PaulAnnamie Paul is the leader of the Green Party of Canada. She has a Mast ers of Public Affairs from Princeton U niversity\, a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Ottawa\, and is called to the Bar in Ontario. She has also been selected as an inaugura l Action Canada Fellow\, an Echoing Green Fellow\, as a member of th e Recruitment of Poli cy Leaders Program\, member of the University of Ottawa Common Law Hono ur Society and as a recipient of the Harry Jerome Award.

      Annamie has also worked abroad as a Di rector for a leading conflict prevention NGO in Brussels\, as an Advisor at the International Criminal Court in The Hague\, and as a Political Officer in Canada’s Mission to the Eur opean Union.

      Read more her e.

       

      Dr. David Suzuki is a sci entist\, broadcaster\, author\, and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundati on. He is Companion to the Order of Canada and a recipient of UNESCO's Kali nga Prize for science\, the United Nations Environment Program medal\, the 2012 Inamori Ethics Prize\, the 2009 Right Livelihood Award\, and UNEP’s Gl obal 500. Dr. Suzuki is Professor Emeritus at the University of British Col umbia in Vancouver and holds 29 honorary degrees from universities around t he world. He is familiar to television audiences as host of the CBC science and natural history television series The Nature of Things\, and to radio audiences as the original host of CBC Radio's Quirks and Quarks\, as well a s the acclaimed series It's a Matter of Survival and From Naked Ape to Supe rspecies. In 1990 he co-founded with Dr. Tara Cullis\, The David Suzuki Fou ndation to “collaborate with Canadians from all walks of life including gov ernment and business\, to conserve our environment and find solutions that will create a sustainable Canada through science-based research\, education and policy work.”  His written work includes more than 55 books\, 19 of th em for children. Dr. Suzuki lives with his wife and family in Vancouver\, B .C.

      Read more here.

      This Centre for Law & the Environment event is co-sponsored by :

      The UBC Sustainability Initiative
      UBC Institute for R esources\, Environment\, and Sustainability
      UBC School of Public Polic y and Global Affairs
      United Nations Environment Programme
      Ecojust ice
      Earthjustice
      Global Network for Human Rights and Environment< br />Peter A. Allard School of Law (UBC)

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      The Biden administration will face unpreceden ted domestic and global challenges when sworn into office January 20.  Join us for a virtual discussion on “U.S. Foreign Policy in 2021 and Beyond” wi th U.S. Consul General to Vancouver Brent Hardt. This talk will focus on an array of major foreign policy issues following the U.S. presidential inaug uration.

      Thursday\, January 28th\, 2021
      12:30 pm - 1:30 pm PST

      Reserve your ticket today for this free public event. The webinar link and passcode will be sh ared with registrants prior to the event.

      Speaker: U .S. Consul General Brent Hardt

      Welcome Remarks: Dr. Murali Chandrashekaran\, Vice-Provost\, International\, UBC

      M oderator: The Honorable Allison Macfarlane\, Director and Professo r\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC

      Speaker' s Bio: Ambassador D. Brent Hardt\, Ph.D. is a career Senior Foreign Ser vice Officer with over 30 years’ experience in the Western Hemisphere\, Eur ope\, and Political-Military assignments.

      He has led U.S. Consulate G eneral Vancouver since August 2020.

      Prior to his arrival in Vancouver \, he served as the Senior State Department Faculty Advisor at the U.S. Nav al War College in Newport\, Rhode Island. From 2017 to 2018 he served as Ch argé d’Affaires\, a.i. at the U.S. Embassy in Paris\, France. From 2014-17\ , he served as Foreign Policy Advisor (POLAD) to the Commander of U.S. Cent ral Command and U.S. Special Operations Command. He was Ambassador to the C ooperative Republic of Guyana and U.S. Representative to the Caribbean Comm unity (CARICOM) from 2011-14.

      His other assignments include Chargé d’ Affaires at the U.S. Embassy to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean from 200 9-2011\, and Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d’Affaires at U.S. embassie s in The Bahamas (2005-2008) and the Holy See in Rome (2002-2005).

      Am bassador Hardt joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1988\, serving in Berlin\ , The Hague\, and the Caribbean. In the Netherlands\, he participated as an exchange diplomat within the Dutch Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defen se. In Washington\, he served as Team Leader for NATO Policy in the State D epartment’s Office of European Political and Security Affairs\, responsible for issues of NATO enlargement\, NATO-Russia\, NATO-Ukraine and European S ecurity and Defense Policy.

      Ambassador Hardt has received various Dep artment of State awards\, including Senior Performance Awards\, the Directo r General’s Award for Reporting\, five Superior Honor Awards\, and three Me ritorious Honor Awards. He also received the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs o f Staff Joint Meritorious Civilian Service Award and the U.S. Special Opera tions Command Distinguished Civilian Service Award. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in History from Yale University\, and Master’s and Doctorate degrees from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He has published numerous articles on U.S. foreign policy\, and speaks Italian\, D utch\, German and French. Consul General Hardt is married\, and he and his wife\, Saskia\, have three sons.

      Moderator Bio: Dr. Allison M. Macfa rlane is currently Professor and Director of the School of Public Polic y and Global Affairs within the Faculty of Arts at UBC. Dr. Macfarlane has held both academic and government positions in the field of energy and envi ronmental policy\, especially nuclear policy. Most recently\, she directed the Institute for International Science and Technology Policy at the George Washington University. She recently held a fellowship at the Wilson Intern ational Center for Scholars in Washington\, DC and was Fulbright Distinguis hed Chair in Applied Public Policy at Flinders University and Carnegie Mell on Adelaide in Australia.

      The first geologist (and the third woman) t o chair the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission from 2012-2014\, Dr. Macfarl ane holds a doctorate in earth science from MIT and a bachelor’s of science from the University of Rochester. She has held fellowships at Radcliffe Co llege\, MIT\, Stanford\, and Harvard Universities\, and she has been on the faculty at Georgia Tech in Earth Science and International Affairs\, at Ge orge Mason University in Environmental Science and Policy\, and in the Elli ott School of International Affairs at George Washington University.

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      Kristen Hopewell Book Launch for Clash of Powers

      Join this virtual talk by Dr. Kristen Hopewell\, Pro fessor in the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and Canada Res earch Chair in Global Policy\, on her new book\, Clash of Powers: US-Ch ina Rivalry in Global Trade Governance. This book explores the impact of China’s rise on the global trading system\, and the growing battle betwe en the US and China over the rules of international trade.

      “The b ook analyzes the impact of growing US-China rivalry on the global trading s ystem\, and forms the foundation for my CRC research program on contemporar y conflicts in global trade politics and governance.” – Dr. Kristen Ho pewell

      Moderator: Arthur Zhang\, Student\, Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC

      February 2nd\, 202112:30 pm – 1:30 pm PST

      Please register in advanc e. Details to join by Zoom will be emailed to you ahead of the event.

      Profile Kristen HopewellSpeaker’s Bio: Kristen Hopewell is Canada Research Chair in Glob al Policy in the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the Universi ty of British Columbia. Her research specializes in international trade\, g lobal governance\, industrial policy and development\, with a focus on emer ging powers.

      Dr. Hopewell is the author of  Clash of Powers: US-China Rivalry in Global Trade Governance (Camb ridge University Press\, 2020) and Breaking the WTO: How Emerging Powers Disrupted the Neolibe ral Project (Stanford University Press\, 2016).

      Her academic research has appeared in journals such as Review of Internati onal Political Economy\, Regulation & Governance\, International A ffairs\, Global Environmental Politics and New Political Economy.

      Her policy writings have appeared in Foreign Affair s\, The Washington Post\, South China Morning Post\, The Globe and Mail and Global Policy\, and her analysis has featu red in venues such as the BBC\, CNN\, CGTN\, Bloomberg\, Reuters\,  Agence France-Presse\, The Chicago Tribune\, East Asia Forum\ , The Indian Express\, Latin America Advisor and Foreign Policy.

      Dr. Hopewell’s research has been supported by a Fulbright Fellows hip\, a UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Future Research Lead ers Grant\, the UK Global Research Challenges Fund\, US National Science Fo undation (NSF)\, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)\, Swiss National S cience Foundation (SNF)\, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)\, and S ocial Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).

      Prio r to entering academia\, she worked as a trade official for the Canadian go vernment and as an investment banker for Morgan Stanley.

      Arthur ZhangModerator’s Bio: Arthur Zhang is a first ye ar student in the Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs at UBC. He gra duated from the University of Toronto with an Honors Bachelor’s degree in P olitical Science. Arthur’s research interests focus environmental policy an d trade\, specifically in international trade policies and practices of haz ardous waste and sustainability reporting.

      After graduating\, Arthur worked with a large international logistics company where he familiarized h imself with Canada’s major trade partners\, as well as many obstacles in ex isting sustainable supply chains. Arthur’s desire to connect his career wit h his interests in promoting sustainable development was what drove him to attend to the MPPGA program. Through the program\, he hopes to obtain the o pportunity and necessary policy skills in order to help develop sound and s ustainable international trade policies that focus on the environment.

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      CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/clash-of-powers-us-china-ri valry-in-global-trade-governance-book-talk-with-professor-kristen-hopewell/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/01/Kristen-Hopewell-Book-Launch-for-Clash-of-Powers_Website-FT.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210125T1316Z-1611580575.5266-EO-36561-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210111T203408Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210511T233348Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210204T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210204T183000 SUMMARY: The Phil Lind Initiative Presents: Charles M. Blow DESCRIPTION: Watch a recording of our event with Charles M. Blow on “The An ti-Democratic Turn” as part of the 2021 Phil Lind Initiative at UBC. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global A ffairs hosted Charles M. Blow\, Op-Ed columnist at The New York Times and b est-selling author\, for a virtual event as part of our 2021 Phil Lind Init iative series on The Anti-Democratic Turn.

      Series: The unprecedented assault on the rules and norms of democracy in th e US over the past four years has exposed its vulnerability. The problems h ave become all too familiar: corruption\, disinformation\, foreign interfer ence\, gerrymandering\, social media complicity\, voter suppression\, and t he previously inconceivable threat that the outgoing president would refuse to concede and instead launch a series of futile but harmful legal challen ges to democracy itself. Despite the eventual outcome of the presidential e lection\, democracy in the US may not be as resilient as we once thought. I f we accept that the previous administration is a symptom of more deeply ro oted problems in American society\, how do we begin to address these emergi ng fault lines in the democratic process? How can we protect the integrity of our democracies in an era marked by authoritarian resurgence and nativis t backlash?

      Learn more about the 2021 series\, The Anti-Democratic Turn.

      Bio< /strong>: Charles M. Blow is a n Op-Ed columnist at The New York Times\, where his column appears on Monda ys and Thursdays. Mr. Blow’s columns tackle hot-button issues such as socia l justice\, racial equality\, presidential politics\, police violence\, gun control\, and the Black Lives Matter Movement.

      Mr. Blow is also a CN N commentator and was a Presidential Visiting Professor at Yale\, where he taught a seminar on media and politics.

      Mr. Blow is the author of the critically acclaimed New York Times best-selling memoir\, Fire Shut Up in My Bones. The book won a Lambda Literary Award and the Sperber Prize and ma de multiple prominent lists of best books published in 2014. People Magazin e called it “searing and unforgettable.”

      Mr. Blow joined The New York Times in 1994 as a graphics editor and quickly became the paper’s graphics director\, a position he held for nine years. In that role\, he led The Ti mes to a best of show award from the Society for News Design for The Times’ information graphics coverage of 9/11\, the first time the award had been given for graphics coverage. He also led the paper to its first two best of show awards from the Malofiej Infographics World Summit for work that incl uded coverage of the Iraq war. He then went on to become the paper’s design director for news before leaving in 2006 to become the art director of Nat ional Geographic Magazine. Before coming to The Times\, Mr. Blow had worked at The Detroit News.

      He graduated magna cum laude from Grambling Sta te University in Louisiana\, where he received a B.A. in mass communication s\, and he holds an honorary doctorate from Massachusetts College of Art an d Design in Boston. He lives in Brooklyn and has three children.

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      Whose Health

      Join BCCIC\, Amnesty Inter national\, the UBC Office of Regional and International Community Engagemen t (UBC ORICE)\, the Simon K.Y Lee Global Lounge\, SFU International\, and t he Vancouver School of Economics for this IDW 2021 kick-off event! UBC ORIC E is a Partner unit of the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs.< /p>

      As individuals and communities face growing complex and interconnected challenges to their physical\, social\, mental\, and emotio nal well-being\, we aim to explore the different approaches to health and w ell-being that exist within our international communities. Our panelists wi ll offer a variety of perspectives on how well-being and wellness can be un derstood through cultural practices\, traditional medicinal wisdom\, and ho listic understandings of health. These perspectives will challenge us to un pack our colonial versions of well-being\, while embracing diverse viewpoin ts that exist.

      This panel is part of BCCIC’s IDW 2021 series on well- being. This year’s theme emerged during a global pandemic and in the midst of calls for social change\, when individual and collective well-being have been matters of deep concern and necessity. Well-being has provided moment s of reflection\, challenge\, and inspiration. As we have struggled to cope with challenge\, change and uncertainty\, we have also aspired to a more h olistic\, healthy future. Join us for daily event that speak to and nurture well-being.

      Speakers

      Fernanda Wanderl ey: a researcher on Bolivian and Latin American economy and societ y who will be speaking to concepts such as Buen Vivir and its links to well -being and social movements.

      Nada El Masry: the curr ent manager of the Refugee Livelihoods Lab and recipient of a 2019 BC Anti- Racism Award\, among other achievements\, who will be speaking to her work building social\, economic\, and political capital for racialized refugee a nd migrant communities and how this work relates to well-being.

      Navi Gill: the founder of Navi Wellness who practices Ayurveda will speak to her work to decolonize wellness and will discuss holistic app roaches to well-being.

      Moderator

      Lyana Patrick:  an assistant professor at SFU and researcher of Indigen ous health and justice\, urban Indigenous community planning\, Indigenous c ommunity health and well-being\, and institutional change through decoloniz ing education.

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      CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/whose-health-exploring-well -being-from-diverse-perspectives-idw-2021-kickoff-event/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/01/Web-image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210310T0025Z-1615335926.8356-EO-36894-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210127T193132Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210127T193132Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210210T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210210T113000 SUMMARY: Protectors as Perpetrators: State Violence Against Women in India DESCRIPTION: Professor Radha D’Souza’s address will focus on state violence against women in India. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: URL;VALUE=URI:https://cisar.iar.ubc.ca/events/event/protectors-as-perpetrat ors/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/01/DSouza_ProtectorsAsPerpetrators.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210310T0025Z-1615335926.8404-EO-36837-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210122T000103Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210122T000103Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210210T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210210T183000 SUMMARY: Online Book Talk Event – The Great Exodus from China DESCRIPTION: The event will feature discussions with Dr. Dominic Meng-Hsuan Yang on his newly published book that looks into the one of the least unde rstood migrations in modern East Asia—the human exodus from China to Taiwan after the collapse of Chiang Kai-shek’s regime in 1949. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: URL;VALUE=URI:https://ccr.ubc.ca/online-book-talk-event-the-great-exodus/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/01/715x402-ONLINE-BOOK-TALK.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210310T0025Z-1615335926.8457-EO-36938-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210202T175537Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210205T182742Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210212T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210212T113000 SUMMARY: Japan and Asia in the Pandemic Era: RCEP DESCRIPTION: The Centre for the Study of Global Japan is partnering with th e Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and UBC’s Centre for Japan Research to talk with international experts on the implications of the Regional Compreh ensive Economic Partnership. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: URL;VALUE=URI:https://cjr.iar.ubc.ca/japan-and-asia-in-the-pandemic-era-rce p/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/02/RCEP.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210310T0025Z-1615335926.8495-EO-36934-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210201T225210Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210201T225210Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210218T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210218T163000 SUMMARY: The Fifth Annual International Mother Language Day Celebration DESCRIPTION: This year\, CISAR will be holding its fifth annual celebration of International Mother Language Day virtually\, with multilingual present ations\, performances\, and festivities representing diverse languages from around the world. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: URL;VALUE=URI:https://cisar.iar.ubc.ca/events/event/imld2021/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/02/1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210310T0025Z-1615335926.8533-EO-37142-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210223T001230Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210223T001230Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210224T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210224T193000 SUMMARY: A Roundtable on Social/Alternative Media in Southeast Asia DESCRIPTION: Speakers: Dr. Annisa R. Beta (University of Melbourne)\, Dr. A im Sinpeng (University of Sydney)\, and Kirsten Han (Freelance Journalist b ased in Singapore) X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: URL;VALUE=URI:https://csear.iar.ubc.ca/events/event/a-roundtable-on-social- alternative-media-in-southeast-asia/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210127T0022Z-1611706977.2971-EO-36789-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210125T203052Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210310T175736Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210225T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210225T183000 SUMMARY: The Phil Lind Initiative Presents: Anne Applebaum DESCRIPTION: We're proud to host Anne Applebaum\, a staff writer for The At lantic and a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian\, for a virtual event as part of our 2021 Phil Lind Initiative series on The Anti-Democratic Turn. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global A ffairs is proud to host Anne Applebaum\, a staff writer for The Atlantic and a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian\, for a virtual event as p art of our 2021 Phil Lind Initiative series on The Anti-Democratic Turn .

      The moderator for this event was Charmaine de Silva\, News Dir ector\, NEWS 1130 & CityNews Vancouver.

      Watch the video recording:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pct_VQhDzao&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel =UBCSchoolofPublicPolicyandGlobalAffairs

      Series: The unprecedented assault on the rules and norms of democracy in the US over t he past four years has exposed its vulnerability. The problems have become all too familiar: corruption\, disinformation\, foreign interference\, gerr ymandering\, social media complicity\, voter suppression\, and the previous ly inconceivable threat that the outgoing president would refuse to concede and instead launch a series of futile but harmful legal challenges to demo cracy itself. Despite the eventual outcome of the presidential election\, d emocracy in the US may not be as resilient as we once thought. If we accept that the previous administration is a symptom of more deeply rooted proble ms in American society\, how do we begin to address these emerging fault li nes in the democratic process? How can we protect the integrity of our demo cracies in an era marked by authoritarian resurgence and nativist backlash?

      Learn more about the 2021 series\, The Anti-Democratic Turn \, here.

      Bio: Anne Applebaum is a staff writer for  The Atlantic and a Pulitzer Prize-winning histor ian. She is also a Senior Fellow at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced In ternational Studies and the Agora Institute\, where she co-directs Arena\, a program on disinformation and 21st century propaganda.

      M. V. Ramana is Professor and Simons Chair in Disarmament\, Global and Human Security at the School of Pu blic Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA)\, University of British Columbia. He is also Director of the Liu Institute for Global Issues and the Acting Dir ector (2020-2021) of the Centre for India and South Asia Research in the In stitute of Asian Research. His research interests are in the broad areas of international security and energy supply\, with a particular focus on topi cs related to nuclear energy and fissile materials that can be used to make nuclear weapons. He combines technical skills and interdisciplinary method s to address policy relevant questions related to security and energy issue s.

      Tara Iva nochkoAs Academic Director\, Tara Ivan ochko works in partnership with the Senior Director to provide vis ion\, guidance\, and oversight to the UBC Sustainability Initiative. Tara r eceived her PhD from the University of Edinburgh where she reconstructed ch anges in the intensity of the Indian Monsoon over the last 100\,000 years a nd investigated the interconnections between equatorial and polar climate c hange.

      Tara joined UBC’s Department of Earth\, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (EOAS) as faculty in the Educational Leadership steam in 2009. In EOAS\, Tara has since served as the Director of Environmental Science and a s Associate Head Undergraduate Affairs. Tara has also engaged as a Sustaina bility Fellow with the USI to forward sustainability education at UBC\, as a steering committee member for the UBC Centre for Sustainable Food Systems \, and as a member of the UBC Interdisciplinary Education Task Force. She h elped envision the UBC 20-year Sustainability Strategy and develop the Facu lty of Science sustainability course offerings.

      As an educator\, Tara  builds relationships between students and community organizations through collaborative research projects. These projects allow environmental science students to actively contribute to building sustainable communities.

      Presented in partnership with the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions\ , Centre for Community Engag ed Learning\, and School of Public Policy and Global Affairs.

      Pa rt of UBC Reads Sustainability and the UBC Climate Justice Webina r Series.

      CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ubc-reads-sustainability-wi th-amitav-ghosh/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/02/CJS-Mar11_TW1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210310T0025Z-1615335926.8788-EO-37395-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210308T195821Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210308T221512Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210311T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210311T173000 SUMMARY: In Camps: Vietnamese Refugees\, Asylum-seekers\, and Repatriates b y Dr. Jana Lipman DESCRIPTION: After the US war in Vietnam\, close to 800\,000 Vietnamese lef t the country by boat\, survived\, and sought refuge throughout Southeast A sia and the Pacific. Dr. Lipman will tell us the story of what happened in the camps raising the key questions all too relevant today – Who is a refug ee? Who determines this status? and How does it change over time? X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: URL;VALUE=URI:https://histories-cluster.ubc.ca/events/2021_03_11_In-Camps_L ipman END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210310T0025Z-1615335926.882-EO-37400-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210308T201225Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210308T201225Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210311T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210311T200000 SUMMARY: The 10th Anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake: Online Cu rator Tour of A Future for Memory DESCRIPTION: To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Ea rthquake\, which hit Japan on March 11\, 2011\, please join MOA curator\, D r. Fuyubi Nakamura for an online tour of A Future for Memory to reflect on the event and learn from the recovery process. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: URL;VALUE=URI:https://cjr.iar.ubc.ca/online-curator-tour-of-a-future-for-me mory/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/03/Japan.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210310T0025Z-1615335926.8875-EO-37406-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210308T202150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210308T202150Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210315T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210315T130000 SUMMARY: Ainu\, Okinawa and Indigeneity: Ainu: 150 Years of Resilience DESCRIPTION: Dr. Uzawa will demonstrate how Ainu issues can be discussed in relation to global Indigenous politics. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: URL;VALUE=URI:https://cjr.iar.ubc.ca/ainu-150-years-of-resilience/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/03/ainu-okinawa-series-graphic4.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210310T0025Z-1615335926.8974-EO-37384-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210308T184811Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210308T184919Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210316T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210316T183000 SUMMARY: Global Perspectives on Gender and Environmental Justice DESCRIPTION: Join UBC ORICE for an evening of storytelling centered around different intersections on the topic of gender and environmental justice. F rom issues of migration\, activism\, leadership\, and access to outdoor spa ces\, we will be exploring the various ways in which the effects of environ mental (in)justice are shared unequally across the gendered intersectional spectrum. Inspired by the PechaKucha storytelling format\, we will be joine d by four wonderful speakers who will each speak to their personal experien ces and share unique insights on the disproportionate effects of environmen tal and climate (in)justice on gendered communities. Following our speakers ’ presentations\, audience members will have a chance to directly engage wi th our speakers through a moderated Q & A. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: URL;VALUE=URI:https://orice.ubc.ca/global-perspectives-on-gender-and-enviro nmental-justice/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/03/gender_panel_fb_banner-768x432.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210310T0025Z-1615335926.9017-EO-37252-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210301T184031Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210301T190706Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210317T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210317T193000 SUMMARY: Ten Years after Fukushima: Commemoration and Lessons for the Futur e DESCRIPTION: As we commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Fukushima Daiich i nuclear power plant disaster in 2011\, the University of Tokyo and UBC in vite you to our two-part online panel discussions on lessons from Fukushima . X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: URL;VALUE=URI:https://cjr.iar.ubc.ca/fukushima/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/03/Fukushima-715x402.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210220T0634Z-1613802891.7126-EO-37062-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210218T183708Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210225T190646Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210318T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210318T183000 SUMMARY: The Phil Lind Initiative Presents: Danielle Allen DESCRIPTION: On March 18\, 2021\, hear from Danielle Allen\, James Bryant C onant University Professor\, Harvard University\, political theorist\, publ ic intellectual\, and cultural commentator\, on “The Anti-Democratic Turn” as part of the 2021 Phil Lind Initiative at UBC. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      L ind 2021 Danielle Allen

      UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs is proud to host Danielle Allen\, James B ryant Conant University Professor\, Harvard University\, political theorist \, public intellectual\, and cultural commentator\, for a virtual event as part of our 2021 Phil Lind Initiative series on The Anti-Democratic Tur n.

      This event will be moderated by Kathryn Gretsinger\, Associate Professor o f Teaching\, School of Journalism\, Writing\, and Media\, UBC.

      Reserv e your ticket today for this free public event. The webinar link and passco de will be shared with registrants prior to the event.

      Learn more abo ut the 2021 series\, The Anti-Democratic Turn\, here.

      Bio: Danielle Allen\, James Bryant Conant University Professor at Ha rvard University and Director of Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethic s\, is a political theorist who has published broadly in democratic theory\ , political sociology\, and the history of political thought. She is the re cipient of the 2020 John W. Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Hum anity\, an award administered by the Library of Congress that recognizes wo rk in disciplines not covered by the Nobel Prizes. Widely known for her wor k on justice and citizenship in both ancient Athens and modern America\, Al len is the author of The World of Prometheus: The Politics of Punishing in Democratic Athens (2000)\, Talking to Strangers: Anxieties of Citizenship since Brown vs. the Board of Education (2004)\, Why Pl ato Wrote (2010)\, Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration o f Independence in Defense of Equality (2014)\, Education and Equal ity (2016)\, and Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael A. (2017) . She is the co-editor of the award-winning Education\, Justice\, and D emocracy (2013\, with Rob Reich) and From Voice to Influence: Unde rstanding Citizenship in the Digital Age (2015\, with Jennifer Light).

      Inspired by her work in justice and citizenship\, and troubled by th e fact that so few Americans actually know what the Declaration of Independ ence says\, Allen set out to explore the arguments of the Declaration\, rea ding it with both adult night students and University of Chicago undergradu ates. Keenly aware that the Declaration is riddled with contradictions―libe rating some while subjugating slaves and Native Americans―Allen and her stu dents nonetheless came to see that the Declaration makes a coherent and riv eting argument about equality. They found not a historical text that requir ed memorization\, but an animating force that could and did transform the c ourse of their everyday lives. In an “uncommonly elegant\, incisive\, and o ften poetic primer on America’s cardinal text\,” Our Declaration now brings these insights to the general reader\, illuminating the “three great theme s of the Declaration: equality\, liberty\, and the abiding power of languag e” (David M. Kennedy).  With its cogent analysis and passionate advocacy\,  Our Declaration thrillingly affirms the continuing relevance of America’s f ounding text\, ultimately revealing what democracy actually means and what it asks of us. Our Declaration was awarded the Heartland Prize\, the Zócalo Book Prize\, and the Society of American Historians’ Francis Parkman Prize .

      In Cuz\, a “compassionate retelling of an abjectly tragic story” (New York Times)\, Allen recounts her heroic efforts to res cue Michael Alexander Allen\, her beloved baby cousin\, who was arrested at fifteen for an attempted carjacking. Tried as an adult and sentenced to th irteen years\, Michael served eleven. Three years later\, he was dead. Why did this gifted young man\, who dreamed of being a firefighter and a writer \, end up murdered? Why did he languish in prison? And why at fifteen was h e in an alley in South Central Los Angeles\, holding a gun while trying to steal someone’s car? Hailed as a “literary miracle” (Washington Post)\, this fierce family memoir makes mass incarceration nothing less than a new American tragedy. Henry Louis Gates called Cuz “an elegiac m emoir and social jeremiad.”

      Allen is also the principal investigator for the Democratic Knowledge Project\, a distributed research and action la b at Harvard University. The Democratic Knowledge Project seeks to identify \, strengthen\, and disseminate the bodies of knowledge\, skills\, and capa cities that democratic citizens need in order to succeed at operating their democracy. The lab currently has three projects underway: the Declaration Resources Project\, the Humanities and Liberal Arts Assessment Project (HUL A)\, and the Youth and Participatory Politics Action and Reflection Frame.< /p>

      Allen is past Chair of the Mellon Foundation Board and the Pulitzer P rize Board\, as well as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Scienc es and the American Philosophical Society. She is a co-Chair of the Commiss ion on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship\, formed to explore how best to respond to the weaknesses and vulnerabilities in political and civic lif e. Its final and bipartisan report\, Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for t he 21st Century\, was released in June 2020 and includes six strategies and 31 ambitious recommendations to help the nation emerge as a more resil ient democracy by 2026\, the nation’s 250th anniversary. As Director of Har vard’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics\, Allen lead a collaboration of sc ientists and researchers at leading institutions including Harvard Global H ealth Institute\, Rockefeller Foundation\, CovidActNow\, Covid-Local\, CIDR AP and many other to develop the Key Metrics For COVID Suppression framew ork\, the that provides clear\, accessible guidance to policy makers and th e public on how to target and suppress COVID-19 more effectively across the nation.

      For more information on Danielle Allen please visit her on < a href="https://twitter.com/dsallentess">Twitter\, at Harvard Scholar\, and explore her page on T he Washington Post.

      Subscribe to our Phil Lind Initiative Newsletter for updates regarding future events.

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      CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-phil-lind-initiative-pr esents-danielle-allen/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/02/Lind-2021-Danielle-Allen-Graphics_Website-FT.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210310T0025Z-1615335926.9099-EO-37398-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210308T200907Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210308T200907Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210319T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210319T183000 SUMMARY: A Good Wife is Hard to Find: Shifts in the Representations of Wome n in North Korean Literature DESCRIPTION: Dr. Immanuel Kim from The George Washington University delves into the shifts in representations of women in North Korean literature. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: URL;VALUE=URI:https://ckr.iar.ubc.ca/friday-march-19-2021/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/03/CKR-Mar-19.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210310T0025Z-1615335926.914-EO-37440-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210309T231358Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210310T185849Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210319T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210322T180000 SUMMARY: 2021 UBC China Forum DESCRIPTION: What are some trends to look out for in 2021? What sectors are hot in 2021? What’s next in Canada’s bilateral relations with China? X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.ubcchinaforum.com/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/03/Banner.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210316T0403Z-1615867402.712-EO-37507-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210315T170108Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210315T170108Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210326T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210326T140000 SUMMARY: UBC Reads Sustainability with Sheila Watt-Cloutier DESCRIPTION: Join Environment\, Culture and Human Rights Advocate and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Sheila Watt-Cloutier as she shares her experience advo cating for the rights of the Inuit of the Arctic\, emphasizing the parallel s between safeguarding the Arctic and the survival of Inuit culture. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      Sheila Watt-Cloutier event

      PART OF THE CLIMATE JUSTICE WEBINAR SERIES

      Featuring The Right to Be Cold: One Woman's Story of Protec ting Her Culture\, the Arctic and the Whole Planet

      The Arctic ic e is receding each year\, but just as irreplaceable is the culture\, the wi sdom that has allowed the Inuit to thrive in the Far North for so long. And it's not just the Arctic. The whole world is changing in dangerous\, unpre dictable ways. Sheila Watt-Cloutier has devoted her life to protecting what is threatened and nurturing what has been wounded.

      A conversation on  The Right to Be Cold – a culmination of Watt-Cloutier's regional\ , national\, and international work over the last twenty-five years – explo ring the parallels between safeguarding the Arctic and the survival of Inui t culture\, of which her own background is such an extraordinary example. T his is a human story of resilience\, commitment\, and survival told from th e unique vantage point of an Inuk woman who\, in spite of many obstacles\, rose from humble beginnings in the Arctic to become one of the most influen tial and decorated environmental\, cultural\, and human rights advocates in the world.

      Join us for a community dialogue around the intersect ing forms of systemic inequality within the context of sustainability. Comm unity members will have an opportunity to share their lived experiences in cross-sectoral conversations. By using storytelling and active listening as a form of discourse\, participants will explore the complexities and multi layered realities of systemic oppression\, and engage in solution-inspired narrative. The stories and ideas exchanged in these dialogues will be colle cted and presented to the President’s Task Force on Anti-Racism and Inclusi ve Excellence in a written report to inform policy recommendations to move UBC to becoming a more just and inclusive institution.

      Nobel Peace Prize nomin ee Sheila Watt-Cloutier is in the business of transforming public opinion into public policy. Experienced in working with global deci sion-makers for more than a decade\, Watt-Cloutier offers a new model for 2 1st century leadership. She speaks with passion and urgency on the issues o f today — the environment\, the economy\, foreign policy\, global health\, and sustainability — not as separate concerns\, but as a deeply interconnec ted whole. At a time when people are seeking solutions\, direction\, and a sense of hope\, this global leader provides a big picture of where we are a nd where we're headed.

      In 2007\, Watt-Cloutier was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for her advocacy work in showing the impact of global cli mate change on human rights — especially in the Arctic\, where it is felt m ore immediately\, and more dramatically\, than anywhere else in the world. Watt-Cloutier is an Officer of the Order of Canada\, and the recipient of t he Aboriginal Achievement Award\, the UN Champion of the Earth Award\, the Norwegian Sophie Prize\, the Jack P. Blaney award for Dialogue\, and the Ri ght Livelihood Award\, which is widely considered the "Nobel Alternative".< /p>

      From 1995-2002\, Watt-Cloutier was elected the Canadian President of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC). She was later elected in 2002 to becom e the International Chair of the ICC\, representing the 155\,000 Inuit from Canada\, Greenland\, Alaska\, and Russia — she held this post until 2006.< /p>

      Widely recognized for her influential work\, Watt-Cloutier gave a TED x Talk in 2016 titled “Human Trauma and Climate Trauma as One”. She is also the author of the memoir\, The Right to Be Cold: One Woman's Story of Prot ecting Her Culture\, the Arctic and the Whole Planet\, which was nominated for the 2016 BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction and the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. In 2017\, the book was shortlisted for CBC Canada Reads\, defended by Chantal Kreviazuk. Watt-Cloutier was also sh ortlisted for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize.

      Moderator

      Dr. Ananya Mukherjee ReedDr. Ananya Mukherjee Reed is Provost and Vice-Presid ent\, Academic\, at UBC Okanagan and Professor in the Department of Economi cs\, Philosophy and Political Science at the Irving K. Barber Faculty of Ar ts and Social Sciences.

      An interdisciplinary scholar in the field of Development Studies\, Dr. Mukherjee Reed’s work over the past decade has mo stly concentrated on inclusive and people-centered development. Her current research project\, in collaboration with the United Nations Research Insti tute for Social Development (UNRISD)\, Geneva\, focuses on the UN’s Sustain able Development Goals and the role of universities in social change.

      Prior to joining UBC in November 2018\, Dr. Mukherjee Reed was Dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies at York University. Durin g her time at York University\, she also served as Associate Vice-President of Research\, Chair of the Department of Political Science and Founding Di rector of the International Secretariat for Human Development. In 2016\, sh e was named as one of five brilliant women in academia by Canadian Immigran t magazine in their third annual tribute to ‘Immigrant Women of Inspiration ’.

      Presented in partnership with the First Nations Ho use of Learning\, Okanagan Campus\, Sustainab ility Ambassadors\, Cent re for Community Engaged Learning\, and School of Public Policy and Global Affairs< /a>.

      Part book club\, part lecture series\, and part lea rning outside of the classroom\, UBC Reads Sustainabil ity brings well-known sustainability authors to UBC to engage in a camp us-wide discussion\, creating a forum for students across disciplines to di scuss sustainability issues.

      CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ubc-reads-sustainability-wi th-sheila-watt-cloutier/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/03/CJS-Mar26_USIBanner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210420T1114Z-1618917293.4745-EO-37671-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210326T042807Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210326T042807Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210326T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210326T200000 SUMMARY: Work in Progress: Gender Justice\, Community\, and COVID-19 DESCRIPTION: Join us on Zoom to engage in conversation about some of the nu ances of these intersections with partners and members from the UBC communi ty to reflect on the intersection between gender justice and community base d work. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://orice.ubc.ca/work-in-progress-gender-justice-and-covi d-19/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/03/Work-in-Progress.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210310T0025Z-1615335926.918-EO-37404-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210308T201939Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210308T201939Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210329T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210329T180000 SUMMARY: Re-thinking Okinawan Indigeneity: Articulation and Activism DESCRIPTION: This lecture offers a new way of thinking about Indigeneity th rough the examination of land politics in Okinawa. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: URL;VALUE=URI:https://cjr.iar.ubc.ca/re-thinking-okinawan-indigeneity/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/03/ainu-okinawa-series-graphic4.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210202T1420Z-1612275634.0483-EO-36927-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210202T013350Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210429T204508Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210329T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210329T193000 SUMMARY: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency with Seth Klein – 2021 Dr. Richard B. Splane Lecture in Social Policy DESCRIPTION: Join us for a discussion on mobilizing Canada for the climate emergency with Seth Klein\, founding B.C. Director of the Canadian Centre f or Policy Alternatives\, as part of the annual Richard B. Splane Lecture in Social Policy. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      Engage in a discussion on mobilizing Canad a for the climate emergency with Seth Klein\, founding British Columbia Dir ector of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives\, as part of the annua l Richard B. Splane Lecture in Social Policy.

      Watch the video recordi ng below:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X4Xy4ctvKY&ab_channel=UBCS choolofPublicPolicyandGlobalAffairs

      Please download the Splane Lecture Program.

      Keynote Speake r: Seth Klein\, Team Lead and Director of Strategy of the Climate Emergency Unit

      Moderator: Pr of. Tim Stainton\, School of Social Work\; Director\, Canadian Institute fo r Inclusion and Citizenship\, University of British Columbia

      Welcome Remarks: Donna Baines\, Director and a Professor of Social Work\, School of Social Work\, University of British Columbia.

      Remarks: Patsy George\, Past President\, United Nations Associa tion of Canada – Vancouver Branch

      Seth Klein’s talk will highlight ke y ideas and lessons from his 2020 book A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency. The book explores how we can align our politics and economy in Canada with what the science says we must urgently do to address the cl imate crisis. But Klein brings an original and uniquely hopeful take to thi s challenge. The book is structured around lessons from the Second World Wa r – the last time Canada faced an existential threat. Others have said we n eed a “wartime approach” to climate change\, but this is the first book to delve into what that could actually look like. Canada’s wartime experience\ , Klein contends\, provides an inspirational reminder that we have done this before. We have mobilized in common cause across class\, race an d gender\, and entirely retooled our economy in the space of a few short ye ars.

      Weaving together history\, politics and policy\, Klein’s book ju mps between our past and present\, answering questions such as: What did th e marshaling of all our economic and human resources look like during the S econd World War\, and what might a similar deployment look like today? How was it paid for? What kind of leadership did it require? How was public sup port and national unity secured? What did we do for returning soldiers\, an d are there lessons for just transition for fossil fuel workers today? What was/is the role of Indigenous people and youth\, then and now? And what ar e the war’s cautionary tales\, the warnings of things that brought us shame \, that we do not wish to repeat? The book is an invitation to both the pub lic and our political leaders today\, to reflect on the people who saw us t hrough the Second World War\, and to consider who we want to be\, as we fac e down the defining task of our lives.

      Klein talk will also explore t he connections between inequality and climate mobilization\, and Klein will explain why is tackling inequality and economic insecurity is vital to win ning bold climate action.

      Purchase Seth Klein’s new book here or from your local independent booksto re.

      Bio: Seth Klein is the Team Lead and Director of Strategy of the Climate Emergency Unit (a 5-year p roject of the David Suzuki Institute that Seth launched in early 2021). He served for 22 years (1996-2018) as the founding British Columbia Director o f the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives\, a public policy research institute committed to social\ , economic and environmental justice. He is now a freelance researcher\, wr iter\, consultant and speaker\, and an adjunct professor with Simon Fraser University’s Urban Studies program.

      Seth’s new book – A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency – was released in September 2020.

      Seth is a founde r and served for eight years as co-chair of the BC Poverty Reduction Co alition\, a network of over 50 community organizations in BC campaigni ng for a comprehensive poverty reduction plan in BC. He is a founder and se rved for 10 years on the advisory committee of the Metro Vancouver Livi ng Wage for Families campaign (and was co-creator of the methodology f or calculating the living family wage\, now used in about three dozen Canad ian communities). He currently serves on the board of Dogwood. He is an advisory board member for the Columbia Institute’s Centre for Civ ic Governance. And he is a founder\, advisor and instructor for Ne xt Up\, a leadership program for young people committed to social and environmental justice.

      Seth’s research deals primarily with climate p olicy and climate justice\, fiscal policy\, taxation\, welfare policy\, pov erty\, inequality\, economic security\, and job creation. His research repo rts can be found on the CCPA’s w ebsite\; and his policy commentary can be found primarily on the CCPA-BC’s blog.

      A social activist for over 35 years\, Seth lives in East Vancouver with his partner and two children. Seth has been listed by Vancouver Magazine as one of the 50 most powerful people in the city\, and by Homemaker s Magazine among the “60 men we love.”  He does not know how he ended up on either list\, but he humbly accepts the latter.

      Learn more abou t the Climate Emergency Unit \, which works with all sectors to find solutions to the climate crisis . They seek to move governments and leaders in Canada into true climate eme rgency mode\, pressing them to adopt ambitious policies that align with wha t science says we must do. If you’d like to receive the CEU newsletter\, pl ease sign-up her e.

      Co-hosted by: UBC School of Social Work\, Uni ted Nations Association in Canada – Vancouver Branch\, and the Liu Institut e for Global Issues at the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/mobilizing-canada-for-the-c limate-emergency-with-seth-klein-2021-dr-richard-b-splane-lecture-in-social -policy/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/02/2021-Splane-Lecture_Website-FT.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210420T1114Z-1618917293.4925-EO-37658-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210325T181048Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210325T181048Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210330T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210330T163000 SUMMARY: Responding with Care: Tibetan Community Experiences of COVID-19 in Canada DESCRIPTION: Marking one year since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic\, the UBC Himalaya Program is hosting a virtual roundtable discussion with four m embers of the Tibetan-Canadian community to reflect on how they have respon ded with care to the pandemic. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: URL;VALUE=URI:https://himalaya.arts.ubc.ca/events/event/responding-with-car e-tibetan-community-experiences-of-covid-19-in-canada/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/03/himalaya-event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210420T1114Z-1618917293.4979-EO-37669-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210326T042349Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210326T042349Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210330T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210330T183000 SUMMARY: Examining Anti-Asian Racism + Xenophobia: A Current and Historical Conversation DESCRIPTION: Panelists will include individuals and organizations who are m aking calls to action to end anti-Asian racism in our communities and beyon d. Join the conversation. Learn. Unlearn. Act. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://orice.ubc.ca/examining-anti-asian-racism-xenophobia-a -current-and-historical-conversation-march-30-2021/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/03/Anti-Asian-Racism-Event-Twitter-768x432.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210420T1114Z-1618917293.5026-EO-37625-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210323T210901Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210323T210901Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210331T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210331T113000 SUMMARY: Women Shifting the Health Landscape in Africa DESCRIPTION: In line with this significant moment and the impetus for gende r equality\, our new African Women’s Leadership Series\, we will celebrate African women’s outstanding contributions and examine the prevailing challe nges that still require intensified investments for change to empower women . X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: URL;VALUE=URI:https://orice.ubc.ca/women-shifting-the-health-landscape-in-a frica/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/03/Women-Shifting-the-Health-Landscape_Website.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210420T1114Z-1618917293.5077-EO-37720-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210326T203256Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210326T203256Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210408T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210408T180000 SUMMARY: From Youthful Idols to Elderly Treasures: An Examination of Perfo rmers as Cultural Ambassadors of the Nation DESCRIPTION: Dr. CedarBough Saeji delves into the strategic use of K-pop ar tists and their iconography. What services do they perform for the nation\, and what do they receive in return? X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: URL;VALUE=URI:https://ckr.iar.ubc.ca/thursday-april-8-2021/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/03/Thurs-April-8-Dr.T.-Saeji.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210420T1114Z-1618917293.513-EO-37789-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210406T193623Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210406T232333Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210412T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210412T193000 SUMMARY: The Deoliwallahs and Questions of Citizenship DESCRIPTION: Starting in 1962\, India imprisoned around 3\,000 Chinese-Indi ans in a camp in Deoli\, Rajasthan\, some for up to five years. This is a p age of Indian history that comes wrapped in prejudice and fear\, and is tod ay totally forgotten. But nearly six decades later\, some survivors of that experience are starting to speak. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: URL;VALUE=URI:https://cisar.iar.ubc.ca/events/event/deoliwallahs/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/04/Deoliwallahs-Website.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210310T0025Z-1615335926.9243-EO-37402-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210308T201553Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210308T201553Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210413T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210413T171500 SUMMARY: Epistemology of the Violets: Heuristics toward a Sensorium of Afro -Japanese Co-creativity DESCRIPTION: This talk is interested in the formation of what we might call an epistemology of the violets\, or a way of seeing and being in the world at the intersection of the blues and the reds. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: URL;VALUE=URI:https://cjr.iar.ubc.ca/epistemology-of-the-violets/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/03/bridges-book-talk-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210326T0106Z-1616720815.371-EO-37624-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210325T214936Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210429T232606Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210421T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210421T140000 SUMMARY: Take Nature as the Measure: The Search for Sustainability DESCRIPTION: Join us for a conversation between Wes Jackson\, one of the fo unders of the sustainable agriculture movement\, author Robert Jensen\, as well as UBC professors Ramana and Hannah Wittman. Learn about Jackson’s ide as to advance sustainable agriculture and the other dramatic changes necess ary if we are to effectively address climate change and other ecological cr ises and create a sustainable and just society for all to thrive. 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      PART OF THE CLIMATE JUSTICE WEBINAR SERIES

      J oin us for a conversation between Wes Jackson\, one of the founders of the sustainable agriculture movement\, author Robert Jensen\, as well as UBC pr ofessors Ramana and Hannah Wittman. In more than four decades as president of The Land Institute\, Wes Jackson became widely known as one of the found ers of the sustainable agriculture movement for his work on perennial grain s and Natural Systems Agriculture. Learn about Jackson’s ideas to advance s ustainable agriculture and the other dramatic changes necessary if we are t o effectively address climate change and other ecological crises and create a sustainable and just society for all to thrive.

      Learn more about t he book\, T he Restless and Relentless Mind of Wes Jackson: Searching for Sust ainability.

      Moderator: Paige Inglis\, Stude nt\, Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs

      Speakers:

      • Wes Jackson\, founder and president emeritus of The Land I nstitute.
      • Robert Jensen\, author of The Restless and Relentless Mind of Wes Jackson: Searching for Sustainability
      • Hannah Witt man\, Professor\, Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm\, Faculty of Land and Food Systems\, UBC
      • M. V. Ramana\, Professor\, School o f Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC

      Speakers’ Bios :

      Wes Jackson\, founder and president emeritus of The Land Institute\, earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Kansas Wesl eyan University\, Salina\; a master’s degree in botany from the University of Kansas\, and a doctorate in genetics from North Carolina State Universit y. He established and served as chair of one of the country’s first environ mental studies programs at California State University-Sacramento and then returned to his native Kansas to found The Land Institute in 1976. He is th e author of several books\, including New Roots for Agriculture\,  Becoming Native to This Place\, Consulting the Genius of the P lace\, and most recently Nature as Measure. Wes is widely rec ognized as a leader in the international movement for a more sustainable ag riculture. He was a Pew Conservation Scholar in 1990\, a MacArthur Fellow i n 1992\, and received the Right Livelihood Award in 2000. Life magazine inc luded him as one of 18 individuals predicted to be among the 100 important Americans of the 20th century. Smithsonian in 2005 included him as one of “ 35 Who Made a Difference.”

      Robert Jensen is an Emeritus Professor in the School of Journalism and Media at the University of Texas in Austin and collaborates with the Ecosphere Studies program at The Land Institute. He is the author of The Restless and Relentless Mind of Wes Jackson: Searchin g for Sustainability (University Press of Kansas\, 2021). His othe r books include The End of Patriarchy: Radical Feminism for Men (2 017)\; Plain Radical: Living\, Loving\, and Learning to Leave the Plane t Gracefully (2015)\; Arguing for Our Lives: A User’s Guide to Con structive Dialogue (2013)\; All My Bones Shake: Seeking a Progress ive Path to the Prophetic Voice\, (2009)\; Getting Off: Pornograph y and the End of Masculinity (2007)\; The Heart of Whiteness: Conf ronting Race\, Racism and White Privilege (2005)\; Citizens of the Empire: The Struggle to Claim Our Humanity (2004)\; and  Writing Dissent: Taking Radical Ideas from the Margins to the Main stream (2001). Jensen is host and associate producer of “Podcast from the Prairie\, with Wes Jackson \,” and associate producer of the forthcoming documentary film “Prairie Prophecy: The Restless and Relentless Mind of Wes Jackson.” Jensen is co-p roducer of the documentary film “Abe Osheroff: One Foot in the Grave\, the Other Still Dancing” (Media Education Foundation\, 2009)\, which chronicles the life and philosophy of the longtime radical activist.  An extended int erview Jensen conducted with Osheroff is online.

      Jensen can be reached at rjensen@austin.utexas.edu and his articles can be found online. To join an email list to recei ve articles by Jensen\, visit this website. Twitter: @jensenrobertw.

      M. V. Ramana is Professor and Simons Chair in Disarmament\, Global and Human Secu rity at the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. He is also Dire ctor of the Liu Institute for Global Issues\, Acting Director (2020-2021) o f the Centre for India and South Asia Research in the Institute of Asian Re search\, and a Scholar at the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies. Hi s research interests are in the broad areas of international security and e nergy supply\, with a particular focus on topics related to nuclear energy and fissile materials that can be used to make nuclear weapons.

      Hannah Wittman is a Professor in the Institute of Resources\, Environment and Sust ainability\, and Faculty of Land and Food Systems at the University of Brit ish Columbia. She conducts community-based and participatory action researc h related to food sovereignty\, agrarian reform\, agroecology\, and health equity in Canada and Latin America. She is also co-Specialty Chief editor o f the Social Movements\, Institutions and Governance section of Frontie rs in Sustainable Food Systems. Her edited books include Environme nt and Citizenship in Latin America: Natures\, Subjects and Struggles\; Foo d Sovereignty: Reconnecting Food\, Nature and Community\, and Food Sovereignty in Canada: Creating Just and Sustainable Food Systems.

      Moderator's Bio: Paige Inglis is a student in UBC's Master of Public Policy and Globa l Affairs. Throughout her studies and thereafter\, her focus has always bee n on environmental aspects of food security and regenerative agriculture. T his has involved mostly non-profit work\, such as helping new farmers in Ot tawa access resources\, reduce barriers to entry\, and teaching elementary students in Richmond\, BC about the food system and how to grow their own f ood. Paige also has her Permaculture Design Certificate\, and has linked it to academic research through field research in Taiwan on Indigenous Ecolog ical Knowledge. No stranger to getting dirty in the field\, she has worked on several organic farms and homesteads in Europe\, Canada\, and Central Am erica. In her career thus far\, Paige enjoyed most working with local gover nment partners in advocacy work and there she turned her interest to the po wer of policy. She hopes to use her policy skills to innovate sustainable f ood systems locally and globally.

      Presented in partner ship with: The School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\; Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm\; Institute for Resources\, Environment and Sustainability\; Department of Earth\, Ocean an d Atmospheric Sciences\; and UBC Sustainability

      PART OF THE < a href="https://sustain.ubc.ca/climate-justice-series">CLIMATE JUSTICE WEBI NAR SERIES

      CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/take-nature-as-the-measure- the-search-for-sustainability/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/03/The-Restless-and-Relentless-Mind-of-Wes-Jackson_Website.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210420T1114Z-1618917293.5252-EO-37811-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210407T234353Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210407T234353Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210422T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210422T193000 SUMMARY: Migration and the Environment: A View from the Indian Ocean World – The Annual Burge Lecture 2021 DESCRIPTION: The UBC Department of History is pleased to invite you to this year’s Annual Burge Lecture\, “Migration and the Environment: A View from the Indian Ocean World” with Dr. Sunil Amrith\, Professor of History at Yal e University. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: URL;VALUE=URI:https://cisar.iar.ubc.ca/events/event/burge2021/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/04/Burge-2021-SPPGA.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210420T1114Z-1618917293.5295-EO-37808-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210407T233208Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210407T233208Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210426T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210426T203000 SUMMARY: The Instrumental Use of the Trope of the Native American in 19th C entury British and American Accounts of Southeast Asia DESCRIPTION: The 19th century witnessed the expansion of Western colonial p ower and influence across both mainland and maritime Southeast Asia\, and t he publication of a growing number of books about the region and its people s by Western scholars\, travellers and colonial administrators. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: URL;VALUE=URI:https://csear.iar.ubc.ca/events/upcoming-events/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210315T1738Z-1615829935.5377-EO-37496-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210312T180044Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210429T232505Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210427T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210427T140000 SUMMARY: The Great Chernobyl Mystery: How Ignorance became Policy and Polit ics DESCRIPTION: Join us for this seminar with historian Kate Brown on the Cher nobyl nuclear disaster\, marking its 35th anniversary. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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      Join us for this seminar with historian Kate Brown on the C hernobyl nuclear disaster\, marking its 35th anniversary.

      U.N. websites say that 33 people died from the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe a nd 6\,000 children got cancer. Is that the extent of the damage? Working th rough newly disclosed Soviet health archives\, historian Kate Brown discove red that Soviet doctors reported a public health disaster in the Chernobyl- contaminated territories in the late 1980s. The archives shows a death toll of not 35\, but 35\,000 and tens of thousands hospitalized after the disas ter. What happened to this story? Brown explores international archives to show how evidence of widespread health problems from Chernobyl exposures di sappeared from the scientific consensus.

      Speaker: Ka te Brown\, Professor of Science\, Technology and Society\, Massachusetts In stitute of Technology

      Welcome remarks: Jessika Woroniak\, Master o f Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC

      Welcome remarks: Allison Ma cfarlane\, Professor and Director\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC

      Moderator: Professor Ramana\, School of P ublic Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC

      Speaker’s Bio: Kate Brown is Professor of Science\, Technology and Society at the Massach usetts Institute of Technology. She is the author of several prize-winning histories\, including Plutopia: Nuclear Families\, Atomic Cities\, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters (Oxford 2013). Her l atest book\, Manual for Survival: A Chernobyl Guide to the Future  (Norton 2019)\, translated into nine languages\, won the Marshall Shulman a nd Reginal Zelnik Prizes for the best book in East European History\, plus the Silver Medal for Laura Shannon Book Prize. Manual for Survival was a finalist for the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award\, the Pushk in House Award and the Ryszard Kapuściński Award for Literary Reportage.

      Moderator’s Bio: M. V. Ramana is Professor and Simons Chair in Disarmament\, Global and Human Security at the School of Public Po licy and Global Affairs (SPPGA)\, University of British Columbia. He is als o Director of the Liu Institute for Global and the Acting Director (2020-20 21) of the Centre for India and South Asia Research (CISAR) in the Institut e of Asian Research. He is also a scholar at the Peter Wall Institute for A dvanced Studies. His research interests are in the broad areas of internati onal security and energy supply\, with a particular focus on topics related to nuclear energy and fissile materials that can be used to make nuclear w eapons.

      Co-hosted by: The School of Public Policy an d Global Affairs\; History Department\; Graduate Program in Science and Tec hnology Studies\, UBC

      CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-great-chernobyl-mystery -how-ignorance-became-policy-and-politics/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/03/Chernobyl-accident_Website2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210420T1114Z-1618917293.5356-EO-37845-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210412T185634Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210413T214024Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210506T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210506T140000 SUMMARY: Book Launch Event: “The Chinese Communist Party: A Century in Ten Lives” DESCRIPTION: Join us for a virtual book launch of “The Chinese Communist Pa rty: A Century in Ten Lives\,” edited by Timothy Cheek\, Klaus Mühlhahn\, a nd Hans van de Ven. Co-hosted by UBC’s Centre for Chinese Research\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, and UBC History Department. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://ccr.ubc.ca/events/event/book-launch-event-the-chinese -communist-party-a-century-in-ten-lives/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/04/Book-Talk-The-Chinese-Communist-Party_Website-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210605T0021Z-1622852461.4976-EO-37996-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210426T220745Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210426T220745Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210506T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210506T181500 SUMMARY: Virtual Book Launch – Dancing the Dharma: Religious and Political Allegory in Japanese Noh Theater DESCRIPTION: For our May event\, author Susan Blakeley Klein will be discus sing Dancing the Dharma: Religious and Political Allegory in Japanese Noh T heater in conversation with Elizabeth Oyler and Vyjayanthi Selinger. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: URL;VALUE=URI:https://cjr.iar.ubc.ca/dancing-the-dharma/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/04/05-dharma.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210505T0436Z-1620189389.9976-EO-38094-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210503T232134Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210602T193009Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210507T060000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210507T083000 SUMMARY: After the Verdict: Dominic Ongwen & the Many Sides of Justice DESCRIPTION: Listen to a diversity of views on the International Criminal C ourt's sentencing of Dominic Ongwen for war crimes and crimes against human ity in northern Uganda at this public symposium. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      https://y outu.be/pY4KGIUqsM0

      AftertheVerdictThis virtual public Symposium includes panelists from the commun ity to the Court. Listen to a diversity of views on the International Crimi nal Court's sentencing of Dominic Ongwen for war crimes and crimes against humanity in northern Uganda.

      All are welcome. For more information an d to register\, please visit: A fterTheVerdict.eventbrite.ca

      Panelists:

        < li>Ambrose Olaa\, Prime Minister\, Ker Kwaro Acholi\, nort hern Uganda
      • Anushka Sehmi\, ICC: Victims' lawyer
      • Ayodele Akenroye\, Postdoctoral Fellow\, University of Toronto
      • Judge Benjamin Gumpert\, QC\, former S enior Trial Lawyer on Dominic Ongwen’s prosecuting team at the ICC
      • Beth Lyons\, Senior Defence Counsel representing Dominic O ngwen at the ICC
      • Evelyn Amony\, Co-founder and Cha irperson\, Women’s Advocacy Network
      • Ketty Anyeko\,  PhD candidate in Interdisciplinary Studies and Liu Scholar\, University of British Columbia
      • Moses Komakech\, Youth Represent ative\, Women’s Advocacy Network Uganda
      • Ongwen Family Repre sentative
      • Vincent Oyet\, Victim’s Represe ntative\, Lukodi Massacre Survivor Association

      Moderato rs:

      • Kamari Clarke\, Distinguished Prof essor\, Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies and the Centre for Dias pora & Transnational Studies\, University of Toronto
      • Isaac Okwir Odiya\, Program Coordinator\, the Justice and Reconciliation Project
      • Erin Baines\, Ivan Head South-North Chair and Associate Prof essor\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, University of British Columbia

      With music by Jeff Korondo\, musician and a community peace builder\, Music For Peace.

      Download the poster here.

      Hosted by the Transitional Justice Project in collaboration with the Transformative Memory Project at the University of B ritish Columbia\, and the Justice and Reconciliation Project\, Uganda.

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      CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/after-the-verdict-dominic-o ngwen-the-many-sides-of-justice/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/05/AftertheVerdict_image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210605T0021Z-1622852461.518-EO-38210-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210518T172638Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210518T172638Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210520T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210520T133000 SUMMARY: Online Book Talk: Japan’s Eminently Avoidable Socio-Economic Decli ne DESCRIPTION: The UBC Centre for Japanese Research is delighted to welcome B ill Emmott\, the former Editor in Chief of The Economist magazine (1993-200 6) and the author of Japan’s Far More Female Future: Increasing Gender Equa lity and Reducing Workplace Insecurity Will Make Japan Stronger. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: URL;VALUE=URI:https://cjr.iar.ubc.ca/emmott/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/05/Bill-Emmott-Book-Event-SPPGA-Website-Size.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210605T0021Z-1622852461.5225-EO-37998-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210426T221051Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210426T221051Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210520T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210520T181500 SUMMARY: Overcoming Online Challenges in Hosting Events and Planning Projec ts DESCRIPTION: This session features two approaches to project management and event hosting in online environments. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: URL;VALUE=URI:https://cjr.iar.ubc.ca/overcoming-online-challenges/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/04/learning-week.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210605T0021Z-1622852461.5272-EO-38213-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210518T172909Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210518T172909Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210601T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210601T193000 SUMMARY: Japan’s Response to COVID-19 from a Political and Historical Persp ective DESCRIPTION: Join our webinar with expert analyst Professor Nakano Koichi ( Sophia University\, Tokyo)\, in conversation with UBC’s Professor Yves Tibe rghien and Yingqiu Kuang\, for an in-depth analysis on how Japan has respon ded to COVID-19 from a political and historical perspective! X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: URL;VALUE=URI:https://cjr.iar.ubc.ca/covid/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/05/Japans-Response-to-COVID-19-SPPGA-Website-Size.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210527T0323Z-1622085836.7322-EO-38269-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210525T191638Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210618T200532Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210609T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210609T103000 SUMMARY: Can We Cut Emissions Fast Enough? With Joyce Msuya\, UN Assistant Secretary-General and UNEP Deputy Executive Director DESCRIPTION: Join us for a talk by Joyce Msuya\, Assistant Secretary-Genera l of the United Nations and Deputy Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme\, as she discusses how rich nations can respond to the planetary crisis in a way that avoids harming the development opportunities availabl e to low and middle income countries in the Global South. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      [embed]https://youtu.be/Zvr__7Ok-X8[/embed ]

      The climate crisis is one of the most challenging problems humanity has ever faced. Join us for a talk by Joyce Msuya\, Assistant Secretary-Ge neral of the United Nations and Deputy Executive Director of the UN Environ ment Programme (UNEP)\, as she discusses how rich nations can respond to th e planetary crisis in a way that avoid harming the development opportunitie s available to low and middle income countries in the Global South.

      J oyce will also highlight some of the transformational solutions available t o both high and low-income countries as they seek to limit a global tempera ture rise to well below 2C in line with the Paris Agreement.

      Keynote Speaker: Joyce Msuya\, Assistant Secretary-General\, Unite d Nations and Deputy Executive Director\, UN Environment Programme

      Welcome Remarks: Allison Macfarlane\, Director\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs

      Moderator: Samira Hosseina\, Student\, Master o f Public Policy and Global Affairs

      Closing Remarks:  Melanie Mpanju\, Student\, Political Science\, UBC

      Biography< /strong>: Joyce Msuya is the Deputy Executive Director of UNEP. She was appointed by UN Secretar y-General António Guterres in August 2018. Between November 2018 and June 2 019\, Ms. Msuya served as interim Executive Director\, overseeing UNEP’s po rtfolio in 33 countries and administering nine Multilateral Environmental A greements on critical environment issues.

      Ms. Msuya has more than 20 years of extensive experience in international development strategy\, opera tions\, knowledge management and partnerships\, across Africa\, Asia and La tin America. Prior to joining UNEP\, Ms. Msuya served as Adviser to the Wor ld Bank’s Vice President\, East Asia and Pacific Region in Washington\, D.C .

      From 2014 to 2017\, Ms. Msuya served as the inaugural World Bank Sp ecial Representative and Head of the World Bank Group Office in the Republi c of Korea\, where she established and developed office operations and deep ened the Bank’s partnership with the country.

      She has held a series o f high-level positions at the World Bank Group\, including the World Bank I nstitute’s East Asia and Pacific Regional Coordinator in China\, Principal Strategy Officer at the International Finance Corporation (Manufacturing\, Agribusiness and Services) and Special Adviser to Lord Nicholas Stern\, Wor ld Bank Senior Vice President and Chief Economist. Ms. Msuya has worked acr oss the public and private sectors within the World Bank Group.

      A mic robiologist from Tanzania\, Ms. Msuya began her career at the World Bank as a public health specialist for Africa in 1998. Ms. Msuya holds a Master of Science in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Ottawa\, Can ada\, and a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Immunology from the Uni versity of Strathclyde\, Scotland. She has an Executive General Management Certificate from Harvard Business School (USA) and a Public Health Certific ate from Johns Hopkins University (USA).

      Ms. Msuya was named Universi ty of Strathclyde’s Alumna of the Year for 2019. She is married with two ch ildren.

      Policy in Practice branding

      Hosted by: The School of Public Policy and Glob al Affairs and the Department of Political Science\, UBC

      CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/can-we-cut-emissions-fast-e nough-with-joyce-msuya-un-assistant-secretary-general-and-unep-deputy-execu tive-director/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/05/Joyce-Msuya-event_Website.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210605T0021Z-1622852461.5334-EO-38340-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210602T182523Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210602T182523Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210611T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210611T113000 SUMMARY: The Creative Power of Disagreement in the Face of Wicked Problems DESCRIPTION: Join us on June 11th for a presentation by Tom Scholte\, UBC P rofessor in the Department of Theatre and Film\, as we delve into a dialogi cal process through which groups of conflicting stakeholders can move towar ds clearer problem statements and policy proposals grounded in transparency . X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: URL;VALUE=URI:https://orice.ubc.ca/id-like-to-have-an-argument-please-the-c reative-power-of-disagreement-in-the-face-of-wicked-problems-june-11-2021/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/06/Tom-Scholte-Graphics_Website.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210131T0248Z-1612061326.804-EO-36923-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210129T233752Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210604T173738Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210621T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210624T163000 SUMMARY: Re-Imagining Agenda 2063: A Socio-Legal Foundation of the Africa W e Want DESCRIPTION: This conference is an invitation to re-imagine the socio-legal foundation of development in Africa\, in order to rethink old challenges a nd find new pathways for transforming the continent\, using Africa’s most r ecent development formulation —Agenda 2063—as a lens. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      T he Peter A. Allard School of Law and the Liu Institute Network for Africa a t the University of British Columbia are pleased to host the virtual confer ence\, Re-Imagining Agenda 2063: A Socio-Legal Foundation of the Africa We Want from June 21 to 24\, 2021. Over 30 scholars and practitioners from across the globe will share their views on the African Union’s most r ecent development agenda and offer critical insights on the future of law a nd development in Africa. The conference forms part of a collaborative research project co-ho sted by Liu Institute Network for Africa\, Peter. A. All ard School of Law and Law and Society Association in the United States (US).

      < em>Keynote Speakers

      1. Justice Nkemdilim Izua ko will deliver a keynote address on Monday\, June 21. She is a cu rrent judge in Nigeria\, and a former judge of the United Nations Dispute T ribunal\, the Court of Appeal of the Gambia\, and the High Court of the Sol omon Highlands (as the first female).
      2. Professor Penelope An drews will deliver the closing remarks on Thursday\, June 24. She is a Professor at New York Law School\, and the President of Law and Societ y Association in the US from 2019 to 2021. She is also the first Black Sout h African Dean to be appointed at the University of Cape Town Faculty of La w.

      Registration  

      Registration for the conference is free but required. Please visit the conference registration page. To learn more about the various panel s\, please view the schedule here. Finally\, you can r ead more about the collaborate research project here.

       

      CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/re-imagining-agenda-2063-a- socio-legal-foundation-of-the-africa-we-want/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/01/cropped-Website-banner-white-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210705T0338Z-1625456302.2919-EO-38620-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210630T182005Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210630T182005Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210706T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210706T103000 SUMMARY: Critical Hope in the Public Sphere DESCRIPTION: This event aims to spark discussion and inspiration on how we can sustain critical hope in the face of continued intersecting inequalitie s. Join UBC ORICE for this webinar moderated by Antonin Lacelle – Webster t o explore the importance of (critical) hope\, how we can sustain it\, and h ow it has and could be integrated into activism work and academia. We look forward to honouring and learning from both activists and scholars. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://orice.ubc.ca/critical-hope-in-the-public-sphere/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/06/Critical-Hope-EventBrite-768x384.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210616T0408Z-1623816533.949-EO-38452-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210615T221847Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210729T191816Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210714T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210714T140000 SUMMARY: Indigenous Bodies of Evidence and Counter-Mapping in the “Green” N uclear Archive DESCRIPTION: Many Indigenous communities continue to grapple with a rash of debilitating public health impacts ranging from genetic and developmental concerns to chronic kidney and respiratory diseases\, related to current or previous uranium mining. Dr. ann-elise lewallen will explore recent Indige nous strategies to counter the “green energy” archive enlisted to promote n uclear energy. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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      Join us for this public event with Dr. ann-elise lewallen\, Associa te Professor\, University of Victoria\, Pacific and Asian Studies on Indige nous bodies of evidence and counter-mapping in the “green” nuclear archive.

      Keynote: Dr. ann-elise lewallen\, Associate Pr ofessor\, Pacific and Asian Studies\, University of Victoria
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      Moderator: Professor Ramana\, School of Public Policy and Globa l Affairs

      Welcome Remarks: Tasha Carruthers\, Student\, Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC

      How does our imagination of a climate-friendly future hinge on rebranding or even erasing our toxic past? What bodies of evidence are enrolled as “proof” to create archives of sust ainable (i.e. health affirming) or toxic (i.e. health denying) energy choic es?  Some environmentalists have touted the climate-cleansing benefits of “ carbon neutral” solutions such as nuclear energy (James Hansen\, for exampl e). These claims often ignore the actual costs of nuclear fuel production\, waste disposal\, plant decommissioning\, and troublingly\, nuclear acciden ts. What’s more\, rarely are the social\, environmental\, and human toll on Indigenous and minoritized peoples\, their livelihoods and cultural depend ence on local landscapes and more-than-human relatives\, included in these calculations. Many Indigenous communities continue to grapple with a rash o f debilitating public health impacts ranging from genetic and developmental concerns to chronic kidney and respiratory diseases\, related to current o r previous uranium mining. After discussing some of the evidence about thes e\, I will explore recent Indigenous strategies to counter the “green energ y” archive enlisted to promote nuclear energy.

      Through invoking the f ramework of critical environmental justice and settler colonial studies\, I explain how Indigenous communities\, such as the Navajo and Pueblo Nations \, deploy citizen science techniques (such as counter-mapping and counter e mpiricism) and Traditional  Ecological Knowledge (TEK). As I document\, the y use these tools to counter official archives and spatial erasure of their kin\, both human and animal. Marshalling bodies of evidence from their own bodily knowledge\, experiences\, and memories of the land\, Indigenous sci entists are documenting communal knowledges and management practices in the land. They also digitally and physically demarcate the drilling and destru ction of ancestral landscapes and waterways through counter-maps\, as I doc ument\, therein denouncing settler energy colonialism and demanding reparat ions from public and private stakeholders alike.

      Bio: Dr. ann-elise lewallen is Associate Professor\, University of Victor ia\, Pacific and Asian Studies. lewallen’s research focuses on transnationa l civil society\, environmental justice\, embodiment\, and Indigenous commu nities in contemporary Japan and across Asia. In her first book\, The F abric of Indigeneity: Contemporary Ainu Identity and Gender in Colonial Jap an (U. of New Mexico and SAR Press\, 2016)\, lewallen analyzes Indigen ous Ainu women’s use of cultural production to resist Japanese settler colo nialism and women’s role in trans-generational cultural revival within the Ainu community. In her book-in-progress\, Sovereign Bodies: Energy Colo nialism and Defying the State in India and Japan\, she analyzes civil society movements targeting Japan’s technological diplomacy in India’s grow ing energy sector juxtaposed with Indigenous communities’ use of Traditiona l Ecological Knowledge to defend their land. She adopts an environmental ju stice framework to collaborate with Indigenous communities through cultural mapping techniques in order to resist eco-cultural degradation of land\, w ater\, and Indigenous Knowledge/s.

      Co-hosted by: UBC Interdisciplinary Histories Research Cluster\; UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\; Institute for Resources\, Environment and Sustainabil ity

      CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/indigenous-bodies-of-eviden ce-and-counter-mapping-in-the-green-nuclear-archive/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/06/Ann-Elise-Lewallen-Graphics_Websitev2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210809T0516Z-1628486193.3237-EO-38950-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210806T234226Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210806T234226Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210811T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210811T113000 SUMMARY: Women Shifting the Technology Landscape in Africa DESCRIPTION: This event provides a forum to discuss gender equity and the r ole of women in Africa’s technology development agenda. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://orice.ubc.ca/women-shifting-the-technology-landscape- in-africa/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/08/Women-in-Technology-in-Africa-Aug-6_Website.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210910T1955Z-1631303738.6682-EO-39204-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210910T160951Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210916T170612Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210914T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210914T140000 SUMMARY: Canada’s 2021 Federal Election & the Climate Crisis DESCRIPTION: Panelists will discuss campaign promises as they relate to cli mate change\, the science behind this year’s climate emergencies\, and what to watch for in the election in this event as part of Canada’s 2021 Federa l Election Webinar Series. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      [embed]https://youtu.be/cUJ3nLG4was[/embed ]

      Canada’s 2021 Federal Election Webinar Serie s

      Canadians are returning to the polls less than two yea rs after the most recent federal election. And what a time it has been! A m inority government\, party leadership change\, and most significantly\, the COVID-19 pandemic\, all marked the short life of the 43rd Parliament. Cana dians vote (or mail in their COVID-safe ballots) on September 20th to elect the 44th Parliament and pass judgment on the Liberal government’s most rec ent stint in office.

      This is not the first pandemic election in Canad a\, several provinces have gone through the exercise\, re-electing governme nts in the midst of earlier waves.  Will Canadians reward the government’s pandemic performance and grant the Liberals the majority government they se ek\, keep them a minority government\, or change government altogether? A c omfortable government lead in the polls seems to be ebbing away and Canadia ns are seeking answers on questions like climate change\, the post-pandemic recovery\, housing\, the opioid crisis\, health care and reconciliation wi th Indigenous peoples.

      Join us for a series of panels commenting on c ampaign issues and dynamics and evaluating the results of September 20th.

      In this virtual event\, panelists will discuss campaign promises as th ey relate to climate change\, the science behind this year’s climate emerge ncies\, and things to watch for in the election.

      Panelists:

      • Professor Simon Donner\, Institute for the Oceans and Fi sheries and Department of Geography\, UBC
      • Professor Kathryn Harriso n\, Political Science\, UBC

      Moderator: Nadine Van Dalen\, Student\, Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC

      < p>Hosted by: The Centre for the Study of Democratic Instit utions\, the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and the Department of Political Science\, University of British Columbia

      URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/canadas-federal-election-th e-climate-crisis/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/09/WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210911T0053Z-1631321621.0713-EO-39211-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210910T162728Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210920T165419Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210914T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210921T140000 SUMMARY: Canada’s 2021 Federal Election Webinar Series DESCRIPTION: Canadians return to the polls (or mail in their COVID-safe bal lots) on September 20th to elect the 44th Parliament and pass judgment on t he Liberal government’s most recent stint in office. Join us for a series o f panels commenting on campaign issues and dynamics and evaluating the resu lts of the 2021 Canadian federal election. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      Canadian Federal Electio n Web Series

      Canada’s 2021 Feder al Election Webinar Series

      Canadians are returning to the po lls less than two years after the most recent federal election. And what a time it has been! A minority government\, party leadership change\, and mos t significantly\, the COVID-19 pandemic\, all marked the short life of the 43rd Parliament. Canadians vote (or mail in their COVID-safe ballots) on Se ptember 20th to elect the 44th Parliament and pass judgment on the Liberal government’s most recent stint in office.

      This is not the first pande mic election in Canada\, several provinces have gone through the exercise\, re-electing governments in the midst of earlier waves. Will Canadians rewa rd the government’s pandemic performance and grant the Liberals the majorit y government they seek\, keep them a minority government\, or change govern ment altogether? A comfortable government lead in the polls seems to be ebb ing away and Canadians are seeking answers on questions like climate change \, the post-pandemic recovery\, housing\, the opioid crisis\, health care a nd reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.

      Join us for a series of pa nels commenting on campaign issues and dynamics and evaluating the results of September 20th.

      All are welcome. Please register in advance for the Zoom link.

      Canada’s 2021 Federal Election & the Climate Cri sis
      Tuesday\, September 14\, 2021
      12:30 pm - 2:00 pm PT< br />
      Panelists discussed the science behind this yea r’s climate emergencies\, campaign promises as they relate to climate\, and things to watch for in the run-up to the election.

      Learn More and View the Recording

       

      2 021 Election: Policy Promises\, Candidates\, and Challenges
      T hursday\, September 16\, 2021
      12:30 pm - 2:00 pm PT

      Panelists wi ll discuss policy issues\, candidate diversity –what it’s looked like over time and why it matters\, and delve into the challenges posed for a range o f actors (like researchers\, parties\, Elections Canada) by holding a snap election.

      Learn More and View the R ecording

       

      Post-Election Analysis
      Tuesday\, September 21\, 2021
      12:30 pm- 2:00 pm PT

      Join us as we discuss campaign dynamics\, the result of the election and the impac t it may have on Canada’s most pressing policy issues.

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      Hosted by: The Centre for the Study of De mocratic Institutions\, the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and the Department of Political Science\, University of British Columbia

      URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/canadas-2021-federal-electi on-webinar-series/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/09/Canadian-Federal-Election-General_WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210911T1220Z-1631362828.7238-EO-39212-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210910T184141Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210920T165705Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210916T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210916T140000 SUMMARY: 2021 Election: Policy Promises\, Candidates\, and Challenges DESCRIPTION: In this webinar\, panelists will discuss policy issues\, candi date diversity –what it’s looked like over time and why it matters\, and de lve into the challenges posed for a range of actors (like researchers\, par ties\, Elections Canada) by holding a snap election.  X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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      Canada’s 2021 Federal Election Webinar Serie s

      Canadians are returning to the polls less than two yea rs after the most recent federal election. And what a time it has been! A m inority government\, party leadership change\, and most significantly\, the COVID-19 pandemic\, all marked the short life of the 43rd Parliament. Cana dians vote (or mail in their COVID-safe ballots) on September 20th to elect the 44th Parliament and pass judgment on the Liberal government’s most rec ent stint in office.

      This is not the first pandemic election in Canad a\, several provinces have gone through the exercise\, re-electing governme nts in the midst of earlier waves.  Will Canadians reward the government’s pandemic performance and grant the Liberals the majority government they se ek\, keep them a minority government\, or change government altogether? A c omfortable government lead in the polls seems to be ebbing away and Canadia ns are seeking answers on questions like climate change\, the post-pandemic recovery\, housing\, the opioid crisis\, health care and reconciliation wi th Indigenous peoples. Join us for a series of panels commenting on campaig n issues and dynamics and evaluating the results of September 20th.

      I n this webinar\, panelists will discuss policy issues\, candidate diversity –what it’s looked like over time and why it matters\, and delve into the c hallenges posed for a range of actors (like researchers\, parties\, Electio ns Canada) by holding a snap election.

      Panelists:

      • Prof. Carey Doberstein\, Department of Political Science\, UBC
      • Prof. Melanee Thomas\, Department of Political Science\, University of Calgary
      • Prof. Elizabeth Baisley\, Department of Political Studies\ , Queens University

      Moderator: Prof. Gerald Ba ier\, Department of Political Science\; Acting Director\, The Centre for th e Study of Democratic Institutions\, the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs

      Hosted by : The Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions\, the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and the Department of Political Scienc e\, University of British Columbia

      URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/2021-election-policy-promis es-candidates-and-challenges/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/09/Canadian-Federal-Election-Sept-16_WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210904T2007Z-1630786037.4937-EO-39035-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210902T234426Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210924T002552Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210917T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210917T170000 SUMMARY: 2021 Virtual SPPGA Policy Salon: Shaping the Post-COVID World DESCRIPTION: Join us for our 2021 SPPGA Policy Salon\, Shaping the Post-COV ID World\, which aims to acknowledge the precarious situation that we remai n in globally with respect to COVID-19\, while also looking ahead to consid er how key lessons can be applied to overcoming other global challenges suc h as climate change. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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      The Policy Salon is an annual event to bring the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA) community of faculty\, student s\, and staff together alongside interested members of the community\, and to showcase SPPGA’s expertise on pressing public policy and global issues.< /p>

      The 2021 Policy Salon\, Shaping the Post-COVID World\, aims to acknowledge the precarious situation that we remain in globally with res pect to COVID-19\, while also looking ahead to consider how key lessons can be applied to overcoming other global challenges such as climate change. W hat lessons need to be learned from COVID-19 and from the worsening climate crisis? What are the key policy learnings from these twin crises and how c an we strengthen and accelerate global efforts to collectively address thes e types of challenges?

      Given the risks that both pandemics and climat e change pose globally\, we acknowledge that this moment should be a turning point for policy and global affairs\, even if we are collectivel y not moving in that direction.

      Format: Virtual on Z oom

      Emcee:       Assistant Professor Veena Sriram\, S chool of Public Policy and Global Affairs and the School of Population and Public Health\, UBC

      Traditional Land Acknowledgement : Elder Larry Grant\, Musqueam

      Welcome Remarks: Prof essor Ramana\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC

      Panel: “Lessons from Climate Change Action and COVI D-19”
      Panelists:

      • Kelley Lee\ , Professor\, Canada Research Chair Tier I\, Health Sciences\, Simon Fraser University
      • David Boyd\, Associate Professor\, School of Public Pol icy and Global Affairs and the Institute for Resources\, Environment and Su stainability\, UBC and United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights an d the environment
      • Sandeep Pai\, Senior Research Lead\, Energy Secur ity and Climate Change Program\, Center for Strategic and International Stu dies

      Moderator: Associate Professor Heidi Twor ek\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and the Department of Histo ry\, UBC

      Schedule: Friday\, September 17\, 2021\, 3: 30 pm – 5:00 pm Pacific Time

      3:30 pm – 3:35 pm      Welcome by Emcee Prof. Veena Sriram

      3:35 pm – 3:40 pm      Indigenous Territory Acknow ledgement by Elder Larry Grant\, Musqueam (recording)

      3:40 pm – 3:45 pm      Opening Remarks by Prof. M. V. Ramana

      3:45 pm – 4:55 pm      “Shaping the Post-COVID World: Lessons from Climate Change Action and COVID -19” moderated panel discussion on what lessons can be shared between the t wo global crises\, with audience Q&A

      4:55 pm – 5:00 pm      Closing r emarks by Emcee Prof. Veena Sriram

      Speaker Biographies:

      Veena SriramEmcee: Veena Sriram is an Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and th e School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Colum bia. Her research sits at the intersection of global health\, social scienc e and public policy\, and her interests are in understanding power and poli tics in health policy processes in low- and middle-income countries. She dr aws upon theory and methodologies from the social sciences in conducting he r research\, and has a particular focus on qualitative approaches. Dr. Srir am has a particular focus on health workforce policy and health sector gove rnance.

      Elder Larry GrantIndigenous Acknowledgement: Larry Grant\, Musqueam Elder\, was born and raised in Musqueam traditional territory by a traditi onal hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ speaking Musqueam family. After 4 decades as a tradesma n\, Larry enrolled in the First Nations Languages Program\, which awoke his memory of the embedded value that the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ language has to self- identity\, kinship\, culture\, territory\, and history prior to European co ntact. He is presently assisting in revitalizing hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ in the Musq ueam Language and Culture Department\, and co-teaching the introductory hən ̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ course through UBC. Larry is the Elder-in-Residence at UBC’s Fi rst Nations House of Learning. He is a Faculty Fellow at St. John’s College \, and the inaugural Honorary Life Fellow for Green College.

      M.-V.-Ramana-Preferred landscapeWelcome Remarks: M.V. Ramana is Professor and Simons Chair in Disarmament\, Global and Human Security at the School of Public Policy a nd Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia. He is also Directo r of the Liu Institute for Global Issues. His research interests are in the broad areas of international security and energy supply\, with a particula r focus on topics related to nuclear energy and fissile materials that can be used to make nuclear weapons. He combines technical skills and interdisc iplinary methods to address policy relevant questions related to security a nd energy issues.

      Panelists:

      Prof. Kel ley Lee

      Dr. Kelley Lee is Professor and Canada Research Chair Tier I\, Health Sci ences at Simon Fraser University. Dr. Lee is trained in International Relat ions and Public Administration with a focus on international political econ omy. Professor Lee‘s research focuses on the impacts of globalization on po pulation health\, and the ways collective action and global governance can mitigate these impacts. Her current research\, leading the Pandemics an d Borders Project\, focuses on the use of cross-border measures (trave l and trade) during the COVID-19 pandemic\, and the implications for global responses governed by the WHO International Health Regulations. She is als o working with leading scholars worldwide to advance the conceptualization and measurement of the commercial determinants of health.

      David BoydAssociate Professor David Boyd is jointly app ointed with the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA) and the Institute for Resources\, Environment and Sustainability (IRES) at the Univ ersity of British Columbia. He is one of Canada’s leading experts in enviro nmental law and policy and an internationally renowned authority on the rel ationship between human rights and environmental degradation. David is curr ently UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment.

      Sa ndeep PaiDr. Sandeep Pai is S enior Research Lead\, Energy Security and Climate Change Program\, Center f or Strategic and International Studies. He obtained his PhD at the Institut e of Resources\, Environment and Sustainability at the University of Britis h Columbia. Sandeep Pai was a journalist for years before he decided to ret urn to school to earn his master’s and now PhD degrees. His professional an d academic work has allowed him to study the energy sector\, rural developm ent and climate change very closely in emerging economies such as India\, K enya and South Africa.

      Heidi TworekModerator: Dr. Heidi Tworek is Associate Professor\, jointly appointed at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and History\, at the University of British Columbia. She is an award-winning researcher o f media\, history\, health communications\, international organizations\, a nd platform governance. Her research brings a historical sensibility to pol icy discussions\, particularly around communications and international orga nizations. She has briefed or advised officials and policymakers from multi ple European and North American governments on media\, democracy\, and the digital economy.

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      Canada’s 2021 Federal Election Webinar Serie s

      Canadians are returning to the polls less than two yea rs after the most recent federal election. And what a time it has been! A m inority government\, party leadership change\, and most significantly\, the COVID-19 pandemic\, all marked the short life of the 43rd Parliament. Cana dians vote (or mail in their COVID-safe ballots) on September 20th to elect the 44th Parliament and pass judgment on the Liberal government’s most rec ent stint in office.

      This is not the first pandemic election in Canad a\, several provinces have gone through the exercise\, re-electing governme nts in the midst of earlier waves.  Will Canadians reward the government’s pandemic performance and grant the Liberals the majority government they se ek\, keep them a minority government\, or change government altogether? A c omfortable government lead in the polls seems to be ebbing away and Canadia ns are seeking answers on questions like climate change\, the post-pandemic recovery\, housing\, the opioid crisis\, health care and reconciliation wi th Indigenous peoples. Join us for a series of panels commenting on campaig n issues and dynamics and evaluating the results of September 20th.

      A ll are welcome. Please register in advance for the Zoom link.

      In this Post-Election Analysis webinar\, join the panelists as they discuss campai gn dynamics\, the result of the federal election\, and the impact it may ha ve on Canada’s most pressing policy issues.

      Panelists:

      • Professor Kathryn Harrison\, Political Science\, UBC
      • Chris Tenove\, Postdoctoral Research Fellow\, Department of Political Scie nce\, UBC
      • Richard Johnston\, Professor Emeritus\, Department of Pol itical Science\, UBC

      Moderator: Associate Prof essor Gerald Baier\, Department of Political Science\; Acting Director\, Th e Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions\, the School of Public Po licy and Global Affairs

      A Washin gton Post columnist for fifteen years and a former member of the edito rial board\, she has also worked as the Foreign and Deputy Editor of the Spectator magazine in London\, as the Political Editor of the Ev ening Standard\, and as a columnist at Slate as well as the < em>Daily and Sunday Telegraphs. From 1988-1991 she covered th e collapse of communism as the Warsaw correspondent of the Economist magazine and the Independent newspaper.

      Red Famine: S talin's War on Ukraine was published in October 2017. It received the Lionel Gelber Prize as well as the Duff Cooper prize in 2018.

      Her pre vious book\, Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe\, 1944-1956\,  described the imposition of Soviet totalitarianism in Central Europe after the Second World War. Iron Curtain won the 2012 Cundill Priz e for Historical Literature and the Duke of Westminster Medal\, and was a N ational Book Award finalist.

      She is also the author of Gulag: A H istory\, which narrates the history of the Soviet concentration camps system and describes daily life in the camps\, making extensive use of rece ntly opened Russian archives as well as memoirs and interviews. Gulag won the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction in 2004 and was also a National Book Award finalist.

      Iron Curtain\, Gulag: A History and Red Famine have all appeared in more than two dozen translations\, in cluding all major European languages.

      Anne Applebaum is also the co-a uthor of a cookbook\, From a Polish Country House Kitchen\, and a recently re-published travelogue\, Between East and West: Across the Bo rderlands of Europe\, which describes a journey across Lithuania\, Bel arus and Ukraine made in 1991\, just before the break-up of the Soviet Unio n.

      Over the years\, her writing has also appeared in The New York Review of Books\, The New Yorker\, The Wall Street Journal\, the New York Times\, the Financial Times\, the International Herald Tribune\, Foreign Af fairs\, The New Criterion\, The Weekly Standard\, the New Republic\, The Na tional Review\, The New Statesman\, The Independent\, The Guardian\, Prospe ct\, Commentaire\, Die Welt\, Cicero\, Gazeta Wyborcza and The Tim es Literary Supplement\, as well as in several anthologies.

      She has lectured at Yale\, Harvard\, Stanford and Columbia Universities\, as we ll as Oxford\, Cambridge\, London\, Heidelberg\, Maastricht\, Zurich\, Humb oldt\, Texas A&M\, Houston and many others. In 2012-13 she held the Phillip e Roman Chair of History and International Relations at the London School o f Economics. She received honorary doctorates from the Georgetown School of Foreign Service and Kyiv-Mohyla University.

      Anne Applebaum was born in Washington\, DC in 1964. After graduating from Yale University\, she was a Marshall Scholar at the LSE and St. Antony’s College\, Oxford. Her husba nd\, Radoslaw Sikorski\, is a Polish politician and writer. They have two c hildren\, Alexander and Tadeusz.

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      CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-phil-lind-initiative-pr esents-anne-applebaum/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/01/Lind-2021-Anne-Applebaum-Graphics_Website-FT.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210310T0025Z-1615335926.8592-EO-36974-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210205T174917Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210205T174917Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210226T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210226T180000 SUMMARY: Dress/Fashion History of Korea as a Field of Study DESCRIPTION: This talk introduces the study of dress/fashion as a powerful tool for understanding the past and present society of Korea. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: URL;VALUE=URI:https://ckr.iar.ubc.ca/friday-february-26-2021/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/02/For-IAR-Fri-Feb-26-CKR.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210310T0025Z-1615335926.8631-EO-37060-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210218T180140Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210218T180140Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210226T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210226T183000 SUMMARY: The Becoming: A Photo Story of Young Working Class Masculinities i n Nepal DESCRIPTION: Groups of boys and young men come in droves into the burgeonin g Himalayan metropolis of Kathmandu from their rural homes to find out what dreams are made of. In this chaotic and challenging transition\, how do th ey navigate and define their emerging male identities? X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: URL;VALUE=URI:https://himalaya.arts.ubc.ca/events/event/daisy-yang-the-beco ming/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/02/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_126222973_483382064377_1_original.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210207T0629Z-1612679394.0338-EO-36914-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210205T181228Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210611T180415Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210304T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210304T183000 SUMMARY: The Phil Lind Initiative Presents: Timothy Snyder DESCRIPTION: Hear from Professor and award-winning author Timothy Snyder on The Anti-Democratic Turn\, as part of the 2021 Phil Lind Initiative hosted by UBC's School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global A ffairs hosted Timothy Snyder\, Professor of History at Yale University and an award-winning author\, for a virtual event as part of our 2021 Phil Lind Initiative series on The Anti-Democratic Turn.

      This event w as moderated by Hugh Gusterson\, Professor\, Department of Anthropology\, UBC.

      Learn m ore about the 2021 series\, The Anti-Democratic Turn\, here.

      Bio: Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of Hist ory at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sc iences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten European languages. His eigh t chief books are Nationalism\, Marxism\, and Modern Central Europe: A Biography of Kazimierz Kelles-Krauz (1998)\; The Reconstruction of Nations: Poland\, Ukraine\, Lithuania\, Belarus\, 1569-1999 (2003)\;< em> Sketches from a Secret War: A Polish Artist’s Mission to Liberate Sovie t Ukraine (2005)\; The Red Prince: The Secret Lives of a Habsburg Archduke (2008)\; Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin (2010)\, Thinking the Twentieth Century (with Tony Judt\, 2012)\ ; Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning (2015)\; O n Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (2017)\; and  The Road to Unfreedom: Russia\, Europe\, America (2018).  He has also co-edited three further books: The Wall Around the West: State Borders and Immigration Controls in Europe and North America (2001)\; Stal in and Europe: Terror\, War\, Domination (2013)\; and The Balkans as Europe (2018). His essays are collected in Ukrainian History\, Russ ian Politics\, European Futures (2014)\, and The Politics of Life and Death  (2015).

      His newest book Our Malady is a short\, urgent exam ination of healthcare as a human right which begins from Snyder`s recent an d nearly fatal illness.  From his hospital bed\, he rethinks the connection s between the health we lack and the freedom we need. In a time of authorit arianism and pandemic\, the timeliness of this book cannot be overstated. B oth a cri de coeur and a data-driven argument\, it shows the way towards an America that is both healthy and free.

      Snyder’s work has appeared in forty languages and has received a number of prizes\, including the Emerso n Prize in the Humanities\, the Literature Award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters\, the Václav Havel Foundation prize\, the Foundation for Polish Science prize in the social sciences\, the Leipzig Award for Europea n Understanding\, the Dutch Auschwitz Committee award\, and the Hannah Aren dt Prize in Political Thought.  Snyder was a Marshall Scholar at Oxford\, h as received the Carnegie and Guggenheim fellowships\, and holds state order s from Estonia\, Lithuania\, and Poland.  He has appeared in documentaries\ , on network television\, and in major films.  His books have inspired post er campaigns and exhibitions\, films\, sculpture\, a punk rock song\, a rap song\, a play\, and an opera.  His words are quoted in political demonstra tions around the world\, most recently in Hong Kong.  He is researching a f amily history of nationalism and finishing a philosophical book about freed om.

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      The Civil D isobedience Movement in Myanmar

      Join us at this student-led event for a discussion on civil disobedience on the gro und in Myanmar\, and the international community’s ability to respond\, fol lowing the military coup.

      Please register in advance. Th e Zoom details will be emailed to you prior to the event.

      Speakers:

      • Isabel Chew\, PhD candidate\, Political Science\, UBC
      • Elena Sarver\, Legal Advisor\, the Global Justice Ce nter

      Moderator: Joshua Diemert\, Student\, Mas ter of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC

      Speakers’ Bios:

      Isabel Chew is a PhD candidate in Politica l Science at UBC. Her research looks at how identity politics affect politi cal behaviour and attitudes in Myanmar. Prior to her PhD\, Isabel worked as a policy consultant for governments in Southeast Asia and East Africa. She also holds a MA in Southeast Asian studies from the University of Hawaii.< /p>

      Elena Sarver is a Legal Advisor at the Global Justic e Center\, where she supports the legal program through research\, writing\ , and advocacy. She holds a J.D. from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Wh ile in law school\, Elena participated in two year-long clinics\, the Innoc ence Project as well as the Human Rights and Atrocity Prevention Clinic\, w here she researched sexual and gender-based violence crimes for regional hu man rights litigation. She has experience in international human rights law and policy analysis both in Myanmar and the rest of Southeast Asia.

      Moderator’s Bio: Joshua Diemert is a second-year student in the MPPGA prog ram at UBC. His particular policy interests align with economics-as-securit y\, and the growing security and democratic challenges posed by Big Tech. T hose challenges to democracy exist globally\, but are underlined in develop ing economies and democracies\, where controlling access to information and bandwidth itself becomes a tool for oppressing the voices of young people.

      Hosted by: Joshua Diemert\, Nicholas Jensen\, Micha el Law\, Yahe Li\, Students\, Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC ’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs

      CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/after-coup-the-civil-disobe dience-movement-in-myanmar/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/03/The-Civil-Disobedience-Movement-in-Myanmar_Website.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210310T0025Z-1615335926.8718-EO-37396-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210308T200423Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210308T200423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210311T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210311T121500 SUMMARY: Virtual Book Launch – Pleasure in Profit: Popular Prose in Sevente enth-Century Japan DESCRIPTION: The Centre for Japanese Research (CJR)'s online book launch se ries presents author Laura Moretti\, who will be discussing Pleasure in Pro fit: Popular Prose in Seventeenth-Century Japan\, in conversation with Josh ua S. Mostow and Satoko Shimazaki. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: URL;VALUE=URI:https://cjr.iar.ubc.ca/pleasure-in-profit/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/03/pleasure-in-profit.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210225T1908Z-1614280115.7101-EO-37185-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210224T193036Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210227T005807Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210311T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210311T140000 SUMMARY: UBC Reads Sustainability with Amitav Ghosh DESCRIPTION: Join acclaimed Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh for an examination of our inability—at the level of literature\, history\, and politics—to gr asp the scale and violence of climate change. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      Featuring The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable with Amitav Ghosh

      Are we deranged? The acclai med Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh argues that future generations may well th ink so. The extreme nature of today’s climate events\, Ghosh asserts\, make them peculiarly resistant to contemporary modes of thinking and imagining. This is particularly true of the writing of history\, where the climate cr isis has sometimes led to gross simplifications.

