Core Faculty
Alexei Kojevnikov
Alexei Kojevnikov
Professor
emaila.nikov@ubc.ca
location_onBuTo 1122, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Teaching and Research Fields
Soviet, Russian, and Eurasian History
Science, Society, and Culture
History of Modern Science, especially Exact Sciences
International Nuclear History and the Cold War
Thematic Research Area
Empire & Colonialism | Global & International History | Science, Technology, & Medicine
Anne Murphy
Anne Murphy
Associate Professor
emailanne.murphy@ubc.ca
location_onBuTo 1107, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Regional Research Area
AsiaAnne Murphy is an Associate Professor in the Department of History. She is a cultural historian, with research interests in Punjab and within the Punjabi Diaspora, as well as more broadly in South Asia, with particular attention to the historical formation of religious communities and special but no...Read more
Regional Research Area
Asia
Benjamin Bryce
Benjamin Bryce
Associate Professor
emailben.bryce@ubc.ca
phone604 822 5162
location_onBuTo 1102, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
I am a historian of migration in the Americas, with a particular focus on both Argentina and Canada. In addition to my teaching in the UBC History Department, I am also chair of the Latin American Studies program (2022-2025). Beyond UBC, I am the editor-in-chief of the Journal of the Canadian Histor...Read more
Thematic Research Area
Global & International History | Migration, Borderlands, & Transnational History | Public History | Race, Ethnicity, & Nationalism | Religion
Bonnie Effros
emailbonnie.effros@ubc.ca
Bonnie Effros is Professor and Head of the History Department at UBC. Prior to this, she was Professor of European History and the Chaddock Chair in Economic and Social History at the University of Liverpool (2017-2021). Her research and teaching address a number of chronological and thematic fields...Read more
Thematic Research Area
Empire & Colonialism | Gender, Sexuality, & the Body | Race, Ethnicity, & Nationalism | Religion
Bradley Miller
Bradley Miller
Honours Chair, Associate Professor
emailbrmiller@mail.ubc.ca
phone604 822 6307
location_onBuTo 1118, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Regional Research Area
CanadaI teach courses on Canadian history, legal history, and the history of crime and criminal justice. I am also a core faculty member of the Law and Society Minor Programme. I welcome inquiries from prospective MA and PhD students.
Regional Research Area
CanadaThematic Research Area
Empire & Colonialism | Global & International History | Law & Society | Migration, Borderlands, & Transnational History | Politics & the State
Coll Thrush
Coll Thrush
Professor
emailcoll.thrush@ubc.ca
location_onBuTo 1222, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
I was raised in Auburn, Washington, about an hour from Seattle, in the treaty territory of the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe. Before arriving at UBC in 2005, I taught at the University of Washington and Pacific Lutheran University and worked as a historian for Muckleshoot.
Thematic Research Area
Economic History | Environmental History | Global & International History | Indigenous History
ON LEAVE
July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023
Courtney Booker
Courtney Booker
ON LEAVE
July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023
Associate Professor
emailcbooker@mail.ubc.ca
phone604 822 6480
location_onBuTo 1121, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Regional Research Area
EuropeOn Research Leave, July 2022–July 2023
Regional Research Area
Europe
Crystal Webster
Crystal Webster
Assistant Professor
location_onBuTo 1202, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Regional Research Area
United StatesRegional Research Area
United StatesThematic Research Area
Childhood & Youth | Gender, Sexuality, & the Body | Race, Ethnicity, & Nationalism
ON LEAVE
Sept 1, 2022 - Aug 31, 2023
David Morton
David Morton
ON LEAVE
Sept 1, 2022 - Aug 31, 2023
Associate Professor
emaildavid.morton@ubc.ca
phone604 822 5195
location_onBuTo 1104, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Regional Research Area
Africa & the Middle EastI am a historian of southern Africa, African urbanism, and decolonization, with specific expertise in informal settlement and the histories of Mozambique and its capital Maputo.
I am on research leave during academic year 2022-23.
Regional Research Area
Africa & the Middle EastThematic Research Area
Empire & Colonialism | Locality & Community | Politics & the State | Race, Ethnicity, & Nationalism
Eagle Glassheim
Eagle Glassheim
Professor
emaileagle.g@ubc.ca
location_onBuTo 1221, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Regional Research Area
EuropeOffice hours in person on Thursdays 9:30-10:30, and by appointment over zoom.
