Dr. Pheroze Unwalla Awarded a UBC CTLT Students as Partners (SaP) in Course Design Grant
Dr. Unwalla will work in partnership with three Middle East Studies (MES) students throughout Summer and Fall 2022 on a project titled, “Redesigning MES 300: Faculty-Student (re)Visions of a Student-Centered Course.”
Dr. Kelly McCormick wins Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund Award for “Behind the Camera: Gender, Power, and Politics”
This project makes historical photographs and essays related to the history of photography available to students online through digitization and translation, creates new scholarly content analyzing these materials, and uses scholarly perspectives to teach students how to analyze visual materials as primary and secondary sources.
Know Your Profs with Dr. Timothy Cheek
Dr. Timothy Cheek shares with us what triangulation has to do with working with historical documents and artifacts, why context is important to any work in the discipline of history, and why you should take a chance on at least one discipline that is new to you in first and second year.
Dr. Benjamin Bryce Wins UBC CCEL Grant for Advancing Community Engaged Learning
Congratulations, Dr. Benjamin Bryce, on winning an Advancing Community Engaged Learning Grant from the UBC CCEL for his project entitled “Public History and Community Engagement at the Roedde House Museum”.
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.
Know Your Profs with Department Head Dr. Bonnie Effros
In this instalment, Department Head Dr. Bonnie Effros shares with us her journey into the history of archaeology, an innovative interdisciplinary course she has planned for the future, and the responsibilities that come with the privileged platform of being a historian.
Prof. Heidi Tworek: How to Avoid Spreading Misinformation about Ukraine
Heidi Tworek, associate professor of public policy at the University of British Columbia, says it’s important to view information with a critical eye.
Dr. Crystal Lynn Webster on CBC Kids News: Black History Month 2022
Dr. Crystal Lynn Webster speaks on CBC Kids News about the history and futures of the celebration of Black History Month.
Meet Four Black Scholars Leading Innovative Research in the Faculty of Arts
With February marking Black History Month, the Faculty of Arts asked four leading Black scholars to talk about their inspiring research, the importance of Black storytelling and world-building, and their advice for aspiring scholars.
Know Your Profs with Dr. Bradley Miller
In this instalment, Dr. Bradley Miller shares with us why he pursues collegial disagreement, what it takes to succeed in his classes, and how gaining work experience outside of academia sparked his life-long passion for the history of law.