Events

Sep 10, 2025 | The Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice Noted Scholars Series (co-sponsored by Queer and Trans Anti-Fascisms research cluster) presents: “Palestine, Psychic Warfare, Debility: Lara Sheehi in Conversation with Jasbir Puar”. Dr. Lara Sheehi is a clinical psychologist and a Research Fellow at the University of South Africa’s Institute for […]

Sep 18, 2025 | This lecture and book discussion is part of the UBC Department of Geography’s Atmospheric Apparitions Symposium presented with the Liu Lobby Gallery at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs on September 18-19 2025. It is free and open to the public. We encourage you to visit the departmental Atmospheric […]
Oct 1, 2025 | The Queer and Trans Salon is a new gathering space dedicated to showcasing emerging research and writing from queer and trans scholars and students at UBC and across Vancouver. Meeting twice each semester, the salon offers an intimate and intellectually vibrant setting for sharing work-in-progress. The format for presentations ranges and […]
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The Queer & Trans Salon is a new gathering space dedicated to showcasing emerging research and writing from queer and trans scholars and students at UBC and across Vancouver. Meeting twice each semester, the salon offers an intimate and intellectually vibrant setting for sharing work-in-progress. The format for presentations ranges and can include experimental forms […]

Dean of Arts Clare Crowston has announced the appointment of Professor Althea Thauberger as Academic Director of the Public Humanities Hub from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2027. Professor Althea Thauberger is a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Art History, Visual Art, and Theory. Prior to joining UBC in 2018, Professor Thauberger […]

Dr. Bernard Perley, Director and Professor in Critical Indigenous Studies and Public Humanities Hub Advisory Board Member, talks about his work in language revitalization, experiential pedagogy, and the crucial role art plays in both scholarship and activism.

Dr. Kavita Philip, Professor of English and Public Humanities Hub Advisory Board Member, sits at the epicentre of multiple networks, fostering interdisciplinary research within and beyond the academy. In this Scholar Spotlight, she talks about what it means to speak to a rapidly shifting global public, and finding spaces that allow for experimentation and collaboration.

Oct 19, 2023 | UBC Faculty of Arts Statement of Solidarity | Dear Arts community, In recent days, we have been devastated by the outbreak and escalation of violence and the ongoing suffering and loss among Israeli and Palestinian peoples. The current situation is part of a long history that has deeply affected, and continues […]

The Public Humanities Hub would like to offer its sincere condolences to Chris Patterson (GRSJ), former Hub Advisory Board Member, on the death of his life-partner, UBC-Vancouver Humanities scholar Y-Dang Troeung, on November 27th, 2022 after a year-long battle with cancer. Those of you who knew her know that Y-Dang was a model colleague: generous, […]