Autobiography and Changing Identities

27-30 July 2000
The University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC, Canada

Special Campus Sites:

The First Nations House of Learning at UBC was built as a "home away from home" for First Nations students. This amazing building reflects the architectural traditions of the Northwest Coast. It was awarded the Canadian Governor General's Award for Architecture in 1994. The Great Hall in the Longhouse, where our welcome dinner will take place, is named "Sty-Wet-Tan," a Musqueam name meaning west wind spiritual power.

http://www.longhouse.ubc.ca/longhouse.html

Museum of Anthropology

If you visit only one museum in Vancouver, make it the Museum of Anthropology. We will invite you to join us at the Museum for the reception on the second day of the conference. The museum houses one of the world's finest collections of Northwest Coast First Nations art. The award-winning building, designed by Arthur Erickson, was inspired by First Nations longhouses. It offers stunning views of Burrard Inlet and the surrounding mountains.

http://www.moa.ubc.ca

Green College was founded in 1993 as a centre for advanced interdisciplinary scholarship at UBC. It includes accommodation for 82 graduate students, 16 postdoctoral scholars and visiting scholars, five short-term visitors, and the Principal. There are also graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, visiting scholars, and faculty members who participate in College life but do not take up residence. We will be at Green College for two lunches.

http://www.greencollege.ubc.ca/

The Sage Bistro, where we will enjoy lunch on Sunday, is located in the Leon & Thea Koerner University Centre, formerly the University Faculty Club. This new facility maintains the spirit of the Koerners' original gift: to promote the exchange of ideas across the University and to reflect the cultural importance of UBC. The Centre also houses the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, which was established in 1991 by a donation from Peter Wall..

http://www.universitycentre.ubc.ca/index.html
Peter Wall Institute: http://pwias.ubc.ca/

The Belkin Art Gallery was designed by Peter Cardew Architects and opened in 1995. It is the new home of the UBC Fine Arts Gallery, which was originally established in 1948.

You will be able to visit the following exhibitions during the conference:

Jul 28-Oct 8    Wilfred and Sheila Watson Collection (Recent Acquisition)
This exhibition marks the bequest of noted Canadian writers, Wilfred and Sheila Watson. Most of the works are by their good friend Jack Shadbolt, but this collection also includes works by Wyndam Lewis, Henry Moore, Emily Carr and Alberta artist Norman Yates. Also included is archival material that shows the connection between the Watsons' literary concerns and the works they collected.

Jul 28-Sept 3    Paintings from the Collection: Recent Acquisitions 
Over the past several years, the gallery has acquired many significant paintings, mostly Canadian Contemporary. This year's annual summer collection exhibition will present research on the situation for painting in Vancouver and Canada through individual works and detailed exhibition labels that situate works in critical contexts. The collection is eclectic and cannot enact any normative account of contemporary painting through regions, movements or idioms. Instead, the exhibition will propose a series of interruptions.

http://www.belkin-gallery.ubc.ca/webpage/index.html

The Nitobe Memorial Garden is a traditional Japanese Garden. The landscape architect used both local trees and shrubs, pruned in typical Japanese fashion, and plants that were brought over from Japan. If you seek peace and tranquility during the busy days of the conference, we hope that you will walk over to this beautiful spot on campus. 

The Garden was opened in 1960 and dedicated to the memory of Dr. Inazo Nitobe, a Japanese educator, scholar, publicist, and later in life an international diplomat whose personal goal was "to become a bridge across the Pacific." Today there are memorials to him in Japan, where his portrait graces the 5000 yen bank note, as well as here on the UBC campus.

http://www.hedgerows.com/UBCBotGdn/Gardens/Nitobe1.htm

If you have any questions about the conference, please contact us at ab2000@arts.ubc.ca

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