Religion and Sexuality in Modern Britain (Bibliography by Joy Dixon)
This page contains an ongoing and frequently updated bibliography of work in the field. Any inquiries related to this page can be directed to Joy Dixon. General Avery, Todd. “‘This Intricate Commerce of Souls’: The Origins and Some Early Expressions of Lytton Strachey’s Ethics.” Journal of the History of Sexuality 13, no. 2 (Apr. 2004): 183-207. Bernstein, […]
Honours Thesis
All History Honours students are required to complete a thesis in their final year in the program. The thesis is a substantial piece of historical research, and it is the main challenge, as well as the main reward, of their Honours journey. Students are encouraged to choose a topic/area in which they have developed a […]
PhD Program
The PhD program in the Department of History is designed to take five years to complete. It requires full-time academic residency until the attainment of candidacy. PhD Program Overview Students in the PhD program complete their coursework in their first year; take their comprehensive exams, defend their prospectus, and advance to candidacy in their second […]
MA Program
The Master’s (MA) program in the Department of History is a 24-month program and requires full-time residential study. The history master’s program includes regional and thematic courses, methods and historiography, and a research seminar, culminating in the writing of thesis. Program Requirements – MA Degree Conference Travel Funding Graduate students are now eligible to […]
Jim Winter
James H. Winter was born on 24 October 1925. He pursued his undergraduate degree at Dartmouth College, and completed his MA and PhD at Harvard University in 1961. He first joined UBC History in 1961, and served the academic community here for 30 years. He was the recipient of the UBC Teaching Prize in 1991 […]
Ed Wickberg
Prof. Wickberg taught Modern Chinese History at UBC between 1969 and his retirement in 1992, and achieved an international reputation as a leading scholar of the global Chinese diaspora, but his lasting impact went well beyond his research on the Chinese in the Philippines and in Canada.
Allen Sinel
Allen Sinel, who served the UBC Department of History for more than 50 years as a gifted teacher and scholar, a wise administrator, and an engaged and engaging mentor and raconteur, died at peace on January 29 at Vancouver General Hospital.
Walter Noble Sage
Born in London, Ontario, in 1888, Walter Sage was educated in both Canadian and English schools, and received his degrees from Oxford University and the University of Toronto. He lectured at Calgary College and at Queen’s University, and, at the age of thirty started his long association with the University of British Columbia, where for the last twenty years of his teaching career (1933-1953) he was Head of the Department of History
Ted Hill
Leonidas (“Ted”) Hill (1934-2012) taught in the Department of History for 34 years, and was a passionate advocate of public education, as well as the author of numerous scholarly articles, the editor of four books, and a regular speaker at the UBC Symposia on the Holocaust.
Mack Eastman
Mack was an accomplished author whose research interests focused on Canada, Europe and the history of work.