      Join Ghosh for an ex amination of our inability—at the level of literature\, history\, and polit ics—to grasp the scale and violence of climate change.

      Amitav Ghosh was born in Calcutta and grew up in India\ , Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. He studied in Delhi\, Oxford and Alexandria and is the author of The Circle of Reason\, The Shadow Lines \, In An Antique Land\, Dancing in Cambodia\, The Cal cutta Chromosome\, The Glass Palace\, The Hungry Tide\, and The Ibis Trilogy\, consisting of Sea of Poppies\,  River of Smoke and Flood of Fire. The Great Derangem ent\; Climate Change and the Unthinkable\, a work of non-fiction\, app eared in 2016. His most recent novel is Gun Island\, was released in September 2019.

      He holds two Lifetime Achievement awards and four honorary doctorates. In 2007 he was awarded the Padma Shri\, one of India's highest honours\, by the President of India. In 2010 he was a joint winner \, along with Margaret Atwood\, of a Dan David prize\, and 2011 he was awar ded the Grand Prix of the Blue Metropolis festival in Montreal. In 2018 the Jnanpith Award\, India’s highest literary honour\, was conferred on Amitav Ghosh. He was the first English-language writer to receive the award. In 2 019 Foreign Policy magazine named him one of the most important global thin kers of the preceding decade.

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      Hosted by: The Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions\, the School of P ublic Policy and Global Affairs and the Department of Political Science\, U niversity of British Columbia

      CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/post-election-analysis/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/09/Canadian-Federal-Election-Sept-21_WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20211225T1936Z-1640460991.2744-EO-39273-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210914T235517Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210914T235517Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210922T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210922T130000 SUMMARY: “Performance\, Memory\, Repair: Reflections on the Politics of Pan demics” by Diana Taylor DESCRIPTION: What can we do when it seems that nothing can be done\, and do ing nothing is not an option? How do communities hardest hit by Covid-19 tr ansform the traumatic memories of loss into practices of repair? This talk will explore some of the theoretical and practical implications of these qu estions. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://transformativememory.ubc.ca/events/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/09/DianaTaylorPoster_MParamo-720x960-e1631663692947.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20211225T1936Z-1640460991.2877-EO-39277-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210915T000405Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210915T000521Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210923T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210923T120000 SUMMARY: Toward Radical Humanism in Anthropology – Ethnographic Praxis\, Re lationality\, Multi-modality DESCRIPTION: The webinar is part of a series that responds to Ryan Jobson’s 2019 year-in-review essay for American Anthropologist\, “The Case for Lett ing Anthropology Burn.” X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://transformativememory.ubc.ca/events/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/09/event-RETHINKING-MULTIMODAL-1583x2048-e1631664227311.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210920T0801Z-1632124865.0449-EO-39291-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210917T162748Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211004T181731Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210929T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210929T133000 SUMMARY: Book Launch – The Resistance Dilemma: Place-Based Movements and th e Climate Crisis DESCRIPTION: Join this book launch to learn from Professor George Hoberg on his latest book\, The Resistance Dilemma: Place-Based Movements and the Cl imate Crisis\, in discussion with Tzeporah Berman\, Stand.Earth. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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      Organized resistance to new fossil fuel infrastructure\, particular ly conflicts over pipelines\, has become a formidable political force in No rth America. In this book\, George Hoberg examines whether such place-based environmental movements are effective ways of promoting climate action\, i f they might inadvertently feed resistance to the development of renewable energy infrastructure\, and what other\, more innovative processes of decis ion-making would encourage the acceptance of clean energy systems. Focusing on a series of conflicts over new oil sands pipelines\, Hoberg investigate s activists' strategy of blocking fossil fuel infrastructure\, often in all iance with Indigenous groups\, and examines the political and environmental outcomes of these actions.

      Purchase the book\, The Resistance Di lemma: Place-Based Movements and the Climate Crisis\, online or throug h you favourite local bookseller.

      Please register in advance. The Zoom link will be emailed to you in advance.

      We lcome Remarks: Sarah Froese\, Alumni\, Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC

      Speaker / Author: George Hober g\, Professor\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\; Graduate Direc tor\, Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC

      Discus sant: Tzeporah Berman\, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Studies \, York University\; International Program Director\, Stand.Earth

      George Hoberg is a Professor at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and Graduate Program Director of the Master of Public Policy and Global Af fairs program at the University of British Columbia. He specializes in envi ronmental and natural resource policy and governance. His research interest s include environmental policy\, energy policy\, forest policy\, and more g enerally the design of policies and institutions to promote sustainability. His current research focuses on the clean energy transformation. Dr. Hober g taught public policy and American politics in the Department of Political Science for 13 years\, and forest and energy policy in the Faculty of Fore stry from 2001 to 2016. He has published on the role of science in policy-m aking and international constraints on domestic policy autonomy. He has als o written books on BC and Canadian forest policy\, environmental policy in the US\, toxic substances regulation\, and edited two books on comparative Canada-US policies and the US influence on Canada. From 2001-2006\, he was head of the Department of Forest Resources Management at UBC. He is an asso ciate of the Department of Political Science and Institute for Resources\, Environment\, and Sustainability\, and a member of the Clean Energy Researc h Centre.

      Tzeporah Berman BA\, MES\, LLD (honoris ca usa) has been designing environmental advocacy campaigns and environmental policy for 30 years. She is an Adjunct Professor of Environmental Studies a t York University\, the International Program Director at Stand.Earth\, the Chair of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative\, the co-foun der of the Global Oil and Gas Network and the former co-director of Greenpe ace International’s Climate and Energy Program. She has held appointed posi tions advising the British Columbia government on climate policy and was ap pointed by the Alberta Government to Co-Chair the Oil Sands Advisory Workin g Group tasked with making recommendations to implement climate change and cumulative impact policies in the oilsands. Tzeporah has been listed as one of the 35 Most Influential Women in British Columbia by BC Business Magazi ne and awarded the YWCA Women of Distinction Award in British Columbia. In 2019 Tzeporah received the Climate Breakthrough Project Award and in 2013 s he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of British Columbi a. Twitter: @Tzeporah Berman

      Hosted by: The School o f Public Policy and Global Affairs\, University of British Columbia

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      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGAUVVNv_9 w&ab_channel=UBCSchoolofPublicPolicyandGlobalAffairs

      Join this discus sion on nuclear energy and small modular reactors (SMRs)\, with a focus on their status in Canada\, and the climate vulnerability of nuclear plants. T he presentations will draw upon the 2021 World Nuclear Industry Status Report.

      Please RSVP. Th e Zoom link will be emailed to all registrants in advance of the event.

      Welcome Remarks: Prajna Singh\, Student\, Master of Pub lic Policy and Global Affairs

      Moderator: Allison Mac farlane\, Director\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC

      Speakers:

      • Mycle Schneider\, Convening Lead Aut hor of the World Nuclear Industry Status Reports
      • Ali Ahmad\, Resear ch Fellow\, Project on Managing the Atom and International Security Program \, Harvard Kennedy School
      • M. V. Ramana\, Professor and Simons Chair in Disarmament\, Global and Human Security\, School of Public Policy and G lobal Affairs\, UBC

      Bios:

      Mycle Schneider works as independent international analyst and consultan t on energy and nuclear policy\, based in Paris. He is the initiator and Co nvening Lead Author of the World Nuclear Industry Status Reports. He is a F ounding Board Member and Spokesperson of the International Energy Advisory Council. In 2007\, he was appointed as a member of the International Panel on Fissile Materials (IPFM)\, based at Prin ceton University\, USA. He is a Founding Member of the International Nuclea r Risk Assessment Group (INRAG) and is a member of the International Nuclear Security Forum (INSF)\, hosted at the Stimson Center\, Washington\, D.C. In 1997\, he was honored with the Right Livelihood Award (“Alternative Nobel Prize”).

      Ali Ahmad is a Research Fellow studying energy policy at Harvard Kennedy School’ s Project on Managing the Atom and International Security Program. His rese arch interests include energy security and resilience and the political eco nomy of nuclear energy in newcomer markets\, with focus on the Middle East. Prior to joining MTA\, Ali served as Director of the Energy Policy and Sec urity Program at the American University of Beirut. From 2013 to 2016\, Ali was a postdoctoral fellow at Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security where he worked on informing nuclear diplomacy with Iran. Outside academia\, Ali is a senior consultant at the World Bank advising th e Energy and Extractive Industries Global Practice. Ali holds a first degre e in Physics from the Lebanese University and a PhD in Engineering from Cam bridge University.

      M.V. Ramana is Professor and Simons Chair in Disarmam ent\, Global and Human Security at UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. He is also Director of the Liu Institute for Global Issues. He is the author of T he Power of Promise: Examining Nuclear Energy in India and co-editor of  Prisoners of the Nuclear Dream. Ramana is a member of the  International Panel on Fissile Mat erials\, the Canadian Pugwash Group< /a>\, the International Nuclear Risk Asses sment Group\, and the team that produces the annual World Nuclear Industry Status Report.

      Dr. Alli son M. Macfarlane is Professor and Director of the School of P ublic Policy and Global Affairs within the Faculty of Arts at UBC. Her rese arch has focused on technical\, social\, and policy aspects of nuclear ener gy production and nuclear waste management and disposal as well as regulati on\, nuclear nonproliferation\, and energy policy. Dr. Macfarlane has held both academic and government positions in the field of energy and environme ntal policy\, especially nuclear policy. Most recently\, she directed the I nstitute for International Science and Technology Policy at the George Wash ington University. The first geologist (and the third woman) to chair the U .S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission from 2012-2014\, Dr. Macfarlane holds a d octorate in earth science from MIT and a bachelor’s of science from the Uni versity of Rochester.

      Event Pos ter

      Hosted by: The School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA) and the Institute for Resources\, Environment and Su stainability (IRES)\, University of British Columbia

      CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/nuclear-power-and-climate-c hange-can-small-modular-reactors-deliver/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/09/Nuclear-Power-and-Climate-Change_WEB-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210915T0405Z-1631678737.6097-EO-39255-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210914T215618Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211015T182228Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211007T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211007T103000 SUMMARY: Virtual UBC MPPGA Info Session: Why Choose the MPPGA Program DESCRIPTION: Join this 2021 virtual info session about the professional Mas ter of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) program at the School of Pu blic Policy and Global Affairs\, University of British Columbia in Vancouve r\, Canada. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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      Join this virtual info session about the professional Master of Pub lic Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) program at the School of Public Polic y and Global Affairs (SPPGA)\, University of British Columbia in Vancouver\ , Canada.

      Learn about our unique graduate program and how it will equ ip you with a profound understanding of policy-making and policy analysis t hrough career development and experiential learning. You will have the oppo rtunity to directly engage with a client organization on a pressing policy challenge in our signature Global Policy Project.

      UBC is consistently ranked as one of the top universities in the world for taking urgent actio n to combat climate change\, while SPPGA faculty are renowned for their res earch and expertise in sustainability and the Asia Pacific. Tailor your lea rning to your interests and gain critical skills and a global perspective t o help you to address complex public policy challenges and drive meaningful change

      Join our Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs and study with change makers from around the world. Applications open on October 4th\, 2021.

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      The session will be held on Zoom on Thursday \, October 7th\, 2021\, 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM PDT. The webinar link and passco de will be sent to all registered attendees ahead of time.

      Pr esenters:

      Agenda Topics:

      • Introduc tion to the professional MPPGA Program at UBC
      • Key program benefits< /li>
      • How to apply
      • Possible career paths in government\, not-for- profit\, and private industry
      • Q&A

      Discover important ne ws and announcements related to the MPPGA program by subscribing to our MPP GA Prospective Student E-newsletter:

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      CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/virtual-ubc-mppga-info-sess ion-why-choose-the-mppga-program/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/09/Oct-7-2021-Info-Session-Social-Media-Graphics_WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20211002T0354Z-1633146893.3497-EO-39470-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20211001T175332Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211001T175803Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211008T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211008T133000 SUMMARY: After Meng Wanzhou: Roundtable on Canada/US-China Relations DESCRIPTION: Join an online roundtable\, “After Meng Wanzhou: Roundtable on Canada/US-China Relations\,” which will investigate questions regarding th e Meng Wanzhou case and its implications on Canada-US-China relations. What have we learned\, what has changed\, what can we expect (or fear) in the f uture? X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      Join an online roundtable\, “After Meng Wanzhou: Roundtable on Canada/US -China Relations\,” which will feature discussions from China studies and p ublic policy specialists. We will investigate questions regarding the Meng Wanzhou case and its implications on Canada-US-China relations. What have w e learned\, what has changed\, what can we expect (or fear) in the future?< /p>

      Moderator: Dr. Kai Ostwald

      Panelists:  

      • Pitman Potter\, University of British Columbia
        • Kristen Hopewell\, University of British Columbia
      • Susan Gregson\, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
      • Yuen Pau Woo\, Senate of Canada< /li>

      Moderator Bio:

      Dr. Kai Ostwald is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Policy and Globa l Affairs and the Department of Political Science at the University of Brit ish Columbia. He is also Director of the Institute of Asian Research and th e Centre for Southeast Asian Research (CSEAR). His work is broadly on devel opment\, public policy\, and ethnic politics. His focus is strongly on Sout heast Asia\, especially Malaysia\, Singapore\, Indonesia\, and Myanmar.

      Panelist Bios:

      Dr. Pitman Potter is Professor Emeritus of Law and Director of Chinese Legal Studies at the Peter A. Allard School of Law\, Director of UBC’s Institute of Asian Resear ch. He is an internationally acclaimed scholar of Law in the People’s Repub lic of China and Taiwan. Professor Potter also served as a Chinese business law consultant for Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (formerly Ladner Downs) from 1995 to 2017. He also practiced as a Chartered Arbitrator handling trade an d investment disputes involving China. Professor Potter served on the Board s of Directors of several public institutions\, including the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada where he is currently a Distinguished Fellow and the C anada-China Business Council where he is currently Senior Advisor.

      Dr. Kristen Hopewell is Canada Research Chair in Global Poli cy in the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of B ritish Columbia. Her research specializes in international trade\, global g overnance\, industrial policy and development\, with a focus on emerging po wers. Prior to entering academia\, she worked as a trade official for the C anadian government and as an investment banker for Morgan Stanley.

      Susan Gregson is a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. She served in the Canadian public service with distin ction for 35 years\, occupying several senior executive positions. Between 2013 and 2016\, she was Assistant Deputy Minister for Asia Pacific at Globa l Affairs Canada. Her most noteworthy assignments were as Deputy High Commi ssioner in London\, Consul General of Canada in Shanghai and Minister-Couns ellor at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing. She holds a B.A. in anthropology from the University of British Columbia and was Canada-China Scholar at Nan kai University and at Fudan University.

      Senator Yuen Pau Woo< /strong> is appointed to the Senate of Canada. Senator Woo has worked on pu blic policy issues related to Canada’s relations with Asian countries for m ore than 30 years. From 2005-2014\, he was President and CEO of the Asia Pa cific Foundation of Canada\, where he continues to serve as Distinguished E ast Asia Fellow. He is also Senior Fellow at Simon Fraser University’s Grad uate School of Business\, and at the School of Public Policy and Global Aff airs at the University of British Columbia. He is a member of the Trilatera l Commission and on the board of the Vancouver Academy of Music.

      Co-hosted by: The Centre for Chinese Research\, Institute of A sian Research\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC

      CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/after-meng-wanzhou-roundtab le-on-canada-us-china-relations/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/10/Meng-Wanzhou-Rountable-2_WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20211225T1936Z-1640460991.3024-EO-39227-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210913T170941Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210913T171048Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211009T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211009T163000 SUMMARY: Speaking From the Heart: Translating Xinjiang’s Diverse Voices DESCRIPTION: Join us for a conversation about the importance of empathy & c onnection in translation. Our panel of translators\, scholars & activists w ill share their thoughts on the current crisis in Xinjiang. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue GEO:49.284543;-123.112695 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/speaking-from-the-heart-translati ng-xinjiangs-diverse-voices-tickets-169526346867 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/09/https-_cdn.evbuc_.com_images_147140481_244031104327_1_original.20210908-212755.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20211006T1711Z-1633540313.323-EO-39476-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20211004T183926Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211006T195551Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211013T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211013T135000 SUMMARY: Digesting the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit: What next for ending hu nger? DESCRIPTION: Join this virtual panel event to discuss the outcomes of the 2 021 United Nations Food Systems Summit. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      Join th is virtual panel event to explore the outcomes of the 2021 United Nations F ood Systems Summit. Panelists will discuss what they see as the major achie vements or initiatives launched at the Summit that hold the greatest potent ial to transform food systems.

      All are welcome. Please register in advance. The Zoom link will be emailed to you.

      Welcome Remarks: Annabel Steidl\, Student\, Master of Public Policy and Glob al Affairs

      Panelists:

      • Christine Campeau\, Senior Advisor - Food Systems\, CARE
      • Eugenio Díaz-Bonilla\, Head\, Program for Latin America and the Caribbean\, International Food Policy Re search Institute (IFPRI)
      • Natasha Kim\, Assistant Deputy Minister\, Strategic Policy Branch\, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

      Moderator: Professor Matias E. Margulis\, School of Public Pol icy and Global Affairs and the Faculty of Land and Food Systems\, UBC

      Bios:

      Christin e Campeau has over 12 years of experience working at the intersect ion of food security and nutrition. She has acquired an in-depth understand ing of the complexities and trends involved in addressing the immediate and underlying causes of malnutrition. In her current role as Senior Advisor – Food Systems and Deputy Chair UNFSS AT4\, Christine worked alongside Actio n Track Chairs on the 18-month process of collecting over 2\,000 ideas to t ransform food systems for people\, the planet and prosperity. These proposa ls have been refined\, integrated\, and championed\, leading to a series of coalitions that promise impact at scale\, are actionable\, are scientifica lly grounded and will generate co-benefits across the different Action Trac k goals.

      Her work for intergovernmental agencies\, such as the UN Nut rition (formerly UNSCN)\; for facilitation platforms such as the SUN Moveme nt Secretariat\; and with civil society organizations\, including CARE and Caritas\, has given her an appreciation of the diversity of stakeholders an d sectors involved in food security and nutrition. It has also allowed her to cultivate relationships with all relevant stakeholders involved in tackl ing the nutrition challenge.

      Christine holds a Master of Internationa l Relations from Webster University\, Geneva Switzerland\, with combined fo cuses on international diplomacy and climate-induced migration. Born on a f arm in Southern Ontario\, she has spent countless hours volunteering on org anic farms across Canada and working with farmers in developing countries. Her personal goal is to work with committed people from farmers’ organizati ons\, social movements\, research institutions\, governments\, and the priv ate sector to build resilient food systems that ensure global food and nutr ition security.

      Dr. Eugenio Diaz- Bonilla joined IFPRI as a visiting Senior Research Fellow in 2012 and in 2017 he was named Head of the LAC Program. He received a PhD. in Eco nomics from Johns Hopkins University\, as well as an M.A. in Economics and an M.A. in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University.

      Dr. Diaz-Bonilla has more than 40 years of professional experience working on development and poverty issues\, including grass-roots work\, academic acti vities\, consulting work\, and positions of institutional leadership in int ernational organizations and governments. He has resided and worked for ext ended periods in different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean and has acted as consultant and staff member with several international organi zations: United Nations Development Program (UNDP)\, Food and Agriculture O rganization (FAO)\, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA)\, Organization of American States (OAS)\, and World Bank. He has ex tensive experience as advisor and consultant to governments in different de veloping countries on macroeconomic and trade policies\, poverty alleviatio n\, and food security programs and extensive involvement in project prepara tion\, financing\, and implementation in developing countries\, mainly on a gricultural and rural development operations. He has led diplomatic and neg otiating activities as a senior diplomat for Argentina\, focusing on agricu ltural trade issues in bilateral\, regional\, and multilateral negotiations . Dr. Diaz-Bonilla served as a member of the Board of Executive Directors o f the IADB for almost nine years\, as well as occupying leadership position s as Chairman and Vice Chairman of several Board Committees responsible for the governance of the Bank. In 2017 he was elected Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Agronomy and Veterinary of Argentina.

      Natasha Kim is currently the Ass istant Deputy Minister\, Strategic Policy Branch at  Agriculture and Agri-F ood Canada. Prior to this she was Associate Assistant Deputy Minister\, Str ategic and Program Policy at Immigration at Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). Natasha also held the position of DG of Immigration branch at IRCC as well as various positions at the PCO\, Public Safety Canada\, Justice C anada and the Supreme Court of Canada. Natasha holds a Master of Laws from Harvard University\, a Bachelor of Laws from Dalhousie University and major ed in Women's Studies at the University of Alberta.

      Moderator Bio:

      Matias Margulis is Assistant Professor in the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and Faculty of Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia. His research and teaching interests are in global gove rnance\, development\, human rights\, international law and food policy. In addition to his academic research\, Matias has extensive professional expe rience in the field of international policymaking and is a former Canadian representative to the World Trade Organization\, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and UN Food and Agriculture Organization. He ha s also advised the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food and the Scott ish Parliament and consulted for international NGOs and the Brookings Insti tution.

      Co-hosted by: School of Public Policy and Gl obal Affairs and the UBC Centre for Sustainable Food Systems\, the Faculty of Land and Food Systems\, UBC

      CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/digesting-the-2021-un-food- systems-summit-what-next-for-ending-hunger/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/09/UN-Food-System_WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20211225T1936Z-1640460991.312-EO-39956-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20211021T182716Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211021T182716Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211027T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211027T130000 SUMMARY: “Refugee Archives across the Transpacific: Activating Anecdotes an d Family Photography – A Conversation” DESCRIPTION: This virtual conversation will aim to shed light on the resour ces that refugees draw on to activate their own\, personal archives\, to en rich\, nuance\, and even counter the seemingly objective reports associated with the so-called humanitarian regime. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://grsj.arts.ubc.ca/events/event/refugee-archives-across -the-transpacific-activating-anecdotes-and-family-photography-a-conversatio n/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/10/RefugeeArchives.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20211012T2048Z-1634071721.9617-EO-39582-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20211012T204108Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211028T225654Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211027T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211027T140000 SUMMARY: The Honourable Robert Rae in Conversation with the SPPGA: Reshapin g the Multilateral Order DESCRIPTION: Join the Honourable Robert Rae\, Ambassador and Permanent Repr esentative-Designate of Canada to the United Nations in New York in discuss ion with SPPGA Professor Paul Evans on Canada’s role in renewing multilater alism and the future of multilateral institutions in a post-COVID world. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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      Join the Honourable Robert Rae\, Ambassador and Permanent R epresentative of Canada to the United Nations in New York in discussion wit h SPPGA Professor Paul Evans on Canada’s role in renewing multilateralism a nd the future of multilateral institutions in a post-COVID world.

      Welcome Remarks: Dr. Allison M. Macfarlane\, Professor and Di rector\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC

      Key note Speaker: The Honourable Robert Rae\, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations in New York

      D iscussant: Professor Paul Evans\, School of Public Policy and Glob al Affairs\, UBC

      Bios:

      The Honourable Robert Rae is Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nat ions in New York. Mr. Rae served as Premier of Ontario from 1990-1995\, and interim Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada from 2011-2013. He was elect ed to federal and provincial parliaments 11 times between 1978 and 2013.

      Mr. Rae received his Honours B.A. in Modern History from the University of Toronto\, an M.Phil in Politics as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford Universit y\, and graduated from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law in 1977. He was named a Queen’s Counsel in 1984. As a lawyer in private practice\, Mr. Rae led the restructuring of the Canadian Red Cross\, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra\, and chaired the board of the Royal Conservatory of Music. He a lso wrote “Lessons to be Learned” on the Air India bombing\, and “Ontario a Leader in Learning” - a study of the Ontario higher education system. He w as also named to the Security and Intelligence Review Committee by then Pri me Minister Chrétien.

      Mr. Rae’s return to Parliament for the constitu ency of Toronto Centre in 2008 led to his appointment as Foreign Affairs sp okesman for his party\, and to his election as interim Leader in 2011. Betw een 2013 and 2020 he taught law and public policy at the University of Toro nto\, and was a partner and senior counsel to the law firm OKT LLP\, specia lizing in indigenous law and constitutional issues.

      Mr. Rae is a Fell ow of the Forum of Federations (an organization he co-founded in the 1990’s )\, Massey College\, and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights. He s erved as the Chief Negotiator for the 9 First Nations that are members of t he Matawa Tribal Council in Northern Ontario between 2013 and 2018.

      I n October 2017\, Mr. Rae was appointed as Canada’s Special Envoy to Myanmar . In this role\, he engaged in diplomatic efforts to address the crisis in the country’s Rakhine State and wrote the report “Tell Them We’re Human” in 2018. In March 2020\, he was named by Prime Minister Trudeau to be Canada’ s Special Envoy on Humanitarian and Refugee Issues. This led to his report “A Global Pandemic Requires a Global Response”\, which was made public shor tly before his appointment as Ambassador to the UN. Bob Rae is a Privy Coun cillor\, a Companion of the Order of Canada\, a member of the Order of Onta rio\, and has numerous awards and honorary degrees from institutions in Can ada and around the world. In addition to several government reports\, he is the author of five books. Along with music\, reading\, and writing\, he lo ves tennis\, golf\, and fishing. He is married to Arlene Perly Rae\, writer and public advocate on issues affecting women and children. They have thre e daughters and five grandchildren.

      Dr. Paul Evans (PhD with distinction Dalhousie University 1982) has been a Professor at the University of Briti sh Columbia since 1999\, teaching Asian and trans-Pacific international rel ations. His work was based at the Institute of Asian Research and the Liu I nstitute for Global Issues which are both located in the School of Public P olicy and Global Affairs (SPPGA). On January 1\, 2021\, Dr. Evans was appoi nted the HSBC Chair in Asian Research.

      An advocate of cooperative and human security\, he has been studying and promoting policy-related activit y on track-two security processes and the construction of multilateral inst itutions since 1988.  He was a co-founder of the Council for Security Coope ration in Asia Pacific\, the Canadian Consortium on Human Security\, and th e Canada-Korea Forum. He is currently a Canadian representative on the ASEA N Regional Forum’s Experts and Eminent Persons Group.

      The author or e ditor of seven books\, his first was a biography of John Fairbank\, his mo st popular the two editions of a lexicon of Asia Pacific security terminology (with David Capie)\, and his most recent “Engaging China: Myth\, Aspiration and St rategy in Canadian Policy from Trudeau to Harper\,” published in 2014.< /p>

      His recent writings and media commentaries have focused on Canada-Chi na relations\, Asian security dynamics\, and the emergence of techno-nation alism as a defining force in regional affairs.

      Dr. Allison M. Macfarlane< /strong> is Professor and Director of the School of Public Policy and Globa l Affairs within the Faculty of Arts at UBC. Dr. Macfarlane has held both a cademic and government positions in the field of energy and environmental p olicy\, especially nuclear policy. Most recently\, she directed the Institu te for International Science and Technology Policy at the George Washington University. She recently held a fellowship at the Wilson International Cen ter for Scholars in Washington\, DC and was Fulbright Distinguished Chair i n Applied Public Policy at Flinders University and Carnegie Mellon Adelaide in Australia.

      The first geologist (and the third woman) to chair the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission from 2012-2014\, Dr. Macfarlane holds a doctorate in earth science from MIT and a bachelor’s of science from the U niversity of Rochester. She has held fellowships at Radcliffe College\, MIT \, Stanford\, and Harvard Universities\, and she has been on the faculty at Georgia Tech in Earth Science and International Affairs\, at George Mason University in Environmental Science and Policy\, and in the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University.

      From 2010 t o 2012\, Dr. Macfarlane served on the White House Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future\, created by the Obama Administration to recommen d a new national policy on high-level nuclear waste. She has also served on National Academy of Sciences panels on nuclear energy and nuclear weapons issues\, and she chaired the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists\, the group that sets the Bulletin’s fa mous “doomsday clock.” In 2006\, MIT Press published a book she co-edited\,  Uncertainty Underground: Yucca Mountain and the Nation’s High-Level Nu clear Waste. Dr. Macfarlane has published extensively in Science\, Nature\, Environmental Science and Technology\, the  Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists\, and other journals.

      Hosted by: The School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, U niversity of British Columbia

      CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-honourable-robert-rae-i n-conversation-with-the-sppga-reshaping-the-multilateral-order/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/10/Honourable-Robert-Rae_WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20211225T1936Z-1640460991.3202-EO-39851-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20211018T230638Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220429T181710Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211101T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211101T183000 SUMMARY: Navigating the Age of Disruption: Where is Japan Going After the E lection? DESCRIPTION: The Center for Japanese Research at the School of Public Polic y and Global Affairs and the Centre for the Study of Global Japan at the Mu nk School (University of Toronto) will hold a joint event on the Japanese C abinet and Lower House elections and their global impact. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: URL;VALUE=URI:https://cjr.iar.ubc.ca/navigating-the-age-of-disruption-where -is-japan-going-after-the-election/?login ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/10/Navigating-the-age-of-disruption-poster-small.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20211225T1936Z-1640460991.3242-EO-39431-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20210928T213807Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210928T213807Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211103T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211103T163000 SUMMARY: Civil Discourse in an Uncivil Age/Uncivil and Unwell in America DESCRIPTION: PBS host and American author/journalist/historian Alexander He ffner discusses the effects of divisiveness on discourse\, media\, and gove rnance as well as the influence of social platforms and filter bubbles\, mi s- and disinformation\, and bigotry that polarize and undermine civil socie ty. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://english.ubc.ca/events/event/dorothy-black-lecture-202 1-alexander-heffner/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/09/Dorothy-Black-poster_small.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20211225T1936Z-1640460991.3286-EO-39528-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20211008T182152Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211008T182152Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211104T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211104T183000 SUMMARY: Moving Forward: The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Ind igenous Women and Girls DESCRIPTION: Join The Honourable Marion Buller\, Chief Commissioner for thi s important online presentation on the National Inquiry into Missing and Mu rdered Indigenous Women and Girls\, hosted by the UBC School of Social Work \, presented in partnership with the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://socialwork.ubc.ca/events/event/moving-forward-the-nat ional-inquiry-into-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-and-girls/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/10/2021-Marion-Buller.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20211028T0355Z-1635393310.8284-EO-40037-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20211027T172650Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211119T233537Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211109T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211109T140000 SUMMARY: Policy in Practice: Q&A with The Honourable David Eby DESCRIPTION: Join us for a virtual\, student-hosted discussion on policy wi th the Honourable David Eby\, B.C. Attorney General and MLA for Vancouver-P oint Grey. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdK 59AOx2Ag[/embed]

      Join us for a virtual\, student-hosted discussion on various policy topics with the Honourable David Eby\, B.C. Attorney Genera l and MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey.

      Speaker: The Hon ourable David Eby\, Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Housing\, Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Vancouver-Point Grey

      Student Discussants: Moysal Sana and Joshua Codd\, Students\ , Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs

      Bio: Da vid Eby is the provincial government representative (MLA) for Vancouver-Poi nt Grey\, first elected in 2013.

      A proud local resident\, David was r e-elected in 2020 to serve a third term in the B.C. Legislature and in Nove mber 2020 was appointed to his current role as Attorney General and Ministe r of Housing by Premier John Horgan.

      Before he was elected\, David wa s the Executive Director of the BC Civil Liberties Association\, an adjunct professor of law at the University of British Columbia\, president of the HIV/AIDS Legal Network\, and served on the Vancouver Foundation’s Heath and Social Development Committee.

      An award-winning human rights lawyer\, he has been repeatedly recognized in local media as one of British Columbi a’s most effective advocates and has appeared at all levels of court in BC.

      His years of legal advocacy at Pivot Legal Society to protect the hu man rights and dignity of homeless and under-housed residents of Vancouver’ s Downtown Eastside were recognized in 2011 by the UN Association in Canada and the B.C. Human Rights Coalition with their annual award.

      David i s the author of several books and articles on legal rights. His handbook on arrest rights is now in its third printing\, with more than 10\,000 copies in circulation.

      When he’s not working\, David spends his free time s kiing\, riding bikes\, and going to UBC Thunderbird basketball games with h is family.

      Hosted by: The UBC School of Public Polic y and Global Affairs

      CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/policy-in-practice-qa-with- the-honourable-david-eby/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/10/David-Eby-event-_WEB-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20211225T1936Z-1640460991.3348-EO-40035-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20211027T170221Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220429T181632Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211110T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211110T110000 SUMMARY: Patriarchal Capitalism with Chinese characteristics: Gendered Disc ourse of ‘Double Eleven’ Shopping Festival DESCRIPTION: In her talk\, Dr. Meng will examine the Double Eleven shopping festival as a major discursive site where the hegemony of what she calls p atriarchal capitalism with Chinese characteristics is articulated. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: URL;VALUE=URI:https://ccr.ubc.ca/events/event/upcoming-event-patriarchal-ca pitalism-with-chinese-characteristics-gendered-discourse-of-double-eleven-s hopping-festival/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/10/Double11_CCR-pst.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20211225T1936Z-1640460991.3391-EO-39827-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20211018T170532Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220429T181626Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211116T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211116T140000 SUMMARY: [Book Discussion]: What Is the Path to “Common Prosperity” under X i Jinping? DESCRIPTION: Join the online book talk hosted by UBC’s Centre for Chinese R esearch. The event will feature discussions with Professor Wei Cui on his s oon to be published book— The Administrative Foundations of the Chinese Fis cal State. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: URL;VALUE=URI:https://ccr.ubc.ca/events/event/book-discussion-what-is-the-p ath-to-common-prosperity-under-xi-jinping/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/10/pathtoprosperity715x402.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20211225T1936Z-1640460991.3433-EO-40069-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20211101T165103Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220429T181621Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211117T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211117T120000 SUMMARY: [SYMPOSIUM EVENT]: Seeing Like an Empire: Chinese Political Though t and Practice in Changing Times DESCRIPTION: We will be looking at Chinese political thought through the le ns of New Sinology\, by taking thought and experience from the last 1\,000 years seriously in its own right and putting it in conversation with 20th c entury political thought and practice in China. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: URL;VALUE=URI:https://ccr.ubc.ca/events/event/symposium-event-seeing-like-a n-empire-chinese-political-thought-and-practice-in-changing-times/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/11/symposium_CCR-maingraphic.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20211225T1936Z-1640460991.3477-EO-40218-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20211110T220307Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211110T220307Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211117T161500 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211117T173000 SUMMARY: Activism in the Age of Cancel Culture DESCRIPTION: How do we create a space in activism (social media and otherwi se) that emphasizes learning and growth? X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://orice.ubc.ca/events/event/activism-in-the-age-of-canc el-culture/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/11/Activism-in-the-Age-of-Cancel-Culture-1024x576.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20211225T1936Z-1640460991.352-EO-39942-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20211020T183016Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211116T180558Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211117T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211117T193000 SUMMARY: “Living resurgence: dreaming in dangerous times.” – Dr. Dian Milli on DESCRIPTION: Dr. Dian Million (Tanana Athabascan) invites us to a conversat ion on what Indigeneity means to the abolitionist call for practices of “fr eedom” in places. This event is hosted as a part of The Social Justice Inst itute's 2021-22 Noted Scholar Series. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://grsj.arts.ubc.ca/events/event/living-resurgence-dream ing-in-dangerous-times-dr-dian-million/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/10/EK_DianMillionPoster-768x494.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20211014T1730Z-1634232620.3724-EO-39642-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20211013T203843Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211120T010554Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211118T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211118T103000 SUMMARY: Virtual UBC MPPGA Info Session: Scholarships and Funding\; Interna tional Students DESCRIPTION: Join this virtual MPPGA program info session to learn more abo ut the scholarships and funding available as well as details for internatio nal applicants seeking to join the professional Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) program X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      [embed]https://youtu.be/hE8xIKNS2Fo[/embed ]

      Join this virtual MPPGA program info session to learn more about th e scholarships and funding available as well as details for international a pplicants seeking to join the professional Master of Public Policy and Glob al Affairs (MPPGA) program. The program is delivered by the School of Publi c Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia in Vancou ver\, Canada.

      Presenters:

      • Krista Knechtle \, MPPGA Program Manager\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
        • < li>Andrea Reynolds\, Student Academic Services Manager\, School of Public P olicy and Global Affairs
      • Abdallah Khalifa\, International Student A dvisor (RCIC/RISIA)\, International Students Advising Office
      • Fran H annabuss\, Enrolment Services Advisor\,  Enrolment Services

      Applications are now open! Apply to the MPPGA program by January 20\, 2022.

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      [button s][button link_text="Subscribe to the MPPGA Prospective Student ENews" link _url="https://e1.envoke.com/ext/pages/3cfa99af5fd5a81ba7b60fafaa535846"][/b uttons]

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      CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/virtual-ubc-mppga-info-sess ion-scholarships-and-funding-international-students-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/10/Nov.-18-2021-Info-Session-Social-Media-Graphics_WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20211225T1936Z-1640460991.363-EO-40220-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20211112T181533Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220429T181701Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211119T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211119T143000 SUMMARY: Korean Diasporic Citizenship: Two Tales of Political Incorporation in Japan and the United States DESCRIPTION: How do national states and societies come to define specific p opulations as foreign? And how does this racialization process affect polit ical claims-making? Focusing on the Korean diasporic populations in Japan a nd the United States\, this talk will examine how immigration and citizensh ip policies have structured and constrained their relationships to both the host and sending states. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: URL;VALUE=URI:https://ckr.iar.ubc.ca/friday-november-19-2021/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/11/Fri-Nov-19-Dr.Chung-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20211225T1936Z-1640460991.3679-EO-40269-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20211116T212540Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211116T212540Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211122T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211122T083000 SUMMARY: Webinar Covid-19 & Human Rights: How Human Rights can contribute t o building forward fairer DESCRIPTION: This webinar will focus on what the building blocks will be fo r building forward fairer and strengthening democratic institutions as the pandemic continues. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://rwi.lu.se/events/webinar-covid-19-human-rights-post-c ovid-19-human-rights-agenda/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/11/COVIDWebinar_1400x600.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20211225T1936Z-1640460991.3727-EO-40065-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20211029T214856Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220429T181655Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211122T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211122T133000 SUMMARY: BOOK TALK – China’s Civilian Army: The Making of Wolf Warrior Dipl omacy” DESCRIPTION: Little is known or understood about the inner workings of the Chinese government as the country bursts onto the world stage\, as the worl d's second largest economy and an emerging military superpower. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/book-talk-chinas-civilian-army-th e-making-of-wolf-warrior-diplomacy-tickets-194175804057 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/10/Peter-Martin-Book-Launch_WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20211105T0955Z-1636106116.916-EO-40144-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20211104T233954Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220429T181649Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211124T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211124T135000 SUMMARY: Book Discussion – Redesign the World: A Global Call to Action DESCRIPTION: Join an engaging virtual conversation between author Sam Pitro da and UBC professors Sujatha Ramdorai and Ramana on Pitroda’s new book\, R edesign the World: A Global Call to Action. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az4RIzT7XJ Q&ab_channel=UBCSchoolofPublicPolicyandGlobalAffairs

      Join an engaging virtual conversation between author Sam Pitroda and UBC professors Sujatha Ramdorai and Ramana on Pitroda’s new book\, Redesign the World: A Glob al Call to Action\, followed by comments and Q&A. Thi s book is about reshaping the world to meet the future challenges of our pl anet and our people.

      Purchase the book here or at your local bookstore.

      Please register in advance. The Zoom link will be emailed to all registr ants. 

      Speakers:

      • Sam Pitroda\, a uthor of Redesign the World: A Global Call to Action
      • Sujat ha Ramdorai\, Professor\, Mathematics\; Executive Committee Member\, The Ce ntre for India and South Asia Research (CISAR)\, UBC
      • M. V. Ramana\, Professor\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC

      < strong>Moderator: Kshitij Sharan\, Student\, Master of Public Policy and Global Af fairs\, UBC

      Bios:

      Mr. Sam Pitroda is an internationally respected telecom inventor\, entrepreneur\, development thinker\, and polic y maker who has spent 50 years in information and communications technology (ICT) and related global and national developments.

      Credited with ha ving laid the foundation for India’s telecommunications and technology revo lution of the 1980s\, Mr. Pitroda has been a leading campaigner to help bri dge the global digital divide. During his tenure as Advisor to Prime Minist er Rajiv Gandhi\, Mr. Pitroda led six technology missions related to teleco mmunications\, water\, literacy\, immunization\, dairy production\, and oil seeds. He was also the founder and first Chairman of India’s Telecom Commi ssion. In these plural roles\, Mr. Pitroda helped revolutionize India's dev elopment philosophies and policies with a focus on access to technology as the key to social change.

      As a way to induce the second phase of Indi a’s technology revolution\, in 2005 Mr. Pitroda headed India’s National Kno wledge Commission (2005-2009)\, to provide a blueprint of reform for the kn owledge-related institutions and infrastructure for the 21st century in the country.

      Recently\, Mr. Pitroda served as Advisor to the Prime Minis ter of India on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovation\, with the rank of a Cabinet Minister. He served as the Chairman of the Smart Grid Ta sk Force\, as well as the committees to reform public broadcasting\, modern ize railways\, deliver e-governance\, and other developmental activities.

      Mr. Pitroda is a Founding Chairman of five non-profit organizations in cluding the India Food Bank\, the Global Knowledge Initiative and the Insti tute of Transdisciplinary Health. He is also a founding Commissioner of the United Nations Broadband Commission for Digital Development and Chairman o f the International Telecommunication Union’s m-Powering Development Board that looks to empower developing countries with the use of mobile technolog y.

      In addition\, Mr. Pitroda is a serial entrepreneur having started several companies in the United States. He holds around 20 honorary PhD’s\, close to 100 worldwide patents\, and has published five books and numerous papers and lectured widely all over the world. He lives in Chicago with hi s wife.

      Bio: M. V. Ramana is Professor and Simons Chair in Disarmament\, Global and Human Security at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA)\, University of British Columbia. He is also Dir ector of the Liu Institute for Global Issues and the Acting Director (2020- 2021) of the Centre for India and South Asia Research (CISAR) in the Instit ute of Asian Research.

      His research interests are in the broad areas of international security and energy supply\, with a particular focus on to pics related to nuclear energy and fissile materials that can be used to ma ke nuclear weapons. He combines technical skills and interdisciplinary meth ods to address policy relevant questions related to security and energy iss ues. He is the author of The Power of Promise: Examining Nuclear Energy in India.

      Bio: Sujatha Ramdorai is Professor and Canada Research Ch air in the Department of Mathematics and an Executive Committee Member\, Th e Centre for India and South Asia Research (CISAR) in the Institute of Asia n Research\, SPPGA at the University of British Columbia.

      Co- hosted by: The Centre for Indi a and South Asia Research (CISAR) at the Institute of Asian Research\, and the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs

      CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/book-discussion-redesign-th e-world-a-global-call-to-action/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/11/Redesign-the-World-event_WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20211225T1936Z-1640460991.3802-EO-40329-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20211122T230606Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211122T230606Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211203T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211203T143000 SUMMARY: Global Consequences of the U.S.’s Withdrawal from Afghanistan DESCRIPTION: As part of the Konwakai Chair in Japanese Research’s 2021-2023 Series on Japan’s Role in the Changing Global Order in a Comparative Persp ective\, the UBC Centre for Japanese research will bring together experts f rom Canada\, Afghanistan\, and Japan\, to critically discuss the U.S. withd rawal from Afghanistan\, and its short- and long-term implications for Japa n\, the region\, and the world. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/global-consequences-of-the-uss-wi thdrawal-from-afghanistan-tickets-214460094917 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/11/UBC-CENTRE-FOR-JAPANESE-RESEARCH-2160-x-1080-px-8.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20211119T2319Z-1637363945.9795-EO-40282-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20211117T222836Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211213T173734Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211208T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211208T103000 SUMMARY: Virtual UBC MPPGA Info Session: Co-op Program\, Professional Devel opment\, Career Paths DESCRIPTION: Join us for a virtual info session and alumni panel hosted by the professional Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) program at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, University of British Columbia in Vancouver\, Canada. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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      Join us for a virtual info session and alumni panel hosted by the p rofessional Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) program at t he School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, University of British Colum bia in Vancouver\, Canada.

      Learn about how you can apply your UBC MPP GA degree to possible career paths in government\, not-for-profit\, and the private sector around the world. Hear directly from Kerry Ross\, Co-op & C areer Services Manager\, about the opportunities to enhance your profession al skills and networks with the MPPGA Professional Policy Practice Course ( PPGA 510) and other opportunities available throughout the program.

      C ome prepared with your questions for our distinguished alumni panel and lea rn about their career pathways since graduation\, the types of policy work they are doing now and how the MPPGA program prepared them.

      The UBC S chool of Public Policy and Global Affairs strongly believes in professional and career development for all of our students. We provide personalized su pport to help you gain the professional experience and skills you will need for real-world impact.

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      Join our Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs program and study with chan ge makers from around the world.

      Presenters:

      • Kerry Ross\, Co-op & Career Services Manager\, Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs
      • Sanmini Koffi\, MPPGA Alumni\, Class of 2020\; Business Expertise Consultant\, Employment and Social Development Canada – Service Canada\, Western Canada and Territ ories Region
      • Paige Rumelt\, MPPGA Alumni\, Class o f 2021\; Research Assistant and Project Manager\, The University of British Columbia
      • Simin Yook\, MPPGA Alumni\, Class of 201 9\; Trade Commissioner\, Global Affairs Canada (Government of Canada)
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        Agenda Topics:

        • Professional Policy Pract ice Course (PPGA 510)
        • The MPPGA Co-op Program
        • Alumni Storie s: Career Paths After Graduation
        • Q&A

        Applicatio ns are now open! Apply to the MPPGA program by January 20\, 2022.< /p>

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        CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/virtual-ubc-mppga-info-sess ion-co-op-program-professional-development-career-paths/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/11/Dec.-8-2021-Info-Session-Social-Media-Graphics_WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20211225T1936Z-1640460991.3879-EO-40315-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20211119T173747Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220429T181455Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211209T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211209T170000 SUMMARY: North Korea’s Nuclear Maturation X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://ckr.iar.ubc.ca/thursday-december-9-2021/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/11/North-Korea-Nuclear.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20211208T2240Z-1639003255.3932-EO-40483-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20211208T200856Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220117T182208Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220113T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220113T103000 SUMMARY: 2022 Virtual UBC MPPGA Q&A Info Session DESCRIPTION: Looking to join the Fall 2022 cohort but still have questions about the program or completing your application? Don’t miss this virtual Q &A Info Session for the opportunity to ask your final questions before the application deadline. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

        View our final virtual info session for th is application period hosted by the professional Master of Public Policy an d Global Affairs (MPPGA) program at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, University of British Columbia in Vancouver\, Canada.

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        Looking to join the MPPGA for Fall 2022\, but still have questions about the program or completing your a pplication? Don’t miss this virtual Q&A Info Session for the opportunity to ask your final questions before the application deadline.

        Ap plications close on January 20\, 2022.

        UBC is consistently r anked as the number one university in the world for taking urgent action to combat climate change\, while SPPGA faculty are renowned for their researc h and expertise in sustainability and the Asia Pacific. Tailor your learnin g to your interests and gain critical skills and a global perspective to he lp you to address complex public policy challenges and drive meaningful cha nge.

        Join our Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs program and study with change makers from around the world.

        Presenters:

        • Krista Knechtle\, Program Manager\, Master of Public Pol icy and Global Affairs\, UBC
        • Hui Jia\, Program Coordinator\, Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC

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        CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/2022-virtual-ubc-mppga-qa-i nfo-session/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/12/Jan-13-2022-Info-Session-Social-Media-Graphics_WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220218T1033Z-1645180381.8335-EO-40757-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20220117T232820Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220117T232904Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220126T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220126T183000 SUMMARY: Allyship: What does this really mean? DESCRIPTION: Join us on January 26th as speakers and community leaders shar e what allyship means to them and how it looks like in their communities. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

        In the age of online activism\, we see soc ial media flooded with hashtags of support and short-lived action such as p osting a black square on Instagram or reposting infographics… but how do we move past performative acts to actively push for and make change? What doe s it look like to be an ally or practice allyship in today’s social climate ? Does allyship look different in different communities? How can allyship be practiced without a saviour complex? Join us on January 26th as speakers and community leaders share what allyship means to them and how it looks l ike in their communities 

        CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://orice.ubc.ca/events/event/allyship-what-does-this-rea lly-mean/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/01/Allyship.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220218T1033Z-1645180381.8523-EO-40635-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20220107T233822Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220429T181449Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220126T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220126T193000 SUMMARY: Gender Justice in Nepal: Political Power and Dignified Menstruatio n DESCRIPTION: Join us in conversation with trade unionist and member of the Federal Parliament of Nepal Binda Pandey\, and reproductive health activist and civil society leader Radha Paudel\, to discuss interconnected movement s for gender justice in Nepal. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://himalaya.arts.ubc.ca/events/event/gender-justice-in-n epal-political-power-and-dignified-menstruation/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/01/0001-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220218T1033Z-1645180381.8579-EO-40831-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20220124T225048Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220429T181442Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220128T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220128T180000 SUMMARY: Reunification Online Screening X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://hksi.ubc.ca/events/event/screening-reunification/?fbc lid=IwAR2HyEhrcRyt4ejOtVD9ampXD0u2XzRL8FMilxSfmc0GzkLbLkjn0Kmynd4&utm_ medium=email&utm_campaign=IAR-Announcement%3A-Tuesday-Janu&utm_so urce=Envoke-IAR-Newsletter&utm_term=IAR-Announcements%3A-Monday%2C-Jan ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/01/20220128-alvin-tsang-poster-2x1-1-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220218T1033Z-1645180381.8631-EO-40833-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20220124T225326Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220429T181436Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220202T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220202T160000 SUMMARY: Anti-China Sentiment and China’s Influence in US’ Allies: Australi a\, Japan and Korea X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://ckr.iar.ubc.ca/wednesday-february-2-2022/?utm_medium= email&utm_campaign=IAR-Announcement%3A-Tuesday-Janu&utm_source=En voke-IAR-Newsletter&utm_term=IAR-Announcements%3A-Monday%2C-Jan ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/01/1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20211124T0438Z-1637728724.2555-EO-40334-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20211123T005920Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220401T171537Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220203T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220419T193000 SUMMARY: The Phil Lind Initiative Presents: The Future of Media DESCRIPTION: The 2022 Phil Lind Initiative series on “The Future of Media" explores the future of media including how to restore trust\, navigate the digital age\, and\, above all\, reshape the media landscape to better socie ty. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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        #LIND22 | February – April\, 2022

        Med ia is at a crossroads. Full-time journalists and long-form reporting have b een forced to cede public space to click bait news articles\, online echo c hambers\, and disinformation campaigns. It has never been more challenging to inform the public\, to bridge political divides\, and to stimulate healt hy debate.

        Yet trust in mass media has never been lower\, with only 9 % of Americans trusting the media “a great deal” and 60% having “little to no trust at all.” From the rise of social media to the erosion of tradition al business models to the deep political polarization in American society\, how we as citizens consume information has fundamentally changed.

        Th is series explores these changes\, but more importantly asks where we go fr om here. How can we restore trust? How do we reconcile evidence-based repor ting with the digital age? And above all\, how can we reshape the media lan dscape in the face of these challenges to better society?

        The Phil Li nd Initiative 2022 series at UBC will explore these questions and more\, wi th events featuring leading intellectuals and authors including Douglas Rus hkoff (February 3)\, Soledad O’Brien (March 3)\, Kara Swisher (April 4)\, and Ed Yong (April 19).< /strong>

        Each event is open to the public and free to attend.

        T he series will be held from 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm PT either virtually or in per son at venues on the UBC Vancouver campus\, in accordance with the Provinci al Health Officer as well as UBC policies. Live streaming is available.

        Subscribe to our Phil Lind Initiative Newsletter for updates and det ails on how to register.

        Find books authored by our speakers on the < a href="https://shop.bookstore.ubc.ca/c-631-lind-series-the-future-of-media .aspx">UBC Bookstore website.

        The Phil Lind Initiative is hosted by the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. The initiative’s man date is to invite prominent U.S. scholars\, writers\, and intellectuals to UBC to share ideas with students\, faculty\, and the wider community on som e of the most urgent issues of our time.

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        URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-phil-lind-initiative-pr esents-the-future-of-media/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/11/Lind_Series_WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220116T1410Z-1642342211.2782-EO-40738-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20220114T235130Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220204T032309Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220203T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220203T193000 SUMMARY: The Phil Lind Initiative Presents: Douglas Rushkoff DESCRIPTION: We're thrilled to host Douglas Rushkoff\, world-renowned philo sopher\, futurist\, and author\, for a free online event on Feb. 3 as part of our 2022 Phil Lind Initiative series on "The Future of Media." X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

        UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs is thrilled to host a virtual ev ent with Douglas Rushkoff\, world-renowned philosopher\, futurist\, and author\, fo r this free online event as part of our 2022 Phil Lind Initiative series on "The Future of Media."

        Welcome remarks : Dr. Allison Macfarlane\, Professor and Director\, School of Publ ic Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC

        Moderator: Taylor Owen\, Beaverbr ook Chair in Media\, Ethics and Communications\, Founding Director of The C enter for Media\, Technology and Democracy\, and Associate Professor\, Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University

        Talk Title: Distributed A New Operating System for Business and the Economy

        In this inspiring talk\, drawing fro m his book Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus \, Douglas Rushkoff will offer a new program for business in the digital la ndscape.

        Digital technolog y was supposed to usher in a new age of endless prosperity\, but so far it has been used to put industrial capitalism on steroids. Social networks sur render their missions to data mining\, while brokerage houses abandon inves ting for algorithms—tactics driven by the need to stoke growth by any means necessary. Internet startups sell for billions\, but destroy more jobs tha n they create\, extract more cash from circulation than they put in\, and d isrupt entire marketplaces and neighborhoods in the process. We know that s omething’s wrong—but we’re not sure how to fix it\, or even what to call it .

        Media scholar and techno logy author Douglas Rushkoff argues for a new economic program that utilize s the unique distributive power of the internet to break free of the winner -take-all game defining business today. In this keynote\, Dr. Rushkoff will offer a series of practical steps for businesses\, consumers\, investors\, and policymakers to remake the economy from the inside out—and prosper alo ng the way.

        Learn more abo ut the 2022 “The Future of Media” serie s. Each event is open to the public and fre e to attend.

        Series Theme: Media is at a crossroads. Full-ti me journalists and long-form reporting have been forced to cede public spac e to click bait news articles\, online echo chambers\, and disinformation c ampaigns. It has never been more challenging to inform the public\, to brid ge political divides\, and to stimulate healthy debate.

        Yet trust in mass media has never been lower \, with only 9% of Americans trusting the media “a great deal” and 60% havi ng “little to no trust at all.” From the rise of social media to the erosio n of traditional business models to the deep political polarization in Amer ican society\, how we as citizens consume information has fundamentally cha nged.

        This series explore s these changes\, but more importantly asks where we go from here. How can we restore trust? How do we reconcile evidence-based reporting with the dig ital age? And above all\, how can we reshape the media landscape in the fac e of these challenges to better society?

        Find books authored by Douglas Rushkoff on the UBC Bookstore website .

        Subscribe to our Phil Lind Ini tiative Newsletter for updates and details on how to register.

        Disclaimer: Please note that by using this service\, your information will be store d on the Eventbrite server\, which is located outside Canada. If you do not wish to use this service\, please email lind.initiative@ubc.ca directly to register. Thank you.

        Hosted by: The Phil Lind Initiative is hosted by the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia

        CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-phil-lind-initiative-pr esents-douglas-rushkoff/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/01/2022-Lind-Douglas-Rushkoff_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220218T1033Z-1645180381.8871-EO-40957-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20220203T213224Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220203T213224Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220207T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220207T150000 SUMMARY: International Development Week 2022: Women’s Leadership in the Pur suit of Peace and Security DESCRIPTION: BCCIC is kickstarting International Development Week 2022 with a roundtable discussion titled "Women’s Leadership in the Pursuit of Peace and Security". X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.bccic.ca/event/idw-2022-kickoff/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/02/Facebook_BCCIC-Kickoff_IDW2022.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220122T1553Z-1642866819.5346-EO-40762-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20220118T010650Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220214T224349Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220210T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220210T135000 SUMMARY: Book Launch: Infinity Fish by Dr. Rashid Sumaila DESCRIPTION: Join this virtual book launch by author and UBC Professor Rash id Sumaila and engage in a discussion on his new book\, Infinity Fish: Econ omics and the Future of Fish and Fisheries. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

         

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        Pursuing systematic change in the fisheries sector or inter ested in the preservation of marine resources? Join us for this virtual boo k launch by author and professor Rashid Sumaila and engage in a discussion on his new book\, Infinity Fish: Economics and the Future of Fish and F isheries.

        Welcome Remarks: Arthur Bledsoe\, Student\, Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs

        Speaker: Dr. Rashi d Sumaila\, University Killam Professor\, School of Public Policy and Globa l Affairs\; Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries\, UBC

        Disc ussant: Farha Guerrero\, Host of The Blue Hour\, UBC’s Ci TR 101.9FM

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        Infinity Fish : Economics and the Future of Fish and Fisheries is a practical an d science-based reference that demonstrates how to value the benefits from restored marine ecosystems to sustain ocean and fishery resources for years to come. It discusses ecological and economical aspects to support the pre servation of marine resources by understanding cost-benefits of fishery man agement systems.

        The author\, Dr. Rashid Sumaila\, explains the econo mical benefits of restoring ecosystems that have been overexploited and how to maintain fisheries in a level that’s sustainable. This is a practical a nd useful reference to a wide range of world-wide audiences. It is for thos e who wish to make systematic efforts to develop their fisheries sector\, s cientists and researchers\, anyone in fisheries management\, marine resourc e management\, economists\, fish farmers\, policy makers\, leaders and regu lators\, operations researchers\, as well as faculty and students.

        Speaker’s Bio: Dr. Rashid Sumaila is Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Interdis ciplinary Ocean and Fisheries Economics\, Tier 1 and University Killam Prof essor at the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries and the School of Publi c Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC. Dr. Sumaila specializes in bioeconomics\ , marine ecosystem valuation and the analysis of global issues such as fish eries subsidies\, IUU (illegal\, unreported and unregulated) fishing and th e economics of high and deep seas fisheries.

        Dr. Sumaila has experien ce working in fisheries and natural resource projects in Norway\, Canada an d the North Atlantic region\, Namibia and the Southern African region\, Gha na and the West African region and Hong Kong and the South China Sea. He ha s published widely and his work has generated a great deal of interest\, an d has been cited by\, various mainstream news outlets.

        Listen to The Blue Hour e pisodes on December 9 and December 30\, 2021 with Dr. Rashid Sumaila on fis heries and economics.

        Co-hosted by: The School of Pu blic Policy and Global Affairs and the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheri es\, UBC

        CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/book-launch-infinity-fish-b y-dr-rashid-sumaila/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/01/WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220218T1033Z-1645180381.8939-EO-41072-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20220211T181702Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220211T181702Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220216T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220216T130000 SUMMARY: Noted Scholars Series: Being with Water by Rita Wong in Conversati on with Aimée Craft DESCRIPTION: As part of the Noted Scholars Series\, The Institute for Gende r\, Race\, Sexuality and Social Justice (GRSJ) presents "Being with Water\, " a lecture by Dr. Rita Wong (Associate Professor\, Emily Carr University) and Dr. Aimée Craft (Associate Professor\, University of Ottawa). X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Michael Smith Laboratories\, Room 102 GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://grsj.arts.ubc.ca/events/event/being-with-water-rita-w ong-in-conversation-with-aimee-craft-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/02/EK_RitaWong-768x439.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220218T1033Z-1645180381.8997-EO-40945-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20220202T192040Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220429T181430Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220216T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220216T193000 SUMMARY: Making Markets and Valuing Natures in a Himalayan ‘Frontier’ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://himalaya.arts.ubc.ca/events/event/making-markets-and- valuing-natures-in-a-himalayan-frontier/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/02/Making-Markets-poster-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220327T1100Z-1648378808.6112-EO-41160-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20220218T192950Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220218T193112Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220223T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220223T180000 SUMMARY: The Evolving Economic and Geopolitical Landscape in the Indo-Pacif ic: CPTPP\, RCEP and Beyond DESCRIPTION: Prof. Paul Evans (SPPGA) will speak about the changing economi c and geopolitical landscape in the Indo-Pacific region. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://ycar.apps01.yorku.ca/event/evolving-economic-geopolit ical-landscape-indo-pacific-cptpp-rcep-beyond-23022022/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/02/IndoPacific_23022022-1-768x994-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220213T0406Z-1644725175.4316-EO-41090-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20220212T001041Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220304T195011Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220228T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220228T131500 SUMMARY: Book Launch: Active Non-Alignment by Ambassador Jorge Heine DESCRIPTION: Ambassador Jorge Heine (Research Professor\, Boston University ) releases a new book titled "Active Non-Alignment: An IR Doctrine for This Century." X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

         

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        Virtual Book Launch - Active Non-Alignment: An IR Doctrine for This New Century

        Explore a new book by Amba ssador Jorge Heine\, Research Professor at the Frederick S. Pardee School o f Global Studies at Boston University\, titled El No Alineamiento Activ o y América Latina: una doctrina para el nuevo siglo (Active Non-Alignment and Latin America: A Doctrine for the New Century). The discussants wi ll address the topic from American and Canadian interests and potential rea ctions.

        Welcome Remarks: Clara Renault\, Student\, Master of Public P olicy and Global Affairs

        Speaker: Ambassador Jorge H eine\, Research Professor\, Pardee School of Global Studies\, Boston Univer sity

        Discussant: Jeff Reeves\, Vice-President\, Rese arch & Strategy\, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada

        Discussan t: Paul Evans\, Professor\, School of Public Policy and Global Aff airs

        Moderator: Grace Jaramillo\, Sessional Instruct or\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs

        Speaker Bios< /strong>: Am bassador Jorge Heine is a research professor at the Pardee School of Gl obal Studies\, Boston University\, and a Wilson Center global fellow. He wa s previously ambassador of Chile to China ( 2014-2017)\, to India ( 2003-20 07) and to South Africa ( 1994-1999)\, and a Cabinet minister in the Chilea n government. A past VP of the International Political Science Association (IPSA)\, he was CIGI Professor of Global Governance at Wilfrid Laurier Univ ersity ( 2007-2017)\, and a distinguished fellow at the Centre for Internat ional Governance Innovation (CIGI). He has held visiting appointments at th e universities of Konstanz\, Oxford\, Paris and Tsinghua\, and has publishe d 16 books\, including The Oxford Handbook of Modern Diplomacy  (O UP\, 2013\,2015).

        The book\, Active Non-Alignment and Latin America: A Doctrine for the New Century \, edited by Carlos Fortin\, Jorge Heine and Carlos Ominami \, and publ ished by Catalonia in Santiago\, Chile\, puts forth an ambitious proposal t o deal with Latin America's current crisis--the deepest in 120 years\, acco rding to the UN's ECLAC. It takes a page from the original non-alignment do ctrine\, but adapts it to the new century\, and what is emerging as a post- Western world.  It argues that\, rather than letting themselves be pressure d to side either with Washington or with Beijing in a nascent Second Cold W ar\, Latin American countries should focus on their own interests. To break out of the region's current diplomatic eclipse \, the strengthening of reg ional entities\, a renewed commitment to multilateralism\, diplomatic coord ination on matters of global economic governance\, and a reorientation of f oreign policies\, are some of the urgent steps needed. Contributors to the book include leading Latin American IR specialists and Latin Americanists f rom seven countries\, as well as five former foreign ministers ( from Argen tina\, Brazil\, Chile\, Mexico and Peru). At a time of major political chan ges in Latin America\, the book has already triggered quite a debate\, with launches in Santiago\, Sao Paulo\, Buenos Aires and Lima\, and write-ups i n journals as different as Pensamiento Propio and Foreign Poli cy.

        Grac e Jaramillo teaches Public Policy at the UBC Master of Public Policy an d Global Affairs program at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and currently member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Latin Americ an Studies Association\, CALACS. She earned her PhD from Queen’s University in 2016. Immediately after\, she won a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship to st udy institutional spillovers of Free Trade Agreements in the Americas\, spe nding the first year at the Balsillie School of International Affairs at Un iversity of Waterloo\, and then moving this research project to UBC to comp lete her research studying the CPTPP negotiations. Before moving to Canada\ , she was an accomplished International Relations expert and head of the De partment of International Relations at FLACSO-Ecuador.

        Paul Evans is Professor and HSBC C hair in Asian Research at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia.  His research and teaching focus on As ian and trans-Pacific international relations and Canadian policy choices i n the Asia Pacific region.

        Dr. Jeff Reeves is Vice-President\, Res earch and Strategy for the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. Prior to join ing APF Canada\, Dr. Reeves was the Director of Asian Studies at the United States Army War College in Carlisle\, Pennsylvania. Dr. Reeves has over 15 years direct experience living and working in Asia\, including as an Assoc iate Professor with the Daniel K. Inouye Asia Pacific Center for Security S tudies in the United States\, as a Research Fellow with Griffith University in Australia\, and as a University Instructor at Peking University in the People’s Republic of China. Dr. Reeves has worked with the United Nations D evelopment Program and World Wildlife Foundation in Beijing and as a Resear ch Assistant with the London School of Economics and Political Science's (L SE) Asia Research Centre in London. Dr. Reeves served in the United States Peace Corps from 2001 to 2003 in Khovd\, Mongolia.

        Co-hosted by: The Institute of Asian Research\, the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC\; Canadian Association for Latin American and Cari bbean Studies (CALACS)

        CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/book-launch-active-non-alig nment-by-ambassador-jorge-heine/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/02/BookLaunch_ActiveNonAlign_WEB-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220130T0039Z-1643503143.3306-EO-40885-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20220129T004157Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220302T195301Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220303T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220303T193000 SUMMARY: The Phil Lind Initiative Presents: Soledad O’Brien DESCRIPTION: Join this discussion with award-winning journalist Soledad O’B rien on The Future of Media\, as part of the annual Phil Lind Initiative. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

        2022 Lind Soledad O Brien

        UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs is proud to host Soledad O’Brien\, award-winning journalist\, entrepreneur\, author\, and host of the poli tical show Matter of Fact\, as part of our 2022 Phil Lind Initiative series on "The Future of Media."

        Mode rator: Charmaine de Silva\, Director\, City News (Vancouver & Ca lgary)

        Registration has now closed for in-person t ickets but remains open for live stream tickets.

        Things To Know:

        • Non -medical masks are required at all times for guests ages 5+.
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        • If you feel unwell\, please stay home and use the BC Self-Assessment T ool for guidance.

        Learn more about “The Future of Media” series on our websi te. Each event is open to the public and free to attend.

        Series Theme: Media is at a crossroads. Full-time journalists and long-form repor ting have been forced to cede public space to click bait news articles\, on line echo chambers\, and disinformation campaigns. It has never been more c hallenging to inform the public\, to bridge political divides\, and to stim ulate healthy debate.

        Yet tr ust in mass media has never been lower\, with only 9% of Americans trusting the media “a great deal” and 60% having “little to no trust at all.” From the rise of social media to the erosion of traditional business models to t he deep political polarization in American society\, how we as citizens con sume information has fundamentally changed.

        This series explores these changes\, but more importantly a sks where we go from here. How can we restore trust? How do we reconcile ev idence-based reporting with the digital age? And above all\, how can we res hape the media landscape in the face of these challenges to better society?

        Find books authored by Sole dad O’Brien on the UBC Bookstore website.

        Subscribe to our Phil Lind Initiative Newslette r for updates and details on how to register.

        Follow along on Twitter with hashtag #Lind22.< /p>

        Disclaimer: Please note that by using this service\, your information will be stored on the Eventbrite server\, w hich is located outside Canada. If you do not wish to use this service\, pl ease email lind.initiative@ubc.ca directly to register. Th ank you.

        Hosted by: The Phil Lind Initiative is hosted by th e School of Public Policy and Global Affairs in the Faculty of Arts at the University of British Columbia

        CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-phil-lind-initiative-pr esents-soledad-obrien/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/01/2022-Lind-Soledad-OBrien_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220218T1033Z-1645180381.9167-EO-41135-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20220216T203623Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220216T203623Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220307T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220307T193000 SUMMARY: Gender in Himalayan Buddhism: Glacial Shifts in Attitudes and Inst itutions DESCRIPTION: Karma Lekshe Tsomo joins the UBC Himalaya Program in the Inaug ural UBC Himalaya Program Annual Lecture. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://himalaya.arts.ubc.ca/events/event/gender-in-himalayan -buddhism-glacial-shifts-in-attitudes-and-institutions/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/02/himalaya.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220213T1936Z-1644781011.223-EO-41079-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20220211T221412Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220314T223330Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220309T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220309T133000 SUMMARY: Beyond Debt-Trapping: Encompassing Accumulation\, Infrastructure\, and China’s Spatiotemporal Fix DESCRIPTION: Jessica DiCarlo (Chevalier Postdoctoral Fellow in the Institut e of Asian Research\, SPPGA) explores the logics of Chinese capital through the financing of the Laos-China Railway. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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        Beyond Debt-Trapping: Encompassing Acc umulation\, Infrastructure\, and China’s Spatiotemporal Fix

        Speaker: Jessica DiCarlo\, Chevalier Postdoctoral Fellow i n Transportation and Development in China\, Institute of Asian Research\, S chool of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA)

        Moderator: Associate Professor Kristen Hopewell\, Canada Research Chair in Gl obal Policy\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA)

        Discussants:

        This talk explores the logics of Chinese capital through the fin ancing of the Laos-China Railway. Railways often do not generate significan t revenue\, nor enough capital to repay project debt. It is no surprise tha t debt relations remain one of the most prominent concerns circulating arou nd the Laos–China Railway. The project has attracted intense scrutiny from observers around the world due to its cost\, and has been criticized as an example of predatory lending and debt-trap diplomacy—in which China uses lo ans to ensnare countries for political or ideological reasons. However\, it is overly simplistic to assume that capital always operates under a singul ar profit motive or as geopolitically predatory. Instead\, many of the risk s and financing challenges of the railway have fallen and will fall on Chin ese state-owned enterprises (SOEs).

        In this talk\, I push back on nar ratives of debt-trapping and suggest that Chinese capital operates with add itional logics of what C.K. Lee terms “encompassing accumulation.” I show t hat rather than solely profit-seeking or debt-trapping\, there are addition al logics of capital at play. First\, debt provides an outlet for overaccum ulation by delaying devaluation of domestic Chinese capital. Theoretically\ , I build on Lee’s theory of encompassing accumulation by adding a temporal argument on delay of railway capital. Second\, this deferral is possible d ue to the involvement of Chinese SOEs and the use of public-private partner ships and joint ventures\, which able to either take on long-term risk or t ransfer risk to lower-level actors. I argue that Chinese capital operates w ith a set of imperatives that are driven by domestic economic consideration s and by the dual character of SOEs and joint ventures as simultaneously co mmercial and embedded in the state. This affords SOEs more tolerance for ri sk and more power to offload it.

        Speaker’s Bio: Dr. Jessica DiC arlo is a geographer and the Chevalier Postdoctoral Research F ellow in Transportation and Development in China at the Institute of Asian Research\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia. She received her PhD in Geography from the University of Colorado Boulder\, and her Master’s in Development Studies from the Univers ity of California Berkeley. In 2019\, she was a Global China Research Fello w at Boston University’s Global Development Policy Center. Jessica’s resear ch focuses on Chinese capital and infrastructure as global drivers of polit ical-economic and environmental change. Her dissertation drew on seventeen months of ethnographic fieldwork in Laos and China\, where she examined the construction and planning of the Laos-China Railway and related economic z ones. She situates her research in critical development studies\, political ecology\, political and economic geography\, and infrastructure studies. L earn more: www.jessicadicarlo.org

        Moderator’s Bio: Kristen Hopewell is Canada Re search Chair in Global Policy in the School of Public Policy and Global Aff airs at the University of British Columbia. Her research specializes in int ernational trade\, global governance\, industrial policy and development\, with a focus on emerging powers. She is a Wilson China Fellow at the Wilson Center in Washington\, DC. Dr. Hopewell is the author of Clash of Powers: US-China Rivalry in Global Trade Governance (Cambridge University Press\, 2 020) and Breaking the WTO: How Emerging Powers Disrupted the Neoliberal Pro ject (Stanford University Press\, 2016).

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        Co-hosted by: The Centre for Chines e Research at the Institute of Asian Research and the School of Public Poli cy and Global Affairs

        CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/beyond-debt-trapping-encomp assing-accumulation-infrastructure-and-chinas-spatiotemporal-fix/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/02/JessicaDiCarloonChina_WEB-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220327T1100Z-1648378808.7659-EO-41219-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20220225T182807Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220225T182807Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220310T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220310T194500 SUMMARY: Contested Spaces\, Contested Impact: 2022 Symposium on Global Comm unity Engagement DESCRIPTION: Hosted by the Office of Regional and International Community E ngagement (ORICE)\, the 2022 Symposium on Global Community Engagement showc ases student work on the theme of “Contested Spaces\, Contested Impact.” X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://orice.ubc.ca/events/event/contested-spaces-contested- impact-2022-symposium-on-global-community-engagement/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/02/SYM-2022_Poster-768x433.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220327T1100Z-1648378808.7863-EO-41242-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20220228T191436Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220429T181158Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220310T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220310T170000 SUMMARY: A Roundtable on the 2022 Korean Presidential Election: Society\, P olitics\, and Foreign Relations DESCRIPTION: The UBC Centre for Korean Research is hosting a roundtable on the 2022 Korean Presidential Election with speakers Dr. Matthew David Jenki ns (Gyeongsang National University)\, Dr. David C. Kang (University of Sout hern California)\, and Dr. Hannah June Kim (University of Nebraska at Omaha ). X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://ckr.iar.ubc.ca/thursday-march-10-2022/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/02/1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220327T1100Z-1648378808.6342-EO-41244-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20220228T192146Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220429T181424Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220315T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220315T180000 RDATE;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220224T170000 SUMMARY: Hope for the Future of Youth in Asia DESCRIPTION: The UBC Centre for Japanese Research is hosting a webinar seri es focused on sparking conversations amongst the young leaders of tomorrow. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://cjr.iar.ubc.ca/hope-for-the-future-of-youth-in-asia/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/02/Copy-of-CJR-Hope-for-the-Future-of-Youth-in-Asia-1536x768.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220327T1100Z-1648378808.8039-EO-41283-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20220303T172305Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220429T181152Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220317T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220317T190000 RDATE;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220310T173000,20220317T173000 SUMMARY: Negotiating at the Brink: How Does the World Solve the Climate Cri sis? DESCRIPTION: To address the politics of climate change\, the UBC Centre for Japanese research hosts a 3-part series on COP26 and the environmental cri sis. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://cjr.iar.ubc.ca/6741-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/03/2022-03-03-09_22_07-https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_235006489_493291433779_1_original.20220223-041610-.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220218T1033Z-1645180381.925-EO-41055-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20220214T191634Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220315T202317Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220317T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220317T193000 SUMMARY: Cancelled – The Phil Lind Initiative Presents: Matt Taibbi DESCRIPTION: UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs is proud to h ost Matt Taibbi\, best-selling author and award-winning columnist for Rolli ng Stone\, as part of our 2022 Phil Lind Initiative series on “The Future o f Media.” X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

        *Cancelled / Resche duling: We aim to reschedule this event from March 17 to a date in April. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

        UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Af fairs is proud to host Matt Taibbi\, best-selling author and award-winning columnist for Rolling Stone\, as part of our 2022 Phil Lind Initiative seri es on “The Future of Media.”

        Moderator: Kathryn Gretsinger\, Associate Professor of Teaching\, School of Journalism\, Writi ng\, and Media\, UBC

        Things To Know:

        - Non-medic al masks are required at all times for guests ages 5+.

        - Proof of vac cination (2 doses or more) is required for guests ages 12 and over. For gue sts 18 and over\, proof of vaccination must be accompanied by a piece of go vernment issued photo ID.

        - If you feel unwell\, please stay home and use the BC Self-Assessment Tool for guidance.

        Learn more about “ The Future of Media” series on our website. Each event is open to the public and f ree to attend.

        Series Theme: Media is at a crossroads. Full-t ime journalists and long-form reporting have been forced to cede public spa ce to click bait news articles\, online echo chambers\, and disinformation campaigns. It has never been more challenging to inform the public\, to bri dge political divides\, and to stimulate healthy debate.

        Yet trust in mass media has never been lower \, with only 9% of Americans trusting the media “a great deal” and 60% havi ng “little to no trust at all.” From the rise of social media to the erosio n of traditional business models to the deep political polarization in Amer ican society\, how we as citizens consume information has fundamentally cha nged.

        This series explores these changes\, but more importantly asks where we go from here. How can w e restore trust? How do we reconcile evidence-based reporting with the digi tal age? And above all\, how can we reshape the media landscape in the face of these challenges to better society?

        Find books authored by Matt Taibbi on the UBC Bookstore website.

        Subsc ribe to our Phil Lind Initiative Newsletter for updates and details on how to register.

        Follow along on Twitter with hashtag #Lind22.

        Hosted by: The Phil Lind Initiative is hosted by the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs in the Faculty of Arts at the U niversity of British Columbia

        URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-phil-lind-initiative-pr esents-matt-taibbi/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220308T1831Z-1646764299.7214-EO-41317-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20220308T003108Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220322T210417Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220318T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220318T103000 SUMMARY: Advancing Climate Justice and Humanitarian Action: Celebrating Afr ican Women’s Leadership DESCRIPTION: Join us as we celebrate African women leading on climate justi ce. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

        [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0n R2Qs8Hic[/embed]


        Advancing Climate Justice and Humanita rian Action: Celebrating African Women's Leadership

        The month of March is Women’s History Month\, a u nique period that marks women’s historical and contemporary achievements ac ross the world. In line with this significant moment and the impetus for ge nder equality\, the African Women’s Leadersh ip Series celebrates African women’s outstanding contributions and examines the prevailing challenges that still require intensified investme nts for change to empower women.

        For our third instalment in the series\, we are celebrating African wo men leading on climate justice. As the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Cl imate Change report recently published in February 2022 shows\, women are d isproportionately impacted by climate change particularly in Africa\, but o ur guests are climate champions that have overcome the barriers. They are < strong data-slate-leaf="true">Prof. Okorodudu-Fubara\, one of the founding mothers of environmental justice research and education who laid t he foundation for climate justice work in Africa\, and Ms. Joyce Msuya\, a United Nations leader who has worke d hard to advance climate justice in global policy and Africa. Our honorees will share their journeys\, challenges\, and advice to emerging young fema le climate leaders. There will also be an opportunity to ask them questions .

        Welcome remarks will be given by Nellie Kamau\, a student in the Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs program at the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs.

        Our moderator is Ms. Elsabé Bo shoff. She is an emerging female African leader in environmental j ustice whose work has supported the African Commission on Human and Peoples ’ Rights.

        Elsabé BoshoffModerator: Elsab é Boshoff is a Doctoral Fellow at the Norwegian Centre for Human R ights\, University of Oslo. Her research focusses on the right to sustainab le development as an emerging human right in the African human rights syste m. Broadly\, she is interested in human rights issues related to environmen t\, sustainable development\, extractive industries\, and transitional just ice\, with a primary focus on the African context.

        Elsabé worked with the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights from 2017 to 2020\, supporting the mandates of the Chai rperson of the Commission\, Chairperson of the Working Group on Extractive Industries\, Environment and Human Rights as well as the Focal Points for T ransitional Justice and Human and Peoples’ Rights and Conflict and Human Ri ghts.

        She is a co-editor of an edited volume: Governance\, Human Rights and Political Transformation i n Africa\, published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2020. She has written several peer reviewed articles and book chapters on the human rights-environment n exus.

        Joyce MsuyaPanelist: Joyce Msuya is United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator. In February 2022\, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Joyce Msuya of Tanzania as As sistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Rel ief Coordinator in the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affai rs (OCHA). With 2\,200 staff across 60 countries around the world\, OCHA is the UN entity responsible for bringing together humanitarian organisations to ensure a coherent and timely response to emergencies.

        Ms. Msuya brings more than 20 years’ experie nce in international development and finance\, spanning strategy\, operatio ns\, and partnerships\, and with diverse assignments in Africa\, Asia\, and Latin America. Since 2018\, Ms. Msuya served as Deputy Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme in Nairobi\, Kenya. Between 2018 and 2019\, she served as UNEP’s interim Executive Director at the Under-Secretary Gen eral level\, leading the fourth session of the UN Environment Assembly and mobilizing resources to support its mission.

        Ms. Msuya has held several senior leadership roles at the World Bank Group\, including that of Special Representative and Head of th e World Bank Group Office in the Republic of Korea\, Regional Coordinator a t the World Bank Institute\, based in China\, and Special Adviser to the Wo rld Bank’s then Senior Vice President and Chief Economist. She also led str ategy and operations for the International Finance Corporation in Africa an d Latin America\, covering the manufacturing\, agribusiness\, and services sectors.

        Ms. Msuya is fluen t in English\, Swahili and Pare.

        Prof. Okorodudu-FubaraPanelist: Prof. Okorodudu-Fubara is Profess or\, Faculty of Law\, Obafemi Awolowo University\, Ile-Ife\, Nigeria. Profe ssor Margaret Okorodudu-Fubara is a 1972 graduate of the University of Lago s. After becoming a lawyer in 1973\, she obtained her master’s and doctoral degrees in 1977 and 1980\, respectively\, from Harvard Law School\, USA\, after a first master’s degree from the University of London\, UK\, in 1975. She is the 1st Professor of Environmental Law in the ECOWAS sub-region\, 2 nd Professor of Environmental Law in sub-Saharan Africa\, and the 1st Woman Professor of Law in Nigeria’s first generation/federal university.< /p>

        Professor Okorodudu-Fubara chairs t he Environmental Rights Action\, Africa’s foremost environmental organisati on and Nigeria’s chapter of the Friends of the Earth International (FoEI). She pioneered “Mainstream Environment for Sustainable Development into Afri can Universities” (MESA)\, a United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) init iative on Education for sustainable development and conservation in all ter tiary institutions worldwide. In 2007\, she became a member of the Working Group on UNEP Global Environment Report (GEO – 4) 2007\, “Promoting Environ mental Research and Learning for Sustainable Development.” Professor Okorod udu–Fubara is also a member of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Academy of Environmental Law\, and a consultant to severa l international organizations such as UNEP\, UNDP\, and the World Bank. Sin ce 2002\, she has been a member of the Board of Trustees of Fulbright Alumn i Association of Nigeria. She was Dean of Law at Obafemi Awolowo University \, one of Nigeria’s oldest and most reputable federal universities.< /p>

        Co-hosts: This event is brought to you on behalf of the Liu Institute Network for Africa (LINA)\, and the Collective for Gender+ in Research\, hosted at the University of British Columbia’s Office for Regional and International Community Engagement (UBC ORICE)\, all within the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (UBC S PPGA).

        CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/advancing-climate-justice-h arnessing-african-womens-leadership/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/03/AfricanWomenLeadershipSeries_Graphics_WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220327T1100Z-1648378809.2612-EO-41249-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20220228T200638Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220429T181146Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220318T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220318T110000 SUMMARY: How to Overcome Diversity and Create Homogeneity – The CCP’s Curre nt Minority Policies in Historical and International Perspectives DESCRIPTION: Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik will discuss what we observe in X injiang\, Tibet and Mongolia as current minority policies of the CCP by rel ating to on-going academic debates in the PRC and the repertoires of histor ical as well as international experiences they draw onto. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://ccr.ubc.ca/events/event/symposium-event-how-to-overco me-diversity-and-create-homogeneity-the-ccps-current-minority-policies-in-h istorical-and-international-perspectives/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/02/How-to-overcome-diversity-and-create-homogeneity-the-CCPs-current-minority-policies-in-historical-and-international-perspectives-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220225T1957Z-1645819020.1085-EO-41181-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20220224T192742Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220309T171843Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220324T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220324T143000 SUMMARY: Decolonizing Global Health DESCRIPTION: Join this panelist discussion in person or via live stream on decolonizing global health with Eugene Richardson\, Farah Shroff\, and Raqu el Baldwinson\, moderated by Prof. Veena Sriram. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:


        Venue: xʷθəθiqətəm (The Place of Many Trees)\, Liu Institute for Global Issues\, with live stream available
        This talk will tak e place on the traditional\, ancestral\, and unceded territory of the š xʷməθkʷəy̓əmaɁɬ (Musqueam)\, səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil Waututh)\, and s kwxwú7mesh (Squamish) peoples.

        Pl ease register in advance for either in-person or live stream tickets.
        Lunch is available for in-person guests.

        Abimbola\, Asthana\ , Montenegro et al. (2021) have contended that the COVID-19 pandemic\, Blac k Lives Matter\, and the Women in Global Health movement h ave brought renewed urgency to ongoing calls to decolonize global health. Y et decolonizing global health is a task of staggering complexity. As Abimbo la and Pai (2020) have theorized: "global health is a discipline that holds within itself a deep contradiction—global health was birthed in supremacy\ , but its mission is to reduce or eliminate inequities globally.” Still\, f or all the task’s complexity\, Abimbola and Pai insist that we must strive  to "rise up and live up" to the demands of a post-colonial global health mi ssion.

        Join Prof. Veena Sriram in conversation with Eugene Richardson\, Farah Shroff\, and Raquel Baldwinson as each panelist d iscusses a distinct approach to decolonizing global health. Drawing on his book\, Epidem ic Illusions: On the Coloniality of Global Public Health (MIT Pres s\, 2020)\, Eugene Richardson will assert that public health practices—from epidemiological modeling and out-break containment t o Big Data and causal inference—play an essential role in perpetuating a ra nge of global inequities.

        Raquel Baldwinson will arg ue that the ordinary ways in which we talk about “global health” tend to wo rk against decolonization efforts. Focusing on examples of public discourse across a range of Global North settings—including media\, marketing\, scho larship\, and policy—Baldwinson will demonstrate how an underlying colonial grammar insinuates real coloniality.

        Farah Shroff w ill advocate an epistemic shift in global health praxis – focusing\, in par ticular\, on the imperative for anti-racist decolonial approaches to well-b eing. Shroff will attend especially to the promises and possibilities of in ternational indigenous systems of health promotion and disease prevention.< /p>

        Welcome remarks are provided by Rutu Patel\, student in the Master of Pu blic Policy and Global Affairs program\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC.

        Veena Sriram pr eferredModerator’s Bio: Veena Sriram i s an Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in the School of Public P olicy and Global Affairs (SPPGA) and the School of Population and Public He alth (SPPH) at the University of British Columbia. She has led the design a nd execution of qualitative research funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (Fogarty International Center and the Agency for Healthcare Rese arch and Quality)\, the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research\, a nd the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. She has also consulted for the Wo rld Health Organization. Her research sits at the intersection of global he alth\, social science and public policy\, and her interests are in understa nding power and politics in health policy processes in low- and middle-inco me countries. Her work has been published in interdisciplinary journals suc h as Social Science and Medicine\, BMJ Global Health\, an d Health Policy and Planning.

        Speakers’ Bios:

        Eugene Richardson Eugene Rich ardson is Assistant Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard University and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Division of Global Health Equity with Harvard Medical School at the Brigham and Wome n's Hospital. Dr. Richardson previously served as the clinical lead for Par tners In Health’s Ebola response in Kono District\, Sierra Leone\, where he continues to conduct research on the social epidemiology of Ebola virus di sease and COVID-19. He also worked as a clinical case management consultant for the WHO’s Ebola riposte in Beni\, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Mo re recently\, he was seconded to the Africa CDC to join their COVID-19 resp onse. His overall focus is on biosocial approaches to epidemic disease prev ention\, containment\, and treatment in sub-Saharan Africa. As part of this effort\, he is co-chair of the Lancet Commission on Reparations and Redist ributive Justice and co-chair of the BMJGH Commission on Epistemic Injustic e.

        Raquel Baldwinson Raqu el Baldwinson is a doctoral candidate in the Department of English with a specialization in Science and Technology Studies at the University of British Columbia. She is also a Liu Scholar at the Liu Institute for Glo bal Issues. Through the support of the Killam Doctoral Scholarship and the Friedman Award for Scholars in Health\, Baldwinson completed a four-year Vi siting Fellow appointment in the Department of History of Science at Harvar d University.

        Baldwinson's dissertation\, "Global Health Doubt: Belie f and the Grammars of Global Health\," tells the story of how\, at the turn of the new millennium\, societies were presented with a new grammar for so cial action called “global health”—but publics did not “believe” in it. Bal dwinson theorizes that\, just as global climate change efforts have been ob structed by a condition of denial\, global health efforts have been obstruc ted by a condition of doubt. Baldwinson is also the author of the forthcomi ng work\, “Global Health Wars: A Rhetorical Review of Global Health Critiqu e.”

        Farah M. Shroff F< strong>arah M. Shroff is a Takemi Fellow in International Health a t the Harvard School of Public Health\, an Associate of the University of B ritish Columbia Department of Family Practice and the School of Population and Public Health\, and a Canadian public intellectual with expertise in gl obal public health research and education. Dr. Shroff is the founder of Mat ernal and Infant Health Canada (MIHCan)\, a global public health collaborat ive that focuses on improving the lives of women and children through educa tion\, research\, and innovation.

        Dr. Shroff's research coheres aroun d the goals of envisioning and developing “Health for All.” Her main areas of research are integrative health approaches and social/environmental just ice from a feminist anti-racism lens. She is a women’s health researcher an d educator with a focus on gender equity\, reproduction\, midwifery\, HIV\, sexuality\, and mental well-being. Unusual in global health work\, Dr. Shr off is also known for her promotion and practice of Ayurveda\, yoga\, medit ation\, nature immersion ("Shinrin-yoku" in Japan and "salim yok" in Korea) \, and other natural forms of health promotion and disease prevention. Dr. Shroff is regularly featured in the media and had a television spot called “Dr. Shroff Talks about Holistic Health.” The CBC/Radio-Canada currently fe atures Dr. Shroff as their public health expert.

        Find a copy of Eugen e Richardson’s book\, Epidemic Illusions: On the Coloniality of Global Public Health (MIT Press\, 2020)\, on MIT Press.

        Co-hosted by: The Graduate Program in Science and Technology Studies\; The School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC

        CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/decolonizing-global-health/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/02/DecolonizingGlobalHealth_WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220327T1100Z-1648378809.3846-EO-41478-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20220321T164145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220321T164145Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220328T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220328T190000 SUMMARY: Reconnecting to the Himalaya: Connection and Conflict\, A Roundtab le Discussion with UBC Graduate Students DESCRIPTION: This roundtable explores how graduate students affiliated with the Institute of Asian Research (IAR) Fellows Program and UBC Himalaya Pro gram connect\, disconnect and reconnect back to the region in the course of their studies\, research and life beyond the university. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/reconnecting-to-the-himalaya-conn ection-and-conflict-tickets-291379091707 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/03/himalaya.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220327T1100Z-1648378809.4088-EO-41469-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20220318T190219Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220318T190219Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220331T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220331T153000 SUMMARY: Scholars at Risk Canada Student Advocacy Day DESCRIPTION: The Scholars at Risk (SAR) Canada Advocacy Day aims to bring t ogether Canadian students\, SAR student groups and representatives\, and co mmunity members try to discuss and learn about key areas of concern and adv ocacy as it relates to academic freedom in higher education. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://humanrightscollective.ubc.ca/students/sar-canada-advo cacy-day/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/03/SAR-Canada-Student-Advocacy-Day-Poster-1-768x432.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220307T1036Z-1646649381.3961-EO-41185-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20220302T221724Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220404T205922Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220331T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220331T190000 SUMMARY: The Crisis In Long Term Care: Richard B. Splane Lecture in Social Policy DESCRIPTION: Engage in a virtual panel discussion on the challenges facing long term care in B.C. and Canada\, as part of the annual Splane Lecture in Social Policy. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

        [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TA G9llooYQ[/embed]


        The Crisis In Long Term Care: Richard B. Splane Lecture in Social Policy

        Panelists:

        • Isobel Mackenzie\, Seniors Advocate\, British Columbia
          • Pat Armstrong\, Distinguished Research Professor in Sociology\, York Univ ersity
        • Máire Kirwan\, Private Sector Coordinator\, Hospital Employe es' Union

        Land Acknowledgement\, Welcome & Closing Rema rks: Prof. Donna Baines\, Director\, UBC School of Social Work

        Background to the annual Splane Lecture\, Introductions to Partn ers: Patsy George\, Past President\, United Nations Association in Canada\, Vancouver Branch

        Moderator: Tim Stainton\, Professor\, UBC School of Social Work\; Director\, Canadian Institute for Inclusion and Citizenship

        Panelist Bios:

        Isobel MackenzieIsobel Mackenzie has over 20 years’ experience working with seniors in home care\, li censed care\, community services and volunteer services. Isobel led B.C.’s largest not-for-profit agency\, serving over 6\,000 seniors annually. In th is work\, Isobel led the implementation of a new model of dementia care tha t has become a national best practice\, and led the first safety accreditat ion for homecare workers\, among many other accomplishments. Isobel has bee n widely recognized for her work and was named B.C. CEO of the Year for the not-for-profit sector and nominated as a Provincial Health Care Hero. Prio r to her appointment as the Seniors Advocate\, Isobel served on a number of national and provincial boards and commissions\, including the BC Medical Services Commission\, the Canadian Homecare Association\, BC Care Providers \, BC Care Aide and Community Health Worker Registry\, and the Capital Regi onal District Housing Corporation. Isobel also served on the University of Victoria’s Board of Governors. Isobel received both her undergraduate and g raduate degrees from the University of Victoria and has a Certificate in He alth Care Leadership from the University of Toronto.

        Pat ArmstrongDr. Pat Armstrong i s Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus at York University and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Focusing on women\, work and the health an d social services\, she has published such books on health care as Wash \, Wear and Care. Clothes and Laundry in Long-term Care: Troubling Care: Critical Perspectives on Research and Practices\; Critical to Care: The Invisible Women in Health Services\; and Wasting Away\; The Un dermining of Canadian Health Care as well as many book chapters\, jour nal articles and reports intended for public audiences. Much of th is work makes the relationship between women’s paid and unpaid work central to the analysis and is carried out in partnership with unions and communit y organizations. She has also served as an expert witness in more than a do zen cases before Tribunals and Commissions and led multiple team research p rojects\, including the 10-year interdisciplinary “Re-imagining Long-Term R esidential Care: An International Study of Promising Practices” and a curre nt one on “Covid-19\, families and long-term residential care”.

        Máire Kirwan Máire Kirwan has be en an activist in the labour movement for more than 30 years. Shortly after arriving in Canada as a nanny in the late 1970’s\, Máire quickly became in volved in the fight for domestic workers’ rights and immigration reform.  S he came to Vancouver in the early 1980’s and once entering the workforce\, she took on the role of shop steward in her union\, becoming a strong advoc ate for working people and actively fighting for LGBTQ rights in the workpl ace and in the union\, serving as a founding member of CUPE’s Pink Triangle Committee. In 2000 Máire began work at the Hospital Employees’ Union as St aff Representative\, shortly before the vicious liberal attack on health an d community social service workers. Máire worked directly with members who were fired from their family supporting jobs\, led workplace and community fightback campaigns\, organized new workers and was part of a broader polit ical movement for change. Over the next 10 years Máire led numerous provinc e-wide campaigns\, new worker organizing campaigns and was a senior staff a dvisor to the union’s leadership during an internal review. While working i n the union’s education department Máire played a foundational role in the development union’s early diversity\, equity and inclusion strategy. She is committed to improving the economic security and working conditions for HE U members working for multi-national corporations providing contract hospit al support services and private for profit long term care operators. In 201 5 Máire assumed a leadership role in HEU’s newly formed private sector depa rtment\, consolidating membership services.  Today she is HEU’s coordinator of private sector services. In her role she has responsibility for more th an 25 staff working in organizing\, private sector collective bargaining an d servicing\, overseeing direct day-to-day services to 20\,000 private sect or members.

        This talk will take place on the traditional\, ancestral\ , and unceded territory of the šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmaɁɬ (Musqueam)\, səl̓ilwəta Ɂɬ (Tsleil Waututh)\, and skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) peoples.

        Co-hosted by: United Nations Association in Canada – Va ncouver Branch\, UBC School of Social Work\, and UBC School of Public Polic y and Global Affairs

        CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-crisis-in-long-term-car e-richard-b-splane-lecture-in-social-policy/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/03/Crisis-Long-Term-Care_Web-09.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220417T1846Z-1650221202.9885-EO-41565-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20220328T174212Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220429T180705Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220404T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220404T173000 SUMMARY: Diasporic Youth Culture of the Korean Wave DESCRIPTION: Hosted by Centre for Korean Research (CKR)\, this talk introdu ces the new book Diasporic Hallyu: The Korean Wave in Korean Canadian Youth Culture (Palgrave). X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://ckr.iar.ubc.ca/monday-april-4-2022/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/03/1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220307T0522Z-1646630571.7108-EO-41192-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20220301T232937Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220405T162929Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220404T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220404T193000 SUMMARY: The Phil Lind Initiative Presents: Kara Swisher DESCRIPTION: Engage with Kara Swisher\, Silicon Valley’s ‘most powerful’ te ch journalist\, in this Phil Lind Initiative event on The Future of Media. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

        2022 Phil Lind Kara S wisher

        UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs is proud to host < a href="https://lindinitiative.ubc.ca/speakers/kara-swisher/" data-key="54" >Kara Swisher\, Silicon Valley’s ‘most powerful’ tech journalist\, New York Times contributor\, and co-founder of Recode\, as part of our 2022 Phil Lind Initiative series on The Future of Media.

