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News & Events
Dr. Brett Finlay receives the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
Dr. Brett Finlay, Wall Distinguished Professor, received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal on April 11, 2012. The Medal is awarded to Canadian citizens or permanent residents who have made significant contributions to Canada or for an outstanding achievement abroad that has brought great credit to Canada.
Call for applications: International Initiatives
The Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies has launched 3 new International initiatives.
Please download the criteria, expectations and application requirements:
International Roundtables: Application Form
Deadlines May 15 & Sept 15.
International Visiting Research Scholars: Application Form
15 partnerships of $10,000 to bring some of the world’s best scholars to UBC. Deadline May 1.
UBC Visiting Scholar Abroad Award: Application Form
$25,000 for UBC faculty members who are early or mid-career scholars. Deadline April 30.
Wall Early Career Scholars Appointed
The 2012-2013 Early Career Scholars have been selected. The 14 scholars will begin their residency in September.
Learn MoreWall Distinguished Professor Delivers British Academy Lecture 2012
Wall Distinguished Professor, Dr. Derek Gregory, FRSC, FBA, Dr. h.c. (Roskilde), Dr. h.c. (Heidelberg), delivered the British Academy Lecture in London, UK on March 14, 2012: "Deadly Embrace: War, Distance and Intimacy."
The audio link and slides are now available for download from the British Academy website.
The British Academy is the United Kingdom's prestigious national body for the humanities and the social sciences. Its purpose is to inspire, recognise and support excellence in the humanities and social sciences, throughout the UK and internationally, and to champion their role and value.
Wall Faculty Associates Appointed Canada Research Chairs
Christina Laffin, Assistant Professor Asian Studies and 2006-2007 Wall Early Career Scholar, has been appointed as the new Canada Research Chair in Premodern Literature and Culture. Her research explores pre-18th Century portrayals of Japanese women.
Terrance Snutch, professor in UBC’s Michael Smith Laboratories and Wall Faculty Associate, has been renewed as the Canada Research Chair in Biotechnology and Genomics – Neurobiology. His research explores migraines, epilepsy, chronic pain, addiction and blindness.
The Canada Research Chairs Program was launched by the federal government in 2000 to help Canadian universities attract and retain the world’s best researchers.
Major Thematic Grant awarded to Michael Wolf, PI
We are pleased to announce a Wall Major Thematic Grant has been awarded to Michael Wolf, PI:
Nanomaterials for Alternative Energy Applications, 2012-2016
Pat Churchland fights for supremacy of the brain
The Vancouver Sun blogs about Dr. Patricia S. Churchland's Thursday, January 26, 2012 lecture at the Peter Wall Institute, part of the Wall Distinguished Scholar in Residence Colloquium Series "Practical Wisdom” organised by Prof. Max Cameron, UBC Political Science.
CBC Radio 1 IDEAS Broadcast
On Friday, January 20th, tune in to the broadcast of the Wall Exchange Fall 2011 talk by Derek Gregory, on "The Everywhere War" on CBC Radio 1 'IDEAS'
Learn MoreWall Exploratory Workshop Fall 2011 Awards
We are pleased to announce that two Exploratory Workshops were awarded in the 2011 Fall Competition:
An Interdisciplinary Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on the Arctic Ocean
Principal Investigator: Philippe D. Tortell, Associate Professor, Earth and Ocean Sciences & Botany
to be held May 2-4, 2012
Artefacts of Encounter: Cross-Cultural Exchange in Historical and Interdisciplinary Perspective
Principal Investigator: Neil Safier, Associate Professor, History
expected to be held April 11-14, 2013
Webcast available
Watch the webcast for the Wall Distinguished Scholar in Residence Public Talk co-sponsored with Green College "Aristotle’s Ethics and Obedience to Authority", Talk by Sylvia Berrymann, UBC Philosophy, held on Thursday, September 29, 2011
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