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 […]
Coll Thrush’s Global Seminar “In Search of Indigenous London”
Coll Thrush’s book Indigenous London: Native Travellers at the Heart of Empire served as the groundwork for an exciting Global Seminar that took place for the second time this past summer. The six week Global Seminar “In Search of Indigenous London” was offered by UBC’s First Nations and Indigenous Studies (FNIS) and taught by […]
Eagle Glassheim Feature: Finding Gold Mountain on the Fraser River
From a raft on the wide and powerful Fraser River, the stone chutes of Browning’s Bar were easy to miss. The rock piles looked like the remnants of a small landslide, or maybe the deposits of the meandering river bed millennia ago…
HIST443: Q&A with Tamara Myers
In anticipation of the Fall semester, Tamara Myers answers a short Q&A on her upcoming course HIST443- History of North American Children and Youth. Can you explain the image and its significance? Why did you choose it? TM: Fifty years ago, 400 thousand young people gathered for a three-day music and art fair – […]
HIST280: Q&A with Sebastian Prange
In anticipation of the Fall semester, Sebastian Prange answers a short Q&A on his upcoming course HIST280: Islamic World History. Can you explain the image and its significance? Why did you choose it? SP: The image is of Salāh al-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb (1137-93), who is known in the West as Saladin. He is one […]
Project will Employ Students to Research Objects in the Africa Collections at the Museum of Anthropology (MOA)
A team led by David Morton, UBC assistant professor of African history, Nuno Porto, Museum of Anthropology (MOA) curator for Africa and South America, and John Michael Koffi, president of the UBC Africa Awareness Initiative (AAI), has been awarded $95,280 from UBC’s Program for Undergraduate Research Experience (PURE) toward a project entitled “Decolonizing the African […]
Emeritus Professor Arthur (Skip) Ray appointed to the Order of Canada
Congratulations to Professor Ray on being named an Officer of the Order of Canada. The Order of Canada is one of the country’s highest honours and is presented by the Governor General. The Order recognizes people from all sectors whose service has shaped Canadian society and made a difference. As described in the Governor […]