Dr. Pheroze Unwalla Wins Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL) Seed Fund
Entitled “Emotion(ality) and Emotive Writing: Assessing the Impacts in/on the Middle East Studies Classroom”, this project evaluates the impact of emotion(ality) in MES 300: The Middle East: Critical Questions & Debates and beyond.
Prof. Heidi Tworek Awarded Canada Research Chair in History and Policy of Health Communications
Dr. Heidi Tworek has been appointed as a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in History and Policy of Health Communications.
UBC History Welcomes New Department Head Dr. Bonnie Effros
The UBC History Department welcomes internationally recognized researcher Dr. Bonnie Effros as the new Department Head.
UBC History welcomes Dr. Hicham Safieddine
The UBC Department of History is pleased to welcome Dr. Hicham Safieddine as the newest addition to our faculty.
UBC History Alumna Bianca Chui Wins Princess Takamado Essay Contest
UBC History alumna and Asian Studies MA student Bianca Chui has been selected as the winner of the 2021 Princess Takamado Essay Contest, for her essay titled “Eating Your Way Through Sugoroku: Imaginary Travel in a Japanese Board Game”. Congratulations, Bianca!
Dr. Heidi Tworek Appointed as Member of CCA Expert Panel on Public Safety in the Digital Age
Dr. Heidi Tworek (SPPGA; History) has been appointed as a member of the Expert Panel on Public Safety in the Digital Age hosted by the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA).
UBC History faculty Benjamin Bryce and Eagle Glassheim awarded five-year SSHRC Insight Grants
Congratulations to Dr. Benjamin Bryce and Dr. Eagle Glassheim for receiving five-year SSHRC Insight Grants for their respective projects, “Grounds for Exclusion: Immigration, Race, Health, and Gender in Argentina, 1876-1940,” and “Revitalizing Mining Landscapes and Communities: Ecological Restoration, Heritage Preservation, and Economic Development in the Age of Mass Destruction Mining.”
Memorial Scholarship Created in Honour of History Professor Robert McDonald
Awards totalling $3,150 have been made available through an endowment established by friends, family, former students, and colleagues in memory of Robert A. J. McDonald (1944-2019), for outstanding graduate students in the Department of History specializing in the history of British Columbia. Dr. McDonald (B.A., M.A., Ph.D. 1977) grew up in Brandon, Manitoba, and relocated […]
Dr Coll Thrush awarded Killam Teaching Prize
The UBC History Department is pleased to announce that Dr Coll Thrush is the recipient of the Killam Teaching Prize for the 2020-2021 academic year! Dr. Thrush has inspired and mentored undergraduate and graduate students at UBC since 2005. The Killam Teaching Prize is awarded annually to faculty members who are nominated by alumni, students, and […]
Interview with Crystal Webster, professor of African American history
“I envision … teaching, learning, and activism as central to my role as a scholar and professor of Black history.” Dr. Crystal Webster will be joining the UBC History Department as Assistant Professor of African American History this July. With a PhD from the W.E.B Du Bois Department of African American Studies at University of […]