Regional Research Area
Europe
Glen Peterson
Glen Peterson
Professor
emailglpeters@mail.ubc.ca
phone604 822 5177
location_onBuTo 1120, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Regional Research Area
AsiaOffice Hours:
glen.peterson@ubc.ca
Regional Research Area
Asia
Heidi Tworek
Heidi Tworek
Canada Research Chair, Director, Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions, Associate Professor
emailheidi.tworek@ubc.ca
location_on1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Dr. Heidi Tworek is a Canada Research Chair and associate professor of international history and public policy at UBC. She directs the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions. Her work examines history and policy around communications, particularly the effects of new media technologies on de...Read more
Thematic Research Area
Global & International History | Law & Society | Politics & the State | Public History | Science, Technology, & Medicine
Henry Yu
Henry Yu
Associate Professor
emailhenry.yu@ubc.ca
phone778 895 5088
location_onBuTo 1116, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
As a history professor, Dr. Yu’s research and teaching has been built around collaborations with local community organizations, civic institutions such as museums, and multiple levels of government. He is passionate about helping British Columbians and Canadians undo the cultural and historical le...Read more
Hicham Safieddine
I am a scholar of political economy and intellectual history (19th and 20th centuries) with a particular emphasis on the MENA region. I am also an advocate of financial literacy in the face of financialization of everyday life. I am currently researching financial (de)colonization on a global scale....Read more
Thematic Research Area
Economic History | Empire & Colonialism | Global & International History | Politics & the State
Jeffrey Byrne
Jeffrey Byrne
Associate Professor
emailjeffrey.byrne@ubc.ca
phone604 822 5194
location_onBuTo 1101, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Regional Research Area
Africa & the Middle EastI study the postcolonial origins of our collective present in world affairs. My first book, Mecca of Revolution: Algeria, Decolonization, and the Third World Order (Oxford University Press, 2016), showed how South-South exchanges of methodologies of revolution built our state-centric world order. T...Read more
Regional Research Area
Africa & the Middle East
Jessica Hanser
Jessica Hanser
Associate Professor
location_onBuTo 1203, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
My research explores connections, relationships and interactions between Britain and China from 1600 until the First Opium War (1839–1842). My new book project focuses on Britain's involvement in slavery and human trafficking in the Indian Ocean and South China Sea between 1600 and 1850. Methodo...Read more
ON LEAVE
July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023
Jessica Wang
emailjessica.wang@ubc.ca
phone604 822 4500
location_onGEOG 140E (Geography Building)
Regional Research Area
United StatesJoint appointment in the Department of Geography.
On study leave, July 2022 - June 2023.
Regional Research Area
United StatesThematic Research Area
Empire & Colonialism | Global & International History | Politics & the State | Science, Technology, & Medicine
John Christopoulos
John Christopoulos
Associate Professor
phone604 822 5938
location_onBuTo 1206, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Regional Research Area
EuropeOffice Hours:
Thursday: 12:00-15:00
Regional Research Area
EuropeThematic Research Area
Gender, Sexuality, & the Body | Law & Society | Locality & Community | Politics & the State | Religion | Science, Technology, & Medicine
ON LEAVE
July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023
John Roosa
John Roosa
ON LEAVE
July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023
Associate Professor
emailjroosa@mail.ubc.ca
phone604 822 5175
location_onBuTo 1115 / 1214B, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Regional Research Area
AsiaOffice Hours:
On leave. Office hours by appointment.
Regional Research Area
AsiaThematic Research Area
Empire & Colonialism | Global & International History | Law & Society | Politics & the State | Public History
Joy Dixon
Joy Dixon
Associate Professor
emailjoy.dixon@ubc.ca
phone604 822 5748
location_onBuTo 1125, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Regional Research Area
EuropeIn 2022-2024 I'll be teaching in the Arts One program -- The Sources of the Self. See the description of the program here: https://artsone.arts.ubc.ca/themes/2022-2024-sources-of-the-self/sources-of-the-self/
Regional Research Area
EuropeThematic Research Area
Empire & Colonialism | Gender, Sexuality, & the Body | Religion | Science, Technology, & Medicine
Kelly McCormick
Kelly McCormick
Assistant Professor
phone604 822 5161
location_onBuTo 1207, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Regional Research Area
AsiaTeaching/Supervision
HIST 201 History Through Photographs
How has photography changed the way that we understand and study past historical events? This course explores how historians might learn to “read” images and how photographic images change our relationship with the past. We'll trace...Read more
Regional Research Area
AsiaThematic Research Area
Economic History | Gender, Sexuality, & the Body | Science, Technology, & Medicine
Laura Ishiguro
location_onBuTo 1201, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Regional Research Area
CanadaFor information about my research, teaching, supervision, service, and speaking engagements, please see my website.