        Moderator< /strong>: Kathryn Gretsinger\, Associate Professor of Teaching\, School of Journalism\, Writing\, and Media\, UBC

        Things To Know:

        - Non-medical m asks are required at all times on the UBC campus for guests ages 5+.

        - Proof of vaccination (2 doses or more) is required for guests ages 12 and over. For guests 18 and over\, proof of vaccination must be accompanied by a piece of government issued photo ID.

        - If you feel unwell\, please stay home and use the BC Self-Assessment Tool for guidance.< /p>

        Learn more about “The Future of Media” series on our website. Each event is open to the public and free to attend.

        Se ries Theme: Media is at a crossroads. Full-time journalists and lo ng-form reporting have been forced to cede public space to click bait news articles\, online echo chambers\, and disinformation campaigns. It has neve r been more challenging to inform the public\, to bridge political divides\ , and to stimulate healthy debate.

        Yet trust in mass media has never been lower\, with only 9% of Ameri cans trusting the media “a great deal” and 60% having “little to no trust a t all.” From the rise of social media to the erosion of traditional busines s models to the deep political polarization in American society\, how we as citizens consume information has fundamentally changed.

        This series explores these changes\, but more importantly asks where we go from here. How can we restore trust? How do we reconcile evidence-based reporting with the digital age? And above all\, h ow can we reshape the media landscape in the face of these challenges to be tter society?

        Subscribe to o ur Phil Lind Initiative Newsletter for updates and details on how to register.

        Follow along on Twitter wit h hashtag #Lind22.

        Hosted by: The School of Pub lic Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC

        CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Frederic Wood Theatre GEO:49.268043;-123.257021 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-phil-lind-initiative-pr esents-kara-swisher/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/03/2022-Lind-Kara-Swisher_WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220325T2022Z-1648239728.6675-EO-41531-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20220325T165911Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220408T234835Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220405T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220405T123000 SUMMARY: A Policy with a Vision for Self-Determined Development for Indigen ous Peoples Globally DESCRIPTION: This panelist discussion\, presented by Mr. Luis Felipe Duchic ela\, outlines the central tenets and significance of the USAID policy for promoting the rights of Indigenous peoples. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

        [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzH is7l0bew[/embed]


        A Policy with a Vision for Self-Determined Development f or Indigenous Peoples Globally

        Luis Felipe Duchicela launched the USAID Policy for Promo ting the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in March 2020. The lecture will expla in the central tenets of this policy and how this policy represents a pivot al change in international engagement cooperation with Indigenous peoples b ecause it enhanced their ability to protect their rights\, determine their own priorities\, and advance their self-determined development and self-rel iance.

        Musqueam Welcome: Elder Larry Grant\, Adjunct Professor\, First Nations and Endangered Languages Program\; Consultant\, Musqueam Lan guage and Culture Department

        Speaker: Mr. Luis Felipe Duchicela\, Seni or Advisor for Indigenous Peoples' Issues\, USAID

        Moderator: Grace Jaramillo\, Sessional Instructor\, Master of Public Policy and Glo bal Affairs program\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC

        Speaker’s Bio:

        As of June 10\, 2019\, Luis-Felipe Duchicela serves as the Senior Advisor for Indigenous Peoples' Issues at the Inclusive Development Hub of USAID’s Bureau for Development\, Democracy and Innovation (DDI)\, based in Washington\, DC.

        In this capacity\, he p rovides advice to the USAID Administrator on matters related to the rights and needs of Indigenous Peoples internationally and represents the U.S. Gov ernment (USG) on such matters in meetings with foreign governments and mult ilateral institutions. He also provides oversight and coordination of USG r esources\, programs\, projects and activities to protect the rights and add ress the needs of Indigenous Peoples and develops and coordinates assistanc e strategies for Indigenous Peoples with specific goals\, guidelines\, benc hmarks and impact assessments (including support for local Indigenous Peopl es organizations).

        Prior to USAID\, Luis Felipe served as Global Advi sor on Indigenous Peoples at the World Bank from January 2013 until his ret irement from the Bank in June 2018. His primary mandate at the World Bank w as to create a constructive dialogue with Indigenous Peoples worldwide to a chieve deeper understanding and to work together towards sustainable develo pment and assist World Bank regional and country offices to better assess t he situation of Indigenous Peoples and prepare plans and programs that take into account their ancestral knowledge\, cultural identity\, legal rights and their linkages to their natural habitats and resources. From 2013 to 20 16\, Luis Felipe led the global dialogue between the Bank and the Indigenou s Peoples of the world as part of the reform process of the Bank’s Environm ental and Social policies\, which culminated in August 2016 with the approv al by the Board of the new Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) of the Bank and the new Standard for Indigenous Peoples (ESS7).

        Prior to joi ning the World Bank\, Luis Felipe was the Executive Director of the Amazon Conservation Association (ACA)\, a Washington\, DC-based NGO that focuses o n biodiversity scientific research and conservation in the Amazon regions o f Peru and Bolivia.  Prior to that he served as the Regional Director for U SAID-funded programs with the Rainforest Alliance\, a non-governmental orga nization working to conserve biodiversity and ensure sustainable livelihood s – first in Central America and Mexico\, and thereafter in Ecuador and the Andean Amazon Region (Colombia\, Ecuador\, Peru and Bolivia)\, where he wa s in charge of promoting Best Management Practices and Sustainable Liveliho ods in Agriculture (coffee\, cocoa\, bananas and other crops)\, Forestry (T imber\, Brazil nut and other NTFP's) and Tourism in fragile ecosystems of t hese countries. Luis Felipe also worked on several other USAID-funded proje cts where he promoted sustainable agricultural production and exports from the Chapare region of Bolivia and then directed cocoa production in the Ecu adorean Amazon.

        He was also the first National Secretary (Minister) o f Indigenous Peoples and Ethnic Minority Affairs of the Republic of Ecuador in 1994\, under the Presidency of Sixto Duran-Ballén\, and managed to crea te the first multimillion dollar program ($50 mm) exclusively for Indigenou s Peoples and Afro-Ecuadorean development with World Bank\, IFAD and Govern ment funding (the PRODEPINE Project).

        Earlier in his career\, he work ed with Chiquita Brands International in various countries in Latin America in administration and finance\, in operational and management positions an d also in environmental and corporate responsibility projects.

        Luis F elipe holds a Master’s degree in Public and Private Management from Yale Un iversity with emphasis in Finance\, Corporate Strategies and Quantitative A nalysis\, and his Bachelor’s degree is in Architecture and Regional Plannin g from the Universidad Central del Ecuador in Quito.

        Luis Felipe’s co untry of origin is Ecuador\, of Quechua descent\, from the Puruhá People of the Chimborazo province in the central Andes of Ecuador\, which was part o f the Inca Empire in pre-Hispanic times.

        Moderator’s Bio:

        Grace Jaramillo is a sessional instructor with the UBC Master of Pub lic Policy and Global Affairs program. She earned her PhD from Queen’s Univ ersity in 2016. Immediately after\, she won a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship to study institutional spillovers of Free Trade Agreements in the Americas \, spending the first year at the Balsillie School of International Affairs at University of Waterloo\, and then moving this research project to UBC t o complete her research studying the CPTPP negotiations.

        Before movin g to Canada\, she was an accomplished International Relations expert and he ad of the Department of International Relations at FLACSO-Ecuador. She was nominated twice to the annual list of “20 most prominent young thinkers of Latin America” by the Development Bank of Latin America\, CAF and Brookings Institution.

        Elder Larry Grant

        Musqueam Elder’s Bio: Larry Grant\, Musqueam Elder\, wa s born and raised in Musqueam traditional territory by a traditional hən̓q̓ əmin̓əm̓ speaking Musqueam family. After 4 decades as a tradesman\, Larry e nrolled in the First Nations Languages Program\, which awoke his memory of the embedded value that the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ language has to self-identity\, kinship\, culture\, territory\, and history prior to European contact. He i s presently assisting in revitalizing hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ in the Musqueam Langua ge and Culture Department\, and co-teaching the introductory hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ course through UBC.

        Larry is the Elder-in-Residence at U BC’s First Nations House of Learning. He is a Faculty Fellow at St. John’s College\, and the inaugural Honorary Life Fellow for Green College. In 2010 \, he received the Alumni Award of Distinction from Vancouver Community Col lege\, and in 2014\, he became an Honorary Graduate from the Indigenous Tea cher Education Program (NITEP) at UBC.

        Hosted by: The School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC

        CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/a-policy-with-a-vision-for- self-determined-development-for-indigenous-peoples-globally/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/03/Apr5Event_WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220417T1846Z-1650221203.0262-EO-41604-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20220401T161953Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220429T180652Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220408T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220408T130000 SUMMARY: Engaging China Today DESCRIPTION: Jeff Nankivell\, President and CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundat ion of Canada\, presents a public lecture on how the Government of Canada s hould approach engagement with China on pressing bilateral\, regional\, and global issues where China has growing influence. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://ccr.ubc.ca/events/event/public-lecture-engaging-china -today/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/04/Event-Promotional-Graphics-for-CCR-SPPGA-dimensions-4.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220312T0715Z-1647069334.1163-EO-41193-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20220312T000124Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220314T163019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220419T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220419T193000 SUMMARY: The Phil Lind Initiative Presents: Ed Yong DESCRIPTION: Join the Phil Lind Initiative with Ed Yong\, Pulitzer Prize-wi nning science writer\, on “The Art of Science Journalism\," moderated by Na hlah Ayed\, host of CBC Ideas. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

        Phil Lind Initiative Ed Y ong
        UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs is proud to host Ed Yong\, Pulitzer Prize-winning science s taff writer for The Atlantic\, as part of our 2022 Phil Lind Initiative ser ies on “The Future of Media.”

        Moderator : Nahlah Ayed\, Host of CBC Ideas

        “The Art of Science Journalism”
        Speaking from his experience writing before and during the C ovid-19 pandemic\, Yong explores the core of what it means to be a science journalist\, how inseparable science is from the rest of society\, and how it is shaped by our culture\, our social norms\, and our collective decisio ns.

        Things To Know:

        - Non-medical masks are required at all times for guests ages 5+.

        - Proof of vaccination (2 d oses or more) is required for guests ages 12 and over. For guests 18 and ov er\, proof of vaccination must be accompanied by a piece of government issu ed photo ID.

        - If you feel unwell\, please stay home and use the BC Self-Assessment Too l for guidance.

        Learn more about “The Future of Media” series. Each event is open to the public and free to attend.

        Series Theme: Media i s at a crossroads. Full-time journalists and long-form reporting have been forced to cede public space to click bait news articles\, online echo chamb ers\, and disinformation campaigns. It has never been more challenging to i nform the public\, to bridge political divides\, and to stimulate healthy d ebate.

        Yet trust in mass m edia has never been lower\, with only 9% of Americans trusting the media “a great deal” and 60% having “little to no trust at all.” From the rise of s ocial media to the erosion of traditional business models to the deep polit ical polarization in American society\, how we as citizens consume informat ion has fundamentally changed.

        This series explores these changes\, but more importantly asks where w e go from here. How can we restore trust? How do we reconcile evidence-base d reporting with the digital age? And above all\, how can we reshape the me dia landscape in the face of these challenges to better society?

        Find books authored by Ed Yong on th e UBC Bookstore website.

        Subscribe to our Phil Lind Initiative Newsletter for update s and details on how to register.

        Follow along on Twitter with hashtag #Lind22.

        Hosted by: The Scho ol of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC

        CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Frederic Wood Theatre GEO:49.268043;-123.257021 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-phil-lind-initiative-pr esents-ed-yong-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/03/2022-Lind-Ed-Yong_WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220417T1846Z-1650221203.0451-EO-41663-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20220408T161648Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220429T180643Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220427T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220427T173000 SUMMARY: The Future of Security Relations between Korea and Japan: Challeng es and Pathways DESCRIPTION: The Centre for Korean Research at UBC is hosting a roundtables discussion on the future of Korea’s security cooperation with Japan. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://ckr.iar.ubc.ca/wednesday-april-27-2022/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/04/CKR_Apr-27.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220427T0746Z-1651045618.6068-EO-41766-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20220426T215812Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220517T175734Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220504T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220504T120000 SUMMARY: CSIS: Protecting National Security in Partnership with All Canadia ns DESCRIPTION: Join a virtual panel discussion on protecting national securit y with David Vigneault\, Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Ser vice (CSIS). X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

        [embed]https://youtu.be/IFCZTWu3VdM[/embed ]

         

        Media Coverage from the Event:

        National Post - Federal Government Must Do More to Fight Spread of Disinformation\, Polarization on Social Media: CSIS Director.
        Can adian Press - Social Networks | Hate Speech is 'Normalizing'\, CSIS Chief W arns. Oi Canada\, Lethbridge News

        Geopolitical\, economic \, societal\, environmental and technological changes are converging to res hape the world around us at an accelerating pace. Ensuring Canada's nationa l security in this landscape means rethinking conventional approaches\, lea ding a diverse and inclusive workforce\, and leveraging partnerships to rei nforce collective resilience. The University of British Columbia's Institut e of Asian Research at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs is pl eased to welcome David Vigneault\, Director of the Canadian Security Intell igence Service\, for a discussion on the imperatives of diversity and partn erships in protecting national security\, and the organization's ongoing tr ansformation.

        Les changements géopolitiques\, économiques\, sociétaux \, environnementaux et technologiques convergent pour remodeler le monde qu i nous entoure à un rythme accéléré. Assurer la sécurité nationale du Canad a dans ce paysage signifie repenser les approches conventionnelles\, dirige r une main-d'œuvre diversifiée et inclusive et tirer parti des partenariats pour renforcer la résilience collective. L'Institute of Asian Research de l'Université de la Colombie-Britannique est heureux d'accueillir David Vign eault\, directeur du Service canadien du renseignement de sécurité\, pour u ne discussion sur les impératifs de la diversité et des partenariats dans l a protection de la sécurité nationale\, et sur la transformation continue d e l'organisation.

        Speaker: David Vigneault\, Directo r of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)

        Modera tor: Professor Kai Ostwald\, Director\, Institute of Asian Research\, School of Publi c Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC

        Student Host: Savannah Tuck\, Stude nt\, Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, School of Public Policy a nd Global Affairs\, UBC

        Speaker’s Bio:

        In June 2017\, David Vigneault became the ninth Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS). Mr. Vigneault returned to a leadership role at the Service after serving in a number of posts across the greater security and intelligence community.

        Prior to his appointment as Director\, M r. Vigneault served as Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet\, Security and In telligence\, Privy Council Office from 2013-2017.

        From 2010-2013\, Mr . Vigneault served as Associate Vice-President\, Program Operations\, Canad a Border Services Agency. Prior to that\, he held senior executive position s at CSIS\, serving as the Assistant Director\, Intelligence\, and Assistan t Director\, Secretariat.

        Mr. Vigneault also served as Director\, Tra nsnational Security at the Communications Security Establishment\, and at t he Department of National Defence as the Executive Assistant to the Deputy Minister.

        Mr. Vigneault has a Master of Arts (Political Science) from the Université de Montreal and a Bachelor of Arts (Political Science) from the Université Laval.

        Hosted by: The Institute of A sian Research\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC

        CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/csis-protecting-national-se curity-in-partnership-with-all-canadians/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/04/CSIS_Virtual_WEB-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220429T1834Z-1651257245.0775-EO-41878-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20220428T224845Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220527T230822Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220516T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220516T143000 SUMMARY: The Relevancy of Public Policy in a Digital Age DESCRIPTION: Join Prof. Natasha Thambirajah\, current SPPGA Practitioner Fe llow in a conversation moderated by Chris Tenove with SPPGA’s Policy Practi tioner alumni\, Jessica Wood Si Sityaawks and Prof. Andrea Reimer as each e xplores the relevancy of public policy in a digital age. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

        [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5l IgcR_fhA&feature=youtu.be[/embed]


        The Relevancy of Publ ic Policy in a Digital Age

        While digital government has been a well embedded feature of many mature public service models around the wo rld\, Canadian uptake of it was relatively limited until the COVID-19 pande mic struck. The need to physically distance from each other and for many\, work remotely\, necessitated the rapid automation and digitization of servi ce delivery models and administration.

        Even prior to the pandemic and the digital renaissance that ensued\, public policy typically trailed behi nd digital innovation that has long in existence. The rise of social media platforms\, for example\, has had profound impacts on not only how individu als engage with each other\, but also has become the means to disrupt democ ratic elections and organize violent protests ostensibly to harm or kill el ected leaders. Technological innovation is hailed as one of humanity’s brig htest lights in linear progression but it holds profound contradictions – a nd often widens existing rifts of inequity.

        In a time of increasing s ocio-political polarization\, a clear mandate for Indigenous reconciliation in British Columbia\, and rising economic pressures on communities and hou seholds\, what is the role of policy in the oversight and regulation of tec hnology? Is the status quo sufficient to ensure key values such as vertical equity\, cultural safety\, and parity in access to the modern economy are upheld?

        Join Adjunct Professor Natasha Thambirajah\, current SPPGA Pr actitioner Fellow in a conversation moderated by Chris Tenove with SPPGA’s Practitioner alumni\, Jessica Wood Si Sityaawks and Professor Andr ea Reimer as each explores the relevancy of public policy in a digital age.

        Jessica Wood Si Sityaawks is the Associate Deputy Minister\ , Declaration Act Secretariat\, Province of BC. Professor Andrea Reimer is an Adjunct Professor of Practice at UBC’s School of Public Policy and Globa l Affairs.

        Student Host: Mackenzie Edwards\, Student\, Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, School of Public Policy and Global Affai rs\, UBC

        Moderator: Chris Tenove\, Postdoctoral Research Fellow\, Scho ol of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC

        Panelists:

        • Natasha Thambirajah\, Adjunct Professor\, School of Public Policy and G lobal Affairs\, UBC
        • Jessica Wood\, Associate Deputy Minister\, Decl aration Act Secretariat\, Province of B.C.
        • Andrea Reimer\, Adjunct Professor of Prac tice\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC

        Bios:

        Natasha ThambirajahNatasha Thambirajah is Adjunct Professor and SPPGA Pr actitioner Fellow\, as part of the 2022 SPPGA Practitioner Fellowship at UB C's School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. Natasha is a third-generati on public servant and has worked for the Province of BC since 2006. Over th e past 15 years\, she has led nationally recognized examples of transformat ive\, citizen-centred public policy\, including the prize-winning BC Servic es Card and the modernization of gender identity expression on government i ssued identification.

        Jessica WoodKnown as Si Sityaawks – (Woman who creates change) Jessica Wood is from the Gitxsan and Tsimshian Firs t Nations with extended roots among the Tahltan and Nisga’a Nations. She is currently serving as Associate Deputy Minister\, Declaration Act Secretari at\, with the Province of B.C. She previously served as Assistant Deputy Mi nister for the Reconciliation Transformation and Strategies Division with t he Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation. Jessica is a former Policy Practitioner Fellow with UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global A ffairs.

        Andrea Reimer is an Adjunct Professor of Practice at UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. She was the school’s first Policy Practitioner Fellow. Andrea has been a strong public voice in Vancouver and the metro region fo r almost two decades\, with a focus on working with residents to build gree n\, reconciled\, engaged communities and making government easy for the pub lic to access.

        Chris Tenove Chris Tenove is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, and previously at the University of Toro nto’s Centre for Ethics and the Munk School of Global Affairs. He is the instructor for PPGA 509 (002): Communicating Policy. Dr. Ten ove conducts research in the fields of political theory\, political communi cation\, and international relations.

        Hosted by: The School of Public Policy and Global Affairs

        CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-relevancy-of-public-pol icy-in-a-digital-age/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/04/PublicPolicy_DigitalAge_WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220515T1736Z-1652636184.2773-EO-41819-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20220426T185101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220429T180634Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220519T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220519T190000 SUMMARY: We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies: Book Launch with Tsering Yan gzom Lama DESCRIPTION: Author Tsering Yangzom Lama will be reading from her debut nov el\, We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies\, followed by a Q&A. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/we-measure-the-earth-with-our-bod ies-book-launch-with-tsering-yangzom-lama-tickets-317263362257 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/04/Himalaya_May19.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220515T1736Z-1652636184.2894-EO-42045-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20220513T235127Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220530T190357Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220525T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220525T130000 SUMMARY: Institution-led Social Reform and Justice: Modernizing Gender Expr ession on Government-Issued ID DESCRIPTION: Join a virtual panel discussion on the process to modernize ge nder expression on government-issued ID with panelists Prof. Natasha Thambi rajah\, Dr. Daniel Metzger\, and Parliamentary Secretary for Gender Equity Grace Lore. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

        [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMx NVCxRrEI[/embed]

        Institution-led Social Reform and Justice: Modernizing Gender Expressio n on Government-Issued ID

        The current policies for gender expression on BC government-issued ID are an example of a decade long effort in behavioural\, intellectual and social change management. Jo in SPPGA Adjunct Professor Natasha Thambirajah\, Dr. Daniel L Metzger\, and Parliamentary Secretary for Gender Equity Grace Lore for an inside view on the evidence-based\, change management\, and stakeholder engagement practi ces used to gradually shift the BC health sector and provincial government towards recognizing the criticality of recognizing rights of people who are transgender or gender non-conforming to express their gender identity with minimal or no state or medical intervention.

        This virtual talk will focus on the types of questions that we asked ourselves throughout the proc ess\, post implementation including reflections on what different questions could have been included. Learn more about how theory was translated into practice during the process of modernizing gender expression on government- issued ID and what was learned during the process.

        Moderator< /strong>: Dr. Helina Jolly\, Research Associate\, Interdisciplinary Biodive rsity Solutions\, and Lead\, The Collective for Gender+ in Research\, Offic e for Regional and International Community Engagement\, UBC

        P anelists:

        • Natasha Thambirajah\, Adjunct Professor\, School of Publ ic Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC
        • Dr. Daniel L Metzger\, MD\, Clin ical Professor of Pediatrics\, UBC and Pediatric Endocrinologist\, Endocrin ology & Diabetes Unit\, BC Children's Hospital
        • Grace Lore\, Parliam entary Secretary for Gender Equity\, Province of BC

        Pan elists' Bios:

        Natasha ThambirajahNatasha Thambirajah is Adjunct Professor and S PPGA Practitioner Fellow\, as part of the 2022 SPPGA Practitioner Fellowshi p at UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. Natasha is a third-g eneration public servant and has worked for the Province of BC since 2006. Over the past 15 years\, she has led nationally recognized examples of tran sformative\, citizen-centred public policy\, including the prize-winning BC Services Card and the modernization of gender identity expression on gover nment issued identification.

        < strong>Dr. Daniel Metzger is a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of British Columbia\, and a Pediatric Endocrinologist worki ng in the Endocrinology & Diabetes Unit at BC Children's Hospital.

        Dr . Metzger and his colleagues—in collaboration with hospital- and community- based mental health professionals—began seeing transgender kids in 1998\, a nd they have now seen about 700 trans and gender-non-conforming children an d youth in the BCCH Gender Clinic\, one of the busiest in Canada.

        MLA Grace LoreGrace Lore is Parliamentary Secretary for Gender Equity. Grace Lore was elected as the MLA for Victoria-Beacon Hill in 2020.

        She has been a dedicated an ti-violence advocate\, university instructor and community organizer.

        Before the election\, she sat on the Fernwood\, North Park\, and Quadra Vi llage Neighbourhood Planning Group. She was on the national advisory panel for the Canadian Women’s Foundation and an Affordable Fernwood organizer. S he has worked closely with the Victoria Sexual Assault Centre and other ant i-violence organizations to support inclusive\, accessible\, and survivor c entred sexual assault response.

        At the University of Victoria\, she t aught Canadian politics\, gender and politics\, and research methods. Her r esearch has focused on social media harassment and online violence.

        G race resides in Victoria with her partner and two young children.

        Moderator’s Bio:

        Helina Jolly has a Ph D from the Institute for Resources Environment and Sustainability. She work ed with Indigenous communities in South Asia. She is a Natgeo explorer and  Lead\, The Collective for Gender+ in Research\, Office for Regional and Int ernational Community Engagement\, UBC. Currently she is a Research Associat e at Interdisciplinary Biodiversity Solutions.

        Hosted by: The Collective for Gender+ in Research based at The Office of Reg ional and International Community Engagement (ORICE) at the School of Publi c Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA)\, University of British Columbia

        CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/institution-led-social-refo rm-and-justice-modernizing-gender-expression-on-government-issued-id/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/05/ORICE_SocialReformJustice_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220731T2026Z-1659299196.4137-EO-42292-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20220614T225944Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220614T230241Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220616T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220616T200000 SUMMARY: The Impact of the Tokyo Quad Summit on Emerging Indo-Pacific Strat egies DESCRIPTION: The Centre for Japanese Research (CJR) at UBC is hosting a pan el discussion on the Tokyo Quad Summit and how it will affect geopolitical strategies in the Indo-Pacific. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://cjr.iar.ubc.ca/the-impact-of-the-tokyo-quad-summit-on -emerging-indo-pacific-strategies/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CJR-N ewsletter-June-14%2C-2022&utm_source=Envoke-All-contacts&utm_term =CJR-Newsletter--Panel-Discussi ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/06/CJR-Event_061622.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220731T2026Z-1659299196.4298-EO-42270-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20220613T174143Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220613T174416Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220629T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220629T193000 SUMMARY: Film Screening of Courage (2021) & Panel Discussion on Academic Fr eedom in Belarus DESCRIPTION: The UBC Human Rights Collective (HRC) is hosting an in-person screening of the critically acclaimed film Courage (2021) as an expression of solidarity with wrongfully imprisoned Belarusian students. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:The xʷθəθiqətəm or Place of Many Trees (formerly the Liu Multipurpose Room) \, GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://humanrightscollective.ubc.ca/film-screening-of-courag e-2021-panel-discussion-on-academic-freedom-in-belarus/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/06/Courage-Event-Twitter-Post.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20221107T1549Z-1667836175.7547-EO-43152-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20220909T224646Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220909T224731Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220914T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220914T130000 SUMMARY: Resistencia del Corazón Verde with Marisol García Apagüeno DESCRIPTION: Join Marisol García Apagüeno\, Indigenous Kichwa leader\, for a talk about resistance to misleading nature-based solutions which displace Indigenous Kichwa from their territory. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: URL;VALUE=URI:https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_56JqCIECgIzb5wa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/09/sept14_WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220907T2153Z-1662587599.7291-EO-43109-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20220907T162720Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220916T192656Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220916T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220916T134500 SUMMARY: Book Discussion – Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha with Dr. Ro bert Jacobs DESCRIPTION: Join Dr. Robert Jacobs (Professor of History\, Hiroshima City University) for a discussion on his book\, "Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hiba kusha." X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

        Promotional graphic f or a book discussion on Nuclear Bodies by Dr. Robert Jacobs

        Please register in advance for this event.

        Cold War nuclear testing\, production\, and disasters like Chern obyl and Fukushima have exposed millions to dangerous radioactive particles \; these millions are the global hibakusha. This talk will discuss the plig ht of communities that were exposed to this fallout\, while also examining the colonialism(s) with which nuclear weapon states "select the irradiated\ ," the political use of medical models to render their harm invisible\, and the millennia-long legacies of our embrace of nuclear technologies.

        Speaker Bio: Robert Jacobs is a Professor of History at th e Hiroshima Peace Institute and the Graduate School of Peace Studies of Hir oshima City University. He is a historian of science and technology focused on nuclear technologies and radiation technopolitics. His book\, Nuclear B odies: The Global Hibakusha (Yale 2022) presents over a decade of field res earch conducted in more than 20 countries on the effects of radiation expos ures to individuals and communities from nuclear weapon testing\, productio n and accidents\, globally. He has published multiple books and articles on nuclear history and culture. Academia is a second career for Jacobs\, who in a former life was a chef and worked in the organic produce industry.

        Co-hosted by: School of Public Policy and Global Affair s\, UBC\; Department of History\, UBC

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        High Risk Feminism in Colombia Event

        Come share your ideas a nd explore researched global policy through stories of a highly successful early career professional working in Global Affairs.

        The School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA) an d the Latin American Studies program at UBC are co- hosting the presentatio n of Dr. Julia Zulver´s new book: High-Risk Feminism in Colombia: Women’s M obilization in Violent Contexts\, on Monday\, September 26th\, 2022\, at C. K. Choi room 120\, from 1:00-2:00 PM (PST).

        Venue (Hybrid Event): Room 120\, C.K. Choi\, 1855 West Mall\, Vancouve r\, BC V6T 1Z2\, with live stream.

        This talk will take place on the traditional\, ancestral\, and unc eded territory of the šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmaɁɬ (Musqueam)\, səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil Wa ututh)\, and skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) peoples.

        Please register to this eve nt by Friday\, Sept 23\, 12 pm for either in-person or live stream tickets. *Limited Seating*

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        Lunch is available for in-person guests.

        The book documents the experiences and hardship s of marginalized women’s organizations that united to demand gender justic e during and in the aftermath of Colombia’s armed conflict. It explains the gendered underpinnings of why women engage in feminist mobilization\, even when this exposes them to high levels of risk. Dr. Zulver follows four org anizations that break traditional gender norms and defy armed groups’ who s eek social and territorial control\, and provides enriching evidence on how women can surmount the barriers to mobilization when they come together an d frame their actions in terms of resistance rather than fear.

        < p data-key="38">Dr. Zulver will speak about the researc h and advocacy work involved in creating the book\, the current Colombian c ontext that brought a Black woman with a trajectory of social activism to t he Vice Presidency\, and the policy recommendations that emerge from her re search. To finish\, she will explore the opportunities and challenges of bu ilding gendered peace in a country struggling to move beyond its history of armed conflict.

        For more i nformation about author and book: jul iazulver.com/book

        Co-hosted by: The School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\; and Latin American Studies at UBC.

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        Call for Papers

        Re-Ima gining Sustainable Development

        September 28-30\, 2022

        Abstract Submission Deadline: August 30\, 20 22

        Co-hosted by the Liu Institute Network for Afric a (LINA)\, Liu Institute for Global Issues\, School of Public Policy and Gl obal Affairs\, and Peter A. Allard School of Law\, University of British Co lumbia (UBC)\, Canada\, with the support of the “Re-imagining Agenda 2063” International Research Collaborative of the Law and Society Association (LS A)\, United States

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        Description

        After the Year of Africa (1960)\, African countries started g rappling with the domestic efforts to promote development while managing th e aftermath of political and economic interventions such as colonial and fo reign corporate interests\, economic reconstruction\, foreign aid and struc tural adjustment. African states have come together to forge continental de velopment programs under the auspices of the Organization of African Unity and its successor\, the African Union\, including the 1980 Lagos Plan of Ac tion\, the 2001 New Partnership for Africa’s Development and the 2013 Agend a 2063. Following more than 60 years of these efforts\, much of Africa cont inues to face daunting development challenges.

        Influential global pol icy responses such as the Brundtland Commission’s ground-breaking 1987 repo rt\, the Rio Declaration in 1992\, and the Sustainable Development Goals fr om 2015 dominate our understanding of the concept of sustainable developmen t to frame solutions in Africa. However\, the colonial\, modernist\, neo-cl assical economic\, institutionalist\, and other myopic underpinnings of sus tainable development have constrained nuanced understanding of how Africa c ould address mounting challenges such as climate change and biodiversity lo ss\, the COVID-19 pandemic\, population growth and foreign economic capture .

        As part of the “Re-Imagining Agenda 2063 Project” at UBC and LSA\, the conference will revisit the deeper historical\, philosophical\, socio-cultural\, political\, legal\, economic \, and other foundations of Africa’s sustainable development policy to addr ess these challenges and rethink solutions. Participants are encouraged to learn from African Indigenous ways of knowing and the journeys of other dev eloping regions that have walked comparable paths. We welcome contributions from Africans and non-Africans.

        Date

        The conf erence will hold virtually September 28-30\, 2022. Scheduling and other rel evant information will be sent to participants and posted on the project page on the website of LINA.

        Submissions

        Academic\, policy\, community and industry researchers and practitioners are invited to submit abstracts add ressing the conference theme. Interdisciplinary and co-authored contributio ns are particularly encouraged.  Submissions should include the following i n a single PDF:

        1. Title of the paper or project.
        2. Names and brief biographies of the authors\, maximum of 350 words.
        3. An abstra ct or summary of the paper or project\, maximum of 350 words.

        P lease send your submission to temitop e@onifade.org and copy info@lina.ca b y August 30\, 2022. Notice of accepted papers will be announced no later th an September 5\, 2022.

        Panels

        The conference w ill take the form of multiple panels. Sharing a common thread\, each panel will have 3 speakers\, 1 chair to coordinate them and 1 discussant to provi de detailed feedback.

        Registration and Honor arium

        Registration is free. Participants will be required to register on the conference page to confirm their attendance. Selected appl icants will be expected to submit a work-in-progress of not less than 2\,50 0 words\, excluding references\, by September 25\, 2022.

        Each accepte d work-in-progress will receive a modest honorarium\, funded by the Liu Ins titute for Global Issues\, to incentivize the author(s). As a condition for accepting the honorarium\, the author(s) will be required to submit full p apers to be considered for inclusion in a planned peer reviewed book.

        Publication

        The conference organizers plan to publ ish selected papers in a peer reviewed book of the International Research C ollaboration (IRC) 32 of the LSA\, “Re-Imagining Agenda 2063: A Socio-legal Foundation of the Africa We Want\,” to be co-edited by Prof. Rashid Sumaila\, Temitope Onifade and other policy scholars. You can rea d more about the IRC on the LSA website.

        Inquiries

        Please submit an y inquiries to the conference organizer\, Temitope Onifade\, coordinator of LINA and LSA IRC 32\, at  temitope@o nifade.org\, or Delali Oforiwa Ofori\, LINA’s Research Assistant for th e project\, at dofori01@student.ub c.ca.

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        Book Discussion – Canada and China: A Fifty-Year Journey
        Written by B. Michael Frolic

        < p>Moderators:

        • Paul Evans\, Professor\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, University of British Columbia
        • Diana Fu\, Associat e Professor\, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy and Political S cience\, University of Toronto

        Commentators:

        • Jack Austin\, Former Federal Minister and Senator
        • Julia B entley\, Senior Fellow\, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
        • Pascale Massot\, Assistant Professor\, School of Political Studies\, University of Ottawa

        About the book:

        Thirty years in the making—a distinctive fusion of documentary history\, l ively memoir and political commentary that provides a foundation for the be st available history of bilateral relations and analysis of what is ahead.< /em>

        Presenting a thorough record of Canada’s diplomatic ties with Ch ina\, Canada and China recounts ten stories regarding China policy decision s made by the Canadian government. These decisions describe key bilateral m oves\, beginning with Pierre Trudeau’s recognition of China in 1970 and end ing fifty years later with his son Justin’s attempt to reset a struggling r elationship with China.

        Rooted in archival research\, extensive inter views\, and the author’s experience as a policy observer\, the book contrib utes to our understanding of how the Canada-China relationship has develope d over time and how best to position Canada in future relations with China.

        While present-day relations with China are complicated\, the book de liberately seeks to provide a balanced perspective by showing both the posi tive and the more challenging aspects of relations with China. Ultimately\, Canada and China recommends ways to manage future relations with China\, w hile also honouring the ties it developed over fifty years.

        H osted by:

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        The Rise of the Infrastructure State: How US-China Rivalry Shapes Politics and Place Worldwide

        This virtual book launch discusses a new book co-edited by Dr. Je ssica DiCarlo\, Chevalier Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Transportatio n and Development in China at the Institute for Asian Research at UBC’s Sch ool of Public Policy and Global Affairs.

        Panelists: Jessica DiCarlo\, Charis E nns\, Nick Jepson\, Dinesh Paudel\, Seth Schindler

        Moderator: Kristen Hopewell

        Discussants: Alyssa Brochu a nd Joy Yee

        About the Book

        Tensions between the US and China have escalated as both powers s eek to draw countries into their respective political and economic orbits b y financing and constructing infrastructure. Wide-ranging and even-handed\, this book offers a fresh interpretation of the territorial logic of US-Chi na rivalry\, and explores what it means for countries across Eurasia\, Afri ca\, and Latin America. The chapters demonstrate that many countries naviga te the global infrastructure boom by articulating novel spatial objectives and implementing political and economic reforms. By focusing on people and places worldwide\, this book broadens perspectives on the US-China rivalry beyond bipolarity\, and it is an essential guide to 21st century politics.< /span>

        Speaker Bios

        Jessica DiCarlo is a geogr apher and Chevalier Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Transportation and Deve lopment in China at the Institute of Asian Research\, School of Public Poli cy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia. Her research l ies at the intersection of critical development studies\, political ecology \, and economic geography. She contributes to debates on global China’s rol e in shaping global capitalism\, resource politics\, and development\, part icularly in Asia. She is also a co-founder of the Second Cold War Observato ry.

        Seth Schindler is Senior Lecturer of Urban Devel opment and Transformation at the Global Development Institute\,  University of Manchester. His research is focused on large-scale urban and regional t ransformation initiatives that integrate cities into transnational urban sy stems. He is also the Co-Founder of the Second Cold War Observatory. He pre viously coordinated the Global Studies Programme at Humboldt University of Berlin.

        Dinesh Paudel is an Associate Professor in t he Sustainable Development Department at Appalachian State University. Prio r\, he was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Geography at Dartmout h College. Broadly\, he is interested in understanding how development disc ourses originate and travel\, and how they articulate with economic\, ecolo gical and political processes at multiple scales. One of his current projec ts focuses in exploring the complex entanglements between rising Asian econ omies\, growing environmental degradation\, and rapidly expanding infrastru cture in the Himalaya.

        Charis Enns is a Presidential Fellow in Socio-Environmental Systems at the Global Development Institute. Her interests sit at the intersection of critical development studies\, hu man and environmental geography\, and political ecology\, focusing on the i mpacts of large-scale investments in land and natural resources on rural la ndscapes\, ecologies and socialities in East and Central Africa.

        Nick Jepson is the Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the Globa l Development Institute and School of Environment\, Education and Developme nt at the University of Manchester. He studies the political-economic impli cations of the rise of China and is the author of In China's Wake (Columbia UP). His current project focuses on China's growing role as a fin ancier of development projects across the world via the BRI.

        Hosted by:

        The Centre for Chinese Re search at the Institute of Asian Research\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC

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        CJR-CSDI event oct 18

        High-level virtual panel on digital disruptions in democrat ic elections\, with experts on Brazil\, Kenya\, the Philippines\, and South Korea.

        < h2 class="eds-text-bl eds-l-mar-bot-4">About this event

      The Konwakai Chair in Japanese Research\, in partnership with the Centre for t he Study of Democratic Institutions\, is organizing a series of panel event s on the theme of digital transformations\, titled: “Global Conversations A bout Digital Disruptions”.

      The first panel in the series will take pl ace on October 18\, 2022\, and is titled: Can Democratic Elections Survive the Digital Age?

      This event aims to:

      1. Assess the level of disruption created by digital platforms\, including social me dia platforms\, in democratic elections and democratic outcomes in differen t national contexts\;

      2. Compare disruptions between national example s to understand what is specific to each context and what are broader patte rns\; and

      3. Identify factors that influence the level of disruption caused by digital platforms\, and which factors lead to relatively positive \, benign\, or dangerous electoral and democratic outcomes.

      The event will bring together a panel of experts to discuss the digital dimension of recent democratic elections in Brazil\, Kenya\, the Philippines\, and Sout h Korea including:

      Dr. Aim Sinpeng\, Senior Lecturer\, University of Sydney

      Professor Ivar Hartman\, Insper Institute ofEducation and Rese arch

      Ms. Angela Odour Lungati\, Executive Director\, Ushahidi

      P rofessor Jade Kim\, Texas A&M University

      The event will be co-chaired by Professors Heidi T worek and Yves Tiberghien.

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      For any questions\, please reach out to p.pourmalek@ubc.ca.

    CATEGORIES:Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/can-democratic-elections-su rvive-the-digital-age/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/09/CJR-CSDI-event-Sep-8.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20221007T1158Z-1665143882.809-EO-43390-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20221004T222025Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221004T222159Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221025T124000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221025T135000 SUMMARY: Transparency Traps: Global Development and the Politics of Aid Dat a DESCRIPTION: Join a research seminar on global development and the politics of aid data\, presented by Dr. Catherine Weaver. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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    Please register fo r an in-person or live stream ticket by October 24th. A Zoom link will be s ent to registrants participating online.

    Join us for a resea rch talk by Dr. Catherine Weaver\, Visiting Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs and Associate Professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at th e University of Texas at Austin.

    About the Talk: How much international aid is actually reaching the poor in the world today an d who is really benefiting from the billions of dollars spent each year in the name of global sustainable development? Transparency Traps: Global Deve lopment and the Politics of Aid Data unravels the promises and perils of th e so-called transparency revolution in international development. Based on extensive participant observation and over 550 interviews in 14 countries\, this book focuses on international efforts to establish accountability sta ndards and improve access to data on over $150 billion in annual aid each y ear. Ultimately\, this research shows that realizing the promise of aid tra nsparency faces numerous challenges: vast supplies of data that are ultimat ely neither accessible nor useful to aid recipients\, riddled with errors a nd disinformation\, and falling far short of providing the kind of aid acco untability and effectiveness theorized by its advocates.

    Spea ker Bio: Catherine Weaver is Associate Dean for academic strategie s and Associate Professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin\, and Visiting Fulbright Canada Resea rch Chair in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Aff airs. Dr. Weaver researches transparency in international development aid\, reforming global economic governance\, and the politics of data. She has d eveloped methods to track and dynamically geomap aid and climate adaptation \, and is completing two book projects: Transparency Traps: Global Developm ent and the Politics of Open Data and Global Governance and Representation in the 21st Century. Dr. Weaver is author of the award-winning Hypocrisy Tr ap: The World Bank and the Poverty of Reform (Princeton University Press)\, and numerous articles and book chapters in outlets such as International O rganization\, Review of International Political Economy\, Review of Interna tional Organizations\, Ethics and International Affairs\, Global Governance \, Cambridge University Press\, and Oxford University Press.

    Moderator Bio: Matias Margulis  is Assistant Professor in the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs a nd Faculty of Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia. His interests are in global governance\, development\, human rights\, inter national law and food policy. In addition to his academic research\, Matias has extensive professional experience in the field of international policy making and is a former Canadian representative to the WTO\, OECD\, and FAO. He has also advised the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food and the Scottish Parliament and consulted for international NGOs and the Brookings Institution.

    Hosted By: School of Public Po licy and Global Affairs\, University of British Columbia\; IR Colloquiu m at the Department of Political Science\, University of Bri tish Columbia

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/transparency-traps-global-d evelopment-and-the-politics-of-aid-data/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/10/Transparency_Traps_WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20221107T1549Z-1667836175.8277-EO-43433-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20221007T215304Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221007T215304Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221027T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221027T160000 SUMMARY: State-Level Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic in India: Learnings from Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu DESCRIPTION: Prof. Veena Sriram (SPPGA\; SPPH) will discuss state-level res ponses to COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra and put them into a global context. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Esc-2gpj4oE9V4BNNkn6Sx S4ALJ96Qcnke ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/10/Health-After-2020.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20221107T1549Z-1667836175.8333-EO-43383-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20221003T224813Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221004T232558Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221027T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221027T173000 SUMMARY: Centre for Study of Democratic Institutions and Konwakai Chair in Japanese Research: Student and Research Showcase DESCRIPTION: CSDI Director and Prof. Heidi Tworek and Konwakai Chair in Jap anese Research Prof. Yves Tiberghien will discuss their visions for their c entres\, followed by lightning student presentations on their work. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/student-research-showcase-csdi-ko nwakai-chair-in-japanese-research-tickets-424919193747 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/10/CSDI.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20221107T1549Z-1667836175.8389-EO-43437-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20221007T235901Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221014T172723Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221027T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221027T200000 SUMMARY: Covering the Apocalypse: What it is Like Being an Indigenous Journ alist in Canada with Tanya Talaga DESCRIPTION: Join a discussion with Indigenous journalist\, Tanya Talaga. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.ubc.ca/event/ubc-connects-with-tanya-talaga/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/10/Tanya-Talaga_UBC-Connects.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20221107T1549Z-1667836175.8438-EO-43481-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20221017T235620Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221017T235620Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221028T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221028T133000 SUMMARY: (De)humanizing? Critiquing Representations of Human Rights in Film DESCRIPTION: The Human Rights Collective (HRC) at UBC ORICE is hosting a di scussion about the representation of human rights in film. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://humanrightscollective.ubc.ca/dehumanizing-critiquing- representations-of-human-rights-in-film/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/10/Representation-of-Media-Poster-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20221104T0346Z-1667533604.3165-EO-43644-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20221103T225601Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221103T230440Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221109T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221109T170000 SUMMARY: Virtual Information Session – Master of Public Policy & Global Aff airs DESCRIPTION: The MPPGA Information Session is for those interested in explo ring or further equipping themselves in the world of public policy. Get to know how you can develop key skills in policy research\, data analysis\, po licy writing\, and communication through our program. Join our team for a b rief presentation of the MPPGA Program\, walk-through of our […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    UBC SPPGA upcoming info session november 9\, 2022

    The MPPGA Information Session is for those interes ted in exploring or further equipping themselves in the world of public pol icy. Get to know how you can develop key skills in policy research\, data a nalysis\, policy writing\, and communication through our program.

    Joi n our team for a brief presentation of the MPPGA Program\, walk-through of our admissions process\, and a word on eligibility.

    The session will end with a Question & Answer period. If you are not able to have your quest ions answered then we would invite you to schedule a personal zoom session at your soonest convenience.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/information-session-master- of-public-policy-global-affairs/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/11/MPPGA-Info-Session_11-09_WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392635.7347-EO-43724-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20221114T214750Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221114T214750Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221116T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221116T170000 SUMMARY: Seeds of Mobilization Discussion: The Authoritarian Roots of South Korea’s Democracy DESCRIPTION: Join Dr. Joan Cho (speaker) and Dr. Hyung-Gu Lynn (discussant) for a book discussion on The Authoritarian Roots of South Korea’s Democrac y which aims to reconcile two seemingly contradictory views regarding South Korea’s path to modernity and democracy. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues\, Room 312 GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://ckr.iar.ubc.ca/wednesday-november-16-2022/?utm_medium =email&utm_campaign=IAR-Announcement%3A-November-14%2C&utm_source =Envoke-IAR-Newsletter&utm_term=IAR-Announcement%3A-November-14%2C ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/11/Copy-of-Dr.-Joan-Cho-Poster-Final-3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392635.7486-EO-43692-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20221110T201108Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221111T003931Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221116T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221116T183000 SUMMARY: Citizenship and Borders in South Asia: A Visual Contemplation DESCRIPTION: Join the Centre for India and South Asia Research at UBC SPPGA for a film screening and discussion with Dr. Natasha Raheja. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:UBC Biological Sciences Building\, Room 2200 GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://cisar.iar.ubc.ca/events/event/citizenship-and-borders / ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/11/CISAR-Blog-Banner-3-768x432.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392635.7541-EO-43713-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20221114T194235Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221114T234326Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221117T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221117T183000 SUMMARY: Decoding G20 Indonesia Summit DESCRIPTION: Join a webinar on how G20 leaders are navigating economic and societal hurdles in the post-pandemic world. Hosted by the Konwakai Chair i n the UBC Centre for Japanese Research. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/decoding-g20-indonesia-summit-tic kets-465998583307 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/11/Decoding-G20-Indonesia-Summit.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392635.7596-EO-43727-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20221114T233345Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221114T233353Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221118T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221118T163000 SUMMARY: India and China’s State Power and the Role of a Mid-Size Power: Th ailand DESCRIPTION: Join a discussion on India and China's growth as political sup erpowers and the role of Thailand as a mid-size power. Hosted by the Centre for Southeast Asia Research (CSEAR) at UBC. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://csear.iar.ubc.ca/events/event/upcoming/?utm_medium=em ail&utm_campaign=IAR-Announcement%3A-November-14%2C&utm_source=En voke-IAR-Newsletter&utm_term=IAR-Announcement%3A-November-14%2C ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/11/India_China.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392635.7644-EO-43729-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20221114T234104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221114T234104Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221122T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221122T130000 SUMMARY: What About Gender+? Intersectional Research Design in Practice DESCRIPTION: Join this workshop for a space to work through the practical c hallenges of conducting gender+ intersectional research. Hosted by the Offi ce of Regional and International Community Engagement (ORICE) at UBC. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/what-about-gender-intersectional- research-design-in-practice-tickets-465279883657?aff=ebdsoporgprofile ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/11/Poster-What-About-Gender-Intersectional-Research-Design-in-Practice.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392635.7691-EO-43775-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20221117T185111Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221117T185111Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221124T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221124T143000 SUMMARY: Exposing Normalized Violence in Canada DESCRIPTION: This talk will focus on exposing the normalized realities of h uman rights abuses in Canada. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://humanrightscollective.ubc.ca/exposing-normalized-viol ence-in-canada/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/11/Exposing-Normalized-Violence-Poster.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251008T2231Z-1759962681.6102-EO-43648-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20221103T230328Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221104T175028Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221124T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221124T203000 SUMMARY: Information Session @ UBC Robson Square – Master of Public Policy & Global Affairs DESCRIPTION: Dive into the world of public policy and learn how to analyze\ , develop\, and communicate meaningful policy change. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    UBC SPPGA upcoming info session

    The MPPGA Information Session is for those interested in exploring or further equipping themselves in the world of public policy. Ge t to know how you can develop key skills in policy research\, data analysis \, policy writing\, and communication through our program.

    Join our t eam at the UBC Robson Campus HSBC Room for the evening where you will learn about what encompasses public policy\, view a presentation of the MPPGA Pr ogram\, and ask questions to a panel of faculty\, staff\, and alumni.

    After the formal program enjoy a catered meal and mingle with staff\, facu lty\, and alumni. Get your questions answered!

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:UBC Robson Square GEO:49.282483;-123.121401 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/information-session-ubc-rob son-master-of-public-policy-global-affairs/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/11/MPPGA-Info-Session_11-24_WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392635.7759-EO-43773-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20221117T183853Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221117T184859Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221125T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221125T100000 SUMMARY: Science\, Academia and Politics: Lessons from the Honourable Dr. A meenah Gurib-Fakim DESCRIPTION: Join a talk by Dr. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim about her extraordinary life as an academic and political leader in Mauritius. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://orice.ubc.ca/events/event/science-academia-and-politi cs-lessons-from-the-honourable-dr-ameenah-gurib-fakim/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/11/LINA-Event-Dr.-Ameenah-Poster.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20221107T1549Z-1667836175.8535-EO-43670-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20221104T213046Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221111T003933Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221129T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221129T193000 SUMMARY: Uncivilized City: Urban Tibetans and China’s State-led Urbanizatio n DESCRIPTION: An in-depth exploration of Tibetans’ experiences with urban li fe in the growing city of Xining\, the largest city on the Tibetan Plateau. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/uncivilized-city-urban-tibetans-a nd-chinas-state-led-urbanization-tickets-449785760317 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/11/Slide2Andrew-Grant-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392635.7831-EO-43777-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20221117T185516Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221117T185516Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221130T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221130T160000 SUMMARY: Through the Lens: Image Use and Implications DESCRIPTION: Dr. Jenny Peterson will discuss the ethics of image use in hum an rights work. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://humanrightscollective.ubc.ca/through-the-lens-image-u se-and-implications/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/11/HRC-Event-Through-the-Lens-Poster.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20221107T1549Z-1667836175.8591-EO-43584-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20221031T224831Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221031T224922Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221130T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221130T183000 SUMMARY: Partner or Predator? China and the Global Land Grab DESCRIPTION: Join Prof. Juliet Lu (SPPGA\; Forestry) for a talk on mainstre am portrayals of China’s overseas land investments. Hosted by the Centre fo r Chinese Research and Green College at UBC. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:UBC Coach House\, Green College GEO:49.270852;-123.256535 URL;VALUE=URI:https://greencollege.ubc.ca/civicrm/event/info%3Fid%3D1548%26 reset%3D1 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/10/Partner-or-Predator_WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20221114T2059Z-1668459599.3258-EO-43672-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20221107T190051Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221107T190747Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221202T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221202T140000 SUMMARY: Reflections on the 20th Party Congress and the Future of Chinese P olitics DESCRIPTION: Join a roundtable discussion of the current state of Chinese p olitics and its evolving role in the world. Hosted by the Centre for Chines e Research (CCR) at UBC SPPGA. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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    Please register by December 1st. A Zoom link will be sent to registrants in advance.

    This roundtabl e will bring together a group of leading China experts to reflect on the re cent 20th Party Congress and its implications for the future of Chinese politics.  Securing an unprecedented third term\, President Xi Jinp ing has consolidated his grip on power\, while signaling a growing emphasis on security\, a shift away from market-oriented reforms\, and a more adver sarial approach to foreign relations.  Yet there have also been growing und ercurrents of popular discontent\, amid China’s zero-Covid policy\, heavy-h anded lockdowns\, and slowing economic growth.  Does the 20th Pa rty Congress mark a tipping point?  How do we understand these changes\, an d what can we expect next from China’s domestic and foreign policy?  Join o ur group of experts for a lively discussion of the current state of Chinese politics and its evolving role in the world.

    Moderator: Prof. Kristen Hopewell\, University of British Columbia

    Speakers:

    • Manfred Elfstrom\, University of British Colu mbia
    • Diana Fu\, University of Toronto
    • Mary Gallagher\, Univ ersity of Michigan
    • Ho-fung Hung\, Johns Hopkins University

    Moderator Bio

    Kristen Hopewell is Canada Resea rch Chair in Global Policy in the School of Public Policy and Global Affair s\, Director of the Liu Institute for Global Issues\, and Co-Director of th e Centre for Chinese Research at UBC. She is a Wilson China Fellow at the W ilson Center in Washington\, DC. Professor Hopewell is the author of Cl ash of Powers: US-China Rivalry in Global Trade Governance (Cambridge University Press\, 2020) and Breaking the WTO: How Emerging Powers Disr upted the Neoliberal Project (Stanford University Press\, 2016).

    Speaker Bios

    Manfred Elfstrom is an Assistant Pro fessor in the Department of Economics\, Philosophy\, and Political Science at the University of British Columbia\, Okanagan. He is the author of W orkers and Change in China: Resistance\, Repression\, Responsiveness ( Cambridge University Press\, 2021). He previously served as a Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of Southern California’s School of International Relations and a China Public Policy Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard Universi ty’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. Before entering a cademia\, he worked in the non-profit world\, supporting workers’ rights an d improved grassroots governance in China.

    Diana Fu is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto .  She is a non-resident fellow at Brookings Institution\, a China fellow a t the Wilson Center\, and a public intellectuals fellow at the National Com mittee on US-China Relations.  She is author of the award-winning Mobil izing Without the Masses: Control and Contention in China (Cambridge U niversity Press\, 2018).  She has been elected to the Royal Society of Cana da’s College of New Scholars\, Artists\, and Scientists.

    Mary Gallagher is a Professor of Political Science at the University o f Michigan\, where she is also the Director of the Center for Chinese Studi es\, and a faculty associate at the Center for Comparative Political Studie s at the Institute for Social Research. She is the author of numerous books and articles on Chinese politics\, including Authoritarian Legality in China: Law\, Workers\, and the State (Cambridge University Press\, 20 17). Professor Gallagher has taught at the Foreign Affairs College in Beiji ng and was a Fulbright Research Scholar at East China University of Politic s and Law in Shanghai. She has also been a fellow in the public intellectua ls program of the National Committee on US-China Relations.

    H o-fung Hung is the Henry M. and Elizabeth P. Wiesenfeld Professor in Political Economy at the Sociology Department and the Paul H Nitze Schoo l of Advanced International Studies of the Johns Hopkins University. He is  the author of the award-winning Protest with Chinese Characteristics (2011) and The China Boom: Why China Will not Rule the World (2 016)\, both published by Columbia University Press. His publications have b een translated into seven different languages and received numerous awards. His analyses of the Chinese political economy and Hong Kong politics have been featured or cited in The New York Times\, The Financial Times\, The Wa ll Street Journal\, Bloomberg News\, BBC News\, Die Presse (Austria)\, The Guardian\, Folha de S. Paulo (Brazil)\, The Straits Times (Singapore)\,  Xi nhua Monthly (China)\, People’s Daily (China)\, among other publications.

    Hosted by:

    The Centre for Chines e Research (CCR) at the Institute of Asian Research\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA)\ , University of British Columbia

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/reflections-on-the-20th-par ty-congress-and-the-future-of-chinese-politics/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/11/WEB_Reflections-on-the-20th-Communist-Party-Congress-and-the-Future-of-Chinese-Politics.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392635.7933-EO-43879-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20221201T210150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221202T225818Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221205T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221205T160000 SUMMARY: A Revolutionary State: What is North Korea’s End Goal? DESCRIPTION: Since the founding of the Democratic People’s Republic of Kore a (the official name of North Korea\, hereafterDPRK) in 1948\, the Kim fami ly regime’s primary objective has been the reunification of the Korean peni nsula under Pyongyang’s terms. Despite South Korea’s rapid economic growth and democratization process\, the stated goal of reunification has not chan ged in North Korea’s official discourse. This talk will examine these legal revisions under Kim Jong Un and look at the strategic outlook for conflict on the Korean peninsula. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://ckr.iar.ubc.ca/events/event/dr-benjamin-young-a-revol utionary-state-what-is-north-koreas-end-goal/?utm_medium=email&utm_cam paign=IAR-Announcement%3A-November-28%2C&utm_source=Envoke-IAR-Newslet ter&utm_term=IAR-Announcement%3A-November-28%2C ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/12/Benjamin-Young-Poster-1_Page_1-768x432.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20221107T1549Z-1667836175.8651-EO-43591-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20221101T171140Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221111T003936Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221206T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221206T183000 SUMMARY: Mind the Gap: Digital Trade Explosion vs Fragmented Data Governanc e DESCRIPTION: The Konwakai Chair in Japanese Research\, in partnership with the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions\, is organizing a serie s of panel events on the theme of digital transformations. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/mind-the-gap-digital-trade-explos ion-vs-fragmented-data-governance-tickets-456882125737 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/11/WEB_Copy-of-CJR-CDSI-event-1-3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392635.8038-EO-43903-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20221202T225649Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221202T225649Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221208T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221208T193000 SUMMARY: Fighting for Life? Environmental Law in India DESCRIPTION: Join a virtual discussion about environmental law in India pre sented by Rahul Choudhary\, a New Delhi-based lawyer and one of 2021’s Righ t Livelihood Awardees. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://cisar.iar.ubc.ca/events/event/flightingforlife/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/12/Copy-of-Copy-of-CISAR-Mails-8.5-×-15in-Twitter-Post-Instagram-Post-Portrait-Twitter-Post-1-768x432.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20221107T1549Z-1667836175.8717-EO-43586-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20221101T162824Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221111T003938Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221207 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221208 RDATE;VALUE=DATE:20221208,20221209,20221207,20221209,20221207,20221209 SUMMARY: Site-Image-Object: Rethinking Place in Chinese Visual and Material Culture DESCRIPTION: This conference co-hosted by the Centre for Chinese Research ( CCR) at UBC examines how place is shaped by artistic production. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Frederic Lasserre Building GEO:49.267665;-123.255830 URL;VALUE=URI:https://site-image-object.sites.olt.ubc.ca/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/11/banner-image-very-last-1-2048x644.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20221206T1523Z-1670340233.3174-EO-43862-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20221205T210702Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221208T224224Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221213T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221213T190000 SUMMARY: Master of Public Policy & Global Affairs – Application Workshop DESCRIPTION: Attend the MPPGA Virtual Application Workshop for a step-by-st ep live demonstration of the application process and tips to strengthen you r application. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    mppga info session
    Th is upcoming MPPGA Virtual Application Workshop is for those interested in a pplying to our Master's program.

    This session will cover:

    • Overview of the program process
    • Online application – What to expect
    • Understanding admissions requirements and prerequisites
    • St atement of interest
    • References – What we look for and who you shoul d ask
    • Application DOs and DON'Ts

    If you have any questi ons please email us at mppga.program@ ubc.ca.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/master-of-public-policy-glo bal-affairs-application-workshop/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/11/MPPGA-Info-Session_Dec-13_WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392635.8116-EO-43920-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20221207T002655Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230502T051410Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221217T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20221217T140000 SUMMARY: Africans in BC Townhall: How the African Diaspora Can Contribute t o the Development of the Continent DESCRIPTION: Precious Fountain Foundation (PFF) and the UBC Liu Institute N etwork for Africa\, in partnership with UBC Connects at Robson Square\, inv ites you to this special end-of-year townhall for diaspora Africans. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:UBC Robson Square GEO:49.282483;-123.121401 URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.ubc.ca/event/africans-in-bc-townhall-how-the-a frican-diaspora-can-contribute-to-the-development-of-the-continent/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/12/UBC-Connects-and-LINA.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20221216T0705Z-1671174345.355-EO-43917-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20221216T000644Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221216T002433Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230111T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230111T190000 SUMMARY: Master of Public Policy & Global Affairs – Application Workshop DESCRIPTION: Attend the MPPGA Virtual Application Workshop for a step-by-st ep live demonstration of the application process and tips to strengthen you r application. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    MPPGA Info Session and Applicati on Workshop - Jan 11
    This upcoming MPPGA Virtual Application Workshop is for those interested in applying to our Mas ter's program.

    This session will cover:

    • Overview of the pr ogram process
    • Online application – What to expect
    • Understan ding admissions requirements and prerequisites
    • Statement of interes t
    • References – What we look for and who you should ask
    • Appl ication DOs and DON'Ts

    If you have any questions please email u s at mppga.program@ubc.ca.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/master-of-public-policy-glo bal-affairs-application-workshop-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/12/MPPGA-Info-Session_Jan-11_WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392635.8208-EO-44070-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20221222T182646Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221222T183141Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230113T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230113T170000 SUMMARY: Kingdom of Pines: State Forestry and the Making of Chosŏn Korea\, 1392-1910 DESCRIPTION: Join the Centre for Korean Research (CKR) at UBC SPPGA for a t alk with Dr. John Lee\, Assistant Prof. at Durham University. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

       

    LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://ckr.iar.ubc.ca/events/event/dr-john-lee-kingdom-of-pi nes-state-forestry-and-the-making-of-choson-korea-1392-1910/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/12/1-Dr.-John-Lee-poster.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230115T1315Z-1673788515.426-EO-44297-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230113T060425Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230121T210158Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230117T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230131T170000 SUMMARY: The Memory Project DESCRIPTION: What makes memory transformative? The Liu Lobby Gallery presen ts The Memory Project\, a two-week long exhibition featuring testimonial te xtiles and tapestries created by the Women’s Advocacy Network in Uganda. Th e Women’s Advocacy Network (WAN) is an association of women working for a b etter future after a long war in northern Uganda between the Lord’s Resista nce […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    < em>What makes memory transformative?

    The Liu Lobby Gallery prese nts The Memory Project\, a two-week long exhibition featuring test imonial textiles and tapestries created by the Women’s Advocacy Network in Uganda.

    The Women’s Advocacy Network (WAN) is an ass ociation of women working for a better future after a long war in northern Uganda between the Lord’s Resistance Army and the Government of Uganda (198 7-2008). Abducted as schoolgirls and forced into so-called marriages with r ebel commanders\, WAN provides a space for these survivors to exchange stor ies\, provide one another support\, and to advocate for justice and reparat ions.

    The Memory Project exhibit is part of an initiative by the Transformative Memory International Network\, a colle ctive of artists\, social movement leaders and scholars who seek to reconce ptualize the role and practice of memory after periods of political violenc e\, co-led by SPPGA Prof. Erin Baines and GRSJ Pro f. Pilar Riaño-Alcalá.

    The exhibit is free and open to the p ublic during regular building hours\, 9am-5pm. It is located in the lobby o n the first floor.

     

    LOCATION:Lobby Gallery\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-memory-project/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/01/Liu-Lobby-Gallery-2023_WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392635.8299-EO-44247-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230109T194432Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230109T194432Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230118T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230118T183000 SUMMARY: Study in Japan Information Session DESCRIPTION: The Center of Japanese Research\, Go Global and the Consulate General of Japan in Vancouver will be hosting a Study in Japan Session whic h will outline the benefits of studying in Japan\, alongside scholarship op portunities for international students. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: URL;VALUE=URI:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf2NhCNR8zEcVd0iTbNn yp8vkghqy-TVbLZdSSGjMgfD7rczw/viewform ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/01/Study-in-Japan_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392635.8425-EO-44217-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230102T010623Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230102T011949Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230119T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230119T100000 SUMMARY: Digital Policy Rounds: Health Communications X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/digital-policy-rounds-tickets-449 765941037 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/01/DIGITAL-POLICY-ROUNDS_CSDI.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392635.8493-EO-44316-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230118T081704Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230118T081704Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230123T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230123T183000 SUMMARY: Trauma-Informed Community Care X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: LOCATION:Allard School of Law- Franklin Lew Forum (Room 101) GEO:49.269996;-123.253280 URL;VALUE=URI:https://humanrightscollective.ubc.ca/trauma-informed-communit y-care/#new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/01/Poster-HRC-Event-Community-Care.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392635.8568-EO-44215-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230101T234926Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230121T210410Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230125T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230125T140000 SUMMARY: Heavy Metal: Killam Lecture Series – Sheri Meyerhoffer X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: LOCATION:Allard School of Law- Franklin Lew Forum (Room 101) GEO:49.269996;-123.253280 URL;VALUE=URI:https://allard.ubc.ca/about-us/events-calendar/canadian-ombud sperson-responsible-enterprise-sheri-meyerhoffer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/01/Sheri-Meyerhoffer-Poster-v-8-Jan-12.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20221222T0305Z-1671678325.5343-EO-44067-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20221221T001452Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221221T001452Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230126T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230126T193000 SUMMARY: The Phil Lind Initiative: Masha Gessen DESCRIPTION: The Phil Lind Initiative kicks off with Masha Gessen—an outspo ken\, unflinching author of eleven books\, and staff writer for The New Yor ker. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    2023 Phil Lind Initia tive on (Un)civil Discourse: Masha Gessen< /p>

    The Phil Lind Initiative: (Un)civil Discourse
    Masha Gessen | Ja nuary 26\, 2023 | 6:00 - 7:30 PM (PT) | Frederic Wood Theatre

    The Un ited States is polarized like never before. While not alone in this respect \, polarization in the United States is especially pernicious because it is accompanied by a high degree of negative partisanship as well as the unche cked spread of misinformation and disinformation. As a result\, uncivil dis course—the use of language which is insulting\, contemptuous\, and which kn owingly misattributes the motives of others—and political violence is on th e rise\, as witnessed in the attack on the Capitol on January 6\, 2021. Dis illusioned with the state of political discourse\, many Americans wish to r estore civility. But how can a civil culture be reimagined in the current e ra?

    This series not only explores some of the major factors fueling t he rancor and divisiveness in American politics\, but crucially it asks how can citizens and leaders find common ground across a range of political is sues that divide them? Since Canadians are not immune to these forces\, we too must ask how to sustain the respectful\, honest\, and deep conversation s we need to address the substantive challenges facing democratic societies .

    The 2023 Phil Lind Initiative series kicks off on January 26 with < strong>Masha Gessen— Award-winning author of eleven books and staf f writer for The New Yorker bearing insightful and searing commentary on Ru ssia\, LGBTQ2+ rights\, Vladimir Putin\, Donald Trump\, and the rise of aut ocracy. Read more here.

    “Gessen shines a piercing light into every dark corner.” —Foreign Affa irs

    The Phil Lind Initiative is present ed by UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the UBC Vancouver campus\, with live streaming. Each event is open to the public and free to attend.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Frederic Wood Theatre GEO:49.268043;-123.257021 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-phil-lind-initiative-ma sha-gessen/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/12/2023-Lind-MashaWEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392635.8639-EO-44072-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20221222T183103Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221222T183103Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230127T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230127T170000 SUMMARY: Dialectics of Labor: Working in Postwar North Korea DESCRIPTION: Join the Centre for Korean Research (CKR) for a talk with Dr. Cheehyung Harrison Kim\, Associate Professor at the University of Hawaiʻi. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

     

    LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://ckr.iar.ubc.ca/events/event/dr-cheehyung-harrison-kim -dialectics-of-labor-working-in-postwar-north-korea/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/12/1-Dr.-Harrison-Kim-poster.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392635.8688-EO-44357-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230121T200617Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230121T201950Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230201T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230201T133000 SUMMARY: (De)Mystifying Gender+ in Research: A Workshop Series and Conversa tion Space X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: URL;VALUE=URI:https://orice.ubc.ca/research/collective-for-gender-in-resear ch/demystifying-gender-in-research-a-workshop-and-conversation-space/#new_t ab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/01/Poster-GENDER-Workshop.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392635.8734-EO-44361-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230121T212037Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230121T212037Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230201T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230201T140000 SUMMARY: Policy Communications Workshop (Humanities & Social Sciences) X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://democracy.ubc.ca/cpcc/policy-communications-workshops -series/policy-communications-workshop-humanities-social-sciences/#new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/01/Policy-Comms-Workshop-Banner-Humanities-.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392635.8781-EO-43695-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20221110T234707Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221216T000719Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230201T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230201T183000 SUMMARY: Chinese Soft Power in Africa: Opportunities and Frictions DESCRIPTION: Join a talk by Prof. Maria Repnikova from the Department of Co mmunication at Georgia State University. This event is part of the China Po wer Series co-hosted by the Centre for Chinese Research (CCR) and Green Col lege at UBC. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:UBC Coach House\, Green College GEO:49.270852;-123.256535 URL;VALUE=URI:https://greencollege.ubc.ca/civicrm/event/info?id=1549&r eset=1 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/11/Chinese-Soft-Power-in-Africa-Opportunities-and-Frictions-web.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392635.8824-EO-44363-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230121T212220Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230121T212220Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230202T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230202T140000 SUMMARY: Policy Communications Workshop (Sciences) X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://democracy.ubc.ca/cpcc/policy-communications-workshops -series/policy-communications-workshop-sciences/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/01/Policy-Comms-Workshop-Banner-Sciences.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230131T1006Z-1675159590.4766-EO-44359-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230121T205823Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230130T224745Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230202T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230202T190000 SUMMARY: How Ancestral Voyaging Mobilizes Knowledge of Biodiversity & Clima te Change DESCRIPTION: How Ancestral Voyaging Mobilizes Knowledge of Biodiversity & C limate Change A vaka built in Taumako ©Vaka Taumako Project February 2\, 20 23 5:00 to 7:00 pm Reception: 7:00 to 8:30 pm xʷθəθiqətəm or The Place of M any Trees Liu Institute for Global Issues 6476 NW Marine Dr\, Vancouver\, B C V6T 1Z2 The future of the ocean […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    How Ancestral Voyaging Mobilizes Knowledg e of Biodiversity & Climate Change

    A vaka built in Taumako ©Vaka Taumak o Project

    February 2\, 2023
    5:00 to 7:00 pm
    Reception: 7:00 to 8:30 pm

    xʷθəθiqətəm or The Place of Many Trees
    Liu Institute for Global Issues
    64 76 NW Marine Dr\, Vancouver\, BC V6T 1Z2

    The future of the o cean is essential to the planet’s future and human life. Climate change int ersects profoundly with biodiversity\, food security for billions of humans \, culture\, and economy and peace. The sea-voyaging people of the Pacific have developed intimate and profound knowledge of the Ocean over millennia. The extreme biodiversity of the western Pacific makes its health key to re vival of planetary biodiversity.

    This is an opportunity to learn ways of knowing from Pacific knowledge keepers\, to deeply enrich the understan ding of the complex inter-relationships of ocean phenomena and what must be done to protect and live with the ocean for our own future survival. The s ession would bring together different forms of knowledge\, including ocean science\, geoscience\, plant science and zoology\, along with cultural hist ory and narratives\, music\, anthropology\, archeology\, navigation\, and o thers.

    Opening Remarks

    Dr. Mimi Kaveia George\, Vaka Taumako Project of Pacific Traditions Society\, Anahola\, United S tates
    Dr. Rashid Sumaila\, University Killam Professo r\, UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries & School of Public Policy an d Global Affairs
    Dr. Yves Tiberghien\, UBC Konwakai C hair in Japanese Research\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs/Inst itute of Asian Research\, & Professor\, Department of Political Science

    Co-Moderators

    Dr. Andrea Reid
    Centre for I ndigenous Fisheries\, UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries

    Dr. Rashid Sumaila
    University Killam Professor\, UBC Inst itute for the Oceans and Fisheries & School of Public Policy and Global Aff airs

    Speakers

    Mario Jacob Benito\, 500 Sails\, Polowat A toll\, Federated States of Micronesia
    Lolobeyong Valentino Rogopes Beni to\, 500 Sails\, Polowat Atoll\, Federated States of Micronesia
    Delsie Betty Bosi\, Holau Vaka Taumako Association\, Holau Vaka Taumako Associatio n\, Taumako Island\, Duffs Group\, Solomon Islands
    Mimi Kaveia George\, Vaka Taumako Project of Pacific Traditions Society\, Anahola\, United Stat es
    Sanakoli John\, Pasana Group\, Pasana Group\, Nuakata Island\, Papua New Guinea
    Modakula Kunuyobu\, Milne Bay Tourism Bureau Acting Manager \, Papua New Guinea
    Setareki Ledua\, Drua Sailing Experience\, Pte\, Lt d\, Suva and Lau Group\, Fiji
    Luke O'Grady Vaikawi\, Holau Vaka Taumako Association\, Holau Vaka Taumako Association\, Taumako Island\, Duffs Grou p\, Solomon Islands
    Heuionalani Wyeth\, Vaka Taumako Project of Pacific Traditions Society\, Anahola\, United States
    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/how-ancestral-voyaging-mobi lizes-knowledge-of-biodiversity-climate-change/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/01/Feb2_AncestraVoyaging.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230204T0433Z-1675485194.6361-EO-44558-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230203T221838Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230222T203844Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230208 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230225 SUMMARY: The Liu Lobby Gallery: Millions of Kitchens. Are They Safe? DESCRIPTION:   Assessing the Effect of Residential Energy use on Indoor Pol lution in Rural India. A Photography Exhibit by Liu Scholar Mrinmoy Chakrab orty\, Faculty Mentor Milind Kandlikar | February 8 – 24\, 2023. Closing Re ception Feb 23 at 5:30pm.    The Liu Lobby Gallery presents a two-week long exhibition featuring the photography of Liu Scholar Mrinmoy […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

     

    Assessing the Effect of Residential Energy use on Indoor Polluti on in Rural India. A Photography Exhibit by Liu Scholar Mrinmoy Ch akraborty\, Faculty Mentor Milind Kandlikar | February 8 - 24\, 2023. Closi ng Reception Feb 23 at 5:30pm. 

     

    The Liu Lobby Gallery p resents a two-week long exhibition featuring the photography of Liu Scholar Mrinmoy Chakraborty.

    Energy usage patterns in daily household activi ties can affect human health and climate\, as they can contribute to indoor and outdoor air pollution. Millions of households from lower and middle-in come countries depend on cheap and traditional fuels for cooking and other energy needs\, which can contribute to severe air pollution. In 2019\, a gr oup of researchers from UBC Vancouver conducted a field study in India to i nvestigate the relationship between energy usage in cooking and air quality experienced by rural communities. UBC’s doctoral candidate and Liu Scholar \, Mrinmoy Chakraborty\, has been a part of this campaign and working on ch aracterizing the indoor kitchen emissions from these households. This exhib ition features what he has learned about the pollution experienced by rural homes in India and his journey and experiences from that field campaign th rough his camera.

    The exhibit is free and open to the public during r egular building hours\, 9am-5pm. It is located in the lobby on the first fl oor.

     

    Closing Rec eption: Thursday\, February 23 at 5:30 PM at the Liu Lobby Gallery 

    Join Mrinmoy in a special closing reception\, where he will hol d a walk-through discussion of his exhibit. Refreshments provided. Register for the reception here.

     

    Mrinmoy Chakraborty is a PhD candidate at the Univers ity of British Columbia and a Liu Scholar at the School of Public Policy an d Global Affairs. He is jointly supervised by Dr. Naomi Zimmerman and Dr. A manda Giang. He has completed a master’s in Environmental Engineering and M anagement from IIT Kanpur and undergraduate studies in Civil Engineering fr om West Bengal University of Technology\, Kolkata. Mrinmoy’s research invol ves scientific evaluation and applications of low-cost sensors and micro-ae thalometers in challenging environments. He is interested in characterizing household sources of air pollution and its impact on human health and clim ate change.

     

    LOCATION:Lobby Gallery\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-liu-lobby-gallery-milli ons-of-kitchens-are-they-safe/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/02/MillionsOfKitchens_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230206T1948Z-1675712921.1647-EO-44582-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230206T192248Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230206T205541Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230213T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230213T190000 SUMMARY: The Global Significance of the Indo-Pacific DESCRIPTION: A UK and Canada Panel Discussion Presented by the School of Pu blic Policy and Global Affairs at UBC and the British Consulate-General in Vancouver On the occasion of the visit of UK Minister for the Americas and Caribbean\, David Rutley MP\, UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affa irs and the British Consulate-General in Vancouver […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    A UK and Canada Panel Discussion

    Presented by th e School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at UBC and the British Consula te-General in Vancouver

    On the occasion of the visit of UK Minis ter for the Americas and Caribbean\, Dav id Rutley MP\, UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affair s and the British Consulate-General in Vancouver invite you to a UK and Can ada panel discussion on the challenges and opportunities of the Indo-Pacifi c. Joining Minister Rutley on the panel will be SPPGA Professor and Acting Director of the Institute of Asian Research Timothy Cheek\, SPPGA and Fores t Resources Management Assistant Professor Juliet Lu\, and President and CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation Jeff Nankivell. Panel discussion moderated by British Consu l General Thomas Codrington.

    Given Canada’s recently launched Indo-Pacific Strategy\, and t he Indo-Pacific’s important role in UK foreign policy\, this panel will hel p answer the question of the global significance of a peaceful and prospero us Indo-Pacific and why it matters to the UK and Canada.

    Join us for some light refreshments and a panel discussion at UBC’s Liu Institute for G lobal Issues (6476 NW Marine Dr\, UBC). The event is held under Chatham Hou se Rule.

     

    RSVP TODAY

     

    We hope you can join us!

     

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-global-significance-of- the-indo-pacific/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/02/2023-02-13-Minister-David-RutleyWEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230130T1249Z-1675082965.231-EO-44476-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230130T004508Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230130T212518Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230215T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230215T133000 SUMMARY: Michael B. Dwyer – Upland Geopolitics: Postwar Laos and the Global Land Rush DESCRIPTION: This event takes place on zoom\, register to receive a link.  Speaker: Michael B. Dwyer\, Indiana University Bloomington Moderator: Jessi ca DiCarlo\, University of British Columbia Discussant: Juliet Lu\, Univers ity of British Columbia In the twenty-first century\, transnational land de als in economically poor but “land-rich” countries of the global South have become increasingly prevalent and controversial. […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This event takes place on zoom\, register to receive a link. < /strong>

    Speaker: Michael B. Dwyer\, Indiana Univers ity Bloomington
    Moderator: Jessica DiCarlo\, Universi ty of British Columbia
    Discussant: Juliet Lu\, Univer sity of British Columbia

    In the twenty-first century\, transnational land deals in economically poor but “land-rich” countries of the global Sou th have become increasingly prevalent and controversial. Drawing from Micha el B. Dwyer’s new book Upland Geopolitics: Postwar Laos and the Global Land Rush (University of Washington Press\, 2022)\, this talk uses the boom in Chinese rubber plantations in Laos’s so-called Northern Economic C orridor to examine and theorize the uneven geography of the new global land rush. By examining the human terrain that underlies foreign land allocatio ns that are both economically “necessary” and politically difficult\, the t alk shows how legacies of Cold War conflict continue to pave the way for tr ansnational enclosure in a socially uneven landscape.

    Michael B. Dwyer (Assistant Professor of Geography at Indiana University Bloomington) is a political ecologist who studies agrarian change\, environ mental governance and infrastructure development in Southeast Asia. He has conducted fieldwork in Laos and Cambodia on the social and legal geographie s\, as well as the policy tradeoffs\, of large-scale land deals\, land titl ing\, new road and energy infrastructure\, and carbon forestry/REDD+.

    Hosted By: Institute of Asian Research (IAR)\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, University of British Columbia

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/michael-b-dwyer-upland-geop olitics-postwar-laos-and-the-global-land-rush/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/01/2023-02-15-Upland-GeopoliticsWEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392635.9018-EO-44479-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230130T030144Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230130T030144Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230215T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230215T160000 SUMMARY: Killam Lecture Series – Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capital ism X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: LOCATION:UBC Coach House\, Green College GEO:49.270852;-123.256535 URL;VALUE=URI:https://climatejustice.ubc.ca/events/event/extraction-the-fro ntiers-of-green-capitalism/#new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/01/TR_Feb15_NO-QR-or-Link.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392635.9064-EO-44220-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230102T011334Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230102T011902Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230216T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230216T100000 SUMMARY: Digital Policy Rounds: Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violenc e X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/digital-policy-rounds-tickets-449 765941037#new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/01/DIGITAL-POLICY-ROUNDS_CSDI.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392635.91-EO-44566-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230203T213352Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230203T215520Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230216T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230216T133000 SUMMARY: Human Rights and the Environment: Are Human Rights only about Huma ns? X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://humanrightscollective.ubc.ca/human-rights-and-the-env ironment-are-human-rights-only-about-humans/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/02/Digital-Signage-HR-and-Environment-.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230125T2053Z-1674680032.0185-EO-44380-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230125T174255Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230125T174432Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230216T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230216T193000 SUMMARY: The Phil Lind Initiative: John McWhorter DESCRIPTION: The 2023 Phil Lind Initiative series continues on February 16 with John McWhorter— New York Times best-selling author specializing in lin guistics and race\, host of Lexicon Valley podcast. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    john mcwhorter phil lind initiative even t 2023

    The Phil Lind Initiative: (U n)civil Discourse
    John McWhorter | February 16\, 2023 | 6:00 - 7:30 PM (PT) | Frederic Wood Theatre

    The United States is polarized like ne ver before. Accompanied by a high degree of negative partisanship and the u nchecked spread of misinformation\, political violence and uncivil discours e—the use of language which is insulting\, contemptuous\, and which knowing ly misattributes the motives of others—is on the rise. Disillusioned\, many Americans wish to restore civility. But how can a civil culture be reimagi ned in the current era?

    This series not only explores some of the maj or factors fueling the rancor and divisiveness in American politics\, but c rucially it asks how can citizens and leaders find common ground across a r ange of political issues that divide them?

    The 2023 Phil Lind Initiat ive series continues on February 16 with John McWhorter— N ew York Times best-selling author specializing in linguistics and race\, ho st of Lexicon Valley podcast. Read more here

    The Phil Lind Initiative is prese nted by UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the UBC Vancouv er campus\, with live streaming. Each event is open to the public and free to attend.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Frederic Wood Theatre GEO:49.268043;-123.257021 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-phil-lind-initiative-jo hn-mcwhorter/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/01/2023_PhilLind_JohnmcwhorterWEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392635.9175-EO-44691-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230224T183456Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230224T183456Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230227T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230227T140000 SUMMARY: Policy Briefs Workshop X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/policy-briefs-workshop-humanities -and-social-sciences-tickets-536204721757 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/02/Policy-Briefs-Workshop-Humanities-Social-Sciences.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392635.9221-EO-44567-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230203T214559Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230221T232338Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230228T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230228T181500 SUMMARY: Virtual Panel Series: Security Competition and Our Digital Future X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://democracy.ubc.ca/events/event/security-competition-an d-our-digital-future/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/02/security-and-compliance-event-poster.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251008T2231Z-1759962681.6282-EO-44709-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230228T030435Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230320T211748Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230301T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230331T170000 SUMMARY: The Liu Lobby Gallery: Seeds of Our Ancestors DESCRIPTION: Seeds of Our Ancestors: stories of millet from Japan\, Himalay a\, and Zimbabwe The Liu Lobby Gallery presents a month-long exhibition fea turing the photography of Liu Scholar Saori Ogura.  Around the world\, peop le have passed down ancestral seeds and farming practices from generation t o generation. Millet consists of several small-grained cereal species with a high degree […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Seeds of Our Ancestors: stories of mill et from Japan\, Himalaya\, and Zimbabwe

    The Liu Lobby Gallery pr esents a month-long exhibition featuring the photography of Liu Scholar Saori Ogura. 

    Around the world\, people have passe d down ancestral seeds and farming practices from generation to generation. Millet consists of several small-grained cereal species with a high degree of tolerance to difficult environmental conditions such as drought. 2023 i s the UN "Year of Millets\," highlighting the important role of this highly nutritional food crop for climate-resilient farming. In addition\, millet cultivation forms a way of life – in the laborious work\, people find the j oy of cultivating grains\, and strengthening community ties by collaboratin g for planting\, harvesting\, and threshing together. Working with her comm unity partners\, Saori Ogura explores the meaning and importance of millet cultivation for farmers in Japan\, Himalaya (Sikkim in India)\, and Zimbabw e\; communities she has been working with to revitalize their ancient mille t cultivation practices.

    Saori Ogura is a Ph.D. Cand idate in the Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy at The University of British Columbia. Collaborating with Indigenous and loca l communities in the Eastern Himalaya\, Zimbabwe\, and Japan\, her passion is to revitalize nutritious and climate-resilient small grains\, which cont ributes to the wellbeing of the people and the land\, food security and com munity resilience. As an artist\, she uses different mediums such as photog raphy\, drawing\, and documentary film for her research. She is a Liu Schol ar\, a Public Scholar and a Student Fellow for Climate & Nature Emergency. She was the recipient of the 2017 Nikon Salon Miki Jun Inspiration Award fo r her photojournalism project documenting her time living in Sikkim and Dar jeeling in India’s Eastern Himalaya.

    The exhibit is free and open to the public during regular building hours\, 9am-5pm. It is located in th e lobby on the first floor.

    LOCATION:Lobby Gallery\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-liu-lobby-gallery-seeds -of-our-ancestors/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/02/2023-03-01-to-03-21-Seeds-of-our-ancestors-Lobby-Gallery_WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251008T2231Z-1759962681.6262-EO-44772-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230315T234818Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231003T165346Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230301T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230331T170000 SUMMARY: The Liu Lobby Gallery: Seeds of Our Ancestors DESCRIPTION: Seeds of Our Ancestors: stories of millet from Japan\, Himalay a\, and Zimbabwe The Liu Lobby Gallery presents a month-long exhibition fea turing the photography of Liu Scholar Saori Ogura.  Around the world\, peop le have passed down ancestral seeds and farming practices from generation t o generation. Millet consists of several small-grained cereal species with a high degree […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Seeds of Our Ancestors: stories of mill et from Japan\, Himalaya\, and Zimbabwe

    The Liu Lobby Gallery pr esents a month-long exhibition featuring the photography of Liu Scholar Saori Ogura. 

    Around the world\, people have passe d down ancestral seeds and farming practices from generation to generation. Millet consists of several small-grained cereal species with a high degree of tolerance to difficult environmental conditions such as drought. 2023 i s the UN "Year of Millets\," highlighting the important role of this highly nutritional food crop for climate-resilient farming. In addition\, millet cultivation forms a way of life – in the laborious work\, people find the j oy of cultivating grains\, and strengthening community ties by collaboratin g for planting\, harvesting\, and threshing together. Working with her comm unity partners\, Saori Ogura explores the meaning and importance of millet cultivation for farmers in Japan\, Himalaya (Sikkim in India)\, and Zimbabw e\; communities she has been working with to revitalize their ancient mille t cultivation practices.

    Saori Ogura is a Ph.D. Cand idate in the Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy at The University of British Columbia. Collaborating with Indigenous and loca l communities in the Eastern Himalaya\, Zimbabwe\, and Japan\, her passion is to revitalize nutritious and climate-resilient small grains\, which cont ributes to the wellbeing of the people and the land\, food security and com munity resilience. As an artist\, she uses different mediums such as photog raphy\, drawing\, and documentary film for her research. She is a Liu Schol ar\, a Public Scholar and a Student Fellow for Climate & Nature Emergency. She was the recipient of the 2017 Nikon Salon Miki Jun Inspiration Award fo r her photojournalism project documenting her time living in Sikkim and Dar jeeling in India’s Eastern Himalaya.

    The exhibit is free and open to the public during regular building hours\, 9am-5pm. It is located in th e lobby on the first floor.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Lobby Gallery\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-liu-lobby-gallery-seeds -of-our-ancestors-copy/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/02/2023-03-01-to-03-21-Seeds-of-our-ancestors-Lobby-Gallery_WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392635.9296-EO-44694-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230224T185644Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230224T185735Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230301T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230301T143000 SUMMARY: Heavy Metal Lecture Series: The Role of Investors & International Institutions X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: LOCATION:UBC Robson Square GEO:49.282483;-123.121401 URL;VALUE=URI:https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_56kLlPvpUnUHdxY ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/02/Heavy-Metal-Lecture-3-Poster_page-0001.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230301T1647Z-1677689278.0256-EO-44724-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230228T215521Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240119T233927Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230302T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230302T123000 SUMMARY: Interactive Roundtable on Asian Career Trajectories DESCRIPTION: Students and faculty can learn what types of Asia Pacific expe rtise are in high demand at this interactive lunch & learn. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    What types of Asia expertise will be in demand for students with an interest in Asia Pacific? The SPPGA and Institute of Asian Research invite students an d supporting faculty to an interactive career-related roundtable lunch & le arn event. Join us in partnership with panelists from Global Affairs Canada and the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada for an afternoon of career discu ssion and expert industry insight.

    Introducing the Panelists< /strong>

    Prof. Juliet Liu\, SPPGA\, Forest Resources Management

    Dan Holton\, Global Affairs Canada\, Cen tre for China Policy Research

    Erin Williams\, Asia P acific Foundation of Canada

     

    Hosted by practitioner fellow Julia G. Bentley 

     

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    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Case Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/interactive-roundtable-on-a sian-career-trajectories/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/02/pastedImage-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392635.9364-EO-44711-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230228T040317Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230228T040317Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230302T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230302T170000 SUMMARY: Book Talk: The Trauma of Caste X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Yvfu-srT8pGtZxB1nwVyuv rYh_ZxxOa2sF ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/02/Trauma_Caste715X400.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251008T2231Z-1759962681.6237-EO-44620-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230213T231736Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230223T234351Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230302T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230302T193000 SUMMARY: The Phil Lind Initiative: Safiya Noble DESCRIPTION: The 2023 Phil Lind Initiative series continues on March 2 with Safiya Noble— MacArthur Genius\, acclaimed writer\, and scholar specializi ng in algorithmic discrimination. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Phil Lind Initiative: (Un)civil Discourse
    Safiya Noble | March 2 \, 2023 | 6:00 – 7:30 PM (PT) | Frederic Wood Theatre

    The United Sta tes is polarized like never before. Accompanied by a high degree of negativ e partisanship and the unchecked spread of misinformation\, political viole nce and uncivil discourse—the use of language which is insulting\, contempt uous\, and which knowingly misattributes the motives of others—is on the ri se. Disillusioned\, many Americans wish to restore civility. But how can a civil culture be reimagined in the current era?

    This series not only explores some of the major factors fueling the rancor and divisiveness in A merican politics\, but crucially it asks how can citizens and leaders find common ground across a range of political issues that divide them?

    Th e 2023 Phil Lind Initiative series continues on March 2 with Safiya Noble— MacArthur Genius\, acclaimed writer\, and scholar speciali zing in algorithmic discrimination. Read more here.

    The Phil Lind Initiative is presented by UBC’s School of Public Policy and Glob al Affairs at the UBC Vancouver campus\, with live streaming. Each event is open to the public and free to attend.

     

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Frederic Wood Theatre GEO:49.268043;-123.257021 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-phil-lind-initiative-sa fiya-noble/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/02/2023_PhilLind_SafiyaNobleWEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230228T2117Z-1677619070.9252-EO-44716-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230228T071621Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230302T011954Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230306T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230306T133000 SUMMARY: China and its Changing Nuclear Weapons Policies DESCRIPTION: China had maintained a modest nuclear capability and posture f or decades\, but recent efforts to significantly expand its nuclear arsenal seem to deviate from traditional policy and defy international expectation s. From a previously “lean and effective” nuclear force\, China has shifted to a “powerful/high-level strategic deterrent capability\,” as announced a t the 20th Party Congress. This […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    China had maintained a modest nuclear capability and posture for decades\, but recen t efforts to significantly expand its nuclear arsenal seem to deviate from traditional policy and defy international expectations. From a previously " lean and effective" nuclear force\, China has shifted to a "powerful/high-l evel strategic deterrent capability\," as announced at the 20th Party Congr ess. This presentation will explore how and why China’s nuclear thinking an d policy has evolved in recent years. It will also analyze the implications for the U.S.-China relationship and broader security dynamics in the Asia- Pacific region. Finally\, the presentation will conclude with a discussion of possible future steps for the international community to engage with Chi na on nuclear weapons\, arms control\, and strategic stability issues.

    < p>Tong Zhao is a senio r fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for Intern ational Peace\, as well as a visiting research scholar at Princeton Univers ity’s Science and Global Security Program. His research focuses on nuclear weapons policy\, deterrence\, arms control\, nonproliferation\, missile def ense\, hypersonic weapons\, and China’s security and foreign policy. He hol ds a PhD in science\, technology\, and international affairs from Georgia I nstitute of Technology\, as well as an MA in international relations and a BS in physics from Tsinghua University. He is the author of “Tides of Chang e: China’s Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarines and Strategic Stability” an d “Narrowing the U.S.-China Gap on Missile Defense: How to Help Forestall a Nuclear Arms Race.” He serves on the board of directors of the Asia-Pacifi c Leadership Network for Nuclear Non-Proliferation. Zhao is also an associa te editor of Science & Global Security and is a member of the International Panel on Fissile Materials.

    RSVP NOW
    China and its C hanging Nuclear Weapons Policies
    Mon Mar 6\, 12PM | Liu Institute Case Room
    Presented by SPPGA and CCR

     

    LOCATION:Case Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/china-and-its-changing-nucl ear-weapons-policies/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/02/TonZhao_March6_2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392635.9459-EO-44713-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230228T045916Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230228T045916Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230308T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230308T172000 SUMMARY: Op-Eds for Policy Workshop (Humanities and Social Sciences) X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/op-eds-for-policy-workshop-humani ties-and-social-sciences-tickets-536511730027 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/02/Op-eds-Workshop-Humanities-Social-Sciences-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392635.9513-EO-44714-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230228T050452Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230228T051133Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230310T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230310T123000 SUMMARY: Op-Eds for Policy Workshop (Sciences) X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/op-eds-for-policy-workshop-scienc es-tickets-536658579257 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/02/Op-Eds-for-Policy-Workshop-Sciences.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230214T2303Z-1676415795.9469-EO-44610-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230213T161133Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230221T232432Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230313T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230313T135000 SUMMARY: Henry Yeung – Semiconductors\, Geopolitics & Post-Pandemic East As ia DESCRIPTION: This is a hybrid event that takes place both in-person at UBC and online via Zoom\, Register today! Join the National University of Singa pore’s Dr. Henry Yeung\, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Geogr aphy\, in a discussion surrounding his key empirical observations on the hi ghly contested and politicized nature of semiconductor global production ne tworks. Based […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This is a hybrid event that takes place both in-person at UBC a nd online via Zoom\, Register today!

    Join the N ational University of Singapore’s Dr. Henry Yeung\, Distin guished Professor in the Department of Geography\, in a discussion surround ing his key empirical observations on the highly contested and politicized nature of semiconductor global production networks. Based on shifts in gove rnance and power dynamics since the US-China Trade war and the Covid-19 pan demic\, Dr. Yeung has written Interconnected Worlds (Stanford Univ ersity Press\, June 2022) and an upcoming chapter in Global Value Chain Development Report 2023. His presentation will assess the current nat ure of this capital-intensive manufacturing industry in the wake of complex technological regimes\, production network ecosystems\, and geopolitical i mperatives. While some of these critical dynamics had been in play ahead of the 2020s\, their intensity and significance became more apparent by the e arly 2020s\, and continue to be relevant in macro-regional development post -pandemic. The discussion will conclude with future research agendas on tec hnology\, resilience and politics for the geographical studies of global pr oduction networks and global value chains.

