* Free Public Lectures *
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Saturday evenings, 8:15 p.m. Doors open 7:30 p.m.
The Spring 1998 season comprises nine lectures, from 31 January to 4 April, omitting 21 February (UBC Midterm break).
| January 31 |
Mr. David Baines, Reporter/Columnist, The Vancouver Sun Lambs to the Slaughter: The VSE and the Exploitation of Speculation |
| February 7 |
Mr. Wayson Choy, Author and Novelist, Toronto The Importance of Story: The Hunger for Personal Narrative |
| February 14 |
Professor Richard White, Department of History, University of Washington History as the Enemy of Memory: An Anatomy of Remembering |
| February 21 | NO LECTURE - UBC MIDTERM BREAK PERIOD |
| February 28 |
Professor Michael Church, Department of Geography, UBC A River in Time: The Natural History of the Fraser River |
| March 7 |
Professor Kal Holsti, Department of Political Science, UBC War in the 20th Century: Can We Do Better in the 21st? |
| March 14 |
Professor Martin Perl, Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1995, Stanford University What Einstein Couldn't Have Known: Very Small Particles at Very High Densities |
| March 21 |
CECIL AND IDA GREEN LECTURE Dr. Angeliki E. Laiou, Director, Dumbarton Oaks Center, and Professor, Department of History, Harvard University Two Versions of Christian Warfare: The Crusades and the Byzantine Empire |
| March 28 |
Professor Stanley Coren, Department of Psychology, UBC Dogs and People: The History and Psychology of a Relationship |
| April 4 |
Ms. Carol Shields, Author, Winnipeg Making Words/Finding Stories |
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