Regional Research Area
Canada
ON LEAVE
July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023
Leo Shin
Leo Shin
ON LEAVE
July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023
Associate Professor
emailleo.shin@ubc.ca
phone604 822 5167
location_onBuTo 1223, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Regional Research Area
AsiaLeo K. Shin is Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies as well as the Convenor of the Hong Kong Studies Initiative at the University of British Columbia. Born and raised in the former British colony, Dr. Shin was for a brief period an education and political reporter for The Hong Kong Stand...Read more
Regional Research Area
AsiaThematic Research Area
Migration, Borderlands, & Transnational History | Public History | Race, Ethnicity, & Nationalism
Leslie Paris
Leslie Paris
Associate Professor
emailleslie.paris@ubc.ca
phone604 822 8810
location_onBuTo 1225, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Regional Research Area
United StatesOffice Hours:
On leave, 2022
Regional Research Area
United States
Michael Lanthier
Michael Lanthier
Undergraduate Advisor, Lecturer, IR Co-Chair
emailmlanthie@mail.ubc.ca
location_onBuTo 1106, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Majors Advisor
Office Hours:
December 2019:
-Tuesday, Dec. 3rd: 13:00-14:30
-Friday, Dec. 6th: 13:00-14:30
-Tuesday, Dec. 10th: 13:00-14:30
-Wednesday, Dec. 11th: 13:00-14:30
-Friday, Dec. 13th: 13:00-14:30
ON LEAVE
July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023
Michel Ducharme
Michel Ducharme
ON LEAVE
July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023
Associate Professor
phone604 822 5642
location_onBuTo 1218, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Regional Research Area
CanadaOn study leave 2022-23
Office Hours: N/A
Regional Research Area
Canada
Paige Raibmon
emailpraibmon@mail.ubc.ca
location_onBuTo 1220, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Regional Research Area
CanadaMy research engages a range of questions united by my preoccupation with Indigenous peoples' endurance and resurgence in the face of settler colonialism's historical workings and on-going implications.
Regional Research Area
CanadaThematic Research Area
Empire & Colonialism | Gender, Sexuality, & the Body | Indigenous History | Locality & Community | Public History | Race, Ethnicity, & Nationalism
Pheroze Unwalla
location_onBuTo 1208, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Regional Research Area
Africa & the Middle EastI am a historian of Turkey and the modern Middle East whose main research interests include memory, trauma, nationalism and space. As EL-stream faculty, I am presently focused on expanding Middle East Studies (MES) at UBC and developing new pedagogical approaches in MES and Middle East History.
Regional Research Area
Africa & the Middle EastThematic Research Area
Global & International History | Public History | Race, Ethnicity, & Nationalism
Richard Menkis
Richard Menkis
Associate Professor
emailmenkis@mail.ubc.ca
phone604 822 5163
location_onBuTo 1204, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Office Hours:
Tuesday: 11:00-12:00
Wednesday: 11:00-12:00
Thematic Research Area
Migration, Borderlands, & Transnational History | Race, Ethnicity, & Nationalism | Religion
ON LEAVE
July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023
Robert Brain
Robert Brain
ON LEAVE
July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023
Associate Professor
emailrbrain@mail.ubc.ca
phone604 822 5409
location_onBuTo 1119, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Regional Research Area
EuropeOffice Hours
Tue: 11:00-12:00
Thu: 15:30-16:30
Regional Research Area
EuropeThematic Research Area
Science, Technology, & Medicine
Sara Ann Knutson
emailsa.knutson@ubc.ca
phone604.822.5178
location_onBuTo 1109, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Sara Ann Knutson is Assistant Professor of Teaching and a historian and archaeologist of premodern Afro-Eurasia, including the Islamic World. She earned her PhD in Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley, MPhil in Archaeology from the University of Cambridge, and BA in History from ...Read more
Shoufu Yin
Shoufu Yin
Assistant Professor
emailshoufu.yin@ubc.ca
location_onBuTo 1103, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Regional Research Area
AsiaShoufu Yin is a historian of medieval and early modern China with a focus on the transformations between these two periods and interactions between China and Inner Asia in global historical contexts. He is broadly interested in political, institutional, intellectual, and literary cultures, especiall...Read more
Regional Research Area
AsiaThematic Research Area
Empire & Colonialism | Global & International History | Law & Society | Migration, Borderlands, & Transnational History | Politics & the State
