Pandemics and History – a roundtable on COVID-19 and its historical connections
“I feel that it’s a moment when all of history is kind of rising up and being revealed before us, and we’re provoked to think about a million different questions.” – Robert Brain. How has history been impacted by pandemics? How do we understand pandemics, and how do we study them? How do historians interact […]
Prof. Ivan Avakumovic, noted historian of 20th-century political movements, dies at 86
The Department of History records with sorrow the recent death of Professor Emeritus Ivan Avakumovic, a noted historian of twentieth-century political movements and a memorable teacher of modern international history. Professor Avakumovic died in Vancouver on July 16, 2013 at the age of 86. Ivan Avakumovic was born in what was then the Kingdom of Yugoslavia […]
BC Studies – Student Podcasts Coordinator
Deadline for applications: April 23 BC Studies: The British Columbian Quarterly (www.bcstudies.com) invites applications from History majors, honours, and graduate students for the temporary, part-time position of Student Podcasts Coordinator. BC Studies is creating an innovative opportunity for scholars to submit scholarly work in the form of a single podcast episode. These episodes would be subject to peer review […]
BC Studies – Student Podcasts Coordinator
Deadline for applications: April 23 Hourly salary: $20.00 BC Studies: The British Columbian Quarterly (www.bcstudies.com) invites applications from History majors, honours, and graduate students for the temporary, part-time position of Student Podcasts Coordinator. About the position: BC Studies is creating an innovative opportunity for scholars to submit scholarly work in the form of a single podcast episode. These episodes […]
Book Launch: Tina Loo’s Moved by the State
The Canadian Studies Program at UBC and UBC Press invite you to join us in a celebration of Tina Loo’s book Moved by the State: Forced Relocation and Making a Good Life in Postwar Canada, a Brenda and David McLean Canadian Studies series publication. “Tina Loo is a masterful scholar and in Moved by the State she offers a completely new interpretation of resettlements […]
“Where Russia was “Ahead” of Europe: Russia’s State Colonialism in Comparative Perspective
This paper addresses an unusual knot of Russian historiography: was Russia a colonial empire and if so, why did the authorities consistently refuse to identify the empire as such? By examining the Russian empire in the broad comparative perspective of both European and Asian empires, the argument will show that in its Asian territories Russia […]
Eight UBC History Books Launched in 2019
2019 was a record year for book launches in the Department of History. Congratulations to our faculty for such a productive year! For more information on the eight books and their authors, please review the list below: Heidi Tworek: “News from Germany: The Competition to Control World Communications, 1900 – 1945” (Harvard University […]
Published Books and Monographs
Our faculty members are award-winning researchers and authors. Below are some recent publications from the Department of History.
‘What’s Love Got To Do With It?’ Jewish War Brides and North American Soldier Husbands after the Second World War
Professor Judd will discuss her current research, focusing on the significant number of Jewish European women, mostly Holocaust survivors, who married American, Canadian and British soldiers whom they met in Europe between 1943 and 1950.
Writing Centre
The History Writing Centre is an online resource available to any undergraduate or graduate students enrolled in a history course at UBC who would like help with their writing. Research and writing are the most important skills that students develop during their university careers. The Writing Centre offers guidelines and tips for all aspects of […]