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Paige Raibmon talks about her SSHRC funded project and the resultant book-length narrative and online database -
Tina Loo awarded the Brenda and David McLean Chair in Canadian Studies -
Tim Brook elected to the Royal Society of Canada
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.
| Title | Date |
|---|---|
| History Colloquium - Evelynn Hammonds, "The Concept of 'Race' and/in the History of Science and Medicine" | Thu, 02/27/2014 - 12:30 |
| History Colloquium - Arif Dirlik, "Global Modernity and the Colonial" | Thu, 03/06/2014 - 12:30 |
| History Colloquium - Paul Otto, "The Economy of Wampum" | Thu, 03/20/2014 - 12:30 |
| History Colloquium - Kristian Petersen, "The Reconstruction of Islamic Discourses in China: An Inquiry into Scripture, Language, and Pilgrimage" | Tue, 03/25/2014 - 12:30 |
| Dr. Renisa Mawani, "'Rule Britannia! Rule the Waves': The World of the Ship and the Quest for Global Time" | Wed, 03/26/2014 - 17:00 |
| History Colloquium - Bryna Goodman, "The Alchemy of Translation: Economics and Stock Exchanges in Early 20th-Century China" | Tue, 04/01/2014 - 12:30 |
For complete details about the internship program, please see History Department Research Internship Program.
In Press
, Indigenous London: Native Travellers at the Heart of Empire. Yale University Press, 2016. Recent Faculty Publications
, “Dogs and the making of the American state: voluntary association, state power, and the politics of animal control in New York City, 1850–1920”, Journal of American History (Bloomington, Ind.), vol. 98, pp. 998-1024, 2012. Recent Student Publications
, “'Panic Park': Environmental Protest and the Politics of Parks in British Columbia's Skagit Valley”, BC Studies, p. 67, 2011.