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UBC History Colloquium | Decolonizing Teaching, Indigenizing Learning, and Reconciling with Truth in the Classroom

UBC History Colloquium | Decolonizing Teaching, Indigenizing Learning, and Reconciling with Truth in the Classroom

The UBC Department of History Colloquium Series brings together scholars who are exploring important methodological, chronological, or geographical issues that challenge the frontiers of our discipline and contribute strongly to our collective discussions. As part of the 2023/2024 Colloquium series, we are pleased to invite you to a talk by Dr. Shannon Leddy (Associate Professor […]

Melding Technologies: Shipbuilding around the Indian Ocean after the Arrival of European Ships

Melding Technologies: Shipbuilding around the Indian Ocean after the Arrival of European Ships

Richard Unger University of British Columbia Interchange between shipbuilding methods and design long preceded the arrival of European sea-going vessels at the end of the fifteenth centuries.  Malay ships dominated the Indian Ocean though they evolved too following contact with Arab and Chinese practices.  By 1500 the junk was a hybrid of north Chinese trading […]

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Thursday, 21 September Session 1: China and the Indian Ocean Chair: Richard Unger 10:15 AM -11:45 AM     The Western Ocean before the West: The Indian Ocean in the Chinese Geographical Imagination Timothy Brook, University of British Columbia           Acceleration and Assurance: Why the Indian Ocean Shiptracks are the Opposite […]

No time machine, no problem: 2023/2024 UBC History Courses to take you across Time and Space

No time machine, no problem: 2023/2024 UBC History Courses to take you across Time and Space

Whichever pockets of the past piques your interest, UBC History has a course just for you. See a highlight of UBC History courses offered during the 2023/2024 academic year.

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Studying Chinese History at UBC

Studying Chinese History at UBC

The Department of History at the University of British Columbia offers a wealth of opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate students interested in studying the history of China. Our faculty’s strengths range from the earlier empires to the contemporary Sinosphere.   In the future, this website will post our courses, cluster events, and other updates. […]

Nardwuar vs. Courtney Booker or Why Should I Consider Majoring in History?

Nardwuar vs. Courtney Booker or Why Should I Consider Majoring in History?

This article was first published in September, 2011. Nardwuar the Human Serviette is a national treasure, or at least a provincial prize, or at the very least a metropolitan marvel. One thing is for sure – hyperbole is never out of place when describing him. “Exceptional,” “excessive,” and “egregious” are all apt adjectives for his […]

HIST-321A-2021W-101

History Through Images How has photography changed the way that we understand and study past historical events? This course explores how historians might learn to see better, how we might learn to “read” images, and how photographic images change our relationship with the past. During the first weeks of the class, we’ll read debates over […]

HIST-421A-2021W-101

History Through Images How has photography changed the way that we understand and study past historical events? This course explores how historians might learn to see better, how we might learn to “read” images, and how photographic images change our relationship with the past. During the first weeks of the class, we’ll read debates over […]

Interview with Shoufu Yin, Assistant Professor of Chinese History

Interview with Shoufu Yin, Assistant Professor of Chinese History

“I excavate the intellectual worlds of many previously under-represented groups- peasant women who fought in wars, Mongol scribes who processed imperial documents, anonymous typesetters behind the production of books…” Dr. Shoufu Yin will be joining the UBC History Department as Assistant Professor of History this July. With a PhD from UC Berkeley, he specializes in […]