* Free Public Lectures *
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Please see the Vancouver Institute home page.
Saturday evenings, 8:15 p.m. (doors open 7:30 p.m.), except where otherwise noted.
The Spring 2009 season comprises ten lectures, from January 31 to April 4.
(Please click on the lecture date for further detail.)
| Jan 31 |
John K. and Marta Friesen Lecture Dr. James Delgado, President and CEO, Institute of Nautical Archaeology, College Station, Texas and Bodrum, Turkey The Great Museum Beneath the Sea: A Global Tour of Some of History's Greatest Shipwrecks |
| Feb 7 |
Mr. Richard Stallman, President,
Free Software Foundation,
Boston, Massachusetts Copyright vs. Community in the Age of Computer Networks |
| Feb 14 |
Professor Fawaz Gerges, Department of International Affairs and Middle Eastern Studies,
Sarah Lawrence College,
Bronxville, New York Inside Al Qaeda: A Crisis of Authority and Legitimacy |
| Feb 21 |
Dr. Marcia Angell, Harvard Medical School and
Former editor, New England Journal of Medicine Health Care: A Tale of Two Countries |
| Feb 28 |
Mr. Ronald Wright, Novelist, historian, and essayist,
Saltspring Island, B.C. What is America? |
| Mar 7 |
Canadian Association for the Advancement of Science Lecture Professor David Schindler, Killam Memorial Professor of Ecology, University of Alberta The Environmental Impacts of Exploiting the Alberta Tar Sands |
| Mar 14 |
UBC Excellence in Research Lecture Professor Robert Evans, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UBC Sustainable Transportation: How B.C. Can Be a Showcase For the New Electricity Economy |
| Mar 21 |
St. John's College Lecture Professor Peter Bearman, Department of Sociology, Columbia University Understanding the Increased Prevalence of Autism |
| Mar 28 |
Professor Robert Hare, Department of Psychology,
UBC Psychopathy: A Journey to the Dark Side? |
| Apr 4 |
Cecil and Ida Green Lecture Professor Ludmilla Jordanova, Professor of Modern History, King's College, London and Former Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery, London Portraiture and Identity |
