HIST 440: History of Health in the Modern West- a Q&A with Benjamin Bryce
“[H]istorical examples give us food for thought about our current experience with COVID-19, and how many of the same factors are at play.” Dr. Benjamin Bryce is joining the UBC History Department after teaching for six years at the University of Northern British Columbia. He completed his PhD at York University in 2013, and he […]
HIST 376: Modern Japanese History Since 1800- A Q&A with Kelly McCormick
“All of these incidents [in Japanese history] are connected by people who have wanted to make a change to the world around them and either used images or were depicted in images as heroes and villains.” Kelly McCormick is a historian of modern visual and material culture. She writes about “everything from advertising strategies and […]
Q&A with UBC History PhD graduate Alexey Golubev
“A degree will … open new career prospects and immerse you in a vibrant academic environment. You will connect with interesting people and will learn things that you would have never learned otherwise.” Alexey Golubev is a scholar of Russian history, with a focus on social, cultural, and transnational history. After teaching at Petrozavodsk University for […]
Courses in History for Term One of 2020W
On May 11, President Santa J. Ono announced that the majority of UBC classes in Term 1 of the 2020W academic session (September to December 2020) will be offered online. As of late, UBC has not yet made a decision regarding Term 2 of 2020W. Further to this announcement, and for the health and safety […]
HIST 399A: The Theory and Practice of History- A Q&A with David Morton
“If you write about the same historical subject at two different times in your life, you will write two different histories. And yet some call this a social “science.” David Morton is a historian of modern Africa, and he specializes in histories of cities and of decolonization. His focus is on Mozambique, a former Portuguese colony […]
HIST 310: The British Empire to 1850- A Q&A with Jessica Hanser
“I … hope [students] will gain a new appreciation for imperial history by tackling the subject from an unconventional perspective.” Jessica Hanser studies the connections, relationships and interactions between Britain and China from 1600 until the First Opium War (1839–1842). She says of her research, “I’m fascinated by the history of global trade in funky […]
UBC Statements against Racism and Injustice
UBC History joins UBC President Santa Ono in condemning racism and injustice, at UBC, in Canada, and around the world. As historians, we seek to understand how racial hierarchies form, how they continue into the present, and how they are resisted. Historical understandings of colonialism and the political, economic, and cultural foundations of racism are […]
Congratulations to Tina Loo, winner of the Canadian Historical Association Political History Group’s Book Prize!
Please join us in congratulating Tina Loo for her win of the 2020 Best Book in Political History Prize from the Canadian Historical Association! Loo’s book, Moved by the State, Forced Relocation and Making a Good Life in Postwar Canada (UBC Press, 2019) studies the history of forced relocations in Canada. UBC Press says, “From the 1950s […]
Collected news and opinions on COVID-19 from UBC historians
Historical perspectives are proving to be of crucial importance during the COVID-19 pandemic. UBC’s historians have been busy lending their knowledge to a wide variety of news and media publications, on everything from the World Health Organization to hand-washing. COVID-19 in Vancouver, BC, and Canada The Conversation: Coronavirus: Racism and the long-term impacts of […]