Scholars @ Work
Launch of the Queer Trans Centre for Radical Praxis
Drs. Ervin Malakaj and Jasbir Puar are launching the new Queer Trans Centre for Radical Praxis, funded by a VPRI Grant for Catalyzing Research Clusters. QTC brings together scholars, artists, students, and community members to foster interdisciplinary and collaborative work in queer and trans studies and praxis.
Drs. Ervin Malakaj and Jasbir Puar are launching the new Queer Trans Centre for Radical Praxis, funded by a VPRI Grant for Catalyzing Research Clusters. QTC brings together scholars, artists, students, and community members to foster interdisciplinary and collaborative work in queer and trans studies and praxis.
Listening to “Voices of a silenced history”
Hear upcoming PHH noted scholar speaker Lilia Topouzova talk on CBC about her project on Bulgarian Gulags and working with survivors.
Hear upcoming PHH noted scholar speaker Lilia Topouzova talk on CBC about her project on Bulgarian Gulags and working with survivors.
Celebrating lesbian identities and gender performance in UBC Library’s newest archival collection
Select items from the Lesbian Collection are on view in the RBSC and University Archives Reading Room through the summer. Learn more about the collection and how it came to be here.
Select items from the Lesbian Collection are on view in the RBSC and University Archives Reading Room through the summer. Learn more about the collection and how it came to be here.
Patterns by Naomi Klein
Join the community of over 50,000 readers of Naomi Klein’s new substack Patterns, where she seeks to build intellectual scaffolding for our age of serial shocks and deliberate discombobulation. Read her first article here!
Join the community of over 50,000 readers of Naomi Klein’s new substack Patterns, where she seeks to build intellectual scaffolding for our age of serial shocks and deliberate discombobulation. Read her first article here!
Indian Summer Festival Tiffin Talk: Grammars of Return
July 12th, 2026 | Join Farheen Haq and Renisa Mawani in a conversation moderated by Jasbir K. Puar, as they explore what grammars of return through language, water, and intergenerational inheritances might look like. Register here!
July 12th, 2026 | Join Farheen Haq and Renisa Mawani in a conversation moderated by Jasbir K. Puar, as they explore what grammars of return through language, water, and intergenerational inheritances might look like. Register here!
Can a river have rights?
Romina Tantaleán-Castañeda (PhD candidate, GRSJ) talks about her partnership with FEMIPA, a federation of Indigenous women in the Peruvian Amazon, their fight for environmental protections, and more.
Romina Tantaleán-Castañeda (PhD candidate, GRSJ) talks about her partnership with FEMIPA, a federation of Indigenous women in the Peruvian Amazon, their fight for environmental protections, and more.
Journeys in Care: Stories From Nurses of Indian Heritage
Dr. Lydia Wytenbroek (UBC Nursing) was the community curator for this exhibit, including interviews and personal narratives shared by nurses, at the Surrey Museum. It will be on until July 19, 2026. Explore the virtual exhibit here!
Dr. Lydia Wytenbroek (UBC Nursing) was the community curator for this exhibit, including interviews and personal narratives shared by nurses, at the Surrey Museum. It will be on until July 19, 2026. Explore the virtual exhibit here!
Heated Rivalry Lecture 2
Join the second lecture in the Heated Rivalry series, on June 24 at 4PM, looking at Asian Canadian Model Minoritization. Register here!
Join the second lecture in the Heated Rivalry series, on June 24 at 4PM, looking at Asian Canadian Model Minoritization. Register here!
Sudan Solidarity Collective
Since 2023, Dr. Nisrin Elamin (Univ. of Toronto) has led the development of Sudan Solidarity Collective with U of T students, which has since raised around $350,000 for mutual aid networks in the face of Sudan’s war. Donate here!
Since 2023, Dr. Nisrin Elamin (Univ. of Toronto) has led the development of Sudan Solidarity Collective with U of T students, which has since raised around $350,000 for mutual aid networks in the face of Sudan’s war. Donate here!
