HIST-333A-2021W-101
A History of History This course, designed for all third-year History honours students, will introduce them to the evolving nature of historical scholarship and to various genres and uses of history. We will explore for this purpose a series of studies, some classic and others more recent, that provide models and illustrate different approaches to […]
HIST-357-2021W-101
Examines themes in the last five hundred years of Mexican history, with an emphasis on the critical reading of primary sources and the use of a variety of texts that may include letters, diaries, paintings, photographs, novels, and movies.
HIST-403A-2021W-101
The Origins of the First World War World War I is still usually thought of as one of the great turning points of world history: according to the traditional narrative, the conflict marked the bloody, brutal birth of the twentieth century, ushering in an era of dictatorship and total war. Not surprisingly, then, the war […]
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 […]
HIST-433-2021W-001
Manifesting History: Narrative, Research, Memory This course, which is mandatory for all fourth-year Honours students, has two primary objectives. The first is to introduce students to some fundamental issues of historical theory and practice. We shall examine not only how people remember, forget, and restructure the past as an ongoing part of the construction of […]
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 […]
Highlighting Undergraduate Work at the UBC Journal of Historical Studies
“Sometimes, we forget just how much undergraduate students work to produce original content in their research papers!” Since 2004, the UBC Journal of Historical Studies, formerly known as the Atlas, has been publishing the best historical work by UBC’s undergrads. This year, the JHS received 63 submissions covering a wide range of historical topics, […]
Memorial Scholarship Created in Honour of History Professor Robert McDonald
Awards totalling $3,150 have been made available through an endowment established by friends, family, former students, and colleagues in memory of Robert A. J. McDonald (1944-2019), for outstanding graduate students in the Department of History specializing in the history of British Columbia. Dr. McDonald (B.A., M.A., Ph.D. 1977) grew up in Brandon, Manitoba, and relocated […]
Dr Coll Thrush awarded Killam Teaching Prize
The UBC History Department is pleased to announce that Dr Coll Thrush is the recipient of the Killam Teaching Prize for the 2020-2021 academic year! Dr. Thrush has inspired and mentored undergraduate and graduate students at UBC since 2005. The Killam Teaching Prize is awarded annually to faculty members who are nominated by alumni, students, and […]
10th Annual Burge Lecture – Guest lecturer Dr. Sunil Amrith
The UBC Department of History is pleased to invite you to this year’s Annual Burge Lecture, “Migration and the Environment: A View from the Indian Ocean World” with Dr. Sunil Amrith, Professor of History at Yale University. Organized by the UBC History Graduate Student Association, the Burge Lecture is an annual endowed lecture made possible by […]