Events
The Nest: Free film screening and filmmaker conversation
Nov 5, 2025 | UBC, the NFB, and Doc Northwest present a free screening of Julietta Singh and Chase Joynt’s acclaimed documentary The Nest, voted a Top 20 Audience film at the 2025 Hot Docs International Film Festival, and by a talk with Julietta Singh hosted by Dylan Robinson, Professor and Arts Associate Dean Equity.
Nov 5, 2025 | UBC, the NFB, and Doc Northwest present a free screening of Julietta Singh and Chase Joynt’s acclaimed documentary The Nest, voted a Top 20 Audience film at the 2025 Hot Docs International Film Festival, and by a talk with Julietta Singh hosted by Dylan Robinson, Professor and Arts Associate Dean Equity.
Long Live Kings
Nov 16, 2025 | A celebration of the power of Drag King creativity and worldmaking, this event features SKIM, an interdisciplinary artist, drag performer and director of Long Live Kings, a web series created by and starring the Drag Kings of so-called Vancouver, BC exploring drag, gender, acts of play, and queer community.
Nov 16, 2025 | A celebration of the power of Drag King creativity and worldmaking, this event features SKIM, an interdisciplinary artist, drag performer and director of Long Live Kings, a web series created by and starring the Drag Kings of so-called Vancouver, BC exploring drag, gender, acts of play, and queer community.
Navigating Image Archives: Graduate Research Showcase
Dec 8, 2025 | This symposium invites graduate research in archival images in the humanities and sciences. Image archives may include institutional or community holdings, researchers’ and makers’ collections, digital image aggregations or networks. This event will feature seven-minute lightning talks and opportunities to meet other students and faculty engaged with image research across campus.
Dec 8, 2025 | This symposium invites graduate research in archival images in the humanities and sciences. Image archives may include institutional or community holdings, researchers’ and makers’ collections, digital image aggregations or networks. This event will feature seven-minute lightning talks and opportunities to meet other students and faculty engaged with image research across campus.
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Announcements
New Scholar Spotlight Story – Dr. Mary Liston
Dr. Mary Liston, Associate Professor at Allard Law and Public Humanities Hub Advisory Board Member, talks about her work in administrative law, reimagining legal accountability and justice in Canada, and how to engage diverse publics in meaningful dialogue about law and society.
Dr. Mary Liston, Associate Professor at Allard Law and Public Humanities Hub Advisory Board Member, talks about her work in administrative law, reimagining legal accountability and justice in Canada, and how to engage diverse publics in meaningful dialogue about law and society.
Welcoming Prof. Althea Thauberger as incoming Academic Director of the Public Humanities Hub
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 […]
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 […]
New Scholar Spotlight Story – Dr. Bernard Perley
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. 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.
New Scholar Spotlight Story – Dr. Kavita Philip
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.
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.
Statement of Solidarity
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 […]
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 […]
Remembering Dr. Y-Dang Troeung
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, […]
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, […]
