Events
Refugees and Borders: Remapping the World We Think We Know
Dec 5, 2020 | This free webinar begins with a virtual screening of Erin Goheen Glanville’s Borderstory, a Worn Words short documentary and dialogue-opener about what the word ‘border’ means to us. Following the film, cross-sector experts will engage questions as part of a panel discussion.
Dec 5, 2020 | This free webinar begins with a virtual screening of Erin Goheen Glanville’s Borderstory, a Worn Words short documentary and dialogue-opener about what the word ‘border’ means to us. Following the film, cross-sector experts will engage questions as part of a panel discussion.
Curating Exhibitions as Public Scholarship
Nov 25, 2020 | You are invited to a moderated conversation on how to create an exhibition. Panelists will demonstrate the process of developing a scholarly exhibit at varying skill levels, how to work with a variety of tangible and intangible objects, how to work with various institutions, and more.
Nov 25, 2020 | You are invited to a moderated conversation on how to create an exhibition. Panelists will demonstrate the process of developing a scholarly exhibit at varying skill levels, how to work with a variety of tangible and intangible objects, how to work with various institutions, and more.
Massy Reads: On Interrogating the Colonial Frame
Nov 18, 2020 | You are invited to a faculty book launch, “On Interrogating the Colonial Frame,” from museums to reconciliation with Dr. Hannah Turner (School of Information) and Dr. David Gaertner (Critical Indigenous Studies), moderated by Dr. Daniel Heath Justice (English and Critical Indigenous Studies).
Nov 18, 2020 | You are invited to a faculty book launch, “On Interrogating the Colonial Frame,” from museums to reconciliation with Dr. Hannah Turner (School of Information) and Dr. David Gaertner (Critical Indigenous Studies), moderated by Dr. Daniel Heath Justice (English and Critical Indigenous Studies).
Radio Free Stein presents RADIO FREE RADIO
Oct 14 – Dec 9, 2020 | Join Dr. Adam Frank for a live, 5-episode audio broadcast presenting Radio Free Stein‘s musical melodramas based on selected plays by Gertrude Stein.
Oct 14 – Dec 9, 2020 | Join Dr. Adam Frank for a live, 5-episode audio broadcast presenting Radio Free Stein‘s musical melodramas based on selected plays by Gertrude Stein.
Rethinking the Road: Autoethnography, Memory and Transient Landscapes by Dr. Lynne Pearce
Nov 6, 2020 | Please join us for a talk describing 20 years of journeys on British roads, a discussion of mobility and the humanities as an important new subfield within mobilities scholarship, and personal reflections on why literary scholars working on mobility themes need to engage with mobilities research.
Nov 6, 2020 | Please join us for a talk describing 20 years of journeys on British roads, a discussion of mobility and the humanities as an important new subfield within mobilities scholarship, and personal reflections on why literary scholars working on mobility themes need to engage with mobilities research.
Dr. Kathleen Fitzpatrick: Working in Public: Generosity and the Knowledge Commons
Nov 3, 2020 | You are invited to this talk, where Professor Fitzpatrick will discuss ideas from her influential book, Generous Thinking, and focus on the challenges posed by working in public and the skills required to develop more publicly engaged scholarship.
Nov 3, 2020 | You are invited to this talk, where Professor Fitzpatrick will discuss ideas from her influential book, Generous Thinking, and focus on the challenges posed by working in public and the skills required to develop more publicly engaged scholarship.
More Events
Announcements
The Hub Sends Team to MLA Virtual Summit for the Future of Doctoral Education
The Public Humanities Hub has sponsored a UBC team to participate in the MLA Virtual Summit for the Future of Doctoral Education: Dr. Kyle Frackman (Associate Professor and Acting Head, Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies), Dr. Letitia Henville (Coordinator, PhD Arts Co-op), and Sydney Lines (PhD Student, English).
The Public Humanities Hub has sponsored a UBC team to participate in the MLA Virtual Summit for the Future of Doctoral Education: Dr. Kyle Frackman (Associate Professor and Acting Head, Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies), Dr. Letitia Henville (Coordinator, PhD Arts Co-op), and Sydney Lines (PhD Student, English).
Attend Bystander Intervention Training
This summer, the PHH team attended a Hollaback! training session to learn the best tools and strategies for bystander intervention. Learn more about how to practice better public allyship by attending a workshop.
This summer, the PHH team attended a Hollaback! training session to learn the best tools and strategies for bystander intervention. Learn more about how to practice better public allyship by attending a workshop.
NEW Graduate Student Survey Report
Graduate students, faculty advisors, and department heads: this summer we conducted a survey of graduate students in the humanities about their interests, concerns, and anxieties about public scholarship, alt-ac career prospects, and the precarity of the academic job market. The results are in.
Graduate students, faculty advisors, and department heads: this summer we conducted a survey of graduate students in the humanities about their interests, concerns, and anxieties about public scholarship, alt-ac career prospects, and the precarity of the academic job market. The results are in.
Letter from the Director
Dear colleagues and community partners: deep breaths. Since the COVID-19 pandemic put us all in quarantine, I have been thinking a lot about breath. Deep breaths sustain us, comfort us, and empower our voices. We breathe the same air. We are in this together.
Dear colleagues and community partners: deep breaths. Since the COVID-19 pandemic put us all in quarantine, I have been thinking a lot about breath. Deep breaths sustain us, comfort us, and empower our voices. We breathe the same air. We are in this together.
Noh Theatre Legends Come to UBC
Noh Theatre enthusiasts found themselves a treat at UBC’s Frederic Wood Theatre on September 8. At the cost of $20 — or free for students — Hisa Uzawa and her daughter, Hikaru Uzawa, presented the tale of Atsumori.
Noh Theatre enthusiasts found themselves a treat at UBC’s Frederic Wood Theatre on September 8. At the cost of $20 — or free for students — Hisa Uzawa and her daughter, Hikaru Uzawa, presented the tale of Atsumori.
UBC Exhibit of Rare Books and Artifacts Chronicles 100 Years of Queer History
A new exhibit of rare books, flyers, postcards and pamphlets on display at UBC Okanagan in Kelowna unveils some unique artifacts of queer history. A Queer Century, first shown at the university’s Vancouver campus, highlights some of the changing perceptions of gender and sexuality between 1869 to 1969, say the exhibit’s curators.
A new exhibit of rare books, flyers, postcards and pamphlets on display at UBC Okanagan in Kelowna unveils some unique artifacts of queer history. A Queer Century, first shown at the university’s Vancouver campus, highlights some of the changing perceptions of gender and sexuality between 1869 to 1969, say the exhibit’s curators.