     

    About the Speaker

    Professor Henry Yeung has been Distinguished Profes sor at the Department of Geography\, National University of Singapore\, sin ce 2018\, and Professor of Economic Geography since 2005. A leading academi c expert in global production networks and the global economy\, his researc h interests cover broadly theories and the geography of transnational corpo rations\, East Asian firms\, and developmental states. He is the first geog rapher based in Asia to receive both the 2018 American Association of Geogr aphers Distinguished Scholarship Honors and the UK’s Royal Geographical Soc iety Murchison Award 2017. His published works include textbooks\, monograp hs and journal articles\, and his most recent book\, Interconnected Wor lds: Global Electronics and Production Networks in East Asia. For two decades since 2001\, Professor Yeung has been editor of two top journals in Geography – Economic Geography and Environment and Planning A\, and his vi ews on global production networks and East Asian development have been quot ed in The Financial Times\, The Economist\, Forbes Asia\, South China M orning Post\, and others.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/henry-yeung-semiconductors- geopolitics-post-pandemic-east-asia/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/02/2023-03-13-SemiconductorWEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392635.9594-EO-44221-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230102T011804Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230102T011804Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230316T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230316T100000 SUMMARY: Digital Policy Rounds: Mis/disinformation and the Question of Auth enticity X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/digital-policy-rounds-tickets-449 765941037#new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/01/DIGITAL-POLICY-ROUNDS_CSDI.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392635.9635-EO-43698-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20221110T235033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230320T211950Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230321T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230321T183000 SUMMARY: Text in Motion: Unofficial Handwritten Entertainment from the Chin ese Cultural Revolution DESCRIPTION: Join a talk by Dr. Lena Henningsen\, Junior Professor of Chine se Studies at Freiburg University. This event is part of the China Power Se ries co-hosted by the Centre for Chinese Research (CCR) and Green College a t UBC. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: LOCATION:UBC Coach House\, Green College GEO:49.270852;-123.256535 URL;VALUE=URI:https://greencollege.ubc.ca/civicrm/event/info?id=1550&r eset=1 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/11/Text-in-MotionWEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392635.9683-EO-44796-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230320T205825Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230320T211840Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230323T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230323T173000 SUMMARY: Social Media Strategy for Policy Workshop (Sciences) X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/social-media-strategy-for-policy- workshop-sciences-tickets-538029319177#new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/03/Social-Media-Strategy-Workshop-Sciences-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251008T2231Z-1759962681.6221-EO-44645-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230221T195744Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230320T211916Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230323T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230323T193000 SUMMARY: The Phil Lind Initiative: Linda Greenhouse DESCRIPTION: The 2023 Phil Lind Initiative series continues on March 23 wit h Linda Greenhouse— former Supreme Court correspondent for The New York Tim es\, Pulitzer Prize recipient\, and senior researcher at Yale Law School. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

     

    The Phil Lind Initiative: (Un)civil Discourse
    Linda G reenhouse | March 23\, 2023 | 6:00 – 7:30 PM (PT) | Frederic Wood Theatre

    The United States is polarized like never before. Accompanied by a hi gh degree of negative partisanship and the unchecked spread of misinformati on\, political violence and uncivil discourse—the use of language which is insulting\, contemptuous\, and which knowingly misattributes the motives of others—is on the rise. Disillusioned\, many Americans wish to restore civi lity. But how can a civil culture be reimagined in the current era?

    T his series not only explores some of the major factors fueling the rancor a nd divisiveness in American politics\, but crucially it asks how can citize ns and leaders find common ground across a range of political issues that d ivide them?

    The 2023 Phil Lind Initiative series continues on March 2 3 with Linda Greenhouse— former Supreme Court corresponden t for The New York Times\, Pulitzer Prize recipient for her coverage of the Court\, and senior researcher at Yale Law School. Read more here.

    The Phil Lind Initiative is presented by UBC’s School of Pub lic Policy and Global Affairs at the UBC Vancouver campus\, with live strea ming. Each event is open to the public and free to attend.

     

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Frederic Wood Theatre GEO:49.268043;-123.257021 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-phil-lind-initiative-li nda-greenhouse/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/02/2023_PhilLind_LindaGreenhouseZoom.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392635.9753-EO-44744-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230303T213200Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230320T212011Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230327T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230327T190000 SUMMARY: Reparations in Social Work: A Progressive Model for Change X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://socialwork.ubc.ca/events/event/2023-dr-richard-b-spla ne-lecture-in-social-policy/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/03/Senator-Wanda-Bernard_Splane-Lecture_digital-screen.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251008T2231Z-1759962681.6248-EO-44773-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230315T234918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230320T212027Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230328T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230328T163000 SUMMARY: Film Screening – The Liu Lobby Gallery: Seeds of Our Ancestors DESCRIPTION: Film Screening – The Liu Lobby Gallery: Seeds of Our Ancestors March 28\, 2023 | 2:30 – 4:30 PM | Liu Institute\, Place of Many Trees Cli ck here to RSVP  Join Liu Scholar Saori Ogura for some light refreshments a nd a special documentary film screening that shines a light on the importan ce and meaning of […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Film Screening - The Liu Lobby Gallery: Seeds of Our Ancestors

    March 28\, 2023 | 2:30 - 4:30 PM | Liu Institute\, Place of Many TreesClick here to RSVP 

    Join Liu Scholar Saori Ogura for some light refreshments and a special documentary film screening that shines a light on the importance and meaning of millet culti vation in Japan - both to the cultivators themselves and the communities th ey serve. The event will include a walk-through of Saori Ogura's Liu Lobby installation Seeds of Our Ancestors: stories of mill et from Japan\, Himalaya\, and Zimbabwe\, as well as a Q&A ses sion.

    Saori Ogura is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Depart ment of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy at The University of British Columbia. Collaborating with Indigenous and local communities in th e Eastern Himalaya\, Zimbabwe\, and Japan\, her passion is to revitalize nu tritious and climate-resilient small grains\, which contributes to the well being of the people and the land\, food security and community resilience. As an artist\, she uses different mediums such as photography\, drawing\, a nd documentary film for her research. She is a Liu Scholar\, a Public Schol ar and a Student Fellow for Climate & Nature Emergency. She was the recipie nt of the 2017 Nikon Salon Miki Jun Inspiration Award for her photojournali sm project documenting her time living in Sikkim and Darjeeling in India’s Eastern Himalaya.

    The exhibit is free and open to the public duri ng regular building hours\, 9am-5pm. It is located in the lobby on the firs t floor.

    LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/film-screening-the-liu-lobb y-gallery-seeds-of-our-ancestors/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/03/8-by-10_OK_Japan_Saori_3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392635.9832-EO-44799-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230320T210323Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230320T212038Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230328T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230328T193000 SUMMARY: The Kathmandu Bookshop as a Literary-Historical Event X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://himalaya.arts.ubc.ca/events/event/the-kathmandu-books hop-as-a-literary-historical-event-natibajra-bajracharyas-saphudhuku/#new_t ab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/03/KathmanduBookshop.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392635.9877-EO-44850-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230328T203655Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230331T154227Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230331T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230331T143000 SUMMARY: Black Youth in Policy: Opportunities & Barriers X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/black-youth-in-policy-opportuniti es-barriers-tickets-598004897747 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/03/Digital-Signage-Black-Youth-in-Policy.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392635.9921-EO-44852-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230328T204041Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230328T204041Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230403T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230403T173000 SUMMARY: Youth and Human Rights: Can young people save the world? X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/youth-and-human-rights-can-young- people-save-the-world-tickets-586182596927 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/03/Digital-Signage-Youth-and-Human-Rights.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230326T0516Z-1679807763.7901-EO-44824-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230323T182520Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230323T182921Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230405T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230405T190000 SUMMARY: Careers & Employment with the Federal Government DESCRIPTION: CAREERS & EMPLOYMENT WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Presented by the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at UBC Taki Sarantakis (Pres ident\, Canada School of Public Service) and Lawrence Hanson (UBC’s Univers ity Champion\; Associate Deputy Minister\, Environment and Climate Change C anada) share career stories and experiences working in Canadian government in an informal dialogue\, followed […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    CAREERS & EMPLOYMENT WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
    Presented by the School of Public Pol icy and Global Affairs at UBC

    Taki Sarantakis (President\, Canada School of Public Ser vice) and Lawrence Hanson (UBC’s University Champion\; Associate Deputy Minister\, Environment and Climate Change Canada) share career stories and experiences working in Can adian government in an informal dialogue\, followed by light appetizers/ref reshments and an opportunity to network and learn more about part-time and full-time employment opportunities available to MPPGA students.

    Join us for some light refreshments and networking opportunities at UBC’s Liu In stitute for Global Issues (6476 NW Marine Dr\, UBC). RSVP NOW 

    LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/careers-employment-with-the -federal-government/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/03/2023-04-05-Careers-Employment-with-the-Federal-Government_boldWEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230326T0556Z-1679810163.6605-EO-44829-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230323T230642Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230323T230812Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230406T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230406T160000 SUMMARY: Harsha Walia – Abolish Border Imperialism: Climate Migration\, Rac ial Capitalism\, and Empire DESCRIPTION: Harsha Walia – Abolish Border Imperialism: Climate Migration\, Racial Capitalism\, and Empire Presented by UBC’s Centre for Climate Justi ce\, Centre for Migration Studies\, and School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. We are pleased to welcome writer and organizer Harsha Walia on Apr il 6th for a talk on climate migration\, racial capitalism\, and border imp erialism. […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Harsha Walia - Abolish Border Imperialism: Climate Migration\, Racial Capi talism\, and Empire
    Presented by UBC's Centre for Climate Justice\, Centre for Migration Studies\, and School of Public Policy and G lobal Affairs.

    We are pleased to welcome writer and organizer Harsha Walia on April 6th for a talk on climate migration\, racial capitalism\, and border imperialism.

    Harsha Walia has been inv olved in community-based grassroots migrant justice\, feminist\, anti-racis t\, abolitionist\, anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist movements for over two decades\, including No One Is Illegal\, Defenders of the Land\, and the DTES Women’s Memorial March Committee. She is the award-winning author of Undoing Border Imperialism (AK Press\, 2013) and Border and Rule: Global Mi gration\, Capitalism\, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism (Haymarket\, 2021 )\, and co-author of Never Home: Legislating Discrimination in Canadian Imm igration and Red Women Rising: Indigenous Women Survivors in Vancouver’s Do wntown Eastside.

    The talk will begin at 2pm PT\, followed by a Q & A session and informal reception. RSVP Now. 

    W e hope you can join us!

     

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/harsha-walia-abolish-border -imperialism-climate-migration-racial-capitalism-and-empire/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/03/HarshaWalia_April6.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392636.0017-EO-44782-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230317T213938Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230317T213938Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230414T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230414T140000 SUMMARY: Policy Briefs Workshop (Sciences) X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/policy-briefs-workshop-sciences-t ickets-536695890857 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/03/April_14_Policy_Briefs_Workshop_Sciences_2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392636.0064-EO-44784-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230317T213948Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230317T214235Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230418T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230418T140000 SUMMARY: Social Media Strategy for Policy Workshop (Humanities & Social Sci ences) X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/social-media-strategy-for-policy- humanities-and-social-sciences-tickets-540303059997 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/03/April_18_Social_Media_Strategy_Workshop_Humanities_and_Social_Sciences.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230403T1227Z-1680524879.144-EO-44911-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230331T232249Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230331T232904Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230419T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230419T163000 SUMMARY: Shadow Negotiators: Matias E. Margulis Book Launch DESCRIPTION: Join author Matias E. Margulis for a reception celebrating the launch of his new book Shadow Negotiators: How UN Organizations Shape the Rules of World Trade for Food Security. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Presented by the UBC School of Public Polic y and Global Affairs

    Join author Matias E. Margulis (Assistant Professor\, UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs & Faculty of Land and Food Systems) for a reception celebrating the launch of his new book Shadow Negotiators: How UN Organizations Shape the Rules of World Trade for Food Security. Taking place in G reen College’s Graham House Piano Lounge\, this event will include remarks by UBC department of Political Science Associate Professor Katharin a Coleman as well as light refreshments.

    Matias E. M argulis’s research and teaching interests are in global governance \, development\, human rights\, international law and food policy. Previous to UBC he has held academic positions at the University of Edinburgh\, Uni versity of Stirling\, University of Northern British Columbia and Max Plank Institute for the Study of Societies. Shadow Negotiators (Stanford University Press\, 2023) is the first book to d emonstrate that UN organizations have intervened to influence the discourse \, agenda\, and outcomes of international trade lawmaking at the World Trad e Organization.

    "Shadow Negotiators is the most skillful demonstr ation to date of how international regime complexes emerge and shape global policy-making. A must read for anyone interested in the WTO and internatio nal regime complexity." —Karen J. Alter\, Norman Dwight Harris Professor of International Relations\, Northwestern University

    LOCATION:Green College GEO:49.270852;-123.256535 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/shadow-negotiators-matias-e -margulis-book-launch/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/03/2023-04-19-Shadow-Negotiators-Book-Launch_WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251008T2231Z-1759962681.6209-EO-44652-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230221T230914Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230320T212108Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230420T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230420T193000 SUMMARY: The Phil Lind Initiative: Jonathan Haidt DESCRIPTION: The 2023 Phil Lind Initiative series continues on April 20 wit h Jonathan Haidt— New York Times bestselling author and social psychologist at New York University’s Stern School of Business researching intuitive fo undations of morality. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Phil Lind Initiative: (Un)civil Discourse
    Jonathan Haidt | Apr il 20\, 2023 | 6:00 – 7:30 PM (PT) | Frederic Wood Theatre

    The Unite d States is polarized like never before. Accompanied by a high degree of ne gative partisanship and the unchecked spread of misinformation\, political violence and uncivil discourse—the use of language which is insulting\, con temptuous\, and which knowingly misattributes the motives of others—is on t he rise. Disillusioned\, many Americans wish to restore civility. But how c an a civil culture be reimagined in the current era?

    This series not only explores some of the major factors fueling the rancor and divisiveness in American politics\, but crucially it asks how can citizens and leaders find common ground across a range of political issues that divide them?

    The 2023 Phil Lind Initiative series continues on April 20 with Jonathan Haidt— New York Times bestselling author and social psych ologist at New York University’s Stern School of Business researching intui tive foundations of morality\, and how morality varies across cultures. Read more her e.

    The Phil Lind Initiative is presented by UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the UBC Vancouver campu s\, with live streaming. Each event is open to the public and free to atten d.

     

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Frederic Wood Theatre GEO:49.268043;-123.257021 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-phil-lind-initiative-jo nathan-haidt/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/02/2023_PhilLind_JonathanHaidtWEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392636.0154-EO-44786-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230317T214158Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230317T214441Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230426T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230426T140000 SUMMARY: Policy Reports Workshop (Humanities & Social Sciences) X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/policy-reports-workshop-humanitie s-social-sciences-tickets-576766463017 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/03/April_26_Policy_Reports_Workshop_Humanities___Social_Sciences_3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392636.0213-EO-45033-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230421T222407Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230516T181507Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230518T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230518T140000 SUMMARY: Policy Reports Workshop (Sciences) X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/policy-reports-workshop-sciences- tickets-538075246547 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/04/Policy-Reports-Workshop-Sciences-1-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392636.0259-EO-45038-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230421T223151Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230516T181658Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230523T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230523T123000 SUMMARY: Communications Strategy for Policy Workshop (Sciences) X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/communications-strategy-for-polic y-workshop-sciences-tickets-538095928407 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/04/Comms-Strategy-for-Policy-Workshop-Sciences.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230529T2037Z-1685392636.031-EO-45041-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230421T224400Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230516T181834Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230524T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230524T140000 SUMMARY: Communications Strategy for Policy Workshop (Humanities & Social S ciences) X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/communications-strategy-for-polic y-workshop-humanities-social-sciences-tickets-538106018587 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/04/Comms-Strategy-for-Policy-Workshop-Humanities-Social-Sciences.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230803T2057Z-1691096266.4605-EO-46097-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230803T055354Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240812T184340Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230830 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230930 SUMMARY: Coastal Livelihoods: A visual anthropology exhibit by Zana Mody DESCRIPTION: Coastal Livelihoods: Visual anthropology of artisanal fishing communities in Otuam\, Ghana and Sundarbans\, India Photography Exhibit: Au g 30 – Sept 29\, 2023  Approximately 3.3 billion people around the world re ly on fish and seafood as their primary source of protein and for their loc al economies\, yet the methods for catching fish vary greatly in their […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Coastal Livelihoods: Visual anthropology of artisanal fishing communities in Otuam\, Ghana and Sundarbans\, India

    Photography Exhibit: Aug 30 - Sept 29\, 2023 

    Approximately 3.3 billion people around the world rely on fish and seafood as their prim ary source of protein and for their local economies\, yet the methods for c atching fish vary greatly in their impacts on the marine ecosystems. The Li u Lobby Gallery presents a month-long exhibition featuring the photography of Liu Scholar and IRES PhD student Zana Mody\, visually d emonstrating the diversity of small-scale fishing practices in two remote r egions of the Global South.

    Opening Reception: Join us on Wednesday August 30 at 5:00pm for refreshments\, a discussion with th e artist\, and a short talk by special guest Dr. Rashid Sumaila—winner of the 2023 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement—who will be joining us virtually via zoom.

    About the exhibit

    Zana Mody's images portray the intricate ways that coastal communiti es depend on the ocean and how vulnerable they are to the escalating enviro nmental threats of fish stock declines\, biodiversity loss\, plastic pollut ion\, and climate change. These images were captured in the rural coastal c ommunities of Otuam\, Ghana and Sundarbans Islands\, West Bengal\, India – two communities where fishing and marine resources form the social\, cultur al\, and economic backbones of the regions. The visual anthropology of fish ing communities can also advocate for the rights of these communities to cu ltural fishing practices that are not as damaging to fish populations or as wasteful as large-scale fishing industries while providing nuance to the r oles that fisheries play in supporting local food economies in the global s outh. This work is in line with the Liu Institute’s mission on connecting i nterdisciplinary research fields and increasing public awareness of global issues through a lens on case studies. Policy decisions made by governments in the Global North and South have significant impacts on the coastal live lihoods of remote communities everywhere\, while their stories\, voices\, a nd cultural livelihood practices are largely unknown outside of their local context.

    Zana Mody is Ph.D. Student at the UBC IRES department and a recipient of the Tri-Council SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship\, a Liu Scholar\, and a Public Scholar. Her interdisciplinary PhD research co mbines social-ecological systems\, community-led conservation\, and relatio nal values frameworks to understand how blue carbon projects and coastal ec osystems\, such as mangrove forests\, impact the livelihoods and well-being of coastal communities vulnerable to climate change. She holds a Joint-Hon ours BSc. In Biology and Environmental Studies and a MA in Anthropology\, b oth from Trent University. She has previously worked as a journalist and pr oducer at the CBC Radio Toronto\, a lecturer in anthropology and ecology at the College of the Rockies\, and developed and managed the Ocean Pathways program at Ocean Wise. Zana is an aspiring photographer and is interested i n visual anthropology methods to tell better stories about the impacts of h uman cultural practices on natural systems\, with a strong focus on everyda y conservation and climate change issues.

    Coastal Livelihoods runs from August 30 - September 29\, 2023. The exhibit is free an d open to the public during regular building hours\, 9am-5pm. It is located in the Lobby Gallery on the first floor of the Liu Institute for Global Is sues at UBC (6476 NW Marine Drive)

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Lobby Gallery\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/coastal-livelihoods-a-visua l-anthropology-exhibit-by-zana-mody/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/08/ZanaMody_LiuGalleryExhibit_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20231108T2302Z-1699484568.4386-EO-46399-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230905T232837Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230905T232851Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230905T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230905T132000 SUMMARY: The Climate Emergency and the Future of Global Food Trade Governan ce: IRES Faculty Seminar with Matias Margulis DESCRIPTION: Food systems are a key driver of climate change and climate ch ange poses significant threats to the stability of world food production. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://ires.ubc.ca/september-7-2023-ires-seminar-with-matias -margulis/#new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/09/F49I_R5WEAAbrfd.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20231108T2302Z-1699484568.4442-EO-46328-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230831T061715Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230831T061903Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230907T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230907T193000 SUMMARY: Korea-Canada Relations in the Indo-Pacific X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/korea-canada-relations-in-the-ind o-pacific-tickets-704721991447#new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/08/Korea-Canada-relations-in-the-Indo-Pacific.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230911T1941Z-1694461269.966-EO-46476-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230911T172032Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230911T193825Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230919 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230922 SUMMARY: SPPGA Book Fair DESCRIPTION: Books available by donation\, topics including international r elations\, Canadian and US politics\, political theory and psychology\, pol itical science\, public policy\, environmental policy and much more! X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs is hosting a boo k fair from 12:00 – 2:00PM on September 19th\, 20th\, and 21st in the lobby of the C.K. Choi building.

    Books have been donated by faculty across the School and other departments and represent a wide range of disciplines and topics including international relations\, Canadian and US politics\, political theory and psychology\, political science\, public policy\, envir onmental policy\, Asia and China\, and much more! Books will be available b y donation. We look forward to seeing you there – all are welcome a nd no registration required.

    CATEGORIES:Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/sppga-book-fair/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/09/2023-09-19-SPPGA-BOOK-DRIVE-trello.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230906T1107Z-1693998438.6735-EO-46402-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230905T233745Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230918T183248Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230920T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230920T193000 SUMMARY: Timothy Garton Ash: From Post-War Europe to Post-Wall Europe – and Back DESCRIPTION: In his new book Homelands: A Personal History of Europe\, Timo thy Garton Ash gives a unique account of the history of Europe since 1945. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    In his new book Homelands: A Per sonal History of Europe\, Timothy Garton Ash gives a unique account of the history of Europe since 1945.

    PUBLIC LECTURE

    Timothy Garton Ash: 'From Post-War Europe to Post-Wall Europe - and Back'

    In his new book Homelands: A Personal History of Europe\, Tim othy Garton Ash gives a unique account of the history of Europe since 1945. This is history illustrated by memoir and reportage. Garton Ash draws on h is extensive personal notes from 50 years of events witnessed\, places visi ted and history makers encountered (from Margaret Thatcher to Vladimir Puti n) to chart the rise and then faltering of the quest for a 'Europe whole an d free'.

    In this lecture\, Professor Garton Ash will extend the analy sis in Homelands to offer an interpretation of how Europe progressed from t he post-War period (famously analysed by Tony Judt) to what he calls the po st-Wall period. And why it then regressed\, in a 'downward turn' after 2008 \, culminating in Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 202 2 – beginning the largest war in Europe since 1945. What did Europe get rig ht? Where did it go wrong? Why?

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    This event is hosted by the SPPGA\, UBC’s Department of Pol itical Science\, History\, and Anthropology.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of Many Trees) 1st floor\, Liu Institute for Global Issu es GEO:49.276764;-123.220800 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/timothy-garton-ash-from-pos t-war-europe-to-post-wall-europe-and-back/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/09/Timothy-Garton-Ash_WEB_UPDATED.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20231108T2302Z-1699484568.454-EO-46514-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230912T035503Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230912T035503Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230925T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230925T140000 SUMMARY: Introduction to Policy Communications X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/23603-introduction-po licy-communications ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/09/CSDI_PolicyWorkshopSeries23-24.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20230926T1119Z-1695727174.6938-EO-46599-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230918T205206Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240207T003551Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230926T171500 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230926T184500 SUMMARY: Tunku Zain Al‘Abidin – Divergence in Malaysia: Who and what will p revail? DESCRIPTION: His Highness Tunku Zain is the Founding President of the Insti tute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) and Royal Fellow of the Nat ional University of Malaysia. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    His Highness Tunku Zain Al‘Abidin is a Malaysian public intellectual\, the Founding President of the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS)\, director or advisor of several ed ucational organizations\, and patron of numerous cultural initiatives. He h as written widely on issues of democratization and reform\, and is a Royal Fellow of the National University of Malaysia. He is also a former Eisenhow er Fellow who has worked in the British Parliament\, World Bank\, UNDP\, an d the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.

    Join us for his talk "Div ergence in Malaysia: who and what will prevail?" hosted by the Institute of Asian Research at SPPGA.

     

     

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/tunku-zain-alabidin-diverge nce-in-malaysia-who-and-what-will-prevail/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/09/2023-09-26-Divergence-in-MalaysiaWEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20231108T2302Z-1699484568.4609-EO-46593-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230916T234211Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230916T234211Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230927T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230927T193000 SUMMARY: The Sakya Jetsunmas–The Hidden World of Tibetan Female Lamas X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://himalaya.arts.ubc.ca/events/event/the-sakya-jetsunmas -the-hidden-world-of-tibetan-female-lamas/#new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/09/Himalaya_Program.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20231108T2302Z-1699484568.4656-EO-46679-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230929T171822Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240814T213402Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231003T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231003T200000 SUMMARY: Documentary Screening: When the Tide Goes Out DESCRIPTION: A generation of local cultural activists ruminate over their l ives and activism in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland in Canada. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    About the Film
    A gen eration of local cultural activists ruminate over their lives and activism in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland in Canada. The memories of intercommun ity activism revolve around an episode of self-organizing by Punjabi Canadi an farmworkers\, mostly women. Reflection and introspection gradually unrav el the structural reality of gender inequality reproducing itself in the ac tivism spectrum. Unlike the visual archive of rallies and picket lines\, th e gendered experience of organizing did not lend itself to an image. The im age forms tangible evidence four decades later\, shaping the movement’s mem ory. What remains undocumented in the movement’s arts goes unrepresented in the movement’s memory.

    About the Director
    Ajay Bhardwaj is a filmmaker and schola r from Delhi\, presently a Postdoctoral Fellow at Simon Fraser University\, Vancouver\, Canada. His first independent documentary\, ‘Ek Minute Ka Maun ’ (1997) is on the martyrdom of Comrade Chandrashekhar Prasad\, former pres ident of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union. In his long stint as a documentary filmmaker\, he explored the northwestern state of Punjab for a decade. This phase culminated in his Punjab trilogy – a set of docume ntaries\, namely ‘Kitte Mil Ve Mahi’\, ‘Rabba Hun Ki Kariye’ and ‘Milangey Babey Ratan Di Mele Te’ – located at the intersection of Dalit religiosity\ , performance traditions and memories of the partition of Punjab.

    Followed by a Panel Discussion

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    Ajay Bharadwaj
    Film Maker

    Surjeet Kalsey
    Poet and Dramatist< /p>

    Sukhwant Hundal
    Retired Lecturer
    Punjabi Language and Culture

    Geraldine Pratt
    Professor
    Hea d of Department and Geography

    Sharon Mcgowan
    Associate Professor
    Film Production


    M.V. Ramana
    Mod erator

     

    CATEGORIES:Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Case Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/documentary-screening-when- the-tide-goes-out/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/09/CISAR-Mails-2023-24-8.5-x15-768x678.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240802T1836Z-1722623794.0511-EO-49590-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240731T225319Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240731T225319Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231003T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231003T190000 SUMMARY: Threads of a Past Life: Kimono Talk and Demonstration DESCRIPTION: Former IAR Fellow Bailey Irene Midori Hoy presents an interact ive kimono talk and demonstration event\, speaking on the relationship betw een the kimono and the evolving identity of Japanese and Japanese Canadian women. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Location: CK. Choi Building\, Room 351

    Date: October 3\, 17:30-19:00

    Please join The Center for Japanese Research for an interactive k imono talk and demonstration event\, presented by former IAR Fellow\, Bailey Irene Midori Hoy. Bailey will be speaking on the relatio nship between the kimono and the evolving identity of Japanese and Japanese Canadian women\, as presented at the Oxford Transnational and Global Histo ry Conference earlier this year.

    In addition to this talk\, Bailey wi ll also be presenting a demonstration of new and traditional forms of kimon os\, which will include a live kimono kitsuke dressing. Individuals who are interested in being selected to be a model for the kimono demonstration or dressing can sign up on a first come first served basis.

    Discover th e rich cultural heritage and contemporary relevance of the kimono as Bailey delves into its symbolic meanings\, evolving styles\, and the role it play s in shaping identities.

    Please register HERE.

    Please email Uno Kakegaw a at unok4217@mail.ubc.ca for further inquiries.

    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/threads-of-a-past-life/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/07/kimono-talk-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251008T2231Z-1759962681.6313-EO-46656-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230926T163123Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240812T184330Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231005 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231104 SUMMARY: The Liu Lobby Gallery: The Story of the Seeds DESCRIPTION: Explore "The Story of the Seeds" exhibit by Lei Chen\, blendin g nature and human connections\, free from Oct 5 to Nov 3\, 2023\, at the L iu Institute\, UBC X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Liu Lobby Gallery proudly presents a month-long ex hibition by Lei Chen\, a PhD student in the Art Education department.

    Exhibit: Oct 5 - Nov 3\, 2023

    Opening Recep tion: Join us on October 5\,2023 at 6:00pm for a special evening w here you can meet the artist\, discuss the creative process\, and enjoy lig ht refreshments.

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    About the Exhibit:

    'The Story of Seeds\,' explores the human-nature connection through two parts. O ld tables and chairs are transformed into flowerpots\, symbolizing the impo rtance of valuing trees. Lei Chen's work traces the journey from seeds to t rees\, furniture\, and back to seeds\, creating a circular narrative.

    Additionally\, Lei encourages her audience to repurpose old shoes as plant ers for seeds\, showcasing ways in which humans and nature can live in harm ony.

    Biography

    Lei Chen\, a Ph.D. student at t he Faculty of Education\, University of British Columbia\, brings nearly tw o decades of experience in art and art education. She integrates traditiona l Chinese philosophies with contemporary Western techniques to bridge the g ap between nature\, society\, and culture.

    Lei is also passionate abo ut merging Chinese and Western pedagogies\, viewing education as a means to refine and uplift the human spirit. The exhibition is open to the public d uring regular building hours\, from 9 am to 5 pm\, and is located in the Lo bby on the first floor.

    The exhibit is free and open to the p ublic during regular building hours\, 9am-5pm\, and it's located in the Lob by on the first floor. 

    Curated by Fabiola Vizcardo .

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Lobby Gallery\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-liu-lobby-gallery-the-s tory-of-the-seeds/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/09/LiuGalleryExhibit_Announcement_Story_of_seeds_2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20231108T2302Z-1699484568.4727-EO-46659-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230927T170104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240814T231213Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231010T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231010T183000 SUMMARY: China\, the Overseas Chinese and Global China: Instruments\, Inten tions and Outcomes DESCRIPTION: Frank Pieke sheds light on the multifaceted dynamics surroundi ng the Chinese Communist Party’s activities abroad. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    We invite you to join us for a lecture by Frank Pieke\, a renowned Dutch cultural anthropolo gist and expert on modern China.

    RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/china-the-overseas-chinese -and-global-china-tickets-726886977517?aff=oddtdtcreator

    Abstract

    There are more than 10.7 million Chinese nationals living overseas today – about 60 million\, if their descendants are include d\, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). This m eans that China has one of the largest diasporas in the world. In recent ye ars\, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has attracted scrutiny by many West ern nations\, including Canada\, for its actions in trying to co-opt or inf luence diverse Chinese nationals living overseas.

    This lecture promis es to shed light on the multifaceted dynamics surrounding the CCP’s activit ies abroad. It will also cover the case of the Netherlands\, where Pieke is based\, giving us a perspective of the reach and limitations of overseas p arty building and influence in countries with smaller overseas Chinese comm unities.

    About Frank Pieke

    Frank N. Pieke\, ea rned his Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology and Chinese Studies from the Univer sity of California\, Berkeley\, in 1992. He has held academic positions in Leiden and Oxford\, including directing the University of Oxford’s China Ce ntre. In 2010\, he became the Chair of Modern China Studies at Leiden Unive rsity and co-founded the Leiden Asia Centre. Currently\, Pieke is a Visitin g Research Professor at the East Asian Institute of the National University of Singapore (2022-2023) and an Adjunct Professor at Leiden University and the Leiden Asia Centre (2018-2024). His research interests focus on China’ s influence and superpower status\, resulting in notable publications such as “The Good Communist” (2009) and “Knowing China” (2016).

    CATEGORIES:Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/overseas-chinese-and-global -china/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/09/china-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251008T2231Z-1759962681.6114-EO-46717-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20231005T180932Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231005T181942Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231012T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231012T190000 SUMMARY: Information Session – Master of Public Policy & Global Affairs DESCRIPTION: Explore the exciting possibilities of MPPGA and uncover whethe r it's the perfect match for you. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The MPPGA Information Session is for those inte rested in exploring or further equipping themselves in the world of public policy. Get to know how you can develop key skills in policy research\, dat a analysis\, policy writing\, and communication through our program.

    Join our team for a brief presentation of the MPPGA Program\, walk-through of our admissions process\, and a word on eligibility.

    The session wi ll end with a Question & Answer period. If you are not able to have your qu estions answered then we would invite you to schedule a personal zoom sessi on at your soonest convenience.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/virtual-information-session-maste r-of-public-policy-global-affairs-tickets-721525912427?aff=oddtdtcreator#ne w_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/10/MPPGA-Zoom-Zoom-Information-Session_WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251008T2231Z-1759962681.6185-EO-46815-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20231017T233524Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231018T001008Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231012T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231012T190000 SUMMARY: Information Session – Master of Public Policy & Global Affairs DESCRIPTION: Explore the exciting possibilities of MPPGA and uncover whethe r it's the perfect match for you. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The MPPGA Information Session is for those inte rested in exploring or further equipping themselves in the world of public policy. Get to know how you can develop key skills in policy research\, dat a analysis\, policy writing\, and communication through our program.

    Join our team for a brief presentation of the MPPGA Program\, walk-through of our admissions process\, and a word on eligibility.

    The session wi ll end with a Question & Answer period. If you are not able to have your qu estions answered then we would invite you to schedule a personal zoom sessi on at your soonest convenience.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/virtual-information-session-maste r-of-public-policy-global-affairs-tickets-721525912427?aff=oddtdtcreator#ne w_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/10/MPPGA-Zoom-Zoom-Information-Session_WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20231108T2302Z-1699484568.4806-EO-46636-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20230922T155402Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240814T231506Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231016T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231016T190000 SUMMARY: Book Talk: The Confucian Communist Comeback in Contemporary China DESCRIPTION: Daniel Bell explains the return of Confucianism and Communism in mainland China after its rise in the twentieth century as political insp iration. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us o n Oct 16th 5 PM at C.K. Choi 120 for an intriguing conversation with Profes sor Daniel Bell\, author of the book The Dean of Shandong.

    RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/book-talk-on-the-confucian-communist-comeback- in-contemporary-china-tickets-723735039987?aff=oddtdtcreator

    Few Chinese intellectuals and political reformers turned to Confucianism and Co mmunism for political inspiration at the end of the twentieth century. But the traditions have mounted remarkable comebacks in mainland China. What ex plains the return of Confucianism and Communism? And what are the implicati ons for Chinese academia and the political system? Drawing on his new book\ , “The Dean of Shandong\,” (Princeton\, 2023) — “an inside view of Chinese academia and what it reveals about China’s political system” that was recog nized as a Best Summer Book for 2023 by the Financial Times — Daniel A. Bel l will attempt to answer these questions.

    About the speaker: Daniel A . Bell (貝淡寧) is Professor\, Chair of Political Theory with the Faculty of L aw at the University of Hong Kong. He served as Dean of the School of Polit ical Science and Public Administration at Shandong University (Qingdao) fro m 2017 to 2022. His books include “The Dean of Shandong” (2023)\, “Just Hie rarchy” (co-authored with Wang Pei\, 2020)\, “The China Model” (2015)\, “Th e Spirit of Cities” (co-authored with Avner de-Shalit\, 2012)\, “China’s Ne w Confucianism” (2008)\, “Beyond Liberal Democracy” (2007)\, and “East Meet s West” (2000)\, all published by Princeton University Press. He is also th e author of “Communitarianism and Its Critics” (Oxford University Press\, 1 993). He is founding editor of the Princeton-China series (Princeton Univer sity Press) which translates and publishes original and influential academi c works from China. His works have been translated in 23 languages. He has been interviewed in English\, Chinese\, and French. In 2018\, he was awarde d the Huilin Prize and was honored as a “Cultural Leader” by the World Econ omic Forum.

    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/book-talk-with-ccr/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/09/Daniel-A.-Bell-715X400.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20231108T2302Z-1699484568.4848-EO-46742-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20231006T200014Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240814T231821Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231018T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231018T173000 SUMMARY: Book Discussion: An Ecological History of Modern China DESCRIPTION: Join us for a book talk with the author Stevan Harrell on his book: An Ecological History of Modern China. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us for a book talk on Oct 18th at 3:30 P.M. with the author Stevan Harrell on his book: An Ecological History of Modern China

    RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/book-discussion- an-ecological-history-of-modern-china-tickets-731323637687?aff=oddtdtcreato r

    About this event:

    This panel will examine key themes in S tevan Harrell’s new book An Ecological History of Modern China< /strong>. In addition to an introduction and overview by the author\, Michael Hathaway (SFU)\, Jack Hayes (KPU)\, Juliet Lu (UBC ) and Guldana Salimjan (SFU) will discuss some of the many important and ti mely themes discussed by Harrell. In a general question-answer format with the author and panelists\, we and the audience will have the opportunity to dig into modern China’s ecological history\, policy frameworks\, and the i nteresting and important ways one of the world’s key political\, economic a nd environmental systems have developed since the early 20th century.

    This event is sponsored by UBC’s Centre for Chinese Research and SFU’s Dav id Lam Centre.

    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ecological-history-of-moder n-china/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/10/Stevan-Harrell_Final-715X400.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20231108T2302Z-1699484568.4889-EO-46806-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20231016T183815Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231016T183815Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231019T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231019T213000 SUMMARY: Action Amplified: ORICE Annual Symposium on Global Community Engag ement X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:0;0 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/action-amplified-tickets-72857821 6057?aff=oddtdtcreator ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/10/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_608968209_447745727058_1_original.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251008T2231Z-1759962681.6128-EO-46720-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20231005T182301Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231018T173705Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231019T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231019T190000 SUMMARY: Information Session – Master of Public Policy & Global Affairs DESCRIPTION: Explore the exciting possibilities of MPPGA and uncover whethe r it's the perfect match for you. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/virtual-information-session-maste r-of-public-policy-global-affairs-tickets-737337675837?aff=oddtdtcreator#ne w_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/10/MPPGA-Prep-Session-QA_WEB1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20231108T2302Z-1699484568.4951-EO-46747-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20231006T201344Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240729T221500Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231020T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231020T170000 SUMMARY: Towards a Socialist Community: Bulgaria and the Korean War DESCRIPTION: Title: The New Forms and Ethics of Individualism and Their Soc ial Consequences in South Korea Date: Friday\, Oct 20th\, 2023 Time: 3:30-5 :00PM (PST) Location: The Case Room (Room 132)\, UBC Liu Institute for Glob al Issues Speaker: Dr. Avram Agov (Faculty Member of Asian Studies Departme nt at Langara College) Bio: Avram Agov received a BA in […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
    • Title: The New Forms and Ethics of In dividualism and Their Social Consequences in South Korea

    • Date: Friday\, Oct 20th\, 2023
    • Time: 3 :30-5:00PM (PST)
    • Location: The Case Room (Room 132)\, UBC Liu Insti tute for Global Issues
    • Speaker: Dr. Avram Agov (Faculty Member of A sian Studies Department at Langara College)
    • Bio: Avram Agov receive d a BA in philosophy (second major in history) at Sofia University\, Bulgar ia. He was a visiting scholar at Columbia University on a Fulbright Fellows hip\, and received an MA in Regional Studies-East Asia at Harvard Universit y. Dr. Agov studied at the Korean Language Institute of Yonsei University i n Seoul and worked in Samsung Electronics in South Korea. He received his P hD at the History Department of the University of British Columbia. He is s tudying North Korea in the socialist world during the Cold War.
    • Abs tract: Beyond the political and ideological dimensions\, socialist solidari ty with North Koreans during the Korean War had an important human one. The Korean War created the communist alliance system that proved critical for North Korea’s survival. China and the Soviet Union receive the bulk of scho larly attention in studies of foreign involvement on the communist side of the Korean War. This presentation will examine the East European role in th at war by focusing on two case studies: the Bulgarian medical brigade in No rth Korea and the care of North Korean orphans in Bulgaria. My argument is that these aid programs brought socialist countries closer together on a hu man level\, helping to create a socialist community with lasting people-to- people relations. The dispatch of medics from socialist countries to the DP RK was a major aid effort both during and after the Korean War. This narrat ive will follow the work and organization of the Bulgarian medical brigade in North Korea and its relations with local institutions and people. The ot her example of humanitarian aid is the hosting and education of North Korea n orphans in Bulgaria\, which began during the Korean War and continued unt il 1960. The presentation examines the integration of North Korean children into the Bulgarian education system\, locations and social relations of th e program. The presentation will include many archival photographs to illus trate the atmosphere and the human effect of these aid programs.
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    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/towards-a-socialist-communi ty/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/10/2023-Oct-20-Dr.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240802T1655Z-1722617728.2558-EO-49565-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240731T184556Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240829T162850Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231025T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231025T183000 SUMMARY: Reassessing Public Support for China’s Leadership: Social Desirabi lity And Misreporting DESCRIPTION: The Green College Public Lecture Series examines the future of global sustainability\, economy and security through the many images and u nderstandings of China. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    We are ha ppy to announce the return of the Green College Public Lecture Series. This year\, this interdisciplinary series examines the future of global sustain ability\, economy and security through the many images and understandings o f China\, a compelling and sometimes puzzling place. If understanding China constitutes a rational\, emotional or symbolic anchor from which one’s ide as\, actions and strategies are derived\, then there is a need to capitaliz e on the rich amount of evidence that allows us to examine “China Logics” a cross time\, space and interactions.

    For the first installment of the series\, Chih-Jou Jay Chen will present preliminary findings from ongoing surveys conducted in China\, focusing on the extent of public support for t he country’s national leaders and the Communist Party. He will analyze data collected through both direct questioning and indirect methods\, specifica lly employing list experiments to measure the depth of this support. Additi onally\, he will examine the social bases of this support\, identifying whi ch social groups tend to be more supportive. Unlike the widespread belief t hat China’s strong one-man rule and centralized governance command high lev els of public support\, his research suggests that the actual level of supp ort is not as high as commonly believed.

    More information about this lecture can be found here: https://greencollege.ubc.ca/civicrm/event/ info%3Fid%3D1675%26reset%3D1

    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/reassessing-public-support- for-chinas-leadership-social-desirability-and-misreporting/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Events-Thumbnail-CCR-Generic.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20231108T2302Z-1699484568.4992-EO-46842-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20231020T233517Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231020T234004Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231027T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231027T163000 SUMMARY: The Age of Disruption in Public Policy: DRIPA and Social Media X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Theatre C300\, UBC Robson Square GEO:49.282863;-123.120705 URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.ubc.ca/event/the-age-of-disruption/#new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/10/Horizontal-Graphic-DRIPA-and-Social-Media-in-Public-Policy_Final-1024x536.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20231108T2302Z-1699484568.504-EO-46787-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20231011T171504Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231011T171504Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231027T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231027T180000 SUMMARY: Querying AI: Symposium on Generative AI in Research and Society X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://democracy.ubc.ca/events/event/querying-ai/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/10/Querying-AI_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251008T2231Z-1759962681.647-EO-46889-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20231025T203249Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240814T230245Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231027T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231027T170000 SUMMARY: Wombs of Empire: The Gendered and Racial Politics of Motherhood DESCRIPTION: Date: Friday\, Oct 27th\, 2023 Time: 3:30-5:00PM (PST) Locatio n: The Case Room (Room 132)\, UBC Liu Institute for Global Issues Speaker: Dr. Sujin Lee (Assistant Professor of Pacific and Asian Studies at Universi ty of Victoria) Bio: Sujin Lee is an Assistant Professor of Pacific and Asi an Studies at the University of Victoria. Lee completed her […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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    • Date: Friday\, Oct 27th\, 2023
      • Time: 3:30-5:00PM (PST)
    • Location: The Case Room (Room 132)\, UBC Liu Institute for Global Issues
    • Speaker: Dr. Sujin Lee (Assistant P rofessor of Pacific and Asian Studies at University of Victoria)
    • Bi o: Sujin Lee is an Assistant Professor of Pacific and Asian Studies at the University of Victoria. Lee completed her PhD in History from Cornell Unive rsity in 2017 and served as a postdoctoral fellow at the UCLA Terasaki Cent er for Japanese Studies in 2017-18. She is an author of articles on the bir th control movement in Interwar Japan and the book: Wombs of Empire: Popula tion Discourses and Biopolitics in Modern Japan (Stanford University Press\ , 2023). Her research interests encompass the history of the Japanese colon ial empire\, biopolitical governance of bodies and its gender impacts\, and historical narratives of women’s reproductive experiences.
    • Abstrac t: In this presentation\, Dr. Sujin Lee will examine the Japanese biopoliti cal state’s increasing attention on the maternal body during wartime. The p resentation situates the wartime pronatalist policy under the slogan “give birth and multiply” (umeyo fuyaseyo) within the broader context of populati on discourses and discusses the gendered nature of the biopolitical state t hat normalized the roles of female Japanese citizens in producing as many h ealthy and superior citizens as possible. A set of wartime population polic ies\, such as the government’s “fertile womb battalion” (kodakara butai) co mmendations and “Ninsanpu techō” (Handbook for the Expectant Mother) of Jul y 1942\, offers a revealing look at the instrumentality of motherhood and f amily in the governmentalization of the state. In addition to the gendered division of citizenship\, this presentation examines the differential effec ts of biopolitical rationalities along racial and class lines. The so-calle d ‘comfort women’\, or military sexual slavery mobilized across the Japanes e colonial empire\, were transformed into women unfit for motherhood. Their fertility was denied by the imperial total war regime that mobilized “comf ort women” only as disposable sexual resources. (This presentation covers p art of her book\, Wombs of Empire: Population Discourses and Biopolitics in Modern Japan).
    LOCATION:Case Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/wombs-of-empire/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/10/CKR-Motherhood-Event.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20231108T2302Z-1699484568.5139-EO-46751-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20231006T205401Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231006T205612Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231030T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231030T140000 SUMMARY: Op-Eds for Policy X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/23604-op-eds-policy#n ew_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/09/CSDI_PolicyWorkshopSeries23-24.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240802T1803Z-1722621828.4068-EO-49569-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240731T192304Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240829T162753Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231101T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231101T183000 SUMMARY: Doing Global Urban Comparisons: Making A Case for China DESCRIPTION: Xuefei Ren discusses several of her comparative projects invol ving China\, on urban governance (China and India) and municipal responses to the Covid-19 pandemic (Shanghai\, Chicago\, Toronto and Johannesburg). X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The second installment of the China Logics series is here! For more info: https ://greencollege.ubc.ca/civicrm/event/info%3Fid%3D1676%26reset%3D1

    The field of global urban studies has seen a comparative turn in the last decade. But comparison\, as a method\, has yet to influence urban China stu dies. Most urban China research still confines itself to single-case method s involving only China. The lack of a comparative sensibility among China s cholars can be traced in part to claims of China exceptionalism. But in the wake of strained relations between the US and China that have made researc h collaboration with China more difficult and less fundable\, Xuefei Ren ar gues that the time is ripe to draw upon comparative research as a powerful heuristic device to better understand urban conditions in China and elsewhe re. In this talk\, she will discuss several of her comparative projects inv olving China\, on urban governance (China and India) and municipal response s to the Covid-19 pandemic (Shanghai\, Chicago\, Toronto and Johannesburg).

    Xuefei Ren is a Professor of Sociology and Global U rban Studies at Michigan State University. Her most recent book\, Governing the Urban in China and India: Land Grabs\, Slum Clearance\, and the War on Air Pollution\, was published by Princeton University Press and won the Ro bert Park Best Book Award in Urban Sociology from the American Sociological Association. She is a public intellectual fellow with the National Committ ee on US-China Relations\, and a fellow of CIFAR (Canadian Institute for Ad vanced Research)’s Humanity’s Urban Future program. The program started in 2023 and examines health\, climate and migration policies in six metropolit an regions\, including Toronto\, Naples\, Kinshasa\, Kolkata\, Shanghai and Mexico City. She lives in Hyde Park\, Chicago.

    This event has be en co-sponsored by the SFU Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences\, Urban Stud ies Program\, David Lam Centre\, and Department of Sociology and Anthropolo gy. It has been co-organized with the UBC Centre for Chinese Research.

    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/doing-global-urban-comparis ons-making-a-case-for-china/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Events-Thumbnail-CCR-Generic.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20231108T2302Z-1699484568.5176-EO-46813-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20231017T233636Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240801T235245Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231102T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231102T180000 SUMMARY: Japan’s Role in Indo-Pacific Security DESCRIPTION: To illuminate what role Japan can play in regional security\, we discuss the nation's challenges in deterring an armed conflict over Taiw an\, what Japan’s Free and Open Indo-Pacific is and its implications for th e region\, and more. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Date: November 2nd\, 17:00-18:00 PDT and followed by a reception at 18 :00-19:00 PDT.

    (Networking opportunity with Dr. Mori from 16:45-17:00 )

    Location: Place of Many Trees\, Liu Institute for Global Is sues\, University of British Columbia

    Please join the Center for Japanese Research and the Consulate General of Japan in Vancouver’s jo int event on Japan’s Role in Indo-Pacific Security. We are honoured to invi te Professor Satoru Mori of Keio University to share his insights on the dy namics of the Indo-Pacific region and are pleased to have the Consul-Genera l of Japan\, Kohei Maruyama\, and Professor Yves Tiberghien to provide open ing remarks to the event.

    Event Description:

    F acing an ever-intensifying security environment and rapidly shifting diplom atic and economic landscapes in the Indo-Pacific region\, Japan aims to min imize the risks of an armed conflict while maximizing opportunities for reg ion-wide economic and social exchange in an era of enduring great power riv alry. What are Japan’s challenges in deterring an armed conflict over Taiwa n? What is Japan’s Free and Open Indo-Pacific and what are its implications for the region? How does Japan envisage the roles that the Japan-US allian ce and security cooperation with other countries may play in the Indo-Pacif ic? These and other issues and questions will be explored in order to illum inate what role Japan can play in regional security.

    Food and drink w ill be provided at the event.

    Please RSVP HERE and please direct inquiries to Uno Ka kegawa at unok4217@mail.ubc.ca

    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/japans-role-in-indo-pacific -security/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/10/Japan’s-Role-in-Indo-Pacific-Security-4.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20231108T2302Z-1699484568.5217-EO-47035-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20231101T185721Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240731T193414Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231103T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231103T140000 SUMMARY: The Impact of Social Capital on the Successful Localization of Chi nese Enterprises in ASEAN DESCRIPTION: Dr. Bin Xiong identifies the impact of social capital of Chine se overseas enterprises\, the institutional distance between China and ASEA N on enterprises’ implementation of localization strategies. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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    About the event:

    As the biggest trading partner of ASEAN countries\, China became a signific ant source country for FDI into ASEAN. In the end of 2022\, more than 6500 Chinese FDI firms have been set up in ASEAN and human resources localizatio n turned to be the dominant strategy adopted by the Chinese overseas firms. By building up various social networks with the government sectors\, upstr eam and downstream local firms as well as the media\, Chinese overseas firm s endeavoured to get access to their social capital\, which is defined as a variety of resources obtained by the enterprises in the process of investm ent and operation in host countries and measured by the enterprise’s social network. Dr. Bin Xiong will try to start from the micro perspective of ent erprises and use Chinese overseas enterprises survey data in nine ASEAN cou ntries to identify the impact of social capital of Chinese overseas enterpr ises\, the institutional distance between China and ASEAN on enterprises’ i mplementation of localization strategies.

    About the speaker:

    Bi n Xiong is professor in Kunming University of Science and Technology (KUST) located at Kunming city\, Yunnan province\, P.R.China. She is serving as t he director of the ASEAN Research Center of KUST and sitting at China (Yunn an) Pilot Free Trade Zone Advisory Committee\, and Yunnan Trade Promotion A ssociation Expert Committee. Currently\, she is a visiting scholar at The S chool of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA)\, UBC. Her research speci alizes in international trade and foreign direct investment\, industrial po licy and development\, regional sustainable development\, focusing on the S outheast Asian region.

    Dr. Xiong is the author of “Impact of China’s FDI on GMS countries- Perspective of Inclusive Development”( Chinese Social Science Press\, 2020) and “Policy Recommendations for the Promotion of Coo peration between Yunnan Province and GMS countries”( 2nd author\, Chinese S ocial Science Press\, 2011).

    She has published in such journals as Wo rld Economy Studies\, Journal of International Trade\, Soft Science etc. He r research has been supported by the Chinese Social Science Foundation\, th e Ministry of Education of China\, the Department of Commerce and Foreign A ffairs Office Yunnan Provincial Government\, Yunnan Department of Commerce\ , the International Development Research Centre of Canada(IDRC)\, Asian Dev elopment Bank(ADB) etc.

    Dr. Xiong has received 6 awards at the Provin cial level such as Woman Red flag Bearer of Yunnan Province\, the second an d third prize of Outstanding Achievement of Yunnan Social Science Research\ , and Business Talent of the Province.

    CATEGORIES:Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 351\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-impact-of-social-capita l-on-the-successful-localization-of-chinese-enterprises-in-asean/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/11/CCR-Nov3-Event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240815T0211Z-1723687896.0438-EO-49849-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240814T214815Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240814T214815Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231106T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231106T183000 SUMMARY: Pain Medicine and Labour in India DESCRIPTION: In India\, pain medicine is shaping practices around medical a nd social constitutions. The talk explores how pain is recognised\, communi cated and addressed. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    In India\, pain medicine is an emergent specialisation shaping new practices around pa in\, its medical and social constitutions. Across Indian cities\, through e fforts of individual physicians\, an attempt is being made to establish and stabilise this field of practice as a distinct medical form. Each centre r eveals a unique iteration of pain\, tied to local worlds. At the Institute of Pain Management in Kolkata\, one of the most important sites in this eme rgent field\, medical work proceeds in a milieu of state supported health c are\, extractive industrial labour\, chronic suffering\, and dwindling indu stry. Through long term ethnographic research at this centre\, studying its diagnostic\, therapeutic and epistemic efforts\, this paper explores how p ain is recognised\, communicated and addressed. It attempts to understand p ain’s sociality\, i.e.\, how the challenges pain poses to language and soci al connection are overcome\, and to record the unique ways by which biomedi cal work proceeds amidst acute resource poverty and precarity. By dwelling on everyday encounters between members of the medical regime and persons li ving in chronic pain at this centre\, this talk will demonstrate the ethica l stakes in everyday practices around pain management\, how pain is excavat ed from phenomenological experiences into a biomedical object\, revealing a rigorous empathetic practice.

    About the Speaker

    Dr Shagufta K Bhangu is a Lecturer in the Department of Glo bal Health and Social Medicine. She joined King’s in 2020 as a Postdoctoral Research Associate on the Wellcome-funded project\, ‘Grid Oncology : Remak ing Cancer Care in India’. She continues to be a member of this project tea m. She is also a part of the Culture\, Medicine and Power (CMP) research gr oup\, the Anti-Racism and Decolonising Steering Committee and the Politics of Cancer Network.

    Dr. Bhangu’s research explores the emergence of ne w medical fields and imaginaries in South Asia. Based on fifteen months of ethnographic fieldwork\, her doctoral research explored the medicalisation of pain\, medical epistemics and practices in a milieu of dwindling state-s upported healthcare\, industrial labour and chronic illness in Kolkata\, In dia. Her current project continues her ethnographic focus on medical care a nd patient worlds in a cancer hospital in Assam. In this frontier space\, s he is studying imaginations and practices of care\, community\, blame and r esponsibility\, and nationhood.

    LOCATION:Case Room - Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/pain-medicine-and-labour/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/08/pain-medicine-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251008T2231Z-1759962681.6153-EO-46819-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20231018T001135Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231025T223841Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231107T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231107T200000 SUMMARY: Information Session – Master of Public Policy & Global Affairs DESCRIPTION: Explore the exciting possibilities of MPPGA and uncover whethe r it's the perfect match for you. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs Info Sess ion

    We invite you to join us for an exciting information ses sion where you can delve deeper into the world of the Master of Public Poli cy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) program. Whether you're a prospective student or simply curious about this field\, this session offers a fantastic oppor tunity to explore the program and have all your questions answered.

    < strong>Date: November 7th
    Time: 6:30 PM - 8: 00 PM
    Location: UBC Robson Square (In person event)

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    Are you ready to em bark on a transformative journey towards becoming a global change maker? Th e University of British Columbia (UBC) invites you to explore the Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) program through our upcoming in-p erson info session at UBC Robson Square.

    The MPPGA program is designe d to equip future policy makers with the knowledge\, skills\, and experienc es necessary to tackle the world's most pressing challenges. With a strong focus on rigorous knowledge acquisition\, policy analysis\, career developm ent\, and experiential learning\, this program paves the way for you to exc el as a policy professional.

    What to Expect at the Info Sessi on:

    Introductions: Get to know the key figu res behind the MPPGA program and your fellow attendees.

    Prese ntation: Gain a comprehensive understanding of the MPPGA program\, its curriculum\, and the unique opportunities it offers.

    Vid eos: Get an inside look into the program\, its successes\, and the experiences of students and alumni.

    Panel Discussion: Engage with our panel\, which includes staff\, students\, and program al umni. Hear firsthand about their experiences and insights into the MPPGA pr ogram.

    Mingling: Connect with like-minded individual s who share your passion for global affairs and public policy. Expand your network and build lasting relationships.

    Why UBC?

    At UBC\, you will have the privilege of learning from a diverse faculty and engaging with policy practitioners at a top-ranked university known fo r its commitment to addressing climate change. You'll be located in Vancouv er\, British Columbia\, consistently ranked as one of the greenest and most livable cities in the world.

    Don't miss this opportunity to kickstar t your journey towards becoming a global change maker. RSVP for our in-pers on info session at UBC Robson Square on November 7th\, from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM. Take the first step toward a fulfilling career in public policy and gl obal affairs. Join us and be part of the solution to the world's most press ing issues. We look forward to meeting you in person at UBC Robson Square o n November 7th!

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/in-person-information-session-mas ter-of-public-policy-global-affairs-tickets-740484287437?aff=oddtdtcreator# new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/10/MPPGA_InfoSession_Nov7_WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20231108T2302Z-1699484568.5284-EO-46753-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20231006T205633Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231006T205753Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231108T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231108T140000 SUMMARY: Policy Reports X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/23637-policy-reports# new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/09/CSDI_PolicyWorkshopSeries23-24.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251008T2231Z-1759962681.6381-EO-46832-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20231020T173513Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240812T184320Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231109 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231230 SUMMARY: The Liu Lobby Gallery: Seed to Sky DESCRIPTION: Experience the "Seed to Sky" exhibit by Parker Albanese\, Emil ia Brasdefer\, Boris Chan\, Tom Foster\, Vinayak Gowda\, Ellen Harper\, Ran veer Singh Sandhu\, and Yang Yu\, exploring the perspective of trees\, free from Nov 9 to Dec 29\, 2023\, at the Liu Institute\, UBC X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Seed to Sky Liu Lobby Gallery UBC

    The Liu Lobby Gallery presents a 7 week -long exhibition featuring an art installation of UBC SALA - Architecture D epartment Alumni Parker Albanese\, Emilia Brasdefer\, Boris Chan\, Tom Fost er\, Vinayak Gowda\, Ellen Harper\, Ranveer Singh Sandhu\, Yang Yu.

    < strong>Exhibit: Nov 9 - Dec 29\, 2023

    Opening Recept ion: Join us on November 9\, 2023 at 6:00pm for a special evening where you can meet the artists\, discuss the creative process\, and enjoy l ight refreshments.

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    About the Exhibit:

    'Seed to Sky ' interrogates the assumption that simply planting trees is an inherently g ood act. Rather\, this exhibit demonstrates how the exploitation of the tre e as a disenchanted raw material has resulted in the creation of vast extra ctive forested landscapes that are ecologically hollow. By exploring the pe rspectives of trees as complex beings with their own agency\, entangled wit h the world in profound ways\, they can be understood as more than a renewa ble resource\, but as profound educators - demonstrating how humanity may w ork together with nature to build deeper connections to the Earth.

    Biography

    The artists of "Seed to Sky" are a group bro ught together through the Master of Architecture program at UBC\, with prev ious backgrounds ranging from Earth Sciences and Sustainability to Sociolog y to Political Science. Their shared passion for design enables them to syn thesize these interests through art as they seek to create and imagine posi tive futures. Previous works include installation\, drawing\, and design pr ojects that traverse scale and media to explore human relationships to the more-than human world. As they live and work within the shared\, unceded\, ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓ əm (Musqueam)\, Sḵwx̱ wú7mesh (Squa mish)\, and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations\, they see the historic and ongoing development of the city as inseparable from a resource extractive economy that is dependent on the consumption of Nature. The work of these c ollaborative artists strives to better understand\, critique\, and re-envis ion this cycle.

    The exhibit is free and open to the public du ring regular building hours\, 9am-5pm. It is located in the Lobby on the fi rst floor.

    Curated by Fabiola Vizcardo.

    LOCATION:Lobby Gallery\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-liu-lobby-gallery-seed- to-sky/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/10/SeedToSky_LiuLobbyGallery_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240807T0533Z-1723008835.6863-EO-49693-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240806T192945Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240806T193641Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231116T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231116T163000 SUMMARY: G7/G20 Youth Japan Policy Design Workshop DESCRIPTION: This workshop discusses global issues and social problems in H iroshima\, answering the question: what makes the world less peaceful? X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    You are invit ed to join the G7/G20 Youth Japan Policy Design Workshop facilitated by G7/ G20 Youth Japan and organized by the Hiroshima Organization for Global Pea ce (in Prefectural Government)\, Japan Travel Bureau and Centre for Japanes e Research\, UBC. The workshop allows you and the young people of Hiroshima to share ideas about global issues and social problems\, and seek solution s through discussion and other means on a central question: what are the el ements that make the world less peaceful?

    Through this workshop\, you can find out what young people in Hiroshima are interested in and what kin d of ideas they have. The workshop will also provide an opportunity to hear directly from the youth of Hiroshima about the outcomes of the G7 Hiroshim a Summit and to approach Canada in preparation for the G7 Canada Summit to be held in 2025. You will also have the opportunity to make one-page policy proposals per group\, which contains three sub-themes. There is no limitat ion for the occupation\; both students and working adults are welcome!

    < p>Contact information: contact@g7g20youthjapan.org

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building\, UBC GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/youth-japan-policy-design/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/08/youth-japan-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20231108T2302Z-1699484568.5352-EO-46755-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20231006T205923Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231006T210024Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231117T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231117T140000 SUMMARY: Policy Briefs 1 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/23799-policy-briefs-1 #new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/09/CSDI_PolicyWorkshopSeries23-24.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251008T2231Z-1759962681.6482-EO-47156-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20231108T002023Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240814T230427Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231117T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231117T170000 SUMMARY: Dr. Alsu Tagirova\, Tumen River: The Formation of Soviet\, North K orean and Chinese Borderlands DESCRIPTION: Dr. Alsu Tagirova discusses how the Soviet-North Korean border issue was used as a bargaining chip by the North Koreans to fulfill greate r strategic goals. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    • Date: Friday\, Nov 1 7th\, 2023
    • Time: 3:30-5:00PM (PST)
    • Location: Place of Many Trees\, Room 130\, UBC Liu Institute for Global Issues
    • Speaker: Dr. Alsu Tagirova (Sessional Lecturer\, Department of History at University of British Columbia)
    • Bio: Alsu Tagirova is Research Fellow at the Aca demy of History and Documentation of Socialism\, East China Normal Universi ty\, Shanghai. She is currently a Visiting Scholar in the Department of His tory at Simon Fraser University. Her research interests include the History of Sino-Soviet relations\, Korean Peninsula\, and Central Asia. Her articl es appeared in Asian Perspective\, Cold War History\, Journal of Cold War S tudies\, Nationalities Papers\, Central Asian Survey\, etc.
    • Abstrac t: The USSR did not have a state border with North Korea until 1985\, altho ugh the actual border between them\, passing through the Tumen River\, was de facto recognized and observed. The Sino-Russian treaties of the 19th cen tury only indirectly mentioned the Russian-Korean border. With the establis hment of the DPRK in 1948\, these treaties could no longer remain the basis for the delimitation of the border with Korea\, new agreement had to be si gned. The 1957 Soviet-North Korean Convention on the Procedure for Solving Frontier Issues covered the section of the Tumen River from the tripoint of the USSR\, PRC\, and DPRK borders to the confluence of the river into the Sea of Japan. Nevertheless\, it did not determine the exact location of the borderline\, thus rendering the work of borderguards a complicated issue. Only in November 1984\, did the two deputy foreign ministers initial a bila teral border agreement. Notably\, the resolution of the USSR-DPRK border is sue came long before the Sino-Soviet 1991 border agreement and much later t han the 1962 Sino-North Korean border agreement. The paper argues that the Soviet-North Korean border issue was always used as a bargaining chip by th e North Koreans in an attempt to fulfill greater strategic goals.
    LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/formation-of-soviet-north-k orean-chinese-borderlands/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/11/Alsu-Tagirova-Poster.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20231025T2020Z-1698265204.8646-EO-46869-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20231024T234340Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231117T215825Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231122T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231122T150000 SUMMARY: Exploring Activism in Myanmar by Dr. Elliott Prasse-Freeman DESCRIPTION: The UBC Myanmar Initiative and the Centre for Southeast Asia R esearch at SPPGA\, in collaboration with UBC Anthropology\, invite you to j oin us for a seminar and book talk with Dr. Elliott Prasse-Freeman from Nat ional University of Singapore. This is a hybrid event which will be held in -person and online simultaneously. This seminar is a […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The UBC Myanmar Initiative and the Centre for Southeast Asia Research at SPPGA\, in collaboration with UBC Anthropolo gy\, invite you to join us for a seminar and book talk with Dr. Elliott Pra sse-Freeman from National University of Singapore. This is a hybrid event w hich will be held in-person and online simultaneously.

    This seminar i s a component of the UBC Myanmar Discussion Series and the 2013 Knowledge M arketplace\, which is organized by the Knowledge for Democracy Myanmar (K4D M) initiative. Learn more about the 2013 Knowledge Marketplace here.

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    About the Tal k
    For decades\, the outside world mostly knew Myanmar as the site of a valiant human rights struggle against an oppressive military regi me\, predominantly through the figure of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi. Yet\, a closer look at Burmese grassroots sentiments reveals a sig nificant schism between elite human rights cosmopolitans and subaltern Burm ese subjects maneuvering under brutal and negligent governance. While elite s have endorsed human rights logics\, subalterns are ambivalent\, often goi ng so far as to refuse rights themselves\, seeing in them no more than empt y promises. Such alternative perspectives became apparent during Burma’s mu ch-lauded decade-long “transition” from military rule that began in 2011\, a period of massive change that saw an explosion of political and social ac tivism. How then do people conduct politics when they lack the legally and symbolically stabilizing force of “rights” to guarantee their incursions ag ainst injustice?

    In this presentation\, Elliott Prasse-Freeman descri bes his recent book on the topic\, in which he documents grassroots politic al activists who advocate for workers and peasants across Burma\, covering not only the so-called “democratic transition” from 2011-2021\, but it also the February 2021 military coup that ended that experiment and the ongoing mass uprising against it. Taking the reader from protest camps\, to flop h ouses\, to prisons\, and presenting practices as varied as courtroom immola tion\, occult cursing ceremonies\, and land reoccupations\, the talk shows how Burmese subaltern politics compel us to reconsider how rights framework s operate everywhere.

    About the Speaker
    Elliott Prasse-Freeman is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology an d Anthropology at the National University of Singapore. He received his PhD from the Department of Anthropology at Yale University.

     

     

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    Setsuko Thurlow SPPGA

    Setsuko Thurlow: The Case for Abolishing Nuclear Weapons
    2017 Nobel Peace Prize Winner and 2023 Honorary Degree Recipient

    Date: November 2 4th
    Time: 12:30 PM - 2 PM
    Location: C.K. Choi Building\, Room 120

    A light lunch will be served.

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    Setsuko Th urlow: The Case for Abolishing Nuclear Weapons

    Join us for a special conversation on Friday\, Nov. 24th with Nobel Peace Priz e winner Setsuko Thurlow\, who will be receiving an Honorary Degree from UB C this month. Setsuko Thurlow is a survivor of the atom bomb dropped on the city of Hiroshima by the United States in 1945 who has committed he rself to testifying about “that terrible dawn of the nuclear age” and worki ng towards prohibiting and eliminating nuclear weapons. RSVP today to learn more about her and the urgent message she brings.

    Biography< /strong>

    A survivor of the 1945 Hiroshima atomic bombing\, Setsuko Th urlow’s commitment to anti-nuclear advocacy began in 1954 when she voiced h er opposition to tests of even more powerful hydrogen bombs by the U.S. in the Marshall Islands. Highlights of her long career include testifying wide ly before world leaders on behalf of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons in support of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weap ons. She also served as a social worker in a number of Toronto-based agenci es and led the establishment of the Japanese Family Services of Metropolita n Toronto.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/satsuko-thurlow/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/11/2023-11-24-Setsuko_Thurlow_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251008T2231Z-1759962681.6537-EO-47209-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20231110T232104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240814T230546Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231124T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231124T170000 SUMMARY: Why Were They Arrested? Religious Leaders and the Kwangju Democrat ization Movement DESCRIPTION: Join Dr. Don Baker to hear his findings about the role of Cath olic priests and Protestant women in helping people cope with trauma after the Kwangju Uprising of May\, 1980. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    • Date: Friday\, Nov 24th\, 2023
    • Time: 3:30-5:00PM (PST)
    • Location: The Case Room (Room 132)\, UBC Liu Institute for Global Issues
    • Spea ker: Dr. Don Baker (Professor of Korean Civilization\, Department of Asian Studies at University of British Columbia)
    • Bio: Don Baker is Profes sor of Korean Civilization in the Department of Asian Studies at UBC\, wher e he has been teaching courses on both modern and premodern Korean history since 1987. He has published extensively on the history of Korea\, paying p articular attention to philosophy\, religion\, and traditional science in K orea’s past. His latest book is A Korean Confucian’s Advice on How to be Mo ral: Tasan Chŏng Yagyong’s Reading of the Zhongyong (University of Hawai’i Press). Prof. Baker first went to Korea as a Peace Corps volunteer to teach English in Kwangju from 1971 to 1974. He returned briefly to Kwangju in Ma y\,1980. He is currently serving as co-director of the Centre for Korean Re search.
    • Abstract: I am a historian. That means that I try to unrave l puzzles in past events\, trying to figure out why things happened the way they did. One puzzle I have been trying to unravel recently is related to the Kwangju Uprising of May\, 1980. (It is also known as the Kwangju Democr atization Movement.) I have been investigating why so many Catholic priests in Kwangju were jailed by the Chun Doo-hwan government soon after that upr ising was suppressed\, though no Protestant pastors or Buddhist abbots who were in the Kwangju area at that time were arrested in the immediate afterm ath of the uprising. A related puzzle is why did the YWCA rather than the Y MCA play such an important role during the 10 days of terror Gwangju reside nts had to endure between May 18 and May 27. In my talk\, I will present wh at I have discovered so far about the roles Catholic priests and Protestant women played in helping people in Kwangju cope with the traumatic events t hey were confronting.
    LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues\, Room 312 GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/why-were-they-arrested/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/11/CKR-Why-were-they-arrested-poster.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251008T2231Z-1759962681.6077-EO-47038-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20231101T212932Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240812T184309Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231129T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231129T110000 SUMMARY: Virtual Information Session – Master of Public Policy & Global Aff airs DESCRIPTION: Explore the exciting possibilities of MPPGA and uncover whethe r it's the perfect match for you. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    MPPGA Virtual Info Session

    Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs Info Session

    We invite you to join us for an exciting information session where you can delve deeper into the world of the Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) program. Whether you're a prospective student or simply curious about this field\, this sess ion offers a fantastic opportunity to explore the program and have all your questions answered.

    Date: November 29th
    Time    : 10 AM - 11 AM
    Location: Zoom (Virtua l event)

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    Are you ready to embark on a transformative journey towards becoming a global change maker? The University of British Columbia (UBC) invites you to explore the Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) program through our upcoming vi rtual info session over Zoom.

    The MPPGA program is designed to equip future policy makers with the knowledge\, skills\, and experiences necessar y to tackle the world's most pressing challenges. With a strong focus on ri gorous knowledge acquisition\, policy analysis\, career development\, and e xperiential learning\, this program paves the way for you to excel as a pol icy professional.

    What to Expect at the Info Session:

    Introductions: Get to know the key figures behind the MPPGA program and your fellow attendees.

    Presentation: Gain a comprehensive understanding of the MPPGA program\, its curric ulum\, and the unique opportunities it offers.

    Videos: Get an inside look into the program\, its successes\, and the experience s of students and alumni.

    Panel Discussion: Engage w ith our panel\, which includes staff\, students\, and program alumni. Hear firsthand about their experiences and insights into the MPPGA program.

    < p>Mingling: Connect with like-minded individuals who share your passion for global affairs and public policy. Expand your network and build lasting relationships.

    Why UBC?

    At UBC\ , you will have the privilege of learning from a diverse faculty and engagi ng with policy practitioners at a top-ranked university known for its commi tment to addressing climate change. You'll be located in Vancouver\, Britis h Columbia\, consistently ranked as one of the greenest and most livable ci ties in the world.

    Don't miss this opportunity to kickstart your jour ney towards becoming a global change maker. RSVP for our virtual Zoom info session on November 29th\, from 10 AM to 11 AM (PT). Take the first step to ward a fulfilling career in public policy and global affairs. Join us and b e part of the solution to the world's most pressing issues. We look forward to meeting you on November 29th!

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/info-session-mppga-2023-1-c opy/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/11/MPPGA_Info_Session_NOV29_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20231212T1430Z-1702391432.7763-EO-47211-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20231114T225932Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240503T231831Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231130T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231130T190000 SUMMARY: Thai Politics in 2023: The Road Ahead DESCRIPTION: The Centre for Southeast Asia Research presents a panel discus sion on Thai politics featuring Dr. David Matijasevich and activist Supitch a Maynu Chailom. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
    The Centre for Southeast Asi a Research is excited to present a panel discussion and Q&A session on the Thai democracy movement. Join us for an engaging discussion about the democ racy movement in Thailand and the road ahead for Thai politics and activism . Featured speakers will include Dr. David Matijasevich (Capilano Universit y) and Supitcha Maynu Chailom (Thai Refugee Activist).
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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/thai-politics-in-2023-the-r oad-ahead/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/11/CSEAR-Thai-Election-Event-Banner-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20231212T1430Z-1702391432.7894-EO-47183-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20231109T204439Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231129T201918Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231205T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231205T190000 SUMMARY: UBC Master of Public Policy & Global Affairs – Application Worksho p DESCRIPTION: Learn about key elements and tips on strengthening your applic ation as we break it down step-by-step through a live demonstration. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ubc-master-of-public-policy-globa l-affairs-application-workshop-tickets-754177795087?aff=oddtdtcreator#new_t ab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/11/MPPGA_Workshop_Dec_05_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20231212T1430Z-1702391432.7939-EO-47294-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20231128T010946Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231128T234621Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231206T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231206T193000 SUMMARY: The Kings Priests’ Tale: Lives & Work of Royal Chaplains of Mustan g Nepal DESCRIPTION: Charles Ramble\, a distinguished scholar from the Pratique des Hautes Études\, Paris\, will delve into the rich history of the Mustang ro yal family. Join us to gain insights into their rituals and the kingdom's h istory. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-kings-priests-tale-lives-work -of-royal-chaplains-of-mustang-nepal-tickets-753779373397?aff=oddtdtcreator #new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/11/himalaya-program-generic-image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251008T2231Z-1759962681.6606-EO-47308-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20231128T204119Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240812T184259Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231212T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231212T110000 SUMMARY: Application Workshop – Master of Public Policy & Global Affairs DESCRIPTION: Join us for the Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MP PGA) Virtual Application Workshop to learn how to craft a compelling applic ation. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    MPPGA Info Session

    Join us for the MPPGA Application Work shop (Virtual)

    Don't miss the opportunity to attend our upco ming Virtual Application Workshop\, designed to provide you with all the es sential information and guidance you need to prepare a strong application.< /p>

    Date: December 12th
    Time: 10 A M - 11 AM
    Location: Zoom (Virtual event)

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    Are you ready to embark on a transformative journey towards becom ing a global change maker? The University of British Columbia (UBC) invites you to explore the Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) prog ram through our upcoming virtual application workshop over Zoom.

    The MPPGA program is designed to equip future policy makers with the knowledge\ , skills\, and experiences necessary to tackle the world's most pressing ch allenges. With a strong focus on rigorous knowledge acquisition\, policy an alysis\, career development\, and experiential learning\, this program pave s the way for you to excel as a policy professional.

    What to Expect at the Application Workshop:

    Introductions: Get to know the key figures behind the MPPGA program and your fello w attendees.

    Presentation: Gain a comprehensive unde rstanding of the MPPGA program\, its curriculum\, and the unique opportunit ies it offers.

    Videos: Get an inside look into the p rogram\, its successes\, and the experiences of students and alumni.

    Panel Discussion: Engage with our panel\, which includes s taff\, students\, and program alumni. Hear firsthand about their experience s and insights into the MPPGA program.

    Mingling: Con nect with like-minded individuals who share your passion for global affairs and public policy. Expand your network and build lasting relationships.

    Why UBC?

    At UBC\, you will have the privilege of learning from a diverse faculty and engaging with policy practitioners at a top-ranked university known for its commitment to addressing climate chan ge. You'll be located in Vancouver\, British Columbia\, consistently ranked as one of the greenest and most livable cities in the world.

    Don't m iss this opportunity to kickstart your journey towards becoming a global ch ange maker. RSVP for our virtual Zoom application workshop on December 12th \, from 10 AM to 11 AM (PT). Take the first step toward a fulfilling career in public policy and global affairs. Join us and be part of the solution t o the world's most pressing issues. We look forward to meeting you on Decem ber 12th!

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/application-workshop-master -of-public-policy-global-affairs/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/11/MPPGA_Info_Session_Dec12_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251008T2231Z-1759962681.6574-EO-47432-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20231218T174635Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231218T174946Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240109T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240109T190000 SUMMARY: Application Workshop – Master of Public Policy & Global Affairs DESCRIPTION: Join us for the Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MP PGA) Virtual Application Workshop to learn how to craft a compelling applic ation. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/application-workshop-master-of-pu blic-policy-global-affairs-tickets-774530299977?aff=oddtdtcreator ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/11/MPPGA_Info_Sessions_JAN9WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251008T2231Z-1759962681.6648-EO-47435-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20231218T190209Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231218T194817Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240111T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240111T140000 SUMMARY: Mediation Then and Now: Changing Global Order’s Impact on Mediatio n DESCRIPTION: Theodore Murphy\, an expert on conflict resolution/mediation\, briefly sketches traditional mediation tools\, negotiation phases\, and th en examines how a multipolar order impacts mediation's viability. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Mediation The n and Now Theodore Murphy

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    Theodore Murphy - Mediation Then and N ow: Changing Global Order's Impact on Mediation

    Join us for a very special lec ture on Thursday\, January 11th with Theodore Murphy\, director of the Africa programme at the European Council for Foreign Relations. Murphy's background includes e xtensive experience in mediation\, conflict resolution and humanitarian iss ues\, from managing emergency response missions for Doctors Without Borders \, in Afghanistan\, Iraq\, and Sudan to working with the United Nations and in the non-governmental sector in the Horn of Africa and Middle East to me diate and resolve conflict. In this lecture\, Murphy will provide insights on traditional mediation tools\, negotiation phases\, and an examination of how a multipolar order impacts mediation's viability.

     

    About the Lecture

    Traditional mediation practice focuses on the me diator's toolbox and the phases of a negotiation process from CoH to Peace Agreement. But successful mediation requires the mediator to also harness c arrots and sticks generated through linking the negotiation process to stat e-backers of the process. The "unipolar" era from 1989 onwards acted as the high-water mark for such a "full spectrum" mediation\, but the transition to a multipolar system radically alters the space in which mediation now ta kes place such that the traditional mediation approach struggles to retain relevance.

    Join us on Thursday\, January 11 at UBC's C. K. Choi Building\, Roo m 120 or virtually (Zoom) for unique insights\, tools\, and tried-and-teste d techniques in mediation and conflict resolution. 

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    The Liu Lobby Gallery presents a 7 week-long exhibition featuring a photo-essa y of conservation student and photographer Sofya Babak.

    Exhibit: Jan 24 - Mar 8\, 2024

    Opening R eception: Join us on Jan 24\, 2023 at 6:00pm for a special evening where you can meet the artist and enjoy light refreshments.

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    About the Exhibit:

    In August 2023\, Ecuador held an unprecedented national vote to ba n oil concessions in Yasuní National Park. This win was made possible by pe ople and for people – bringing hope for social and environmental justice. P rotecting one of the most biodiverse places in the world means recognizing its intrinsic value\, but it also means protecting vulnerable communities i n the region and around the world. It means preventing and mitigating the c onsequences of deforestation and mining pollution. Within and beyond Amazon ian rainforests - Ecuador continues to fight for conservation and social ch ange. To share some of these stories\, this exhibition showcases photograph s from the Yasuní Biodiversity Research Station\, as well as grassroots mov ements from three other different ecosystems of Ecuador.

    In the Amazo n\, visual stories make one feel how alive this forest is and experience a deeper connection with distant natural wonders\, and with people who care f or it and are cared for by it. On the coast\, first-hand stories of local c onservation efforts from NGOs and MPAs. In the Cloud Forest\, Pictured is t he Yungilla community that lives proudly and prospers by means of ecotouris m and sustainability grants. Finally\, from Paramo Highlands\, tales of the growing ecotourism industry and projects protecting water sources that fee d the valleys below.

    "With my art\, I hope to shine a light on th e power of grassroots movements and initiatives that have the incredible po tential to improve livelihoods in Latin America and around the world\, as w ell as draw attention to the importance of vast local and Indigenous knowle dge that conservation relies on."

    Biography

    Sofya Babak is a self-taught creative and documentary p hotographer and a Natural Resources Conservation student at UBC. With her p hotography\, Sofya hopes to tell stories that help others feel\, and amplif y voices of social and environmental change\, whether through abstraction o f her style of “visual poetry” or through travel photography from around th e world. Previously\, Sofya has collaborated with Liu Institute’s Transform ative Memory Network to digitize archives and tell stories of personal obje cts and tapestries from the time of the tragic war in northern Uganda.

    < p>While participating in the UBC Global Seminar in Ecuador\, she has captur ed local stories of conservation success and the people behind them\, showc ased here. Throughout this exhibit\, Sofya hopes to use her creative medium to facilitate dialogue about environmental and social justice in Ecuador a nd beyond. Other non-professional photographers who participated in the cou rse and shared similar values are displayed in the exhibition as well: Siem on Joubert\, Marin Phillips-Hing and Ethan Vayman.

    The exhibi t is free and open to the public during regular building hours\, 9am-5pm. I t is located in the Lobby on the first floor.

    Curate d by Fabiola Vizcardo.

    LOCATION:Lobby Gallery\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-liu-lobby-gallery-tales -of-ecuador/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/12/Tales-of-Ecuador_LiuLobbyGallery_PromoGraphic_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240815T0123Z-1723685004.5928-EO-49855-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240814T215830Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240829T162640Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240124T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240124T183000 SUMMARY: The Logic Of Governance In China: An Organizational Approach DESCRIPTION: Xueguang summarizes his research on the institutional logic of governance in contemporary China\, discussing a fundamental tension in gov erning. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The third installment of the China Logics series is here! For more info: https: //greencollege.ubc.ca/civicrm/event/info%3Fid%3D1677%26reset%3D1

    In this talk\, Xueguang summarizes the main findings from his decade-long r esearch on the institutional logic of governance in contemporary China. He argues that there is a fundamental tension in governing China—the tension b etween the centralization of authority and effective\, local governance. Ov er time\, the Chinese state has evolved with a series of governance mechani sms in response to these tensions\, namely\, variable coupling between the central authority and local governments\; the symbiotic relationship betwee n formal and informal institutions\; the ritualization of the official ideo logy\; and campaign-style mobilization. These governance mechanisms are ref lected in and induce a distinct set of institutional arrangements and organ izational behaviors in the Chinese bureaucracy\, such as shifting modes of governance\, patterns of bargaining\, collusive behaviors among local gover nments and cycles of centralization and decentralization. Understanding the logic of governance helps better understand the governance practice in con temporary China.

    Xueguang Zhou is the Kwoh-Ting Li P rofessor in Economic Development\, a professor of sociology and a senior fe llow at Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford Univ ersity. His main area of research is institutional changes in contemporary Chinese society\, focusing on Chinese organizations and management\, social inequality\, and state-society relationships. His recent publications incl ude: “The Chinese bureaucracy in three lenses: Weberian\, Confucian\, and M archian” (Management and Organizations 2022)\, and a book titled The Logic of Governance in China: An Organizational Approach (Cambridge University Pr ess 2022). His ongoing research projects focus on (1) personnel flow and pe rsonnel management practice in the Chinese bureaucracy\; (2) historical ori gins and evolution of institutions of governance in China.

    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/logic-of-governance/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Events-Thumbnail-CCR-Generic.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240510T0142Z-1715305332.7366-EO-47646-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240109T214955Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240227T215619Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240124T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240124T193000 SUMMARY: Urban Growth and Social Vulnerability in the Kathmandu Valley DESCRIPTION: This talk will analyze evolving spatial interactions between n atural hazards\, ever-increasing urban areas\, and social vulnerability in Kathmandu Valley\, Nepal. Drawing on his research\, Dr. Galasso will emphas ize the urgent need to implement effective policy measures for reducing tom orrow’s natural hazard risks. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/urban-growth-and-social-vulnerabi lity-in-the-kathmandu-valley-tickets-789762991367#new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/11/himalaya-program-generic-image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240510T0142Z-1715305332.7558-EO-47665-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240110T220125Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240111T211845Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240124T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240124T193000 SUMMARY: Chaxugeju: The Construction of an Ideal Type as a Mechanism of Org anizing China DESCRIPTION: Join Dr. Zhou as he reevaluates and reconstructs the sociologi cal concept of Chaxugeju (差序格局) – “the differential mode of association” –a nd explores the insights this offers us about China. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://greencollege.ubc.ca/civicrm/event/info%3Fid%3D1677%26 reset%3D1#new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/01/ccr-talk-featured-image-e1704926070684.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251008T2231Z-1759962681.6635-EO-47371-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20231212T195544Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240812T184151Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240125T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240125T193000 SUMMARY: The Phil Lind Initiative: Jia Tolentino DESCRIPTION: Jia Tolentino's Phil Lind Initiative talk\, 'Who's Afraid of E ating the Rich?' part of Pop Politics X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Equal parts compelling and devastating ly insightful\, Jia Tolentino’s writing takes us deep insi de the constructs and consequences of the age of social media\, reality tel evision\, and the “feverish\, electric\, unlivable hell” that is the intern et. Author of the instant New York Times bestselling collection of essays Trick Mirror\, Tolentino’s work deftly mixes reporting\, r esearch\, and personal history to shed light on the realities of our hyper- digital society.

    This year’s Phil Lind Initiative takes a look at “po p politics” through the lens of artists who have used their craft to take a political stance. The 2024 series Pop Politics offers a novel and nuanced e xploration of how pop culture has influenced and shaped how we understand\, experience\, and practice politics in the United States.

    Her Phil Li nd Initiative talk—Who's Afraid of Eating the Rich?—will focus on the recent waves of TV shows and media that make the argum ent\, with varying degrees of sophistication and subtlety\, that extreme we alth is unjust\, immoral\, and corrosive to the human soul. What does this mean\, when income inequality is only worsening and poverty itself is almos t entirely absent from media and pop culture? Is critique in this case a re lease valve\, a sign of unrecognized popular radicalism\, or a form of elit e capture? How might this change the way we think about our affective relat ionship to capitalism today?

    Lauded as “an expert in the sweet spot w here contemporary politics and youth culture meet and make out” (Vultur e)\, Jia Tolentino is a staff writer at the New Yorker and fo rmerly was the deputy editor at Jezebel and a contributing editor at the Hairpin. She grew up in Texas\, received her undergraduate degree at the University of Virginia\, and got her MFA in fiction from the University of Michigan. In 2020\, she received a Whiting Award as well as t he Jeannette Haien Ballard Prize. She lives in Brooklyn.

    “Tolenti no writes with an inimitable mix of force\, lyricism and internet-honed hum or. She is the only writer I’ve read who can incorporate meme-speak into he r prose without losing face.” – The New York Times

     

    T he Phil Lind Initiative is presented by UBC’s School of Public Policy and Gl obal Affairs in partnership with the Chan Centre for the Performing Ar ts.

     

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    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Chan Centre for the Performing Arts GEO:49.269748;-123.255108 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/phil-lind-2024-jia-tolentin o/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/12/Pop-Politics-Horizontals_NoLogo_1920x1080_JiaTolentino.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240510T0142Z-1715305332.7642-EO-47640-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240109T005455Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240814T230707Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240126T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240126T170000 SUMMARY: Challenges Following the Ratification of the UN Convention on Enfo rced Disappearance in South Korea DESCRIPTION: Dr. Tae-Ung Baik will draw on his experience at the UN to exam ine cases of enforced disappearances related to South Korea in light of the country's ratification of the UN Convention for the Protection of All Pers ons from Enforced Disappearance (CED) in 2022. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    • Date: Fr iday\, Jan 26th\, 2024
    • Time: 3:30-5:00PM (PST)
    • Location: Th e Case Room (Room 132)\, UBC Liu Institute for Global Issues
    • Speake r: Dr. Tae-Ung Baik (Professor of Law & DPC Chair\, WSRSL\, Director of Cen tre for Korean Studies at University of Hawaii at Manoa)
    • Bio: Dr. T ae-Ung Baik is a Professor at the William S. Richardson School of Law and D irector of the Center for Korean Studies\, University of Hawaii at Manoa. H e served the United Nations Human Rights Council Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) as Member (July 2015- April 2022)\, V ice-Chair (2018-2020)\, and Chair-Rapporteur (2020-2021). He received his f irst law degree from Seoul National University College of Law\, and earned his master (LL.M.) and doctoral (J.S.D.) degrees from Notre Dame Law School . He was admitted to the Bar as an attorney-at-law in the State of New York and had researched as a visiting scholar at Harvard Law School (2002-2003) and Seoul National University (2017-2018). He teaches international human rights law\, comparative law\, and human rights in Asia.
    • Abstract: On December 8\, 2022\, South Korea ratified the UN Convention for the Prote ction of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CED)\, one of the key hum an rights treaties of the United Nations. Currently\, many cases of enforce d disappearances directly or indirectly related to South Korea have been fi led with UN Special Procedure mechanisms. There are cases related to the Ko rean War in the 1950s\, abductions by North Korea in the 1960s and 1970s\, cases related to North Korean defectors in the 1980s\, and various cases of enforced disappearance raised by North Korea recently. Cases such as disap pearances that happened during the Pacific War have also been raised throug h the UN systems. The ratification of CED has a very important meaning in t hat it adopts international standards for dealing with the issue of enforce d disappearance. However\, Korea has yet to adopt the implementation law. B ased on the speakers work at the UN\, this presentation will examine the va rious efforts to prevent enforced disappearance at the United Nations and c hallenges being raised in South Korea after its ratification of the CED.
    CATEGORIES:Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Case Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ratification-of-un-conventi on/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/01/CKR-talk-Jan26-image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240502T0155Z-1714614941.8478-EO-47723-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240111T211618Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240501T190929Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240201T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240201T153000 SUMMARY: Reporting on Mass Atrocities: How can Myanmar Remain on the Radar? DESCRIPTION: Join us for a presentation and Q&A on politics\, humanitarian concerns and investigative practices in Myanmar. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Centre for Southeast Asia Research at SPPGA and the UBC Myanmar Initiative invite you to join us for a talk by th e internationally acclaimed journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Wa Lone.

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    Myanmar (Burma) continues to experience rampant violen ce. Seven years since the Rohingya genocide came to light and three years s ince the shootings of civilian protestors\, amid armed conflicts ongoing si nce 1948\, global attention on Myanmar’s crises has fluctuated heavily over the years. Still\, independent reporting on Myanmar remains resilient even after brutal crackdowns on journalists and media. Reflecting on current ev ents\, UBC’s Centre for Southeast Asia Research and Myanmar Initiative invi te Wa Lone\, a multiple-award-winning journalist from Myanmar\, to discuss the country’s politics and humanitarian emergencies as well as its future o n the global radar. The talk aims to raise inter-disciplinary discourse\, h ighlighting the complex yet crucial role of independent reporting and press freedom in places like Myanmar where mass atrocities are not only widespre ad\, but are also routinely susceptible to international negligence.

    About the speaker:
    Wa Lone is a Reuters journalist an d a graduate student at the University of Toronto. His investigative work o n military-led operations in 2017 at the height of the Rohingya genocide ea rned him and his co-reporter various awards. These include the Pulitzer Pri ze for International Reporting and the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Fr eedom Prize\, among several others. In 2018\, Wa Lone was included in Time Magazine’s Persons of the Year list as a “guardian” in a "war on truth".

    LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/reporting-on-mass-atrocitie s/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/01/Wa-Lone-Talk-Poster-Final.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240510T0142Z-1715305332.7756-EO-47642-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240109T174243Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240814T230947Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240202T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240202T170000 SUMMARY: Shadow of Authoritarian Patronage in Democratizing South Korea DESCRIPTION: Dr. Ji Yeon Hong will share her findings about the ways in whi ch ties developed under authoritarian regimes continue to play a significan t role after democratization in South Korea as well as the factors which ma ke such influence fade away. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    • Date: Friday \, Feb 2nd\, 2024
    • Time: 3:30-5:00PM (PST)
    • Location: The Cas e Room (Room 132)\, UBC Liu Institute for Global Issues
    • Speaker: Dr . Ji Yeon Hong (Associate Professor of Political Science\, Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies at University of Michigan)
    • Bio: Ji Yeo n (Jean) Hong is a political scientist working on the political economy of authoritarianism\, with particular attention to East Asia. Dr. Hong is an A ssociate Professor of Political Science at the Department of Political Scie nce and Korea Foundation Chair Professor of Korean Politics at the Nam Cent er for Korean Studies\, International Institute\, University of Michigan. S he has various ongoing research projects related to the legacy of the autho ritarian past\, the long-term impact of political violence\, and the determ inants of elite behavior and government policies under authoritarianism. He r research has been published or is forthcoming in the American Journal of Political Science\, British Journal of Political Science\, Journal of Econo mic Behavior and Organization\, Journal of Politics\, and Political Science Research and Methods among others.
    • Abstract: Many authoritarian le aders build strong bonds with certain groups and people. Such authoritarian patronage often affects the country’s politics even after the end of the d ictatorship. This study looks at how authoritarian patronage between rural village leaders and an authoritarian regime influenced voting in both autho ritarian and democratic elections using the case of the New Village Movemen t under Park Chung-hee in South Korea. It suggests that the influence of th ese old ties remained effective in elections during authoritarian periods a nd even after the country became democratic in 1987\, but only if people st ill trusted these bonds. However\, as democracy consolidated and the agricu ltural sector declined due to globalization\, this influence eventually fad ed away. The study shows that the legacy of authoritarianism is not simply an outcome of a strong dictatorship but is reshaped with political and econ omic changes in a new democracy.

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    LOCATION:Case Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/shadow-of-authoritarian-pat ronage/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/01/CKR-Feb-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240510T0142Z-1715305332.7999-EO-47976-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240201T231552Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240829T162522Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240205T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240205T160000 SUMMARY: Living with Xi? Intellectuals and Public Life in China Today DESCRIPTION: Join Dr. Timothy Cheek and Dr. David Ownby as they reflect on the range and diversity of intellectual engagement in China today\, a body of views often obscured by the omnipresent Party propaganda and media censo rship. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    February 5\, 2024 | 2:00PM – 3:00PM
    This event will take place online via Zoom.
    Register here: bit.ly/3SjvbGz
    In 2018\, Timothy Cheek and David Ownby joined forces to write an article in Dissent\, “Make China Marxist Again” that addressed Xi Jinping’s effort s at reviving the CCP’s ideology on the anniversary of Marx’s birth and the response of some of China’s establishment intellectuals\, particularly the orthodox legal scholar\, Jiang Shigong. What has happened to intellectual life in China in the five years since\, particularly for intellectuals inte rested in big issues of governance? In this discussion we review some examp les of the range and diversity of intellectual engagement in China today\, a body of views often obscured by the omnipresent Party propaganda and medi a censorship.

    About the speakers

    Timot hy Cheek is Professor and Louis Cha Chair in Chinese Research at t he Institute of Asian Research in the School of Public Policy and Global Af fairs and Department of History at the University of British Columbia. His research\, teaching and translating focus on the recent history of China\, especially the role of Chinese intellectuals in the twentieth century and t he history of the Chinese Communist Party. Most recent publication: The Chi nese Communist Party: A Century in Ten Lives (Cambridge University Press\, 2021) (with Hans van de Ven and Klaus Mühlhahn).

    David Ownby< /strong> recently retired from the History Department of the Université of Montréal and is currently a Research Associate at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle\, Germany. His most recent work focuses on intellectual life in contemporary China and he is the founder of the Readi ng the China Dream website.
    This event is sponsored by the Asian Insti tute at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy and the Institute of Asian Research and the Centre for Chinese Research at the University of British Columbia.

