John Conway
John Conway (1929-2017) was born in London, England, and took all his studies at St John’s College Cambridge. He emigrated to Canada in 1955 and taught International Relations for two years at the University of Manitoba. In 1957 he joined the Department of History at UBC, and continued teaching Modern European History and International Relations until 1995.
Ivan Avakumovic
Linked by his Serbian background to the complicated history of Balkan Europe, in touch through an enviable command of languages with the politics of France and Russia, and with deep roots in the Atlantic world thanks to his education at Rugby School and the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, Ivan Avakumovic brought the varied perspectives these affiliations gave him to a long career of scholarship and teaching at the Universities of Aberdeen, Manitoba, and British Columbia.
UBC History Faculty contribute their voices to the 30th Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre
On June 4th 2019, world media acknowledged the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing, China. Three UBC History China scholars have been in the news commenting on the 1989 crackdown against student protesters and its lasting legacy. Emeritus Professor Diana Lary recalled her harrowing first-hand experience of the Tiananmen Square massacre in an article for […]
Tristan Grunow and the Meiji at 150 Digital Teaching Resource
The Meiji at 150 Digital Teaching Resource (DTR) has just been launched!Curated and edited by History’s own Tristan Grunow and the Asian Library’s Japanese language librarian Naoko Kato, the Meiji at 150 Digital Teaching Resource presents new research and digital materials on modern Japanese history in a free, public format designed for easy adoption in the classroom. The DTR is […]
Spotlight on Faculty- Arlene Sindelar
“History has made my world so much bigger than I could imagine.” We honour Arlene Sindelar’s upcoming retirement with a look back on her life and career- 17 years in the UBC History Department She also offers her thoughts on history, her life outside of UBC and some advice for students in a short Q&A […]
Alice Christensen (UBC) : Indoor Heating and Experiments in Narration around 1900
Description Part of the Science & Technology Studies Colloquium About the Presenter Alice Christensen (UBC)
Public History Project- The Wildest Night in Vancouver Digital Resource & Podcast
Over three nights in early September of 1907, as many as 500 white “rowdies” rallied by the Asiatic Exclusion League vandalized dozens of Asian-owned stores in Vancouver’s largely Chinese and Japanese downtown eastside, breaking windows, causing tens of thousands of dollars of damage, and fatally wounding one Japanese-Canadian person in the process. Further damage and […]
The Canadian Historical Association Meeting, June 3rd – 5th 2019 at UBC
The Canadian Historical Association Meeting at Congress The Canadian Historical Association Annual Meeting is taking place during Congress at UBC between June 3rd and 5th. This is an exciting event for the UBC History community since it will attract 400 participants from universities across Canada and the world and offers an interesting program with 143 events […]
Hokkaidō 150: Settler Colonialism and Indigeneity in Modern Japan and Beyond – March 14-15 2019
Coming off the sesquicentennial of the Meiji Restoration in 2018, the History Department partnered with the Centre for Japanese Research and units across campus to mark the 150th anniversary of the Japanese settler colonization of Hokkaidō with a workshop entitled, “Hokkaidō 150: Settler Colonialism and Indigeneity in Modern Japan and Beyond” on March 14-15, 2019. […]
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