“Occupying Selves” or “How to be an Indian via Unciteable Pain”
DATE: October 14, 2025 TIME: 7:00pm – 9:00pm VENUE: Franklin Lew Forum, Allard Hall, 1822 East Mall, Vancouver How has trauma come to operate as a claim in the making of oneself? How is this element of one’s familial past been operationalized by now exposed “ethnic frauds” or so-called “pretendians”? What is the narrational and […]
Queer and Trans Salon
DATE: Oct 1, 2025 TIME: 4:00pm – 6:00pm The Queer and Trans Salon is a new gathering space dedicated to showcasing emerging research and writing from queer and trans scholars and students at UBC and across Vancouver. Meeting twice each semester, the salon offers an intimate and intellectually vibrant setting for sharing work-in-progress. The format […]
after explosivity, what remains?
DATE: September 18, 2025 TIME: 4:30pm – 6:00pm VENUE: xʷθəθiqətəm or The Place of Many Trees, Liu Institute, 6476 NW Marine Drive, Vancouver This lecture and book discussion is part of the UBC Department of Geography’s Atmospheric Apparitions Symposium presented with the Liu Lobby Gallery at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs on […]