The UBC Department of History Colloquium Series brings together scholars who are exploring important methodological, chronological, or geographical issues that challenge the frontiers of our discipline and contribute strongly to our collective discussions.
As part of the 2025/2026 Colloquium Series called Tower Talks, we are pleased to invite you to the following events. The talks are scheduled on Thursdays throughout the semester, running from 12:30 pm to 1:50 pm in Buchanan Tower 1112.
Date: Thursday, September 25th
Presenter: Dr. Clare Haru Crowston
Topic: “Learning How: Apprenticeship in France, 1660-1850”
Date: Thursday, October 9th
Presenter: Dr. Leo Shin
Topic: “How Lies (and Ties) Bind: Two Episodes of Wishful Thinking in Later Imperial China”
Date: Thursday, October 30th
Presenter: Dr. John Roosa
Topic: “After the Revolution: Constitution Writing in Indonesia, 1945-1965”
Date: Thursday, November 6th
Presenter: Dr. Alycia Hall
Topic: “’Idleness; habitual Idleness… they will hardly raise enough Provisions for themselves’: Maroon and Enslaved Land Contestation in Post-Emancipation Jamaica”
Date: Thursday, November 27th
Presenter: Dr. Leslie Paris
Topic: “Children’s Liberation: Age and American Politics, 1959-1979″
