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News        Meeting for prospective History Majors, Minors, & Honours students  
        Courses Announced for the Summer of 2017  
        Congratulations to Leslie Paris, recipient of a 2017 National Endowment for the Humanities  
        History Undergrad Chad Bush honoured by Governor General as Academic All-Canadian  

  
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Upcoming Events        Imagine Day  
09/05/2017 - 08:30 to 17:00

  
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      Everything you need to know to both apply to and graduate through the UBC History Programs:
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Twitter                  @UBC_History          2017-7-18  
        RT @RBlakeBrown: Fascinating paper by Bradley Miller of @UBC_History on marriage and transnational law at https://t.co/lrhho0UyDW https://t.co/oCpLO7o4nX  
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                  @UBC_History          2017-7-16  
        RT @SJFinlay: Jennifer Berdahl's Blog: The "Crazy/Bitch" Narrative About Senior Academic Women https://t.co/bSxTfUFmk3  
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                  @UBC_History          2017-7-14  
        Cambridge Analytica, Trump, and the new old fear of manipulating the masses @HeidiTworek https://t.co/7A7cUz68hP via @NiemanLab  
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                  @UBC_History          2017-7-13  
        Danny Vickers remembered on WBUR Boston Public Radio https://t.co/0CqI7wkw69  
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                  @UBC_History          2017-7-13  
        RT @HeidiTworek: New bibliography on the environment @UN_History! Put together by the talented @mudpumpkin #twitterstorians https://t.co/Mh8nMWRY9Z  
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                  @UBC_History          2017-7-13  
        RT @HeidiTworek: New on UN History Project! Jocelyn Olcott on feminist fights at the 1975 International Women's Year conference… https://t.co/kamBpWqRz9  
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                  @UBC_History          2017-7-13  
        RT @ubcHKStudies: [Exhibition] 2017 Hong Kong Painting and Photo Exhibition | Hong Kong Studies Initiative https://t.co/ardj6Std8Q  
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                  @UBC_History          2017-7-10  
        RT @lienhart85: The Racial segregation of American cities was anything but accidental https://t.co/9s2Rhx4Nca https://t.co/Vrwyw2vXLw  
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                  @UBC_History          2017-7-10  
        Dexter's new books interview with author of Wiring the World, on telegraph https://t.co/h1uWwpkODi  
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                  @UBC_History          2017-7-10  
        RT @HeidiTworek: New on my international history syllabus for 2017-18: great @adamtooze essay on 1917 https://t.co/EE0RgnTMYT  
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                  @UBC_History          2017-7-5  
        RT @UA_magazine: ICYMI: Why the undergraduate years should include a research experience https://t.co/1FcfqTTRmA  
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                  @UBC_History          2017-7-4  
        RT @ubcnews: Henry Yu says immigrants from Hong Kong settled in Vancouver and helped make the city what it is today… https://t.co/RFG8QxVrv3  
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Positions        University of British Columbia, History Instructor I (tenure track)  
The Department of History at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver campus invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Instructor whose scholarship concerns war, conflict, or mass violence in non-Western contexts. This position offers opportunities to pursue a career in teaching and educational leadership at the university level, with engagement in innovative curriculum design and pedagogy in a collaborative teaching and learning community.
Equity updates        Equity Committee Update #1  
        2015-10-15  
        Equity Committee Update #2  
        2015-11-12  
        Equity Committee Update #3  
        2015-12-3  
        Equity Committee Update #4  
        2015-12-21  
        Equity Committee Update #5  
        2016-5-19  

      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.
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      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.
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      In Press    
      
              
          P.  Krause, “"Iron and Steel Industry," "Andrew Carnegie," and "Homestead Lockout"”, in The Oxford Companion to United States History, P.  Boyer and al, et New York: Oxford University Press, In Press.    

      Recent Faculty Publications    
      
              
          B.  Miller, Borderline Crime: Fugitive Criminals and the Challenge of the Border, 1819-1915. Toronto: University of Toronto Press and the Osgoode Society, 2016.    

      Recent Student Publications    
      
              
          K.  Kolpashnikova, Galway, M., and Sudoh, O., “The Role of Social Capital in the Transformation of Cultural Values and Practices: A Case Study on the Chinese Community in Taiwan”, Review of Religion and Chinese Society, vol. 3, pp. 51-80, 2016.    