Study History, Find Your Future: 2025/2026 Courses to Inspire and Excite
For curious and questioning minds, history courses can open up a world of discovery. Through these 2025/2026 undergraduate course offerings, the UBC Department of History invites students to explore how famous historical figures and everyday people played extraordinary roles in shaping the world as we know it today.
Alumna Q&A with Georgia Twiss (MA History 2022)
UBC History alumna Georgia Twiss (MA ’22), Reference Historian at The Museum & Archives of North Vancouver, shares her journey from student to working historian and the valuable lessons she learned along the way.
Teaching in Focus | UBC Today Q&A with Dr. Sara Ann Knutson
“My pedagogy honours students as partners, with their own expertise in the learning process, rather than as passive recipients of predetermined knowledge,” shares Dr. Sara Ann Knuston. Read the Q&A to learn more about her approach to teaching. Article via UBC Today.
Alchemizing History: An Interview with Dr. Leo K. Shin
“When students ask me for career advice, I always tell them they should pursue what they are interested in, but also what they are good at,” says History and Asian Studies professor Dr. Leo K. Shin. Read this feature to learn about Shin’s personal journey from Chemical Engineering to Chinese History.
2024/2025 UBC History Courses to Change Your Worldview
UBC History offers a wide-ranging variety of courses that give students the opportunity to study the past in a way that empowers their future. With fascinating courses that range from the practice of oral history to imperial and colonial archaeology and museums, there’s a History course for you, no matter your interests and endeavours. Check out the highlight of our 2024/2025 undergraduate course offerings below.
UBC History Welcomes Black Atlantic Scholar Dr. Alycia Hall
UBC History welcomes Dr. Alycia Hall, who specializes in the history of Jamaica, and in particular, the history of the Afro-descended Maroon communities which populate the mountainous regions of the island, from the seventeenth century to the present. Dr. Hall will begin her appointment as of July 1, 2024.
Beyond UBC | 3 Things You Might Not Know about the Chinese Exclusion Act in Canada with Dr. Henry Yu
When the Chinese head tax wasn’t enough to stop Chinese immigration, the Canadian government banned Chinese people entirely, separating families for a generation. On July 1, 1923, the federal government passed the Chinese Exclusion Act. Learn about the impact of this history on Chinese diasporic communities in Canada with Dr. Henry Yu.
No time machine, no problem: 2023/2024 UBC History Courses to take you across Time and Space
Whichever pockets of the past piques your interest, UBC History has a course just for you. See a highlight of UBC History courses offered during the 2023/2024 academic year.