Undergraduate Advising
Students in a history program are encouraged to speak with the History advisor if they have questions or concerns about their degree and course requirements. History Advising Students who wish to major in history must see the history advisor. Before meeting with the advisor, please fill out the advising form and bring a copy of […]
Opportunities
Diversify your studies and learn what you can do with a history degree. Get involved in the many exciting opportunities the Department of History has to offer.
BA History Program
Study the moments that matter with our award-winning faculty. BA in History Historians study the way in which human communities and their members have behaved, how they have constituted themselves, how they have conducted and sustained their lives, and how they have thought about their condition and the traditions to which they have given their […]
About
Ranking as one of the top history departments in the world, the Department of History at UBC is a vibrant centre for scholarship. Our professors are dedicated teachers and award-winning researchers who cover a wide range of themes and regions of the world. The History Department offers both major and minor degree programs for undergraduate […]
Research
UBC History’s faculty and students ask profound questions of more than a thousand years of our collective, infinitely diverse past. We research global migration, media technologies, the history of emotions, the diffusion of religious cultures, the many forms of colonialism. We study histories of legal systems, urban planning, global health, sexual identities, and parenting. Our […]
Graduate
UBC’s Department of History offers two graduate degree programs: a Master of Arts (MA) and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). Working closely with faculty supervisors, our graduate students engage with cutting-edge scholarship and produce their own path-breaking research.
Undergraduate
Know the World. Study History. Students in the Department of History study every part of the human past: from Medieval Europe to Twenty-First Century Hong Kong. They explore a wide range of themes, from the history of colonialism to the history of human rights. Through our history undergraduate programs, students gain strong communication and analytical […]
Bill Wray
Bill’s research interests included Japanese business and industrial history, as well as Japanese politics in the 1930s.
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.
Daniel Vickers
Daniel’s research interests included early America, the social history of seafaring, and work and economic culture.