Steven Lee
Steven Lee
Undergraduate Chair, Associate Professor
emailstevenhl@mail.ubc.ca
phone604 822 5164
location_onBuTo 1224, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Office Hours
On leave in 2019-2020
Service
Associate Editor, Journal of American-East Asian Relations
Tamara Myers
Tamara Myers
Professor
emailtamara.myers@ubc.ca
phone604 822 4010
location_onBuTo 1219, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
President, Society for the History of Children and Youth, 2019-21. shcy.org
Timothy Cheek
Timothy Cheek
Professor
emailt.cheek@ubc.ca
phone604 822 6206
location_onChoi 371, Choi Building 1855 West Mall Room 371, V6T1Z2 Vancouver , BC Canada
Regional Research Area
AsiaRegional Research Area
Asia
Tina Loo
Tina Loo
Professor
emailtina.loo@ubc.ca
phone604 822 5173
location_onBuTo 1124, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Regional Research Area
CanadaRegional Research Area
Canada
William French
William French
Associate Head, Associate Professor
emailwfrench@mail.ubc.ca
location_onBuTo 1123, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Regional Research Area
Latin AmericaOffice Hours:
Tuesday: 14:00-15:00
Regional Research Area
Latin AmericaThematic Research Area
Gender, Sexuality, & the BodySessional Faculty
Amaan Merali
Amaan Merali
Sessional Instructor
emailamaan.merali@ubc.ca
location_onBuTo 1114, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
I am a historian of the Middle East with additional expertise in the Ottoman Empire and Islamic studies.
Thematic Research Area
Empire & Colonialism | Global & International History | Law & Society | Religion
Clement Tong
Clement Tong
Sessional Lecturer
emailclement.tong@kpu.ca
location_on604-1871 West Mall, Vancouver , BC, V6T1Z2, Canada
Regional Research Area
AsiaDr. Clement Tong is an assistant professor of biblical studies and the coordinator of the Global Mandarin Program at the ACTS Seminaries (TWU). He is also a History and Asian Studies lecturer at the Kwantlen Polytechnic University, and a sessional lecturer at the University of British Columbia. Havi...Read more
Regional Research Area
Asia
Colin Grittner
Colin Grittner
Sessional Lecturer
emailcgrittne@mail.ubc.ca
location_onBuTo 1235, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Regional Research Area
CanadaRegional Research Area
Canada
David Borys
David Borys
Sessional Lecturer
emaildavid.borys@ubc.ca
location_onBuTo 1295, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Regional Research Area
CanadaDavid Borys is a Canadianist who specializes in Canadian Military History specifically examining the changing nature that warfare has wrought on Canadian society. His most recent book titled Civilians at the Sharp End examines the relationship between the soldiers of First Canadian Army and the civi...Read more
Regional Research Area
Canada
Jay Eidelman
Jay Eidelman
Sessional Lecturer
emailjay.eidelman@ubc.ca
location_onBuTo 1297, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Josh Timmermann
Josh Timmermann
Sessional Lecturer
emailjoshtimm@mail.ubc.ca
location_onBuchanan Tower, room 1210
Regional Research Area
EuropeI am an historian of Late Antiquity and early medieval Europe, in particular the Carolingian era (ca. 751–888 C.E.) and with emphases on intellectual, cultural, and reception history. My forthcoming book is concerned with perceptions and applications of the texts, ideas, and famous writers of the ...Read more
Regional Research Area
Europe
Lara Silver
Lara Silver
Sessional Lecturer
emaillsilver@mail.ubc.ca
location_onBuTo 1108, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
I joined the Department of History in September 2007 and deliver lectures in Canadian-American relations, international relations of the twentieth century, American history, and postwar British history. I have also held lecturing positions at Canterbury Christ Church University and at the University...Read more
Sarah Basham
Sarah Basham
Sessional Lecturer
emailsarah.basham@ubc.ca
location_onC.K. Choi Building, Room 275
Regional Research Area
AsiaRegional Research Area
AsiaThematic Research Area
Science, Technology, & MedicineAdjunct Faculty
Cordelia Hess
Cordelia Hess
Honorary Visiting Professor (to 1 September 2023)
emailcordelia.hess@ubc.ca
phone604-822-5192
location_onBuTo 1117
David Eltis
David Eltis
Adjunct Professor
emaildeltis@emory.edu
phone404 727 2184
location_onBuTo 1297, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Julian Weideman
Julian Weideman
Associate Member
emailjulianw@mail.ubc.ca
Regional Research Area
Africa & the Middle EastI study modern North Africa and the Middle East with a focus on universities, political economy, Islamic thought, and colonialism. My work mainly draws on sources from the Tunisian National Archives. At UBC, I am a postdoctoral fellow with the Database of Religious History.
