Events
UBC Slow Fashion Season – RECLAIM, REMAKE, REBEL!
Mar 21-27, 2025 | Our fast-fashion habits are amassing a huge—and growing—problem of textile waste in landfills here and overseas. Slow Fashion Season 2025 imagines a more sustainable future for clothing, through public events across the University of British Columbia Vancouver campus. Slow Fashion Season concludes with an exhibition March 21-27 at Hatch Art Gallery […]
Mar 21-27, 2025 | Our fast-fashion habits are amassing a huge—and growing—problem of textile waste in landfills here and overseas. Slow Fashion Season 2025 imagines a more sustainable future for clothing, through public events across the University of British Columbia Vancouver campus. Slow Fashion Season concludes with an exhibition March 21-27 at Hatch Art Gallery […]
Responsible Innovation within the Social Contract for Science
Mar 27, 2025 | The 20th century social contract for science removed societal responsibility for scientists pursuing basic research. It was not their job to be concerned with the societal impact of their work. The 21st century found such removal untenable (in part because of concerns about dual-use research) and now scientists are widely regarded […]
Mar 27, 2025 | The 20th century social contract for science removed societal responsibility for scientists pursuing basic research. It was not their job to be concerned with the societal impact of their work. The 21st century found such removal untenable (in part because of concerns about dual-use research) and now scientists are widely regarded […]
Fostering Trustworthy Science
Mar 28, 2025 | Although many have argued that science as an institution should be generally trusted by the public, others have noted that there are lots of reasons for distrust between the public and science. This focuses our attention on what should be considered trustworthy science, how to generate that kind of science, and […]
Mar 28, 2025 | Although many have argued that science as an institution should be generally trusted by the public, others have noted that there are lots of reasons for distrust between the public and science. This focuses our attention on what should be considered trustworthy science, how to generate that kind of science, and […]
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New Scholar Spotlight Story – Dr. Bernard Perley
Dr. Bernard Perley, Director and Professor in Critical Indigenous Studies and Public Humanities Hub Advisory Board Member, talks about his work in language revitalization, experiential pedagogy, and the crucial role art plays in both scholarship and activism.
Dr. Bernard Perley, Director and Professor in Critical Indigenous Studies and Public Humanities Hub Advisory Board Member, talks about his work in language revitalization, experiential pedagogy, and the crucial role art plays in both scholarship and activism.
New Scholar Spotlight Story – Dr. Kavita Philip
Dr. Kavita Philip, Professor of English and Public Humanities Hub Advisory Board Member, sits at the epicentre of multiple networks, fostering interdisciplinary research within and beyond the academy. In this Scholar Spotlight, she talks about what it means to speak to a rapidly shifting global public, and finding spaces that allow for experimentation and collaboration.
Dr. Kavita Philip, Professor of English and Public Humanities Hub Advisory Board Member, sits at the epicentre of multiple networks, fostering interdisciplinary research within and beyond the academy. In this Scholar Spotlight, she talks about what it means to speak to a rapidly shifting global public, and finding spaces that allow for experimentation and collaboration.
Statement of Solidarity
Oct 19, 2023 | UBC Faculty of Arts Statement of Solidarity | Dear Arts community, In recent days, we have been devastated by the outbreak and escalation of violence and the ongoing suffering and loss among Israeli and Palestinian peoples. The current situation is part of a long history that has deeply affected, and continues […]
Oct 19, 2023 | UBC Faculty of Arts Statement of Solidarity | Dear Arts community, In recent days, we have been devastated by the outbreak and escalation of violence and the ongoing suffering and loss among Israeli and Palestinian peoples. The current situation is part of a long history that has deeply affected, and continues […]
Remembering Dr. Y-Dang Troeung
The Public Humanities Hub would like to offer its sincere condolences to Chris Patterson (GRSJ), former Hub Advisory Board Member, on the death of his life-partner, UBC-Vancouver Humanities scholar Y-Dang Troeung, on November 27th, 2022 after a year-long battle with cancer. Those of you who knew her know that Y-Dang was a model colleague: generous, […]
The Public Humanities Hub would like to offer its sincere condolences to Chris Patterson (GRSJ), former Hub Advisory Board Member, on the death of his life-partner, UBC-Vancouver Humanities scholar Y-Dang Troeung, on November 27th, 2022 after a year-long battle with cancer. Those of you who knew her know that Y-Dang was a model colleague: generous, […]
“Visual Storytelling and Graphic Art in Genocide and Human Rights Education” awarded SSHRC Partnership Grant
June 16, 2022 | The Public Humanities Hub is a co-applicant on the newly awarded “Visual Storytelling and Graphic Art in Genocide and Human Rights Education”, a SSHRC Partnership Grant led by Charlotte Schallié, University of Victoria, which will gather and commemorate the experiences of genocide and mass atrocity survivors, including survivors of the Holocaust, […]
June 16, 2022 | The Public Humanities Hub is a co-applicant on the newly awarded “Visual Storytelling and Graphic Art in Genocide and Human Rights Education”, a SSHRC Partnership Grant led by Charlotte Schallié, University of Victoria, which will gather and commemorate the experiences of genocide and mass atrocity survivors, including survivors of the Holocaust, […]
CES Events and Resources in Response to Ukraine Invasion
As the crisis in Ukraine unfolds, the Centre for European Studies (CES) is compiling resources and developing events that provide background information, teaching resources, reliable news sources, and ways to help. See their page of resources for more information, which will be continuously updated. The Public Humanities Hub will be working to promote events and […]
As the crisis in Ukraine unfolds, the Centre for European Studies (CES) is compiling resources and developing events that provide background information, teaching resources, reliable news sources, and ways to help. See their page of resources for more information, which will be continuously updated. The Public Humanities Hub will be working to promote events and […]
