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2011 Mahatma Gandhi Commemorative Lecture - Through a Radioactive Lens
October 01, 2011
John O'Brian. Lecture starts at 7:30pm
John O’Brian
Through a Radioactive Lens
Presented by the J.S. Woodsworth Chair, and co-sponsored by The Thakore Charitable Foundation, The Institute for the Humanities, and the India Club of Vancouver
Mahatma Gandhi and his legacy have been honoured at Simon Fraser University since the unveiling of his memorial bust in the Simon Fraser Peace Square in 1970. Each year the Gandhi Jayanti
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The Brenda and David McLean Lectures in Canadian Studies by John O'Brian: The Bomb in the Wilderness
February 08, 2011
Picturing Nuclear Risk
Held at the Liu Centre beginning at 7pm.
This year the McLean lectures will examine the place of photography in the construction of nuclear narratives since World War II. To what extent, John O'Brian will ask, is the mushroom cloud, the meta-symbol of the atomic age, laced with Canadian content?
John O’Brian is Professor of Art History and Brenda and David McLean Chair in Canadian Studies at the
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Cold War Confidential
February 04, 2011
with Shelly Rosenblum, Laura Moss, John O'Brian
10 am - Shelly Rosenblum and Laura Moss, Opening Remarks
10:30 - 11:30 - Daniel Grausa, Washington University
11:30 - 12:30 - Finis Dunaway, Trent University
12:30 - 1:30 - Lunch
1:30 - 2:30 - Martha Langford, Concordia University
2:30 - 3:00 - Jonh O'Brian - Closing Words
Please RSVP by January 28 to rsvp.belkin@ubc.ca (lunch included)
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The Brenda and David McLean Lectures in Canadian Studies by John O'Brian: The Bomb in the Wilderness
February 01, 2011
Vox Crapulous (followed by a reception)
Held at the Liu Centre beginning at 7pm.
This year the McLean lectures will examine the place of photography in the construction of nuclear narratives since World War II. To what extent, John O'Brian will ask, is the mushroom cloud, the meta-symbol of the atomic age, laced with Canadian content?
John O’Brian is Professor of Art History and Brenda and David McLean Chair in Canadian Studies at the
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The Brenda and David McLean Lectures in Canadian Studies by John O'Brian: The Bomb in the Wilderness
January 25, 2011
On Photographing a Dirty Bomb
Held at the Liu Centre beginning at 7pm.
This year the McLean lectures will examine the place of photography in the construction of nuclear narratives since World War II. To what extent, John O'Brian will ask, is the mushroom cloud, the meta-symbol of the atomic age, laced with Canadian content?
John O’Brian is Professor of Art History and Brenda and David McLean Chair in Canadian Studies at the
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Meet the Head of the Department: Dr. John O'Brian
September 08, 2009
11:30AM to 1:30PM
Returning, transfer, new and prospective students are invited to join Professor and Acting Head John O'Brian to enjoy sandwiches and learn about the Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory (AHVA) and how the department works! There will be a colorful display of Visual Art Graduating Show catalogues as well as copies of other departmental publications.
If you have questions or want to find out
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Join art historian John O'Brian for a special tour of the exhibition TruthBeauty: Pictorialism and the Photograph as Art, 1845-1945
February 14, 2008
Professor John O'Brian lectures for the public tour of Truth/Beauty, an exibition of photography at the VAG.
TruthBeauty: Pictorialism and the Photograph as Art, 1845-1945 brings together more than 150 Pictorialist photographs from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, tracing the movement's progression from its earliest influences to its seminal effect on photographic Modernism. One of the first truly international artistic movements, Pictorialism was simultaneously a movement, a philosophy,
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