Regional Research Area
Africa & the Middle EastThematic Research Area
Empire & Colonialism | Gender, Sexuality, & the Body | Global & International History | Law & Society | Politics & the State | Public History | Race, Ethnicity, & Nationalism | Religion
Nataliia Ivchyk
Regional Research Area
EuropePostdoctoral Fellows
Michael Rom
Michael Rom
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
emailmichael.rom@ubc.ca
location_onBuTo 1113, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Regional Research Area
Latin AmericaMy research examines the relationship between politics, ethnicity, and belonging in Brazil. I am currently writing a book entitled "Brazilian Belonging: Jewish Politics in Cold War Latin America."
Regional Research Area
Latin AmericaThematic Research Area
Global & International History | Migration, Borderlands, & Transnational History | Politics & the State | Race, Ethnicity, & Nationalism | ReligionAdministrative Faculty
Bonnie Effros
emailbonnie.effros@ubc.ca
Bonnie Effros is Professor and Head of the History Department at UBC. Prior to this, she was Professor of European History and the Chaddock Chair in Economic and Social History at the University of Liverpool (2017-2021). Her research and teaching address a number of chronological and thematic fields...Read more
Thematic Research Area
Empire & Colonialism | Gender, Sexuality, & the Body | Race, Ethnicity, & Nationalism | Religion
Bradley Miller
Bradley Miller
Honours Chair, Associate Professor
emailbrmiller@mail.ubc.ca
phone604 822 6307
location_onBuTo 1118, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Regional Research Area
CanadaI teach courses on Canadian history, legal history, and the history of crime and criminal justice. I am also a core faculty member of the Law and Society Minor Programme. I welcome inquiries from prospective MA and PhD students.
Regional Research Area
CanadaThematic Research Area
Empire & Colonialism | Global & International History | Law & Society | Migration, Borderlands, & Transnational History | Politics & the State
Michael Lanthier
Michael Lanthier
Undergraduate Advisor, Lecturer, IR Co-Chair
emailmlanthie@mail.ubc.ca
location_onBuTo 1106, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Majors Advisor
Office Hours:
December 2019:
-Tuesday, Dec. 3rd: 13:00-14:30
-Friday, Dec. 6th: 13:00-14:30
-Tuesday, Dec. 10th: 13:00-14:30
-Wednesday, Dec. 11th: 13:00-14:30
-Friday, Dec. 13th: 13:00-14:30
Paige Raibmon
emailpraibmon@mail.ubc.ca
location_onBuTo 1220, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Regional Research Area
CanadaMy research engages a range of questions united by my preoccupation with Indigenous peoples' endurance and resurgence in the face of settler colonialism's historical workings and on-going implications.
Regional Research Area
CanadaThematic Research Area
Empire & Colonialism | Gender, Sexuality, & the Body | Indigenous History | Locality & Community | Public History | Race, Ethnicity, & Nationalism
Steven Lee
Steven Lee
Undergraduate Chair, Associate Professor
emailstevenhl@mail.ubc.ca
phone604 822 5164
location_onBuTo 1224, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Office Hours
On leave in 2019-2020
Service
Associate Editor, Journal of American-East Asian Relations
William French
William French
Associate Head, Associate Professor
emailwfrench@mail.ubc.ca
location_onBuTo 1123, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Regional Research Area
Latin AmericaOffice Hours:
Tuesday: 14:00-15:00
Regional Research Area
Latin AmericaThematic Research Area
Gender, Sexuality, & the Body