Shifts in the Shifting Tides History Conference
Professor Tina Loo, UBC History faculty and conference co-organizer, shares a reflection on the 2025 Shifting Tides, an undergraduate and graduate student conference that took place this year on January 31 – February 2, 2025.
2024/2025 Term 1 History Undergraduate Scholarship Winners
Join the UBC History community in congratulating the 2024/2025 Term 1 undergraduate Recommended Awards scholarship winners!
Dr. Anne Murphy and Dr. Tamara Myers Win SSHRC Insight Grants
Congratulations to UBC History faculty members Dr. Anne Murphy and Dr. Tamara Myers on each winning a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Grant. Learn about their projects here.
Professor Heidi Tworek Elected to Royal Society of Canada
Congratulations to Prof. Heidi Towrek, Canada Research Chair, Professor of History and Public Policy and Global Affairs, and director of the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions, who has been elected to the Royal Society of Canada.
Congratulations, UBC History Class of 2024!
Congratulations to the UBC History Class of 2024! To help you celebrate your next adventures beyond graduation, read this message from Professor and Acting Department Head Dr. Tamara Myers.
Dr. Pheroze Unwalla Awarded 2024 UBC Killam Teaching Prize
Dr. Pheroze Unwalla (UBC History; UBC Middle East Studies) has been awarded a 2024 KillamTeaching Prize, in recognition of his leadership and excellence in pedagogy.
Dr. Bonnie Effros Wins SSHRC Insight Development Grant
Dr. Bonnie Effros has been awarded a SSHRC Insight Development Grant (2023-2025) for her project “Preserved in Wax: Catacomb Martyrs, Piety, and Ultramontane Politics in Post-Revolutionary France.”
MA Student Shane Atienza Wins Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
Congratulations to History MA student Shane Atienza on winning a 2023/2024 Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, which recognizes graduate students for their outstanding teaching, research and service to the community.
Noah James Awarded 2023 Conway Travel Scholarship
Congratulations to History MA student Noah James on winning the 2023 Conway Summer Travel Scholarship in German History.
Dr. Benjamin Bryce Wins Ontario Historical Society’s Joseph Brant Award
Congratulations to Dr. Benjamin Bryce (UBC History, UBC Latin American Studies) on winning the 2022 – 2023 Joseph Brant Award for his monograph, The Boundaries of Ethnicity: German Immigration and the Language of Belonging in Ontario (McGill-Queen’s UP, 2022).