International insight Dr. Lloyd Axworthy enlightens students on Global Citizenship Earlier this year, St. John’s College was honoured to host a lecture by Dr. Lloyd Axworthy. Speaking to a full house in the Fairmont Social Lounge, Dr. Axworthy addressed the issue of “Global Citizenship,” a central concept in UBC’s TREK 2010 Green Paper planning document, and an issue near and dear to all Johanneans. The University’s draft vision includes, among other things, the goal of preparing students to become exceptional global citizens. Dr. Axworthy is the former Director and CEO of the Liu Institute for Global Issues at The University of British Columbia, and served as Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 2000. In this federal government portfolio, Dr. Axworthy became internationally known for his advancement of the human security concept, in particular, the Ottawa Treaty, which is still hailed as a landmark global treaty banning anti-personnel landmines. For his leadership on landmines, he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. For his efforts in establishing the International Criminal Court and the Protocol on child soldiers, he received the North-South Institute’s Peace Award. As of May 1, 2004, Dr. Axworthy became the President and Vice-Chancellor of The University of Winnipeg. We congratulate him on his appointment and extend our appreciation for the insight and expertise he shared with St. John’s residents during his time at UBC. Partnership yields new visual and performing arts series In keeping with the St. John’s College philosophy of collaboration, we are pleased to announce that a partnership between the UBC School of Music and the Departments of Art History, Visual Arts and Theory, and Theatre, Film and Creative Writing, recently led to establishment of an on-going Visual and Performing Arts Series at the College. This past spring, the emphasis was on the performing arts, and we were fortunate to host a number of musical events, including a recital by the critically acclaimed Borealis String Quartet. Many of the artists were gradu- ate students in the UBC School of Music preparing for graduation recitals, but others had already embarked upon their professional careers. The line up of spring performances included: January 2004 Atlas Trio: Chris Lysack, piano; Sarah Kapustin, violin; and Jonathan Ruck, cello June 2004 e Mozart Opera Arias: Mia Harris; Camille Hesketh; Karen Lee- Morlang; Heidi Margarethe Mundel; Linda Sovernigo; Michael Tatto; February 2004 Brian Wehrle; and Gene Wu Jonathan Klassen, piano Katherine Landry, mezzo-soprano; Joel Klein, baritone; Anita Liebich, piano; and Donna Falconer, piano All performers were invited to join our Junior Fellows for dinner in the Dining Hall before the concerts, which provided a wonderful opportunity for interaction, to the enjoyment of all. A very special thank you to all the performers who shared their talent with us in the spring and to those who we hope to meet in the coming year. April 2004 Vancouver Chamber Winds: Paolo Bortolussi, flute; Caroline Gauthier, clarinet; Marea Chernoff, oboe; Ingrid Chiang, bassoon; and Heather Walker, horn Rachel Kiyo Ilwaasa, piano May 2004 Mark Takeshi McGregor; flute and Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa, piano Erika Crino, piano Borealis Quartet: Patricia Shih, violin; Yuel Yawney, violin; Nikita Pogrebnoy, viola; and Joel Stobbe, cello If you would like to receive notices of upcoming performances, please contact the College Event Coordinator at 604.822.8781, or sjc.events@ubc.ca. Academic round-up Highlights and upcoming events for 2004-05 Lecture Series The College continued its collaboration with other academic units by co-sponsoring, along with the Centre for Australasian Studies, the Interdisciplinary Law & Society Seminar Series, and the Interdisciplinary Nineteenth Century Studies Program, this year’s Thematic Lecture Series entitled, “Challenging Nation”. The seven lectures in this series touched on a variety of topics related to the notions of nation and citizenship. As well as the Thematic Lecture Series, the College hosted other invited speakers including Roy Christensen of the European Union Commission speaking on “Challenges Facing the European Union,” and Wolf-Dieter Narr, Visiting Professor from the Free University of Berlin, on “Human Rights and Social Justice.” Both proved popular with students and staff. The College was also pleased to inaugurate a new lecture series entitled, “Professorial Pursuits”. This noon-time series was open to the entire University community and the talks were designed to have wide appeal across the campus. The inaugural lecture, on March 25, was given by Dr. James Russell, Professor Emeritus of Classics, UBC, and was entitled, “A Sliver of History: Reconstructing a Roman Soldier’s Career.” And now, with the new school year well underway, we look forward to the following upcoming lectures. All will take place at the College and fall under the theme, “Living Out the Metropolis”. For more information, please refer to www.stjohns.ubc.ca/LectureSeries.stm Monday, October 4, 5:30 pm Title: Conceiving and Realizing the Ideal City: Prospects for Meeting the 21st Century’s Urban Challenge. Speakers: Peter Boothroyd, UBC; Leonie Sandercock, UBC; and Tony Dorcey, UBC Monday, October 25, 5:30 pm Title: |deal Cities and Environment Speaker: Ruth Eaton, Curator, National Museum of Science, London Monday, November 1, 5:00 pm Title: Unsettlement: Woodward’s, Property and the Ideal City Speaker: Nicholas Blomley, Simon Fraser University Monday, November 15, 5:00 pm Title: A Different Utopia? Changing Perspectives on Urban Asia Speaker: Abidin Kusno, Canada Research Chair in Asian Urbanism and Culture, UBC Monday, January 17, 5:00 pm Title: Here or Nowhere: Urbanization, Globalization and Totality in Contemporary Theory Speaker: Phillip Wegner, University of Florida Monday, January 24, 5:00 pm Title: TBA Speaker: Christian Joppke, International University, Bremen Monday, February 28, 5:00 pm Title: THE END OF THE CITY? The Report of my Death was an Exaggeration Speaker: Sir Peter Hall, Bartlett School of Architecture and Planning, University College, London Monday, March 14, 5:00 pm Title: Transforming Cities: The Power of Imagination Speaker: Leonie Sandercock, UBC Monday, March 21, 5:00 pm Title: ‘Life will be housed in poetry’: Utopian Urbanism and the Future City Speaker: David Pinder, University of London Tuesday, March 29, 5:30 pm Title: TBA Speaker: Edward Soja, University of California, Los Angeles Monday, April 4, 5:00 pm Title: Building as Politics Speaker: Joseph Rykwert, and Paul Phillipe Cret, Professor of Architecture Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania