Hong Kong Studies Seminar- Evolution of Hong Kong’s Democracy Movement
The democracy movement in Hong Kong in the last four decades has been shaped by three main factors: attitude towards China, attitude towards the establishment, and class. While the movement has been marked by cycles of mobilization and demobilization, the end of the 2014 Umbrella Movement has brought new challenges. Advocates for democracy have found […]
Stephen Straker Memorial Lecture: “Big Pharma’s Invisible Hands”
Part of the Science & Technology Studies Colloquium The themes for this talk are drawn from Professor Sismondo’s recent book, Ghost-Managed Medicine, about the regimes of knowledge and power in the modern medicine. Here’s a portion of the description of the book: “Most agents for drug companies aim to tell the truth, but the truths they tell […]
PhD Student, Josh Timmermann, wins the first annual History Department Teaching Assistant Award
Josh Timmermann, History PhD student, was awarded the first annual History Department Teaching Assistant Award. This award recognizes exceptional achievement in tutorial facilitation, assignment marking, and course management. In celebration of his excellent work over the past years, Josh describes his role as a teacher assistant and his historical path and research with a short […]
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.