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2024 Vrba Lecture | “Jewish History and Theresienstadt: How should we write a history of prisoner society?”

On November 19, 2024 at 5:00 pm PT, the UBC Department of History and the History Holocaust Education Committee are pleased to invite you to “Jewish History and Theresienstadt: How should we write a history of prisoner society?,” a 2024 Rudolf Vrba Memorial Lecture delivered by Dr. Anna Hájková (University of Warwick). The Rudolf Vrba […]

The Price of Collapse with Timothy Brook

The UBC History Empires and (Post-)Colonialisms in the Asia-Pacific Cluster features local scholars who have recently published monographs to have informal discussions about a chapter or two of their book. We invite all faculty and graduate students with interests in modern Asia/-Pacific (broadly defined) and the themes of empire, colonialism, or postcolonialism/decolonization to join, regardless […]

Silver Screens and Golden Dreams with Jane Ferguson

The UBC History Empires and (Post-)Colonialisms in the Asia-Pacific Cluster features local scholars who have recently published monographs to have informal discussions about a chapter or two of their book. We invite all faculty and graduate students with interests in modern Asia/-Pacific (broadly defined) and the themes of empire, colonialism, or postcolonialism/decolonization to join, regardless […]

Burge Lecture 2025 | “A Crying Need for a Day Care Centre” with Dr. Sarah Nickel

Burge Lecture with Dr. Sarah Nickel The Burge Lecture is an annual endowed lecture organized by the History Graduate Students Association and made possible by a generous donation from UBC alumnus William Burge. The series provides students, faculty, alumni and community members the opportunity to connect with historians and scholars engaged in exciting research relevant to our […]

Saje Mathieu | Women on the Move: Black Female Immigration to Canada, 1900s-1950s

On March 11, 2025 at 12:30 pm PT, join UBC Department of History for “Women on the Move: Black Female Immigration to Canada, 1900s-1950s,” a talk by Dr. Saje Mathieu, Associate Professor of History at the University of Minnesota and Fulbright Canada Distinguished Chair in Arts and Social Sciences in Canada and North America at […]

A Maritime Vietnam with Li Tana

Despite its 3,000 kilometre coastline, few people see Vietnam as a maritime country. In A Maritime Vietnam, Li Tana presents a powerful new argument about Vietnamese history: that key political changes resulted from the impact, economic and otherwise, of the sea. This is a finely layered account covering the two millennia before colonisation that radically […]