UBC History Welcomes Visiting Professors Dr. Asma Qadri and Dr. Sayyid Muhammad Farid
UBC History welcomes Visiting Professors Dr. Asma Qadri (University of the Punjab Lahore) and Dr. Sayyid Muhammad Farid (University of the Punjab Lahore). Dr. Qadri and Dr. Farid are both collaborating with Dr. Anne Murphy (UBC History) on separate projects that engage local Punjabi and Sikh communities.
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
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.
Dr. Hicham Safieddine Named New Canada Research Chair in the History of the Modern Middle East
Congratulations to Dr. Hicham Safieddine, who has been named a new Canada Research Chair in The History of the Modern Middle East. With his team, Dr. Safieddine will use an interdisciplinary framework and diverse methodologies to decolonize financial history and globalize Middle East Studies.
2023/2024 UBC History Postdoctoral Fellows: Drs. Meghan Longstaffe and Jane Komori
UBC History welcomes Dr. Meghan Longstaffe and Dr. Jane Komori as 2023/2024 Postdoctoral Fellows. Dr. Longstaffe works on histories of women, poverty, and activism in the late twentieth century, especially Downtown Eastside Vancouver. Dr. Komori writes about the “settler ecology” of Western Canada from the 1850s through the Second World War.
Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Announcement
The Killam Scholarship and Prize Programmes were established in memory of Izaak Walton Killam through the Will of his wife, Dorothy Johnston Killam, and through gifts made during her lifetime. Their primary purpose is to support advanced education and research at five Canadian universities and the Canada Council for the Arts. The UBC Killam […]
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.
Celebrating UBC History Class of 2023
Congratulations, UBC History Class of 2023! Read a message from Department Head Dr. Bonnie Effros and see a list of our graduates as well as the thesis titles of honours students and graduate students.
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.