Research

Dr. John Christopoulos Awarded the Peter Gonville Stein Book Award from the American Society for Legal History

Dr. John Christopoulos Awarded the Peter Gonville Stein Book Award from the American Society for Legal History

Dr. John Christopoulos wins the Peter Gonville Stein Book Award from the American Society for Legal History for his 2021 book, Abortion in Early Modern Italy (Harvard University Press).

Dr. Crystal Lynn Webster Wins The Library Company of Philadelphia Biennial First Book Award

Dr. Crystal Lynn Webster Wins The Library Company of Philadelphia Biennial First Book Award

Dr. Webster’s first book, Beyond the Boundaries of Childhood: African American Children in the Antebellum North (U of North Carolina Press, 2021), is the recipient of the 2022 Library Company of Philadelphia First Book Award. 

UBC History Welcomes Ukrainian Holocaust Scholar Dr. Nataliia Ivchyk

UBC History Welcomes Ukrainian Holocaust Scholar Dr. Nataliia Ivchyk

The UBC Department of History is pleased to welcome Dr. Nataliia Ivchyk, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Rivne State University for the Humanities (Rivne, Ukraine). Dr. Ivchyk is joining us as a visiting scholar for the 2022-2023 academic year. 

Know Your Profs with Dr. Sara Ann Knutson

Know Your Profs with Dr. Sara Ann Knutson

In this instalment, Dr. Knutson shares why studying History is a way to embrace human diversity and a way to remind us the past is not a static place. Read on to learn more about where History can take you, and for a kind note on imposter syndrome.  

Dr. Sara Ann Knutson | Preserving the Past for the Future: an Interview for Bayt Al Fann

Dr. Sara Ann Knutson | Preserving the Past for the Future: an Interview for Bayt Al Fann

Dr. Sara Ann Knutson speaks about her passion for the history of the Islamic World, access and inclusion of Islamic history in mainstream education and how understanding the past impacts the development of the future of Islamic art.

Joy Dixon smiles in front of a tall green bush. They have short salt and pepper hair and wear a white button down shirt. She smiles at the camera.

Professor Joy Dixon Awarded SSHRC Insight Grant for Research on Evangelicalism and Sexuality

Congratulations to Dr. Joy Dixon (she/her/they/them) on winning a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Insight Grant for her project titled “Evangelicalism and Sexuality in Britain since 1945”.

Professors Timothy Cheek and Heidi Tworek Awarded SSHRC Partnership Development Grants

Professors Timothy Cheek and Heidi Tworek Awarded SSHRC Partnership Development Grants

Dr. Tworek (History; SPPGA) won SSHRC funding for projects on Decolonizing World News and Digital Governance in Canada. Dr. Cheek (History; SPPGA) was awarded funding for the Xinjiang Documentation Project.

Dr. Sara Ann Knutson in the Wadi Rum, Jordan. She wears a black shirt with white line patterns, khaki pants, and white, silver, and pink running shoes. She smiles and sits on a pile of sand stone with one leg crossed in front of the other.

UBC History Welcomes Historian and Anthropological Archaeologist Sara Ann Knutson

Dr. Sara Ann Knutson, historian and anthropological archaeologist working on the premodern world, joins the UBC Department of History. Welcome, Dr. Knutson!

UBC History Graduate Students Shifting Tides of History

UBC History Graduate Students Shifting Tides of History

UBC History graduate students share their research at the Shifting Tides conference, their reflections on the experience, and what it means to them to study History.

Dr. Pheroze Unwalla Awarded a UBC CTLT Students as Partners (SaP) in Course Design Grant

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.”