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Decorative image. Three students sit on couches working on laptops on their laps.UBC History Careers Night 2022

Studying History helps us understand the present and shape the future through an understanding of the past, and the skills and critical lens UBC History students acquire during their programs help them succeed in many career fields outside of academia. This year’s History Careers Night panel event will be moderated by fourth-year History major Aydin […]

Hongkongers’ International Front: The Global Politics of Diaspora during and after the 2019 Anti-Extradition Protest

The flare-up over Hong Kong’s proposed extradition bill in 2019 gave rise to a global wave of organization among overseas Hongkongers, which has persisted after the decline of the protest movement as a result of COVID and government repression. Based on 85 in-depth interviews with overseas activists as well as data drawn from social and […]

UBC History Presents the 2022 Burge Lecture: “Love, Death, and Rivers” by Dr. David Aiona Chang

Love, Death, and Rivers: Native Californians and Native Hawaiians Remember the Confluences of History 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 […]

2022 Welcome Back Student Event

Don’t let problems with your major, minor, or honours program catch you by surprise. Whether you have questions about completing your History program and applying to graduate, course offerings, degree requirements, academic opportunities, student-directed seminars, or other academic challenges, mark your calendars for the 2022 welcome back event for students, hosted by Dr. Michael Lanthier, […]

UBC History Colloquium | The Price of Knowledge: English Universities and Slavery by Dr. Natalie Zacek

Dr. Natalie Zacek (U Manchester, UK) discusses the similarities and differences in how controversies of enslaved labour in the context of higher education are playing out on both sides of the Atlantic, and how they connect with broader disputes about historical representation, colonial legacies, and reparative justice.

UBC Middle East Studies presents: Coexistence and Colonialism in the Modern Middle East

We are pleased to invite you to “Coexistence and Colonialism in the Modern Middle East”, a lecture presented by Dr. Ussama Makdisi, Professor of History and Chancellor’s Chair at UC Berkeley. This talk can be attended both in-person and virtually via Zoom. However you choose to attend, please register using the RSVP link below. This […]