2022/2023 History Courses to Take You Across Time and Space
History is a discipline for the curious. Whether you are fascinated by events that changed the world, or want to know more about the ordinary people who made these events happen, the inspiring and award-winning faculty in the Department of History offer incredible courses that will help you deepen your understanding of how the world as we know it came to be.
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.
Curating Belonging: Decolonizing the Path Forward with PhD Candidate Sharanjit Kaur Sandhra
History PhD candidate Sharanjit Kaur Sandhra is a museum curator, lecturer, and working mom. She is also an emerging public historian studying museums as spaces of belonging who is driving change in her field.
Dr. Leo Shin awarded UBC Public Humanities Faculty Fellowship
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Leo Shin on his appointment as one of four UBC Public Humanities Fellows for 2021-22! These fellowships are awarded annually to support research excellence among humanities scholars in the Faculties of Arts, Law, and Education at UBC and to develop and highlight public-facing research in the humanities. Dr Shin’s […]
UBC History professor Tina Loo named a University Killam Professor
Dr. Tina Loo, Professor in the Department of History, has been named a University Killam Professor — the highest honour UBC can confer on a faculty member. A University Killam Professorship recognizes extraordinary teachers and researchers who are leaders in their fields and who have received international recognition for their talents and achievements.
Questions of Inclusion and Belonging: A Q&A with Ben Bryce
Benjamin Bryce is an assistant professor of history at the University of British Columbia. Get to know him (and his research) in our new Q&A! Tell me about your research. What are you currently working on? One thing I am working on right now is a project about immigration restriction in Argentina at the turn of […]
Understanding the ubiquity and multiplicity of photography in the context of Japan: A Q&A with Kelly McCormick
Prof. Kelly McCormick joined the UBC History Faculty in January 2020. Get to know her and her research through our new Q&A! Tell me about your research. How do you use photography to study race, class, and gender in modern Japan? I see photography as one of the most expansive forms of historical evidence. What I mean by […]
