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 […]
Reminder: Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship
To everyone who is looking for the opportunity to be nominated for UBC’s Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship, just a quick reminder that applications are due to the History Department by October 15th, 5:00 PM PST. Please send all documents to history.dept@ubc.ca, and for more information please visit https://www.postdocs.ubc.ca/award/killam-postdoctoral-research-fellowship.
Courses in History for Term One of 2020W
On May 11, President Santa J. Ono announced that the majority of UBC classes in Term 1 of the 2020W academic session (September to December 2020) will be offered online. As of late, UBC has not yet made a decision regarding Term 2 of 2020W. Further to this announcement, and for the health and safety […]
UBC Senate approves new Middle East Studies minor
The UBC senate has approved a new Middle East studies minor, to be offered for the first time in the 2020/21 academic year.
Meet UBC History’s New Professor: Kelly McCormick
“I am a historian of the visual and material culture of modern Japan. I write about the politics of photography culture and optical technologies in Japan from the 1930s to the 1970s. “ Prof. Kelly McCormick joined the UBC History Faculty in January 2020. Get to know her through a short Q&A discussing her […]
Eight UBC History Books Launched in 2019
2019 was a record year for book launches in the Department of History. Congratulations to our faculty for such a productive year! For more information on the eight books and their authors, please review the list below: Heidi Tworek: “News from Germany: The Competition to Control World Communications, 1900 – 1945” (Harvard University […]
Sebastian Prange wins the American Historical Association’s John F. Richards Prize
Sebastian Prange’s book, “Monsoon Islam: Trade and Faith on the Medieval Malabar Coast” (Cambridge Univ. Press), was recently awarded the American Historical Association’s John F. Richards Prize recognizing the most distinguished work of scholarship on South Asian history in 2018. “Monsoon Islam” was also recently awarded the AHA’s Pacific Coast Branch Book Award recognizing […]