Public History Project- Japan on the Record Podcast
In this new podcast series, Assistant Professor without Review Dr. Tristan Grunow interviews scholars of Japanese studies about issues in the news. This new series grows out of Dr. Grunow’s earlier Meiji at 150 Podcast, which has garnered over 35,000 downloads for 138 episodes (and counting) with scholars of Japanese history, literature, anthropology, folklore studies, and […]
PhD student Ken Corbett wins PCCBS Graduate Student Paper Prize
Congratulations to Ken Corbett for winning the Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies Graduate Student Paper Prize! Ken attended the Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies (PCCBS) at the University of California Santa Barbara on March 23-25 2018 and he presented his paper “Redeeming the Time: Punctuality, Credit, & the Middling Sort.” Ken’s paper was selected […]
UBC History Emeritus Professor Arthur Ray wins prestigious award
UBC History Emeritus Professor Arthur Ray was honoured with the 2018 Massey Medal from the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. He was recognized for his contribution to the development of a more comprehensive geography of Canada. Read the press release here: http://www.rcgs.org/awards/massey_medal/winner_massey2018.asp The Massey Medal, established in 1959, recognizes the outstanding career achievements in exploration, development or […]
New Peter Wall Institute Book “Memory” features essay from UBC Historians, Tara Mayer and Pheroze Unwalla
A collection of essays from scholars has been put together and released in time to mark a momentous occasion —one hundred years since the end of the First World War and the 100th anniversary of Remembrance Day.