Prof. Bill French and Prof. Glen Peterson Retire after Three Decades of Inspiring UBC Students
UBC History faculty Dr. Glen Peterson and Dr. Bill French retire after 30 and 33 years of service to the Department, respectively. Learn about their contributions in this editorial.
UBC History Graduate Students Receive Support from the Japanese Canadian Students of 1942 Fund to Further Nikkei Research
UBC History PhD candidate Nicole Yakashiro and MA student Bailey Irene Midori Hoy expand the field of Japanese Canadian and Asian Canadian history with new perspectives on the past, thanks to the support from the Japanese Canadian Students of 1942 Fund.
Richard Menkis named recipient of the 2022/2023 Dean of Arts Award
Dr. Richard Menkis, Associate Professor in the Department of History, has been awarded the annual Dean of Arts Award in recognition of his exceptional leadership and impact in his field, and his service to UBC and the academy.
The Political Resistance of Play: Dr. Crystal Lynn Webster on Black Childhood, Social Justice, and Public History
Dr. Crystal Lynn Webster studies the history of childhood and youth, African American history, and carceral studies. In this interview, she shares her interdisciplinary and intersectional approach to research and highlights the importance of celebrating Black communities for the work they have done to push back against systemic racism.
Finding History: Dr. Tina Loo and Dr. Heidi Tworek on Interdisciplinarity, Pedagogy, and the Future of the Discipline
History is a discipline that gives us the freedom to choose the methodologies we want to use to engage with the past. As an ever-changing backdrop to the passage of time, it also gives us space for contingency, agency, and the possibility of doing things differently. Professor Tina Loo specializes in Canadian History with thematic […]
Prof. Heidi Tworek: How to Avoid Spreading Misinformation about Ukraine
Heidi Tworek, associate professor of public policy at the University of British Columbia, says it’s important to view information with a critical eye.
Reclaiming the Narrative: How UBC Students Helped Decolonize MOA’s African Collections
UBC’s Museum of Anthropology (MOA) boasts over 5,000 objects from Africa. However, many of these objects arrived at MOA without historical and cultural context, resulting in inaccurate and incomplete descriptions in the museum’s displays and online catalogue.
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 […]
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 […]