Wednesday, 12 October 2011
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
Thursday, 6 October 2011
Tutoring
We now have an email up and running.
Feel free to contact us (pssaadvising@gmail.com) if you want to make an appointment. Details will be up by the weekend regarding bi-weekly seminars and other matters that we'll be able to assist you with. Have a good weekend everybody!
MODEL UN
MODEL UN - EDMONTON
GRANT MACEWAN UNIVERSITY
4.-6. MARCH, 2011
TO SIGN UP AND INFO: PSSA.UBCO@GMAIL.COM
Explore
Explore
Wednesday, October 12, 12pm-3pm
Fipke Centre Foyer
Free!
Explore your options! Find out how you can:
· Earn degree credits abroad
· Expand your global connections
· Make your resume stand out
· Gain distinct academic experiences
· Participate in international volunteering opportunities
Explore will feature representatives from the Advising & Involvement Centre, including Go Global: International Learning Programs, Academic Advising, Career Advising, and the Get Involved Program. Don't miss this chance to discover how you can enhance your degree with global experience!
For more information about this event, please email: dana.lowton@ubc.ca
Wednesday, 5 October 2011
Monday, 26 September 2011
The First PSSA Movie Night! September 29. 6:30 - 10:30pm
Meet up with your fellow political science enthusiasts to watch two brilliant and thought-provoking takes on war cinema from an Asian, rather than traditional Western perspective. Take this unique opportunity to see WWII from two unknown sides and share your thoughts.
Entry by donation, the movies (break time included) end by 10:30.
The event is brought to you by UBCO Political Science Student Association.
The movies are:
1) City of Life and Death (2010, 93% on RottenTomatoes.Com)
Synopsis: In December 1937, the Imperial Japanese Army laid siege to the Chinese capital of Nanjing, killing as many as 300,000 citizens, the details of which Japan and China dispute to this day. CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH is a bold re-creation of these events, told with startling humanism through the eyes of both victims and occupiers. Delving into the psychology of the Chinese struggle to survive and a Japanese soldier's struggle with his conscience, Lu's film is ultimately an indictment against the cruelty of war.
2) Grave of the Fireflies (1988, animated. 96% on RottenTomatoes.Com)
RT Consensus: An achingly sad anti-war film, Grave of the Fireflies is one of Studio Ghibli's most profoundly beautiful, haunting works.
Synopsis: Grave of the Fireflies opens on an evening in 1945, after Japan's surrender at the end of World War II; and in a train station, the young Seita dies alone. The rest of the movie tells us, in flashback, how things have come to this. Seita and Setsuko are two young Japanese children growing up in the waning days of World War II. Much to Seita's pride, their father is in the Japanese navy, and they live fairly content lives in Kobe despite rationing and the other privations of war. When their mother dies from burns suffered during an American fire-bombing raid, a distant aunt takes them in -- and conflict eventually forces the children to try to survive on their own. At first, Seita and his little sister enjoy their idyllic lives in the country, but harsh reality eventually settles in as Seita begins to understand the difficulties of taking care of a young child when both food and compassion are scarce.
Entry by donation, the movies (break time included) end by 10:30.
The event is brought to you by UBCO Political Science Student Association.
The movies are:
1) City of Life and Death (2010, 93% on RottenTomatoes.Com)
Synopsis: In December 1937, the Imperial Japanese Army laid siege to the Chinese capital of Nanjing, killing as many as 300,000 citizens, the details of which Japan and China dispute to this day. CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH is a bold re-creation of these events, told with startling humanism through the eyes of both victims and occupiers. Delving into the psychology of the Chinese struggle to survive and a Japanese soldier's struggle with his conscience, Lu's film is ultimately an indictment against the cruelty of war.
2) Grave of the Fireflies (1988, animated. 96% on RottenTomatoes.Com)
RT Consensus: An achingly sad anti-war film, Grave of the Fireflies is one of Studio Ghibli's most profoundly beautiful, haunting works.
Synopsis: Grave of the Fireflies opens on an evening in 1945, after Japan's surrender at the end of World War II; and in a train station, the young Seita dies alone. The rest of the movie tells us, in flashback, how things have come to this. Seita and Setsuko are two young Japanese children growing up in the waning days of World War II. Much to Seita's pride, their father is in the Japanese navy, and they live fairly content lives in Kobe despite rationing and the other privations of war. When their mother dies from burns suffered during an American fire-bombing raid, a distant aunt takes them in -- and conflict eventually forces the children to try to survive on their own. At first, Seita and his little sister enjoy their idyllic lives in the country, but harsh reality eventually settles in as Seita begins to understand the difficulties of taking care of a young child when both food and compassion are scarce.
Wednesday, 21 September 2011
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