    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/living-with-xi-intellectual s-and-public-life-in-china-today/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Events-Thumbnail-CCR-Generic.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240510T0142Z-1715305332.8348-EO-47819-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240130T221852Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T221852Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240209T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240209T140000 SUMMARY: Social Media Strategy for Policy Workshop DESCRIPTION: Join Prof. Kaylee Byers and Kshitij (KJ) Sharan as they lead a workshop on social media strategies and their role in policy communication s and advocacy. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.grad.ubc.ca/about-us/events/24083-social-media-st rategy-policy-workshop#new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/01/Policy-Communications-Clinic.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240815T0158Z-1723687130.7295-EO-49863-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240814T223823Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240814T223823Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240215T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240215T200000 SUMMARY: Celebrating Mother Languages DESCRIPTION: International Mother Language Day celebrates the world's diver se languages\, and tributes the preservation of the Bengali language in Ban gladesh. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    UNESCO procla imed International Mother Language Day (IMLD) in 1999 to celebrate and prot ect the diverse languages of the world. IMLD represents an effort to honor people’s right to speak their mother tongues\, to preserve their culture an d identity\, and to safeguard the many endangered languages of the world. I n more specific terms\, it is also a tribute to the sacrifices of many in t he movement for the preservation of the Bengali language in Bangladesh.

    Since 2000\, IMLD has been celebrated around the world as well as in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. Every year IMLD is celebrated at CISAR with multilingual presentations\, performances\, and multicultural festivi ties\, representing diverse languages from around the world.

    Join us for an intimate evening to share your experiences in and with language\, po etry\, and music.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building\, UBC GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/celebrating-mother-language s/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/08/celebrating-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251008T2231Z-1759962681.6696-EO-47622-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240108T064930Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240812T184142Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240215T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240215T193000 SUMMARY: The Phil Lind Initiative: Suleika Jaouad & Jon Batiste DESCRIPTION: Phil Lind Initiative "Pop Politics" talk with writer Suleika J aouad and musician Jon Batiste X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Celebrated artists and li fe partners\, writer Suleika Jaouad and musician J on Batiste gave the world an intimate look into their life in the recent 2023 Netflix documentary American Symphony which has been h ailed as “a moving ode to love\, creativity\, and the art of survival” (Rolling Stone). Chronicling the year that Batiste was nominated for 1 1 Grammy awards and Jaouad’s leukemia returned after almost a decade of rem ission\, the two artists never stop creating as they move through extraordi nary tribulations and triumphs together.

    Their Phil Lind Initiative t alk will offer a wide-ranging exploration of art and creative expression as an act of survival and connection—be that the meaningful connection that a uthor Jaouad forged with Quintin Jones\, an inmate looking for clemency who was ultimately executed in 2021\, or the foundational philosophy behind Ba tiste’s latest album World Music Radio\, which challenges the bord ers we draw between musical genres\, artistic disciplines\, and communities of people themselves.

    Suleika Jaouad is an Emmy Awa rd-winning journalist\, bestselling author (Between Two Kingdoms) and celebrated TED speaker who has shared her odyssey of healing and self-d iscovery battling leukemia. Born in New York City\, Jaouad earned her BA fr om Princeton University and an MFA in writing and literature from Benningto n College.

    “Not only can Jaouad tolerate the unbearable feelings\ , she can reshape them into poetry…. Her writing restores the moon\, lights the way as we learn to endure the unknown.” —The New York Times

    Jon Batiste is a five-time Grammy Award-winning and Acade my Award-winning singer\, songwriter and composer. From 2015-2022\, he serv ed as the bandleader and musical director of The Late Show with Stephen Col bert. Born and raised in New Orleans\, Batiste studied and received both a B.A. and M.F.A. at the world-renowned Juilliard School in New York City.

    “a sprawling exploration of what global music can sound like… Batis te finds his center through deep grooves and a powerful sense of community. ” – NPR (praise for World Music Radio)

     

    The Phil Lind Initiative is presented by UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs  in partnership with the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts.

     

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    Tickets for the in-person eve nt available starting Thursday January 11 at 12PM. FREE while quantities la st (max 2 per order).

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    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Chan Centre for the Performing Arts GEO:49.269748;-123.255108 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/phil-lind-2024-suleika-jaou ad-jon-batiste/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/12/Pop-Politics-Horizontals_NoLogo_1920x1080_SuleikaJaouad__JonBatiste.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240510T0142Z-1715305332.8776-EO-47973-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240201T224348Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240829T162351Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240228T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240228T183000 SUMMARY: China Urbanizing in Global Context: Impacts and Transitions DESCRIPTION: This lecture reflects on China’s urbanization in light of hist orical legacies\, contemporary state interventions and human and ecological conditions. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Li vestream link:
    https://ubc.ca.panopto.com/Panopto/

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    China’s urbanization has evolved amid the interconnected forces of historical legacies\, contemporary state interventions and human and ecological conditions. Embracing this notion\, a new collection of work in the book China Urbanizing questions the conven tional imagination centring cities in the West. This lecture highlights key conclusions and theoretical touchstones that have emerged. In addition to outlining new perspectives on the impacts of China’s urbanization\, Profess or Wu will point to the transitions underway as well as the gravity of the progress\, particularly in the context of demographic shifts and climate ch ange.

    This event has been co-organized with the UBC Green College.

    About the speaker:
    Weiping Wu is the Vice Provost for Academic Pro grams\, and Professor and Director of Urban Planning Program at Columbia Un iversity. A seasoned urban and planning scholar with a focus on the Global South and China\, she is the author and editor of nine books as well as man y articles on issues of housing\, infrastructure\, and migration in China’s cities. In addition to China Urbanizing: Impacts and Transitions\, publish ed by the University of Pennsylvania Press (2022)\, other recent books incl ude The Chinese City (2020\, second edition) and The Sage Handbook on Conte mporary China (2018). Holding leadership roles professionally\, she is the current chair of the Planning Accreditation Board\, which accredits univers ity undergraduate and master’s programs in urban and regional planning in N orth America\; chairs the Social and Behavioral Sciences sub-panel of the H ong Kong Research Grant Council\; and serves on the international advisory panel for the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities.

    LOCATION:Green College GEO:49.270852;-123.256535 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/chaxugeju-the-construction- of-an-ideal-type-as-a-mechanism-of-organizing-china-copy/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Events-Thumbnail-CCR-Generic.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240808T0703Z-1723100587.1584-EO-49709-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240806T233542Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240814T195530Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240304T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240304T153000 SUMMARY: Zines and Phillipines DESCRIPTION: Led by UBC M.A. student Angel Bella\, we will work and tinker with the crafting of zines as well as how people in the Philippines have us ed them as part of activism. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Led by Angel Bella\, we will work and tink er with the crafting of zines as well as how people in the Philippines have used them as part of activism. You will also have the opportunity to start the creation of your own zine.

    Angel Bella is an M.A. student in the Department of Geography at UBC. Her research focuses on Pilipina migra nt care workers\, food justice and the intersections between migrant studie s\, environmental justice\, and the arts.

    LOCATION:1855 West Mall (CK Choi Building) RM 351\, UBC Vancouver Campus GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/zines-and-phillipines/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240802T1702Z-1722618151.5642-EO-49576-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240731T214715Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240830T164250Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240307T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240307T120000 SUMMARY: Online Forum: Am I Chinese? Postcolonial Chinese Identity between Cultural Heritage and Liberal Activism DESCRIPTION: This forum explores the dynamic shifts in “pan-Chinese” identi ties against the backdrop of localist activism and the growing demand for “ decolonizing Chinese history" through the personal struggles of three ethni c Chinese descendants from Hong Kong\, Taiwan\, and Malaysia. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The UBC Chinese for Chinese Research is pl eased to invite you to our online forum series “Am I Chinese? Postc olonial Chinese Identity between Cultural Heritage and Liberal Activism.” We will hold three forums on March 7 (Thu)\, March 9 (Sat)\ , and March 12 (Tue)\, 10:00am-12:00nn online via Zoom. You can fi nd them at the end of this message

    Our forums aim to explore the dyna mic shifts in “pan-Chinese” identities against the backdrop of localist act ivism and the growing demand for “decolonizing Chinese history.” The series will delve into the personal struggles of three ethnic Chinese descendants from Hong Kong\, Taiwan\, and Malaysia\, revealing how they confront Chine se identity on a personal level and face the threats posed by China and exi sting domestically on the societal level. Through their stories\, we ask yo u to join us in analyzing how the younger generation of Chinese descendants in the East Asian region revisits the idea of “China”\, “Chineseness”\, an d local/student activism.

    RSVP here.


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    URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/online-forum-am-i-chinese-p ostcolonial-chinese-identity-between-cultural-heritage-and-liberal-activism / ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Events-Thumbnail-CCR-Generic.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240510T0142Z-1715305332.8977-EO-48151-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240301T225734Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240806T222931Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240307T124500 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240307T140000 SUMMARY: Seto Inland Sea Islands International Triennale Art Festival as Gl obal Tour DESCRIPTION: This talk by Dr. Mille Creighton explores how tourism can high light art\, architecture\, and nature while also strategically responding t o rural depopulation. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Date: March 7 th\, 2024

    Time: 12:45-14:00

    Location: Choi 120\, C.K. Choi Buil ding\, UBC

    Speaker: Dr. Millie Creighton

    Event Descript ion:

    Tourism is highlighted in Japan for community revival a nd sustaining outlying areas. Japan is an archipelagic country comprised en tirely of islands. However\, there are islands and there are islands\, with Japan’s four ‘main islands’ considered more central than its thousands of other islands. These ‘other’ islands once held vibrant communities of small er cities\, towns\, and villages. With exodus into urban centers\, they wer e depopulated. One major international touristic art festival occurring eve ry three years\, involves Japan’s Seto Inland Sea islands. Renowned Japanes e architects designed world famous museums on these islands\, and internati onal art installations are featured. One question is whether incoming globa l flows of people really constitutes community survival. However\, locals a ttempt to redefine their identities rather than simply being caught in glob alizing processes. For tourists\, island hopping allows them to navigate th e Seto Inland Sea islands via diverse travel mobilities. Among the Seto Inl and Sea islands is Oshima which for nearly a century was used for exiling H ansen’s Disease (aka ‘Leprosy’) patients. This island reveals historic trau ma and human rights abuses when Hansen’s Disease patients were feared and m istreated (which happened not only in Japan but elsewhere). Japan renounced this legal exile towards the 20 th century’s end. (A small community of Ha nsen’s Disease patients still resides there by choice). The timing coincide s with recognitions of Indigenous Ainu and other minority groups in Japan\, in a country previously proclaiming homogeneity. Many festival art works a lso deal with human environmental destruction. Art Seto\, as a continuing a ll-year project deals with environmental concerns just as art installations during the festival periods bring together a human history of throwing awa y\, often by dumping into oceans\, seas\, or other waterways\, unwanted mat erial objects and pollutants creating environmental degradation\, mirroring a human tendency of using islands to ‘throw away’ unwanted people.

    < strong>About the Speaker

    Dr. Millie Creighton is an anthropo logist\, Japan specialist and Asianist based in the Department of Anthropol ogy at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver\, BC\, Canada. She was one of the founders of the Centre for Japanese Research at UBC and continues to work in conjunction with it and on the Executive Board of the Centre for Korean Research. She has done extensive research in Japan on de partment stores\, consumerism\, tourism\, popular culture\, gender\, minori ties\, work and leisure\, and identity. She was awarded the Canon Prize for her work on Japanese department stores showing how department store market ing reflected nostalgia and the search for community\, tradition and cultur al identity. Her research on the Seto Inland Sea art festival circuit explo res domestic and international tourism within Japan\, showing how tourism c an highlight art\, architecture\, nature\, the environment\, and sustainabi lity\, while at the same time being a response to rural depopulation aimed at sustaining communities.

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    Knowledge Circles (知識界) in Colonial Hong Kong 1945-1997: From Offshore P ublics to Civic Communities

    Speaker: Prof. Sebastian Veg\, School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS)\, Paris

    Monday\ , 11 March 2024\, 17:30-19:00 PDT
    Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building\, UBC< br />1855 West Mall\, Vancouver\, BC V6T 1Z2\, Canada
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    Join us for this in-person talk by Prof. Sebastian Veg\, Professor of I ntellectual History of 20th Century China at the School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS)\, Paris\, and author of Minjian: the Rise of Ch ina’s Grassroots Intellectuals (Columbia University Press\, 2019)\, about h is latest study on knowledge circles in Hong Kong between 1945 and 1997.

    In the talk\, Prof. Veg will retrace how academics\, journalists\, writ ers\, and students produced and circulated knowledge during the colonial er a and how they engaged broader communities of readers. The talk will also p resent an attempt to disentangle the impact of various epistemic systems su ch as Cold War liberalism\, Chinese cultural nationalism\, and colonial ide ology.

    In-person event. All are welcome. Registration required.

    Abstract:

    On the basis of published sources such as newspapers and student journals\, as well as colonial archives and selecte d memoirs\, this presentation tries to outline how academics\, journalists\ , writers and students produced and circulated knowledge during the colonia l era\, and how they engaged broader communities of readers. It will try to disentangle the impact of various epistemic systems such as Cold War liber alism\, Chinese cultural nationalism\, and colonial ideology. It will also emphasize the role of institutions within Hong Kong society that served as vectors for the knowledge produced by intellectuals (newspapers\, journals\ , universities\, civil society organizations) and the reading publics that intellectuals reached through their writings.

    The talk will focus on methodological and documentary aspects of studying knowledge circles in a c olonial and Cold War Setting\, sources\, and chronology. The timeframe is o rganized around the changing knowledge regimes in three periods. In the pos t-war years (1945-66) the argument will focus on the moral authority of eli te intellectuals grounded in Confucian ideals in the context of the incipie nt Cold War. In the second period (1966-1979)\, the moral authority of the elites was challenged by social movements dominated by different types of a nti-colonial ideas. In the third segment (1979-1997)\, the focus will be on the debate around democratic reunification in the lead-up to the Joint Dec laration\, and how it was challenged after 1989.

    About the Sp eaker:

    Sebastian Veg is a Professor (directeur d’études) of intellectual history of 20th ce ntury China at the School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS)\, Paris. He was director of the French Centre for Research on Contemporary Ch ina (CEFC) in Hong Kong from 2011 to 2015 and an Honorary Professor at the University of Hong Kong from 2011 to 2022.

    His doctoral research was devoted to literary and political debates about modernism and democracy in the May Fourth era (Fictions du pouvoir chinois. Littérature\, modernisme e t démocratie au début du xxe siècle\, Paris: Editions de l’EHESS\, 2009)\, followed by a second project on the new intellectuals in China since the 19 90s (Minjian: the Rise of China’s Grassroots Intellectuals\, Columbia UP\, 2019). He was the co-principal investigator for a France-Hong Kong research grant on “New Approaches to the Mao Era: everyday history and popular memo ry\,” and editor of Popular Memories of the Mao Era (Hong Kong University P ress\, 2019).

    This event is organized by the UBC Hong Kong Studies In itiative with the support of the Watt Family—Hong Kong Studies Initiative F und\, the Department of Asian Studies\, and the Centre for Chinese Research .

     

    Registration for: “Knowledge Circles 知識界 in Coloni al Hong Kong 1945-1997: From Offshore Publics to Civic Communities”

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    Date: < strong>March 12th\, 12:00-13:30 PST

    Location: Case R oom\, Liu Institute for Global Issues\, University of British Colu mbia

    Please join the Center for Japanese Research on US-Japan Allianc e and the Taiwan Strait. We are honoured to invite Professor Adam P. Liff\, the Visiting Chair in Modern and Contemporary Japanese Politics and Foreig n Policy at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service\, to share hi s insights on the U.S.-Japan security alliance’s and the JSDF’s potential r oles in a “Taiwan Strait contingency.”

    Food and drink will be provide d at the event.

    Speaker: Adam P. LIFF\, the Visiting Chair in Modern and Contemporary Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy at G eorgetown University’s School of Foreign Service

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    Chung-min Tsai\, Professor at the Department of Political Sc ience at the National Chengchi University (NCCU)\, jointly appointed profes sor at Taipei School of Economics and Political Science (TSE) at National T sing Hua University (NTHU)
    Chih-shian Liou\, Professor at the College of International Affairs at the National Chengchi University (NCCU)
    Yv es Tiberghien\, Professor of Political Science and Konwakai Chair in Japane se Research at the University of British Columbia (UBC)\, Director of the C enter for Japanese Research.
    Moderator: Mei Terasawa\ , Research Assistant at the Centre for Japanese Research\, UBC.

    [Talk abstract]: In April 2021\, President Biden and his Japane se counterpart made global headlines when they jointly “underscored the imp ortance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait”—the first such ref erence to the Taiwan Strait in a joint summit-level statement since the U.S . and Japanese governments switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to B eijing in the 1970s. In the nearly three years since\, Japanese leaders hav e repeated such language numerous times. Meanwhile\, discussions within Tok yo about a so-called “Taiwan Strait contingency” have been mainstreamed to an unprecedented degree. Amidst a rapidly changing regional balance of powe r and with the Biden administration asserting that U.S. allies would “take action” if Beijing seeks “to use force to disrupt the status quo\,” this ta lk will examine the historical evolution of Japanese perspectives on the U. S.-Japan security alliance’s and the JSDF’s potential roles in a “Taiwan St rait contingency.” Though Tokyo’s nuanced positions and policies are often neglected in the U.S.-centric academic literature and policy discourse\, Ja pan is a critical front-line player. Its choices are today—and will inevita bly remain—crucial variables affecting cross-strait deterrence\, U.S. optio ns\, and how things may play out if deterrence fails.

    Speaker bio: Adam P. LIFF is the Visiting Chair in Modern and Contemporar y Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. Beyond Georgetown\, Dr. Liff is a Nonresident Senior Fell ow at the Brookings Institution’s Center for East Asia Policy Studies\, as well as an Associate-in-Research at Harvard University’s Reischauer Institu te of Japanese Studies and Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. He is curre ntly on leave from Indiana University’s Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies\, where he is Associate Professor of East Asian Inte rnational Relations (with tenure) and Founding Director of the 21st Century Japan Politics and Society Initiative. He holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Politi cs from Princeton University\, a postgraduate research certificate from the University of Tokyo\, and a B.A. from Stanford University. His personal re search website is https://adampliff.com/.

    Chung-min Tsai (Ph.D.\, UC-Berkeley 2010) is a Professor at the Department of Political Science at the National Chengchi University (NCCU)\, jointly appointed professor at Taipei School of Econom ics and Political Science (TSE) at National Tsing Hua University (NTHU)\, a nd the editor of Taiwanese Political Science Review. He served as the secre tary-general of the Taiwan Political Science Association\, the deputy direc tor of the Institute of International Relations\, the department chair of p olitical science\, and the associate dean of social sciences at National Ch engchi University. His research interests include comparative politics\, po litical economy\, Chinese political economy\, and international relations i n East Asia. His research projects focus on the issues of state regulation\ , industrial policies\, and the geopolitical landscape in East Asia. He has published articles in Asian Survey\, China Quarterly\, Problems of Post-Co mmunism\, and edited volumes.

    Chih-shian Liou (Ph.D. \, UT-Austin 2010) is a Professor at the College of International Affairs a t the National Chengchi University (NCCU)\, Taiwan. Her research specialize s in political economy\, economic statecraft\, and institutional theories w ith an empirical focus on China. Throughout her research agenda\, Chih-shia n is especially interested in how institutions form and evolve over time. H er past research has addressed the negotiated interactions between the Chin ese state and its state-owned enterprises. She has published articles in As ian Survey\, World Development\, Problems of Post-Communism\, edited volume s\, and other Chinese journals. Continuing with this academic interest\, sh e is currently working on China’s industrial policy. From 2021 to 2023\, du ring her tenure as the Director of the Program in Japan Studies at NCCU\, C hih-shian broadened her research scope to compare the foreign economic beha vior of China and Japan in Africa.

    Yves Tiberghien ( Ph.D. Stanford University\, 2002\; Harvard Academy Scholar 2006\; Fulbright Scholar 1996) is a Professor of Political Science and Konwakai Chair in Ja panese Research at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver\, Canada. He is also Director Emeritus of the Institute of Asian Research\, a nd Director of the Center for Japanese Research. Yves is Distinguished Fell ow at the Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada and a Senior Fellow at the Univ ersity of Alberta’s China Institute. He is an International Steering Commit tee Member at Pacific Trade and Development Conference (PAFTAD). In Novembe r 2017\, he was made a Chevalier de l’ordre national du mérite by the Frenc h President. In 2014-2016\, Yves served as Co-Director of the UBC Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA)\, which he founded as Chair of th e UBC Public Policy Curriculum Committee in 2014. He is a regular visiting professor at Tokyo University (Graduate School of Public Policy) and at Sci ences Po Paris (Paris School of International Affairs). He has held other v isiting positions at National Chengchi University (Taiwan)\, GRIPS (Tokyo)\ , and the Jakarta School of Public Policy (Indonesia). Yves’ research speci alizes in comparative political economy and global economic and environment al governance\, with an empirical focus on Japan\, China\, Korea\, and Euro pe.

    Background reading:

    * Adam P. Liff. “The U.S.-Japan Alliance and Taiwan.” Asia Poli cy 17\, no. 3 (2022): 125-160.

    * Adam P. Liff\, “Japan\, Taiwan\, and the ‘One China’ Framework after 50 Years.” The China Quar terly 252 (2022):1066-1093

    Please RSVP HERE and direct inquiries to Mei Terasawa at may0614@mai l.ubc.ca.

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    About this event
    The talk coalesces around the themes of political ideology\, religion and ethn icity\, and how they intersect with women and family-making in Indonesia. P articular focus will be put on the sources and findings of the authors\, wh o illustrate the machinations that powered everyday life in late 19th and e arly 20th century Indonesia and how they echo into the contemporary.

    About the Speakers

    Dr. Guo-Quan Seng is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the National Uni versity of Singapore. He is a historian of Chinese societies in Southeast A sia\, with a special interest in race\, gender\, and sexuality formations i n the region\, and how they have been shaped by empires\, migration\, and g lobal capitalism. He will discuss his book\, Strangers in the Family: G ender\, Patriliny\, and the Chinese in Colonial Indonesia (Cornell\, 2 023).

    Strangers in the Family provides a ge ndered history of settler Chinese community formation in Indonesia during t he Dutch colonial period (1816–1942). At the heart of this story lies the c reolization of patrilineal Confucian marital and familial norms to the colo nial legal\, moral\, and sexual conditions of urban Java. It tells the hist ory of community- formation from the perspective of women who were subordin ate to\, and alienated from\, full Chinese selfhood. From native concubines and mothers\, creole Chinese daughters\, and wives and matriarchs\, to the first generation of colonial-educated feminists\, Seng showcases women’s m oral agency as they negotiated\, manipulated\, and debated men in positions of authority over their rights in marriage formation and dissolution.

    < p>Dr. Lin Hongxuan is Assistant Professor in the Departmen t of Southeast Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore. His r esearch focuses on conciliations of Islam and Marxism in the Malay Archipel ago and South Asia\, but is expanding to include the production and circula tion of progressive Islamic ideas across the Indian Ocean in the twentieth century. He will discuss his book\, Ummah Yet Proletariat: Islam\, Marx ism and the Making of the Indonesian Republic (Oxford\, 2023).

    Discussants Bio:

    < em>Ummah Yet Proletariat explores the relationship be tween Islam and Marxism in the Netherlands East Indies (NEI) and Indonesia from the 1910s to the 1965-66 massacres. Lin demonstrates how\, in contrast to state-driven narratives\, Muslim identity and Marxist analytical framew orks coexisted in Indonesian minds\, as well as how individuals’ Islamic fa ith shaped their openness to Marxist ideas. Examining Indonesian-language p rint culture\, including newspapers\, books\, pamphlets\, memoirs\, letters \, novels\, plays\, and poetry\, Lin shows how deeply embedded the confluen ces of Islam and Marxism were in the Indonesian nationalist project.

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    Moderated by Christopher B. Patt erson

     “All wars are fought twice\, the first time on th e battlefield\, the second time in memory.”

    Viet Thanh N guyen’s writing is bold\, elegant\, and fiercely honest. His remar kable debut novel\, The Sympathizer\, won the Pulitzer Prize\, was a Dayton Literary Peace Prize winner\, and made the finalist list for the PEN/Faulkner award. Coming to the US as refugees during the Vietnam War in 1975\, he was driven by lack of representation to write about the war from a Vietnamese perspective—globally reimagining what we thought we knew about the conflict.

    Now\, almost a decade since his groundbreaking novel w as published\, Viet revisits the developing conversations on the polemic an d polarizing narratives facing migrants in the US today with his Phil Lind Initiative talk titled Speaking for an Other. As displaced individuals contend with the physical perils of war\, we consider a different conflict that has emerged within the global imaginary: how has storytelling been used by some to build a new sense of community within th e United States\, while being leveraged by other segments of American socie ty to efface them? With time and memory dislocated\, how do narratives have the potential to be wielded as both refuge and subterfuge in the United St ates of both today and tomorrow?

    Viet Thanh Nguyen was a finalist for the National Book Award with Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War. He has published his own collection of short stories\, Th e Refugees\, in addition to bringing together 17 fellow refugee writer s with The Displaced. His most recent publication is his memoir\,  A Man of Two Faces. He is the Aerol Arnold Chair of English\, and a Professor of English\, American Studies and Ethnicity\, and Comparative L iterature at the University of Southern California. Viet works as a cultura l critic-at-large for The Los Angeles Times and was awarded the Ma cArthur Genius Grant in 2017. He lives in LA with his wife and two children .

    “One of our great chroniclers of displacement” – The New Yorker

     

    The Phil Lind Initiative is presented by UBC’s Schoo l of Public Policy and Global Affairs in partnership with the Chan Cen tre for the Performing Arts.

     

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    Tickets for the in-person event available starting Thursday February 1 at 12PM. FREE while quantities last (max 2 per order).

     

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    This event will be live streamed. You do no t need a ticket to view the live stream\, just sign up for the Phil Lind Initiative email list for the l ive stream link!

     

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    Liu L obby Gallery Arpillera

    The Liu Lobby Gal lery presents a textile art exhibition featuring “arpilleras” artwork and w orkshop by Mariela Rojas Farias.

    Exhibit: Ma r 15 - May 31\, 2024

    Workshop: May 8
    J oin us on May 8\, 2024 at 10:00 am to take part in an arpillera making work shop. Supplies will be available for attendees who would like to participat e in creating a small arpillera with the guidance of the artists.

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    About the Exhibit:

    My work is a bridge to communicate and share\, collaboratively and res pectfully\, the experiences of marginalized groups\, particularly women and children. The narratives of their everyday struggles and many dreams to th rive in unjust and oppressed capitalist urban settings are part of my resea rch. My work is informed by feminism\, post-humanism\, critical pedagogy\, and social justice art education. These theoretical approaches have helped me understand the world and make visible the non-official narratives we\, w omen\, share today.

    This project\, called Arpilleras of Migration: an a/r/tography about female Latin American resilience\, was the thesis I dev eloped and recently defended at the Department of EDCP at the Faculty of Ed ucation under the supervision of Professor Rita Irwin\, at the University o f British Columbia.

    The term "arpillera" originates from the Spanish word for sackcloth\, the fabric traditionally used for storing staples like flour and potatoes. In Chile\, arpilleras have deep roots in folk art\, wi th images created through embroidery while adding recycled rags. However\, during the harsh years of the dictatorship (1972-1989)\, their purpose tran sformed. As political activists\, dreamers\, students\, workers\, and even high school students were abducted\, their relatives sought answers at hosp itals and police stations in the capital. The Vicariate of Solidarity\, aff iliated with the Catholic Church\, initiated workshops to teach these women the art of arpilleras. Over time\, inspired by this textile protest art\, women's groups have continued to create artworks that address global crises \, including femicides\, child abuse\, and environmental degradation. They voice their collective struggles by perpetuating the silent and maternal tr adition of sewing\, mending\, upcycling\, and repurposing. Furthermore\, si nce the 2019 social uprising in Chile\, textile protest art has become even more prevalent in the streets. This unique form of expression provides a p owerful means for women to share their stories\, advocate for change\, and convey the unspoken truths of their collective battles.

    The participa nt in my research and I manufactured these specific arpilleras during the d evelopment of my research between 2021-2022.

    Biography

    Mariela Rojas Farias is a Chilean artist\, teache r\, and researcher based in the ancestral and unceded territory of the Coas t Salish peoples – sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish)\, sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) \, and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) nations. Her multifaceted career transcends the boundaries of art and education.

    With a B.A. in English Language and Linguistics and a B.A. in Visual Arts from the Universidad de Chile\, M ariela's creative talents encompass textile\, ceramics\, sculpture\, and mi xed media. Her works invite viewers into a world of vibrant colours\, shape s\, and textures that evoke deep emotions.

    Mariela's artistic explora tion extended to the literary realm\, earning her a Master of Arts in Gener al Literature. Her thesis\, "Life Nonsense in the Postmodern Paradigm\," of fers an insightful deconstruction of human experiences within narratives\, enriching her artistic approach.

    Committed to education\, she obtaine d a Master of Arts in Arts Education from the University of British Columbi a\, emphasizing the empowering role of art. Mariela passionately believes t hat art fosters self-expression and resilience.

    The exhibit i s free and open to the public during regular building hours\, 9am - 5pm. It is located in the Lobby on the first floor.

    Curated by Fabiola Vizcardo.

    CATEGORIES:Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Lobby Gallery\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-liu-lobby-gallery-arpil leras-of-migration/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/ARPILLERA_LiuLobbyGallery_PromoGraphics2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240510T0142Z-1715305333.0019-EO-48185-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240306T230751Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240814T225016Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240315T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240315T150000 SUMMARY: Film Screening: Untouchable – Laughing Out Caste DESCRIPTION: Manjeet Sarkar is an internationally acclaimed stand-up comedi an and the first comedian from the Dalit community and rural India to tour nationally. This documentary captures his groundbreaking journey and his un ique perspective on rural and urban life\, caste\, and class. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Manjeet Sarka r is an internationally acclaimed stand-up comedian who has been featured b y The Guardian\, Christian Science Monitor\, The Print\, Brut and more. He is the first comedian from the Dalit community and rural India to tour nati onally\, with his show Untouchable unveiling the unspoken experiences of In dia’s silenced majority\, turning sad or taboo situations into revelation t hrough laughter. He was also the first comedian to represent India at the U nited Nations 75th anniversary for the Declaration of Human Rights in Bangk ok\, Thailand.

    Untouchable: Laughing Out Caste is Sa rkar’s first featured length documentary that covers his groundbreaking jou rney\, capturing his unique perspective on rural and urban life\, caste\, a nd class. Through personal interviews\, the documentary offers a glimpse in to the lives of individuals affected by caste-based discrimination\, couple d with the voices of diverse comedians\, fostering understanding and reflec tion. Between insightful jokes and razor-sharp wit\, the documentary highli ghts the universality of issues faced by marginalized communities and the t ransformative power of artistic expression.

    CATEGORIES:Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/untouchable-screening/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/03/Documentary-Screening-Poster-resized.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240807T0934Z-1723023256.1184-EO-49703-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240806T225058Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240806T225226Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240320T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240320T183000 SUMMARY: Go Global Study in Japan Session DESCRIPTION: This Study in Japan session reveals the benefits of studying i n Japan from former students who received full MEXT (Government of Japan) s cholarships. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Date: March 20th\, 2024
    Time: 17:00-18:30
    Location: The Place of Many Trees\, Liu Institute\, UBC
    Looking to study abroad and learn about the amazing opportunities available in Japan? The Center of Japanese Research\, Go Global\, Consulate General of Japan in Vancouver and the Canada Japan Co-op Program are teaming up to host a Study in Japan Session just for you! You’ll learn about all the wond erful benefits of studying in Japan and hear from former students who have received full MEXT (Government of Japan) scholarships to make their study a broad dreams a reality. Plus\, you’ll have the chance to ask all your quest ions during a Q&A session at the end. Whether or not you speak Japanese\, d on’t miss this exciting opportunity to learn more about studying in Japan a nd how you can make it happen!

    Please email Uno Kakegawa at unok4217@ mail.ubc.ca for any inquiries.

    Register he re.

    LOCATION:The Place of Many Trees\, Liu Institute\, UBC GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/go-global-japan/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/08/go-global-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240319T0214Z-1710814485.5282-EO-48238-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240315T234409Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240318T223906Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240321T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240321T153000 SUMMARY: Making Sense of Civil Society in Southeast Asia DESCRIPTION: This workshop by Dr. Meredith Weiss (University of Albany\, SU NY) will explore civil society and grassroots politics\, including gender and other identity-based movements\, with a focus on Southeast Asia. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The UBC Myanmar Initiative and the Centre for Southeast Asia Research at SPPGA are co-organizing an exciting research workshop focusing on civil society in Southeast Asian countries. This work shop will be facilitated by Professor Meredith L. Weiss from the Department of Political Science\, The University at Albany\, SUNY.

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    About the event: As in much of the world in recent years\, Southeast Asia has experience d democratic decline or autocratic consolidation across most states in the region. Amid these trends\, to what extent\, and in what ways\, have actors and organizations from civil society acted as firewalls against democratic decline or autocratization in the region?  When have fellow civil society organizations (CSOs) instead exerted countervailing\, anti-democratic press ure?

    We can see civil society as working in any of three directions\, depending on prevailing circumstances and opportunities: proactively to pr omote liberalization\, reactively to forestall or slow autocratization\, or to advance or accept democratic regression or exclusivism. Civil society o rganizations may be no more progressive than the state\, nor fully autonomo us from it\, and may be debilitatingly fragmented or polarized. And yet acr oss the region\, CSOs still disrupt regimes’ would-be panoptic scrutiny and authority\, by presenting alternative spaces and premises for mobilization and voice\, through a range of modalities. Even when the balance of CSOs u ltimately support the state\, their doing so represents the exercise of dia gonal accountability which interacts with vertical and horizontal dimension s and may intervene meaningfully\, especially when the state is in flux or under strain.

    In this research workshop\, we will first consider thes e roles and their implications\, then turn to a more interactive discussion about the methods of studying civil (and uncivil) society in Southeast Asi a\, as a core arena for state surveillance and suppression\, but also for p opular participation\, resistance\, and empowerment.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/civil-society-in-southeast- asia/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/03/csear-workshop-March-21-thumbnail.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251008T2231Z-1759962681.6725-EO-47627-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240108T070520Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240812T184114Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240321T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240321T193000 SUMMARY: The Phil Lind Initiative: Xiuhtezcatl Martinez DESCRIPTION: Phil Lind Initiative "Pop Politics" talk with Climate activist and hip hop artist X Martinez X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Xiuhtezcatl Martinez (fi rst name pronounced Shoe-Tez-Caht) is an advocate\, leader\, activist and h ip hop artist with Indigenous Mexica roots. Now 23 years old\, he has been on the frontlines of the climate and environmental movement since the young age of 6 and is widely recognized for his passionate and unwavering fight for climate justice. Named one of Rolling Stone Magazine’s “25 under 25” an d one of Time Magazine’s “TIMES Next 100\,” he has been involved as a plain tiff in multiple legal proceedings—calling out the U.S. government and gian ts of the fossil fuel industry for failing to take necessary action on clim ate change. Xiuhtezcatl has spoken multiple times at the UN\, addressing th e General Assembly and has also spoken on panels with the likes of Bernie S anders\, Van Jones\, Shailene Woodley\, Bill McKibben\, and Pharrell Willia ms.

    Xiuhtezcatl is also an artist at his core\, using his music as a yet another platform to share urgent messages of Indigenous solidarity and care for the planet. Collaborating with musicians including Atlanta rapper Raury and Grammy nominated musician and actor Jaden Smith\, his quick-witte d lyrics challenge systems of injustice to envision a better future.

    Xiuhtezcatl Martinez has been a guest on the Daily Show wi th Trevor Noah and Real Time with Bill Maher. He has also been featured mul tiple times on PBS\, Showtime\, National Geographic\, Rolling Stone\, Upwor thy\, The Guardian\, Vogue\, Nickelodeon\, Comedy Central\, CNN\, MSNBC\, H BO\, Netflix\, VICE\, as well as photographed by Annie Leibovitz.

    “Climate change [is] not a left liberal partisan environmental problem. It ’s a human issue\, it’s a human crisis. It involves and connects every pers on on this planet… The change that we need is not going to come from a poli tician… it’s going to come from something that’s always been the driver of change – people power\, power of young people.” – Xiuhtezcatl Martinez

     

    The Phil Lind Initiative is presented by UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs in partnership with the Chan Centre f or the Performing Arts.

     

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    Tickets for the in-person event available starting Thursday February 8 at 12PM. FREE while quantities last (max 2 per order).

     

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    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Chan Centre for the Performing Arts GEO:49.269748;-123.255108 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/phil-lind-2024-xiuhtezcatl- martinez/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/01/Pop-Politics-Horizontals_NoLogo_1920x1080_XMartinez.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240510T0142Z-1715305333.0147-EO-48174-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240305T232451Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240806T230658Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240325T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240325T200000 SUMMARY: Centre for Japanese Research Open House 2024 DESCRIPTION: Come have some good food\, meet others interested in Japan\, e njoy the sakura season\, and learn more about the Centre for Japanese Resea rch! X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Date: March 25th \, 2024

    Time: 17:00-20:00

    Location: Choi 120\, Choi Building\, UBC

    As the sakura 🌸 begin to bloom\, we are excited to announce the < strong>CJR Open House 2024 will be happening on March 25th\, from 5PM – 8PM (PST).

    The event is organized and funded by the Institute o f Asian Research‘s Centre for Japanese Research. The Centre for Japanese Re search (CJR) at UBC is actively engaged in promotion of research on a wide variety of topics dealing with Japan and its place in the world community.< /p>

    Come enjoy sakura theming\, Japanese food and drinks\, and enjoy meet ing other students interested in all that Japan and Japanese research has t o offer.

    Register HERE.

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/cjr-open-house-2024/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/03/cjr-open-house-banner-e1709681233648.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240510T0142Z-1715305333.0202-EO-48226-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240313T171224Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240829T163041Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240327T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240327T183000 SUMMARY: Heaven Has Eyes: Judicial Populism In The Chinese Legal Imaginatio n DESCRIPTION: Haiyan Lee argues that judicial populism—privileging substanti ve goals over procedural fairness—is built into the Chinese justice traditi on in which high justice always trumps low justice. She illustrates this ar gument with the 2014 film《黄克功案件》(The Case of Huang Kegong). X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Haiyan Lee\, Walter A. Haas Profes sor of the Humanities\, East Asian Languages and Cultures\; and Comparative Literature\, Stanford University
    Coach House\, Green College\, UBC
    Wednesday\, March 27\, 5-6:30pm with recep tion to follow
    in the series

    China Lo gics


    This talk begins with t wo Chinese expressions that seem to endorse opposite justice principles: 相 (mutual shielding among kin) and 大 (placing justice above family loyalty). Should one shield one’s kin from the law\, or turn them in if justice deman ds it? From this apparent contradiction\, Haiyan Lee argues that judicial p opulism—privileging substantive goals over procedural fairness—is built int o the Chinese justice tradition in which high justice always trumps low jus tice. She illustrates this argument with the 2014 film《黄克功案件》(The Case of Huang Kegong).

    This event has been co-organized with the UBC Centre for Chinese Research.

     

    Haiyan Lee is the Walter A. Haas Professor of Chinese and Comparative Li terature at Stanford University. She is the author of Revolution of the Heart: A Genealogy of Love in China\, 1900-1950 (Stanford 2007)\, The Stranger and the Chinese Moral Imagination (Stanford 2014) and A Certain Justice: Toward an Ecology of the Chinese Legal Imagination (Chicago 2023).

     

     

     

    This interdisciplinary series examines the future of global sustainabi lity\, economy and security through the many images and understandings of C hina\, a compelling and sometimes puzzling place. If understanding China co nstitutes a rational\, emotional or symbolic anchor from which one’s ideas\ , actions and strategies are derived\, then there is a need to capitalize o n the rich amount of evidence that allows us to examine “China Logics” acro ss time\, space and interactions.

    Series Conveners: Timothy Cheek\, History\; Qiang Fu\, Sociology\; Julia Harten\, Community a nd Regional Planning\; Juliet Lu\, Forest Resources Management | Public Pol icy and Global Affairs\; Renren Yang\, Asian Studies

    LOCATION:Green College GEO:49.270852;-123.256535 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/judicial-populism-in-the-ch inese-legal-imagination/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/Events-Thumbnail-CCR-Generic.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251008T2231Z-1759962681.6795-EO-48298-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240323T001521Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240501T182409Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240328T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240328T153000 SUMMARY: Asian Urbanisms: An Institute of Asian Research Symposium DESCRIPTION: This symposium will gather local students and scholars of urba n Asias to celebrate the past\, present\, and future of Asian urban and com munity studies at UBC. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This symposium seeks to gather local students and scholars of urban Asi as to celebrate the past\, present\, and future of Asian urban and communit y studies at the University of British Columbia. Professor Abidin Kusno fro m York University\, renowned cultural historian and urban studies scholar o f Jakarta\, will deliver the keynote lecture on his latest book Jakarta : The City of a Thousand Dimensions (NUS Press\, 2023). Three Institut e of Asia Research fellows will present ongoing research and lead roundtabl e discussions on urban Asias in various parts of the region and North Ameri ca.

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    We invite you to join this communi ty conversation to share your own work\, reflect upon the day’s events\, an d chart new possible futures for the study of urban Asias at UBC. All are w elcome\, and lunch will be served along with coffee and pastries throughout the day.

     

     

     

    LOCATION:Case Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/asian-urbanisms-symposium/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/03/Asian-Urbanisms-IAR-Symposium.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240510T0142Z-1715305333.0309-EO-48300-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240323T002501Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240326T170413Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240328T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240328T141500 SUMMARY: Keynote Lecture-Jakarta: The City of a Thousand Dimensions DESCRIPTION: The Keynote lecture for Asian Urbanisms Symposium at which Abi din Kusno \, renowned cultural historian and urban studies scholar\, will d iscuss his latest book Jakarta: The City of a Thousand Dimensions (2023). X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/asian-urbanisms-tickets-868838077 077?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=disc overy&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl#new_t ab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/03/Jakarta-Talk.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240510T0142Z-1715305333.0415-EO-48350-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240326T230221Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240814T231041Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240404T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240404T173000 SUMMARY: Seoul: Tale of a Smart City DESCRIPTION: This talk will give an overview of Seoul’s effective urban des ign policies-including greening of urban spaces\, affordable housing\, and data-driven decision making. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    • Date: Thursd ay\, April 4th\, 2024
    • Time: 4:00-5:30PM (PDT)
    • Location: Pla ce of Many Trees\, UBC Liu Institute for Global Issues
    • Speaker: Kri sti Shalla (Innovation Commissioner at the Embassy of Switzerland in Washin gton DC)
    • Co-hosted by The Centre for Korean Research (CKR)\, The Sc hool of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA)\, The School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP)\, and Consulate General of Switzerland in Van couver
    • Speaker’s Bio: Kristi Shalla is an expert in global economic development and building innovative ecosystems and currently holds the pos ition of Innovation Commissioner at the Embassy of Switzerland in Washingto n DC. Before relocating to Washington DC in the fall of 2020\, Kristi was H ead of Project Development at the Center for Innovation in Transport (CENIT ) in Barcelona\, Spain where she built public and private partnerships in t ransport and smart city research for projects around the globe. Kristi has over 15 years’ experience in building development projects between the US\, Europe and the APAC Region and is an experienced speaker\, lecturer and co ntributor on the topic of urban mobility\, smart city development and inter national expansion. Kristi is also the co-author of the book Seoul: Tale of a Smart City\, coming out in April 2024.
    • Description of Talk: Citi es around the world are making great efforts to improve the quality of life for their residents after decades of uncontrolled and chaotic growth. As c ongestion and increased population begin to tax city infrastructure\, city governments are looking to find ways to revitalize their urban spaces. Seou l\, South Korea can serve as an example of effective urban development poli cy. After a period of dynamic growth and expansion in the last decades of t he 20th century\, Seoul has spent the last 20 years solving urban problems through the build out of smart city interventions. This talk will give an o verview of Seoul’s policies related to transport and mobility\, greening of urban spaces\, design\, affordable housing\, the sharing economy and data- driven decision making.

    LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/seoul-tale-of-a-smart-city/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/03/seoul-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240510T0142Z-1715305333.0489-EO-48263-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240319T224642Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240319T224713Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240404T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240404T190000 SUMMARY: Dr. David Boyd: Authoritative Environmental Repression in the Case of Nilou X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/dr-david-boyd-authoritative-envir onmental-repression-in-the-case-of-nilou-tickets-846302261847?aff=Students ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/03/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_711226599_447745727058_1_original.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240510T0142Z-1715305333.0569-EO-48474-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240402T232440Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240402T232440Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240405T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240405T170000 SUMMARY: 4th Annual Art + Memory + Justice Symposium X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-4th-annual-art-memory-justice -symposium-tickets-809800453957?aff=oddtdtcreator#new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/04/JusticeSymposium.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240419T1754Z-1713549291.794-EO-48682-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240418T175043Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240418T181420Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240418T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240418T180000 SUMMARY: Timor-Leste’s Struggle for Self-Determination and Its Implications for Palestine DESCRIPTION: This webinar will delve into the long struggle for Timor-Leste 's independence and the implications of this history for the Palestinian st ruggle for self-determination. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Centre for Southeast Asia Research at SPPGA invites you to a webinar about Timor Leste's journey to independence and the implications of this history for the ongoing Palestinian struggle f or self-determination.

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    About the Talk: 
    Timor-Leste fought for 24 years for its right of self-determination and ultimately succeeded in becoming an independent nati on-state after a UN-supervised referendum in 1999. It was a struggle that\, for many years\, seemed to be a lost cause. A much larger nation-state\, I ndonesia\, had annexed it in 1976. While the UN recognized Timor-Leste’s ri ght to self-determination\, the United States and other Western countries n ullified international law by supporting Indonesia’s occupation of the coun try — an occupation that caused a genocide. How did beleaguered Timor-Leste become independent when arrayed against these powerful forces? What are th e implications of this experience for the Palestinian struggle for self-det ermination? Now that Timor-Leste is independent\, how are its government an d civil society working to support the Palestinians whose right to self-det ermination remains unfulfilled?

    Speakers:
    John Roosa\, Professor of History\, University of British Columbia
    David We bster\, Professor of History and Global Studies\, Bishop’s University
    Berta Tilman\, writer and feminist in Timor-Leste

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    Critically acclaimed gender-fluid drag queen\, visual artist\, speaker\, illustrator and author\, Sasha Ve lour has been a force in the international drag scene long before her scene-stealing\, rose-petal-filled win on season nine of the Emmy Award -winning RuPaul’s Drag Race. Her first book\, The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag has been heralded as “a rousing tribu te to a revolutionary art form and its practitioners” (Publisher’s Week ly).

    In her Phil Lind Initiative talk titled The Big Reveal: Why Drag Matters\, Velour will delve into q ueer history and the importance of drag as an expression of oneself\, as a revolutionary act of visibility for queer culture\, and as a rich\, multifa ceted and politically-charged art form that delights and disrupts. “Drag em bodies the queer possibility that exists within each of us\,” Velour states \, “the infinite ways in which gender\, good taste\, and art can be lived.”

    Velour’s first one-queen drag show Smoke & Mirrors was call ed a “spell-binding tour de force” (Forbes) touring to over 80 cit ies around the world from 2019-22. Her acclaimed NYC drag show NightGow ns was adapted into a docu-series in 2020 and recently completed a sol d-out residency at Manhattan’s Le Poisson Rouge. Velour’s star continues to rise with a brand-new stage work created in connection to her book\, as we ll as a role hosting the fourth season of HBO’s Peabody and Emmy-Award winn ing tv show We’re Here. She was also recently commissioned by the Tony Award-winning Tectonic Theatre Project to star in and co-create a new theatrical work premiering in 2024.

    "In this showstopping debut.. .Velour seamlessly mixes rigorous scholarship with inspirational aphorisms and heartfelt anecdotes about finding community and navigating the pitfalls of mainstream success\, while enriching the narrative with copious photogr aphs and illustrations. This is a rousing tribute to a revolutionary art fo rm and its practitioners." — Publishers Weekly

     

    The P hil Lind Initiative is presented by UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs in partnership with the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts.

     

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    About the Event
    As part of the Institute of Asian Research’ s Brown Bag series\, join us to hear from Mahfida Tahnia and Jafar Iqbal fr om the The Department of Education Studies (EDST) about their latest resear ch.

    Abstracts 

    Mahfida Tahniat
    PhD Student
    The Department of Education Studies\, UBC

    Floating Schools in Bangladesh: A Journey towa rds Empowerment? 

    Access to education has become a challenge for one of the most climate vulnerable countries like Bangladesh\, and the Floating Schools Program (FSP) might be seen as a powerful way to address educational needs in the ongoing climate crisis context. Even though educat ion is free in Bangladesh\, there are significant implications for the deli very of education due to the instances of regular cyclones and floods which destroy school infrastructure\, disrupt transport accessibilities\, as wel l as interrupt teaching and learning. During the monsoon seasons\, students regularly cannot access the school buildings. The resulting social and eco nomic costs include a wide range of development concerns\, from malnutritio n and ill health to an increased risk of child trafficking. There are also concerns for school dropouts\, child labour and early marriage\, particular ly for the girls. Against such backdrop\, many children in Bangladesh\, att end schools in boats\, called “Floating School” that literally floats on wa ter\, and through which both children and adults can get access to the reso urces to educate and empower themselves.

     

    Jafar Iqbal
    PhD Student
    The Department of Education Stud ies\, UBC

    Slogans As Public Pedagogy: Bangladeshi Garment Wor kers’ Cry for Social Justice

    Slogans that we see on hand-hel d signs\, bodies\, faces\, Facebook\, or twitter posts are powerful vehicle s for public pedagogy. Despite the growing interest in public pedagogy with in education\, the full potential of slogans\, particularly within social m ovements\, remains underexplored. Gerts Biesta’s theorization of “public pe dagogy for the public\, of the public\, and with the public” highlights how slogans can educate and challenge prevailing narratives. My presentation a ims to delve into the public pedagogy potentials of slogans in the context of Bangladeshi garment workers’ struggles for social justice. I will examin e slogans posted by workers on Facebook and utilized in processions during the wage setting process from April to December 2023\, of which I was also part through supporting their cause as part of the normative concerns but n ot for the purpose of research. However\, these slogans\, advocating for so cial justice\, equal rights\, and fair pay\, offer rich insights into the w orkers plight and the potential for public education. Collected from variou s labor organization’s official pages\, these slogans serve as poignant cal ls for social justice for those who made our clothes\, making us feel comfo rtable and fashionable. Yet\, this research also raises a critical reflecti on on the responsibilities of researchers in utilizing advocacy materials f or academic inquiry.

    LOCATION:Boardroom\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267710;-123.259656 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/twin-presentations/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/08/twin-presentations-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240720T0421Z-1721449289.1576-EO-49415-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240719T232750Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240719T232750Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240618 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240831 SUMMARY: “Stewarding Mae-Nam Khong”: A Community-based Art Exhibition DESCRIPTION: This Mekong community-based art exhibition honours the perseve rance of life amid ecological destruction and cultural erasure. It has been co-organized by the Centre for Southeast Asia Research and the Institute f or Resources\, Environment\, and Sustainability. It is on display at the Be aty Biodiversity Museum through Summer 2024. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Centre for Southeast Asia Research at SPPGA is excited be co-organizing a community-based art exhibition with the Institute for Resources\, Environment\, and Sustainability (IRES). "Stewar ding Mae Nam Khong" will be on display at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum thr oughout Summer 2024.

    About the Exhibition:

    This Mekong community-based art exhibition honours the perseverance of life amid ecological destruction and cultural erasure. The exhibition was planned and curated by Rapichan (Ta) Phurisamban (PhD candidate\, Institute for Resources\, Environment\, and Su stainability).

    In Lao and Thai languages\, the river is mae [mother] nam [water]. Traditional lifeways and direct oppositions to large-scale dev elopment have always been entwined with the care and protection of our Moth ers—the sources of life. In this reciprocity\, biological and cultural dive rsity becomes possible. Understanding that living in tradition and living i n resistance are expressions of the same mode of living is vital.

    Bey ond celebrating Mae-Nam Khong (Mekong) life\, the exhibition blurs the line s between conservation\, resistance\, and traditional lifeways to engage th e audience to reflect on different ways of living with rivers\, and what "l iving well/ living in a good way" means.

    The exhibition is accompanie d by a recorded art presentation  entitled "Building Decolonial Futures at the Confluen ce of Mae-Nam Khong and Salish Waters."  It features reflections by artsits and water protectors on Mae-Nam Khong artwork\, global conservation policy \, and their lived experiences of collaborating with Indigenous peoples.

    Watch the accompanying presentation here.

     

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    The Centre for Southeast Asia Research invites you to a panel discussion highlighting the work of Indigenous water protectors from the Mekong River area and from Salish Waters around us here in Vancouver. This talk brings together water protectors\, artists and scholars for a dee p reflection on the shortcomings of current global conservation policy as w ell as the urgent mechanisms needed for meaningful change.

    This event is part of a community-based art exhibition at the Beaty Biodiversity Muse um curated by Rapichan Phurisamban (PhD Candidate\, Institute for Resources \, Environment\, and Sustainability). The artwork comes from communities al ong the Mekong River whose survival is being threatened by changes in the r iver's ecology.

    We invite you to join us for this thought-provoking t alk and to visit the exhibit\, on display through the summer.

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    Today's Total itarianism presents a mini-conference entitled "Mobilizing Knowledg e Against Today's Totalitarian Trends: Building an International Consortium of Concerned Academics".

    Featuring 20 presentations by acad emics on global trends centralizing political authority\, undermining judic ial power\, oppressing political opposition and independent journalism\, an d promoting cultural-cum-racial chauvinism. It will also hold open discussi ons and a planning session to better institutionalize the Today’s Totalitar ianism consortium. Open to the public.

    Featuring presentations by Pro f. Hugh Gusterson (SPPGA\; UBC Anthropology) and Prof. < a href="https://sppga.ubc.ca/profile/max-cameron/">Max Cameron (SPPGA\; UBC Political Science).

    T he event takes place at the Liu Institute for Global Affairs on July 11th a nd 12th. It is co-funded by the department of Anthropology\, the School for Public Policy and Global Affairs\, and the Department of Political Science at UBC\, as well as the University of Windsor\, Simon Fraser University an d Canada's Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council's Connection Pro gram.

    For more information visit Today's Totalitarianism.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/mobilizing-knowledge-agains t-todays-totalitarian-trends-building-an-international-consortium-of-concer ned-academics/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/07/2024Conference-TotalitarianTrends.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251008T2231Z-1759962681.6444-EO-49376-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240711T231415Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240920T183114Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240715 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240928 SUMMARY: The Liu Lobby Gallery: Cosmopolitan Identity on Digital Canvas DESCRIPTION: Delve into the world of cosmopolitan humanism through the artw ork of Chunping Huang\, an exhibition hosted at the Liu Institute for Globa l Issues. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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    The Liu Lobby Gallery i nvites you to experience and connect with the latest exhibit “Cosmopolitan Identity on Digital Canvas” featuring illustration\, installation\, and ani mation by Chunping Huang. The exhibit takes place from Jul y 15 to Sept 27 at the Lobby Gallery of the Liu Institute for Global Issues .

    Exhibit: July 15 - Sept. 27\, 2024

    A bout the Exhibit:

    In an era of hyper-globalization and digit ization\, the movement of people\, capital\, and information surpasses trad itional boundaries\, fostering unprecedented opportunities for intercultura l communication\, international cooperation\, and identity formation. Howev er\, these advancements also intensify identity crises\, racism\, and xenop hobia\, particularly amid shared global challenges such as pandemics\, refu gee displacement\, economic recessions\, and climate change.

    In line with the Liu Institute for Global Issues’ commitment to tackling complex gl obal concerns\, this exhibition invites visitors to delve into a digital ta pestry of world ethnocultural identities\, celebrating unity in diversity. At the heart of this exhibition lies an advocacy for cosmopolitan humanism— an ethos of inclusivity\, empathy\, and solidarity—essential for navigating the escalating global challenges of our era. The exhibition confronts entr enched stereotypes and parochial mindsets\, challenges exclusionary politic s\, and advocates for policies that honor cultural diversity.

    Biography:

    Chunping Huang is a PhD candida te in Asian Studies at UBC\, with a Master of Fine Arts from UBC and a Bach elor of Fine Arts from Simon Fraser University. Her scholarly pursuits prof oundly inform her artistic expression\, which encompasses various mediums s uch as film\, illustration\, animation\, painting\, photography\, and insta llation. Huang’s art acts as a bridge\, linking the academic realm with the public sphere through an evocative visual language that transcends linguis tic\, cultural\, and geographical barriers. An award-winning artist with in ternational exhibitions\, Huang is also a Public Scholar and a fellow at th e Institute of Asian Research at UBC.

    The exhibit is free and open to the public during regular building hours\, 9am - 5pm. It is locate d in the Lobby on the first floor.

    Curated by Fabiol a Vizcardo.

    LOCATION:Lobby Gallery\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-liu-lobby-gallery-cosmo politan-identity-on-digital-canvas/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/07/Cosmopolitan-Identity_LiuLobbyGallery_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251008T2231Z-1759962681.6294-EO-49293-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240702T210559Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240704T162337Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240716T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240716T163000 SUMMARY: Public Policy Beyond State Intervention: A View from Rural India DESCRIPTION: Join us for an in-depth discussion with Narendar Pani on inequ ality\, intervention\, and public policy beyond state interventions in rura l India. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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    Narendar Pani: Public Policy Beyond State Intervention: A View from Rural India

    Professor Narendar Pani\, an economist by train ing\, is Dean of the School of Social Sciences at the National Institute of Advanced Studies\, Bengaluru\, India.

    Prof. Pani has been working in the Inequality and Human Development Programme at the National Institute o f Advanced Studies in the city. Much of this work\, since 2015\, has been o n the instrumentality of inequality. He has just completed a four-year proj ect on inequality and intervention\, which has led to an understanding of p ublic policy that goes beyond state interventions.

    RSVP today and join us for an in-depth conversation on Tuesday\, July 16th!< /p> CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Case Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/beyond-state-intervention-n arendar-pani/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/07/2024Conference-ViewfromRuralIndia.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240814T2251Z-1723675887.88-EO-49856-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240814T222845Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240814T223200Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240814T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240814T180000 SUMMARY: Book Talk: Colonizing Kashmir and Hostile Homelands DESCRIPTION: Join us for a double book talk with authors Hafsa Kanjwal and Azad Essa about their new books to think about colonialisms across contexts . X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    About the Event
    Join us for a double book talk with authors Hafsa Kanjwal and Azad Essa about their new books to think about coloniali sms across contexts.

    About the Books
    Colonizing Kashmir: State-building under Indian Occupation

     

    In this book\, Hafsa Kanjwal interrogates how Kas hmir was made “integral” to India through a study of the decade long rule ( 1953-1963) of Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad\, the second Prime Minister of the Sta te of Jammu and Kashmir. Drawing upon a wide array of bureaucratic document s\, propaganda materials\, memoirs\, literary sources\, and oral interviews in English\, Urdu\, and Kashmiri\, Kanjwal examines the intentions\, tensi ons\, and unintended consequences of Bakshi’s state-building policies in th e context of India’s colonial occupation.
    www.sup.org/books/title/?id=35575

     

     

     

    Hostile Homelands: The New Alliance between Israel and India

    Hostile Homelands puts India’s relationship with Israel in its historical con text\, looking at the origins of Zionism and Hindutva\; India’s changing po sition on Palestine\; and the countries’ growing military-industrial relati onship from the 1990s. Lucid and persuasive\, Essa demonstrates that the In dia-Israel alliance spells significant consequences for democracy\, the rul e of law and justice worldwide.
    www.plutobooks.com/9780745345017/hostile-hom elands/

     

     

     

     

    Featuring

    Dr. Hafsa Kanjwal

    Hafsa Kanjwal is an assistant pr ofessor of South Asian History in the Department of History at Lafayette Co llege in Easton\, Pennsylvania\, where she teaches courses on the history o f the modern world\, South Asian history\, and Islam in the Modern World.

    Hafsa has written and spoken on her research for a variety of news out lets including The Washington Post\, Al Jazeera English\, and the BBC. She received her Ph.D. in History and Women’s Studies from the University of Mi chigan and a Bachelors in Regional Studies of the Muslim World from the Sch ool of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

    Azad Essa
    Azad Essa is an award-winning journalist and author based between Johannesburg and New York City. He is currently a senior repo rter for Middle East Eye covering American foreign policy\, Islamophobia an d race in the US. He is the author of The Moslems are Coming and Zuma’s Bas tard and has written for Al Jazeera\, The Washington Post\, Foreign Policy and the Guardian.

     

     

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    < br />Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs Info Session
     We invite you to join us for an exciting information session where you can delve deeper into the world of the Master of Public Policy and Global Affai rs (MPPGA) program. Whether you're a prospective student or simply curious about this field\, this session offers a fantastic opportunity to explore t he program and have all your questions answered.

    The MPPGA program is designed to equip future policy makers with the knowledge\, skills\, and e xperiences necessary to tackle the world's most pressing challenges. With a strong focus on rigorous knowledge acquisition\, policy analysis\, career development\, and experiential learning\, this program paves the way for yo u to excel as a policy professional.

    What to Expect at the In fo Session:

    • Program Presentation: Gain a comprehensive understanding of the MPPGA program\, its curriculum\, and the unique opportunities it offers.
    • Eligibility Requirement s: Learn about the qualifications and prerequisites for the MPPGA program\, ensuring you're fully prepared to apply.

    Why UBC?
    At UBC\, you will have the privilege of learning from a diverse faculty and engaging with policy practitioners at a top-ranked univ ersity known for its commitment to addressing climate change. You'll be loc ated in Vancouver\, British Columbia\, consistently ranked as one of the gr eenest and most livable cities in the world.

    Don't miss this opportun ity to kickstart your journey towards becoming a global change maker.

    RSVP for our info session now and take the first step toward a fulfilling career in public policy and global affairs. Join us and be part of the solu tion to the world's most pressing issues. We look forward to e-meeting you!

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    In order to deal with the multiple ecological cr ises the world confronts\, we have to move past capitalism because of its r eliance on limitless growth on a finite planet. Based on the book Const ruire l’économie postcapitaliste\, published in 2023\, Audrey Laurin-L amothe will critically analyze concrete models for postcapitalist ways of r eorganizing of our economic and political systems.

    Join us on Septemb er 26th at 5PM for this insightful talk on democratic planning.

    Bio:

    Audrey Laurin-Lamothe is an Associa te Professor in the Department of Social Science at York University\, Canad a. Her research explores how financialization is driving economic transform ation\, with a focus on care and finance\, extractivism\, and ecological tr ansition. She is the author of Financiarisation et élites économiques a u Québec (2019\, Presses de l'Université Laval)\, coauthor of Cons truire l’économie postcapitaliste (2023\, Lux)\, and coeditor of B usiness and Society: A Critical Introduction\, Second Edition (2023\, Bloomsbury Academic).

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    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage LOCATION:Case Room - Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/democratic-planning/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/08/Democratic-planning_Audrey-Laurin-Lamothe_Graphic_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240911T2314Z-1726096455.975-EO-50468-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240911T224147Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240922T080946Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240927T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240927T180000 SUMMARY: The Unfinished Quest: India’s Search for Major Power Status DESCRIPTION: India's quest for global power faces hurdles. Prof. Paul argue s inclusive democracy and demographic strength are key to its rise. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    While India\, in its 75-year existence as an independent state\, has achieved much in fulfilling the dreams of Nehru and his successors to obtain major power status\, why is this quest still unfinished? Indeed\, along with the meteoric rise of Ch ina\, there has been much interest in this question and in the emergence of India\, as a rising power. The rapidly developing US-China rivalry has als o given India an added importance in world politics with many viewing the c ountry as a significant swing power that can help balance China’s potential ly aggressive rise in the Indo-Pacific region. Certainly\, India’s current leadership\, under Narendra Modi\, and the general public\, believe that th e country is destined to be a global power.

    In his talk\, Pro fessor T.V. Paul will discuss the rise of India and what are the e xternal and internal constraints in the pursuit of major power status that India must contend with. As Professor Paul will argue\, the development of an inclusive\, tolerant democracy that can utilize its most priced asset\, the demographic dividend\, will be essential for India to gain greater inte rnational status and influence in the 21st century.

    Our speaker\, T.V . Paul is Distinguished James McGill Professor in the Department of Politic al Science at McGill University and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada . He also served as the President of the International Studies Association for 2016-17 and is the Founding Director of the Global Research Network on Peaceful Change. In addition\, Paul is the author or editor of 24 books and over 80 scholarly articles/book chapters in the fields of International Re lations\, International Security\, and South Asia. He has also authored man y books including ‘The Unfinished Quest: India’s Search for Major Power Sta tus from Nehru to Modi’\, ‘Restraining Great Powers: Soft Balancing from Em pires to the Global Era’\, and ‘The Warrior State: Pakistan in the Contempo rary World’. Paul currently serves as the editor of the Georgetown Universi ty Press book series: South Asia in World Affairs.

    Presented by t he Canadian International Council (CIC) a nd the Asia-Pacific Foundation of Can ada (APFC)\,  in partnership with the UBC Centre for Japanese Research (CJR)\, Konwakai Chair\, Centre for Chinese Research (CCR)\, Centre for Ind ia and South Asia Research (CISAR) and Institute of Asian Research (IAR).

     

    LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-unfinished-quest-indias -search-for-major-power-status/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/09/Sept27.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240920T2038Z-1726864698.3613-EO-50580-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240920T190814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240926T174130Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241001T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241001T180000 SUMMARY: Breaking the Cycle: A Simulcast Film Screening and Discussion DESCRIPTION: CSEAR presents a screening and discussion of Breaking the Cycl e\, captures the political awakening among Thais after the rise and fall of Thanathorn\, a young politician who calls to end the cycle of coups d’etat . X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

     

     

    The UBC Center for Southeast Asian Research is proud to partner with the Graduate Education and Training in Southeast Asia (GET SEA) network in screening the film Breaking the Cycle and hosting a discussion with its filmmakers at the Dodson Roo m\, 2nd Floor (enter through Chapman Learning Commons)\, Irving K Barber Le arning Centre (IBLC).

    Breaking the Cycle captures th e political awakening among Thais after the rise and fall of Thanathorn\, a young politician who calls to end the cycle of coups d’etat. The film expl ores the 2029 election in Thailand\, which marked the end of five years of full military rule and a new group of young politicians who campaign agains t an authoritarian constitution\, sparking hope and a once-in-a-generation youth movement.

    Screenings of the film will be held simultaneously at nineteen (19) university campuses across North America. Following the scre enings\, each campus will come together via Zoom for a discussion with the filmmakers\, Aekaphong Saransate and Thanakrit Dua ngmaneeporn.

    For more information about the film\, please se e the movie trailer here:

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    LOCATION:Dodson Room\, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre GEO:49.267851;-123.253087 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/screening-breaking-the-cycl e/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/09/CSEAR-Event-Banner-Date-Corrected.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20241019T1848Z-1729363707.0679-EO-50533-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240918T061747Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240918T062343Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241003T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241003T140000 SUMMARY: A Revelatory Pandemic? COVID-19 and Disaster Social Science: Dr. R oberto Barrios DESCRIPTION: Dr. Roberto Barrios unpacks the COVID-19 pandemic\, utilising disaster social science to analyse hidden social structures and Eurocentric ideas of change. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage LOCATION:ANSO 134 GEO:49.268864;-123.258533 URL;VALUE=URI:https://drrn.ubc.ca/news/september-09-2024/social-science-dis asters-dr-roberto-barrios-discusses-migration-solidarity ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/09/social-science-of-disasters.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20241019T1848Z-1729363707.071-EO-50535-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240917T213657Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240918T154554Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241003T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241003T190000 SUMMARY: The ”Migrante” Struggle for Belonging in Post-Katrina New Orleans: Dr. Roberto Barrios DESCRIPTION: Disaster anthropology expert Dr. Roberto Barrios talks about t he intersections of crisis\, migration\, solidarity\, and resilience based on his research. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building\, UBC GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://drrn.ubc.ca/news/september-09-2024/social-science-dis asters-dr-roberto-barrios-discusses-migration-solidarity ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/09/pexels-lindsey-flynn-494668519-18462327.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240920T2039Z-1726864793.92-EO-50576-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240920T182244Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240924T201735Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241004T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241004T140000 SUMMARY: Freedom of the Purse: Why the Indian Media Have a Structural Compu lsion to Lie DESCRIPTION: Join us for a talk by P. Sainath\, who will reflect on the Ind ian media's shifting loyalty to the side of power and its manifold conseque nces. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Centre for India and South Asia Resear ch at SPPGA\, in collaboration with the UBC School of Journalism\, invites you to attend a talk by award-winning Indian journalist P. Sainath. Join us for his lecture entitled "Freedom of the Purse: Why the Indian Med ia Have a Structural Compulsion to Lie".

    India’s media once stood up to the mightiest empire in the world\, but has shifted its loyalty to the side of power most aggressively\, featuring giant scandals over ‘paid news’ and ‘pr ivate treaties’ between commercial media and corporate entities with regula rity. The rapid concentration of power among corporate behemoths – includin g the gargantuan digital monopolies – has led to a growing disconnect betwe en mass media and mass reality\, with freedom being bestowed to the purse\, not of the press.

    About the Speaker:

    P. Sainath has been a rep orter for more than four decades and has covered rural India for over 30 ye ars. He is the author of The Last Heroes: Foot Soldiers of Indian Freedom a nd Everyone Loves a Good Drought. Sainath has won 70 national and internati onal reporting awards and fellowships\, including the Ramon Magsaysay Prize (2007). He is deeply involved in the training of journalists and has been teaching at the social communications media department of the Sophia Polyte chnic\, Mumbai\, for 30 years\, and also at the Asian College of Journalism \, Chennai\, since 2000. He was McGraw Professor of Writing in Princeton in 2012. Sainath is founder editor of the Peopleʼs Archive of Rural India (PA RI)\, an independent multimedia digital platform that in 10 years of its ex istence has won over 70 journalism awards.

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    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/freedom-of-the-purse-cisar/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/09/Copy-of-CISAR-_-Digital-Signage-Template-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240920T1538Z-1726846728.0661-EO-50578-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240920T012254Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240920T185355Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241007T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241007T190000 SUMMARY: The Party Family: Revolutionary Attachments and the Gendered Origi ns of State Power in China DESCRIPTION: This talk by centres on Dr. Kimberley Manning's latest book wh ich explores how networks of family and social ties contributed to state ca pacity and failure in the early years of the People's Republic of China. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

     

    The Centre for Chinese Research at SPPGA presents a talk by Dr. Kimberley Ens M anning on her recently published book project  "The Party Family: R evolutionary Attachments and the Gendered Origins of State Power in China".

    About the Book

    How did the People’s Republic of China (PRC) achieve one of the most dramatic declines in infant and maternal mortality in the world\, only to have this mid-century succes s overturned during a politically-induced famine just a few years later? In her latest book\, Kimberley Ens Manning argues that complex networks of fa mily and social ties contributed to both state capacity and failure in the earliest years of the PRC. Drawing on interviews with 163 participants in t he provinces of Henan and Jiangsu\, as well as government documents and eli te memoirs\, biographies\, speeches\, and reports\, Manning offers a new th eoretical lens—attachment politics—to underscore how family and ideology in tertwined to create an important building block of the state

    About the Speaker

    Kimberley Ens Manning’s r esearch focuses on Chinese politics\; gender and politics\; and the well-be ing of transgender children\, youth\, and their families. Analyzing the rel ationship gender and political institutions through the lens of intersectio nal feminist theory\, Kimberley has previously published in the Canadian Jo urnal of Political Science\, Gender and History\, and the China Quarterly\, and is most recently the author of “The Party Family: Revolutionar y Attachments and the Gendered Origins of State Power in China” (C ornell University Press\, 2023). Principal of the Simone de Beauvoi r Institute and Professor of Political Science at Concordi a University\, Kimberley’s recent research\, writing\, and teachin g explores how feminist leadership practices can deepen equity in healthcar e and education.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ccr-the-party-family/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/09/CCR-OCT-7-NEW.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251008T2231Z-1759962681.6852-EO-50483-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240912T192352Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240918T225643Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241008T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241008T093000 SUMMARY: Oct 8 Information Session – Master of Public Policy & Global Affai rs DESCRIPTION: We invite you to join us for an exciting information session w here you can delve deeper into the world of the Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) program. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs Info Session
    We i nvite you to join us for an exciting information session where you can delv e deeper into the world of the Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs ( MPPGA) program. Whether you're a prospective student or simply curious abou t this field\, this session offers a fantastic opportunity to explore the p rogram and have all your questions answered.

    The MPPGA program is des igned to equip future policy makers with the knowledge\, skills\, and exper iences necessary to tackle the world's most pressing challenges. With a str ong focus on rigorous knowledge acquisition\, policy analysis\, career deve lopment\, and experiential learning\, this program paves the way for you to excel as a policy professional.

    What to Expect at the Info S ession:

    • Program Presentation: Gain a c omprehensive understanding of the MPPGA program\, its curriculum\, and the unique opportunities it offers.
    • Eligibility Requirements: Learn about the qualifications and prerequisites for the MPPGA prog ram\, ensuring you're fully prepared to apply.

    Why UBC?
    At UBC\, you will have the privilege of learning from a dive rse faculty and engaging with policy practitioners at a top-ranked universi ty known for its commitment to addressing climate change. You'll be located in Vancouver\, British Columbia\, consistently ranked as one of the greene st and most livable cities in the world.

    Don't miss this opportunity to kickstart your journey towards becoming a global change maker.

    RSV P for our info session on October 8 and take the first step toward a fulfil ling career in public policy and global affairs. Join us and be part of the solution to the world's most pressing issues. We look forward to e-meeting you!

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/oct-8-information-session-m aster-of-public-policy-global-affairs/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/09/MPPGA_Info_Sessions_OCT8_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20241003T2050Z-1727988643.3772-EO-50935-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20241003T183403Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241003T230934Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241008T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241008T200000 SUMMARY: BC Leaders’ Debate Watch Party DESCRIPTION: Join us to watch the BC Leaders' Debate! Stick around for refl ections from students and faculty. Hosted by UBC Political Science & SPPGA. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    BC Leaders Debate Watch SP PGA AMS

    The BC Provincial Election is co ming up on October 19th\, 2024!

    Students\, faculty and alumni are inv ited to join the UBC Department of Political Science & School of Public Pol icy and Global Affairs to stay informed and watch the BC Leaders' Debate to gether on October 8th at 6:30pm PDT.

    Stick around after the debate to hear reflections from students and faculty.

    Popcorn will be provided ! Please feel free to bring your own food\, as the debate will run through dinner time.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:xʷθəθiqətəm\, Place of Many Trees\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.276094;-123.215491 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/bc-leaders-debate-watch-par ty/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/10/BCLEADERS-DebateWatch-_WEB2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20241019T1848Z-1729363707.0795-EO-50581-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240920T165258Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240920T175833Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241010T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241010T193000 SUMMARY: Witnessing The Himalayan (M)Anthropocene DESCRIPTION: UBC Himalaya Program presents a lecture by Dr. Ritodhi Chakrab orty X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://himalaya.arts.ubc.ca/2024/09/18/witnessing-the-himala yan-manthropocene-ritodhi-chakraborty/#new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/09/Himalaya_Chakraborty.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240926T0340Z-1727322014.8486-EO-50739-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240925T225958Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241002T155448Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241015T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241015T173000 SUMMARY: The Postdevelopmental State: Dilemmas of Economic Democratization in Contemporary South Korea DESCRIPTION: This talk proposes new frameworks for understanding growing in equality in South Korea through an exploration of the project of "economic democratization". X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Centre for Korean Research (CK R) and the UBC Department of Geography co-sponsor a special book talk\, featuring former UBC Geography PhD\, Jamie Doucette (University of Manchester). Dr. Doucette will discuss his recently publishe d book The Postdevelopmental State: Dilemmas of Economic Democratizatio n in Contemporary South Korea\, in conversation with Woocheol Kim (PhD Student\, UBC Geography) and Eunsil Choi (PhD Student\, UBC Political Scie nce).

    Abstract:
    Over the last 25 years\, South Korea has witnessed growing inequality through n on-standard employment\, mushrooming real estate prices\, and the growth of its super-conglomerates. That this expansion has taken place amid declinin g rates of economic growth and turbulent political events marks a departure from Korea’s past recognition as a high growth ‘developmental state.’ This presentation insists that to understand the challenges associated with thi s transformation what is needed is nothing less than a revision of the very standpoint of developmental state research itself. To do so\, it foregroun ds the progressive project of ‘economic democratization’ to shift inquiry f rom elite bureaucracies and rapid GDP growth to the dynamics of historical blocs and the contours of socio-economic inequality. I examine how despite the embrace of this project by successive liberal administrations\, and app ropriation by moderate conservatives\, it has met with frustration. The cau ses of such\, I argue\, can be seen through three interlinked phenomena: a narrowing vision of what constitutes economic democracy\, the ambiguous spa ce accorded to workers within it\, and a problematic ‘politics of personali ty’ that has been used to pursue legitimacy in lieu of effective alliance-b uilding and substantive policy change.

    Speaker Bio:< br />Dr. Jamie Doucette is Reader in Human Geography at the University of M anchester. His research interests include the geographical political econom y of development and democratization in East Asia\, the construction of urb an and economic expertise\, labour geographies\, and the politics of specia l economic zones. His articles have appeared in journals such as Progress i n Human Geography\, Urban Geography\, Transactions of the RGS-IBG\, Politic al Geography\, Journal of Asian Studies\, and Critical Asian Studies\, amon g others. This talk is based on his recent monograph The Postdevelopmental State: Dilemmas of Economic Democratization in Contemporary South Korea (Un iversity of Michigan Press\, 2024). He is the editor\, with Bae-gyoon Park\ , of Developmentalist Cities? Interrogating Urban Developmentalism in East Asia (Brill/Haymarket 2019).

     

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    LOCATION:Case Room\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267751;-123.259349 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/economic-democratization-in -contemporary-south-korea/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/09/CKR-OCT-15.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20241001T2049Z-1727815743.2586-EO-50903-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20241001T185004Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241002T001305Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241017T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241017T183000 SUMMARY: Japanese Politics at a Crucial Transition Point DESCRIPTION: Join the Centre for Japanese Research for an insightful online discussion assessing the three years of Kishida administration and its key policies\, achievement and leadership from multiple aspects. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Centre for Japanese R esearch is excited to present this webinar which will assess the three year s of Kishida administration and its key policies\, achievements and leaders hip from multiple aspects. Having Liberal Democratic Party's presidential e lection on September 27th which elected the new Prime Minister Ishiba\, we will explore the implications of the new Cabinet and its potential impacts on Japanese domestic and international policies. Experts will be joining fr om partnering institutions and providing critical perspectives on the new a dministration and Japanese political landscape.

    The speakers include Rieko Kage (University of Tokyo)\, Phillip Lipscy (University of Toronto)\, Kenneth McElwain (University of Tokyo)\, Kay Shimizu (University of Pittsb urgh)\, Harutaka Takenaka (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)\ , and Yves Tiberghien (University of British Columbia)

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/japanese-politics-at-a-cruc ial-transition-point/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/10/2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20241019T1848Z-1729363707.0851-EO-50901-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20241001T150501Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241010T183848Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241017T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241017T200000 SUMMARY: Global Capitalism and the Peasant Question in Colonial Panjab DESCRIPTION: Join us for the Annual Onkarbir Toor Memorial Lecture\, “Globa l Capitalism and the Peasant Question in Colonial Panjab”. The lecture is o pen to all and will be presented in both Punjabi and English. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://asia.ubc.ca/events/event/toor-lecture-global-capitali sm-and-the-peasant-question-in-colonial-panjab/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/10/Updated-Graphic_Global-Capitalism_Asian-Studies-and-CISAR.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20241019T1848Z-1729363707.0893-EO-50933-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20241003T183314Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241003T184011Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241017T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241017T200000 SUMMARY: Approaches to Ameliorate the Impact of Climate Change to Women’s H ealth in Northern Kenya DESCRIPTION: We are pleased to invite you to an evening dialogue about "App roaches to Ameliorate the Impact of Climate Change to Women’s Health in Nor thern Kenya". X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Approaches to Ameliorate the Impact of Climate Change to Women's Health in Northern Kenya

    The British Columbia Council for International Coopera tion (BCCIC) and the Office of Regional and International Community Engagem ent (ORICE-UBC) is pleased to invite you to an evening dialogue about "Approaches to Ameliorate th e Impact of Climate Change to Women’s Health in Northern Kenya".  Yussu f Osman\, Program Director from Alternative Livelihoods for Pastoralist Com munities (ALPC) will join us in person to discuss the work that he and his colleague Maryam Hassan\, Gender Advisor with ALPC\, have been undertaking as part of Maryam's Social Development Fellowship through the UBC School of Social Work.

    Thursday\, October 17\, 2024
    6pm -doors open\, light appetizers and refreshments available
    6:30- 7:30pm - Presentation and discussion (q&a)
    7:30 -8pm - Mingle & Connect

    < p>Location - Canfor Room\, YWCA Hotel\, 733 Beatty St (off Robson)\, Vancouver\, BC

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    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Canfor Room\, YWCA Hotel GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://orice.ubc.ca/event/approaches-to-ameliorate-the-impac t-of-climate-change-to-womens-health-in-northern-kenya/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/10/Approaches-to-Ameliorate.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240926T0710Z-1727334621.854-EO-50729-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240925T215109Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240925T215109Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241018T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241018T203000 SUMMARY: Film Screening-Of Colour and Ink: Chang Dai-chien After 1949 DESCRIPTION: “Of Colour and Ink” is the first film to document Chang Dai-ch ien's 30-year exile in South America\, Europe and the United States. Create d over 12 years\, it unravels the mysteries and controversies surrounding C hang’s artistic and spiritual journey between East to West. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The < strong>Centre for Chinese Research invites you to screening of "Of Colour and Ink: Chang Dai-chien After 1949". A Q&A sessio n with Director Weimin Zhang will follow the screening. Professor Weimin Zh ang’s visit is kindly sponsored by David Lam Centre at SFU .

    About the Film:
    “Of Colour and Ink” is the first film to document Chang’s 30-year exile in South Americ a\, Europe and the United States and is the result of a 12-year journey by Chinese-American director Weimin Zhang who sought to unravel the mysteries and controversies surrounding Chang’s artistic and spiritual quest as he jo urneyed from East to West. The film makes a case for his strong influence o n Western art\, showing that his work formed a bridge not only between Chin a’s past and present\, but also between Eastern and Western aesthetic ideas . The film delves into his extraordinary life in exile and highlights his m ission within the global art world.

    Through innovative techniques and visual styles\, “Of Colour and Ink” offers an illuminating\, revelatory an d entertaining exploration of one of the most influential – and least known – giants of 20th century art.

    About the Director:“Scoots faster than many people can run\,” commented by the San Francis co Chronicle\, Weimin Zhang is an award-winning filmmaker and professional cinematographer\, one of China’s Sixth Generation filmmakers\, and graduate d from Beijing Film Academy in Cinematography. Since 1991\, Weimin has work ed on numerous award-winning feature films\, documentaries\, TV drama serie s in both China and the U.S.

    Learn more about the film here

    LOCATION:Asian Centre Auditorium GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/film-screening-of-colour-an d-ink-chang-dai-chien-after-1949/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/09/CCR-OCT-18-Corrected.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251008T2231Z-1759962681.6821-EO-50509-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240916T161820Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240918T233925Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241022T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241022T190000 SUMMARY: Oct 22 Information Session – Master of Public Policy & Global Affa irs DESCRIPTION: We invite you to join us for an exciting information session w here you can delve deeper into the world of the Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) program. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    MPPGA Information Session UBC

    Master of Public Policy an d Global Affairs Info Session
    We invite you to join us for an exciting information session where you can delve deeper into the world of the Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) program. Whether you 're a prospective student or simply curious about this field\, this session offers a fantastic opportunity to explore the program and have all your qu estions answered.

    The MPPGA program is designed to equip future polic y makers with the knowledge\, skills\, and experiences necessary to tackle the world's most pressing challenges. With a strong focus on rigorous knowl edge acquisition\, policy analysis\, career development\, and experiential learning\, this program paves the way for you to excel as a policy professi onal.

    What to Expect at the Info Session:

    • Program Presentation: Gain a comprehensive understanding of the MPPGA program\, its curriculum\, and the unique opportunities it off ers.
    • Eligibility Requirements: Learn about the qua lifications and prerequisites for the MPPGA program\, ensuring you're fully prepared to apply.

    Why UBC?
    At UBC\, you will have the privilege of learning from a diverse faculty and engaging wi th policy practitioners at a top-ranked university known for its commitment to addressing climate change. You'll be located in Vancouver\, British Col umbia\, consistently ranked as one of the greenest and most livable cities in the world.

    Don't miss this opportunity to kickstart your journey t owards becoming a global change maker.

    RSVP for our info session now and take the first step toward a fulfilling career in public policy and glo bal affairs. Join us and be part of the solution to the world's most pressi ng issues. We look forward to e-meeting you!

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/oct-22-information-session- master-of-public-policy-global-affairs/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/09/MPPGA_Info_Session_OCT22_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20241010T2105Z-1728594359.3657-EO-51039-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20241010T183251Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241011T232159Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241025T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241025T193000 SUMMARY: Australia – Japan: Middle Power Strategies in a Contested Indo-Pac ific DESCRIPTION: Join Professor Guibourg Delamotte for an insightful discussion into the growing security partnership between Australia and Japan. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join Professor Guibourg Delamotte for an i nsightful discussion about the growing security partnership between Austral ia and Japan and its implications on global politics.

    About the Event:

    The Indo-Pacific region\, a term first coined by Japan and adopted by many oth er western nations\, is a site of increasing disruption in an era of accele rating security competition between the United States and an aspirant China . However\, beneath the veil of great power competition there is no shortag e of ‘middle powers’ vying for strategic advantage and mobility in a theatr e characterised by its diversity and complexity. Japan and Australia are in deed traditional allies with the United States\, and both have separate mut ual security partnerships with Washington. Yet\, Canberra and Tokyo have so ught an increasingly closer bilateral bond alongside their partnerships wit h the United States\, which the Australian Government now considers its clo sest and most mature partnership in Asia. With a newly minted reciprocal ac cess agreement between the two nations recently in effect and an expansion of AUKUS also under discussion\, there is clearly a mutual appetite in the corridors of power for deepening the security relationship even further.

    This talk will take a keen view to the AUKUS security partnership betwe en Australia\, the United States\, and the United Kingdom\, and what possib ilities and constraints exist for Japan in joining an expanded AUKUS. The d iscussion takes on added relevance in the context of an expanding US-China rivalry\, where middle powers are beginning to exercise more strategic auto nomy\, whilst at the same time courting continued American support in the r egion.

    About the Speaker: 

    A French and Austra lian dual citizen\, Guibourg Delamotte works on Security i ssues in the Indo-Pacific\, Japan's foreign and security policies\, and Jap anese domestic politics. A tenured Professor of Political Science at the Ja panese studies department of the French Institute of Oriental Studies (Inal co)\, which she heads\, she is a Research Fellow with the French Research I nstitute on East Asia (Ifrae\, UMR8043). She is also Visiting Senior Resear ch Fellow of the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST \, University of Tokyo). She teaches at Inalco and Sciences Po. A graduate from the Universities of Oxford\, Panthéon-Assas\, Sciences Po Paris and In alco\, she defended her Doctorate in Political studies at the Paris School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences and her Habilitation to supervi se doctoral students at Sciences Po Paris. Her most recent single-authored books are: Le Japon\, un leader discret (Eyrolles\, 2023)\, La Démocratie a u Japon\, singulière et universelle (ENS Ed.\, 2022). She recently coedited : Géopolitique et géoéconomie du monde contemporain. Conflits et puissances \, La Découverte\, 2024\; The Abe Legacy. How Japan has been shaped by Abe Shinzô\, Lexington\, 2021.

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    CATEGORIES:Featured Events LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building\, UBC GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/australia-japan-middle-powe r-strategies-in-a-contested-indo-pacific/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/10/Updated-Japan-AUS-Event-Poster.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251008T2231Z-1759962681.6768-EO-51138-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20241019T013635Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241027T233457Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241028T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241028T190000 SUMMARY: In Conversation with Ambassador David Sproule DESCRIPTION: Join Ambassador David Sproule in discussing Canada’s approach to human rights concerns following the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

     

    Join Ambassador David Sproule for a discussion on Canada’s approach to human rights concerns following the Ta liban takeover in Afghanistan.

    Amidst a deepening humanitarian cris is and economic challenges\, the people of Afghanistan have experienced sig nificant repression and human rights concerns. Since the takeover the Talib an has imposed increasing restrictions on women and girls\, severely limiti ng their participation in public life. Freedom of expression has deteriorat ed\, and Religious freedoms have also been curtailed\, with ethnic and reli gious minorities facing heightened marginalization and displacement. The Ta liban’s enforcement of public executions and corporal punishment further hi ghlights the urgency of addressing these violations. This severe crackdown on rights\, combined with an ongoing humanitarian crisis and economic decli ne\, has deepened the suffering of Afghanistan's population. The global res ponse\, especially from countries like Canada\, in terms of foreign policy and humanitarian aid\, becomes even more critical in this context. Advocati ng for women's rights\, and addressing economic upheavals and the broader r epression under Taliban rule is pivotal to shaping stronger international a ctions and support for those affected.

    David Sproule (BA Hons [Political Science]\, University of Alberta\, 1978\; LLB\, Univer sity of Alberta\, 1981) joined the Department of External Affairs in 1981. Mr. Sproule has served abroad in Singapore\; Bangkok (twice)\; Washington\, D.C.\; Dhaka\; Kabul\; Oslo\; Tunis\; Ulaanbaatar\; and Doha. At Headquart ers\, he has served in the department’s divisions of Economic Law\; Politic al Intelligence Analysis\; Legal Operations\, International Economic Relati ons and Summits\; Legal Advisory\; Oceans and Environmental Law\; and Unite d Nations\, Human Rights and Economic Law. He has served as director genera l of the Legal Bureau and as Canadian senior Arctic official and director g eneral for Arctic\, Eurasian and European affairs. He has also served in th e Privy Council Office. From 2004 to 2005\, Mr. Sproule was high commission er in Bangladesh\; from 2005 to 2007 ambassador to Afghanistan\; from 2007 to 2009 ambassador to Thailand and Laos\; from 2013 to 2014 ambassador to N orway\; from 2015 to 2017 ambassador to Libya\; and from 2017 to 2019 ambas sador to Mongolia. He was most recently Canadian senior official for Afghan istan.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/in-conversation-with-david- sproule/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/10/David-Sproule-Afghanistan-Event_Revised-Graphic-with-Address.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20241022T0543Z-1729575825.6962-EO-51199-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20241021T212528Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241021T221927Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241031T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241031T103000 SUMMARY: Forging the Nation: Land Struggles in Myanmar’s Transition Period by Myanmar Initiative DESCRIPTION: Forging the Nation examines how democratic institutions were f ought over and built from 2011 to 2020 through the lens of land politics. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The UBC Myanmar Initiative is delighted to invite you to an online book talk with author SiuSue Mark.

    This webi nar is part of the UBC Myanmar Discussion Series\, generou sly supported by the IDRC’s Knowledge for Democracy Myanmar (K4DM) Initiati ve.

    About the Seminar

    Forging the Nation: Land Struggles in Myanmar's Transition Period

    On February 1\, 2021\, Myanmar was thrown into a state of cris is by a military coup\, abruptly ending a decade of civilian rule. The junt a imprisoned the political opposition and deployed lethal force to quell di ssent\, thinking that most people would meekly acquiesce. However\, they un derestimated the tenacity of the nascent democracy that had taken root in t he last decade. Instead\, a civil disobedience movement quickly emerged\, w ith people going on strike across the country to prevent the junta from exe rting control\, which was soon followed by armed struggle among urban youth . Forging the Nation: Land Struggles in Myanmar’s Transition Period examine s how democratic institutions were fought over and built from 2011 to 2020 through the lens of land politics. This book explains how the differences i n outcomes in the contest over land are situated in the specific historic a nd political contexts of Myanmar’s states and regions\, despite them being subject to the same national dynamics.

    As Myanmar is an agriculture-b ased economy involving two-thirds of the population\, land remains a covete d asset in the era of the “global land rush\,” referring to the intensifica tion of capital’s pursuit of land since the food price surges in 2008–2009. Thus\, land is also the ideal lens through which to understand the dynamic s of a country that underwent a three-part transition: toward democracy\, t oward peace with a national ceasefire\, and toward open markets after the l ifting of sanctions by the West. Against a fraught democratization process that unfolded from 2011 to 2020\, Forging the Nation looks at how state and societal actors in Myanmar’s multiethnic society\, recovering from over se ven decades of civil war\, negotiated land politics to shape democratic lan d institutions. By exploring the interaction of the democratic transition\, ethnic politics\, and global capital pressures on land across national\, r egional\, and local scales\, Siusue Mark provides an overarching frame pull ing together these three facets that are usually treated separately in the literature. Emphasizing the co-constituent relationship between democratiza tion and land politics\, Forging the Nation makes a unique contribution to understanding the role of land in political-economic transitions.

    About the Author

    SiuSue Mark is a political economist a nd development practitioner with two decades of experience working across S outheast Asia\, Central Asia and Latin America. She lived in Myanmar from 2 008-2018 and worked on strengthening democratic institutions. This book ana lyzes the broad dynamics of the transition decade through the lens of land politics. She received her doctorate at the International Institute of Soci al Studies in the Netherlands and is a Salzburg Global Seminar fellow.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/land-struggles-in-myanmars- transition/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/10/Forging-the-Nation_noQR.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20241002T1854Z-1727895262.7533-EO-50919-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20241002T073312Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241003T161442Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241101T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241101T170000 SUMMARY: The Church That Lays Money\, Honour\, and Power: Catalysts for Her editary Succession of Head Ministers in South Korean Churches DESCRIPTION: Join CKR for a lecture by Gil-soo Han examining the rise of he reditary succession in church leadership in South Korea and the socio-cultu ral factors that have driven this trend\, including secularization\, undemo cratic practices\, and Confucian influences. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join the Centre for Korean Researc h (CKR) for a lecture by Professor Gil-soo Han as he examines the rise of hereditary succession in church leadership in South Korea and the s ocio-cultural factors that have driven this trend\, including secularizatio n\, undemocratic practices\, and Confucian influences.

    Speaker Bio:
    Gil-soo Han     is a Professor of Communications and Media Studies at Monash University in Australia. He has published extensively on media\, religion\, health\, ethn icity\, and nationalism in Korea. His recent publications include Calcu lated Nationalism in Contemporary South Korea (Amsterdam University Pr ess\, 2023) and Funeral Rites in Contemporary Korea (Springer\, 20 19).

    Abstract:
    Alongside South Korea’s rapid ec onomic development\, its churches grew exponentially until the mid-1990s. W ith the rise of a more affluent Korean economy\, people had more disposable income\, and churches became wealthier\, leading them to deviate further f rom their original purpose and identity. A notable phenomenon is that many churches completed the hereditary succession of head ministership. This pap er analyzes news reports from 2000 to 2022 to identify the socio-cultural a nd economic factors\, both internal and external to the churches\, that con tributed to this trend. The data shows that Korean churches have merged wit h the surrounding secular culture to gain material benefits—money\, honour\ , and power—in the name of “Christ” (Niebuhr 1951). In a sluggish economy\, head ministers and their sons conspired to control the “church that lays t he golden egg.” Undemocratic decision-making\, gender inequality\, Confucia n habitus\, and shamanistic spirituality focused on prosperity have all bee n catalysts for this development.

     

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    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-church-that-lays-money- honour-and-power-catalysts-for-hereditary-succession-of-head-ministers-in-s outh-korean-churches/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/10/CKR_1101GilsooHan.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20241022T0936Z-1729589793.9191-EO-51204-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20241021T231735Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241021T234637Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241104T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241104T193000 SUMMARY: Nuclear is Not the Solution: Book Launch with M.V. Ramana DESCRIPTION: A book launch and discussion for M.V. Ramana's newest book Nuc lear is Not the Solution: The Folly of Atomic Power in the Age of Climate C hange X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, Centr e for Climate Justice\, and the Institute for Resources\, Environment and Sustainability for a book launch and conversation with author M.V. Ramana along with panelists Allis on Macfarlane\, David Boyd and Sara Nelso n.

