Achievement

Professor Heidi Tworek Elected to Royal Society of Canada 

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, 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 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 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

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

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

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).

UBC History Faculty Professor Timothy Cheek Elected to the Royal Society of Canada

UBC History Faculty Professor Timothy Cheek Elected to the Royal Society of Canada

Cheek’s prodigious research, manifest in works like The Intellectual in Modern Chinese History, has bridged China’s past and present, international scholarly communities, and the spheres of academia and public policy.

UBC History Graduate Students Receive Support from the Japanese Canadian Students of 1942 Fund to Further Nikkei Research

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

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.