Beyond the classroom: UBC students help drive national conversation on anti-Asian racism
History alumnus Patrick Leong (’21) and English Language and Literatures MA candidate Amanda Wan reflect on their contributions to the UBC National Forum on Anti-Asian Racism.
Highlighting Undergraduate Work at the UBC Journal of Historical Studies
“Sometimes, we forget just how much undergraduate students work to produce original content in their research papers!” Since 2004, the UBC Journal of Historical Studies, formerly known as the Atlas, has been publishing the best historical work by UBC’s undergrads. This year, the JHS received 63 submissions covering a wide range of historical topics, […]
Building in Accessibility from the Beginning
When History master’s student Hannah Facknitz was preparing for her first term as a teaching assistant, she realized that disability was mentioned in the description for just one of the online teaching webinars that she saw on offer: “Accessibility in Online Learning.” Facknitz was concerned that disabled students were considered for online learning during the […]
Online Course Preparation Q&A
“Online teaching really means re-thinking teaching from the ground up. Every aspect of a traditional course is open for re-imagining.” With the start of term on September 8th, the UBC History Department will be fully online for the very first time. To prepare the department for this challenge, three graduate students have been working together […]
Q&A with María Muñoz
“My research and teaching aim to excavate and understand the complexities of human systems, cultures and hierarchies.” María Muñoz is an associate professor of history at Susquehanna University, and will be joining the UBC History Department for one year. I talked with her about her historical interests, the several exciting courses she’ll be teaching at […]
HIST 440: History of Health in the Modern West- a Q&A with Benjamin Bryce
“[H]istorical examples give us food for thought about our current experience with COVID-19, and how many of the same factors are at play.” Dr. Benjamin Bryce is joining the UBC History Department after teaching for six years at the University of Northern British Columbia. He completed his PhD at York University in 2013, and he […]
HIST 376: Modern Japanese History Since 1800- A Q&A with Kelly McCormick
“All of these incidents [in Japanese history] are connected by people who have wanted to make a change to the world around them and either used images or were depicted in images as heroes and villains.” Kelly McCormick is a historian of modern visual and material culture. She writes about “everything from advertising strategies and […]
HIST 399A: The Theory and Practice of History- A Q&A with David Morton
“If you write about the same historical subject at two different times in your life, you will write two different histories. And yet some call this a social “science.” David Morton is a historian of modern Africa, and he specializes in histories of cities and of decolonization. His focus is on Mozambique, a former Portuguese colony […]
HIST 310: The British Empire to 1850- A Q&A with Jessica Hanser
“I … hope [students] will gain a new appreciation for imperial history by tackling the subject from an unconventional perspective.” Jessica Hanser studies the connections, relationships and interactions between Britain and China from 1600 until the First Opium War (1839–1842). She says of her research, “I’m fascinated by the history of global trade in funky […]
