Colin Green
Dr. Green joined the History department in 2002 and has been lecturing in Chinese, Japanese, and Military history for 17 years, Dr. Green’s current research focuses on the role of the military and militarization in modern China.
George Egerton
Professor George W. Egerton (1942-2025) was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He received his PhD in History from the University of Minnesota. After teaching for two years at Memorial University in St. John’s, Newfoundland, in 1972 he accepted an appointment in the Department of History at the University of British Columbia and remained there until his […]
Mack Eastman
Mack was an accomplished author whose research interests focused on Canada, Europe and the history of work.
Bogdan Czaykowski
CZAYKOWSKI Bogdan Edward. On August 16, 2007, after an 8-month struggle with lung cancer, Bogdan Czaykowski passed away peacefully in Vancouver at the age of 75. He is survived by his loving wife of 47 years, Jadwiga (nee Januszajtis), by his daughter Ewa (Iain Higgins), and by his son Piotr (Anne Worley). He liked to spoil his grandchildren, Stefan, Nicholas and Helena. Bogdan was born in 1932 in what was then Eastern Poland.
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.
János Bak
János Bak was born in Budapest in 1929 and lived there until he left Hungary after the Hungarian uprising of 1956. He received his PhD at the University of Göttingen in Germany and after a few years moved briefly to the United and then to Canada to begin his career at UBC in 1968. His research interests included rituals of […]
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.
In memory of Robert AJ (Bob) McDonald
Robert AJ (Bob) McDonald April 5th, 1944 – June 19th, 2019 Devoted brother, uncle, friend, colleague, mentor, and teacher, Bob passed away after a stroke. He is survived by his loving sister Linda (Lloyd) Lovatt, brother Ray (Kathy) McDonald, nieces Heather (Jason), Holly (Wedi), and Margie (Nathan), and nephew Rob. He utterly delighted in his […]
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 […]
Alumni Interview: Katie Taylor (Law Student)
We interviewed Katie Taylor, third-year law student at the Peter Allard School of Law, on her experience as a UBC History major and how her degree has informed her career after graduation.