Ziegler Lecture Series: “Spatial Politics with Berlin Black History Month Celebrations”
Join us on February 24 at 4:00 pm for the virtual Ziegler Lecture Series, featuring Tiffany Florvil of the University of New Mexico. Register here via Zoom: https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5EtceGrrD8vE9GRRzlclPVVFVprxIpCjZOA Title: “Spatial Politics with Berlin Black History Month Celebrations” Abstract: From France to the United States, Black diasporic subjects have long engendered spaces for themselves in order to assert their […]
Questions of Inclusion and Belonging: A Q&A with Ben Bryce
Benjamin Bryce is an assistant professor of history at the University of British Columbia. Get to know him (and his research) in our new Q&A! Tell me about your research. What are you currently working on? One thing I am working on right now is a project about immigration restriction in Argentina at the turn of […]
Museum of Vancouver and the Chinese Canadian Museum exhibit symbolizes the Chinese-Canadian struggle for a “seat at the table”
Professor Henry Yu remembers speaking with his writing professor in his office decades ago as an undergraduate student at the University of British Columbia. The professor made an offhand comment that Yu “writes well for an Asian.” When asked today what inspired a new exhibit in Vancouver’s Chinatown that challenges the notion that Chinese-Canadians don’t […]
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 […]
CANCELLED – 10th Annual Burge Lecture – Guest lecturer Dr. Sunil Amrith
Cancelled and will be rescheduled for March/April 2021. Date/Time: Thursday, April 2, 5:30pm-7:30pm Doors 5:00pm, Talk at 5:30pm, reception to follow Venue: Peter Allard Hall (Room: Franklin Lew Forum), 1822 East Mall, Vancouver, BC Canada RSVP HERE: The UBC Department of History is pleased to invite you to this year’s 10th Annual Burge Lecture “Migration […]
Department Policy on Visiting Faculty Members
The Department of History welcomes visiting faculty members who wish to pursue research for a maximum of one year at the University of British Columbia. Anyone interested in applying for visiting status should apply in writing to the Head of the Department (see “Application requirements” below). Because space and other resources are very limited, we […]
“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 […]
Non-Tenured Sessional and Lecturer Positions
Recommended if… you love teaching, first and foremost, and are financially flexible – for example, you can get by through periods in which you may have fewer contracts. Sessional instruction can provide additional income to those who have found other funding sources and have time for part-time teaching. It is an experience-builder for recent post-graduates. […]
Alumni Interview: Emily Dishart (Law Student, focus: Indigenous Law)
The history department at UBC taught me the importance of cultivating relationships with your classmates and professors, as the professors in the history department are among the most approachable and helpful at UBC. I have continued this pattern of familiarizing myself with classmates and professors and I think it has been helpful so far! […]