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    Proponents of nuclear energy a rgue that the technology should be deployed widely to reduce carbon emissio ns. Nuclear is Not the Solution: The Folly of Atomic Power in the Age of Climate Change demonstrates why this strat egy is not only naïve but dangerous. It explains why it is not feasible to expand nuclear power fast enough to make it relevant to the climate crisis and why such an expansion would divert resources away from faster and cheap er solutions. At the same time\, any expansion of nuclear energy will inevi tably result in a variety of undesirable risks and environmental impacts. F urther\, nuclear energy is deeply imbricated in creating the conditions for nuclear annihilation. Expanding nuclear power would leave us in the worst of both worlds. Nuclear is Not the Solution also delves into the political economy of nuclear energy\, detailing ho w powerful organizations benefit economically from the nuclear energy busin ess\, by socializing the costs and risks associated with the technology ont o the public\, while privatizing profits.

    Panelists:

    Allison Macf arlane – Director\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs

    David Boyd – As sociate Professor of Law\, Policy and Sustainability\, Institute for Resour ces\, Environment and Sustainability and SPPGA

    Sara Nelson – Senior Research Manager\, Centre for Climate Justice

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    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/nuclear-is-not-the-solution / ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/10/Ramanas-Book-Launch-WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251008T2231Z-1759962681.6808-EO-50517-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20240916T172416Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240918T233913Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241105T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241105T093000 SUMMARY: Nov 5 Information Session – Master of Public Policy & Global Affai rs DESCRIPTION: We invite you to join us for an exciting information session w here you can delve deeper into the world of the Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) program. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    MPPGA Info Session Nov 5

    Master of Public Policy and Globa l Affairs Info Session
    We invite you to join us for an exciti ng information session where you can delve deeper into the world of the Mas ter of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) program. Whether you're a p rospective student or simply curious about this field\, this session offers a fantastic opportunity to explore the program and have all your questions answered.

    The MPPGA program is designed to equip future policy maker s with the knowledge\, skills\, and experiences necessary to tackle the wor ld's most pressing challenges. With a strong focus on rigorous knowledge ac quisition\, policy analysis\, career development\, and experiential learnin g\, this program paves the way for you to excel as a policy professional.

    What to Expect at the Info Session:

    • Program Presentation: Gain a comprehensive understanding of the MPPGA program\, its curriculum\, and the unique opportunities it offers.
    • Eligibility Requirements: Learn about the qualificat ions and prerequisites for the MPPGA program\, ensuring you're fully prepar ed to apply.

    Why UBC?
    At UBC\, you will h ave the privilege of learning from a diverse faculty and engaging with poli cy practitioners at a top-ranked university known for its commitment to add ressing climate change. You'll be located in Vancouver\, British Columbia\, consistently ranked as one of the greenest and most livable cities in the world.

    Don't miss this opportunity to kickstart your journey towards becoming a global change maker.

    RSVP for our info session now and tak e the first step toward a fulfilling career in public policy and global aff airs. Join us and be part of the solution to the world's most pressing issu es. We look forward to e-meeting you!

     

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/nov-5-information-session-m aster-of-public-policy-global-affairs/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/09/MPPGA_Info_Session_NOV5_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20241018T1944Z-1729280676.715-EO-51105-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20241016T193344Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T212657Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241107T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241107T083000 SUMMARY: Paths to Equal: Innovative Tools for Measuring Gender Progress DESCRIPTION: Join our panelists for an insightful discussion on a new set o f gender indices developed to monitor progress on gender equality and women 's rights globally. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    November 7  |  7:00 AM - 8:30 AM PST | 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EST | 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM GMT

    Join our panelists for an insightful discussion on a new set of gender indices developed to monitor progress on gender equality and women's rights globall y.

    Th is webinar\, hosted by the University of British Columbia (UBC) in collabor ation with UN Women\, University of Gothenburg\, and the Center for Demogr aphic Studies at Univ ersidad Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB)\, will focus on the presen tation and discussion of a new set of gender indices developed to monitor progress on gender equ ality and women's rights globally. Introdu ced last year\, these indices represent a crucial step forward in measuring progress and informing policies aimed at achieving gender equality at global\, regional\, and national levels. 

    The work has evolved significantly\, and coun try-level applications are now underway. For example\, UN Women\, w ith partners\, has collected new data and produced index values specificall y for Afghanistan\, offering a perspective on fragile states' challenges an d opportunities.

    The event will highlight the journey of thes e measures—from global to country adaptation —illustrating their strengths\, weaknesses\, and applicability to various c ontexts. It will also provide insights from experts working on global and national applications. Additionally\, Professor Laurel Weldon will present the Feminist M obilization Index\, highlighting the impact of women's movements on policy changes across the globe. 

    Pane lists & Speakers:

    • Moderator: Ginette A zcona\, Senior Research & Data Specialist\, UN Women (on Sabbatical) | Visi ting Policy Practitioner Fellow at School of Public Policy and Global Affai rs\, UBC
    • Anne Laure Humbert\, Research Professor\, University of Gothenburg. Presentation of conceptual framing for the development of the new t win global indices. 
    • Iñaki Permanyer\, ICREA Research Professor\, Ce nter for Demographic Studies at UAB. Presentation of indicators and computa tional methodology for the global indices.
    • Antra Bhatt\, Statistics Specialist\, UN Women. Presentation of final scores and k ey findings\, including reception to date.
    • Michelle Gehrig< /strong>\, Programme Specialist\, UN Women Afghanistan - Presentation of Af ghanistan’s experience.
    • Laurel Weldon\, Professor\ , Simon Fraser University - Presentation of the Feminist Mobilization Index .

     

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    Join the Centre for Korean Researc h (CKR) and the Department of Asian Studies for a lecture by Dr. Eunseon Kim\, Lecturer and Convenor of the Korean Language Program at the Australian National University\, as she dra ws from her research on language standardization to explores the ideologies behind language policy and attitudes in South Korea.

    Speaker Bio:
    Dr. Eunseon Ki m is Lecturer and Convenor of the Korean Language Program in the S chool of Culture\, History and Language at the Australian National Universi ty. Her research interests include language ideology\, the history of lingu istic thought\, and metalinguistic discourses\, with a particular emphasis on Korean linguistic etiquette. She explores how speakers shape the cultura l values of language in society in order to project identity\, to establish group membership\, and to engage with political issues. She received her P h.D from UBC in 2019. Her doctoral dissertation traced the historical const ruction of the prevalent Korean language ideology of Korean honorifics as t he hallmark of hierarchy.

    Abstract:
    This chapte r explores the ideologies underpinning language policy\, practices\, and at titudes in South Korea\, with a particular focus on the standard Korean lan guage. South Korea is generally known as a monolingual nation\, and languag e standardization has been its long-term national project. This chapter tra ces the development of standard language ideologies (SLIs) from the late 19 th century through the colonial period to post-liberation policies in South Korea. It aims to revisit the widespread notions of standard language (p’y ojunŏ) in South Korea by critically analyzing metalinguistic phenomena with in the policymaking and implementation processes. It investigates the textu al manifestations of SLIs within discursive practices and language policies \, encompassing debates on the necessity of standard language\, controversi es regarding codification\, post-liberation policies\, and recent developme nts in SLIs in South Korea. What did language standardization mean to diffe rent groups of social actors? How did their interests and values shape stan dard language? What impact did language standardization have on the languag e\, speakers\, and society? By exploring these questions and how standard l anguage emerged and evolved into a normalized product\, this chapter reveal s the significant roles and representational power of language as a key res ource for constructing and regimenting a homogenous model of a nation-state . Finally\, this chapter concludes with a summary of the legacy of Korean l anguage standardization and explores potential future directions for langua ge policy.

     

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    CATEGORIES:Featured Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/language-standardization-in -south-korea-an-ideological-perspective/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/10/CKR_1108.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20241022T1416Z-1729606601.4207-EO-51116-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20241017T193349Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241021T174345Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241112T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241112T190000 SUMMARY: Application Workshop – Master of Public Policy & Global Affairs – Nov 12 DESCRIPTION: Join us for a MPPGA Application Workshop\, where we provide yo u with all the essential information and guidance you need to prepare a str ong application.  X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This session was designe d to provide you with all the essential information and guidance you need t o prepare a strong application. 

    What to Expect: 

    • Quick Program Overview: Gain insight s into the MPPGA program and understand how it can help you achieve your ca reer goals.
    • Online Application Insights: Discover what to expect wh en applying online\, from navigating the application portal to submitting t he necessary documents.
    • Admiss ions Requirements and Prerequisites:  Learn about the prerequisites and requirements for admissions\, ensuring th at you meet all criteria.
    • Refe rences - What We Look For: Understand the importance of strong reference letters and get tips on selecting the r ight individuals to vouch for your qualifications.
    • Application DOs and DON'Ts: Avoid common application pitfalls and maximize your chances of acceptance with expert advice on what to include and what to avoid in your application. 

    If you have any questions before the workshop\, feel free to email us at mppga.program@ ubc.ca. For more detailed information about the MPPGA Master Program\, plea se visit our website. 

    Don't miss this opportunity! Mark your calendar for N ovember 12 at 6 PM (PST) and join us for the MPPGA Virtual Application Work shop. 

    We look forward to assist ing you in advancing your career! 

     

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/nov-12-application-workshop -master-of-public-policy-global-affairs/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/10/MPPGA_ApplicationWorkshops_2025_NOV12_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20241115T0124Z-1731633869.1932-EO-51505-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20241114T223832Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241114T225239Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241120 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250111 SUMMARY: The Liu Lobby Gallery: Dialogues on Humanity DESCRIPTION: We invite you to visit the Liu Lobby Gallery's latest photogra phy exhibition\, "Dialogues on Humanity\," a space to explore the impact of global crises on humanity's future. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    We invite you to visit the Liu Lobby Gallery's latest photography exhibition\, "Dialogues on Humanity\ ," a space to explore the impact of global crises on humanity's future.

    Exhibit date is November 20 - January 10

    < strong>About the Exhibit:

    The Liu Lobby Gallery presents the "Dialogues on Humanity" contemporary art exhibition. Developed by the Swis s Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)\, Photo Elysée Museum in Lausanne\, and the ICRC\, this exhibition off ers a reflective space for contemplating humanity’s changing values in the face of global crises. Through a unique combination of photography and a Swiss digital platform powered by AI\, the exhibition encourages visitors to engage in discussion s about humanitarian principles and the future of humanity. Rather than foc using solely on images of despair from crises and conflicts\, "Dialogues on Humanity" provides a space for thought\, empathy\, and conversation.

    Commitment of a Country\, a Humanitarian Organisation and a Museum  

    Photo Elysée Museum
    As a museum for photography\, we want to challenge the parallelism between art and the Humanitarian Principles and recognise that these principles reach beyond n atural disasters as well as wars and are oblivious to age\, gender\, cultur e and language. They are equally present in the details of everyday life. M oreover\, we consider photography a powerful and relevant medium to offer n ew perspectives and different representations that echo with societies and the universal issues they raise. In the digital age\, many artists challeng e new images in their practices. The exhibition offers visitors the opportu nity to view the Humanitarian Principles from different angles. As a collec tion\, these photographs remind us not only of the diversity of human exper ience and the daily presence of humanitarian acts\, but also of the versati lity and power of the image to convey them.

    Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
    While the Humanitarian Principles of Humani ty\, Impartiality\, Neutrality and Independence are rooted in Swiss history \, they are now more relevant than ever. Indeed\, in an increasingly comple x and polarised humanitarian environment\, principled humanitarian action c ontinues to make a difference in effectively preventing suffering as well a s accessing and serving populations in need. We can strengthen these princi ples by constantly reaffirming and demonstrating their value\; by fostering their understanding\; and by supporting all actors to implement them. With this art project we want to raise awareness of what it means to apply the Humanitarian Principles not only to humanitarian action\, but also to our e veryday lives.

    International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC )
    The ICRC is committed to this project as it engages on the four Humanitarian Principles in a different way. It expands the horizon and shows the parallels between art and humanitarian action. The message and e ssence of the Humanitarian Principles are common and remain undeniably univ ersal. However\, the prisms of reading are different from one individual to another\; from one situation to another\; and from one culture to another. Overall\, photography offers a fantastic opportunity to open a necessary d ialogue at a time when our attention spans are dramatically decreasing.

    The exhibit is free and open to the public during regular buildi ng hours\, 9am – 5pm. It is located in the Lobby on the first floor.

    Curated by Ellinee Nelson.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events LOCATION:Lobby Gallery\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-liu-lobby-gallery-dialo gues-on-humanity/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/11/Dialogues-on-Humanity_LiuLobbyGallery_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20241105T0140Z-1730770827.3277-EO-51380-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20241105T010402Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241112T201627Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241121T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241121T183000 SUMMARY: Intiha: An Evening of Conversation with Ali Sethi DESCRIPTION: Join us for a special conversation with Pakistani-American sin ger and artist Ali Sethi about transcending borders through music. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

     

    The UBC Centre for India and South Asia Research (CISAR)\, in coll aboration with Sargam UBC & UBC Asian Studies Department is pleased to pres ent "Intiha: An Evening of Conversation with Ali Sethi"\, an intimate event featuring celebrated Pakistani-American musician Ali Sethi. In a moderated chat\, he will share his personal journey with c lassical South Asian music and how it continues to influence his approach t o popular music across different genres. Together with our discussants—Nave ena Naqvi\, Arafat Safdar\, and Kiran K. Sunar—Ali Sethi will explore the p ower of music as a bridge across geographical borders\, connecting communit ies\, identities\, and generations throughout South Asia.

    This event will offer unique insights into Ali Sethi’s creative process\, his commitme nt to preserving and evolving classical forms\, and the challenges he has e ncountered along the way. Aspiring musicians and attendees will have the ch ance to learn from Sethi’s experiences and hear his advice on crafting a pa th in South Asian music. With the audience including UBC students\, faculty \, and staff\, this event promises an enriching experience for those intere sted in music’s capacity for cultural exchange and expression.

    Suppor ted by the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts and presented in conjunction with Ali Sethi & Nicolás Jaar's performance at the Chan Centre on Friday Nov 22.

    About th e Speakers:

    Ali Sethi is a New York-based w riter\, composer and performer best known for his ‘ragaton’ blockbuster sin gle ‘Pasoori’\, which topped Spotify’s Global Viral chart in 2022 and was d eclared Google’s most hummed-to-search song of that year.

    Blending tr aditional South Asian melodies with global beats\, and drawing on “folk” an d “woke” iconographies to tell powerful tales of identity\, Sethi’s work is “stealthily subversive” (The New Yorker) and earned him a spot on TIME’s 1 00 Next list. His music is praised for showing that “differences of culture \, language\, religion and gender do not need to be antagonistic\; they can \, and always have\, enriched us\, and given us some of our greatest works of art.” (TIME)

    Naveena Naqvi is Assistant Professor of Persianate Islamic Cultures of South Asia at the UBC Department of Asia n Studies.

    Arafat Safdar is an alumnus of the UBC De partment of Asian Studies and a student of Hindustani Classical Music.

    < p>Kiran K. Sunar is Assistant Professor of Punjabi Languag e\, Literature\, and Culture at the UBC Department of Asian Studies.

     

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    CATEGORIES:Featured Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/in-conversation-with-ali-se thi/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/11/Ali-Sethi-event-graphics-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20241104T2350Z-1730764231.6944-EO-51324-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20241104T220749Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241104T230919Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241122T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241122T190000 SUMMARY: Ingat: An Anthology of Works by Migrant Domestic Worker Creatives in Hong Kong DESCRIPTION: Join us for a discussion about "Ingat"\, an anthology of works by migrant domestic worker creatives in Hong Kong featuring poetry\, photo graphy and visual art. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Centre for Southeast Asia Research\, the Centre for Migration Studies\, and the Hong Kong Studies Initiative are proud to sponsor this book talk featuring the t hree co-editors of Ingat—Julie Ham (Associate Professor at Brock Universi ty and current CMS Visiting Scholar )\, Christine Vicera (founder of Hong Kong-based community arts lab be/longing)\, and Yvonne Yevan Yu (writer and instructor at Hong Kong Baptist University) —and Mary Nemy Lou Rocio (the co-founder and president of Migrant Writers of Hong Kong).

    This event will be held both in-person (for Vancouver-based attendees) and onlin e via Zoom (for Hong Kong-based attendees). Food (Filipino cuisine) will be provided for in-person attendees.

    Limited copies of the book will be available for purchase at this event. Copies may also be purchased online via this Google Form.

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    About the Book:  

    "Ingat: An Anthology of Works by Migrant Dome stic Worker Creatives in Hong Kong is a collection of creative writing \, poetry\, photography and visual art by members of the Migrant Writers of Hong Kong and Lensational. The collection was edited by Yvonne Yu\, Christine Vicera and Julie Ham\ , designed by Daniella Bilo and published with  Small Tune Press. The anthology considers the various meanings of ingat in Tagalog and Bahasa – to remember\, carefulness\, to say goodbye\, cauti on\, and to take care of. The book’s design evokes the balikbayan box famil iar to many Filipino families and an iconic symbol of the care that migrant domestic workers send across borders to loved ones in their countries of o rigin. We hope that readers will receive the anthology in the same way that families receive balikbayan boxes\, that is\, with an understanding of the thought and care that has been put into the contents within."

    -- fro m the website of the Mobile Methodologies and Migrant Knowledges project.

     

     

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ingat-anthology/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/11/Ingat-final.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20241204T2149Z-1733348945.9514-EO-51555-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20241115T011844Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241115T011952Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241122T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241122T193000 SUMMARY: Are Tibetans Indigenous? The Political Stakes and Potentiality of the Translation of Indigeneity DESCRIPTION: Join us for a talk titled with Dawa Lokyitsang exploring how A sian Indigeneities complicate existing discourse on settler colonialism and imperialism. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events LOCATION:The xʷθəθiqətəm or Place of Many Trees (formerly the Liu Multipurpose Room) \, GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://himalaya.arts.ubc.ca/events/event/are-tibetans-indige nous-the-political-stakes-and-potentiality-of-the-translation-of-indigeneit y/#new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/11/Himalaya-Program_Nov-22.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20241106T1917Z-1730920644.3505-EO-51293-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20241106T165310Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241106T165310Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241125T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241125T183000 SUMMARY: Combatting Grand Corruption: National & Global Responses DESCRIPTION: Join our speakers for an insightful discussion on corruption\, where they will explore its impact on society and the steps we can take to tackle it. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join our speakers for an insightful discussion on corruption\ , where they will explore its impact on society and the steps we can take t o tackle it.

    Corruption is a major factor in many of the globe’s curr ent dire refugee and security crises. Corrupt regimes are responsible for s ome of the worse human rights atrocities\, including the forcible displacem ent of their citizens.  Many terroristic enterprises are financed almost en tirely by corrupt economic enterprises\, often connected to narcotics and o ther forms of smuggling.

    Corrupt practices pervade all classes and ca stes\, cripple institutions\, destroy communities\, and undermine the very structure of people’s lives. In even the most advanced nations\, corruption is sapping their moral fibre. As the world turns to address major global p roblems like climate change\, the loss of forests and biodiversity\, and th e warming of the earth’s oceans\, corruption poses a significant threat to donor assistance and investment programs to promote sustainable development and ensure the planet’s survival.

    Members of the World Refugee & Migration Council Task Force on Anti-Corruption will discuss what kinds of new governance innovations are required to tackle the scourge of corrup tion\, drawing on the ongoing work of the Council to help establish an Inte rnational Anti-Corruption Court\, the Council’s work and support for new le gislative initiatives in Canada and internationally to confiscate and repur pose the ill-gotten gains of those involved in major human rights abuses\, and the findings of a new major study of the Council in collaboration with the American Academy of Arts & Sciences on Grand Corruption: Curbing Kl eptocracy Globally.

    Speakers:

    • Peter German\, QC\, PhD. He is the founder and principal of Pete r German & Associates Inc.\, and the President of the International Centre for Criminal Law Reform at the University of British Columbia. He served as the RCMP’s Deputy Commissioner for Western and Northern Canada.
    • Fen Osler Hampson\, FRSC. He is the President of the World R efugee & Migration Council and Chancellor’s Professor and Professor of Inte rnational Affairs\, Carleton University. He is the author/coauthor/editor o f 48 books on international affairs\, including\, most recently\, Grand Corruption: Curbing Kleptocracy Globally.
    • Allan Rock< /strong>. A member of the WRMC and its Anti-Corruption Task Force\, Mr. Roc k is the former Minister of Justice & Attorney General of Canada\, former C anadian Ambassador to the United Nations (New York)\, and the former Presid ent of the University of Ottawa.
    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/combatting-grand-corruption -national-global-responses/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/11/WEB-Combatting-Grand-Corruption.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20241022T1447Z-1729608429.8251-EO-51113-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20241021T174446Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241021T174446Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241126T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241126T093000 SUMMARY: Application Workshop – Master of Public Policy & Global Affairs – Nov 26 DESCRIPTION: Join us for a MPPGA Application Workshop\, where we provide yo u with all the essential information and guidance you need to prepare a str ong application.  X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    This session was designe d to provide you with all the essential information and guidance you need t o prepare a strong application. 

    What to Expect: 

    • Quick Program Overview: Gain insight s into the MPPGA program and understand how it can help you achieve your ca reer goals.
    • Online Application Insights: Discover what to expect wh en applying online\, from navigating the application portal to submitting t he necessary documents.
    • Admiss ions Requirements and Prerequisites:  Learn about the prerequisites and requirements for admissions\, ensuring th at you meet all criteria.
    • Refe rences - What We Look For: Understand the importance of strong reference letters and get tips on selecting the r ight individuals to vouch for your qualifications.
    • Application DOs and DON'Ts: Avoid common application pitfalls and maximize your chances of acceptance with expert advice on what to include and what to avoid in your application. 

    If you have any questions before the workshop\, feel free to email us at mppga.program@ ubc.ca. For more detailed information about the MPPGA Master Program\, plea se visit our website. 

    Don't miss this opportunity! Mark your calendar for N ovember 12 at 6 PM (PST) and join us for the MPPGA Virtual Application Work shop. 

    We look forward to assist ing you in advancing your career! 

     

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/nov-26-application-workshop -master-of-public-policy-global-affairs/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/10/MPPGA_ApplicationWorkshops_2025_NOV26_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20241108T0325Z-1731036318.2479-EO-51408-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20241107T233641Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241107T234603Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241128T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241128T190000 SUMMARY: The Future of International Humanitarian Law: Adapting to New Real ities DESCRIPTION: This event explores contemporary challenges to International H umanitarian Law\, and how it must evolve to remain relevant and effective a gainst new threats. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    We invite you to come celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions and the 160th anniversary of the First Geneva Convention.

    Doors open at 5:00 pm\; 7-8 pm post -event reception.
    You can take the opportunity to explore the photo exhibit at these times.

    About the event: The Geneva Conventions\, universally ratifie d\, represent the collective political will of all states to protect victim s of war and limit the impact of armed conflict. This commemoration reminds us of the ongoing importance of aligning our actions with these obligation s\, especially in a world where conflicts continue to take a heavy toll on civilians.

    In conjunction with a powerful photo exhibit\, “Di alogues for Humanity” (details below)\, this event explores contem porary challenges to International Humanitarian Law\, including the impact of cyber warfare\, autonomous weapons\, and technological advancements on c onflict zones and civilian protection. The discussion will also address how International Humanitarian Law must evolve to remain relevant and effectiv e in light of these new threats\, while still upholding core humanitarian p rinciples.

    Speakers:

    • Lakmini Seneviratne\, Head of the Legal Department at the ICRC Regional Delegation for th e United States & Canada.
    • Benjamin Perrin\, Professor\, UBC P eter A. Allard School of Law
    • Alain Dondainaz\, Head of Mission to Canada\, International Committee of the Red Cross (Welcome remarks)
    • Sophie Rondeau\, Director and Legal Adviser\, IHL education\, Canadian Red Cross (Moderator )

    This event is co-organized by The Consulate General of Sw itzerland in Vancouver\, the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs \, and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

    About the photo exhibit – “Dialogues On Humanity” Art Exhibition at the Liu Institute Lobby Gallery
    In conjunction with the panel\, we are presenting the "Dialogues on Humanity" contemporary art exhibition. Developed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperat ion (SDC)\, Photo Elysée Museum in Lausanne\, and the ICRC\, this exhibition offers a ref lective space for contemplating humanity’s changing values in the face of g lobal crises. Through a unique combination of photography and a Swiss digital platform powered by AI\, the exhibition en courages visitors to engage in discussions about humanitarian principles an d the future of humanity. Rather than focusing solely on images of despair from crises and conflicts\, "Dialogues on Humanity" provides a space for th ought\, empathy\, and conversation.

    SPEAKER BIOS

    Lakm ini Seneviratne. As an Operational Legal Adviser in her work w ith the ICRC\, Lakmini engages with states\, non-state actors\, and their i nfluencers to implement and operationalize International Humanitarian Law. Having joined the ICRC in 2008 as a Legal Adviser in Sri Lanka\, she subseq uently took up the positions of Legal Adviser to Operations in Afghanistan\ , Operational Legal Coordinator in Iraq\, and Operational Legal Coordinator in Syria before taking up the current post in Washington D.C in August 202 1. Prior to joining the ICRC\, Lakmini taught International Humanitarian La w and International Human Rights Law in several undergraduate and graduate programmes\, as well as in national institutions related to diplomacy\, def ense studies\, and social sciences in Sri Lanka. Lakmini is a registered At torney at Law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. She holds a Bachelor's Deg ree in Law with Honours from the Faculty of Law\, University of Colombo and a Master's degree from the Harvard Law School\, USA.

    Benjamin Perrin is a law professor at the University of British Col umbia. His research and teaching interests include criminal law\, constitut ional law\, international law\, and artificial intelligence. A member of th e UBC Centre for Artificial Intelligence Decision-Making and Action\, he al so leads the UBC AI & Criminal Justice Initiative. Professor Perrin has ser ved in the Prime Minister’s Office as in-house legal counsel and lead crimi nal justice and public safety policy advisor. He was also a law clerk at th e Supreme Court of Canada\, and advised judges at the International Crimina l Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and Special Court for Sierra Leone on international humanitarian law and international criminal law.

    Alain Dondainaz is an accomplished internati onal humanitarian leader with over 25 years of diverse experience in crisis management\, financial systems\, and development cooperation. Currently se rving as the Head of Mission for the International Committee of the Red Cro ss (ICRC) in Ottawa\, Canada\, since August 2018\, he has overseen critical humanitarian initiatives and operational strategies. Previously\, he held several key roles including ICS Coordinator & Risiko-Coach at the Swiss Age ncy for Development and Cooperation (2014-2018) and Country Coordinator for Sri Lanka and the Maldives at the Canadian Red Cross (2010-2013). His exte nsive international experience also spans administrative coordination in co nflict zones such as Montenegro\, Kosovo\, and Liberia during their tenure with ICRC from 1999 to 2005.

    Sophie Rondeau is currently a Director and Legal Advisor\, IHL education\, at the Canadian Re d Cross. She graduated from Université de Montreal's Law Faculty\, holds a Masters'​ degree in International Law from Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)\, a Doctorate in Law (summa cum laude) from Université de Genève and Université Laval\, and is a member of the Quebec Bar. She worked in the fi eld of international justice\, human rights and international humanitarian law in institutions such as the International Tribunal for the Former Yugos lavia\, the International Centre for the human rights and democratic develo pment (Rights and Democracy)\, the Canadian Red Cross and the Jean-Pictet C ompetition in IHL. Her doctoral thesis\, for which she was granted the SSHR C's (Social Science and Humanities Research Council) (SSHRC) and the FRQSC' s (Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture) doctoral scholarships \, addresses the specificities of International Humanitarian Law in terms o f sources.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-future-of-international -humanitarian-law-adapting-to-new-realities/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/11/The-Future-of-International-Humanitarian-Law-WEB-version.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20241108T1854Z-1731092085.7495-EO-51510-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20241108T171845Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241108T172229Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241209T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241209T180000 SUMMARY: Silver Screens and Golden Dreams DESCRIPTION: Join us for a book talk with Dr. Jane Ferguson and North Ameri ca's first screening of the classic Burmese film Tender are the Feet (1973) . X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Please join the Centre for Southea st Asian Research (CSEAR) and the Myanmar Initiative at the Institute of Asian Research for a special book talk and film scr eening\, featuring Dr. Jane Ferguson (Associate Professor\ , Australian National University).

    Professor Ferguson will first speak about her recently published social history of Burmese cinema\, Silver Screens an d Golden Dreams (U Hawaii Press\, 2023). Following the book t alk and a Q&A period\, we will be screening the award-winning T ender are the Feet ခြေဖဝါးတော်နုနု\, directed by groundbreaki ng Burmese director Maung Wunna မောင် ဝဏ္ဏ in 1973. Tender are the Feet is a representative film of the Golden Age of Cinema in Burma\, under constraints of the military dictatorship\, that blends tr aditional Burmese theatre aesthetics with cutting-edge artistic cinematogra phy. The film was restored by Yangon Film School for its international prem iere at the 2014 Berlin Film Festival\, and will be screened for the first time in North America right here at UBC.

    All members of the UBC commu nity and the general public are welcome\; popcorn and other movie snacks wi ll be provided.

    Silver Screens and Golden Dreams traces the veins of Burmese popular movies across three periods in hi story: the colonial era\, the parliamentary democracy period\, and the Ne W in Socialist years. Author Jane M. Ferguson engages cinema as an interrogat or of mainstream cultural values\, providing political and cultural context to situate the films as artistic endeavors and capitalist products. Explor ing how filmmakers eschewed colonial control and later selectively toed the ideological lines of the Burmese Way to Socialism\, Silver Screens and Gol den Dreams offers a serious yet enjoyable investigation of leisure during d ifficult times of transition and political upheaval. By skillfully blending historical and anthropological approaches\, Ferguson shows how Burmese cin ema presents a lively\, unique take on the country’s social history.

    Jane M. Ferguson is associate professor of anthropology an d Southeast Asian history at the Australian National University. Her previo us work has included Repossessing Shanland: Myanmar\, Thailand\, and a Nation-State Deferred (U Wisconsin Press\, 2021)\, which details tells the story of the Shan people in the Sino-Burmese borderlands in their own voices and offers a fresh perspective on identity formation\, transformatio n\, and how people understand and experience borderlands today. She is curr ently working on a new monograph about the history of commercial flight bet ween Southeast Asia\, Australia and North America\, using archival material s from Thailand and the United States\, ethnographic field research\, and i nterviews with employees of Southeast Asian and North American carriers.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/silver-screens-and-golden-d reams/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/11/Silver-Screens-and-Golden-Dreams_Dec-9.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20241127T0159Z-1732672776.2419-EO-51624-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20241126T230009Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241126T230009Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241210T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241210T170000 SUMMARY: Faculty Coffee Chat DESCRIPTION: Join us on December 10 at the National Gallery of Canada Cafet eria to chat with the Program Director about what MPPGA can offer its stude nts. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    MPPGA Faculty Coffee Chat

    Are you interested in the Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) and want to get to know our faculty?

    We'r e inviting you to join us on December 10th at Ottawa's National Gallery of Canada Cafeteria for a hot beverage and a casual drop-in style conversation with M.V. Ramana\, Professor and Graduate P rogram Director of the MPPGA program.

    About the event: This is a valuable opportunity to meet the Program Director\, learn more about the diverse expertise of SPPGA's faculty\, and gain a better underst anding of what studying in the program will look like. Students will be abl e to have meaningful conversations with the Director\, ask any questions th ey have\, and strengthen their overall understanding of how SPPGA can enric h their academic path. This is also a great opportunity for prospective stu dents to network with likeminded individuals who are also interested in the program.

    We will be meeting in the beautiful cafeteria on level 1 of the Gallery. Gallery admission is not required to enter the cafeteria.

    We hope to see you there!

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage LOCATION:National Gallery of Canada Cafeteria GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/faculty-coffee-chat/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/11/MPPGA_FacultyCoffeeChat_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20241022T1414Z-1729606481.7057-EO-51118-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20241017T195230Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241021T175221Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241210T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241210T190000 SUMMARY: Application Workshop – Master of Public Policy & Global Affairs – Dec 10 DESCRIPTION: Join us for a MPPGA Application Workshop\, where we provide yo u with all the essential information and guidance you need to prepare a str ong application.  X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

     

    This session was designed to provide you with all the essential information and guidance yo u need to prepare a strong application. 

    What to Expect: 

    • Quick Program Overview: Gain insights into the MPPGA program and understand how it can help you achieve your career goals.
    • Online App lication Insights: Discover what to e xpect when applying online\, from navigating the application portal to subm itting the necessary documents.
    • Admissions Requirements and Prerequisites: Learn about the prerequisites and requirements for admissions\, ens uring that you meet all criteria.
    • References - What We Look For: Un derstand the importance of strong reference letters and get tips on selecti ng the right individuals to vouch for your qualifications.
    • < b>Application DOs and DON'Ts: Avoid common application pitfalls and maximize your cha nces of acceptance with expert advice on what to include and what to avoid in your application. 

    If y ou have any questions before the workshop\, feel free to email us at mppga. program@ubc.ca. For more detailed information about the MPPGA Master Progra m\, please visit our website. 

    Don't miss this opportunity! Mark your calend ar for November 12 at 6 PM (PST) and join us for this MPPGA Virtual Applica tion Workshop. 

    We look forward to assisting you in advancing your career! 

     

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/dec-10-application-workshop -master-of-public-policy-global-affairs/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/10/MPPGA_ApplicationWorkshops_2025_DEC10_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20241206T0200Z-1733450423.2919-EO-51760-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20241206T003517Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250107T182933Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250106T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250106T193000 SUMMARY: Rethinking Wartime Yan’an – Toward a Social History of China’s Hol y Land DESCRIPTION: CCR is excited to present a talk by Professor. Joseph Esherick focusig which delves into his new book titled "Accidental Holy Land". X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Centre for Chinese Research is excited to present a talk by Professor. Joseph Esherick (Professor Emeritus of His tory\, University of California at San Diego).

    About The Talk:

    In his book Accidental Holy Land\, Prof. Joseph Esherick examined the rise of the Communist movement in Northwest China. After arriving in S haan-Gan-Ning in 1935\, the Communist Center transformed a ragtag guerrilla movement into a powerful political-military force that by the end of World War II was able to defeat Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist government and rul e China since 1949. All accounts agree that the Yan’an years were critical to the Communist victory\, but what exactly was Yan’an like during the eigh t-year War of Resistance? Most accounts have focused on the rise of Mao Zed ong and the rectification movement of 1942-44\, but what about the years fr om 1937 to 1941? Can social history get beyond tired conventions of cave li ving and millet gruel? What exactly was the socio-political process that tr ansformed Yan’an and eventually China?

    About the Speaker:

    Joseph W. Esherick received his B.A. from Harv ard in 1964 and his PhD from Berkeley in 1971. His scholarship has focused on the last years of the Qing dynasty and the social and political transfor mation of modern China. His dissertation and first monograph\, Reform and Revolution in China: the 1911 Revolution in Hunan and Hubei explored the social background of China’s republican revolution. His book on The Origins of the Boxer Uprising won the John K. Fair bank Prize of the American Historical Association and the Joseph R. Levenso n Prize of the Association for Asian Studies. Ancestral Leaves explored the tumultuous history of nineteenth and twentieth-century China through the l ives of successive generations of one family. His new monograph\, Accidental Holy Land: The Communist Revolution in Northwest China\, is a study of the founding of the Shaan-Gan-Ning border region of northwest China. In edited volumes\, Esherick has analyzed Chinese local e lites\, the transformation of Chinese cities\, American policy toward China during World War II\, the Cultural Revolution\, and the transition from em pire to nation in comparative perspective\, and the year 1943 in China. Aft er forty years of teaching at the University of Oregon and the University o f California at San Diego\, Esherick retired in 2012 and now lives in Berke ley\, California.

     

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/rethinking-wartime-yanan/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/12/RethinkingWartimeYanan_CCR.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20241129T0207Z-1732846030.4713-EO-51653-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20241128T213211Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241205T005813Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250109T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250109T190000 SUMMARY: Jokowi’s Decade in Power: What Will Remain? DESCRIPTION: Join the Centre for Southeast Asian Research for a lecture by Marcus Mietzner which reflects on the Jokowi era and post-authoritarian Ind onesia. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join the UBC Centre for Southeast Asian Re search for a lecture by Marcus Mietzner\, one of the world's foremost exper ts on Indonesian politics and the Jokowi era.

    After serving two terms as the President of Indonesia\, Joko Widodo (‘ Jokowi’) stepped aside and made way for the inauguration of Prabowo Subiant o in October 2024. How should we assess his ten years in power? At the cusp of a new\, uncertain era for the country\, how are Indonesians grappling w ith his legacies? Prof Marcus Mietzner has interviewed Jokowi and his minis ters over the past several years and has devoted his career to analyzing th e Indonesian political system. He will share his insights and expertise abo ut Jokowi’s presidency and what we can expect to come in its wake.

    About the Speaker:

    Marcus Mietzner is a political scie ntist and one of the world's leading experts on contemporary Indonesian pol itics. He is an Associate Professor at the Department of Political and Soci al Change at the Australian National University. He is the author of many b ooks\, two of which are Money\, Power\, and Ideology: Political Parties in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia (NUS\, 2013) and The Coalitions Presidents Mak e: Presidential Power and Its Limits in Democratic Indonesia (Cornell\, 202 3).

    LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/jokowi-2025/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/11/CSEAR-Jan-9.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20241213T0319Z-1734059979.6526-EO-51780-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20241212T221827Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241212T222149Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250109T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250109T180000 SUMMARY: MPPGA Alumni & Careers Information Session – Jan 9 DESCRIPTION: Use this opportunity to connect with MPPGA Alumni and hear the stories on how the program propelled their career in the Policy field. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Use this opportunity to connect with MPPGA Al umni and hear the stories on how the program propelled their career in the Policy field.

    Join us and our alumni for the UBC MPPGA's Alumni Caree r Information Session. Connect with successful alumni who have navigated di verse career paths and are eager to share their insights and how the progra m helped them to secure their careers. Hear from our students why they chos e our program.

    What to Expect:

    • Engaging a lumni keynote sharing their success story and lessons learned
    • Break out sessions with alumni and students with various policy paths and backgro unds
    • Networking opportunities with fellow prospective policy studen ts

    Take advantage of this chance to build connections and gain valuable career guidance from your future peers.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/mppga-alumni-careers-inform ation-session-jan-9/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/12/MPPGA-Alumni-and-Careers-Info-Session-Jan-9-WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20241218T2322Z-1734564153.1502-EO-51867-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20241218T174559Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250114T182029Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250113T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250115T140000 SUMMARY: MPPGA Drop-In Advising Sessions DESCRIPTION: Applications are closing soon! Join us at one of our virtual a dmissions advising sessions to speak with a member of the MPPGA program sta ff team. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Do yo u have any last minute questions about submitting your application to the M PPGA program or what it’s like to be a student in the program? Join us at o ne of our virtual admissions advising sessions to speak with a member of th e MPPGA program staff team. Drop-in at any time during the scheduled sessio n and we would be happy to help you! No RSVP required.

    MPPGA team members you can chat with:

    Andrea Reynolds - Manager\, Educational Strategy and Programming
    Aida Dar vishzadeh - Graduate Program Manager
    Geoff Web - Career and Employer Relations Manager
    Krista Knechtle - Global Policy Project Advisor
    Song Fu - Progr am Coordinator
    Kelly Tan - Programs and Events Assist ant

    Schedule (all times PT):

    • Jan 13th\, 8-10am: Aida\, Geoff\, and Song
    • Jan 14th\, 7-9pm: Andrea\, Krista\, and Song
    • Jan 15th\, 12-2p m: Geoff and Kelly

     

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    If you have any issues joini ng\, please reach out to mppga.program@ubc.ca. We look forward to chatting with you!

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/mppga-drop-in-advising-sess ions/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/12/MPPGA_DropInAdvising_Sessions_WEB_2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250107T2316Z-1736291817.8075-EO-51985-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250107T194903Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250107T194903Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250115T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250115T173000 SUMMARY: Graduate Student Research Showcase DESCRIPTION: Join our Graduate Student Research Showcase where participants will have the opportunity to hear directly from faculty about current unit priorities and activities\, as well as from student researchers about thei r current projects. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    SPPGA hosts an opportunity to learn more about the type of st udent research being conducted across a variety of different units includin g the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions\, Liu Institute for Global Issues\, Office of Regional and International Community Engagement\, the Institute of Asian Research\, Institute for Resources\, Environment\, and Sustainability\, Centre for M igration Studies and others.

    Participants will have the opportuni ty to hear directly from faculty about current unit priorities and activiti es\, as well as from student researchers about their current projects. Make connections and learn about paid research opportunities available to UBC s tudents.

    Light refreshments will be served.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/graduate-student-research-s howcase/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/01/SPPGA-Graduate-Student-Research-Showcase.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250108T0512Z-1736313164.9028-EO-51981-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250107T183741Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250107T183741Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250116T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250116T133000 SUMMARY: 《杜騙新書》如何譯? Adventures in Translating the Ming Dynasty Book of Swin dles X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://asia.ubc.ca/events/event/adventures-in-translating-th e-book-of-swindles/#new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/01/241211_Adventures-in-Translating-poster_v1.1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20241219T2035Z-1734640555.711-EO-51911-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20241219T201959Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241219T201959Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250116T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250116T200000 SUMMARY: What It Means To Be “American” – Smriti Keshari & Eric Schlosser DESCRIPTION: Join us in conversation as we step into the chilling world of  the bomb\, an immersive art installation by filmmaker Smriti Keshari and wr iter Eric Schlosser. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Chan Centre RBC Theatre GEO:49.269748;-123.255108 URL;VALUE=URI:https://lindinitiative.ubc.ca/speakers/smriti-keshari-eric-sc hlosser/#new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/12/Lind_KeshariSchlosser_1920x1080_V2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20241218T0813Z-1734509605.1589-EO-51848-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20241217T190255Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241217T190255Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250123T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250123T193000 SUMMARY: Shinnenkai 2025: New Year Celebration with the Centre for Japanese Research DESCRIPTION: Join the Centre for Japanese Research on January 23 to celebra te the new year with us! X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join the Centre for Japanese Resea rch on January 23 to celebrate the new year with us!

    Join us for an engaging evening celebrating the new year and fostering connections among students\, professionals\, and faculty. This event will feature cultural food\, inter active activities\, and a showcase of exciting initiatives by the Centre fo r Japanese Research (CJR).

    What to Expect:
    Networking Opportunities with Faculty\, Professionals and Government Offici als.
    Game and Activities: Try your hand at DIY calligrap hy (書き初め)\, share your resolutions on our community poster\, and enjoy triv ia games with prizes.
    Food & Snacks: Savor Japanese-inspired light snacks\, sushi\, and more throughout the evening.
    CJR Showca se: Discover the Centre’s past events\, research\, and publications at our booth.
    Special Gift: Take home handcrafted chocolates in spired by the Centre for Japanese Research.

    RSVP is required to atten d the event.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events LOCATION:C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/shinnenkai-2025/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/12/以下檔案的副本：-CJR-_-Digital-Signage-Template-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251008T2231Z-1759962681.6888-EO-51220-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20241022T214513Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241118T203830Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250124T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250124T170000 SUMMARY: Cornerstone of the Nation: The Defense Industry and the Building o f Modern Korea under Park Chung Hee DESCRIPTION: Join us for a talk with Dr. Peter Banseok Kwon to explore Sout h Korea's rapid emergence as a leading arms exporter and economic powerhous e. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Centre for Korean Research invites you to a Book Talk with Peter Banseok Kwon (University at Albany\, SUNY) on Ja nuary 24th\, 2025.

     

    A bout the Talk 

    South Korean weapons\, now known globally as "K-defense\," including K9 self-propelled howitzers and K2 main battle tank s\, are being sold worldwide. How did a nation that\, as recently as the ea rly 1970s\, was entirely dependent on U.S. military imports and unable to p roduce even basic guns and ammunition\, so rapidly emerge as one of the wor ld's leading arms exporters while simultaneously transforming into an econo mic and technological powerhouse?

    In his newly released book\, Corner stone of the Nation: The Defense Industry and the Building of Modern Korea under Park Chung Hee (Harvard University Asia Center\, 2024)\, Peter Kwon e xamines the origins and rapid development of South Korea's defense industry under Park Chung Hee's regime (1961-1979) and its broad impact on the nati on's economic\, technological\, social\, political\, and diplomatic transfo rmation. In this book talk\, Kwon elucidates the intricate processes by whi ch the state mobilized business\, science\, labor\, and citizenry\, forging complex coalitions across public-private\, military-civilian\, security-te chnology\, and state-society sectors to drive simultaneous militarization a nd rapid industrialization. Kwon will also discuss the broader implications of the book's findings for South Korea's ongoing economic and security dis course.

    About the Speaker

    Peter Banseok Kwon i s Associate Professor of Korean Studies in the Department of East Asian Stu dies at the University at Albany\, SUNY. He earned his Ph.D. in History and East Asian Languages from Harvard University\, specializing in modern Kore an history. His research explores the intersection of militarization\, econ omic development\, technological transformation\, and nationalism in Korea and East Asia. Kwon is the author of Cornerstone of the Nation: The Defense Industry and the Building of Modern Korea under Park Chung Hee (Harvard Un iversity Asia Center\, 2024). As a Fulbright U.S. Scholar\, he is currently serving as a visiting professor at the Korea National Defense University a nd a visiting scholar at Yonsei University in South Korea for the 2024-25 a cademic year. His works have been published in Journal of Asian Studies\, J ournal of Korean Studies\, Seoul Journal of Korean Studies\, Korea Journal\ , The National Interest\, East Asia Forum\, and Journal of Social History.< /p> CATEGORIES:Featured Events LOCATION:xʷθəθiqətəm\, Place of Many Trees\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.276094;-123.215491 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/defense-industry-and-modern -korea/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/10/CKR_Jan-24_Final.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250108T0512Z-1736313164.9165-EO-51931-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250103T191305Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250103T191305Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250129T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250129T183000 SUMMARY: US Election Post-Mortem: What Lies Ahead? DESCRIPTION: Join us to dive into the aftermath of the US election and disc uss what the future holds for Canada\, US\, and the world. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Come join faculty from the School of Public Policy and Global A ffairs (SPPGA) in a lively and critical discussion about how the next 4 yea rs under a Trump Presidency will impact Canada\, US\, and the rest of the w orld.

    A loosely moderated panel discussion with SPPGA faculty Max Cameron\, Hu gh Gusterson\, Allison Macfar lane\, and Heidi Tworek\, will be fol lowed by an open audience Q&A as we collectively consider the implications of the new US on the rest of the world.

    This event will take place on January 29\, 5:00 - 6:30 PM (PT) in the Liu Institute for Global Issues\,  xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of Many Trees).

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    Join CSEAR and Allard Law for a roundtable with policy experts from Canada and Southeast Asia on the future of Canada-ASEAN relati ons.

    This roundtable discussion\, hosted by the Centre for Southeast Asia Research (CSEAR) at the Institute of Asian Research and co-sponsored by the Centres of Business Law and Asian Legal Studies at UBC Allard Law School\, aims to explore critical issues shaping Canada-ASEAN re lations in the context of a rapidly evolving global landscape. The event wi ll feature distinguished experts and emerging voices and delve into bilater al trade\, economic priorities\, and geopolitical strategies. Attendees wil l gain diverse perspectives on strengthening ties between Canada and ASEAN while considering the region's challenges and opportunities.

    This eve nt is open to the UBC community and will be under Chatham House rules. Spea kers will be sharing their own insights and opinions\, which do not necessa rily reflect and should not be construed to represent those of their employ ers. Light refreshments will follow the event in the Allard Hall lobby.

     

    This event will be moderated by Sheila E. Suredja (CSEAR 2024-25 Research Fellow)\, with the following agenda:

    Mr. Luthfi Dhofier (Vice-President of Canada-Indonesia Chamber of Commerce): A New Chapter in Canada's Bilateral Trade with Southeast Asia n Countries: Insights from the Indonesia-Canada CEPA

    Mr. Tomm y Koh (Singapore Civil Service): Charting the Next Bound of ASEAN' s Economic Integration while Advancing ASEAN-Canada Economic Cooperation th rough the ASEAN-Canada Free Trade Agreement (ACAFTA)

    Dr. Hema Nadarajah (Program Manager - Southeast Asia\, Asia Pacific Founda tion of Canada): The Impact of New Leaderships in Southeast Asian Countries on Canada-ASEAN Relations

    Dr. Yves Tiberghien (Prof essor of Political Science and Konwakai Chair in Japanese Research\, IAR): The Role of ASEAN-Canada Relations in Advancing Canada's Indo-Pacific Strat egy

    Dom Imnamkhao (CSEAR 2024-25 Research Fellow): N avigating the Great Power Competition: Southeast Asia's Foreign Policy Pref erences and Canada's Strategic Role in the Region

    Zahrana Nad ifa Ramadhanty (CSEAR 2024-25 Research Fellow): Alignment of ASEAN 's New Chairmanship Priorities with Canada-ASEAN Relations

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    IAR Indo-Pacific Symposium

    Welcome to the IAR Indo-Pacific Symposium where we'll be diving into the challenge s that lie ahead in 2025 and how they relate to Canada. Join us at the Liu Institute for Global Issues – xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of Many Trees) for a day f illed with insightful discussions and networking opportunities. Don't miss out on this unique event to gain valuable insights and connect with experts in the field. See you there!

     

    AGENDA:

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    9:45 AM - 10:30 AM
    Networking with Coffee\, and Opening Rem arks

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    10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
    Session #1 Use and Misuse of History in Indo-Pacific

    Speake rs: Tim Cheek\, Don Baker\, John Roosa\, Yin Shoufu\, Phebe M. Ferrer

    This session examines how history is used and misused\, often in a rev isionist fashion\, in service of political and other nationalist objectives across the Indo-Pacific—a demonstration of how a broad range of academic e xpertise can help us understand contemporary issues.

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    Networking Lunch

    1:30 PM - 3:15 P M
    Session #2: Indo-Pacific Hot Spots and Key Issues

    Opening Address on complexity of the Indo-Pacific by Vina Nadjibulla ( Vice-President\, Research & Strategy\, APFC)

    Speakers: Kristen Hopewe ll\, Soo-Yeon Kim\, Yves Tiberghien\, Scott Harrison\, Thiha Htet Zaw\, M V Ramana\, Leo Shin\, Kai Ostwald\, Tsering Shakya\, Jeehye Kim\, Joël Dalib ard\, Zachary Constantino

    This session is designed to dynamically hig hlight the broad range of critical issues in the Indo-Pacific Region\; show casing key expertise on the region within UBC and BC.

    < p>3:15 PM - 3:30 PM
    Afternoon Coffee Break

    3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
    Session #3: Reflecting on Indo- Pacific Canadian implications

    Speakers: Tommy Koh\, Vina Nad jibulla\, Juliet Lu\, Jawad Hussain Qureshi\, Qiang Fu

    This session i s intended to feature thoughtful and well-informed discussion on the hotspo ts\, including their implications for Canada as it enters the third year of its Indo-Pacific era. Moderated by Juliet Lu.

    4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
    Closing remarks with reflections

     

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    Presented by the Centre for India and South Asia Re search (CISAR) and UBC's Department of Asian Studies.

    Join Dr. Kiran Ku mbhar\, a historian and health policy expert\, for an insightful p resentation on the early contested debates surrounding the establishment of AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences) in New Delhi. While AIIMS is now regarded as a symbol of India’s medical and scientific achievements\ , its inception was marked by fierce ideological conflicts in Parliament ov er the relevance of allopathic medicine versus traditional Indian systems o f healing. Dr. Kumbhar will explore these debates\, the political tensions at the time\, and how AIIMS\, despite being initially viewed by some as ‘an ti-national\,’ became a cornerstone of India’s healthcare landscape. This e vent offers a unique perspective on the intersection of medicine\, politics \, and national identity in post-independence India.

     

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    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 604\, Asian Centre GEO:49.266835;-123.258576 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/aiims-new-delhi-tumultuous- beginnings-indian-biomedicine/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/01/Kiran-Kumbhar-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250204T0441Z-1738644064.6114-EO-52373-5@10.19.146.21 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250203T211133Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250206T185142Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250211T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250211T173000 SUMMARY: The Geoeconomics of the Second Trump Presidency DESCRIPTION: The Centre for Japanese research invites you to this timely on line panel to discuss the implication of the second Trump Administration on key global states including Japan\, Canada\, China\, and others X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Centre for Japanese Research invites y ou to this timely online panel talk\, discussing the effects of the second Trump Administration on key global states including Japan\, Canada\, China\ , and others. This talk is co-hosted with the Centre for the Study of Globa l Japan at University of Toronto.

    About the Talk:
    Since returning to office\, US P resident Donald Trump has among other things threatened to impose punishing tariffs on longstanding allies\, announced a $500 billion initiative to ex pand U.S. artificial intelligence infrastructure\, and reversed his predece ssor's energy policy by coupling a withdrawal from the Paris Agreement with large investments in fossil fuels. This panel will consider the new geoeco nomics of the second Trump presidency. How should we understand the key pri orities of the new administration\, and to what extent have its economic ob jectives evolved from the first Trump presidency? How should US allies like Canada\, Japan\, and European countries respond to this new reality? What can we expect for the future of US-China relations? The panel will open wit h observations from Michael Beeman\, a former US trade official who led the renegotiation of major trade agreements during the first Trump presidency\ , followed by expert comments covering the implications for Canada (Jonatha n Berkshire Miller)\, Japan (Kristin Vekasi)\, and Europe and China (Yves T iberghien).

    Speakers:
    Michael Beeman\, Stanford University
    Jonathan Berkshire Miller\, Macdonald-Laurier Institute
    Kristin Vekasi\, University of Maine
    Yves Tiberghien\, University o f British Columbia
    Phillip Lipscy\, University of Toronto

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/geoeconomics-of-the-second- trump-presidency/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/02/CJR-Feb11.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250120T2257Z-1737413879.1658-EO-52158-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250120T165610Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250206T185046Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250211T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250211T183000 SUMMARY: Women and Music in the South Asian Diaspora DESCRIPTION: Women and Music in the South Asian Diaspora: Methods for Heari ng Women's Transoceanic Voices\, With Dr. Nicole Ranganath.  X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Presented by the Centre for India and South Asia Rese arch (CISAR) and UBC's Department of Asian Studies.

    Join Dr. Nicole Ran ganath\, Associate Director\, and Assistant Professor in Middle Ea st/South Asia Studies at the University of California\, Davis\, for an illu minating talk on women's history in the South Asian diaspora as revealed th rough their musical performances. Challenging the traditional portrayal of men as mobile and women as stationary in diaspora studies\, Dr. Ranganath e xplores how Sikh women in the Punjab region and beyond were culturally asso ciated with the fluidity of water and air. Her work introduces the Ocean as a framework to examine women’s mobility and resilience. She proposes the m etaphor of ‘pearls from the seven seas’ to encapsulate the global dispersal of Sikh communities and women’s transformative experiences through song. D rawing from her upcoming book\, Women and the Sikh Diaspora in Californ ia: Singing the Seven Seas\, and her acclaimed PBS documentary\, Jutti Kasoori\, Dr. Ranganath offers a unique perspective on gender\, music\, an d diaspora.

     

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    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/women-and-music-in-the-sout h-asian-diaspora/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/01/Nicole-Ranganath-Talk.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20241219T2035Z-1734640555.7224-EO-51917-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20241219T190420Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241219T202018Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250213T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250213T200000 SUMMARY: What It Means To Be “American” – Adam Kinzinger DESCRIPTION: Join Adam Kinzinger as he takes us into the deeply polarized a nd fractured system that facilitated the Republican party’s transformation under Trump. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Chan Centre for the Performing Arts GEO:49.269748;-123.255108 URL;VALUE=URI:https://lindinitiative.ubc.ca/speakers/adam-kinzinger/#new_ta b ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/12/Lind_AdamKinzinger_1920x1080.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250207T2305Z-1738969539.5508-EO-52403-5@10.19.146.22 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250207T221112Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250214T234727Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250220T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250220T143000 SUMMARY: When Indoctrination Fails: Education\, Economic Growth\, and Resis tance Against Authoritarian Rule in Myanmar DESCRIPTION: This exciting talk by Htet Thiha Zaw will offer new insights a bout the dynamics of state consolidation through education in developing ec onomies such as Myanmar. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The UBC Myanmar Initiative is pleased to invite you to a research webinar featuring our postdoctoral fellow\, Dr. Htet Thiha Zaw.

    This hybrid webinar is part of the UBC Myanmar Discussion Series\, generously su pported by the IDRC’s Knowledge for Democracy My anmar (K4DM) Initiative. If you plan to attend virtually\, please regis ter to receive the Zoom link.

     

    Abou t the Seminar

    Recent literature on the political economy of education emphasizes indoctrination as the primary motivation behind educat ion expansion under non-democratic states. However\, existing literature fa ils to explain a paradoxical consequence of state-led education: the emerge nce of educated youth as a force of resistance against non-democratic rule. Modeling the strategic interaction between educated youth and government u nder changing economic situations\, I argue that education through indoctri nation only works when loyalty to the state continues to generate economic advantage in a low-development context. Therefore\, education’s potential f or indoctrination weakens as education access expands and economic returns to education decline. I evaluate this theory in the context of Myanmar afte r the 2021 military coup. Using novel panel data on economic development an d access to education at the township level\, I show that\, while education levels are negatively associated with the number of resistance events\, th e relationship is significantly weaker in townships that experienced strong economic growth after the emergence of civilian-military government in 201 0. The findings yield new insights into the dynamics of state consolidation through education in developing economies.

    About the Speaker

    Dr. Htet Thiha Zaw is a Postdoctoral Fello w at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, University of British Columbia. He studies how institutions created and maintained by indigenous societies have shaped historical state development in the Global South\, w ith a regional focus on Southeast Asia. His research demonstrates that indi genous political and social institutions—many of which predate colonial rul e—are crucial to understanding how colonial elites constructed state instit utions\, from allocating infrastructure and exercising coercive power to re placing indigenous schools with state-controlled education systems. He supp orts his arguments with empirical evidence drawn from original data in pre- colonial and colonial records\, integrating quantitative analyses of cross- section\, panel\, geospatial\, and text-as-data with qualitative insights f rom archival research. His research has been published or is forthcoming in Comparative Political Studies\, Comparative Education Review\, and the Int ernational Journal of Educational Development\, among other venues.

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    The Centre for Southeast Asian Research\, with the co-sponsorship of the Global History of Anti-Colonial Thought Rese arch Excellence Cluster and the UBC Myanmar Initiative\, warmly invites mem bers of the UBC community and public to our first event in the series Histories of Anti-Colonial Thought in Southeast Asia This serie s aims to bring various Southeast Asian genealogies of anti-colonial though t into conversation and spotlight them for the broader UBC community and pu blic. It will include two more talks in March and April 2025 respectively: Epistemologies and Emplacements with Theara Thun and Kisho Tsuchiya and  Third Worldism and its Discontents with Cindy Ewing.< /p>

     


    About the talk

    Kevin Pham (University of Amsterda m) will discuss his new book which explores the intergener ational debates of six influential Vietnamese figures in colonial Vietnam: Phan Bội Châu\, Phan Chu Trinh\, Nguyễn An Ninh\, Phạm Quỳnh\, Hồ Chí Minh\ , and Nguyễn Mạnh Tường. These visionaries debated responses to French colo nialism\, the role of tradition amidst Western influence\, and how to trans form national shame into dignity. Kevin will also share his personal motiva tions as a Vietnamese American for writing this book\, addressing gaps in t he representation of Vietnamese political thought and challenging Western-c entric perspectives in political theory.

    About the speaker

    Dr. Kevin D. Pham is an Assistant Professor o f Political Theory in the Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam. His work explores the history of nineteenth and twentieth-ce ntury political thought. He is especially interested in how ideas of democr acy\, freedom\, and revolution travel across cultures and are adapted by th inkers engaged in political struggle\, both in and outside "the West." In a ddition to his recently published book The Architects of Dignity: Vietnames e Visions of Decolonization (Oxford\, 2024)\, his research has appeared in journals such as Philosophy and Global Affairs\, European Journal of Politi cal Theory\, The Review of Politics\, Polity\, New Political Science\, The European Legacy\, and Montaigne Studies. Some of these articles were the fi rst to introduce Vietnamese political thought to the field of political the ory.

    About the series

    In recognition of the 70 th anniversary of the Bandung Afro-Asian Conference\, the 50th anniversary of the end of the Second Indochinese War and the 25th anniversary of the Ti morese independence referendum\, the series Histories of Anti-Colon ial Thought in Southeast Asia aims to bring various Southeast Asia n genealogies of anti-colonial thought into conversation and spotlight them for the broader UBC community and public. The series will provoke conversa tion about underexplored lineages of anti-colonialism and democracy within the academy and popular discourse in anticipation of the Anticoloni al Ideas of the Global Symposium held by the Global History of Ant i-Colonial Thought Research Excellence Cluster in April 2025.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Dodson Room\, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre GEO:49.267851;-123.253087 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/architects-of-dignity/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/01/Architects-of-Dignity_FEB-27-CSEAR.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250125T0729Z-1737790164.5234-EO-52260-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250125T011102Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250304T190254Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250227T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250403T170000 SUMMARY: Event Series: Histories of Anti-Colonial Thought in Southeast Asia DESCRIPTION: This series brings various Southeast Asian genealogies of anti -colonial thought into conversation and spotlights them for the broader UBC community and public. It hopes to conversation about underexplored lineage s of anti-colonialism and democracy. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Centre for Southeast Asian Research\ , with the co-sponsorship of the Global History of Anti-Colonial Thought Re search Excellence Cluster and the UBC Myanmar Initiative\, warmly invites m embers of the UBC community and public to our event series Histories of Ant i-Colonial Thought in Southeast Asia. In recognition of the 70th anniversar y of the Bandung Afro-Asian Conference\, the 50th anniversary of the end of the Second Indochinese War and the 25th anniversary of the Timorese indepe ndence referendum\, the series Histories of Anti-Colonial Thought in Southe ast Asia aims to bring various Southeast Asian genealogies of anti-colonial thought into conversation and spotlight them for the broader UBC community and public. The series will provoke conversation about underexplored linea ges of anti-colonialism and democracy within the academy and popular discou rse in anticipation of the Anticolonial Ideas of the Global Symposium held by the Global History of Anti-Colonial Thought Research Excellence Cluster in April 2025.

    Learn more about the three exciting talks:

    The Architects of Dignity with Kevin D. Pham (Feb 27)\,

    Epistemologies and Emplacements with Theara Thun and Kisho Tsuchiya (March 10)\, and

    Third Worldism and its Disco ntents with Cindy Ewing (April 3)

    LOCATION:Dodson Room\, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre GEO:49.267851;-123.253087 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/anti-colonial-sea/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/01/History-of-Anticolonial-Thought-Series-Graphic.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250206T2237Z-1738881421.2376-EO-52388-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250206T184542Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250206T185417Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250227T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250227T200000 SUMMARY: What It Means to be “American” – Ramy Youssef DESCRIPTION: A singular voice in comedy and storytelling\, Egyptian-America n artist and creator Ramy Youssef brings heart\, humor\, and sharp social c ommentary to the Phil Lind Initiative. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Chan Centre for the Performing Arts GEO:49.269748;-123.255108 URL;VALUE=URI:https://lindinitiative.ubc.ca/speakers/ramy-youssef/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/02/Ramy_Youseff_1920x1080-copy-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250225T1914Z-1740510891.0215-EO-52528-5@10.19.146.23 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250224T110002Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T110002Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250304T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250304T190000 SUMMARY: Indigenous Resilience in Bangladesh DESCRIPTION: Join CISAR for an exclusive screening of two powerful short do cumentaries highlighting Indigenous resistance and resilience in Bangladesh . X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join the < strong>Centre for India and South Asia Research for an exclusive s creening of two powerful short documentaries highlighting Indigenous resist ance and resilience in Bangladesh.

    “Kalpana: Not an Imaginati on” (Dir. Santua Tripura) – A young Indigenous student in Dhaka gr apples with an identity crisis\, ultimately finding strength in the legacy of activist Kalpana Chakma.

    “Will Menle Return?” (Di r. Zopari Lushai) – The story of the Mro community’s resistance against evi ction from their ancestral lands for a luxury hotel project\, leading to a historic movement.

    The screenings will be followed by a conversation with the directors and an interactive Q&A session for the audience to discu ss the collective possibilities and the future of Indigenous rights in Bang ladesh and beyond.

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    The Centre for Japanese Research is excite d to present a talk on "Diverse Citizenship in East Asian Democraci es" with Dr. Jackie F. Steele.

     

    Ab out the Talk

    Japan\, Korea\, and Taiwan are facing shifting public attitudes on gender\, LGBTQ rights\, and diversity—yet Japan’s polit ical institutions remain resistant to change. Drawing on six years of compa rative research from the WonDER Network\, Dr. Jackie F. Steele will explore why Japan lags behind its East Asian counterparts in advancing diversity p olicies despite strong public support.

    This talk will examine elite a ttitudes\, party structures\, and policy roadblocks that contribute to Japa n’s ongoing gender and inclusion gaps. It will also highlight how persisten t inequalities impact Japan’s economy\, workforce\, and global competitiven ess.

    Moderated by Professor Yves Tiberghien\, the event will conclude with a Q&A session\, inviting discussion on how political and corporate le aders can foster greater democratic innovation and inclusion in Japan and b eyond.

    About the Speaker

    Dr. Jackie F. Steele is a trilingual political scientist\, author\, and interna tional speaker who has taught at leading universities\, including the Unive rsity of Ottawa and Simon Fraser University in Canada and was an associate professor at the University of Tokyo and Nagoya Graduate Law School. She ha s published over thirty academic works\, is a long-time collaborator of the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo\, and is an advisor to UN conferences focused on gender equality\, diversity\, and disaster/crisis risk governance. As foun der and CEO of enjoi Japan K.K. and enjoi Innovation Inc (Vancouver)\, Dr. Steele has guided corporate leaders on diversity and equity for innovation (DEI) as a holistic and evidence-based business strategy integrating inters ectional equity\, and for which APAC Entrepreneur selected her as one of th e “Most Inspiring Japanese Entrepreneurs 2021”.

    Between April 2022 to March 2023\, she served as Senior DEI Business Partner for Amazon Japan G. K.\, building their first holistic DEI strategy. In her civic life\, Jackie sits on the UTokyo and OUP-hosted SSJJ International Editorial Board\, she serves as President of FEW Japan supporting diverse women’s empowerment\, and she invests in intersectional feminist enterprise innovations with Cora lus Global. She is a longtime advocate on LGBTQ rights and queer entreprene urs in Japan and Canada\, recognized by Youtube x INvolve among Top 100 OUT standing Executives in Japan in 2023. Jackie is the mother of two beautiful kids who inspire her to keep fighting for greater democratic innovation in support of the creative potential and freedom of all diverse humans.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/iverse-citizenship-in-east- asian-democracies/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/02/2025-03-06_Diverse-Citizenship-in-East-Asian-Democracies_SPPGA-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250226T1945Z-1740599136.3778-EO-52571-5@10.19.146.23 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250225T211138Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250228T195858Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250306T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250306T190000 SUMMARY: Building Journalism Around Community DESCRIPTION: Pia Ranada will discuss how community building can help journa lism survive in a troubling era of AI\, big tech\, and increasing polarizat ion. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Centre for South East Asia\, in collaboration with the C entre for the Study of Democratic Institutions\, the Schoo l of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, and the Institute for Gender\, Race\, Sexuality and Social Justice\, is excited to   host a talk by Pia Ranada\, Marshall McLuhan Fellow and he ad of community for Rappler.

    This talk will centre around the followi ng question: “How building journalism around community can help it survive: with the rise of AI\, the unreliability of big tech as platforms for news distribution\, and increasing polarization\, can a focus on community build ing help save journalism?”

    Pia will discuss efforts in her newsroom t o bring the work of journalism to readers and citizens in new\, impactful w ays. From a membership program\, to AI-driven public consultations\, to a s ocial media platform run by journalists\, these initiatives in the Philippi nes aim to build trust between journalists and the public they serve\, whil e helping newsrooms sustain their operations and weather economic and polit ical pressures. All are welcome and a light dinner provided.

    About the Speaker:

    Pia Ranada is the incumb ent Marshall McLuhan Fellow and head of community for Rappler. Previously\, she was an investigative journalist and senior reporter for Rappler best k nown for her coverage of the Duterte administration when she was assigned t o cover the presidential beat. As Community Lead\, she is now responsible f or linking journalism with communities for impact and action. As Community Lead\, she is now responsible for linking journalism with communities for i mpact and action. The Embassy of Canada in the Philippines awarded her the Marshall McLuhan Fellowship in November for her “exceptional commitment to journalism\, using the craft to build citizens with critical information th at can impact societal change” and her commitment to inform\, “to enable me aningful public engagement on issues in service of the public\, and illustr ate how investigations\, facts\, and transparency can ensure meaningful dem ocratic accountability.”

    About the Fellowship:

    The Marshall McLuhan Fellowship is the Embassy of Canada' s flagship public diplomacy initiative in the Philippines. Launched in 1997 \, it is part of our advocacy to encourage responsible journalism in the Ph ilippines with the belief that a strong media is essential to a strong demo cratic society.

    Every year\, the Manila-based Center for Media Freedo m and Responsibility (CMFR) assists the Embassy in choosing a Filipino jour nalist whose work has contributed to positive changes in the social arena o r at least has raised the level of public discourse in a relevant issue usu ally concerning governance and human rights.

    The program provides the winner with a two-week speaking and familiarization tour of Canada. This w ill be an opportunity for the Fellow to interact with media counterparts\, and to discuss significant current issues on governance with Canadian gover nment officials\, academic interlocutors and members of civil society. The Fellow will also have the chance to speak at the McLuhan Salons at the Univ ersity of Toronto. Upon returning to the Philippines\, a series of forums i s organized by the Embassy to be held in five key cities around the country to enable the journalist to share experiences in Canada with students of c ommunication and members of the local and community media.

    Aside from contributing to good governance by raising transparency in the public aren a\, the McLuhan Fellowship also aims to create in the long-term a critical group of influential media personalities with good knowledge and interest i n Canadian issues or at least the values Canada stands for: democracy\, goo d governance\, and human rights.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/pia-ranada/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/02/CSEAR-March-6th.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250125T0828Z-1737793714.3719-EO-52195-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250125T010719Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250127T201904Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250310T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250310T173000 SUMMARY: Epistemologies and Emplacements with Theara Thun and Kisho Tsuchiy a DESCRIPTION: Come and hear from Dr. Theara Thun as he delves into Cambodia’ s intellectual traditions during the precolonial\, colonial and post-indepe ndence eras. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Centre for Southeast Asian Research\, with the co-sponsorship of the Global History of Anti-Colonial Thought Rese arch Excellence Cluster and the UBC Myanmar Initiative\, warmly invites mem bers of the UBC community and public to our second event in the series Histories of Anti-Colonial Thought in Southeast A sia.

    About the talk

    Dr. Theara Thun (University of Hon g Kong) will speak on his recently published book which delves into Cambodi a’s intellectual traditions during the precolonial\, colonial and post-inde pendence eras. It challenges the assumption that the Western model of histo ry completely replaced indigenous historical thought. Instead\, the book ar gues that despite the emergence of Western historical writings during colon ial encounters\, precolonial historical scholarship was never entirely disp laced. The precolonial indigenous scholarship interfaced with the Western m odel of historical thought\, resulting in the creation of a new epistemolog ical body of knowledge in and of itself.

    Dr. Kisho Tsuchiya (Kyoto Un iversity) will speak on his recently published book\, which shows that the prevailing perceptions of East Timor have been shaped by large-scale wars\, postwar consolidation\, and the dominance of foreign observers. The transi tions that construct what we know about East Timor have followed the rhythm of devastating violence and regime transformations. Playing a role as well are personal\, institutional\, and geopolitical interests and the creativi ty of Timorese and foreign observers. Acknowledging this cycle\, Tsuchiya i nterweaves narrative of crucial events and political movements with an anal ysis of Timor’s connections to global circulations and historical transitio ns.

    About the speakers

    Dr. Theara Thun is a postdoctoral fellow in the Faculty of Education at the Unive rsity of Hong Kong. A trained scholar in Southeast Asian Studies\, his rese arch interests primarily focus on cross-intellectual interaction\, post-war education\, higher education studies\, and ethnic studies. He is the autho r of a book titled Epistemology of the Past: Texts\, History\, and Intellec tuals of Cambodia\, 1855-1970 (University of Hawai‘i Press\, 2024). In addi tion\, his research has been published in the Journal of Southeast Asian St udies\, Critical Asian Studies\, Asian Studies Review\, and TRaNS: Trans-Re gional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia.

    Dr. Kisho Tsu chiya is an assistant professor in the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Kyoto University. He is a historian and Southeast Asian area stu dies scholar specializing in colonialism\, the Cold War\, race and ethnicit y\, social warfare\, place and space\, borderlands\, identity politics\, co mmunity formation\, religious transformation\, human rights\, and multi-cul turalism. His book Emplacing East Timor: Regime Change and Knowledge Produc tion\, 1860-1910 (University of Hawai'i Press\, 2024) explores the relation ship between the cycle of regime change and that of knowledge production\, offering an alternative framework to periodize the history from 1850s to 20 10s. In addition to his first monograph\, he has published his research in Indonesia\, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies\, and Revista Oriente\, as w ell as in a chapter for the forthcoming book Cold War Asia: Unlearning Narr atives\, Making New Histories (Cornell\, 2025) edited by Hajimu Masuda.

    About the series
    In recognition of the 70th annive rsary of the Bandung Afro-Asian Conference\, the 50th anniversary of the en d of the Second Indochinese War and the 25th anniversary of the Timorese in dependence referendum\, the series Histories of Anti-Colonial Thought in So utheast Asia aims to bring various Southeast Asian genealogies of anti-colo nial thought into conversation and spotlight them for the broader UBC commu nity and public. The series will provoke conversation about underexplored l ineages of anti-colonialism and democracy within the academy and popular di scourse in anticipation of the Anticolonial Ideas of the Global Symposium h eld by the Global History of Anti-Colonial Thought Research Excellence Clus ter in April 2025.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events LOCATION:Dodson Room\, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre GEO:49.267851;-123.253087 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/epistemologies-and-emplacem ents/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/01/CSEAR-Epistimoligies-and-Emplacements-March-10.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250227T0515Z-1740633311.212-EO-52609-5@10.19.146.23 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250227T013548Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250227T013548Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250311T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250311T170000 SUMMARY: Resisting the Authoritarian Temptation DESCRIPTION: This talk explores the unique resources that democracies posse s for climate action through institutional flexibility\, accountability\, a nd information flows. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join the Centre for Chinese Resear ch for a presentation on "Resisting the Authoritarian Temp tation".

    About t he Talk

    The failures of democracies and democratic instituti ons in meeting climate challenges have led some scholars and activists to q uestion whether democracy is functional at all in this new world. While som e scholars and activists claim that democracy’s failures in addressing clim ate change justify authoritarian governance\, these arguments rely on empir ical\, conceptual\, and normative confusions. The authors argue that democr acies actually perform better than authoritarian regimes in addressing clim ate challenges\, and possess unique resources for climate action through in stitutional flexibility\, accountability\, and information flows. This essa y warns that trading away democratic governance for authoritarian control w ould be a grave mistake\, as democracy’s specific strengths become even mor e critical in times of crisis.

    About the Speaker

    Jeremy Wallace is the A. Doak Barnett Professor of Chin a Studies at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He studies China\, climate change\, cities\, and statistics. He also serve s as an editor at Good Authority and writes the China Lab newsletter.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/resisting-the-authoritarian / ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/02/CCR-March-11-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20241219T2035Z-1734640555.7267-EO-51920-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20241219T191119Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241219T202026Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250313T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250313T200000 SUMMARY: What It Means To Be “American” – Ziwe DESCRIPTION: Join us for a conversation on race and identity with Ziwe as s he brings her own take on what it means to navigate identity in America tod ay. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Chan Centre for the Performing Arts GEO:49.269748;-123.255108 URL;VALUE=URI:https://lindinitiative.ubc.ca/speakers/ziwe/#new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/12/Lind_Ziwe_1920x10802.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20241106T0250Z-1730861425.0677-EO-51391-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20241106T012502Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241118T204418Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250314T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250314T180000 SUMMARY: A Fractured Liberation: Korea under U.S. Occupation DESCRIPTION: Join Kornel Chang as he delves into his latest book narrating the story of Korean liberation and the shock\, great expectations and chall enges faced by a newly emancipated people. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Kornel Chang will be giving a talk based on his new book\, A Fractured Liberation: Korea under U.S. Occupation. With the collapse o f the Japanese Empire in August 1945\, the Korean peninsula erupted with ho pes that had been bottled up for nearly forty years. A Fractured Liberation tells the story of how Koreans—from political leaders and activists to ord inary peasants\, workers\, and women—experienced the shock of liberation\, what they thought it might bring\, the great expectations\, and the opportu nities and challenges they faced as a newly emancipated people. The book al so looks at how the entry of American forces complicated\, and ultimately\, narrowed possibilities for liberation. U.S. officials fought over how to b est fulfill Korean aspirations and how they should be prioritized among com peting objectives in Korea. An eclectic group of American and Korean reform ers—New Deal liberals\, Christian socialists\, and trade unionists—proposed an agenda of democratization and reform as an alternative to the rigid ant i-communism of the military high command. Their stories reveal the paths no t taken. In telling them\, A Fractured Liberation restores contingency to a narrative that looks ahead to war and division as an inevitable endpoint.< /p>

    About the Author:
    Kornel Chang is Associate Professor of History and American Studies and Chair of the Hi story Department at Rutgers University-Newark. His first book Pacific C onnections: The Making of the U.S.-Canadian Borderlands is a history o f Asian migration to the Pacific Northwest\, revealing how their movements sparked some of the first battles over territorial boundaries in North Amer ica. It won the Association for Asian American Studies History Book Prize a nd was a finalist for the John Hope Franklin Book Prize. His second book\, A Fractured Liberation: Korea under U.S. Occupation\, recently pub lished by Belknap Press of Harvard University Press\, is a narrative histor y of southern Korea in the aftermath of World War II\, when the collapse of the Japanese Empire ushered in an extraordinary moment of promise and poss ibility that was foreclosed by foreign military occupations.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events LOCATION:xʷθəθiqətəm\, Place of Many Trees\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.276094;-123.215491 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/korea-under-us-occupation/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/11/CKR-March-14_Final.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250128T2135Z-1738100155.6172-EO-52274-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250128T183551Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250304T202718Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250314T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250314T194500 SUMMARY: Screening of Bribe\, Inc. DESCRIPTION: We welcome you to join three-time Emmy Award-winning director and producer\, and Professor at JWAM\, Peter Klein\, as he presents his doc umentary\, Bribe\, Inc. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Free screening of Bribe.\, Inc. and Q&A with Director Peter Klein and P rofessor Kamal Al-Solaylee.

    In celebration of 25 Years of Excellence in Journalism Education at UBC

    The UBC Scho ol of Journalism\, Writing\, and Media (JWAM) and the School of Public Poli cy and Global Affairs (SPPGA) welcome you to join three-time Emmy Award-win ning director and producer\, and Professor at JWAM\, Peter Klein\, as he presents Bribe\, Inc.\, his latest investigative documentary .

    After the screening\, stay for 45-min moderated discussion Q&A sess ion with Peter Klein. Moderated by Kamal Al-Solaylee\, Pro fessor and Director of JWAM.

    5:30 PM – Screening of the film\;
    7 :00-7:45 PM – Moderated Q&A.

    Watch the documentary trailer.< /p> CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Chan Centre RBC Theatre GEO:49.269748;-123.255108 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/bribe-inc-screening/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/01/Bribe-Inc.-Mar-14-WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250228T2335Z-1740785753.5041-EO-52564-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250227T230201Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250304T221809Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250317T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250317T133000 SUMMARY: Commercial Determinants and Industry Influence of Youth Education as Corporate Political Activity DESCRIPTION: Join CSDI for an introduction to the field of the commercial d eterminants of health and the concept of corporate political activity by Dr . van Schalkwyk. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us on March 17\, 12:30 - 1:30 PM (PST) at UBC's Place of Many Trees\, the Liu Institute for Global Issues\, for an i n depth discussion with Dr. May van Schalkwyk.

    About the talk

    This talk will provide an introduction to the field of the commercial determinants of health and the concept of corporate political ac tivity. Industry influence of youth education will be explored as a form of corporate political activity through a number of case studies. Implication s for public health research and practice will be discussed.

     

    About the speaker
    Dr. van Schalkwyk is a publi c health physician and researcher working at the University of Edinburgh. H er research aims to study how commercial actors influence ideas\, knowledge \, science and policymaking. She publishes research on the tobacco\, alcoho l\, gambling\, fossil fuels\, opioid\, pesticide and firearm industries\, i ncluding on the activities of industry-funded organisations\, influence of youth education and safety programmes\, and the use of metaphor as corporat e political activity.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/commercial-determinants/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/02/Commercial-Determinants-of-Youth-Education-WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250228T2315Z-1740784544.1138-EO-52611-5@10.19.146.22 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250227T190257Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250227T212903Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250317T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250317T190000 SUMMARY: Changing Geoeconomics in the Age of Trump: The Insider View from J apan DESCRIPTION: Koin CJR for a talk exploring Japan's response to challenging domestic conditions\, global frictions\, and the unraveling of the internat ional order. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Centre for Japanese Research is excited to present a t alk on contemporary Japanese politics and economics featuring Hidek i Makihara\, former Japanese minister of Justice.   This talk will explore how Japan is navigating the complex interplay betw een challenging domestic conditions\, global economic frictions\, and the a pparent unraveling of the rules-based international order.

    H ideki Makihara served as a member of the Japanese House of Represe ntatives for sixteen years and occupied various senior government\, parliam entary\, and party roles\, including most recently as Minister of Justice. Mr. Makihara will offer a first-hand perspective on major developments in J apanese policy\, such as the legacy of Abenomics and the future course of e conomic planning under the Ishiba government\, notably efforts to promote e conomic security and new technologies. He will also discuss how Japan is re sponding to intensifying challenges such as the assertiveness of China\, ge oeconomic competition\, and the return of Donald Trump to the White House.< /p> CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/insider-view-from-japan/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/02/CJR-March-17.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250313T1639Z-1741883991.3257-EO-52740-5@10.19.146.21 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250311T172542Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T051309Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250318T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250318T183000 SUMMARY: Documentary Screening: The Silent Epidemic DESCRIPTION: CISAR presents a screening of The Silent Epidemic\, a document ary about the devastating social impact of road crashes in India. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Jo in the Centre for India and South Asia Research for a powe rful screening of The Silent Epidemic\, a documen tary that sheds light on the devastating yet often-overlooked social impact of road crashes in India.

    Through deeply personal narratives\, the f ilm follows the resilience of survivors and their families as they navigate life-altering challenges while advocating for a safer future. Directed by Akshat Gupta and produced by Sarika Panda Bhatt\, Jitendra Mishra\, and Aka sh Basu\, this documentary is both a wake-up call and a beacon of hope. Don 't miss this eye-opening exploration of survival\, awareness\, and the urge nt need for change in road safety.

    Screening of the film (approx. 20 minutes) followed by a panel discussion with the director (Sarika P anda) and one of the physicians featured in the film\, Dr. Mathew Varghese (St. Stephens Hospital\, New Delhi).

     

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    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-silent-epidemic/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/03/Silent-Epidemic-1-CISAR.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250305T0520Z-1741152050.8214-EO-52676-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250304T210534Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250307T081911Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250319T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250319T133000 SUMMARY: Municipal Matters: Building Capacity for Local Climate Conversatio ns – March 19 DESCRIPTION: Join us for a discussion of how local governments can foster p roductive conversations about climate policies in today’s chaotic informati on environment. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    MAR 19 CSDI Municipa l Matters: Building Capacity for Local Climate Conversations

    Join us for a discussion of how local governments can foster productive conversations about climate policies in today’s chaotic i nformation environment.

    This virtual event will launch a new report f rom UBC’s Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions entitled\, “Municipal Matters: Building Capacity for Local Climate Conversations.”

    We will be joined by Rosalind Donald\, Assis tant Professor of Climate\, Environmental Justice\, Media\, and Communicati on at American University as well as Amber Bennett\, Execu tive Director at Re.Climate. The webinar will also feature report a uthors who will discuss the main findings and paths forward.

    We will also be joined by other special guests\, Rosalind's class at Ameri can University in Washington D.C.

    Speaker bios:

    < p>Heidi Tworek\, Professor of History and Public Policy\, Director of the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions

    Maddie Sides\, CSDI researcher\, co-author of Municipal Matters \, and public policy student at the UBC SPPGA

    Ghassan Hamzeh\ , CSDI researcher\, co-author of Municipal Matters\, and public po licy student at the UBC SPPGA

    Rosalind Donald resear ches how climate change communication can be made more just and effective b y examining the links between histories of environmental injustice and the current climate debate. She holds a PhD in Communications from Columbia Uni versity and was a Postdoctoral Associate in Environmental Justice and Commu nication at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmos pheric Science. Before she began her PhD\, she was Deputy Editor of Carbon Brief\, a climate science and policy website\, where she specialized in cli mate communication and disinformation.

    Amber Bennett is one of Canada’s top climate communication strategists and capacity buil ders. Amber works with groups across the country\, bridging the gap between research and practice. She led the groundbreaking Alberta Narratives Proje ct and supported much of the foundational work to pilot and build Re.Climat e.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/municipal-matters-building- capacity-for-local-climate-conversations-march-19/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/03/CSDI-Municipal-Matters-Mar-19-WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250227T2151Z-1740693071.7556-EO-52613-5@10.19.146.23 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250227T210724Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250227T212805Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250319T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250319T183000 SUMMARY: Study in Japan Information Session DESCRIPTION: Come and Join this session if you are Interested in studying i n Japan or learning about the amazing career opportunities available in Jap an. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Interested in studying in Japan or learning about the amazing career opportunities available in Japan? The Center of Japanese Research\, UBC Go Global\, Consulate General of Japan in Vancouver and the Canada-Japan Co-o p Program are teaming up to host a Study in Japan Session just for you!

    You will discover all wonderful benefits of studying in Japan through in formative presentations offered by each organizer. We will also have a chan ce to hear firsthand experience from students who are Go Global alumni\, fo rmer recepients of the MEXT scholarship offered by Government of Japan\, an d Canada-Japan Co-op Program alumni.
    At the end of the event\, we offe r Q & A session to ask all your questions.

    This event is targetting a ll students from any descipline. Whether or not you speak Japanese\, don’t miss this exciting opportunity to learn more about studying in Japan and ho w you can make it happen!

    Please email Mioko Umemura (mioko.umemura@u bc.ca) for any inquires about the event.

    Looking forward to seeing yo u!

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/study-in-japan-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/02/study-in-japan-poster-eventbrite.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250305T0518Z-1741151914.099-EO-52679-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250304T210539Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250304T210539Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250320T124500 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250320T140000 SUMMARY: Municipal Matters: Building Capacity for Local Climate Conversatio ns – March 20 DESCRIPTION: Join us over lunch at the Liu Institute’s Place of Many Trees for the official in-person launch of the UBC Centre for the Study of Democr atic Institutions’s’ new report on local climate communications in Canada. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    MAR 20 CSDI Municipa l Matters: Building Capacity for Local Climate Conversations

    Join us over lunch at the Liu Institute’s Place of Man y Trees for the official in-person launch of the UBC Centre for the Study o f Democratic Institutions’s’ new report on local climate communications in Canada.

    Our report explores how local governments can communi cate around climate policies in the current chaotic information environment .

    We will be joined by Andrea Reimer\, Adju nct Professor of Practice at the UBC SPPGA and local organizer\, and Wes Regan\, PhD candidate at UBC SCARP and Regional Lead for Pra ctice\, Research & Evaluation (Healthy Public Policy) in the Office of the Chief Medical Health Officer at Vancouver Coastal Health. The webinar will also feature report authors who will discuss the main find ings and paths forward.

    Speaker bios:

    Heidi Tworek\, Professor of History and Public Policy\, Director o f the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions

    Maddie Sides\, CSDI researcher\, co-author of Municipal Matters\, and pub lic policy student at the UBC SPPGA

    Ghassan Hamzeh\, CSDI researcher\, co-author of Municipal Matters\, and public policy stude nt at the UBC SPPGA

    Andrea Reimer is an Adjunct Prof essor of Practice at UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. As a community organizer and former member of City Council\, Andrea spearheaded a number of initiatives\, including the city’s effort to be the Greenest C ity on earth and Vancouver’s nationally significant municipal framework for reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.

    Wes Regan h as worked in community advocacy and capacity building as a non-profit leade r\, as a municipal planner\, and as a public health policymaker during the COVID-19 pandemic\, where he has experienced and observed issues of trust a nd distrust\, communication\, and disinformation from different vantage poi nts. This inspired his concerns about and fascination with issues of power and trust and effective public engagement and deliberation amidst the growt h in digital disinformation and misinformation.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/municipal-matters-building- capacity-for-local-climate-conversations-march-20/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/03/CSDI-Municipal-Matters-Mar-20-WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250329T2003Z-1743278585.9727-EO-52888-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250327T215841Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250331T173111Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250325T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250428T180000 SUMMARY: The Liu Lobby Gallery: Patterns as Poetic Practice DESCRIPTION: The Liu Lobby Gallery’s new series features Roots and Reflecti ons: On Personal and Collective Identity\, bringing together over 200 texti les from 17 countries\, Patterns as Poetic Practice. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Liu Lo bby Gallery SPPGA

    We invite you to the first exhibition of the Liu Lobby G allery’s new series “Roots and Reflections: On Personal and Collective Iden tity.” Bringing together over 200 textiles from 17 countries\, “Patterns as Poetic Practice: Mapping Stories Through Textile Cartographies” explores a rtistic expression\, identity\, and material engagement. Join us on April 1\, 5:30 PM for an opening reception with the artist\, or visit the g allery during its open hours from March 25 - April 28.

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    Curated by Ellinee Nelson

    About the Exhibition:

    “Patterns as Poetic Practice” brings these locally-crafted works together with others made aro und the world\, creating a collective tapestry. Across the gallery hang fab ric banners\, all featuring a collection that represents diverse perspectiv es and shared narratives. Each square embodies the roots of its maker’s anc estral heritage while reflecting the fluidity of identity in a globalized w orld. Together\, they become maps of meaning\, relationships\, dreams\, and desires\, that foster dialogue and connection across borders. The exhibiti on highlights the enduring relevance of craft traditions in shaping collect ive memory and identity and celebrates the creative resilience of communiti es worldwide.

    Viewers are invited to engage with the banners and make their own discoveries. The exhibition is an evolving process. Following th e opening reception on Tuesday\, April 1\, viewers can contribute to the ex hibition on an ongoing basis.

    Artist Bio:

    Elly Yazdanpanah is a postdoctoral fellow (NFRF) at The University of British C olumbia\, a highly skilled and dedicated scholar seamlessly combining the d omains of artistic expression and education\, driven by a deep enthusiasm f or cultural exploration. Originally from Iran\, she holds a Ph.D. in art ed ucation from Concordia University in Montreal\, Canada. She earned her Bach elor of Arts degree in Design\, followed by a Master of Arts in Fine Art Pa inting\, demonstrating her commitment to experimentation and gaining knowle dge beyond disciplines and nationalities. Elly has made significant contrib utions to well-known art galleries in both Iran and Canada\, venturing into the vibrant world of art galleries and curating and managing exhibitions. Her pioneering research focuses on walking practices in art museums and gal leries\, exploring the immersive nature of embodied experiences.

    Acknowledgements:

    This exhibition is part of the larger international initiative\, “Textile Cartographies\,” a participatory action research project coordinated by the APECV Research Group on Arts\, Communi ty\, and Education (GriArCE) in collaboration with 29 groups from universit ies\, schools\, collectives\, and NGOs across the Americas\, Africa\, Asia\ , Australia\, and Europe.

    The textile workshops that contribute to th is exhibition were held at UBC from 2023-2025 and were made possible throug h the generous support of the Government of Canada’s New Frontiers in Resea rch Fund (NFRF) [Anita Sinner\, PI\, NFRF-2022-00245\, “Worlding Higher Edu cation Differently: Co-creating a Technology-Art-Science Commons”].

    C ette exposition a été rendue possible grâce au soutien généreux du fonds No uvelles frontières en recherche du gouvernement du Canada [Anita Sinner\, c hercheuse principale\, NFRF-2022-00245\, “Worlding Higher Education Differe ntly: Co-creating a Technology-Art-Science Commons”].

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Lobby Gallery\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-liu-lobby-gallery-patte rns-as-poetic-practice/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/03/Patterns-as-Poetic-Practice_LiuLobbyGallery_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250305T0523Z-1741152193.496-EO-52626-5@10.19.146.23 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250305T003300Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250313T231611Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250326T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250326T190000 SUMMARY: Book Launch: “We\, the Kindling” by Otoniya J. Okot Bitek DESCRIPTION: Join us as we celebrate the launch of "We\, the Kindling\," th e stunning debut novel from acclaimed author and poet Otoniya J. Okot Bitek . X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join the Transformative Memory International Net work for an unforgettable evening celebrating the launch of We\, the Kindling\, the stunning debut novel from acclaimed author a nd poet Otoniya J. Okot Bitek.

    This book launch feat ures Otoniya J. Okot Bitek in conversation with Daniel Heath Justice (UBC) and Sophie McCall (SFU)\, along with an excerpt reading from the novel.

    For more information on the novel\, please visit: https://www.penguinrandomhouse .ca/books/736437/we-the-kindling-by-otoniya-j-okot-bitek/9781039009318< /p>

    We\, the Kindling will be available for purchase during the event.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/book-launch-we-the-kindling -by-otoniya-j-okot-bitek/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/03/25-0069_We-The-Kindling-COOLSIGNS.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250308T0642Z-1741416141.7365-EO-52734-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250307T193610Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250307T193610Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250326T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250326T190000 SUMMARY: Book Talk: From Confucius to Xi Jinping The DNA of Chinese Politic s DESCRIPTION: This talk with Willy Lam will centre around his book "From Con fucius to Xi Jinping The DNA of Chinese Politics". X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Centre for Chinese Research is excited to invite you to a talk with Willy Lam (Senior Fellow\, J amestown Foundation) which will centre around his book "From Confuc ius to Xi Jinping The DNA of Chinese Politics".

    About the Book:

    T his book analyzes Chinese politics\, particularly the rule of Chinese Commu nist Party (CCP) leaders from Mao Zedong to Xi Jinping\, through an examina tion of the country’s political ideology.

    This book succinctly covers the DNA of Chinese politics through the philosophies of sages in China’s f irst liberalization period during the Warring States epoch\, principally th ose of Confucius\, Mencius\, Lao Zi\, Zhuang Zi\, Shang Yang and Han Fei. W ith an appreciation of these traditional ideologies\, this book displays ho w Chinese political philosophy (which incorporates elements of Confucianist and especially Legalist thinking) has influenced ideas and policies from a s early as the Qin and Han dynasties through to the Qing dynasty and even t o the current day. Highlighting the controversies revolving around the flow ering and contention of beliefs and isms during China’s second liberalizati on in the Republican Period (1912-1949)\, this book reveals how and why thi s led to the repression of the CCP era under dictators ranging from Mao Zed ong to Xi Jinping.

    About the author:

    Willy La m is a Senior Fellow at the Jamestown Foundation\, Washington\, DC\, and a research affiliate with several academic institutions in North America. Pre viously\, he taught Chinese politics and foreign policy for 15 years at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Lam has 40 years of experience writing ab out China. His books include China in the Era of Xi Jinping\, Xi Jinping: T he Hidden Agendas of China’s Ruler for Life\, and The Fight for China’s Fut ure (all published by Routledge).

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/confucius-to-xi-jinping/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/03/Willy-Lam-CCR-March-26-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250222T0542Z-1740202923.7028-EO-52488-5@10.19.146.21 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250221T223137Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250306T214822Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250327T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250327T183000 SUMMARY: Creating Status Loss: Delegitimation through Information Warfare DESCRIPTION: Join Dr. Alex Yu-Ting Lin to explore how states compete for st atus and instrumentalize misinformation through international institutions. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join the Centre for Chinese Resear ch on March 27th for a talk on "Creating Status Loss: Dele gitimation through Information Warfare" featuring Dr. Alex Yu-Ting Lin.

     

    About the Talk:

    How do states compete for status? Current explanations suggest that states do so by enhancing their own stat us\, such as by joining selective international institutions or winning war s. I theorize and test another strategy: reducing their competitor's status through delegitimation. By spreading information about the target's failur e (i.e.\, character assassination)\, delegitimation can undermine the targe t's status in the eyes of third-party states and - as a result - reduce the target's ability to organize security and economic cooperation with said t hird-party states. I test my theory through a survey experiment in Canada\, wherein select respondents were exposed to Chinese information campaigns a bout US failure in the Middle East. Exposure to delegitimation reduces the respondents' assessment of US status\, in turn reducing their (1) support f or Canada to participate in joint military exercises with the US\, and (2) assessment of US credibility in multilateral trade negotiations. I contextu alize these results through a case study of Chinese delegitimation of US po licy in Africa and its impact on African countries' alignment with the US. My analysis highlights the changing character of war: the mechanisms and ef fects of information warfare\, including America's psychological operations \, China's "three wars"\, or Russia's active measures.

