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Paige Raibmon talks about her SSHRC funded project and the resultant book-length narrative and online database -
Tim Brook elected to the Royal Society of Canada -
Tina Loo awarded the Brenda and David McLean Chair in Canadian Studies
History of China at UBC
The Department of History offers a complete set of courses on China for undergraduates and provides graduate students with training in fields from the Ming dynasty to the Republic congruent with the expertise of its faculty. Please browse through this History Department sub-site and learn more about our research and teaching programs.
Careers for Historians
Welcome to Careers for Historians. This is a resource for history students to explore career options. It’s for those who are considering pursuing studies in history, for those who already have a history degree (undergraduate or graduate) and are wondering about what career paths exist, and for faculty members to refine how they advise their students.
For complete details about the internship program, please see History Department Research Internship Program.
In Press
, “"Iron and Steel Industry," "Andrew Carnegie," and "Homestead Lockout"”, in The Oxford Companion to United States History, New York: Oxford University Press, In Press. Recent Faculty Publications
, “Cultural Cross-Dressing: Posing and Performance in Orientalist Portraiture”, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 281-298, 2012. Recent Student Publications
, “Peru's Amazonian Imaginary: Marginality, Territory and National Integration”, in Environment and Citizenship in Latin America: Nature, Subjects and Struggle, 2012.