Events

Upcoming Events

    Past Events

    • Visit of Swiss-Congolese Film Director, Rachel M’Bon

      3rd Oct 2024 5:00 pm to 3rd Oct 2024 5:00 pm
      3rd Oct 2024 5:00:pm

      From Centre de la Francophonie de UBC website: Directed by Rachel M’Bon and Juliana Fanjul, this thought-provoking documentary explores the complexities of identity, race, and gender in Switzerland through the lens of Black women including the Swiss-Congolese film director herself, and offers a nuanced perspective on what it means to be a Black woman today.

    • UBC African Music and Dance Ensemble

      11th Apr 2024 12:00 pm to 11th Apr 2024 12:00 pm
      11th Apr 2024 12:00:pm

    • Arts Multilingual Week 2024

      4th Mar 2024 to 4th Mar 2024
      4th Mar 2024

      From March 4 to 8, the annual Arts Multilingual Week was celebrated at the Arts Student Centre in collaboration with various units from the Faculty and beyond.

    • History and Symbol in Africa and China Relations – Talk by Duncan M. Yoon

      29th Feb 2024 12:30 pm to 29th Feb 2024 12:30 pm
      29th Feb 2024 12:30:pm

    • Concert Celebrating the African Experience in BC and Beyond

      3rd Mar 2023 8:00 pm to 3rd Mar 2023 8:00 pm
      3rd Mar 2023 8:00:pm

      UBC African Studies Minor Instructor, Kofi Gbolonyo directing CapU concert celebrating the African Experience through traditional Music, Dance and West African Jazz in BC and beyond. Dr. Kofi Gbolonyo was interviewed by CBC on sharing  West African drumming and dancing with a global audience.

    • Africa’s Endangered Languages: roundtable discussion and celebration of book launch

      23rd Oct 2017 12:00 pm to 23rd Oct 2017 12:00 pm
      23rd Oct 2017 12:00:pm

      Title: Africa’s Endangered Languages: roundtable discussion and celebration of book launch Date: Friday, 3 November 2017 Time: 6.30-8.30pm Location: Liu Institute for Global Issues (6476 Marine Drive) For details, contact Joash Gambarage (joashj2010@gmail.com) or Rose-Marie Déchaine (dechaine@mail.ubc.ca) R.S.V.P here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdp0o8-u8SXDCEXl8PLmjSwv8TRuhM21i2NJXGK0un06c5UGQ/viewform  

    • ABC @ the Global Lounge 7 PM September 28th

      28th Sep 2017 7:00 pm to 28th Sep 2017 7:00 pm
      28th Sep 2017 7:00:pm

      Don’t forget we’re having our first event today in the Global Lounge @ 7:00 pm! It’s a welcome party for all our members. So don’t forget to sign up to be a member or you’ll be missing out. It’s FREE food, games, some of that ABC swag and lots of people with bright shinny potato...

    • Mitman Talk & Liberia Documentary

      28th Sep 2017 4:00 pm to 28th Sep 2017 4:00 pm
      28th Sep 2017 4:00:pm

      Dr. Gregg Mitman (University of Wisconsin-Madison) “Forgotten Paths of Empire: History, Memory, and the Making of the Firestone Plantations Company in Liberia” 28 September (Thursday), 4:00 – 6:00 PM in Lassarre 102 (UBC) This talk includes a screening of his documentary, The Land Beneath Our Feet