    About the Speaker:

     Dr. Alex Yu-Ting Lin studies the causes and strategies of revisionism\, with a focus on US-China relati ons and Asian security. His book project\, Contestation from Below\, theori zes how smaller states shape when and why rising powers become dissatisfied with their status and seek to revise the international order. An article f rom the book project received the Patricia Weitsman award from the Internat ional Security Studies Section (ISSS)\, International Studies Association ( ISA). His other research examines how states pursue their revisionist aims within international institutions or through misinformation. He is currentl y affiliated with the Notre Dame International Security Center\, University of Notre Dame.

    Dr. Lin will be joining the School of Public Policy a nd Global Affairs as Assistant Professor in Fall 2025.
    He is also will ing to hold a conversation with SPPGA graduate students after the talk!

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/creating-status-loss/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/02/Creating-Status-Loss-CCR-March-27-Updated-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20241219T2035Z-1734640555.7323-EO-51922-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20241219T192134Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241219T202033Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250327T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250327T200000 SUMMARY: What It Means To Be “American” – Raven Chacon DESCRIPTION: Come watch Raven Chacon's performance and chat with him about the lasting impacts of colonialism and how they affect ideas of “American” identity. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Chan Centre for the Performing Arts GEO:49.269748;-123.255108 URL;VALUE=URI:https://lindinitiative.ubc.ca/speakers/raven-chacon/#new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/12/Lind_RavenChacon_1920x10803.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250319T1932Z-1742412769.7584-EO-52822-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250318T184414Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250318T233129Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250328T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250328T193000 SUMMARY: From Landscapes to Seascapes: The Future of Indonesia’s Environmen tal Policies DESCRIPTION: Come and hear from five Indonesian PhD students as they discus s the intersection of their research and environmental policy in Indonesia. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Come and hear from five Indonesian PhD students as they dis cuss the intersection of their research and environmental policy in Indones ia. From the dense rainforests to the vibrant marine ecosystems\, this enga ging discussion will uncover the latest challenges and solutions toward sus tainable environment management. Topics include home-grown sustainability i nitiatives in the palm oil sector\, the fight to protect wild ginger and pr omote biodiversity\, pathways toward inclusive gender and Indigenous polici es\, and efforts to safeguard Bali’s coastal reefs.

    Derek Tan\, exhib itions manager at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum\, will join us as our moder ator.

    Please stay after the event for an Indonesian iftar dinner\, as we celebrate together and wish all friends of CSEAR a blessed Eid al-Fitr / Aidilfitri / Idulfitri / Lebaran / Hari Raya Puasa.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/greening-indonesia/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/03/Copy-of-CSEAR-_-Digital-Signage-Template-21.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250222T1038Z-1740220691.3077-EO-52483-5@10.19.146.21 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250221T215251Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T223607Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250331T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250331T163000 SUMMARY: Hot Stuff: Exposing Indonesia’s Geothermal Dreams DESCRIPTION: Join CSEAR for a simulcast screening of he award winning Indon esian documentary Hot Stuff followed by a discussion with the film makers. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join the UBC Centre for Southeast Asian Re search and the Graduate Education and Training on Southeast Asia Consortium for a special simulcast screening of Hot Stuff.

    Hot Stuff is an AIFIS film award-winning docum entary and part of a trio of Indonesian films that delve into energy polici es in Indonesia\, corporate ties to those policies\, and their detrimental effects on local environments and populations.

    Director Dandhy Lakson o and Producer Cypri Dale will join GETSEA live from the University of Mich igan’s Center for Southeast Asia Studies as 20 universities from across Nor th America connect via Zoom to watch Hot Stuff simultaneously\, followed by a discussion about the film\, energy policy in Indonesia\, and the new Pra bowo Subianto administration’s response to local grassroots movements in th e country.

    Watch the  trailer (with English subtitles) to catch a gli mpse of the documentary:

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    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Dodson Room\, Room 302\, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre GEO:49.267581;-123.252321 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/hot-stuff-screening/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/02/UBC-Hori_CESAR-March-31st-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250408T1412Z-1744121526.8966-EO-52801-5@10.19.146.21 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250313T231449Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250313T231449Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250402T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250402T180000 SUMMARY: Year-End Showcase: Global Community Engagement in Action X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://orice.ubc.ca/geep-program/year-end-showcase-global-co mmunity-engagement-in-action/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/03/2025-Year-end-Showcase-Banner-715-x-400-px.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250125T0719Z-1737789581.0635-EO-52196-5@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250125T011008Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250127T202006Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250403T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250403T170000 SUMMARY: Third Worldism and its Discontents with Cindy Ewing DESCRIPTION: In this fascinating book talk\, Dr. Cindy Ewing will explore t he circulation of postcolonial ideas in Asia during the early postwar era t hrough the Asian Relations Conferences 1947 and 1949. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Centre for Southeast Asian Research\, with the co-sponsorship of the Global History of Anti-Colonial Thought Rese arch Excellence Cluster and the UBC Myanmar Initiative\, warmly invites mem bers of the UBC community and public to our third event in the series Histories of Anti-Colonial Thought in Southeast As ia.

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    About the talk

    This talk\, entitled Third Worl dism and Its Discontents: The Asian Relations Conferences of 1947 and 1949\ , explores the circulation of postcolonial ideas in Asia during the early p ostwar era through the Asian Relations Conferences of 1947 and 1949. Under the auspices of the Indian Council of World Affairs\, the Asian Relations C onferences held in New Delhi became a site of transnational connection and anti-colonial critique\, contributing to an emerging articulation of Third World possibility beyond an imperial frame. In both conferences\, delegatio ns celebrated political independence\, discussed issues of economic develop ment\, education\, and women’s rights\, and also called for greater closene ss among Asian peoples. However\, the conferences also revealed different t heories of anti-colonial struggle at work in the Third World. In particular \, the Burmese\, Vietnamese\, and Indonesian delegations to the conferences challenged the globalist vision promoted by Indian leaders\, highlighting the promises and tensions of inter-Asian connections and Afro-Asian interna tionalism often traced to the post-1945 era.

    About the speake r

    Dr. Cindy Ewing is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on histories of rights and decolonization in South and Southeast Asia. She is preparing her first book manuscript on the history of the post-1945 international or der and the role of Asian postcolonial elites in the making of internationa l human rights. Her work has appeared in The American Historical Review\, J ournal of Global History\, Comparative Studies of South Asia\, Africa and t he Middle East\, and Cold War History\, among others.

    About t he series

    In recognition of the 70th anniversary of the Band ung Afro-Asian Conference\, the 50th anniversary of the end of the Second I ndochinese War and the 25th anniversary of the Timorese independence refere ndum\, the series Histories of Anti-Colonial Thought in Southeast Asia aims to bring various Southeast Asian genealogies of anti-colonial thought into conversation and spotlight them for the broader UBC community and public. The series will provoke conversation about underexplored lineages of anti-c olonialism and democracy within the academy and popular discourse in antici pation of the Anticolonial Ideas of the Global Symposium held by the Global History of Anti-Colonial Thought Research Excellence Cluster in April 2025 .

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events LOCATION:Dodson Room\, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre GEO:49.267851;-123.253087 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/third-worldism-and-its-disc ontents/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/01/Third-Worldism-and-its-Discontents-April-3rd-CSEAR.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250331T2207Z-1743458822.4954-EO-52904-5@10.19.146.23 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250331T170204Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250331T170204Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250403T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250403T173000 SUMMARY: IAR-CKR Fellow Research Showcase DESCRIPTION: Join the Centre for Korean Research (CKR) on April 3rd for an exciting research showcase by the IAR Fellows. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join the Centre for Korean Research (CKR) on April 3rd for an ex citing research showcase. IAR fellows affiliated with the Centre for Korean Research will  give a presentation about their current research for 15 min utes and will answer questions from the audience for another 15 minutes. Th e presenters include  King Kwong Wong (Asian Studies)\, Reem Salameh (IRES) \, Jisun Lee (Geography)\, and Eunsil Choi (Political Science).

     

     

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ckr-research-showcase/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/03/2025-04-03-IAR-CKR_Research-Showcase.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250226T1735Z-1740591353.9495-EO-52575-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250225T212521Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250225T212822Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250407T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250407T130000 SUMMARY: The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley DESCRIPTION: This book talk by Marietje Schaake will draw attention to the pressing danger of the unrestrained influence of private tech companies. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join the Ce ntre for Japanese Research the Centre for the Study of Dem ocratic Institutions for a book talk on "The Tech Coup: Ho w to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley".

    In this timely new work Marietje Schaake (Policy Fellow\, Stanford Institute for Human-Center ed AI) draws attention to a pressing danger: the unrestrained influence of private tech companies. Beyond wielding vast economic clout\, these firms a re increasingly taking on roles once reserved for government—undermining th e democratic rule of law in the process. Whether it involves cybersecurity\ , policing systems\, election infrastructure\, or military defense strategi es\, both established tech giants and emerging startups are exerting an out size impact on fundamental societal functions.

    About the Spea ker:

    Marietje Schaake is a non-resident Fel low at both Stanford’s Cyber Policy Center and the Institute for Human-Cent ered AI. In addition to writing as a Financial Times columnist\, she partic ipates on multiple nonprofit boards and sits on the UN’s High-Level Advisor y Body on AI. From 2009 to 2019\, she served as a Member of the European Pa rliament\, concentrating on issues related to trade\, foreign policy\, and technology.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-tech-coup-how-to-save-d emocracy-from-silicon-valley/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/02/Poster-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250331T2208Z-1743458933.0038-EO-52929-5@10.19.146.21 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250331T214546Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250331T214546Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250407T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250407T140000 SUMMARY: Fabricating Homeland Security DESCRIPTION: Rhys Machold will trace homeland security’s origins in the Zio nist colonization of Palestine and subsequent efforts by Israel’s homeland security industry to ‘penetrate’ India in the course of the global ‘war on terror’. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us for a book talk with Rhys Machold to explore the entanglement of homeland security across In dia and Palestine/Israel.

    Based on the book Fabricating Homeland Security: Polic e Entanglements across India and Palestine/Israel (Stanford U niversity Press\, 2024)\, Rhys Machold will trace homeland security’s origi ns in the Zionist colonization of Palestine and subsequent efforts by Israe l’s homeland security industry to ‘penetrate’ India in the course of the gl obal ‘war on terror’. By charting these less known histories and geographie s of homeland security\, the talk will raise urgent political questions abo ut the actually existing extent of security’s self-implied universality and inevitability\, even in places and societies deeply imbricated in empire a nd capitalist social relations.

    Rhys Machold is Seni or Lecturer in International Relations in the School of Social and Politica l Sciences\, University of Glasgow. Through engagements with International Relations\, political geography and urban studies\, his research has focuse d on exploring regimes of power\, violence and empire from a transnational perspective. He is author of Fabricating Homeland Security: Police Entangle ments across India and Palestine/Israel (Stanford University Press\, 2024) and is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Critical Studies on Security.

    O ur discussant\, Naveena Naqvi is a historian of early mode rn and modern South Asia and Assistant Professor in the Department of Asian Studies\, University of British Columbia.

    LOCATION:The xʷθəθiqətəm or Place of Many Trees (formerly the Liu Multipurpose Room) \, GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/fabricating-homeland-securi ty/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/03/Fabricating-homeland-security-FINAL.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250204T0441Z-1738644064.6394-EO-52377-5@10.19.146.21 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250203T215605Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250204T235015Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250407T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250407T150000 SUMMARY: Seeing Vietnamese History from the Sea DESCRIPTION: Li Tana's book talk will explore her powerful argument about t he role of the sea in key political changes in Vietnamese history. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Centre for Southeast Asia Research is excited to present a talk on "Seeing Vietnamese History from the Se a" with Li Tana (Australian National University).

    About the talk:

    De spite its 3\,000-kilometre coastline\, few people see Vietnam as a maritime country. In A Maritime Vietnam\, Li Tana presents a power ful new argument about Vietnamese history: that key political changes resul ted from the impact\, economic and otherwise\, of the sea. This is a finely layered account covering the two millennia before colonisation that radica lly restructures how we understand the role of the maritime and trans-regio nal in Vietnam's early history. Drawing on exhaustive research of Chinese\, Vietnamese and Japanese sources\, Li reveals that it is only when viewed a gainst the background of the sea that Vietnam's past can be properly unders tood. In contrast to traditional perceptions of an inward-looking society d ominated by Chinese cultural influence\, Vietnam was shaped by dynamic litt oral economic and cultural contact.

    About the speaker:

    Li Tana is a senior fellow at the College of Asia and Pacific Studies\, the Australian National University. She is intereste d in the maritime and environmental histories of Vietnam and southern China \, from the 2nd BCE to the late 19th centuries. Her works include The Nguye n Cochinchina (SEAP\, Cornell 1998)\; Water Frontier: Commerce and the Chin ese in the Lower Mekong Region\, 1750-1880 (co-ed with Cooke\, 2004)\, Gulf of Tongking Through History (Co-ed. with Cooke and Anderson\, 2011)\, and Anthony Reid and the Study of the Southeast Asian Past (Co-ed with Geoff Wa de\, ISEAS\, 2012).

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events LOCATION:Dodson Room\, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre GEO:49.267851;-123.253087 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/maritime-vietnam/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/02/Vietnam-from-the-Sea_updated.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250315T2353Z-1742082793.6988-EO-52806-5@10.19.146.21 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250315T043504Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250318T181546Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250408T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250408T170000 SUMMARY: Turning Concepts Into Norms with Dr. Shazelina Z. Abidin DESCRIPTION: Join the High Commissioner of Malaysia to Canada to hear insig hts from her extensive experience with governance and diplomacy X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Institute of Asian Research an d the Centre for Southeast Asia Research are delighted to present "Turning Concepts Into Norms" a talk with Dr. Shazelina Z. Abidin (High Commissioner of Malaysia to Canada).  She will share insights from her extensive experience with governance and diplomacy. This event is being generously co-sponsored by the Consulate Gen eral of Malaysia.

    About the Talk:

    The Rome St atute of the International Criminal Court\; establishing and mainstreaming freedom from fear and freedom from want\; driving the push for the Anti-Per sonnel Mine Ban Convention\; providing the seeds that would eventually turn into the Responsibility to Protect. All of these have one thing in common: all these international actions were largely due to Canada’s efforts on th e world stage.

    Starting from the late 1980s\, Canada has managed to p unch above its weight in international relations\, building different coali tions in order to advance various agendas. Its status as a middle power hel ped it to establish like-minded groups of countries independently of the Gr eat Powers. Canada’s strength in institutional internationalism has long be en a source of its place in the world order.

    This talk will chart Can ada’s success in turning concepts into global norms\, its efforts at buildi ng coalitions\, and its past role as an international powerhouse. It will a lso explore whether the Canada of today would be able to similarly replicat e its previous role\, and what needs to be done for the country to once aga in provide middlepower leadership where it matters most.

    Abou t the Speaker:

    Dr Shazelina Z. Abidin is a career diplomat with experiences in both the multilateral and bilateral dep artments of Malaysia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Prior to her appointmen t as the High Commissioner of Malaysia to Canada\, Dr Shazelina held the po rtfolio of the South Asia and Central Asia Division at the Ministry (Septem ber 2023 – November 2024)\, handling six Prime Ministerial visits abroad be fore relinquishing the post. Dr Shazelina also served as Director-General o f the Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations (IDFR)\, the training ar m of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Malaysia\, from August 2021 to Septemb er 2023.

    Her postings abroad have included Washington D.C (2001 – 200 2) and the UN in New York (2007 – 2011). Dr Shazelina was also Ambassador t o the Republic of Senegal (2018 – 2021)\, and is the only Malaysian thus fa r to be awarded the Ordre du Lion\, at the rank of Commander\, by the Presi dent of Senegal.

    As part of her current trip to Canada she has engage d in diplomatic meetings with the Ambassador of Morocco\, the President of the Ottawa Muslim Association\, and other high-profile officials.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/turning-concepts-into-norms / ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/03/Copy-of-REVISED-IAR-_-Digital-Signage-Template-22.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250308T0826Z-1741422367.8561-EO-52492-5@10.19.146.22 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250221T231002Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T231002Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250408T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250408T193000 SUMMARY: Dreams of Equality and Nepal’s Federal Constitution: Experiences o f Indigenous Peoples and Marginalized Communities DESCRIPTION: This talk will reflect on the experiences of Nepal's Indigenou s and marginalized communities on the journey towards its collective dream. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://himalaya.arts.ubc.ca/events/event/dreams-of-equality- and-nepals-federal-constitution-experiences-of-indigenous-peoples-and-margi nalized-communities/#new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/02/Himalaya-Program-_-Events-Template.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250402T2330Z-1743636630.7335-EO-52940-5@10.19.146.21 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250402T232806Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250404T203358Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250409T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250410T150000 RDATE;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250410T100000 SUMMARY: Book Sale for Myanmar Earthquake Relief DESCRIPTION: Join us to support the UBC Myanmar Student Association’s fundr aising efforts for earthquake relief efforts in Myanmar. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us to support the UBC Myanmar Student Association’s fundraising efforts to sup port earthquake relief efforts. Used books will be sold\, beginning at $5 e ach.

    We will be raising funds for the UBC Myanmar Student Association 's fundraiser (https://www.gofundme.com /f/npbt7-support-earthquake-relief-in-myanmar)\, whose funds will be di rected to Better Burma\, an established charitable organization working on the ground in Myanmar.

    All proceeds will be donated directly to the M SA fundraiser.

    This initiative is organized and led by fellows\, asso ciates and community members of the UBC Centre for Southeast Asian Research .

    LOCATION:1855 West Mall (CK Choi Building) RM 351\, UBC Vancouver Campus GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/books-for-myanmar/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/04/book-sale-myanmar.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20241219T2035Z-1734640555.7358-EO-51925-5@10.19.146.2 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20241219T193236Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241219T202039Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250410T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250410T200000 SUMMARY: What It Means To Be “American” – Heather Cox Richardson DESCRIPTION: Join Heather Cox Richardson as she draws from a deep well of h istorical knowledge to contextualize the current threats to American democr acy. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Chan Centre for the Performing Arts GEO:49.269748;-123.255108 URL;VALUE=URI:https://lindinitiative.ubc.ca/speakers/heather-cox-richardson /#new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/12/Lind_HeatherCoxRichardson_1920x10804.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250331T2207Z-1743458833.9382-EO-52910-5@10.19.146.23 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250331T183355Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250331T183619Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250414T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250414T190000 SUMMARY: Possible Complicity in Genocide? Australia\, Pine Gap and Gaza DESCRIPTION: Guest speaker Richard Tanter\, Senior Research Associate at Th e Nautilus Institute\, discusses issues of accountability for complicity in genocide through provision of intelligence to the Five Eyes network. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join us for a talk with Richard Tanter\, S enior Research Associate at The Nautilus Institute.

    Pos sible Complicity in Genocide SPPGA Event

    < p>About the Talk
    Australia\, Pine Gap and Gaza: natio nal accountability for complicity in genocide through provision of intellig ence to the Five Eyes network.
    In the aftermath of the International C ourt of Justice 26 January 2024 provisional judgement in Israel vs Sout h Africa\, any country that was part of the Five Eyes transnational in telligence community was faced with a challenge: could the government assur e the public that US intelligence facilities hosted on its soil were not re ndering the country complicit in plausible acts of genocide?

    This pre sentation examines that question in the case of Australia\, focusing on the signals intelligence activities carried out at the Joint Defence Facility Pine Gap in Central Australia.

    About the Speaker

    Richard Tanter is Senior Research Associate at The Nautilus Institute  and who lodged a complaint concerning the Australian Signals Directorate to the Inspector General of Security and Intelligence in March 2024.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events LOCATION:Boardroom\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.267710;-123.259656 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/possible-complicity-in-geno cide/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/03/Possible-Complicity-in-Genocide-WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250422T2254Z-1745362476.6117-EO-53143-5@10.19.146.23 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250422T172537Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T222437Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250428T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250428T120000 SUMMARY: The Tamil Question in Post-Crisis Sri Lanka DESCRIPTION: Join us for a critical conversation on Tamil self-determinatio n\, Sinhala-Buddhist nationalism\, and Sri Lanka's shifting political lands cape. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Centre for India and South Asia Research is excited to present a talk by Dr. Madur a Rasaratnam. Join us for a critical conversation on Tamil self-determinati on\, Sinhala-Buddhist nationalism\, and Sri Lanka's shifting political land scape.

    This discussion will be held virtually. Please register to rec eive the zoom meeting information.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-tamil-question/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/04/CISAR-April-28.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250516T0659Z-1747378776.5879-EO-53625-5@10.19.146.21 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250515T205828Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250711T225551Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250501T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250711T180000 SUMMARY: The Liu Lobby Gallery: Weaving Belonging DESCRIPTION: The Liu Lobby Gallery invites you to the latest exhibition in the series Roots and Reflections: On Personal and Collective Identity. Weav ing Belonging: Stories from Unceded Territories features artwork by Aaniya Asrani co-created in conversation with Antje Ellermann\, Chief Janice Georg e\, Elmir lsmayilov\, Gloria Tsui\, Sussan Yanez\, Valentina Voloshko and W illard ‘Buddy’ Joseph. Visit the […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Weaving Belonging Liu Lobby Gallery

    The Liu Lobby Gallery invites you to the latest exhibition in the ser ies Roots and Reflections: On Personal and Collective Identity. < span data-contrast="auto">Weaving Belonging: Stories from Unceded Territori es features artwork by Aaniya Asrani co-created in conversation with Antje Ellermann\, Chief Janice George\, Elm ir lsmayilov\, Gloria Tsui\, Sussan Yanez\, Valentina Voloshko and Willard 'Buddy' Joseph. Visit the gallery during its open hours from May 1 – July 1 1\, and be sure to join us for the closing reception on July 10 to particip ate in an activation of the artwork.

    Exhibition: May 1 - July 11
    Closing Reception: July 10\, 6-8pm

    Curated by Ellinee Nelson 

     

    About the Exhibition: 

    Weavin g Belonging explores and questions so cial belonging in Vancouver\, a place shaped by ongoing settler colonialism . Bringing together a range of perspectives—Indigenous folks rooted in this land and those from distant shores\, immigrants seeking new beginnings\, g enerational settlers\, and refugees in search of sanctuary—the exhibition n egotiates aspects of identity\, history and our shared existence on these s tolen lands. 

    This work extends from storytelling sessions Aaniya Asrani faci litated around reconciliation\, community care\, and shared responsibility on unceded territories. Each collaborator created their own drawing while s haring their stories and Asrani created a drawing in response. The small pr ints on view represent these individual drawings\, while the larger prints reflect the blending of the two. Together\, they grapple with personal and collective connections\, weaving fragments of their histories\, identities\ , and lived experiences into a collective "placemat of belonging." This pro cess highlights the fluidity of identity and the interconnectedness of our realities\, emphasizing that belonging is continuously redefined through re lationships and dialogue. 

    Weaving Belonging challenges viewers to reflect on their positionality and invites t hem to engage actively in reshaping their understanding of identity and bel onging. 

    To listen to the storytelling sessions click here 

     

    Arti st Bio:  

    Aaniya Asrani (b. 1992) is an interdisciplinary artist\, design er\, and visual storyteller from Bangalore\, India. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Communication from the Srishti Institute of Art\, Design\, and Technology (2014) and a Master of Fine Arts from Emily Carr University (2019)\, where she also taught as sessional faculty. 

    Asrani’s practice focuses on exploring social and cultural systems through community-based art\, workshops\, and design projects. Based on the unceded territories of the Musqueam\, Squamish\, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations\, her work aims to create opportunities for dialogu e\, connection\, and shared understanding across diverse communities. 

    She serves as the Lead Commun ity Artist at posAbilities\, where she is shaping an inclusive artist colle ctive\, and leads Neighbourhood Organizing\, a Vancouver Coastal Health-fun ded initiative bridging social divides. Asrani is also a published children ’s book author and illustrator\, expanding her impact across creative disci plines.
     

    Acknowledgements: 

    The work in this exhibition was created as p art of the Bel onging in Unceded Territory project. This project was initiated by UBC’s Centre for Migration Studies to bring s ettler colonialism into the centre of conversations on social belonging in Vancouver. The dialogue sessions facilitated by Aaniya Asrani at Immigrant Services Society of BC as part of this project\, aimed to address these que stions and served as the inspiration for her artist residency with STEPS Pu blic Art. 

    This work is generously supported by STEPS Public Art\, UBC’s Centre for Migration Studies\, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada\, the Canada First Research Excellence Fund\, Bridging Divides\, and Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House.  

     

    Important Links: 

    S torytelling sessions: https://dri ve.google.com/drive/folders/1rHb4-jFkGOAMR3hBRzTAwy6vpga3I0D5   

    Belonging in Unceded T erritory project:
    https://migration.ubc.ca/research/faculty-research-proje cts/belonging-in-unceded-territory/ 

     

    LOCATION:Lobby Gallery\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-liu-lobby-gallery-weavi ng-belonging/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/05/Weaving-Belonging_Promo-Graphics_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250509T1239Z-1746794399.0257-EO-53150-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250422T183700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250430T025618Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250505T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250519T193000 SUMMARY: Dancing with Our Ancestors Exhibit DESCRIPTION: In this multi-site exhibit\, the Transformative Memory Interna tional Network and Butterflies in Spirit stitch different\, yet parallel ex periences of denunciation\, resistance\, togetherness\, searching for loved ones\, and seeking the truth. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:UBC Robson Square GEO:49.282483;-123.121401 URL;VALUE=URI:https://transformativememory.ubc.ca/transformative-memory-x-b utterflies-in-spirit-exhibit-dancing-with-our-ancestors/#new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/04/TMIN_Dancingwithourancestors.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250425T0120Z-1745544059.3293-EO-53191-5@10.19.146.23 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250424T224339Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250430T195810Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250510T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250510T200000 SUMMARY: POSTPONED Ingat: A Transnational Palimpsest of Creative Writing DESCRIPTION: The UBC Centre for Southeast Asian Research is proud to sponso r this transnational community event\, taking place at the UBC Learning Exc hange in the Downtown Eastside X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

     

    This event has been postponed indefinit ely as the CSEAR community grieves the senseless tragedy which occ urred at the Lapu-Lapu Day Block Party on April 26th. This page will be upd ated with more information when a new date is decided. 

     

    The UBC Centre for Southeast Asian Research is proud to sponso r this transnational community event\, taking place at the UBC Learning Exc hange in the Downtown Eastside:

    Satur day\, 10 May 2025\, 6:00-8:00pm PST

    Sunday\, 11 May 2025\, 9:00-11:00 am HKT

    THIS IS A HYBRID EVENT. Online participants will receive a Zoo m link.

    In Tagalog\, ingat has multiple meanings that speak to the re alities of migrant domestic workers – goodbye\, take care\, caution and gen tleness. In Bahasa\, ingat means ‘to remember’. We are celebrating the publ ication of Ingat: An Anthology of Works by Migrant Domestic Worker Creatives in Hon g Kong\, a collaboration with the Migrant Writers of Hong Kong and Lens ational\, with a transnational workshop with Nicole Nepomuceno\, a writer\, researcher\, curator\, artist\, educator and community organizer based in Hong Kong. Nicole will be sharing her method of using annotations as a gene rative site for diasporic creative writing. Participants in Hong Kong and V ancouver will have the opportunity for co-creation through annotating migra nt and diasporic creative writing from both cities.

    The workshop will be hybrid (online and in-person). In Vancouver\, participants have the option of attending the workshop at the UBC Learning Exchange\, 612 Ma in Street\, Vancouver. Food and beverages will be provided during the workshop. Online participants will receive a Z oom link upon registration.

    For more information\, please co ntact Angel Bella (Department of Geography and Centre for Southeast Asian R esearch\, The University of British Columbia) at bellarox@student.ubc.ca or Dr. Julie Ham (Associate Professor\, Brock University) at jham@brocku.ca.< /p> CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ingat-a-transnational-palim psest/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/04/INGAT-10-May-2025.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250715T0355Z-1752551730.0172-EO-54175-5@10.19.146.22 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250714T230409Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250714T230409Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250715T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250715T134500 SUMMARY: Supply Chain Strategy and Economic Security in a Geopolitical Era DESCRIPTION: CJR presents an engaging talk with Dr. Wen-Chieh Lee\, a leadi ng economist and scholar at National Chengchi University\, as he explores t he strategic\, economic\, and geopolitical implications of Taiwan Semicondu ctor Manufacturing Company’s (TSMC) expansion into Japan. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    "Supply Chain Strategy and Economic Security in a Geopolitical Era: The Case of TSMC’s Expansion into Japan" with Dr. Wen-Chieh Lee

    Join the Centre for Japanese Research (CJR) for a n engaging talk with Dr. Wen-Chieh Lee\, a leading economi st and scholar at National Chengchi University\, as he explores the strateg ic\, economic\, and geopolitical implications of Taiwan Semiconductor Manuf acturing Company’s (TSMC) expansion into Japan.

    In this session\, Dr. Lee will present his insights and on-the-ground perspectives from his rece nt research\, including interviews with key stakeholders such as the former governor of Kumamoto Prefecture. He will unpack the motivations behind TSM C’s investment in Kyushu\, Japan\, and examine how this move reflects broad er trends in global supply chain realignment\, economic security\, and regi onal industrial policy in a shifting geopolitical landscape.

    Drawing on his diverse background in both academia and industry\, including prior e xperience as a Trade Marketing Manager at Unilever\, Dr. Lee brings a uniqu e lens to topics like market integration\, outsourcing\, innovation\, and r esource allocation. His work not only addresses theoretical dimensions but is deeply informed by real-world dynamics and policymaking.

    S peaker Profile:
    Dr. Lee received his Ph.D. in Economics from Washington University in St. Louis in May 2012. He is currently affiliated with National Chengchi University in Taipei. His research interests include growth and development\, macroeconomic theory\, industrial organization\, corporate finance\, and market integration. Dr. Lee has also worked as a Tr ade Marketing Manager at Unilever. His professional experience informs his research on economic integration\, outsourcing\, and venture capital. In ad dition\, Dr. Lee supervises graduate and doctoral students\, guiding resear ch on resource misallocation\, innovation\, and industrial dynamics. His me ntorship has shaped the academic careers of many emerging economists.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:1855 West Mall (CK Choi Building) RM 351\, UBC Vancouver Campus GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/supply-chain-strategy-and-e conomic-security-in-a-geopolitical-era/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/07/Jeff-Lee-Poster.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250704T0621Z-1751610086.9077-EO-54042-5@10.19.146.21 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250630T192542Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250711T230324Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250715T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250715T140000 SUMMARY: Have People Stopped Listening to Expertise? DESCRIPTION: This talk by CSDI presents key results from the comparative\, mixed-methods research project ‘REACTOR’\, using collected data to study wh at makes lay citizens accept\, resist or ignore expertise X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://democracy.ubc.ca/events/event/have-people-stopped-lis tening-to-expertise/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/06/Updated-Lars-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250901T0408Z-1756699715.0204-EO-54404-5@10.19.146.23 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250820T205116Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250902T170541Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250722 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250927 SUMMARY: Liu Lobby Gallery Exhibit: Atmospheric Apparitions DESCRIPTION: Dust\, Ash\, Smog and Smoke! This Liu Lobby Gallery exhibit\, presented with UBC Geography\, considers particulates’ impacts on space\, p lace and bodies in the context of wildfires\, haze\, dust storms\, and infr astructural residues. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Lobby Gallery\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://geog.ubc.ca/news/atmospheric-apparitions-particle-pol lutants-dust-ash-smog-and-smoke/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/08/Atmospheric-Apparitions_WEB2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250712T0409Z-1752293389.9871-EO-54159-5@10.19.146.22 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250711T224917Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250718T192203Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250729T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250729T140000 SUMMARY: Mark Vicol: An everyday political economy of food insecurity in My anmar’s Central Dry Zone DESCRIPTION: CSEAR presents a talk with Dr. Mark Vicol from Wagenigen Unive rsity. Light refreshments provided\, no RSVP required. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Centre for Southeast Asia Research (CSEAR) host s a talk with Mark Vicol\, Assistant Professor of Agrarian Sociology in the Rural Sociology Group and co-coordinator of the Critical Agrarian Studies research cluster at the Centre for Space\, Place and Socie ty (CSPS)\, Wagenigen University. His research and teaching focuses on the everyday political economy of agrarian change. He is particularly intereste d in questions about why certain livelihood pathways are possible for some households/individuals\, but not for others\, and how class processes manif est in everyday agrarian life. Vicol’s doctoral research at the University of Sydney explored the implications of contract farming for rural livelihoo ds and agrarian change in India. He has since worked on specialty coffee in Indonesia\, elephant foot yam value chains in Myanmar\, and the everyday p olitical economy of labour in alternative agriculture in Europe\, and publi shed in journals such as World Development\, Journal of Peasant Studies\, J ournal of Rural Studies\, Journal of Agrarian Change\, Journal of Economic Geography\, Geoforum\, and the Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography. He is a co-founder of the Contract Farming Initiative\, a network for researchers and activists interested in the dynamics and political economy of contract farming\, rural livelihoods and agrarian change.

    Light r efreshments provided. No RSVP required.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/mark-vicol/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/07/Mark-Vicol-July-29-event.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250717T1040Z-1752748848.4149-EO-54188-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250716T222923Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250718T182252Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250805T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250807T214500 SUMMARY: Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 80 years of the nuclear age DESCRIPTION: This exhibit features 30 posters documenting the historical pa th of Hiroshima and Nagasaki's bombing\, highlighting its longstanding impa cts. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    On August 6 and 9 of 1945\, the United States dropped two nuclear weapons on the Japa nese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki respectively\, killing tens of thousa nds of innocent civilians and profoundly disrupting the lives of survivors. These bombings mark the onset of the nuclear age. This exhibition consists of 30 posters depicting the historical path to the bombing\, the immediate and long term impact on the populations of the two cities\, and efforts by the survivors and civil society to abolish nuclear weapons.

    Join us for this free event from August 5 to 7th from 9AM to 9:45PM\, taking place at Vancouver's Roundhouse Arts & Recreation C entre in Yaletown.

    Presented with the support of The Simons Foundation Canada and the Roundhouse Arts & Recreatio n Centre.

    LOCATION:The Roundhouse Community Arts GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/remembering-hiroshima-and-n agasaki-80-years-of-the-nuclear-age/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/07/HiroshimaNagasaki_WEB2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250813T2115Z-1755119756.0007-EO-54342-5@10.19.146.22 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250813T204659Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250820T210855Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250826T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250826T173000 SUMMARY: Master of Public Policy & Global Affairs – August 26 Info Session DESCRIPTION: We invite you to join us for an exciting information session w here you can delve deeper into the world of the Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) program. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    About this event

    Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs Info Session

    We invite you to join us for an exciting information sessio n where you can delve deeper into the world of the Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) program. Whether you're a prospective student or simply curious about this field\, this session offers a fantastic opportun ity to explore the program and have all your questions answered.

    Date: August 26\, 2025
    Time: 4:30-5:30 P M PDT
    Location: Zoom (Virtual Event)

    The MPPGA program is designed to equip future policy makers with the knowledge\, skil ls\, and experiences necessary to tackle the world's most pressing challeng es. With a strong focus on rigorous knowledge acquisition\, policy analysis \, career development\, and experiential learning\, this program paves the way for you to excel as a policy professional.

    What to Expect at the Info Session

    Program Presentation: Gain a comprehensive understanding of the MPPGA program\, its curriculum\, and the unique opportunities it offers.
    Eligibility Requiremen ts: Learn about the qualifications and prerequisites for the MPPGA program\, ensuring you're fully prepared to apply.

    Why UBC?< /strong>

    At UBC\, you will have the privilege of learning from a dive rse faculty and engaging with policy practitioners at a top-ranked universi ty known for its commitment to addressing climate change. You'll be located in Vancouver\, British Columbia\, consistently ranked as one of the greene st and most livable cities in the world.

    Don't miss this opportunity to kick-start your journey towards becoming a global change maker.

    RS VP for our info session now and take the first step toward a fulfilling car eer in public policy and global affairs. Join us and be part of the solutio n to the world's most pressing issues. We look forward to e-meeting you!

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/master-of-public-policy-glo bal-affairs-august-26-info-session/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/08/MPPGA-Info-Session-Aug-26_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250901T0408Z-1756699715.0326-EO-54303-5@10.19.146.23 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250811T030036Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250820T210932Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250828T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250828T203000 SUMMARY: Climate Change Science-Policy-Society Interface in the High Himala ya DESCRIPTION: The Himalaya Program presents an event with panelists discussi ng climate change impact on the high Himalaya as experienced by Indigenous communities of Khumbu Pasanglhamu Rural Municipality (KPLRM) X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The panelists will discuss climate change impact on the high Himalaya as experienced by Indigenous communities of Khu mbu Pasanglhamu Rural Municipality (KPLRM). Findings from the upcoming KPLR M Local Adaptation Plans of Action (LAPA) will be shared during the event t o highlight the accelerated melting of snow and ice\, increasing climate ch ange induced risks and hazards\, changing socio-economic dynamics and deter iorating conditions for climate-resilient Indigenous Sherpa lifeways.

    Speakers include:
    Hon. Sonam Gyalzen Sherpa – National Assembly Membe r\, and President of the Federation Strengthening and National Concern Comm ittee
    Hon. Tashi Lhamu Sherpa – Vice Chair\, Khumbu Pasanglhamu Rural Municipality
    Hon. Nuru Zangbu Sherpa – Ward Chair\, Khumbu Pasanglhamu Rural Municipality
    Dr. Pasang Yangjee Sherpa\, University of British Columbia

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://himalaya.arts.ubc.ca/events/event/local-adaptation-pl ans-of-action-and-nepali-government-officials-panel-discussion/#new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/08/Himalaya-Program-Events-Template.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250901T0408Z-1756699715.0407-EO-54361-5@10.19.146.23 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250815T163029Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250820T210946Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250910T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250910T170000 SUMMARY: Technology and the Future of Democracy: Pre-APSA Workshop DESCRIPTION: This one-day workshop will bring together academics and practi tioners to discuss the threats and opportunities that new technologies pose to key democratic institutions\, in Canada and around the world. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:UBC Robson Square GEO:49.282483;-123.121401 URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.electoralintegrityproject.com/vancouver-2025-work shop#new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/08/TechnologyAndTheFutureOfDemocracy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250828T0013Z-1756340004.9335-EO-54416-5@10.19.146.22 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250827T185053Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250828T212041Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250910T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250910T140000 SUMMARY: From Hybrid to Fusion Innovation— Taiwan’s Green Revolution of Off shore Wind DESCRIPTION: This talk by Wen-Ling Hong explores how Taiwan has adopted a t hree-stage strategy to develop offshore wind energy. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    < strong>Abstract:
    Taiwan is charging toward a zero-carbon futu re by 2050\, with offshore wind energy as a cornerstone of this transformat ion. Since 2012\, the government has championed harnessing powerful winds i n the Taiwan Strait off the west coast following its three-stage strategy. This talk explores how Taiwan built its offshore wind industry from scratch \, starting with its first offshore meteorological mast in 2015\, despite l imited experience in marine energy. Through case studies and insights from industry pioneers\, we reveal how Taiwan blended global technology with loc al innovation to tackle challenges like navigating a patchwork marine regul atory system and shortages of maritime expertise and specialized vessels. T hese efforts have sparked transformative breakthroughs\, creating a dynamic offshore wind system - the first in East Asia outside China. This growing exploration of marine environments is shaping a sustainable seascape\, open ing doors to future innovations like floating wind farms\, offshore solar\, and hydrogen production at sea.

    About The Speaker:< br />Wen-Ling Hong is an Associate Professor in the Department of Naval Arc hitecture and Ocean Engineering at the National Kaohsiung University of Sci ence and Technology\, Taiwan\, where she also serves as Director of the Cen ter for Science\, Technology\, and Society (STS) Research. Hong holds promi nent roles in several professional and governmental bodies\, including memb ership in the Committee of the Ocean Affairs Council and the Underwater Cul tural Heritage Review Committee of the Ministry of Culture under the Execut ive Yuan. Since 2017\, she has served as Editor-in-Chief of the Taiwan Wome n in Science and Technology Newsletter. Previously\, she was Chair of the T aiwan Science\, Technology\, and Society (STS) Association and Deputy Minis ter of the Ocean Affairs Council\, Executive Yuan\, Taiwan.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/from-hybrid-to-fusion-innov ation/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/08/Taiwan_GreenRevolution_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250905T0226Z-1757039219.275-EO-54474-5@10.19.146.23 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250904T155923Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250904T160007Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250915T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250915T190000 SUMMARY: Gendered Undermatch and Imagined Futures DESCRIPTION: The Centre for Japanese Research explores the critical issue o f gender disparities in Japanese higher education with Dr. Fumiya Uchikoshi and Dr. Holly Hummer from Harvard University X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join the Centre for Japanese Research for an enga ging event that explores the critical issue of gender disparities in Japane se higher education inviting two scholars\, Dr. Fumiya Uchikoshi and Dr. Holly Hummer from Harvard University. Despi te overall parity in university attendance\, women remain significantly und errepresented at selective national universities in Japan. This study uncov ers how structural constraints in the admissions system\, coupled with cult ural expectations\, shape young women’s aspirations and limit their “imagin ed futures.” Drawing on large-scale quantitative data and in-depth intervie ws with high-achieving high school students\, the research reveals why fema le applicants are less likely than their male counterparts to aim for selec tive institutions\, even when equally qualified. The findings shed light on how educational systems and social norms intersect to reproduce inequality \, with broader implications for gender and higher education worldwide. Don ’t miss this opportunity to gain new insights into the intersection of gend er\, education\, and social structures.

    About Dr. Fumiya Uchi koshi:
    Fumiya Uchikoshi is an Academy Scholar at the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies\, housed at the Weatherhead Cent er for International Affairs at Harvard University. He is a social demograp her who studies family inequality and educational stratification. Broadly s peaking\, his research interests include 1) causes and consequences of demo graphic change and 2) the relationship between the “diversified” college ex pansion and social stratification. I am also working on 3) family formation among Asian Americans.

    About Dr. Holly Hummer:
    Holly Hummer recently joined UBC as an Assistant Professor of Sociology. H er work focuses on the social and cultural mechanisms shaping individuals' life plans\, including their career and family decision-making. Much of her recent research focuses on women's childlessness and reproductive decision s in the United States and Japan. Prior to joining UBC\, she was a Visiting Scholar at the University of Washington and earned her PhD in 2024 from Ha rvard University.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/gendered-undermatch-and-ima gined-futures/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/09/Dr.-Uchikoshi-Event-Poster.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250922T0741Z-1758526889.3661-EO-54541-5@10.19.146.21 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250911T212822Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T212913Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250916T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250916T200000 SUMMARY: Ashwyn Singh Comedy Show X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://asia.ubc.ca/events/event/comedy-show-ashwyn-singh-and -guests/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/09/Ashwyn_2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250901T0408Z-1756699715.0473-EO-54406-5@10.19.146.23 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250820T205659Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250820T210813Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250918 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250920 SUMMARY: “Atmospheric Apparitions” Mini-Symposium DESCRIPTION: The Atmospheric Apparitions mini-symposium on Sept 18-19 2025 is free and open to the public and presented by UBC Geography in associatio n with the Liu Lobby Gallery exhibit "Atmospheric Apparitions: Particle Pol lutants – Dust\, Ash\, Smog and Smoke!" X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://geog.ubc.ca/events/event/atmospheric-apparitions-mini -symposium/#new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/08/Atmospheric-Apparitions-feature6-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250901T0408Z-1756699715.0514-EO-54408-5@10.19.146.23 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250820T210049Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250820T210754Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250918T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250918T180000 SUMMARY: Geography Atmospheric Apparitions Symposium Guest Lecture Javier A rbona-Homar DESCRIPTION: Javier Arbona-Homar presents a growing body of work that exami nes deeply held assumptions about appearance and disappearance in landscape s. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://geog.ubc.ca/events/event/geography-atmospheric-appari tions-symposium-guest-lecture-javier-arbona-homar/#new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/08/GEOG-Colloquium-Arbona-Homar-03op1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250922T0741Z-1758526889.3743-EO-54543-5@10.19.146.21 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250911T213535Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T213535Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250922T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250922T153000 SUMMARY: Indians on Indian Lands: No Past to Long For X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: LOCATION:Room 351\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://asia.ubc.ca/events/event/indians-on-indian-lands-no-p ast-to-long-for/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/09/Indian_Lands_2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250920T1824Z-1758392698.559-EO-54590-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250918T183016Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251028T223416Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250923 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251107 SUMMARY: MPPGA at Graduate Program Fairs DESCRIPTION: Come chat with the MPPGA Program team! We'll be attending grad uate school fairs across North America in the coming months\, and we’d love to connect with you in person. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Come chat with us about the program

    Meet the team behind the Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) pro gram and get your questions answered directly by our program staff. We'll b e attending graduate school fairs across North America in the coming months \, and we’d love to connect with you in person. Don’t miss the chance to le arn how MPPGA can help shape your global impact.

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    CATEGORIES:Featured Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/mppga-at-graduate-program-f airs/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/09/MPPGA_GradFair.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250922T0741Z-1758526889.3794-EO-54619-5@10.19.146.21 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250919T201146Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250919T201503Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250923T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250923T093000 SUMMARY: Voices of Dissent from Nepal: Causes and Consequences of the Curre nt Unrest DESCRIPTION: The UBC Himalaya Program is pleased to co-host an online panel discussion on the causes and consequences of Nepal’s current unrest X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.berkeley.edu/csas/event/307101-on-zoom-voices- of-dissent-from-nepal-causes-and-conse#new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/09/HimalayaProgram.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250904T1758Z-1757008716.6969-EO-54486-5@10.19.146.21 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250904T161550Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250904T161550Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250925T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250925T100000 SUMMARY: Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs – September 25 Info Ses sion DESCRIPTION: We invite you to join us for an exciting information session w here you can delve deeper into the world of the Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) program. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    We invit e you to join us for an exciting information session where you can delve de eper into the world of the Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPG A) program. Whether you're a prospective student or simply curious about th is field\, this session offers a fantastic opportunity to explore the progr am and have all your questions answered.

    Date: Septe mber 25\, 2025
    Time: 9-10 AM PDT
    Locatio n: Zoom (Virtual Event)

    The MPPGA program is designed to equ ip future policy makers with the knowledge\, skills\, and experiences neces sary to tackle the world's most pressing challenges. With a strong focus on rigorous knowledge acquisition\, policy analysis\, career development\, an d experiential learning\, this program paves the way for you to excel as a policy professional.

    What to Expect at the Info Session:

    Program Presentation: Gain a comprehensive unde rstanding of the MPPGA program\, its curriculum\, and the unique opportunit ies it offers.
    Eligibility Requirements: Learn about the qualifications and prerequisites for the MPPGA program\, ensuring you'r e fully prepared to apply.

    Why UBC?

    At UBC\, y ou will have the privilege of learning from a diverse faculty and engaging with policy practitioners at a top-ranked university known for its commitme nt to addressing climate change. You'll be located in Vancouver\, British C olumbia\, consistently ranked as one of the greenest and most livable citie s in the world.

    Don't miss this opportunity to kickstart your journey towards becoming a global change maker.

    RSVP for our info session no w and take the first step toward a fulfilling career in public policy and g lobal affairs. Join us and be part of the solution to the world's most pres sing issues. We look forward to e-meeting you!

    < /div> CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/master-of-public-policy-and -global-affairs-september-25-info-session/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/09/MPPGA-Info-Session-Sept25_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250921T0436Z-1758429385.1486-EO-54610-5@10.19.146.22 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250918T231431Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250918T234722Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250925T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250925T173000 SUMMARY: Reimagining China Studies: Taiwan as a Platform for Engaging with the Sinosphere DESCRIPTION: The Centre for Chinese Research presents a talk with Julia G. Bentley on how tapping into Taiwan's expertise can provide insights on the Sinosphere. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    < p>Taiwan can serve as a valuable platform for those pursuing China Studies and Asian Studies\, as well international relations and global affairs more broadly.  Tapping into Taiwan's expertise can provide insights on the Sino sphere\, cross-Strait relations\, and regional issues in Northeast Asia\, S outheast Asia and the Indo-Pacific.

    Join the Centre f or Chinese Research for a talk with Julia G. Bentley\, a former Canadian diplomat who served in Beijing\, Taipei\, New D elhi and Kuala Lumpur. She was awarded a four-month Policy Practitioner Fel lowship at UBC's School of Public Policy and Global Affairs in 2023\, and a three-month Taiwan Fellowship in spring 2025. She is now affiliated with t he Munk School at University of Toronto\, the York Centre for Asian Researc h\, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and National Taiwan University's Centre for China Studies. She has degrees in East Asian Studies from Prince ton and University of Toronto\, as well as a post graduate diploma in moder n Chinese history from Nanjing University.

    CATEGORIES:Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 351\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/taiwan-as-a-platform/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/09/CCR_Julia_G_Bentley-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250923T0124Z-1758590694.2939-EO-54635-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250922T202008Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250922T224119Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250926T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250926T143000 SUMMARY: Knowledge Decolonisation and Identity Politics in Chinese IR DESCRIPTION: Dr. Sinan Chu examines decolonising knowledge production while critically engaging with alternative traditions in Chinese IR X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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    Debates about decolonising knowledge production are underway across many disciplines. One prominent example that sits at the intersectio n of China studies and International Relations (IR) is the recent scholarsh ip on Chinese IR theories. Authors and advocates of these theories\, often referred to in the literature as the “Chinese School of IR\,” claim to prov ide alternative perspectives on world politics that rival\, if not surpass\ , our existing theoretical inventory\, specifically mainstream Western IR t heories. Critics\, on the other hand\, have pointed out the former’s embedd ed Sinocentrism\, self-Orientalism\, and often binary thinking (China/East vs. West)\, along with a tendency to justify the foreign policy interests o f the Chinese state\, despite their alleged rejection of ethnocentrism and exceptionalism. Recent interventions have further scrutinised the historiog raphy of China\, commonly employed in Chinese IR theories\, which obscures diversity while glorifying violence and domination within a Sinocentric hie rarchy.

    How should we continue the mission of decolonising knowledge production without reintroducing another form of highly politicised knowled ge that serves to support authoritarian rulers' claims of radical cultural alterity and denies the possibility of studying the subject\, let alone eng aging in critical intervention\, from outside? In this talk\, I will explor e a novel approach to critically engaging with alternative knowledge tradit ions\, such as the theoretical contributions of the “Chinese School\,” in w ays consistent with the mission of emancipating our knowledge production fr om its Eurocentric bias.

    About the Speaker:

    Dr. Sinan Chu is a Research Fellow a t the Institute for Asian Studies at the German Institute for Global and Ar ea Studies (GIGA) in Hamburg. His main research interests include contempor ary Chinese politics (in particular ethnic politics) and non-Western perspe ctives of international relations. He is the principal investigator of the DFG project “Intellectual Contestation over China’s Multiethnic Regime” (20 25-2027) and the editor-in-chief of Journal of Current Chinese Affairs.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/knowledge-decolonisation/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/09/Chu-Sinans-talk-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251007T1735Z-1759858533.3302-EO-54694-5@10.19.146.22 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250925T213515Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250926T164620Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250929T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250929T203000 SUMMARY: Film Screening of Intercepted (2024) & Director Q&A on War and Res ilience in Ukraine DESCRIPTION: The film reveals the full spectrum of war’s dehumanizing power \, and offers a rare glimpse into both the brutality of aggression and the resilience of people rebuilding amid devastation. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage LOCATION:Normand Bouchard Memorial Theatre GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://humanrightscollective.ubc.ca/film-screening-of-interc epted-2024-director-qa-on-war-and-resilience-in-ukraine/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/09/intercepted.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250930T0140Z-1759196405.6929-EO-54730-5@10.19.146.21 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250929T232039Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251110T195620Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251003 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251205 SUMMARY: The Liu Lobby Gallery: OVERCASTE Exhibit DESCRIPTION: The Liu Lobby Gallery exhibit OVERCASTE confronts the ongoing caste-based discrimination thousands endure across the country and highligh ts the Dalit-Canadian experience in BC. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Liu Lobby Gallery invites you to OVERCASTE: Confront. Disrupt. Evolve\, the first exhibition in the new "Solidarity" series. OVERCASTE is created by Anita Lal\, co-founder o f the Poetic Justice Foundation\, and Dr. Sharanjit Kaur Sandhra\, instructor in the Department of History at the University of the F raser Valley.

    Featuring stories and images on the Dalit Canadian expe rience\, OVERCASTE raises awareness about caste-based discriminati on in Canada. Education and storytelling are important strategies in the pr ocess of building solidarity between and beyond community members. The exhi bition creates a space for collective learning and aims to provide viewers pathways toward solidarity and action.

    Visit the gallery during its o pen hours from October 3 – December 5\, and join us for a panel discussion and exhibition reception on October 30 at 6pm.

    Exhibition: October 3 – December 5
    Panel Discussion: October 30\, 6pm

    The exhibit is free and open to the p ublic during regular building hours\, 9am – 5pm. It is located in the Lobby on the first floor.

    Curated by Ellinee Nelson

     

    About the Exhibition:

    OVERCASTE: Confront. Disrupt. Evolve reveals the hidden realities of caste discrim ination among Dalit Canadians\, challenging the myth that caste does not ex ist in Canada.

    For centuries we have dehumanized and degraded caste o ppressed communities\, and this continues in Canada today. It is time to st op normalizing this prejudice and demand change.

    Through stories of a ctivism and resistance\, the exhibition showcases the powerful heritage and resilience of the Dalit community against a long and ongoing history of op pression.

    Highlighting the importance of education and awareness in c ombating caste-based discrimination\, OVERCASTE invites visitors t o step into discomfort and channel it into action.

    OVERCASTE serves as a call to action\, urging support for initiatives aimed at eradi cating caste discrimination and fostering a society where equality is a liv ed reality.

     

    Co-curator Bios:

    A nita Lal is a fourth-generation racialized settler\, born and rais ed in British Columbia. Her Biji\, Thakuri Kaur Lal\, instilled in her the Sikh values of seva\, social justice and advocacy from a young age.

    T hese values fuel her work as the co-founder of Poetic Justice Foundation where she has been creating impactful and transformative programming\, or ganizing\, and activating the South Asian Diaspora. Her approach is always inclusive\, intersectional\, and critical. Recently\, she has co-curated a traveling anti-caste museum exhibit entitled ‘OVERCASTE: Confront. Disr upt. Evolve’. Anita also serves as the Director of Operations and EDI at Moving Forward Family Services.

    She strongly believes in giving ba ck to the community and serves on Boards and Advisory Committees for Women Transforming Cities\, the South Asian Canadian Legacy Project\, South Asian Studies Institute at the University of the Fraser Valley\, Royal Academy o f Punjab Society\, and Seva Thrift Society. She is inspired by Dr. Ambedkar ’s words: Educate. Agitate. Organize.

    Dr. Sharanjit Kaur Sand hra (Sharn) is a Historian\, educator\, storyteller\, and the foun der of Belonging Matters Consulting. Sharn worked as Coordinator at the Sou th Asian Studies Institute at the University of the Fraser Valley for more than 12 years and as co-curator and co-manager of the Sikh Heritage Museum\ , National Historic Site and Gur Sikh Temple (gurdwara). She is the first S ikh person to complete her PhD from the Department of History at UBC in 202 2 with her PhD looking at the affective experiences of museum visitors thro ugh a critical race theory lens. Sharn is a passionate activist\, building bridges between community and academia through museum work. She has been fe atured in the Knowledge Network series “B.C: An Untold History\,” is co-aut hor of "Challenging Racist BC: 150 Years and Counting\," and has been featu red on local\, and international podcasts and media.

     

     

    LOCATION:Lobby Gallery\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/the-liu-lobby-gallery-overc aste/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/09/OVERCASTE_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251007T1735Z-1759858533.337-EO-54698-5@10.19.146.22 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250926T164443Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250926T164443Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251006T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251006T193000 SUMMARY: The Circle Way: A Collaborative Practice for Community-Based Resea rch DESCRIPTION: This two-and-a-half-hour training introduces The Circle Way\, a powerful and collaborative practice for dialogue and decision-making. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

     

    This two-and-a-half-hour training introduces The Circle Way\, a powerful and collaborative practice fo r dialogue and decision-making. You’ll learn the core principles of this an cient method and how it can serve as a facilitating tool for community-base d research. This includes exploring how The Circle Way supports an i ntersectional approach to public policy and research. The session will be f ollowed by a community of practice\, providing a space to apply these skill s and have meaningful dialogues on topics relevant to your work. Snacks and refreshments will be available.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:The Place of Many Trees\, Liu Institute\, UBC GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://orice.ubc.ca/event/the-circle-way-a-collaborative-pra ctice-for-community-based-research/#new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/09/The-Circle-Way.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250916T2113Z-1758057238.1557-EO-54583-5@10.19.146.21 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250916T183737Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T184028Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251016T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251016T190000 SUMMARY: Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs – October 16 Alumni & C areers Info Session DESCRIPTION: Join us and our alumni for UBC MPPGA's Alumni Career Informati on Session on October 16th. Connect with successful alumni who have navigat ed diverse career paths. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    We invite you to connect with alumni at our upcoming info session\ , where students will be sharing insights from their time in the MPPGA prog ram\, and how it helped propel their diverse career paths in the policy fie ld.

    Date: October 16\, 2025
    Time: 6-7 PM PDT
    Location: Zoom (Virtual Event)

    T he MPPGA program is designed to equip future policy makers with the knowled ge\, skills\, and experiences necessary to tackle the world's most pressing challenges. With a strong focus on rigorous knowledge acquisition\, policy analysis\, career development\, and experiential learning\, this program p aves the way for you to excel as a policy professional.

    Why U BC?

    At UBC\, you will have the privilege of learning from a diverse faculty and engaging with policy practitioners at a top-ranked univ ersity known for its commitment to addressing climate change. You'll be loc ated in Vancouver\, British Columbia\, consistently ranked as one of the gr eenest and most livable cities in the world.

    Don't miss this opportun ity to kickstart your journey towards becoming a global change maker.

    RSVP for our info session now and take the first step toward a fulfilling career in public policy and global affairs. Join us and be part of the solu tion to the world's most pressing issues. We look forward to e-meeting you!

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/mppga-october-16-alumni-and -careers-info-session/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/09/MPPGA-AlumniCareers-Info-Session-Oct16_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251010T1944Z-1760125491.1781-EO-54835-5@10.19.146.23 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20251007T225159Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251007T231344Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251017T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251017T193000 SUMMARY: Nepal in Conversation: Protest and Pathways Forward DESCRIPTION: Join the Himalaya Program for a panel discussion on the recent unrest in Nepal exploring the roots of the protest\, its societal impacts\ , and potential pathways forward. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage LOCATION:SFU Harbour Centre Room 1600 GEO:49.284546;-123.111664 URL;VALUE=URI:https://himalaya.arts.ubc.ca/events/event/nepal-in-conversati on-protest-and-pathways-forward/#new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/10/OCT-17-event-poster-finalized.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251014T1915Z-1760469315.3394-EO-54963-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20251014T164453Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251014T223520Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251021T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251021T203000 SUMMARY: Older than Israel: Work-in-Progress Screening and Discussion DESCRIPTION: Film screening followed by a conversation moderated by Hicham Safieddine (UBC History) featuring Alejandro Rath (Editor) in person and Cr istian Pirovano & Ismael Al Bes (Directors) online. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

     

    🎬 Older than Israel — Work-in-Progress Film Screening and Disc ussion. Doors at 6:10pm\, event begins at 6:30pm. Free. Light food and refr eshments will be served.

    About the Film
    Older than Israel (أكبر من إسرائيل / Más grandes que Israel) is an A rgentine–Palestinian co-production that follows Rihana\, a young Palestinia n journalist\, as she travels across refugee camps in the West Bank meeting elders who were displaced during the 1948 Nakba. Through their memories an d testimonies\, the film explores how the personal and collective intertwin e as a form of resistance.

    Filmed in 2022 and 2025\, the documentary combines present-day interviews\, still photography\, and UNRWA archival fo otage to build a narrative about the intergenerational transmission of memo ry and the persistence of a people refusing to be erased.

    Directed by Cristian Pirovano and Ismael Al Bes\, an d edited by Alejandro Rath\, Older than Israel wi ll be presented at UBC as a special work-in-progress screening.

    Post-Screening Discussion
    The screening will be followed b y a conversation moderated by Hicham Safieddine\, Professo r in the Department of History (UBC)\, with:
    • Alejandro Rath< /strong> (Editor) – in person
    • Cristian Pirovano & < strong>Ismael Al Bes     (Directors) – joining online

    Organized with the collaboration and support of: Graduate Students for Palestine (GS4 P) · Middle East Studies (MES) · Latin American Studies (LAS) · Centre for Climate Justice (CCJ) · Institute for Gender\, Race\, Sexuality and Social Justice (GRSJ) · Department of Geography · School of Public Policy and Glob al Affairs (SPPGA)

    Land Acknowledgment
    We ackno wledge with gratitude that this event will take place on the traditional\, ancestral\, and unceded lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people\, who h ave cared for these lands and waters since time immemorial.

     

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/older-than-israel-work-in-p rogress-screening-and-discussion/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/10/OTI-at-UBC-screens.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250929T0322Z-1759116129.6923-EO-54640-5@10.19.146.21 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20250926T190849Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250926T194739Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251024T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251024T203000 SUMMARY: Beyond Fires & Floods (BFF): Indigenous Narratives in an Era of Ex tremes DESCRIPTION: Drawing on a century-plus of collective storytelling experienc e\, this panel of seasoned narrators will discuss how Indigenous narratives reframe and resist mainstream media's preoccupation with extreme weather e vents to instead forefront the colonial conditions surrounding these events . X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    How have Indigenous narratives helped Indigenous peoples cope wit h and confront climate change? What does it mean to see and story climate c hange not so much as a problem\, but as a symptom?

    Drawing on a centu ry-plus of collective storytelling experience across multiple realms and lo cations\, this seasoned panel will discuss how Indigenous narratives refram e and resist mainstream media’s preoccupation with extreme weather events t o instead forefront what legacy newsrooms all but ignore: the colonial cond itions\, institutions and infrastructures surrounding these events.

    P art of Beyond Fires & Floods (BFF)\, a larger weekend gathering of invited international Indigenous journalists\, experts and storytellers\, BFF will explore the ways Indigenous narratives work to engage wha t climate change means on Indigenous terms\, and their capacity to both rea dy us for what's coming\, and help us navigate it once it's here.

    Panelists:

    • Judi Kochon (Sahtú) ha s over 40 years of experience as a journalist\, and is currently the Sahtú Language announcer and Director of Radio for CKLB in Yellowknife
    • Paul Seesequasis (Willow Cree) is an author\, editor\, journ alist\, curator\, and founder of the online Indigenous Archival Photo Proje ct
    • Tanya Talaga (Anishinaabe) is an award-winning journalist\, author\, filmmaker\, and columnist for The Globe and Mail< /em>
    • Mark Trahant (Shoshone-Bannock) has worked fo r more than 50 years as a journalist\, columnist\, and editor\, most recent ly as Editor-at-Large for Indian Country Today (ICT)

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    Moderator:

    • Longtime journalist Ric k Harp (Cree) has hosted/produced the Indigenous current affairs p odcast MEDIA INDIGENA since 2016. He also hosts the APTN News Brief podcast .


    The panel discussion is FREE and open to the pu blic\, no RSVP is required.

     

    Co-convened by Prof. Candis Callison (SPPGA\; CIS) and Rick Harp (MEDIA INDIGENA)\, BFF is sponsored by the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation\, Global Journalism Innovation Lab\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, and the Museum of Anthropology.

     

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Museum of Anthropology GEO:0;0 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/beyond-fires-floods/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/09/BeyondFiresFloods_Oct24_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251020T2004Z-1760990696.5035-EO-54992-5@10.19.146.23 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20251020T162828Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251023T175807Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251027T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251027T110000 SUMMARY: Possibilities for Myanmar’s Post-conflict Future DESCRIPTION: The Myanmar Initiative hosts a panel discussion on the recent conflict dynamics and possibilities for Myanmar’s post-conflict future. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    More than four years after the Myanma r military overthrew the country’s democratically elected government\, it h as announced it will hold elections in late 2025. These elections will take place amid a civil war in which neither the junta nor the various resistan ce forces show any sign of defeat or surrender.

    In this panel discuss ion\, co-hosted by the University of British Columbia (UBC) and the Asia Pa cific Foundation of Canada\, researchers from the UBC Myanmar Initiative an d the Knowledge for Democracy in Myanmar Initiative will share their perspe ctives on the recent conflict dynamics and possibilities for Myanmar’s post -conflict future.

    Speakers:

    - Dr. Htet Thiha Zaw\, Post-Doctoral Fellow\, University of British Columbia\; Fellow\, UBC M yanmar Initiative
    - Professor Kai Ostwald (Moderator) \, HSBC Chair in Asian Research and an Associate Professor\, School of Publ ic Policy and Global Affairs\, University of British Columbia\; APF Canada Senior Fellow
    - Napas Thein\, Inaugural Research Fell ow\, Myanmar Policy and Community Knowledge Hub (MyPACK)\, University of To ronto
    - Dr. Sai Kyi Zin Soe\, Research Affiliate\, Ce ntre for Disability Research and Policy (CDRP)\, University of Sydney
    - Hsu Myat Yadanar Thein\, International Liaison Officer\, School of Public Policy\, Chiang Mai University

     

    Please register here fo r this hybrid event. If you are joining in person\, please note that Bu chanan Penthouse can be accessed by the Buchanan B entranc e. If you are joining by zoom\, a link will be sent to you in advance of th e event.

     

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage LOCATION:Hybrid: Buchanan Penthouse / Zoom GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/possibilities-for-myanmars- post-conflict-future/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/10/Possibilities-for-Myanmar-Post-conflict-Future_APFC-UBC-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251014T2021Z-1760473286.4332-EO-54955-5@10.19.146.23 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20251014T160520Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251014T160520Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251029T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251029T090000 SUMMARY: Master of Public Policy & Global Affairs – October 29 Info Session DESCRIPTION: We invite you to join us for an information session to learn a bout the Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) program. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Info Session

    We invite you to join us for an exciting infor mation session where you can delve deeper into the world of the Master of P ublic Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) program. Whether you're a prospecti ve student or simply curious about this field\, this session offers a fanta stic opportunity to explore the program and have all your questions answere d.

    Date: October 29\, 2025

    Time: 8-9 AM PT

    Location: Zoom (Virtual Event)

    T he MPPGA program is designed to equip future policy makers with the knowled ge\, skills\, and experiences necessary to tackle the world's most pressing challenges. With a strong focus on rigorous knowledge acquisition\, policy analysis\, career development\, and experiential learning\, this program p aves the way for you to excel as a policy professional.

    What to Expect at the Info Session:

    Program Presentation: Gain a comprehensive understanding of the MPPGA program\, its cur riculum\, and the unique opportunities it offers.

    Eligibility Requirements: Learn about the qualifications and prerequisites fo r the MPPGA program\, ensuring you're fully prepared to apply.

    Why UBC?

    At UBC\, you will have the privilege of learning from a diverse faculty and engaging with policy practitioners at a top-rank ed university known for its commitment to addressing climate change. You'll be located in Vancouver\, British Columbia\, consistently ranked as one of the greenest and most livable cities in the world.

    Don't miss this o pportunity to kickstart your journey towards becoming a global change maker .

    RSVP for our info session now and take the first step toward a fulf illing career in public policy and global affairs. Join us and be part of t he solution to the world's most pressing issues. We look forward to e-meeti ng you!

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/mppga-october-29-info-sessi on/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/10/2023-11-03-WEB-op-2-copy-6.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251217T1411Z-1765980705.5756-EO-54962-5@10.19.146.22 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20251010T212816Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251010T212816Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251030T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251030T200000 SUMMARY: The Liu Lobby Gallery: OVERCASTE Opening Reception and Panel Discu ssion DESCRIPTION: Opening Reception and Panel: Breaking the Silence: Caste\, Pol icy and Liberation. Featuring curators Anita Lal and Dr. Sharanjit K Sandhr a along with panelists Senator Baltej S Dhillon\; Dr. Seema Mahi\, moderate d by Dr. Priti Narayan X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://asia.ubc.ca/events/event/overcaste-exhibition-and-ope ning-reception/#new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/09/Overcaste.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251008T1225Z-1759926330.5656-EO-54832-5@10.19.146.22 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20251007T224249Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251023T180410Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251031T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251031T170000 SUMMARY: Late Industrialization\, Tradition\, and the Emergence of Neofamil ism in South Korea DESCRIPTION: The Centre for Korean Research presents a talk with Yong-Chool Ha on the book Late Industrialization\, Tradition and Social Change in Sou th Korea X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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    The book\, Late Industrialization\, Tradition and Social Change in South Korea\, starts with a paradox in Korea’s econ omic development: an ultra-modern industrial economy has been achieved\, ye t traditional networks of obligation and solidarity\, such as blood\, schoo l\, and regional ties have persisted\, and even become more deeply reinforc ed\, profoundly affecting the fundamental aspects of Korean politics and so cio-economic relations. This book contends that this paradox is not acciden tal\, and that the course of Korea’s late economic development shaped and e ntrenched these “primordial” ties into Korea’s politics\, society\, and eco nomy. Thus\, the persistence and predominance of these ties\, what I call “ neofamilism\,” requires an explanation as to when\, why\, and how it arose. The analysis of the paradox reveals distinct social phenomenon which arose through interactions between the developmental state\, traditional institu tions\, and economic tasks.

    While much has been written about the eco nomic success stories of late industrialization in the “Asian Tigers” of So uth Korea\, Taiwan\, and Singapore\, the analysis of changes in social rela tions engendered by late industrialization has been strikingly absent. This book is an attempt to narrow the gap between the structural approaches of political economy and the relationship-centered approaches of sociology and anthropology in studies of late industrialization.

     

    A bout the Author:

    Yong-Chool Ha is Korea Fou ndation professor at the Jackson School of International Studies and Chair\ , the Center for Korean Studies at University of Washington. He received hi s Ph D at the University of California\, Berkeley and moved to the Universi ty of Washington in January 2008 from Seoul National University. He served as president of the Korean Association of International Studies. He has wri tten and published extensively on Korean domestic and international relatio ns\, North Korean politics\, and Soviet and Russian politics in English\, R ussian\, and Korean languages. His research interests are comparative late industrialization\, late industrialization and IR\, and changing elite-mass relations in late industrializing countries. Currently\, he is editing a v olume on South Korea’s modernization in a comparative perspective and worki ng on a book\, Extinction of the Soviet Union and Bruised America. His rece nt publications include: The Dynamics of Strong State (SNU Press\, 2006)\, Late Industrialization\, the State and Tradition: the Emergence of Neofamil ism in Korea (2007\, CPS)\, Colonial Social Change (ed.) (U. of Washington Press\, 2013)\, and The International Impact of the Colonial Rule in Korea (UW Press\, 2019)\, and Late Industrialization\, Tradition and Social Chang e in South Korea (UW Press\, 2024).

    Presented by the Centre f or Korean Research (CKR). 

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/late-industrialization-trad ition-and-the-emergence-of-neofamilism-in-south-korea/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/10/CKR_Late-IndustrializationOct31.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251024T0107Z-1761268046.2362-EO-55108-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20251023T230240Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251031T205019Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251104T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251104T130000 SUMMARY: Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs – Nov 4 Info Session DESCRIPTION: Join our hybrid info session on October 29 to learn how UBC’s Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) can prepare you to lead in global policy. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs Info Session

    We invite you to join us for an exciti ng information session where you can delve deeper into the world of the Mas ter of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) program. Whether you're a p rospective student or simply curious about this field\, this session offers a fantastic opportunity to explore the program and have all your questions answered.

    This session will be held in-person in Downtown Ot tawa\, but you are able to join via Zoom. Please select the correct ticket type (online or in-person) at checkout. Online ticket-holders will have the meeting link emailed to them.

    Lunch will be provide d to in-person attendees.

    Date: November 4\ , 2025

    Time: 12-1 PM Eastern Time

    Loca tion: Alt Hotel Ottawa Downtown\, Rose Fuchsia Room\, 185 Slater S t.\; or online (Zoom)

    The MPPGA program is designed to equip future p olicy makers with the knowledge\, skills\, and experiences necessary to tac kle the world's most pressing challenges. With a strong focus on rigorous k nowledge acquisition\, policy analysis\, career development\, and experient ial learning\, this program paves the way for you to excel as a policy prof essional.

    What to Expect at the Info Session:

    Program Presentation: Gain a comprehensive understanding o f the MPPGA program\, its curriculum\, and the unique opportunities it offe rs.

    Eligibility Requirements: Learn about the qualif ications and prerequisites for the MPPGA program\, ensuring you're fully pr epared to apply.

    Why UBC?

    At UBC\, you will ha ve the privilege of learning from a diverse faculty and engaging with polic y practitioners at a top-ranked university known for its commitment to addr essing climate change. You'll be located in Vancouver\, British Columbia\, consistently ranked as one of the greenest and most livable cities in the w orld.

    Don't miss this opportunity to kickstart your journey towards b ecoming a global change maker.

    RSVP for our info session now and take the first step toward a fulfilling career in public policy and global affa irs. Join us and be part of the solution to the world's most pressing issue s. We look forward to meeting you!

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:OTTAWA / ZOOM GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/master-of-public-policy-and -global-affairs-nov-4-info-session/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251002T1029Z-1759400941.1433-EO-54707-5@10.19.146.23 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20251001T223609Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251001T223729Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251104T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251104T170000 SUMMARY: Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs – Nov 4 Application Wor kshop DESCRIPTION: We invite you to discover what it takes to ace your applicatio n for the Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs program X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    MPPGA Appl ication Workshop

    We invite you to discov er what it takes to ace your application for a Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs! This session is designed to provide you with all the essent ial information and guidance you need to prepare a strong application.

    < p>Date: November 4\, 2025
    Time: 4-5 PM PDT
    Location: Zoom (Virtual Event)

    W hy MPPGA?

    The MPPGA program is designed to equip future poli cy makers with the knowledge\, skills\, and experiences necessary to tackle the world's most pressing challenges. With a strong focus on rigorous know ledge acquisition\, policy analysis\, career development\, and experiential learning\, this program paves the way for you to excel as a policy profess ional.

    What to Expect:

    Quick Program O verview: Gain insights into the MPPGA program and understand how i t can help you achieve your career goals.

    Online Application Insights: Discover what to expect when applying online\, from navi gating the application portal to submitting the necessary documents.

    Admissions Requirements and Prerequisites: Learn about the prerequisites and requirements for admissions\, ensuring that you meet all criteria.

    References - What We Look For: Understand the importance of strong reference letters and get tips on selecting the r ight individuals to vouch for your qualifications.

    Applicatio n DOs and DON'Ts: Avoid common application pitfalls and maximize y our chances of acceptance with expert advice on what to include and what to avoid in your application.

    If you have any questions before the work shop\, feel free to email us at mppga.program@ubc.ca. For more detailed inf ormation about the MPPGA Master Program\, please visit our website.

    Don't miss t his opportunity! Mark your calendar for November 4 at 4 PM (PST) and join u s for the MPPGA Virtual Application Workshop.

    We look forward to assi sting you in advancing your career!

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/mppga-virtual-application-w orkshop-nov-4/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/09/MPPGA_ApplicationWorkshops_2026_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251022T2051Z-1761166307.1915-EO-55088-5@10.19.146.22 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20251022T194126Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251022T194126Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251107T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251107T170000 SUMMARY: Railway Infrastructure\, Socialist Subject-Making\, and Sino-North Korean Relations\, 1945-1962 DESCRIPTION: This talk explores how reclaiming Japanese-built railways shap ed Sino-North Korean relations and socialist subject formation. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

     

    At the Chinese-North Korean border today\, Chinese cranes raise a ne w customs facility\, immigration center\, and cross-border bridge at Tumen. Across the river\, the North Korean bank remains conspicuously still. Refl ected in this present-day asymmetry is a fraught dynamic around infrastruct ural systems whose roots predate this contemporary push for cross-border ex change. By historicizing the infrastructural life of rail transportation ne tworks in post-liberation North Korea\, this talk examines how the struggle to reclaim and operate Japanese-built systems both shaped Sino-North Korea n relations and constituted the possibilities for socialist subject formati on. While North Korea envisioned inherited rail tracks to power state-build ing efforts and forge new socialist subjects\, this vision collided with a material reality in which Chinese technical expertise established operation al hierarchies.

    Drawing on North Korean railway discourse and Chinese operational archives\, this talk discusses how the North Korean project of creating proper socialist subjects became entangled with Sino-North Korean technical supervision and command during the Chinese Civil War and Korean War. The story reveals a form of infrastructural coloniality\, in which inh erited technical systems designed under empire continue to reproduce hierar chical relationships and extractive logics after formal colonial rule. Thes e patterns endure\, inviting reflection on how infrastructure can carry pow er relations that persist across borders and political transitions.

    < strong>About the Author:
    Haeyoung Kim is an Assistant Professor of East Asian History in the Department of History at S an Francisco State University. Her research and teaching interests broadly include infrastructure and technology in Korea\, empires and their aftermat hs\, and post-colonial East Asia. Her current book project focuses on the r elationship between technology and global histories of empire in Korea\, ex amining how technical designs and the built environment shape historical pr ocesses\, influencing not only the operation and implementation of infrastr uctures themselves\, but also how these expressions of power produce and me diate imperial\, colonial\, and post-colonial spaces and identities. Kim ho lds a PhD\, MA\, and BA from the University of Chicago\, and a MPP from Har vard University.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/railway-infrastructure-soci alist-subject-making-and-sino-north-korean-relations/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/10/20251107.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251028T2357Z-1761695831.2311-EO-55150-5@10.19.146.22 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20251028T221209Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251110T223552Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251112T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251112T183000 SUMMARY: POSTPONED – From Tech to Parliament: A Conversation with Taleeb No ormohamed DESCRIPTION: MP Taleeb Noormohamed will share insights from his journey fro m global tech leadership to shaping policy in Ottawa in a short lecture fol lowed by a facilitated discussion. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

     

    Please note that this event has been POSTPONED du e to unforeseen circumstances. We are looking to reschedule in the new year\, please join the SPPGA mailing list to stay up-to-d ate. 

     

     

    Join SPPGA for an engaging hour with Taleeb Noormohamed\, Member of Parliament for Vancouver G ranville and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Artificial Intellig ence and Digital Innovation.

    MP Noormohamed will share insights from his journey — from global tech leadership to shaping policy in Ottawa — in a short lecture\, followed by a facilitated discussion on issues that matte r to students\, including housing\, digital innovation\, community building \, and civic engagement. Whether you're curious about careers in public ser vice\, passionate about social impact\, or interested in the future of AI a nd policy\, this is a unique opportunity to hear directly from MP Noormoham ed and take part in a dynamic conversation.

    Space is limited\, li ght refreshments will be served.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/from-tech-to-parliament-a-c onversation-with-taleeb-noormohamed/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/10/From-Tech-To-Parliament_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251030T2151Z-1761861062.3235-EO-55224-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20251030T203424Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251030T203437Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251113 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251115 SUMMARY: IAR Hosts Pita Limjaroenrat DESCRIPTION: The Institute of Asian Research (IAR) at UBC's School of Publi c Policy and Global Affairs is pleased to be co-hosting the visit of Pita L imjaroenrat X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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    The Institute of Asian Research (IAR) at UBC's School of Public Polic y and Global Affairs is pleased to be co-hosting the visit of Pita Limjaroenrat in partnership with the Asia Pacific Foundation of Ca nada\, Capilano University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences\, SFU David Lam C entre\, SFU School of International Studies\, and the University of Victori a.

    Charting Thailand’s Political Future and Canada–Thailand Re lations

    Thu Nov 13\, 4-5:30pm | Downtown Vancouver< br />Hosted by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
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    The Future of Southeast Asian Democracy in a Changing Wor ld Order

    Fri Nov 14\, 6pm | SFU Harbour Centre Room 1400\, 515 West Hastings Street
    Hosted by SFU's David Lam Centre
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    An additional private eve nt at UBC with members of IAR and SPPGA community will also take place.

     

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Various GEO:49.282729;-123.120738 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/iar-hosts-pita-limjaroenrat / ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/10/thumbnail_Pita-Portrait.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251111T0441Z-1762836089.0528-EO-55296-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20251111T002633Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251111T003719Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251117T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251117T200000 SUMMARY: Film Screening and Discussion: Sikkidre Shikari\, Illadiddare Bhik ari (Bird Trapper or Beggar) DESCRIPTION: Join CISAR for a film screening of "Sikkidre Shikari\, Illadid dare Bhikari (Bird Trapper or Beggar)"\, followed by a discussion and Q&A w ith Madhu Bhushan and Vinod Raja. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Join the C entre for India and South Asia Research (CISAR) in partnership with the Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies and the Department of A nthropology for a film screening of the documentary "Sikkidre Shikari\, Illadiddare Bhikari (Bird Trapper or Beggar)" on November 17t h\, 6:00 PM (PST) at xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of Many Trees). The event will be followed by a discussion and Q&A with the film dir ector\, Madhu Bhushan and film cinematographer\, Vinod Raja.

    About the Documentary
    In the 1950's and early sixties\, effor ts were made by the Government of India to settle Nomadic tribes across the country including the Hakki Pikkis who were settled in the Southern parts of Karnataka.

    Also called Shikaris\, the Hakki Pikkis have wandered a ll the way from Gujarat to different parts of the country. As they moved th ey survived through trapping birds in the forests and selling them in citie s and towns along with lucky charms and trinkets. If the trap failed\, begg ing was the next best bet!

    They claim descent from those warriors who fought in and fled from the battle between Rana Pratap Singh and Emperor A kbar and came down South around 400 years ago

    They continue till date to defiantly dance on the blurred boundaries between the field and the for est\; modernity and tradition\; law and disorder\; between movement and sti llness.

    Exiled from the forest\, reviled by the city\, their traditio nal ways of life outlawed\, the Hakki Pikkis share their stories of wit and survival in the film\, released in 2018\, that emerged through a series of community conversations held when we travelled with friends from a settlem ent in Bannerghatta\, Bangalore to other settlements across Karnataka.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/film-screening-and-discussi on-sikkidre-shikari-illadiddare-bhikari/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/11/Film-Screening-and-Discussion-Bird-Trapper-or-Beggar-WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251217T1411Z-1765980705.5945-EO-55284-5@10.19.146.22 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20251107T232159Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251110T195133Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251118T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251118T193000 SUMMARY: Between Mountains and Mother Tongues: A Roundtable Discussion DESCRIPTION: The UBC Himalaya Program\, in collaboration with Asian Studies and the Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies\, is excited to host a r oundtable discussion\, “Between Mountains and Mother Tongues“. Join us for an evening of conversation as we journey across Tibet\, Nepal\, and the gre ater Himalayan region to explore the languages\, landscapes\, and lifeways that connect communities and generations. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://himalaya.arts.ubc.ca/events/event/between-mountains-a nd-mother-tongues-a-roundtable-discussion/#new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/11/admin-ajax.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251002T1047Z-1759402077.5618-EO-54709-5@10.19.146.21 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20251001T222856Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251001T223147Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251119T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251119T100000 SUMMARY: Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs – Nov 19 Application Wo rkshop DESCRIPTION: Join this workshop for all the essential information and guida nce you need to prepare a strong application to the MPPGA program. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    MPPGA Appl ication Workshop

    We invite you to discov er what it takes to ace your application for a Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs! This session is designed to provide you with all the essent ial information and guidance you need to prepare a strong application.

    < p>Date: November 19\, 2025
    Time: 9-1 0 AM PDT
    Location: Zoom (Virtual Event)

    Why MPPGA?

    The MPPGA program is designed to equip future po licy makers with the knowledge\, skills\, and experiences necessary to tack le the world's most pressing challenges. With a strong focus on rigorous kn owledge acquisition\, policy analysis\, career development\, and experienti al learning\, this program paves the way for you to excel as a policy profe ssional.

    What to Expect:

    Quick Program Overview: Gain insights into the MPPGA program and understand how it can help you achieve your career goals.

    Online Applicatio n Insights: Discover what to expect when applying online\, from na vigating the application portal to submitting the necessary documents.

    < p>Admissions Requirements and Prerequisites: Learn about t he prerequisites and requirements for admissions\, ensuring that you meet a ll criteria.

    References - What We Look For: Understa nd the importance of strong reference letters and get tips on selecting the right individuals to vouch for your qualifications.

    Applicat ion DOs and DON'Ts: Avoid common application pitfalls and maximize your chances of acceptance with expert advice on what to include and what to avoid in your application.

    If you have any questions before the wo rkshop\, feel free to email us at mppga.program@ubc.ca. For more detailed i nformation about the MPPGA Master Program\, please visit our website.

    Don't miss this opportunity! Mark your calendar for November 19 at 9 AM (PST) and joi n us for the MPPGA Virtual Application Workshop.

    We look forward to a ssisting you in advancing your career!

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/mppga-virtual-application-w orkshop-nov-19/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/09/MPPGA-ApplicationWorkshop-Nov19_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251217T1411Z-1765980705.6006-EO-55122-5@10.19.146.22 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20251024T193358Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251024T193604Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251120T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251120T200000 SUMMARY: Opening Celebrations of Entangled Territories: Tibet Through Image s DESCRIPTION: Presented by the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) with the support of the Himalaya Program\, this exhibition highlights the importance of Tib et’s rich cultural heritage as well as its current political context. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

     

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage LOCATION:Museum of Anthropology GEO:0;0 URL;VALUE=URI:https://moa.ubc.ca/event/opening-celebrations-of-entangled-te rritories-tibet-through-images/#new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/10/ET_enews_logo-1024x682-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251113T1420Z-1763043653.3095-EO-55290-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20251110T193849Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251110T195609Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251121T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251121T170000 SUMMARY: Sino-Korean Relations and Anti-Catholicism in Late Chosŏn Korea DESCRIPTION: During the 1801 anti-Catholic Persecution\, the Korean court e xecuted the Chinese priest Zhou Wenmou (1752–1801). Korean officials justif ied this unprecedented move by accusing him of “illicit border-crossing” an d attempting to invoke “The Yongzheng Emperor’s Last Testament.” These stra tegies raise important questions: Why did border transgression and an imper ial edict matter in legitimizing the execution of […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    During the 1801 anti-Catholic Persecution\, the Korean court executed the Chinese priest Zhou Wenmou (1752–1801). Korean officials justified this unprecedent ed move by accusing him of “illicit border-crossing” and attempting to invo ke “The Yongzheng Emperor’s Last Testament.” These strategies raise importa nt questions: Why did border transgression and an imperial edict matter in legitimizing the execution of a Qing subject? How did Qing–Chosŏn relations shape Korea’s anti-Catholic policies?

    This lecture examines the over looked centrality of Sino-Korean relations in government-led anti-Catholic campaigns in late Chosŏn Korea. It begins by tracing the origins of the Kor ean Catholic Church\, which emerged through annual tributary missions to Be ijing. It then turns to the 1801 Persecution\, analyzing why Father Zhou’s execution required such legal justification and how this case molded the pe nalties applied to Korean converts. Finally\, it explores the ways in which Zhou’s precedent and Qing imperial authority were repeatedly appropriated to legitimize later persecutions\, including the execution of French priest s in 1839. By revisiting these episodes through the lens of interstate rela tions\, the talk highlights how Qing–Chosŏn diplomatic dynamics served as a driving force in shaping Korea’s anti-Catholic policy.

    About the Speaker:
    Meng-Heng Lee is a Korea Found ation Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of British Columbia. H is research focuses on the legal and political history of Chosŏn Korea (139 2–1910)\, borderlands studies\, and premodern Sino-Korean relations. His do ctoral studies reexamine Chosŏn’s legal suppression of Catholicism\, illumi nating how Korean ruling elites viewed the religion not only as a domestic threat but also as a political and diplomatic crisis. By linking diverse\, and even weaponized\, legal accusations and punishments of converts to the court’s concerns about Qing-Chosŏn relations and possible foreign intervent ion\, his research highlights the broader geopolitical dimensions of Korean anti-Catholicism.

    Presented by the Centre for Korean Researc h

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events LOCATION:Case Room - Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/sino-korean-relations-and-a nti-catholicism-in-late-choson-korea/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/11/20251121.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251217T1411Z-1765980705.6071-EO-55448-5@10.19.146.22 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20251120T223500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251120T223500Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251124T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251124T183000 SUMMARY: Beyond Boundaries: Exploring Human Rights Activism Across Professi ons X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://humanrightscollective.ubc.ca/beyond-boundaries-explor ing-human-rights-activism-across-professions/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/11/Beyond-Boundaries-Exploring-Human-Rights-Activism-Across-Professions-2-1024x576-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251023T2019Z-1761250794.0598-EO-55003-5@10.19.146.23 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20251023T184638Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251120T224111Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251125T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251125T133000 SUMMARY: Bridging Global Water Policy and Practice: A Conversation with Lea ders in Environmental Governance DESCRIPTION: Join us for a dynamic panel discussion exploring how internati onal environmental agreements shape real-world water management X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Bridging Global Wate r Policy SPPGA

    Join us for a dynamic pan el discussion exploring how international environmental agreements shape re al-world water management. This session brings together two distinguished e xperts:

    • Sibylle Vermont\, a retired Swiss environmental policy l eader who represented Switzerland in global negotiations on wetlands\, fore sts\, and transboundary water cooperation for over 30 years.
    • Christ ian Bréthaut\, Associate Professor at the University of Geneva and co-leade r of the UNESCO Chair on Hydropolitics\, whose research connects water gove rnance with environmental policy and territorial development.

    T ogether\, they’ll unpack the relationship between two major international a greements—the Water Convention and the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands—and ho w these frameworks influence policy and practice across borders.

    Moderated by Professor Leila M. Harris\, a leading scholar in water governance and environmental justice at the University of British Col umbia. Her interdisciplinary research and global perspective will guide a t houghtful and engaging conversation.

    Whether you're interested in env ironmental science\, international relations\, or sustainable development\, this session will offer valuable perspectives on how diplomacy\, science\, and policy come together to protect our planet’s water resources.

    Speakers:

    Sibylle Vermont  is a Swiss envir onmental policy leader and former Deputy Head of Section Global Affairs (re tired). She represented Switzerland as focal point and head of delegation i n numerous UN conventions and regional agreements\, building bridges betwee n science\, policy\, and diplomacy. Ms. Vermont contributed to the Conventi on on Wetlands\, the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention)\, and sustainable f orest management international organizations such as the United Nations For um on Forests. She led the negotiations and conclusion of regional bilatera l agreements between Switzerland and France on the Rhone and Doubs rivers a nd the Lake of Geneva. Her leadership roles within international environmen tal bodies\, such as chairing the Task Force on Water and Climate of the Wa ter Convention\, underscore her commitment to effecting positive change on a global scale. Today\, she continues her conservation work at South Africa ’s Cradle of Humankind UNESCO World Heritage Site.

    Dr. Christian Bréthaut is an Associate Professor in water governance at the Department of Geography a nd Environment and at the Institute for Environmental Sciences of the Unive rsity of Geneva. He serves as Director of the Environmental Governance and Territorial Development Hub and Institute\, and co-leads the UNESCO Chair o n Hydropolitics at the University of Geneva. His work focuses on environmen tal policies and governance in general\, and water governance in particular . He concentrates on multi-level governance issues\, transboundary manageme nt\, and the challenges posed by intersectorality. His interests are water governance\, water-food-energy nexus\, commons governance\, multi-level gov ernance\, critical discourse analysis\, and science-policy interface.

    The visits of these Swiss speakers has been gracio usly facilitated by the Consulate General of Switzerland in Vancouv er.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/bridging-global-water-polic y-and-practice-a-conversation-with-leaders-in-environmental-governance/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/10/Bridging-Global-Water-Policy_WEB3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251120T0140Z-1763602857.7122-EO-55441-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20251120T003232Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251120T234213Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251125T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251125T183000 SUMMARY: Diplomacy Beyond Diplomats: Working in the Field on Asia DESCRIPTION: Looking to build your career in international relations\, but aren't sure of the options outside of working for Global Affairs Canada? Th e Centre for Chinese Research presents a talk with Johnsen Romero\, Directo r of the Indo-Pacific Program and a Research Fellow at the Ottawa-based Ins titute for Peace and Diplomacy. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Looking to build your career in international relations\, but aren't sure of the options outside of working for Global Affairs Canada?

    Johnsen Romero aims to speak from the position of a non-government organization and how his foundational experience as a UBC alum translated into real-world experience in international relations. He notes how a signi ficant portion of his work facilitates diplomacy in Asia at a substantive l evel\, building beyond academic recommendations often found in think-tank c ontexts. Ultimately\, he aims to underscore that the impact one can make in foreign policy is not necessarily limited to visible diplomats\, but in in formal and little-known channels.

    Johnsen Romero is Director of the I ndo-Pacific Program and a Research Fellow at the Ottawa-based Institute for Peace and Diplomacy. With an academic background touching both Asia and he re at UBC\, his career touches positions at Global Affairs Canada\, the fed eral Department of Finance\, and BC's trade ministry under the China Direct or in the branches for East Asia and International Markets. Through the Yen ching Fellowship at Peking University\, he holds a Master of Law in Politic s and International Relations. He earned a BA in International Relations fr om UBC.

    Presented by the Centre for Chinese Research (CCR) 

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/diplomacy-beyond-diplomats- working-in-the-field-on-asia/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/11/CCR_DiplomacyBeyondDiplomats.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251217T1411Z-1765980705.616-EO-55461-5@10.19.146.22 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20251122T000453Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251122T000759Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251126T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251126T143000 SUMMARY: Gender+ and Intersectional Considerations when Designing and Condu cting Research X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage LOCATION:Room 101\, Geography Building GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7U00iXuTOZsBe9U ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/11/GenderIntersectional.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251113T1227Z-1763036842.1699-EO-55301-5@10.19.146.21 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20251112T225248Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251112T231938Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251128T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251128T170000 SUMMARY: In the Global Vanguard: Agrarian Development and the Making of Mod ern Taiwan DESCRIPTION: Dr. James Lin traces agrarian development across Africa and So utheast Asia amid Cold War politics and the Republic of China’s fight for l egitimacy. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Jo in the Centre for Chinese Research (CCR) for the upcoming talk - In the Glo bal Vanguard: Agrarian Development and the Making of Modern Taiwan.

    I n just half a century\, Taiwan transformed from an agricultural colony into an economic power\, spurred by efforts of the authoritarian Republic of Ch ina government in land reform\, farmers associations\, and improved crop va rieties. Yet overlooked is how Taiwan brought these practices to the develo ping world. In the Global Vanguard elucidates the history and impact of the “Taiwan model” of agrarian development by incorporating how Taiwanese expe rts took the country’s agrarian success and exported it throughout rural co mmunities across Africa and Southeast Asia. Driven by the global Cold War a nd challenges to the Republic of China’s legitimacy\, Taiwanese agricultura l technicians and scientists shared their practices\, which they claimed we re better suited for poor\, tropical societies in the developing world. The se development missions\, James Lin argues\, were projected in Taiwan as pr oof of the ruling government’s modernity and technical prowess and were cru cial to how the state sought to hold onto its contested position in the int ernational system and its rule by martial law at home.

    About the Speaker

    James Lin is associate professor of internationa l studies at the University of Washington\, Seattle\, and chair of the Univ ersity of Washington Taiwan Studies Program. He is author of In the Global Vanguard: Agrarian Development and the Making of Modern Taiwan (University of California Press 2025)\, which is available to read open access.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/global-vanguard/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/11/image-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251208T1924Z-1765221878.3401-EO-55712-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20251208T171549Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251215T181126Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251205T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251219T170000 SUMMARY: Liu Lobby Gallery: Road Stories DESCRIPTION: The Liu Lobby Gallery invites you to the pop-up exhibition Roa d Stories\, an intimate and contemplative second installation of the new “S olidarity” series. Road Stories features 11 paintings by Nurhayat Güneş Ayt aç\, artist and Visiting Scholar in UBC’s Department of Curriculum & Pedago gy. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    The Liu Lobby Gallery invites you to the po p-up exhibition Road Stories\, an intimate and contemplative secon d installation of the new “Solidarity” series. Road Stories featur es 11 paintings by Nurhayat Güneş Aytaç\, artist and Visiting Scholar in UB C’s Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy.

    Visit the gallery during its open hours from December 5 – 19\, and join us for a small gathering on Tue sday\, December 9th at 2 pm.

    Pop-Up Exhibition: December 5 – 19\, 2025
    Mini Reception: Decembe r 9\, 2-3 PM

    The exhibit is free and open to the public during re gular building hours\, 9am – 5pm. It is located in the Lobby on the first f loor.

