Research project by Brigitte Le Normand: Rijeka in flux
Combining scientific research, dissemination, and participation; telling the story of Rijeka in multiple languages.
Use the humanities to bridge cultural divisions, say UBC profs
Associate Professor Brigitte Le Normand, director of the Okanagan hub, says this initiative is designed to bring the university’s brightest thinkers from the humanities together to explore emerging public policy questions.
Award winning educators share innovative practices
Education’s changing landscape offers new opportunities for teaching and learning.
Author, researcher and history professor Brigitte Le Normand is a champion of public humanities on the UBC Okanagan campus.
“The humanities are critical to addressing issues like climate change. We’re a tech-driven society that looks to science to solve all our problems, but a lot of these issues have a large human or social dimension to them, and that can’t be ignored.”
Public Humanities Hub Student Representatives Needed
The PHH-O is searching for undergraduate and graduate student representatives for its Steering Committee and various Task Forces this Academic Year 2019-2020.