You are here

Home | Events | Past Events

Past Events

Past Events

Enrooting an Emerging Diasporic Identity: The Legacies of Hong Kong Immigrants in Canada’s Migration History Dr. Miu Chung Yan, School of Social Work, UBC

November 19, 2021 - 5:00pm
Via Zoom
Vancouver, BC
Canada

[ABSTRACT] Recent political developments have, without doubt, fostered an unusually strong sense of local identity among Hong Kongers. This is so even among many who have chosen to migrate elsewhere. In this talk, Dr. Miu Chung Yan will examine the history, uniqueness, and legacies of the...

Virtual Talk with Dr. Chinmay Tumbe: “Migration and Pandemics”

November 9, 2021 - 6:00pm
Online- Via Zoom
Vancouver, BC
Canada

[Abstract] The migration crisis of 2020 unleashed by the lockdown to contain the Covid-19 crisis in India raised important questions about migration and health. This talk revolves around two books, one on migration and the other on pandemics, both written from a historical perspective. It engages...

The Battle of Hong Kong in 1941: A Spatial History Project - Dr. KWONG Chi Man, Hong Kong Baptist University

November 5, 2021 - 7:00pm
Via Zoom
Vancouver, BC
Canada

[ABSTRACT] This talk introduces our spatial history project “Hong Kong 1941,” which uses geographic information systems (GIS) to build an interactive web map about the Battle of Hong Kong and a database of British military installations in Hong Kong during the Second World War. It offers an easy-to...

Indigenous Bodies of Evidence and Counter-Mapping in the “Green” Nuclear Archive

July 14, 2021 - 12:30pm
Online over Zoom
Vancouver, BC
Canada

Please join us for this public event with Dr. ann-elise lewallen, Associate Professor, University of Victoria, Pacific and Asian Studies on Indigenous bodies of evidence and counter-mapping in the “green” nuclear archive. Please register in advance, here . Zoom details will be emailed to all...

UBC symposium Oceans as Archives. Panel Discussion on the Implications of the Bandanese Massacre and Commemoration Ceremony

May 6, 2021 - 2:00pm
ZOOM online event
VANCOUVER, BC
Canada

Historical and Contemporary Implications of the Bandanese Massacre and Commemoration Ceremony Project Lead: Mikki Stelder, PhD Marie Skłodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Sociology The year 2021 marks the 400 year anniversary of the Dutch conquest of the Banda Islands, the subsequent...

Translating and Staging Hans Henny Jahnn's Pastor Ephraim Magnus (1919)

April 30, 2021 - 2:00pm
ON Zoom
Vancouver, BC
Canada

Project Leads: Matthew Tomkinson (Ph.D. Candidate, Theatre Studies) & Dr. Jason Lieblang (Associate Professor, CENES) Director: Moya O'Connell This translation is part of a larger project to reclaim the work of German Expressionist writer Hans Henny Jahnn by bringing it to an English-speaking...

Falling Tower: A theatrical workshop session

April 28, 2021 - 3:00pm
Over Zoom
Vancouver, BC
Canada

With Yuning Liu (Playwright) and Tanya Mathivanan (Director) This workshop session featured the work-in-progress, Falling Tower, written by Ph.D. student in Theatre and Film, Yuning Liu. Liu’s work, at completion, will be a two-act play inspired by a few families' precious heritage stories in...

Creative Workshop Session: Son histoire, mon histoire

April 26, 2021 - 1:00pm
Over Zoom
Vancouver, BC
Canada

Creative Workshop session: ‘Son histoire, mon histoire’, a theatrical exploration of Acadian history George Belliveau, Chris Cook, Tetsuro Shigematsu, Graham W. Lea (Artists) This was the first creative workshop session in the "History, from Page to Stage" series, to explore the evolving work of Dr...

Behind the Mythological Curtain: Reception of Greek Tragedy During the Communist Rule in Serbia

April 21, 2021 - 12:00pm
ZOOM online event (registration below)
VANCOUVER, BC
Canada

The place that the Greek heritage has had in the Serbian culture is somewhat different than the one we come across in the Western European traditions. From the first Serbian states in the early 9th century and the Medieval Serbian monarchies to the national awakening in the 18th century, and all...

POSTPONED: Between Loss and Recovery: Cross-Confessional Health Culture in Ottoman Bosnia

April 14, 2021 - 10:00am to 11:00am
ZOOM online event (registration below)
VANCOUVER, BC
Canada

Between Loss and Recovery: Cross-Confessional Health Culture in Ottoman Bosnia This study focuses on medical pluralism in Ottoman Bosnia through its confessional differences, medical theories, and curative practices. Given that medical knowledge circulated inter-regionally, between Europe and the...