    Curated by Ellinee Nelson

    About the Exhibiti on:

    As a young child\, artist Nurhayat Güneş Aytaç and her family of seven migrated by train across Turkey. This journey was not merel y a geographical shift\; it was a threshold\, a transformation\, a new begi nning. They packed light with a single suitcase\, signalling the weight of what was left behind: familiar houses\, neighborhood bonds\, traditions\, d aily rituals\, stories\, and relatives…

    The family parted with not ju st belongings\, but the very fabric and memory of a life.

    Road St ories offers an artistic reading of roads\, migrations\, losses\, emer ging new lives\, and the fragile continuity of memory—beginning with this f irst threshold. Each work carries the rhythm of the journey\, the linear pe rsistence of the tracks\, and the quiet tension of travel.

    For the ar tist\, the road is both a personal memory object and a universal metaphor o f passage. Roads are places where identities form\, emotions shift\, and th e past is rewritten. Thus\, Road Stories opens itself to the viewe r as a narrative that is simultaneously individual and collective\, intimat e and universal.

    This exhibition follows the traces of a journey whil e inviting viewers to reflect on their own thresholds\, their own passages\ , and their own road stories.

    Artist Bio: < /p>

    Born in 1977 in Kağızman\, Kars\, Nurhayat GÜNEŞ AYTAÇ completed her undergraduate studies in Art Education (Painting-Crafts Teaching) at Trakya University in 2009 and earned her Master’s degree from the same institutio n in 2013. Between 2015 and 2016\, she was a visiting research scholar at t he University of British Columbia\, Canada\, supported by a TÜBİTAK fellows hip. In 2018\, she received her PhD from Gazi University\, Institute of Edu cational Sciences\, Department of Art Education.

    Aytaç has held four solo exhibitions in Turkey and has been recognized with the Achievement Awa rd at the 74th State Painting and Sculpture Competition (in memory of paint er Mihri Müşfik) and an Honorable Mention at the 4th Yunus Ensari Painting Competition. Her works have been featured in numerous group exhibitions\, f airs\, biennials\, and symposiums both in Turkey and internationally. They are included in the collections of the Erzurum Painting and Sculpture

    Museum and Gallery\, Art Suites Gallery\, Zervas Art Gallery\, and the Efe ler Municipality.

    Beginning her academic career in 2011 as a Research Assistant at Dicle University’s Faculty of Education\, Department of Fine Arts Education\, Aytaç was appointed Assistant Professor in 2019 and promot ed to Associate Professor in 2023. She continues to serve as a faculty memb er at Dicle University and\, since February 1st 2025\, has been a visiting scholar at the University of British Columbia (UBC)\, Canada\, supported by a one-year TÜBİTAK fellowship.

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    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Lobby Gallery\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/liu-lobby-gallery-road-stor ies/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/12/Road-Stories-WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251002T1342Z-1759412539.3531-EO-54711-5@10.19.146.21 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20251001T223657Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251001T223657Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251211T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251211T190000 SUMMARY: Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs – Dec 11 Application Wo rkshop DESCRIPTION: Join us on Nov 19 to learn what it takes to submit a standout application for the Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs program X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    MPPGA Appl ication Workshop

    We invite you to discov er what it takes to ace your application for a Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs! This session is designed to provide you with all the essent ial information and guidance you need to prepare a strong application.

    < p>Date: December 11\, 2025
    Time: 6-7 PM PDT
    Location: Zoom (Virtual Event)

    Why MPPGA?

    The MPPGA program is designed to equip future pol icy makers with the knowledge\, skills\, and experiences necessary to tackl e the world's most pressing challenges. With a strong focus on rigorous kno wledge acquisition\, policy analysis\, career development\, and experientia l learning\, this program paves the way for you to excel as a policy profes sional.

    What to Expect:

    Quick Program Overview: Gain insights into the MPPGA program and understand how it can help you achieve your career goals.

    Online Application Insights: Discover what to expect when applying online\, from nav igating the application portal to submitting the necessary documents.

    Admissions Requirements and Prerequisites: Learn about th e prerequisites and requirements for admissions\, ensuring that you meet al l criteria.

    References - What We Look For: Understan d the importance of strong reference letters and get tips on selecting the right individuals to vouch for your qualifications.

    Applicati on DOs and DON'Ts: Avoid common application pitfalls and maximize your chances of acceptance with expert advice on what to include and what t o avoid in your application.

    If you have any questions before the wor kshop\, feel free to email us at mppga.program@ubc.ca. For more detailed in formation about the MPPGA Master Program\, please visit our website.

    Don't miss this opportunity! Mark your calendar for December 11 at 6 PM (PST) and join us for the MPPGA Virtual Application Workshop.

    We look forward to as sisting you in advancing your career!

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/mppga-virtual-application-w orkshop-dec-11/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/09/MPPGA-ApplicationWorkshop-Dec11_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251129T1108Z-1764414531.3938-EO-55531-5@10.19.146.23 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20251128T205321Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251201T205653Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251212T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251212T140000 SUMMARY: What the China Dream Means to Me Ten Years On—Reading and Translat ing China’s Contemporary Intellectuals DESCRIPTION: Join Professor David Ownby for his reflections on a decades wo rk on his translation blog\, “Reading the China Dream”. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Presented by the Centre for Chinese Research\, join us for an after noon with Professor David Ownby\, who will be sharing his reflections on a decade's work on his translation blog\, “Reading t he China Dream” (https://www.readin gthechinadream.com/). There will be an opportunity to raise your own qu estions about translation and scholarly engagement.

    Dr. Ownby says: < em>"For ten years I translated the writings of Chinese intellectuals almost everyday and there are now more than 10\,000 pages on the Reading the Chin a Dream website. What does it mean to see China through the eyes of these i ntellectuals? What does translation accomplish? What does this body of work look like now that I'm beginning to move past it? What does this kind of p roject mean to the field of China Studies?”.

    A light lunch will be provided for those who register in advance.

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 351\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/china-dream/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/11/david-Ownbys-talk-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251107T0219Z-1762481982.3368-EO-55259-5@10.19.146.23 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20251104T184337Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251113T225536Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260114T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260114T140000 SUMMARY: From Campus to Council: UBC Alumni Leading Vancouver’s Policy Futu re DESCRIPTION: Join Vancouver City Councillors for a conversation on their pr ofessional journeys as UBC alumni and the priorities shaping Vancouver’s mu nicipal agenda. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    What happens when UBC graduates take the reins of city leadership ? Join Vancouver City Councillors Mike Klassen\, Lisa Dominato\, and Lenny Zhou—all proud UBC alumni—for a dynamic conversation on their professional journeys and the priorities shaping Vancouver’s municipal agenda.

    Tog ether\, they will explore how their time at UBC influenced their paths into public service\, how they now navigate the complexities of city governance \, and the leadership lessons gained along the way.

    This event offers a unique opportunity to connect with alumni who are making a tangible impa ct on the city—and to explore how academic experiences can translate into c ivic leadership.

     

    Moderator:

    • Profe ssor Max Cameron

    Panelists:

    • Mike K lassen (Councillor)
    • Lisa Dominato (Councillor)
    • Lenny Zhou ( Councillor)
    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/from-campus-to-council-ubc- alumni-leading-vancouvers-policy-future/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/11/From-Campus-to-Council-WEB3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251220T0106Z-1766192819.127-EO-55809-5@10.19.146.22 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20251219T231334Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T064242Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260122T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260122T190000 SUMMARY: Entangled Territories: A Response to the Exhibition DESCRIPTION: Join this special talk with Tibetologist Dr. Isabelle Henrion- Dourcy to gain a deeper insight into Tibetan culture as she responds to the MOA exhicit Entangled Territories: Tibet Through Images X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage LOCATION:Museum of Anthropology GEO:0;0 URL;VALUE=URI:https://himalaya.arts.ubc.ca/events/event/entangled-territori es-a-response-to-the-exhibition/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/12/Himalaya-Program-1024x571-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251217T1411Z-1765980705.6306-EO-55615-5@10.19.146.22 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20251202T235016Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251202T235204Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260122T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260122T200000 SUMMARY: America First\, America Alone? – Thomas L. Friedman DESCRIPTION: The 2026 Lind Initiative presents Thomas L. Friedman\, three-t ime Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist and bestselling author. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Chan Centre for the Performing Arts GEO:49.269748;-123.255108 URL;VALUE=URI:https://lindinitiative.ubc.ca/speakers/thomas-l-friedman/#new _tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/12/LIND_America-First-1920x1080-DigiSignage_2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260108T0513Z-1767849183.111-EO-55881-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260107T221939Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260112T174930Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260123T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260123T170000 SUMMARY: Between the Pillar of State and Social Stigma: The Military Exile Practice in Chosŏn Korea\, 1863–1894 DESCRIPTION:   In the late nineteenth century\, the Chosŏn government under King Kojong pursued military strengthening in response to growing threats from Western powers. Existing scholarship has often interpreted these effor ts as evidence of a fundamental transformation of the military system. Howe ver\, the regime simultaneously relied on military exile (ch’unggun 充軍)\, a premodern punitive practice that […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

    Between the Pillar and State CKR SPPGA

     

    In the late nineteenth century\, the C hosŏn government under King Kojong pursued military strengthening in respon se to growing threats from Western powers. Existing scholarship has often i nterpreted these efforts as evidence of a fundamental transformation of the military system. However\, the regime simultaneously relied on military ex ile (ch’unggun 充軍)\, a premodern punitive practice that required offenders to perform compulsory military service. This apparent contradiction raises important questions about the nature of military reform and the role of pun ishment in late Chosŏn society.

    Presented by the Centre for Korean Re search\, this lecture examines military exile during King Kojong’s reign (1 863–1894)\, highlighting its distinctive features and its comparability to European penal military units. Through an analysis of its historical origin s\, legal foundations\, and modes of enforcement\, it argues that Chosŏn po licymakers continued to hold a devalued view of the military. This perspect ive reflected long-standing elite attitudes toward military service that pe rsisted despite official reform agendas aimed at strengthening military cap acity and elevating the status of military officials. The resulting tension between formal state policy and elite practice\, this lecture contends\, c ontributed to the incomplete and uneven character of military reform in lat e nineteenth-century Chosŏn.

    About the Speaker:
    Jinsung Kim is a Sessional Lecturer in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia. He earned his Ph.D. in Asian Studies at UBC in 2025. His research examines Korea’s military reform and its complex interactions with China\, Japan\, Russia\, and the United States in the la te 19th century. Before pursuing his doctorate\, he completed an M.A. in Hi story at Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea\, where he specialized in S ino-Korean relations between 1882 and 1884.

    T his talk is presented by the Centre for Korean Research (CK R).

    CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage LOCATION:Room 1112\, Buchanan Tower GEO:49.268108;-123.254723 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/between-the-pillar-of-state -and-social-stigma/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/01/20260123.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260117T0532Z-1768627970.8254-EO-55938-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260116T205014Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260126T225718Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260129T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260129T200000 SUMMARY: Shinnenkai 2026: Celebrate the New Years with the Centre for Japan ese Research DESCRIPTION: Join us to celebrate the New Year with the Centre for Japanese Research at Shinnenkai 2026! X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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    Join us to celebrate the New Year with the Centre for Japanese Research at Shinnenkai 2026!

    Shinnenkai 2026: A New Year Cele bration with the Centre for Japanese Research

    Date: January 29th\, 2026 (Thu)

    Time: 6 PM to 8 PM

    Location: UBC C.K. Choi Building\, Room 120 and Lounge

    Event Overview: Join us for an engaging evening to celebrate the new year and foster connections among students\, professi onals\, and faculty. This event will feature Japanese food and drinks\, net working opportunities\, and a chance to engage with initiatives by the Cent re for Japanese Research (CJR).

    What to Expect:

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  • Networking opportunities with faculty\, professionals\, and governme nt officials
  • Food & Snacks: Savor Japan-inspired baked goods\, sush i\, and drinks. Sake will be served for the opening Kanpai.
  • A rumbl ing and exciting performance by the Vancouver Okinawa Taiko.
  • Discov er the Centre’s past events\, research\, and publications.

We a re looking forward to seeing you!

RSVP is required to attend the event (free admissi on) For those over age 19\, bring two pieces of ID to participate in ou r sake tasting.

CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/shinnenkai-2026-celebrate-t he-new-years-with-the-centre-for-japanese-research/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/01/Shinnenkai-Graphic-2026.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251217T1411Z-1765980705.6343-EO-55619-5@10.19.146.22 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20251202T235509Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251202T235509Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260205T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260205T200000 SUMMARY: America First\, America Alone? – Charity Weeden DESCRIPTION: The 2026 Lind Initiative presents Charity Weeden\, former NASA associate administrator and global space policy leader. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Chan Centre for the Performing Arts GEO:49.269748;-123.255108 URL;VALUE=URI:https://lindinitiative.ubc.ca/speakers/charity-weeden/#new_ta b ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/12/LIND_America-First-1920x1080-DigiSignage_3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260109T0129Z-1767922146.4691-EO-55884-5@10.19.146.21 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260108T223758Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260112T174912Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260206T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260206T170000 SUMMARY: Rethinking the Representation of ‘Japanese Women’ in Korean Popula r Culture DESCRIPTION: Dr. Yukie Hirata discusses how Japanese women are depicted in South Korean TV and films\, examining the patriarchal and post-colonial sys tems and imagination. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

How have Japanese women been portrayed in South Korean popular culture? In this presentation\,  Dr. Yukie Hirata will discuss how Japanese women are depicted in South Korean TV dramas and films produced since the 2000s that are set in the colonial era\, examining the patriarchal and post-colonial systems and imagination.

This stud y raises two specific questions. First\, what are the specific cultural pro cesses that led to the formation and transformation of Japanese women’s ima ge in Korea? Hirata examines the popular acceptance of Japan in Korean soci ety under postcolonial conditions and explores the link between gender and nation in doing so. Second\, how have the images of ‘Japanese women’ change d and reproduced\, especially after the Korean Wave in 2000s? Ultimately\, this study aims to reexamine their historical and political significance an d position them within the constant movements of ideas\, people\, and texts between Japan and Korea.

About the Speaker:
Yukie Hirata is a Visiting Professor in the Department of As ian Studies at the University of British Columbia from April 2025 to March 2026. She is a Professor in the Department of Studies on Contemporary Socie ty at Japan Women’s University. Her current research focuses on the gendere d representations in popular cultural texts across Korea and Japan\, analyz ing through critical and transnational frameworks. She received a Ph.D and M.A in Sociology from Yonsei University\, Korea. Her recent work includes < em>Kankoku dorama no sōzōryoku [Imagination of Korean Dramas](co-autho red with Tomoomi Mori and Chie Yamanaka\, published by Jinbunshoin\, 2024) and Kankoku kazoku: gurōbaru-ka to "dentō bunka" no semegiai no nakade< /em> [Korean Families between globalization and ‘traditional culture’](co-e dited with Kojima Yuki\, published by Aki Shobō\, 2014).

This talk is presented by the Centre for Korean Research (CKR).

CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:1855 West Mall (CK Choi Building) RM 351\, UBC Vancouver Campus GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/rethinking-the-representati on-of-japanese-women-in-korean-popular-culture/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/01/20260206_CKR_RethinkingRepresentation.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260118T0931Z-1768728676.6152-EO-55924-5@10.19.146.22 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260115T164334Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T163054Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260206T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260206T190000 SUMMARY: New Waves of Dissent: Understanding Gen Z Protest Movements in Sou th Asia DESCRIPTION: Naveeda Khan\, Professor of Anthropology\, and affiliate facul ty in Women\, Gender\, Sexuality\; Islamic Studies\; Comparative Thought an d Literature\; and Environmental Science and Studies at Johns Hopkins Unive rsity\, in conversation with MPPGA student discussants. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Presenter: Naveeda Khan
In c onversation with MPPGA student discussants

Naveeda Khan is Profe ssor of Anthropology\, and affiliate faculty in Women\, Gender\, Sexuality\ ; Islamic Studies\; Comparative Thought and Literature\; and Environmental Science and Studies at Johns Hopkins University. She has worked for the Uni ted Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Dhaka and Cox's Bazaa r\, Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC)\, Travelers and Immigrant s Aid (TIA) and The Field Museum of Natural History. Her research spans rel igious lives and urban form in Pakistan\, riverine lives and national clima te policy in Bangladesh\, UN led global climate governance processes\, Germ an romanticism\, and Bengali and Urdu literature. She is the author of Muslim Becoming: Aspiration and Skepticism in Pakistan (2012) Rive r Life and the Upspring of Nature (2022) and In Quest of a Shared Planet: Negotiating Climate from the Global South (2023) and editor of Beyond Crisis: Reevaluating Pakistan (2010) and Dream's Navel : Reading Akhtaruzzaman Elias' Khwabnama (forthcoming). She is current ly working on a book on the July Uprising in Bangladesh in 2024 with a focu s on political voice.

A light dinner from Currylicious Bangladesh i Catering will be served as part of this event. 

Presented by t he Centre for Southeast Asia Research (CSEAR)\, the Centre for India and South Asia Research (CISAR) and the UBC Himalaya Program.

CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/new-waves-of-dissent-unders tanding-gen-z-protest-movements-in-south-asia/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/01/CISAR_HIMALAYA_NewWavesofDissent_final.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260122T0422Z-1769055775.3614-EO-55973-5@10.19.146.21 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260121T175243Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260129T195555Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260212T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260212T140000 SUMMARY: Gender\, Power\, and Policy Influence in an Era of DEI Retrenchmen t DESCRIPTION: SPPGA Expert-in-Residence Diamond Isinger leads a discussion o n persistent gender disparities in policy influence and decision-making acr oss a global scale. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Gender Power and Policy Influence SPPGA

 

Diamond Isinger le ads a discussion on persistent gender disparities in policy influence and d ecision-making across a global scale.

SPPGA Expert-in-Residence Diamo nd Isinger will lead a timely discussion on how the rollback of diversity\, equity\, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in the United States is reshaping policy debates\, institutional practices\, and gendered power dynamics in Canada and beyond. As political and cultural shifts south of the border inc reasingly influence funding decisions\, governance norms\, and public disco urse at home\, the session will examine what this moment of DEI retrenchmen t means for gender equity\, policy influence\, and democratic decision-maki ng in domestic and global contexts.

Diamond will engage with multiple invited guests as panelists to unpack and weigh in on how recent pullbacks in DEI funding and institutional commitments in Canada are increasingly sh aped by political and cultural shifts originating in the United States. Par ticipants will be invited to analyze the policy consequences of this retren chment\, including its impact on evidence-based decision-making\, leadershi p pipelines\, and the legitimacy of public institutions.

CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/gender-power-and-policy-inf luence-in-an-era-of-dei-retrenchment/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/01/Gender-Power-and-Policy-Influence_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260128T2349Z-1769644163.2849-EO-56026-5@10.19.146.23 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260128T172048Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T172048Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260212T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260212T190000 SUMMARY: Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs – Feb 12 Application Wo rkshop DESCRIPTION: This virtual workshop will provide you with all the essential information and guidance you need to prepare a strong application for the M PPGA program X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

MPPGA Application Workshop Feb 12

Overview

Discover what it takes to ace your application for a Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs!

Join us for the MPPG A Application Workshop (Virtual)

This session was designed t o provide you with all the essential information and guidance you need to p repare a strong application.

Date: February 12\, 202 6

Time: 6-7 PM PST

What to Expect:

Quick Program Overview: Gain insights into the MPPGA program and understand how it can help you achieve your career goals .

Online Application Insights: Discover what to expe ct when applying online\, from navigating the application portal to submitt ing the necessary documents.

Admissions Requirements and Prer equisites: Learn about the prerequisites and requirements for admi ssions\, ensuring that you meet all criteria.

References - Wh at We Look For: Understand the importance of strong reference lett ers and get tips on selecting the right individuals to vouch for your quali fications.

Application DOs and DON'Ts: Avoid common application pitfalls and maximize your chances of acceptance with expert ad vice on what to include and what to avoid in your application.

If you have any questions before the workshop\, feel free to email us at mppga.pr ogram@ubc.ca. For more detailed information about the MPPGA Master Program\ , please visit  our website.

Don't miss this opportunity! Mark your calendar for  February 12 at 6 PM (PST) and join us for the MPPGA Virtua l Application Workshop.

We look forward to assisting you in advancing your career!

CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/master-of-public-policy-and -global-affairs-feb-12-application-workshop/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/01/MPPGA-Application-Workshop_Feb12_WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251217T1411Z-1765980705.6378-EO-55621-5@10.19.146.22 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20251202T235727Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251202T235727Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260212T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260212T200000 SUMMARY: America First\, America Alone? – Hasan Piker DESCRIPTION: The 2026 Lind Initiative presents Hasan Piker\, millennial jou rnalist and the most-watched political commentator on Twitch. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Chan Centre for the Performing Arts GEO:49.269748;-123.255108 URL;VALUE=URI:https://lindinitiative.ubc.ca/speakers/hasan-piker/#new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/12/LIND_America-First-1920x1080-DigiSignage_4.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260305T0158Z-1772675934.2494-EO-56316-5@10.19.146.22 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260303T002937Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260303T231733Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260223 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260328 SUMMARY: Liu Lobby Gallery: Mongolia’s Democracy Revolution DESCRIPTION: Mongolia’s Democracy Revolution at the Liu Lobby Gallery showc ases rare photographs by Irja Halász documenting the 1990 protests that tra nsformed the nation. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Liu Lobby Gallery invites you to Mongolia’s Democracy R evolution. This installment of the Solidarity series tells the story of the 1990 Democratic Revolution\, when the Mongolian people came together acros s lines of difference to organize\, protest\, and demand change. Among the only known photographs of this time\, the exhibition features a rare collec tion of images by Finnish journalist Irja Halász who was a student at the M ongolian National University when the protests began.

Visit the galle ry during its open hours from February 23 – March 27\, 2026\, and join us for a reception on Tuesday\, March 17th from 6-8 PM .

About the Exhibition: 

In 1989 to 1 990\, public democracy movements developed across Eastern Europe\, Mongolia \, and China. Surrounded by Russia to the north and China to the south\, Mo ngolia’s story is often overlooked. Mongolia’s Democracy Revolution aims to highlight this history and the foundational role of solidarity within it. Starting in 1989\, brave protestors staged large\, public demonstrations to challenge the monopolistic Communist Partystate and to demand human rights and democratic values. They called for cultural reclamation\, self-determi nation\, and economic freedom from the USSR.

Movement organizers were encouraged by the success of protests in Eastern Europe\, even as concern grew from China’s violent crackdown in June 1989 and the uncertain reaction of their patron\, the Soviet Union. Solidarity across a broad array of Mon golia’s social groups\, including students\, labour unions and state worker s\, among others\, rapidly expanded the movement. Bridging traditional divi des from generation to generation\, from urban to rural\, their struggle be came a unifying call for accountability to the people. The ruling Politburo stepped down in March 1990\, ending the 70-year one-party monopoly. Mongol ia’s first multi-party\, democratic elections were held in July that same y ear.

The exhibition presents a rare collection of photographs and pol itical posters gathered by Irja Halász. As a Finnish journalist\, Halász ha d access to camera equipment at a time when most did not. She was a student at the Mongolian National University on a prestigious 3-year\, government- funded scholarship awarded to her in 1987. Halász was also a close confidan t of a professor who was one of the movement’s most central figures\, Sanja asürengiin Zorig. For these reasons\, Irja Halász was uniquely well positio ned to document the revolution when the protests began.

It is uncommo n to see any published images of the 1990 events and very few photographs e xist in state archives. Camera equipment was only accessible to a few state -controlled media journalists—perhaps only a dozen—not the general public. Of the few Mongolian photographers who documented the events\, many have si nce died and their work has been lost. Mongolia’s Democracy Revolution came together through Halasz’s persistent efforts to build knowledge of the sta nd the Mongolian people took that winter.

This story in images offers a small glimpse into Mongolia in 1989 and 1990. The hope is that seeing th e determined faces of the people firmly demanding agency over their way of life\, will inspire and encourage freedom-fighters even today. In Mongolia\ , people who had a dream of a free\, fair and democratic society\, stood up for the whole nation’s future\, and won. Despite daunting odds and the bru tal cold of winter\, the shared goal of the Mongolian people was realized b y building solidarity with each other.

About the Artist:

Irja Halász is a Finnish journalist and produce r who has lived in Mongolia most of her life. Originally trained as a journ alist\, she got interested in what was then one of the most isolated social ist countries in the world: Mongolia. To get there\, she enrolled in a Hung arian university\, to study the language and culture of the country. She vi sited for the first time in 1985. After majoring in Mongolian studies at th e Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem (ELTE) in Budapest\, Halász received a rare three-year Mongolian government-funded scholarship in 1987\, for further s tudies at the Mongolian National University\, in Ulaanbaatar.

There\, she met pro-democracy activists—scholars\, university instructors\, journa lists\, actors and others\, who had secretly met to plan for political chan ge in the country. When the Democratic Revolution started at the end of 198 9 and early 1990\, Halász was the only Western news reporter living in Mong olia. She was also the only Western journalist who stayed in Mongolia throu ghout the whole revolution. Halász reported on the early stages and the pro gress of the Democratic Revolution through international news agencies to a world-wide audience.

At the request of Mongolian organizations and m edia to publish some of her photographs\, Halász felt it was her duty to ha ve this material published and made more widely available. She has publishe d two books\, one of photographs and one of revolutionary posters.Her work has been exhibited in Ulaanbaatar\, Helsinki and Stockholm. Since 1990\, Ha lász has worked in Mongolia as a news reporter and producer for internation al news agencies and TV channels\, such as Reuters\, RTN\, APTN\, BBC\, Al Jazeera English Channel (AJE)\, and many others\, including several UN agen cies and other international organizations. She is currently a freelance pr oducer for TV programs and documentaries.

Acknowledgments:

This exhibition was made possible through the support of Irja Halasz\, who made her works available to be shown in North America\; Dr. Charles Krusekopf\, Director of the America n Center for Mongolian Studies and Professor at Royal Roads University\, Vi ctoria—who facilitated the transportation and set up of the exhibition\; an d the American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS)\, which provided funding to assist the preparation and shipment of materials from Helsinki to Canada.

The exhibition is free and open to the public during regular building hours\, 9am – 5pm. It is located in the Lobby on t he first floor.

Curated by Ellinee Nelson.

CATEGORIES:Featured Events LOCATION:Lobby Gallery\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/mongolias-democracy-revolut ion/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/03/BlueMongolia_Promo-Graphics_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260209T2338Z-1770680280.6553-EO-56110-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260206T211050Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260206T211050Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260223T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260223T133000 SUMMARY: Navigating Online Discourse in a Polarized Information Ecosystem DESCRIPTION: Explore effective communication strategies for today's polariz ed online environment. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 2300\, Segal Building GEO:49.284417;-123.114917 URL;VALUE=URI:https://democracy.ubc.ca/events/event/navigating-online-disco urse-in-a-polarized-information-ecosystem/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/02/CSDI-Lunch-and-Learn_Final.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260122T0309Z-1769051344.5057-EO-55976-5@10.19.146.23 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260121T175306Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260220T223622Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260224T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260224T200000 SUMMARY: State of the Union Address Watch Party & Debrief DESCRIPTION: Diamond Isinger will host a State of the Union Address watch p arty followed by a structured debrief and commentary with local experts. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Overview

Diamond Isinger will host a State of the Union Address watch party followe d by a structured debrief and commentary with local experts.

As pa rt of the SPPGA Expert-in-Residence program\, Diamond Isinger will host a S tate of the Union Address watch party followed by a structured debrief and commentary with local experts. Participants will view the U.S. President’s address collectively and then engage in a critical analysis of its politica l\, economic\, and international implications.

The post-address debri ef will examine the speech beyond its rhetoric\, focusing on policy substan ce\, strategic signaling\, and domestic and global audiences. Drawing on ex pertise in global affairs and public policy\, the discussion will explore h ow the address reflects broader trends in U.S. governance and what it signa ls for allies\, partners\, and the international system.

Diamond will be joined by guests:

Mario Canseco is one of Canada ’s leading public opinion analysts and the President of Research Co.\, wher e he specializes in polling\, public sentiment\, and electoral trends acros s Canada and internationally.

Mo Amir is a Vancouver -based political commentator and the host of This Is Vancolour\, where he i nterviews leading voices in politics\, public policy\, and civic life acros s Canada and beyond.

CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/state-of-the-union-address- watch-party-and-debrief/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/01/State-of-the-Union-Address_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260209T2338Z-1770680280.6628-EO-56148-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260209T212229Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260224T002714Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260225T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260225T140000 SUMMARY: Eelam Tamil Resistance\, Futures\, and the Reclamation of Space DESCRIPTION: Ambihai Akilan (Advocacy Officer at PEARL) reflects on Eelam T amil Resistance X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

This talk examines Eelam Ta mil resistance through the analytic frame of PEARL’s* 20th anniversary reun ion\, a gathering structured around the past\, present\, and future of stru ggle against the Sinhala-Buddhist nationalist Sri Lankan state. Using this moment as a point of departure\, it interrogates how post-independence gove rnance has reproduced colonial logics of rule through militarization\, land dispossession\, spatial control\, and pervasive regimes of surveillance in the Tamil homeland.

Focusing on the present\, the talk explores how occupied and heavily surveilled spaces function simultaneously as sites of domination and political creativity. These dynamics are further reflected i n the material reshaping of land through infrastructure\, architecture\, an d everyday negotiations under occupation.

Finally\, the talk turns to ward the future by examining the work of a new generation of Tamil activist s who are articulating political imaginaries beyond the nation-state and ad vancing decolonial solidarities that link Eelam Tamil liberation to global struggles without collapsing difference. Together\, these reflections trace how\, even under conditions of prolonged occupation\, Tamil communities su stain transnational networks\, collective memory\, and radical visions of b elonging and resistance.

About the Speaker:

Am bihai Akilan (she/her/அவள்) is a second-generation Tamil-Canadian and gradu ate of the Sciences Po Paris and the University of British Columbia. A 2025 Wesbrook Scholar\, her interdisciplinary training includes degrees in Huma n Geography\, Informatics\, Politics and Government\, and Law. Currently\, she is an Advocacy Officer with People for Equality and Relief in Lanka and Editor-in-Chief of the Tamil Academic Journal. You can find her work in Al Jazeera\, The Diplomat\, and Briarpatch Magazine.

This talk is prese nted by the Centre for India and South Asia Research (CISAR).

CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 351\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/eelam-tamil-resistance-futu res-and-the-reclamation-of-space/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/02/Tamil-Resistance-Futures-and-the-Reclamation-of-Space-WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251217T1411Z-1765980705.6413-EO-55623-5@10.19.146.22 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20251202T235959Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251203T000147Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260225T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260225T203000 SUMMARY: America First\, America Alone? – Dread Scott DESCRIPTION: The 2026 Lind Initiative presents Dread Scott\, interdisciplin ary artist and activist challenging the ideals of American society. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:The Polygon Gallery GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://lindinitiative.ubc.ca/speakers/dread-scott/#new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/12/LIND_America-First-1920x1080-DigiSignage_5.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260402T1428Z-1775140085.293-EO-56240-5@10.19.146.23 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260224T235233Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260224T235233Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260226T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260226T183000 SUMMARY: “All Static & Noise” Film Screening & Q&A X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://humanrightscollective.ubc.ca/all-static-noise-film-sc reening/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/02/sip-film-screening.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260216T0930Z-1771234202.6522-EO-56159-5@10.19.146.22 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260213T201142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260220T203218Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260227T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260227T123000 SUMMARY: Cripping “Filipino Resilience”: Climate Change\, Care and Disabili ty DESCRIPTION: Filipino scholars examine how the trope of “Filipino resilienc e” obscures climate vulnerability\, care labor\, and state violence through a disability justice lens. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

“Filipino resilience” has become a popular cultura l trope that praises Filipinos for their ability to survive\, overcome and recover from frequent natural disasters\, political turmoil and socioeconom ic hardship. The Philippines is the third most climate-vulnerable country i n the world\, even though the nation’s per capita Greenhouse Gas Emissions are only one third of the global average. It is subject to increasingly ext reme weather patterns\, such as super typhoons. The Philippine nation-state has also fashioned itself into a labour export economy\, sending out milli ons of migrant workers abroad every year\, many of whom work as foreign nur ses and domestic workers.

This event will bring together a diverse ar ray of Filipino scholars on climate change\, care work and disability to ex amine the conditions from which tropes such as the “Resilient Filipino” hav e emerged and how these tropes mask the various forms of state-sanctioned v iolence\, sociopolitical neglect and capitalist exploitation that are impos ed upon Filipinos both in the Philippines and across the diaspora. This wil l be a public-facing\, panel discussion that focuses on how such conditions wear down Filipinos’ health and wellbeing from an anti-ableist and disabil ity justice lens. Throughout the discussion\, panelists will consider how t he systems that created these conditions can be traced back to the ongoing legacies of colonialism in the Philippines and how Filipinos can push back against these systems and care for one another using indigenous Filipino ph ilosophies\, community care practices and creative expression.

This v irtual panel will feature cultural worker and scholar Allison Masan gkay\, Assistant Professor from the University of Winnipeg\, Dr. Dennis Gupa\; Research Associate from the University of She ffield\, Dr. Élaina Gauthier-Mamaril\, and PhD Candidate f rom the University of Toronto Walter Villanueva.

Thi s talk is presented by the Centre for Southeast Asia Research (CSEAR).

CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/cripping-filipino-resilienc e-climate-change-care-and-disability/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/02/Copy-of-CSEAR-Digital-Signage-Template-6.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260209T2338Z-1770680280.6696-EO-56108-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260206T205335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260206T205335Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260227T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260227T133000 SUMMARY: Computational Social Science in Action: Vaccine & Climate Policy N arratives DESCRIPTION: How do vaccine and climate policy debates unfold online—and ho w can social scientists study them rigorously at scale? X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://democracy.ubc.ca/events/event/computational-social-sc ience-in-action-studying-vaccine-and-climate-policy-narratives/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/02/Feb-27-CSDI-020526.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260402T1428Z-1775140085.3066-EO-56238-5@10.19.146.23 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260224T232350Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260224T234656Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260227T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260227T140000 SUMMARY: Playing with Creative Method: Video Games in Intersectional Resear ch X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:SWNG Building\, room 110 GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://genderplusresearchcollective.arts.ubc.ca/playing-with -creative-method-video-games-in-intersectional-research/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/02/Playing-with-Method-Presentation.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260204T0224Z-1770171853.6625-EO-56092-5@10.19.146.23 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260203T195040Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260225T180751Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260227T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260227T170000 SUMMARY: Impasses and Openings in K-pop Idol Celebrities and Fandom as an I ntimate Public: A Historical Perspective DESCRIPTION: Jiyoung Suh examines K-pop idols and fandom as a digital publi c sphere\, exploring intimacy\, labor\, and agency in contemporary popular culture. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

This talk takes a historical approach to the popular cultural sector as a public sphere\, focusing on interactions between celebrities and audiences over time. In pa rticular\, it foregrounds new forms of popular cultural icons and publics e merging in the neoliberal digital age by examining the modes of existence o f K-pop idol celebrities and the specific configuration of K-pop fandom pro duced under a highly distinctive industrial system.

Despite their sta ggering global popularity and glamour\, K-pop idol celebrities are position ed not simply as stars but as workers who mediate emotion and relationships through digital media technologies\, including the platformization of fan communication—a condition that distinguishes them from both classical Holly wood celebrities and other popular music figures. At the same time\, K-pop fandom emerges as a complex agent that operates simultaneously as a consume r and a participant in affective attachments with idols\, a dynamic that ca n be read through the notion of the “intimate public.” By juxtaposing the s tructural impasses faced by idols and the porous boundaries of fandom with the possibilities opened up by the K-pop scene as a digital public sphere\, this talk will highlight the contested intersection of intimacy\, labor\, and agency that structures contemporary popular culture.

About the Speak er:

Jiyoung Suh is a research professor at the Center for Hallyu Studies\, Seoul National University Asia Center. She has published widely on issues of gender and modernity in colonial Korea\, including “The Gaze on the Threshold: Korean Housemaids of Japanese Familie s in Colonial Korea\,” positions: east asia cultures critique (201 9). She is the author of the monograph Modern Girl in Colonial Seoul: C olonial Modernity Seen through the Prism of Consumption\, Labor\, and Gende r (Yeoiyeon\, 2013\; Misuzu Shobo\, 2016). Her Ph.D. dissertation (UBC \, 2018) is on vernacular music and female musicians in Joseon Korea. The c urrent research focuses on celebrity culture in both colonial and contempor ary Korea\, including the publications “Modern Media and the Formation of G isaeng Celebrity: Public Intimacy in focus\,” Women and History (2 023)\, and “Apologizing K-pop Idols: The Crisis of Celebrity Brands in Canc el Culture” (book chapter\, Palgrave\, forthcoming). She is the co-translat or of Kim Chang-nam’s The History of Korean Popular Culture (Brill \, 2025).

This talk is presented by the Centr e for Korean Research (CKR).

CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 351\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/impasses-and-openings-in-k- pop-idol-celebrities-and-fandom-as-an-intimate-public-a-historical-perspect ive/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/02/20260227_CKR_revised.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260225T2133Z-1772055216.3784-EO-56267-5@10.19.146.21 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260225T191139Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260225T191139Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260303T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260303T183000 SUMMARY: Study in Japan Information Session DESCRIPTION: Attend this info session to learn more about UBC's Go Global s tudy abroad in Japan program X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

 

Information Session Japan CJR

A re you interested in studying abroad or learning more about potential caree r opportunities in Japan? The Centre for Japanese Research\, UBC Go Global\ , and Consulate General of Japan in Vancouver are coming together to host a Study in Japan Information Session to provide insights and answer your que stions.

At this event you will discover all the benefits of studying in Japan through informative presentations offered by each organizer And learn about crucial scholarship opportunities such as the MEXT scholarship program. Near the e nd of the event\, there will be a Q&A session to answer all your questions. This event is for all students from any discipline.

Complimentary fo od and beverages will be available for attendees.

CATEGORIES:Featured Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/study-in-japan-information- session-3/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/02/1-18cdaa4b-2-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260216T0339Z-1771213166.1531-EO-56153-5@10.19.146.22 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260213T183640Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260220T205542Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260304T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260304T143000 SUMMARY: Ghost Nation: The Story of Taiwan and Its Struggle for Survival DESCRIPTION: Ghost Nation offers a panoramic portrait of Taiwan’s history\, democracy\, and global importance\, drawing on Chris Horton’s decade of re porting from the island. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Perched precariously on the fault lines of global power\, Taiwan is Asia's freest democracy and a global tech colossus. Yet its remarkable people and their inspiring history remain overlooked and misunderstood. Gho st Nation draws from Horton's decade of living and reporting in Taiwan\, an d is informed by interviews with everyday citizens\, presidents and other k ey figures. The book provides a panoramic view of this isolated but indispe nsable country -- one that is both central to the Asian security order and the global economy.

About the Author:

Chris Horton is a Taipei-based journalist and author who for the p ast 10 years has covered cross-strait politics\, domestic politics\, the ec onomy\, and culture in Taiwan. Horton has contributed extensively to The Ne w York Times\, Bloomberg News\, The Atlantic\, and Nikkei Asia. He has live d in Taiwan since 2015\, after working in China and Hong Kong over the prec eding 15 years.

This talk is presented by the Centre for Chinese Rese arch (CCR).

CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ghost-nation/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/02/Chris-Horton-March-4-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260228T0408Z-1772251692.4675-EO-56306-5@10.19.146.22 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260228T000344Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260303T001132Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260304T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260304T183000 SUMMARY: Rohingya Women’s Experiences and Feminist Perspectives on War\, Ge nocide and Displacement DESCRIPTION: Join CSEAR for a discussion with Rohingya women and Women\, Pe ace and Security scholars on feminist perspectives on war\, genocide and di splacement. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

T his event will bring together Rohingya women and Women\, Peace and Security (WPS) scholars to centre feminist perspectives on war\, genocide\, and dis placement. It will feature a keynote address by Rohingya student Farhana Ro shan\, who will share lived experiences of persecution\, forced migration\, and resilience. Her testimony highlights the essential nature of women’s n arratives to understanding the ongoing impacts of the Rohingya genocide and the gendered dimensions of displacement. An all-women panel of speakers fr om advocacy\, academic\, and community spaces will discuss how Rohingya wom en navigate violence\, statelessness\, and humanitarian systems while shapi ng transnational feminist responses and community-led resistance. By placin g personal testimony alongside critical analysis\, this event aims to chall enge dominant humanitarian and policy narratives\, highlight the political agency of Rohingya women\, and foster engagement with feminist approaches t o justice\, solidarity\, and accountability in contexts of mass atrocity an d protracted displacement.

Speaker Information:

< p>Farhana Roshan is a Rohingya activist and third-year student at the Unive rsity of British Columbia (UBC)\, pursuing a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Gender\, Race\, Sexuality and Social Justice (GRSJ). She is a Duolingo A ccess and UNHCR program scholar\, committed to advancing education and lead ership within displaced communities. Alongside her studies\, Farhana active ly collaborates with organizations that support marginalized populations\, particularly the Rohingya community. She is a member of the Rohingya Maìyaf uìnor Collaborative Network (RMCN)\, where she serves as a Women’s Speciali st and Community Mobilizer. Through her advocacy and grassroots engagement\ , she works to amplify underrepresented voices and promote equity\, empower ment\, and social justice.

Isabella Aung is a research fellow affilia ted with the Myanmar Policy and Community Knowledge (MyPACK) Hub at the Mun k School of Global Affairs and Public Policy\, University of Toronto. She h as also been a UBC Myanmar Initiative Fellow since 2021. She is a Shangri-L a Dialogue Young Leader and a Network Expert with the Network for Strategic Analysis (RAS-NSA). She was a Civil War Paths fellow (2023-2024) at the Un iversity of York and an inaugural Public Scholarship Fellow (2023-2024) at Queen's University. In 2024 and 2025\, she served as the Head of the Compar ative Politics Diploma Program at Spring University Myanmar\, providing hig her education access to refugee and displaced youths. Her research interest s include Women\, Peace\, and Security (WPS)\, women's political activism a nd participation\, migrant rights\, and digital authoritarianism. Her regio nal expertise is Canada and Southeast Asia\, with a focus on Myanmar.

Katrina Leclerc is a part-time professor in Conflict Studies at Saint-Paul University and a sessional lecturer at the University of Winnipeg\, where her research focuses on gender- and age-sensitive peacebuilding\, youth eng agement\, and inclusive policy in conflict-affected contexts. She has advis ed governments and UN agencies on the Women\, Peace and Security (WPS) and Youth\, Peace and Security (YPS) agendas in 30+ countries\, and her work wa s cited as a best practice in several UN Security Council reports. She is c o-editor of the volume Youth Leading Change: Emerging Sites of Knowledge in Peace and Conflict (Palgrave Macmillan\, 2025)\, and is widely recognised for bridging academic and practitioner spaces.

Yasmin Ullah is a Rohi ngya feminist\, author\, poet\, and a social justice activist. She was born in the Northern Arakan state of Burma/Myanmar. Her family fled to Thailand in 1995 when she was a child and she remained a refugee until moving to Ca nada in 2011.Yasmin is the founder and the executive director of the Rohing ya Maìyafuìnor Collaborative Network which is a women-led\, Rohingya-led an d refugee-led organization working on Rohingya human rights issues\, SGBV\, education and translocal solidarity with a focus on women\, peace and secu rity as well as intersectionality framework. She previously served as the P resident of the Rohingya Human Rights Network (2018-2020)\, a non-profit gr oup led by activists across Canada advocating and raising public awareness of the Rohingya genocide. Since Yasmin began her work as an advocate for th e Rohingya community\, she has been involved in many processes of advocacy for the rights of Rohingya in exile and at home in Burma/Myanmar namely the genocide determination in various countries like Canada and the United Sta tes. Her works span across the globe in a few short years through various f acets of consciousness raising.

Yasmin also serves as a board member of the ALTSEAN-Burma\, and US Campaign for Burma\, and a member of the stee ring committee in Bridges MM-Myanmar Youth Dialogue project.Among the proje cts she has worked on are\, Time to Act: Rohingya Voices exhibition with th e Canadian Museum for Human Rights and the Genocide Learning Tool: Us vs. T hem with the Montréal Holocaust Museum. Her poetry is published in the anth ology\, I Am A Rohingya along with other Rohingya poets from the refugee ca mps and beyond. Her creative writing encompasses other genres of writing in cluding the recently published children's book called Hafsa and the Magical Ring which encapsulates the experience of Rohingya children living in the camps after fleeing a 2017 genocidal campaign in Myanmar while reconciling current displacement and loss of culture.Yasmin has been a UN Minority Fell ow since 2023. In 2021\, she was named on the FemiList100\, the Gender Secu rity Project list of 100 women from the Global South\, working in foreign p olicy\, peacebuilding\, law\, activism\, development.

This event is p resented by the Centre for Southeast Asia Research.

CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/rohingya-womens-experiences -and-feminist-perspectives-on-war-genocide-and-displacement/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/02/updated-rohingya.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251217T1411Z-1765980705.6466-EO-55625-5@10.19.146.22 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20251203T000235Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251203T000235Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260305T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260305T200000 SUMMARY: America First\, America Alone? – Rachel Maddow DESCRIPTION: The 2026 Lind Initiative presents Rachel Maddow\, Emmy Award-w inning journalist and host of The Rachel Maddow Show. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Chan Centre for the Performing Arts GEO:49.269748;-123.255108 URL;VALUE=URI:https://lindinitiative.ubc.ca/speakers/rachel-maddow/#new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/12/LIND_America-First-1920x1080-DigiSignage_6.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260402T1428Z-1775140085.3236-EO-56283-5@10.19.146.23 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260226T220322Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260303T002756Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260309T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260309T140000 SUMMARY: Disaster Governance\, Infrastructural Development\, and Migration: Pathways of Connection between Nepal and Europe X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 316\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.276604;-123.220152 URL;VALUE=URI:https://himalaya.arts.ubc.ca/events/event/disaster-governance -infrastructural-development-and-migration-pathways-of-connection-between-n epal-and-europe/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/02/re_-Mar-9-draft-revised-1536x864-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260402T1428Z-1775140085.3293-EO-56331-5@10.19.146.23 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260303T230730Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260303T230730Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260311 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260313 SUMMARY: The Great Entanglement: Reframing East Eurasian Histories in the L ongue Durée DESCRIPTION: Organized by Shoufu Yin and Mara Yue Du Day 1: March 11 (Wed)\ , 2026 Ponderosa Ballroom (6445 University Blvd\, Vancouver) Day 2: March 1 2 (Thu)\, 2026 Marine Drive Ballroom (2205 Lower Mall\, Vancouver) Co-spons ors: Centre for European Studies\, UBC Center for Chinese Research\, UBC Ce ntre for the Study of Democratic Institutions\, UBC Center for Social […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Organized by Shoufu Yin and Mara Yue Du

Day 1: March 11 (Wed)\, 2026
Ponderosa Ballroom (6445 University Blvd\, Vancouver)

Day 2: March 12 (Thu)\, 2026
Marine Drive Ballroom (2205 Lower Mall\, Vancouver)

Co-sponsors:

Centre f or European Studies\, UBC
Center for Chinese Research\, UBC
Centr e for the Study of Democratic Institutions\, UBC
Center for Social Sci ences\, Cornell University
Department of Asian Studies\, UBC
Depa rtment of History\, UBC
Department of History\, Cornell University
James P. Geiss & Margaret Y. Hsu Foundation
Jean Monnet Center for E xcellence in Critical Infrastructure Studies\, UBC
Public Humanities H ub\, UBC

Participants:

Alison Bailey
Beve rly Bossler
Sam Bass
Timothy Cheek
Shuang Chen
Xiao Che n
Sean Cronan
Mara Yue Du
Kay Duffy
Patricia Ebrey
Mark Elliott
Johan Elverskog
Soojung Han
Charles Hartman
Dorothea Heuschert-Laage
Tomoyasu Iiyama
Ling-wei Kung
Yi wen Li
Chenxi Luo
James Millward
Matthew Mosca
Lina Nie
David Porter
Bruce Rusk
Leo Shin
Chui-Joe Tham
Jo anna Waley-Cohen
Sixiang Wang
Yuanchong Wang
Xin Wen
Do n Wyatt
Shoufu Yin
Ya Zuo

CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured News &\; Events URL;VALUE=URI:https://ces.ubc.ca/events/event/the-great-entanglement-refram ing-east-eurasian-histories-in-the-longue-duree/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/03/Flyer-Information-engagement-et-valeurs-en-entreprise-Professionnel-Vert-Clair-1-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260209T2338Z-1770680280.6772-EO-55996-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260122T221129Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260122T221129Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260311T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260311T190000 SUMMARY: Entangled Territories: Conversations on Home + Diasporas X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:0;0 URL;VALUE=URI:https://himalaya.arts.ubc.ca/events/event/entangled-territori es-conversations-on-home-diasporas/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/01/March-poster_-draft-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260228T0316Z-1772248582.7533-EO-56297-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260227T193304Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260312T172229Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260312T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260312T170000 SUMMARY: 2026 Indo-Pacific Symposium: Shifting Fault Lines? DESCRIPTION: The 2026 IAR Indo-Pacific Symposium convenes leading scholars and practitioners to examine China\, Southeast Asia\, and key geopolitical and economic shifts reshaping Asia. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The 2026 IAR Indo-Paci fic Symposium brings together world-leading scholars and practitioners for a focused afternoon of discussion on the critical issues reshaping Asia and its place in the world. Building on the January 2025 inaugural event\, thi s year's symposium features an innovative format designed to foster direct\ , accessible\, and thought-provoking engagement across a broad audience of academics\, practitioners\, and the informed public. It coincides with the AAS annual meeting in Vancouver\, thus panelists and participants alike wil l represent an exceptional concentration of regional expertise\, making thi s symposium especially impactful.

The afternoon opens with a m oderated roundtable on China and Southeast Asia in the evolving global orde r\, exploring how states and societies across the region are navigating shi fting geopolitical realities and what this means for Canada and its partner s.

This is followed by a rapid-fire series of concise and impactful e xpert talks addressing key hotspots and critical issues across Asia\, from Myanmar and Taiwan to trade disruption\, climate change\, and more.

Schedule

1:30 – 2:00 PM
Registration

2:0 0 – 2:20 PM
Opening Remarks

Kai Os twald (The University of British Columbia)

Jeff Nankivell (The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada)

2:20 – 3:10 PM
Roundtable: The Evolving Chi na–Southeast Asia Relationship and Its Global Implications

Mod erator

Juliet Lu (The University of British Co lumbia)

Speakers

Lyne tte Ong (The University of Toronto)

Jeff Wasserstrom (The University of California\, Irvine)

< p>Bill Hurst  (The University of Cambridge)

Taomo Z hou (National University of Singapore)

3:10 – 3:30 PM
Break

3:30 – 5:00 PM
Rapid-Fire Talks

< p>3:30 PM — Elvin Ong (National University of Singapore)

The State of Opposition Politics in Asia

3:40 PM —  Su Mon T hazin Aung (ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute)

What’s Next in the Myanmar Conflict

3:50 PM — Meredith Weiss (State University of New York at Al bany)

Civil Society in Asia

4:00 PM — Kei Koga (Nanyang Technological University)

Japan’s Evolving Security

4:10 PM — Ho-Fung Hung (Johns Hopkins University)

Trade and the Evolv ing Political Economy

4:20 PM — Yves Tiberghien (The University of British Columbia)

Taiwan< /i>

4:30 PM — Shivaji Mukherjee (Simon Fraser University)

India

4:40 PM — Jessica DiCarl o (The University of Utah)

Developments in Resource Politics

4:50 PM — Merlyna Lim (Carlet on University)

Artificial Intelligence and Technology Governance

5:00 PM
End of Program

This talk is prese nted by the Institute of Asian Research (IAR) and the Asia Pacific Foundati on of Canada.

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CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/2026-indo-pacific-symposium -shifting-fault-lines/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/02/2026-Indo-Pacific-Symposium-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260223T2032Z-1771878769.0732-EO-56174-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260220T203515Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260220T203515Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260313T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260313T170000 SUMMARY: Japan’s Grand Strategy: Liminal Power in an Uncertain World DESCRIPTION: Join us for a book talk with Saori N. Katada and Kei Koga on t heir new publication\, Japan's Grand Strategy: Liminal Power in an Uncertai n World. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Japan is a liminal power. It straddles contrasting identities in terms of its power status\, ranging from a small power to a great power\, shaped by fluctuating material capabilities\, international status\, and multiple\ , overlapping social or geographic affiliations (e.g. Western\, modern\, or Asian). This book employs a historical institutionalist approach to examin e the evolution of Japan’s grand strategy as a liminal power from the Meiji period\, starting in 1868 through the 2020s. Drawing from several chapters of the book\, this talk focuses on the contemporary period\, during which Japan has constructed its Indo–Pacific grand strategy featuring a “Free and Open Indo–Pacific.” Across these periods\, shifts in the strategic environ ment opened a window of opportunity that enabled Japan’s core decision-make rs to construct—or reconstruct—the country’s grand strategy.

About the Authors:

Saori N. Katada is Professor of International Relations and the Director of the Center for Int ernational Studies at the University of Southern California. She served as the vice president of the International Studies Association and on the edit orial team of Review of International Political Economy. Her single-authore d book\, Japan's New Regional Reality: Geoeconomic Strategy in the Asia-Pac ific\, was published by Columbia University Press in 2020\, and her co-auth ored book\, Japan’s Grand Strategy: Liminal Power in an Uncertain World\, w ith Kei Koga\, is forthcoming from Oxford University Press in March 2026. H er other single-authored book Banking on Stability: Japan and the Cross-Pac ific Dynamics of International Financial Crisis Management (University of M ichigan Press\, 2001) received the Masayoshi Ohira Memorial Book Award. Her research covers geoeconomics\, international political economy of trade an d finance\, monetary policy\, and Japanese foreign policy. Her Ph.D. is fro m the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\, and her B.A. is from Hi totsubashi University (Tokyo). In her eleven books in English and three in Japanese\, as well as in 100+ journal articles and chapters in both languag es\, her work covers geoeconomics\, international political economy of trad e and finance\, monetary policy\, and Japanese foreign policy in the Indo-P acific. Katada is a research fellow at the National Bureau of Asian Researc h and the Japan Institute of International Affairs\, and she has received p restigious awards and grants\, including the Center for Global Partnerships \, Intellectual Exchange Grant\, and the National Endowment for the Humanit ies Fellowship.

Kei Koga is Associate Professor/ Hea d of Division at the Public Policy and Global Affairs Programme\, School of Social Sciences\, Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Concurrently\, h e is a Nonresident Fellow at The National Bureau of Asia Research (NBR)\, t he United States\, and a member of RIPS Research Committee\, the Research I nstitute for Peace and Security (RIPS)\, Japan. His research focuses on Int ernational Security\, International/Regional Institutions (particularly ASE AN)\, and East Asian/Indo-Pacific security. Previously\, he was Japan Schol ar at the Wilson Center in 2022\; visiting fellow at Center for Strategic a nd International Studies (CSIS) in 2017\; a Japan-U.S. Partnership Fellow a t the Research Institute for Peace and Security (RIPS)\, Tokyo\, in 2012-20 14\; Postdoctoral Fellow in the International Studies Program\, The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs\, Harvard Kennedy School\, in 2012-2013\; a Vasey Fellow at the Pacific Forum CSIS in 2009–2010\; and RSI S-MacArthur visiting associate fellow at S. Rajaratnam School of Internatio nal Studies (RSIS)\, NTU in 2010. He received his Ph.D. in International Re lations at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy\, Tufts University. He has published on topics that include East Asian/Indo-Pacific security\, U.S . and Japanese foreign policies\, the U.S.-Japan alliance\, and ASEAN. His recent publications include: “Strategic and Functional Minilateralism in th e Indo-Pacific” (under advance contract with Cambridge University Press) an d “Japan’s Grand Strategy: A Liminal Power in an Uncertain World” (Oxford U niversity Press\, 2026) [With Saori Katada].

This talk is presented b y the Centre for Japanese Research (CJR).

CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/japans-grand-strategy-limin al-strategy-in-a-uncertain-world/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/02/Book-Talk-Graphic-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260225T0010Z-1771978229.2683-EO-56243-5@10.19.146.21 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260224T214109Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260303T002239Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260313T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260313T203000 SUMMARY: International Mother Language Day DESCRIPTION: Celebrate International Mother Language Day with the Centre fo r India and South Asia Research. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

 

UNESCO proclaimed February 21 as the Internatio nal Mother Language Day (IMLD) in 1999 to celebrate and protect th e diverse languages of the world. While IMLD is an effort to honor people’s right to speak their mother tongues\, to preserve their culture and identi ty\, and to safeguard the many endangered languages of the world\, it is al so a tribute to the language martyrs of the Bengali language movement in Ba ngladesh. Since 2000\, IMLD has been celebrated around the world as well as in Lower Mainland\, British Columbia.

This year IMLD will be celebra ted at the Centre for India and South Asia Research (CISAR) with multilingual presentations\, performances\, and multicultural festiv ities.

LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/international-mother-langua ge-day/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/02/CISAR-_-MotherLanguageDay2026.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260209T2338Z-1770680280.6807-EO-55993-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260122T215738Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260228T004530Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260314T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260314T150000 SUMMARY: Entangled Territories: A Panel Discussion X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: LOCATION:Museum of Anthropology GEO:0;0 URL;VALUE=URI:https://himalaya.arts.ubc.ca/events/event/entangled-territori es-a-panel-discussion/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/01/March-poster_-draft-2-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260209T2338Z-1770680280.6843-EO-55990-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260122T214138Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260122T220858Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260314T151500 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260314T161500 SUMMARY: Curator Tour of Entangled Territories X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: LOCATION:Museum of Anthropology GEO:0;0 URL;VALUE=URI:https://himalaya.arts.ubc.ca/events/event/curator-tour-of-ent angled-territories/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/01/March-poster_-draft-2-2-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260203T0248Z-1770086915.0687-EO-56042-5@10.19.146.21 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260202T185650Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260220T205708Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260316T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260316T133000 SUMMARY: Colonial Monarchy and Decolonization in the French Empire: Bao Dai \, Sihanouk\, and Mohammed V DESCRIPTION: Why did some colonial monarchs become national icons while oth ers faded into obscurity? Christopher Goscha compares Bao Dai\, Mohammed V\ , and Norodom Sihanouk. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Vietnamese emperor Bao Dai has gone down in history as a colonial puppet. He lies today beneath a black\, nondescri pt tomb- stone in a Parisian cemetery. Meanwhile\, millions of visitors str eam through ornate monuments in Rabat and Phnom Penh to pay homage to the f athers of the Moroccan and Cambodian nations\, Mohammed V and Norodom Sihan ouk. The French had crowned them all as their colonial monarchs during the colonial period\, but only two became the national icons of their post-colo nial states. Why did some colonially conceived monarchs survive decolonizat ion while others did not? In this talk\, Christopher Goscha will try to provide a few possible answers to that question using a compa rative framework of analysis.

About the Author:
Christopher Goscha is a professor of international relati ons in the history department of the Université du Québec à Montréal. He ha s recently published the award-winning The Road to Dien Bien Phu: A History of the First Vietnam War (Princeton\, 2022). He is currently finishing a g lobal history of the wars for Indochina (1288-1998).

This talk is presented by the Centre for Southeast Asia Research (C SEAR).

CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 1112\, Buchanan Tower GEO:49.268108;-123.254723 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/colonial-monarchy-and-decol onization-in-the-french-empire-bao-dai-sihanouk-and-mohammed/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/02/Copy-of-CSEAR-Digital-Signage-Template-3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260130T1522Z-1769786532.8873-EO-56019-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260127T223128Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260211T000401Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260317T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260317T140000 SUMMARY: “Opting Out?” Narratives of Non-Motherhood in our Era of Demograph ic Change DESCRIPTION: Asst. Professor Holly Hummer draws on interview data with wome n in Japan and the US who never had children for various reasons. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Bring your lunch and enjoy some snacks with the SPPGA comm unity as Sociology Assistant Professor Holly Hummer provid es a thought-provoking lunchtime talk that will draw on interview data with women in Japan and the United States who never had children for various re asons.

This event is co-sponsored by the Public Humanities H ub.

About the Speaker:

Dr. Holly Hummer is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Univers ity of British Columbia. Her research focuses on the social mechanisms shap ing individuals’ family and work pathways\, particularly in our era of low fertility rates. Much of her current work examines women’s childlessness in various postindustrial contexts such as the United States and Japan. She p rimarily uses qualitative methods\, such as in-depth interviews in multiple languages\, to capture the complexities inherent in reproductive and emplo yment experiences and decisions.

CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/opting-out-narratives-of-no n-motherhood-in-our-era-of-demographic-change/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/01/Brown-Bag-Lecture3_HollyHummer_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260310T0128Z-1773106123.1768-EO-56383-5@10.19.146.21 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260309T193045Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260310T211905Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260317T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260317T193000 SUMMARY: Ships\, Islands\, and the Sea: Crossing the Taiwan Strait in Moder n Times DESCRIPTION: Wen-hsin Yeh explores maritime crossings in the Taiwan Strait\ , revealing how sea histories shaped modern ideas of state\, nation\, and p eople. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Ships an d states transformed the watery space and the significance of crossings bet ween the two shores of the Taiwan Strait over the course of the past two ce nturies. This talk directs attention to wrecked ships and captured people i n the inter-imperial space of the China seas between the 1850s and the 1950 s. How did the fragmented voices of the impacted ones contribute to the con structions of state\, nation\, and people that emerged out of the seas? Wha t does that history tell us about the sea and the Chinese modern of the pre sent day?

About the Speaker:

Wen-hsin Yeh is a social and political historian of culture and knowledge in late imperial a nd modern China\, Taiwan\, and maritime East Asia. Her research examines Si no-Western engagement in 19th- and 20th-century China and the consequences of systemic disequilibrium. Her areas of research include higher education (The Alienated Academy: Culture and Politics in Republican China\, Harvard University Press 1990 & 2000)\, Communist and Confucian political thought ( Provincial Passages: Culture and Space in the Origin of Chinese Communism\, University of California Press 1996)\, the city (Shanghai Splendor: Econom ic Ethnics and the Making of Modern China\, University of California Press\ , 2007)\, visual culture and the global World War II (In the Shadow of the Rising Sun\, Cambridge University Press\, 2004). Her current project is abo ut Chinese maritime statecraft\, indigenous peoples\, and transitional just ice on Taiwan.

This event is co-sponsored by the Centre for Chinese R esearch and UBC's Department of History

CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 1112 Buchanan Tower GEO:49.268108;-123.254723 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ships-islands/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/03/Dr.-Yeh-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260304T1319Z-1772630358.1361-EO-56343-5@10.19.146.22 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260303T231819Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260303T235434Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260317T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260317T200000 SUMMARY: Liu Lobby Gallery Reception: Mongolia’s Democracy Revolution DESCRIPTION: Join us for the reception of Mongolia’s Democracy Revolution a t the Liu Lobby Gallery\, showcasing rare photographs by Irja Halász docume nting the 1990 protests that transformed the nation. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Liu Lobby Gallery invites you to Mongolia’s Democracy Re volution. This installment of the Solidarity series tells the story of the 1990 Democratic Revolution\, when the Mongolian people came together across lines of difference to organize\, protest\, and demand change. Among the o nly known photographs of this time\, the exhibition features a rare collect ion of images by Finnish journalist Irja Halász who was a student at the Mo ngolian National University when the protests began.

Visit the galler y during its open hours from February 23 – March 27\, 2026 \, and join us for a reception on Tuesday\, March 17th from 6-8 PM< /strong>.

About the Exhibition: 

In 1989 to 19 90\, public democracy movements developed across Eastern Europe\, Mongolia\ , and China. Surrounded by Russia to the north and China to the south\, Mon golia’s story is often overlooked. Mongolia’s Democracy Revolution aims to highlight this history and the foundational role of solidarity within it. S tarting in 1989\, brave protestors staged large\, public demonstrations to challenge the monopolistic Communist Partystate and to demand human rights and democratic values. They called for cultural reclamation\, self-determin ation\, and economic freedom from the USSR.

Movement organizers were encouraged by the success of protests in Eastern Europe\, even as concern g rew from China’s violent crackdown in June 1989 and the uncertain reaction of their patron\, the Soviet Union. Solidarity across a broad array of Mong olia’s social groups\, including students\, labour unions and state workers \, among others\, rapidly expanded the movement. Bridging traditional divid es from generation to generation\, from urban to rural\, their struggle bec ame a unifying call for accountability to the people. The ruling Politburo stepped down in March 1990\, ending the 70-year one-party monopoly. Mongoli a’s first multi-party\, democratic elections were held in July that same ye ar.

The exhibition presents a rare collection of photographs and poli tical posters gathered by Irja Halász. As a Finnish journalist\, Halász had access to camera equipment at a time when most did not. She was a student at the Mongolian National University on a prestigious 3-year\, government-f unded scholarship awarded to her in 1987. Halász was also a close confidant of a professor who was one of the movement’s most central figures\, Sanjaa sürengiin Zorig. For these reasons\, Irja Halász was uniquely well position ed to document the revolution when the protests began.

It is uncommon to see any published images of the 1990 events and very few photographs ex ist in state archives. Camera equipment was only accessible to a few state- controlled media journalists—perhaps only a dozen—not the general public. O f the few Mongolian photographers who documented the events\, many have sin ce died and their work has been lost. Mongolia’s Democracy Revolution came together through Halasz’s persistent efforts to build knowledge of the stan d the Mongolian people took that winter.

This story in images offers a small glimpse into Mongolia in 1989 and 1990. The hope is that seeing the determined faces of the people firmly demanding agency over their way of l ife\, will inspire and encourage freedom-fighters even today. In Mongolia\, people who had a dream of a free\, fair and democratic society\, stood up for the whole nation’s future\, and won. Despite daunting odds and the brut al cold of winter\, the shared goal of the Mongolian people was realized by building solidarity with each other.

About the Artist:

Irja Halász is a Finnish journalist and producer who has lived in Mongolia most of her life. Originally trained as a journa list\, she got interested in what was then one of the most isolated sociali st countries in the world: Mongolia. To get there\, she enrolled in a Hunga rian university\, to study the language and culture of the country. She vis ited for the first time in 1985. After majoring in Mongolian studies at the Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem (ELTE) in Budapest\, Halász received a rare three-year Mongolian government-funded scholarship in 1987\, for further st udies at the Mongolian National University\, in Ulaanbaatar.

There\, she met pro-democracy activists—scholars\, university instructors\, journal ists\, actors and others\, who had secretly met to plan for political chang e in the country. When the Democratic Revolution started at the end of 1989 and early 1990\, Halász was the only Western news reporter living in Mongo lia. She was also the only Western journalist who stayed in Mongolia throug hout the whole revolution. Halász reported on the early stages and the prog ress of the Democratic Revolution through international news agencies to a world-wide audience.

At the request of Mongolian organizations and me dia to publish some of her photographs\, Halász felt it was her duty to hav e this material published and made more widely available. She has published two books\, one of photographs and one of revolutionary posters.Her work h as been exhibited in Ulaanbaatar\, Helsinki and Stockholm. Since 1990\, Hal ász has worked in Mongolia as a news reporter and producer for internationa l news agencies and TV channels\, such as Reuters\, RTN\, APTN\, BBC\, Al J azeera English Channel (AJE)\, and many others\, including several UN agenc ies and other international organizations. She is currently a freelance pro ducer for TV programs and documentaries.

Acknowledgments:

This exhibition was made possible through the support of Irja Halasz\, who made her works available to be shown in North America\; Dr. Charles Krusekopf\, Director of the American Center for Mongolian Studies and Professor at Royal Roads University\, Vic toria—who facilitated the transportation and set up of the exhibition\; and the American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS)\, which provided funding to assist the preparation and shipment of materials from H elsinki to Canada.

The exhibition is free and open to the public during regular building hours\, 9am – 5pm. It is located in the Lobby on th e first floor.

Curated by Ellinee Nelson.

CATEGORIES:Featured Events LOCATION:Lobby Gallery\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/mongolias-democracy-revolut ion-reception/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/03/RedMongolia_Promo-Graphics_WEB-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260122T1744Z-1769103849.5831-EO-55974-5@10.19.146.21 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260121T175314Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260312T160607Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260318T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260318T143000 SUMMARY: Policy\, Power\, and the Shaping of Public Discourse DESCRIPTION: Diamond Isinger examines how policymakers attempt to shape pub lic discourse on key policy issues and the role media ecosystems play in th at. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

 

 

This event examines how policymakers attempt to shape public discourse on key po licy issues and the role media ecosystems play in that.

SPPGA Expert-in-Re sidence Diamond Isinger examines how policymakers attempt to shape public d iscourse around key policy issues and the role media ecosystems play in amp lifying\, reframing\, or constraining those efforts.

Speakers also include:

Justin McElroy is the Municipal Affairs Reporter for CBC Vanc ouver\, covering local political stories throughout British Columbia. He ha s previously worked as a journalist at other Canadian outlets and\, on camp us\, as Coordinating Editor for The Ubyssey while studying Political Scienc e at the University of British Columbia.

Eila Park Robertson founded Anecdotia\, an award -winning progressive communications and storytelling agency\, and has spent her career at the intersection of power and narrative. She shapes strategy for elected officials and candidates\, and advises national and subnationa l governments negotiating on the frontlines of the global climate crisis. B efore that\, she ran communications for the City of Portland — and spent mo re than a decade as a journalist covering climate on the West Coast and geo political tensions in East Asia.

Kiran Nazish is the founding director of the Coalition For Women In Journalism - a global support organization closing the gender gap in press freedom advocacy in 145 countries. She is an award winning jou rnalist and former professor of journalism. For almost two decades\, Kiran reported from across the world\, during which she covered various post 9/11 wars including Afghanistan\, Iraq\, Syria and Pakistan\, drug cartels in M exico and often crumbling democracies during the Arab Spring and Turkey und er President Erdogan. She has also covered terrorism trials at the Manhatta n High Court\, and racism within the NYPD for publications including the Ne w York Times\, MSNBC\, Al-Jazeera\, La Stampa and various others. A new ini tiative she has founded relevant to this conversation called Revive Democra cy is to be launched in 2026.

Taking a comparative\, global perspecti ve\, this session will engage multiple perspectives from invited guests\, t o explore how narratives are constructed\, contested\, and strategically de ployed across different political and institutional contexts\, as well as a nalyze how media—traditional\, digital\, and social—can be influenced or ma nipulated to sway public opinion\, legitimize policy choices\, or marginali ze competing viewpoints.

CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/policy-power-and-the-shapin g-of-public-discourse/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/01/Policy-Power-and-Shaping-of-Public-Discourse_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260207T0114Z-1770426850.4838-EO-56106-5@10.19.146.22 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260206T193451Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260220T205740Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260318T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260318T193000 SUMMARY: Of Continuities\, Ruptures and Déjà vu: The Regulation of Telecomm unications from ‘Colonial India’ to ‘New India’ (1854-2024) DESCRIPTION: Prof. Thiruvengadam traces telecom regulation in India from co lonial rule to the present\, revealing a return to colonial logics in the e ra of “New India.” X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Abstract: This talk will describe and analyse the story of the regulation of Telecommunications in India from the colonial period till the recent past. Adopting a historical approach and f ocusing on specific phases of regulation across the colonial and postcoloni al history of India\, the talk will cover the three broad phases of indepen dent India’s political economy – the ‘Socialist era’ (from 1947 to 1991)\, the ‘Neoliberal era’ (from 1991 to 2014) and the ‘New India’ era (2014-pres ent). Prof. Thiruvengadam will argue that there is a striking similarity an d a circling back to the dominant philosophy of regulation across this long span. Telecom regulation in ‘New India’ is harkening back to the colonial period. This has occurred despite a determined effort\, across nearly a qua rter century\, to move telecom regulation away from a statist model between 1991-2014. Although this quarter century period was not without problems\, it is during this phase that the Indian telecom sector was seen as a ‘grea t success.’ It is therefore surprising and unfortunate\, that that trend wa s\, in turn\, countered by a new and different model that India has witness ed across the last decade and into the contemporary period. Finally\, using telecom as a base\, Prof. Thiruvengadam will seek to analyse the political economy of contemporary India more broadly.

Bio: Arun Thiruvengadam is a Professor of Law at the National Law School (“NLS”)\, Bangalore\, and holds degrees from NLS and New York University School of Law. His teaching and research span Indian constitutional and regulatory law\, comparative co nstitutional law\, South Asian law and politics\, Law and Development\, and welfare rights. He is the author of The Constitution of India: A Contextua l Analysis (2017) and co-editor of five other books. He has previously held academic positions at the Faculty of Law\, National University of Singapor e\, and Azim Premji University. He has taught as visiting faculty at severa l institutions including the University of Zurich\, the Central European Un iversity\, the City University of Hong Kong\, the University of New South W ales and the University of Toronto.

This talk is presented by the Centre for India and South Asia Research (CISAR).

CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/of-continuities-ruptures-an d-deja-vu/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/02/Of-Continuities-Ruptures-and-Deja-vu_-The-Regulation-of-Telecommunications-from-‘Colonial-India-to-‘New-India-1854-2024-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260402T1428Z-1775140085.3715-EO-56431-5@10.19.146.23 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260311T201656Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260311T201656Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260319T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260319T183000 SUMMARY: Covering Authoritarian Regimes From Afar: Reflections on Reporting and Writing on Iran X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage LOCATION:Pena Room\, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre GEO:49.267851;-123.253088 URL;VALUE=URI:https://politics.ubc.ca/events/event/covering-authoritarian-r egimes-from-afar-reflections-on-reporting-and-writing-on-iran-alum-nilo-tab rizy/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/03/Tabrizy-Mar-19-Event-Poster.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260227T1712Z-1772212368.3251-EO-56187-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260223T183427Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260311T155745Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260319T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260319T190000 SUMMARY: CUSMA at a Crossroads: What’s Next for North American Trade? DESCRIPTION: Dive into the future of North American trade\, what’s next for CUSMA\, and why Canada should care with Diamond Isinger. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Dive int o the future of North American trade\, what’s next for CUSMA\, and why Cana da should care.

The Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) governs nearly $2 trillion in North American trade and shapes everything from supply chains and labour standards to energy po licy and digital commerce. Yet as the agreement approaches a critical 2026 review\, its future — and Canada’s leverage within it — is increasingly uncertain.

In this timely session\, SPPGA Expert-in-Res idence\, Diamond Isinger will break down:

  • what CUSMA is and how it differs from NAFTA
  • what negotiations and review processes are unfolding now
  • how shifting U.S. politics\, protectio nism\, and economic nationalism are influencing Canada’s trade options

Speakers also include:

Daniel Kiselbach brings 35 years of experience in global trade\, customs\, tax\, transportation\, and logistics. Dan leads M iller Thomson’s Global Trade and Customs and Vancouver Tax Groups and is th e firm’s Vancouver Office Managing Partner. He is a licensed lawyer in Cana da and the US. He provides a wide range of global trade and customs advice for firms in various sectors including aerospace\, agriculture-food\, finan ce\, e-commerce\, logistics\, manufacturing\, and mining. Dan also owns and operates Tradestar International Corporation\, a licensed customs broker i n Canada. Tradestar leverages the experience of its staff to ensure global trade and customs compliance. The firm’s digital portal and AI engine offer s an efficient modern touchless customer experience.

Kurt Niquidet is Vice President an d Chief Economist for the BC Council of Forest Industries\, which represent s the majority of lumber\, pulp and paper\, and manufactured wood producers across the province. Kurt is also affiliated with UBC as Adjunct Professor for the Master of Food and Resource Economics and Faculty of Forestry.

Greg or Sharp is Academic Director of The Phil Lind Initiative at the S chool of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Colu mbia\, which has hosted Lind speakers and insights this winter on the Unite d States' relationship with Canada and the world from voices like Rachel Ma ddow\, Thomas Friedman\, and Hasan Piker. He is also an Account Director at Earnscliffe Strategies and has a consulting practi ce in public opinion research. 

The discussion will expl ore what’s at stake for Canada’s economy\, workers\, industries\, and globa l credibility — and why trade agreements like CUSMA are as much about power and governance as they are about tariffs.

CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 310\, Thea Koerner House GEO:49.268588;-123.257767 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/cusma-at-a-crossroads-whats -next-for-north-american-trade/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/02/CUSMA-at-a-Crossroads_WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260203T2209Z-1770156572.0877-EO-56090-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260203T194612Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260228T000109Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260323T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260323T190000 SUMMARY: Indonesia Since Independence: Decolonization\, Afro-Asian Solidari ty\, and the US Empire DESCRIPTION: How has Indonesia’s nation-building shaped citizenship today? Dr. Hilmar Farid reflects on independence\, memory\, and what must be rebui lt in Indonesia’s future. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

It has been over 80 years since Indonesia’s de claration of independence\, over 70 years since the historic Asia-Africa Co nference in Bandung\, over 60 years since the genocidal massacres of suppor ters of the Indonesian communist party. It is time to reflect on how Indone sia’s place in the world has changed over the decades and what it means to be an Indonesian citizen now. In the early decades after independence\, the nation was a collective project for the future and the term “nation buildi ng” was commonly invoked. We are today the result of those earlier efforts at “nation building.” We are the future that the early nationalists dreamed about. We need to ask now: what has been built? What needs to be torn down and rebuilt?

This event will feature Dr. Hilmar Farid\, co-founder and chairman of the Indonesian Institute of Social History and Professor at the Jakarta Art Institute and Georgetown University School of Foreign Service Asia-Pacific\, Jakarta.

T his talk is presented by the Centre for Southeast Asia Research (CSEAR).

CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/indonesia-since-independenc e-decolonization-afro-asian-solidarity-and-the-us-empire/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/02/Copy-of-CSEAR-Digital-Signage-Template.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260214T0516Z-1771046174.8794-EO-56155-5@10.19.146.23 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260213T194203Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260220T205801Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260324T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260324T140000 SUMMARY: Socializing Land: Intersections of Plantations\, Dispossession and Resistance in Laos DESCRIPTION: Drawing on Socializing Land\, Miles Kenney-Lazar examines plan tations\, Indigenous land relations\, and competing claims over land and re sources in southern Laos. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

This talk exami nes the intersection of Chinese and Vietnamese pulpwood and rubber plantati ons with the lands of the Indigenous Brou people in southern Laos. It will feature Dr. Miles Kenney-Lazar\, Senior Lecturer at the Sc hool of Geography at the University of Melbourne. Based on his book Sociali zing Land (University of Hawai’i Press\, 2025)\, Kenney-Lazar conceptualize s land as a web of social relationships that entangle peasant farmers\, sta te officials\, civil society groups\, and plantation capitalists. He examin es how and why ties to land are socialized in different orientations\, bein g pulled and stretched in contradictory ways that shape control over land b y capital versus the peasantry. This talk will reflect on how the histories of socializing land might affect control over resources as Laos pursues mo re “sustainable” paths of capitalist development.

This talk is presented by the Centre for Southeast Asia Research (CSEAR) and the Depart ment of Geography.

CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 229\, Geography Building GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/socializing-land-intersecti ons-of-plantations-dispossession-and-resistance-in-laos/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/02/CSEAR-GEOG-Socializing-Land-Poster.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260402T1428Z-1775140085.4003-EO-56532-5@10.19.146.23 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260317T221518Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260317T221518Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260324T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260324T193000 SUMMARY: Palestine and Feminist Liberation: Nada Elia X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage LOCATION:SFU Harbour Centre Room 1700 GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.sfu.ca/event/48115-palestine-and-feminist-libe ration-nada-elia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/03/Screenshot-2026-03-17-151259.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260402T1428Z-1775140085.4097-EO-56536-5@10.19.146.23 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260320T231935Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260320T231935Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260325T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260325T190000 SUMMARY: Academic Freedom Panel Discussion X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Dodson Room\, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre GEO:49.267851;-123.253087 URL;VALUE=URI:https://orice.ubc.ca/event/academic-freedom-panel-discussion/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/03/Artivism-Week.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260402T1428Z-1775140085.417-EO-56518-5@10.19.146.23 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260317T180458Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260317T180458Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260326T124500 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260326T134500 SUMMARY: Coal\, Steel and the EU as a White Peace Project X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Buchanan Tower 997 GEO:49.268580;-123.253452 URL;VALUE=URI:https://ces.ubc.ca/events/event/coal_steel_and_the_eu_as_a_wh ite_peace_project/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/03/Artboard-1_6-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260402T1428Z-1775140085.424-EO-56535-5@10.19.146.23 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260320T232456Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260320T232456Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260326T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260326T183000 SUMMARY: Pathways for Centering Community in Research: A Conversation on Kn owledge Translation with the Public Scholars Initiative X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 351\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://orice.ubc.ca/event/pathways-for-centering-community-i n-research-a-conversation-on-knowledge-translation-with-the-public-scholars -initiative/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/03/Artivism-Week.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251217T1411Z-1765980705.65-EO-55627-5@10.19.146.22 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20251203T000440Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251203T000440Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260326T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260326T200000 SUMMARY: America First\, America Alone? – Carlos Lozada DESCRIPTION: The 2026 Lind Initiative presents Pulitzer Prize-winning journ alist and opinion columnist for The New York Times. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Chan Centre for the Performing Arts GEO:49.269748;-123.255108 URL;VALUE=URI:https://lindinitiative.ubc.ca/speakers/carlos-lozada/#new_tab ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/12/LIND_America-First-1920x1080-DigiSignage_7.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260305T1347Z-1772718435.1473-EO-56292-5@10.19.146.23 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260227T191359Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260309T163439Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260326T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260326T220000 SUMMARY: Black Box Diaries: A Screening and Conversation with Shiori Ito DESCRIPTION: Join journalist and film-maker Shiori Ito for a screening and discussion of her Oscar-nominated documentary memoir Black Box Diaries (202 4). X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join journalist and film-maker Shiori Ito for a scr eening and discussion of her widely-acclaimed\, Oscar-nominated documentary memoir Black Box Diaries (2024).

Shiori Ito is an Oscar and BAFTA-no minated filmmaker\, journalist\, writer\, and activist. Her work focuses on gender-based human rights issues\, for which she has been called one of TI ME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in 2020.

Black Box Diaries documents Shiori Ito’s investigation of her own sexual assault case\, subse quent legal battle against the high-profile abuser\, and her role in sparki ng Japan’s #MeToo Movement. In addition to its nomination for Best Document ary Feature at the 97th Academy Awards\, Black Box Diaries received a Peabo dy Award\, among other recognitions.

After the screening\, there will be a conversation with Shiori Ito\, joined by panellists Professor Janine Benedet\, Professor Christina Laf fin and Professor Kelly Midori McCormick.

P resented by the Centre for Japanese Research (CJR).

 

This event takes place at the Chan Centre's Royal Bank Cinema and r equires a ticket for entry. Free tickets are available through the Chan Centre ticket office.

 

Content Advisory: This film contains explicit discussions of sex ual violence and may be distressing or triggering for some viewers. Viewer discretion is advised.

 

CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Royal Bank Cinema\, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/black-box-diaries-a-screeni ng-and-conversation-with-shiori-ito/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/02/BBD-Screening-Gaphic-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260301T2019Z-1772396381.1384-EO-56294-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260227T191434Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260227T191434Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260327T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260327T140000 SUMMARY: A Book Talk on Black Box: The Memoir That Sparked Japan’s #MeToo M ovement DESCRIPTION: Join us for an intimate conversation with Oscar and BAFTA-nomi nated filmmaker\, writer\, and activist Shiori Ito on her memoir Black Box. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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Join us for an intimate conversation with Oscar and BAFTA-nominated filmmaker\, writer\ , and activist Shiori Ito on her memoir Black Box.

The truth is here. Why can't the judiciary bring thi s to justice? A journalist who was raped questions the current state of law \, investigations\, and society. An unthinkable act from someone she respec ted. But how can she prove this fact? The closed room\, the society's attit ude towards acceptance\, the suspended arrest warrant. There were "black bo xes" everywhere. If the judiciary cannot bring this to justice\, something must change. A compelling non-fiction work by a journalist who was raped\, who delves into the current situation surrounding the victim.

Shiori Ito is an Oscar and BAFTA-nominated filmmaker\, journ alist\, writer\, and activist. Her work focuses on gender-based human right s issues\, for which she has been called one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most In fluential People in 2020.

Black Box chronic les Shiori Ito’s experience and investigation of her own sexual assault cas e\, her fight for justice against the high-profile abuser\, and a call for change in Japanese society. Upon the memoir’s publication in 2017\, Ito spa rked Japan’s #MeToo Movement through her steadfast challenge to Japan’s pat riarchal legal\, political\, and media institutions. Her choice to go publi c with her case ignited the country’s legal and cultural reckoning with gen der-based violence. Ito adapted the memoir into the documentary\, Black Box Diaries\, which was nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film a t the 97th Academy Awards\, received the Peabody Award\, and was named one of the top 5 documentary films of 2024 by the National Board of Review.

We are honored to have Shori Ito join us in person for a book talk. Atte ndees will have an opportunity to hear an intimate account of her experienc es forwarding Japan’s #MeToo Movement\, her writing\, and her filmmaking.

Presented by the Centre for Japanese Research (CJR).

CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/a-book-talk-on-black-box-th e-memoir-that-sparked-japans-metoo-movement/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/02/BBD-Book-Talk-Graphic.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260402T1428Z-1775140085.4394-EO-56329-5@10.19.146.23 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260303T184322Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260303T190709Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260401T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260401T180000 SUMMARY: Global Community Engagement in Action: ORICE Year-End Showcase DESCRIPTION: The ORICE Year-End Showcase highlights UBC students’ global ex periential education projects\, celebrating community partnerships and camp us engagement in action. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://orice.ubc.ca/event/global-community-engagement-in-act ion-orice-year-end-showcase/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/03/Global-Community-Engagement-in-Action.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260128T0523Z-1769577784.6799-EO-56015-5@10.19.146.23 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260127T223002Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T011551Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260407T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260407T140000 SUMMARY: POSTPONED: US-China Relations: Rivalry\, Strategy\, and the Future of Global Power DESCRIPTION: Asst. Professor Alex Yu-Ting Lin uses the South China Sea disp utes to examine US-China competition in the Indo-Pacific. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Alex Yu Ting L in US China Relations

 

Pl ease note that this event has been POSTPONED

 

Bring y our lunch and enjoy some snacks with the SPPGA community as Assista nt Professor Alex Yu-Ting Lin uses the South Chin a Sea disputes as an example to explore how the US and China assess each ot her's broader strategic intentions and what causes escalation. This lunchti me talk offers a critical lens into one of the most consequential relations hips shaping the 21st century.

This event is co-sponsored by the Public Humanities Hub.

About the Speaker:

Alex Yu-Ting Lin is Assistant Professor of Pub lic Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia. He is also a nonresidential affiliated faculty at the University of Notre Dame’s International Security Center.

Alex studies the causes and strategies of revisionism\, with a focus on US-China relations and Asian security. Hi s book project\, Contestation from Below\, theorizes how smaller states sha pe when and why rising powers become dissatisfied with their status and see k to revise the international order. An article from the book project recei ved the Patricia Weitsman award from the International Security Studies Sec tion (ISSS)\, International Studies Association (ISA). His other research e xamines how states pursue their revisionist aims within international insti tutions or through information warfare.

He received his PhD in Politi cal Science and International Relations from the University of Southern Cal ifornia.

CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/us-china-relations-rivalry- strategy-and-the-future-of-global-power/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/01/Brown-Bag-Lecture2_Alex-Yu-Ting-Lin_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260309T2211Z-1773094262.3591-EO-56377-5@10.19.146.22 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260309T202958Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260309T203700Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260408T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260408T190000 SUMMARY: Refusing Sustainability: Race and Environmentalism in a Changing E urope DESCRIPTION: Refusing Sustainability examines waste work and environmental reform in Bulgaria\, centering Romani women’s experiences within post-socia list racial capitalism. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Sustainability has become a touchstone for development worldwid e\, promising an antidote to environmental degradation and capitalism’s exc ess: waste. Refusing Sustainability offers a different account of both sustainability and waste by uncovering the inter sections of international environmental reforms and racialized labor. In Bu lgaria\, Romani women comprise the bulk of the country’s waste workers\, wh ile anti-Roma racism casts them as socially disposable. Yet without their l abor\, the country cannot meet the sustainability targets required by the E uropean Union. Drawing on twenty years of fieldwork—including eleven months working alongside Romani women street sweepers\, and years embedded in was te organizations\, political campaigns\, Roma NGOs\, and activist groups—th is talk approaches Romani life-worlds as sites of creative production. In d oing so\, it illuminates broader dynamics of post-socialist racial capitali sm\, progressive environmentalism\, democratic failures\, mutual aid\, and the power of women’s friendships.

This event is co-sponsored by the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, Institute for Resources\, Environment and Sustainability\, Centre for European Studies\, and Department of Anthropology.

CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured News &\; Events LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees) GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/refusing-sustainability-rac e-and-environmentalism-in-a-changing-europe/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/03/Refusing-Sustainability_WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260419T1519Z-1776611955.7459-EO-56591-5@10.19.146.22 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260402T201242Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T201242Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260420T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260420T130000 SUMMARY: From Crisis to Classroom: Using BC’s COVID-19 Response as Teaching Cases DESCRIPTION: Join us for From Crisis to Classroom: Using BC’s COVID-19 Resp onse as Teaching Cases\, a timely webinar that brings together leading voic es in public health and policy. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) GEO:49.260872;-123.113952 URL;VALUE=URI:https://democracy.ubc.ca/news-events/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/04/Webinar_Flyer_Edited.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260416T2350Z-1776383449.187-EO-56636-5@10.19.146.24 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260416T233807Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T233807Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260429T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260429T190000 SUMMARY: Why and How Canada Became Home to One Million Filipinos DESCRIPTION: Join CSEAR for a talk with Dr. Leonora Angeles on the history of Filipino migration in Canada and its entanglement with empire\, colonial ism\, racism\, and immigration policy. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

CSEAR IAR

This talk examines the history of Filipino migration in Canada and its entanglement with empire\, colonialism\, racism\, and im migration policy logics behind Canada’s rise as an industrialized “ethnocra tic settler state.” Tracing the historical roots of Filipinos’ over-represe ntation in frontline services and manufacturing work\, considered essential to the survival health and flourishing of Canadians\, it connects the resp ective histories and political economies of the Philippines and Canada to e xplain the temporary and permanent migration logics shaping the history of Filipino migration to North America\, amidst the rise of Canadian and Ameri can exceptionalisms and the racialization of Filipinos. It explains the pol icies and institutions shaping Filipino immigrant lives in Canada\, how the y entered the country\, where they reside and work\, and how labour and imm igration policies shape their lived experiences. It argues for policy-savvy and history-informed understanding of the Philippines’ location within reg ional-international divisions of labor conditioning their Canadian migratio n and resettlement experiences.
Dr. Leonora Angeles is a cross-appoint ed Professor at the UBC Institute of Gender\, Race\, Sexuality and Social J ustice and School of Community and Regional Planning. She is also faculty r esearch associate at the UBC Centre for Human Settlement.

This event is presented by the Centre for Southeast Asia Research.

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CATEGORIES:Featured Events,Featured Homepage LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building GEO:49.267258;-123.257967 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/why-and-how-canada-became-h ome-to-one-million-filipinos/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/04/20260429_CSEAR_nora-talk-poster.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260328T0406Z-1774670811.4344-EO-56554-5@10.19.146.22 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260327T181030Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T221044Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260430T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260821T170000 SUMMARY: POSTPONED Liu Lobby Gallery: Terrains of Access: Civic Ecologies a nd Pre-Histories of 2050 DESCRIPTION: The Liu Lobby Gallery invites you to Terrains of Access\, an e xhibition aiming to enrich the conversation on Disability justice and acces s expansion X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Liu Lobby Gallery invites you to Terrains of Access: Civic Ecol ogies and Pre-Histories of 2050. This installment of the Solidarity series features the work of artist and Disability activist Sharona Franklin. The e xhibition bridges the gap between traditionally distinct worlds\, public po licy and fine art\, to enrich the conversation on Disability justice and ac cess expansion.

Visit the gallery during its open hours from April 30 – August 21\, 2026\, and join us for a reception on April 30th from 6-8 PM . Stay tuned for details about our summer programs!

Exhibitio n: April 30 – August 21\, 2026
Reception: Ap ril 30\, 6-8 PM

The exhibition is free and open to the public during regular building hours\, Monday – Friday\, 9am – 5pm. It is located in the Lobby on the first floor.

Curated by Ellinee Nelson

Abo ut the Exhibition:

Terrains of Access: Civic Ecologies and P re-Histories of 2050 brings together ionic gelatin biomaterial sculptures a nd a series of reimagined disability-focused policy documents. The exhibiti on functions as an experimental reading room\, combining sculpture\, access design\, illustration\, and poetry as disseminations of accessibility.

The work holds two temporalities in tension: the sensory and transient n ature of living\, biomaterial forms alongside the bureaucratic rigidity of civic access-infrastructure. Four policy frameworks: NEST\, RAMP\, TAPS\, a nd ACPA\, appear in the gallery as historical artifacts from the perspectiv e of the year 2050. They examine how systems of care and accessibility are built\, encoded\, and inherited across bodies and generations. The sculptur es cure\, shift\, and decay in real time.

Rather than treating disabi lity access as a future aspiration\, Terrains of Access positions it as an ecological relationship\, one rooted in collective solidarity and already l ong overdue. The installation asks what it means to design for futures we d o not yet inhabit\, using the body and the document as parallel sites of in quiry.

Artist Bio:

Sharona Franklin (b. 1987) is a Canadian multidisciplinary artist\, writer\, and advocate whose practi ce spans biomaterial sculpture\, textile\, photography\, poetry\, visual de sign\, and civic policy. Solo exhibitions include MIT List Visual Arts Cent er\, Cambridge\; Bradley Ertaskiran\, Montreal\; and La Maison de Rendez-Vo us\, Brussels. Group exhibitions include the Victoria and Albert Museum\, L ondon\; Art Basel\; and the Vancouver Art Gallery. She lives and works in V ictoria\, British Columbia.

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CATEGORIES:Featured Events LOCATION:Lobby Gallery\, Liu Institute for Global Issues GEO:49.268776;-123.199987 URL;VALUE=URI:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/terrains-of-access-civic-ec ologies-and-pre-histories-of-2050/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/03/LiuGallery_Terrains_2_WEB.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260328T0315Z-1774667752.1272-EO-56557-5@10.19.146.21 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260419T081911Z CREATED:20260327T181114Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T221819Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260430T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260430T200000 SUMMARY: POSTPONED Liu Lobby Gallery Reception: Terrains of Access: Civic E cologies and Pre-Histories of 2050 DESCRIPTION: The Liu Lobby Gallery invites you to the reception of Terrains of Access\, an exhibition aiming to enrich the conversation on Disability justice and access expansion X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Liu Lobby Gallery invites you to Terrains of Access: Civic Ecol ogies and Pre-Histories of 2050. This installment of the Solidarity series features the work of artist and Disability activist Sharona Franklin. The e xhibition bridges the gap between traditionally distinct worlds\, public po licy and fine art\, to enrich the conversation on Disability justice and ac cess expansion.

Visit the gallery during its open hours from April 30 – August 21\, 2026\, and join us for a reception on April 30th from 6-8 PM . Stay tuned for details about our summer programs!

Exhibitio n: April 30 – August 21\, 2026
Reception: Ap ril 30\, 6-8 PM

The exhibition is free and open to the public during regular building hours\, Monday – Friday\, 9am – 5pm. It is located in the Lobby on the first floor.

Curated by Ellinee Nelson

Abo ut the Exhibition:

Terrains of Access: Civic Ecologies and P re-Histories of 2050 brings together ionic gelatin biomaterial sculptures a nd a series of reimagined disability-focused policy documents. The exhibiti on functions as an experimental reading room\, combining sculpture\, access design\, illustration\, and poetry as disseminations of accessibility.

The work holds two temporalities in tension: the sensory and transient n ature of living\, biomaterial forms alongside the bureaucratic rigidity of civic access-infrastructure. Four policy frameworks: NEST\, RAMP\, TAPS\, a nd ACPA\, appear in the gallery as historical artifacts from the perspectiv e of the year 2050. They examine how systems of care and accessibility are built\, encoded\, and inherited across bodies and generations. The sculptur es cure\, shift\, and decay in real time.

Rather than treating disabi lity access as a future aspiration\, Terrains of Access positions it as an ecological relationship\, one rooted in collective solidarity and already l ong overdue. The installation asks what it means to design for futures we d o not yet inhabit\, using the body and the document as parallel sites of in quiry.

Artist Bio:

Sharona Franklin (b. 1987) is a Canadian multidisciplinary artist\, writer\, and advocate whose practi ce spans biomaterial sculpture\, textile\, photography\, poetry\, visual de sign\, and civic policy. Solo exhibitions include MIT List Visual Arts Cent er\, Cambridge\; Bradley Ertaskiran\, Montreal\; and La Maison de Rendez-Vo us\, Brussels. Group exhibitions include the Victoria and Albert Museum\, L ondon\; Art Basel\; and the Vancouver Art Gallery. She lives and works in V ictoria\, British Columbia.

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