Board games can help build connections and reduce stress
UBC Pop Culture Cluster Director Dr. Biz Njidam discusses how tabletop gaming encourages community-building, and the Cluster’s Critical Play Lab and Fellows Program.
UBC Pop Culture Cluster Director Dr. Biz Njidam discusses how tabletop gaming encourages community-building, and the Cluster’s Critical Play Lab and Fellows Program.
Global History of Anticolonial Thought Cluster hosts their second symposium “(Anti)Colonial Seas”
May 2026, the Global History of Anticolonial Thought Cluster brings together scholars from institutions around the world to discuss global connections across lands and seas.
May 2026, the Global History of Anticolonial Thought Cluster brings together scholars from institutions around the world to discuss global connections across lands and seas.
What it means to “exist at the edges of the Pacific Ocean”
UBC AHVA’s Dr. Camille Georgeson-Usher curates “We who have known tides” at the Vancouver Art Gallery (Nov. 2025–Apr. 2026), which looks at how the ocean has shaped the work of Indigenous artists.
UBC AHVA’s Dr. Camille Georgeson-Usher curates “We who have known tides” at the Vancouver Art Gallery (Nov. 2025–Apr. 2026), which looks at how the ocean has shaped the work of Indigenous artists.
The enigmatic Coast Salish Woolly Dog
UBC PhD candidate Alison Ariss contributes to The Teachings of Mutton: A Coast Salish Woolly Dog (Harbour Publishing, 2025), which tells the story of the now extinct Salish wool dog with perspectives from Musqueam, Squamish, Stó lō, Suquamish, Cowichan, Katzie, Snuneymuxw, and Skokomish weavers, Knowledge Keepers, and Elders.
UBC PhD candidate Alison Ariss contributes to The Teachings of Mutton: A Coast Salish Woolly Dog (Harbour Publishing, 2025), which tells the story of the now extinct Salish wool dog with perspectives from Musqueam, Squamish, Stó lō, Suquamish, Cowichan, Katzie, Snuneymuxw, and Skokomish weavers, Knowledge Keepers, and Elders.
The psychic dimensions of resistance and revolution
On September 10, 2025, Dr. Lara Sheehi and Dr. Jasbir Puar discuss the importance “psychic militancy” within violent systems and logics of settler colonialism and imperialism. Watch the recording of their conversation.
On September 10, 2025, Dr. Lara Sheehi and Dr. Jasbir Puar discuss the importance “psychic militancy” within violent systems and logics of settler colonialism and imperialism. Watch the recording of their conversation.
Meet the Faculty of Arts PhD students decolonizing the future of digital humanities across disciplines
The Adaptive Text Encoding Initiative Network, co-led by Sydney Lines (EL&L; PHH Advisory Board), co-authors a new TEI schema for digital texts to develop antiracist, inclusive text markup practices.
The Adaptive Text Encoding Initiative Network, co-led by Sydney Lines (EL&L; PHH Advisory Board), co-authors a new TEI schema for digital texts to develop antiracist, inclusive text markup practices.
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News & Events
CALL FOR PROPOSALS | New Insights on Migration and Mobilities: Graduate Research Showcase
Deadline: November 1 | The Centre for Migration Studies and PHH invite UBC graduate students from any discipline and at any research stage to submit a proposal for a seven-minute presentation.
Deadline: November 1 | The Centre for Migration Studies and PHH invite UBC graduate students from any discipline and at any research stage to submit a proposal for a seven-minute presentation.
Graphic Theory: on the production of knowledge and culture for Palestine today
October 22, 2026 | Xaytun Ennasr and Jasbir Puar come together to discuss This Death Is Not One, a collaborative project (co-authored with Nasser Abourahme and edited by Adam HajYahia) unfolding across theory, image, translation, land, and the wounded body.
October 22, 2026 | Xaytun Ennasr and Jasbir Puar come together to discuss This Death Is Not One, a collaborative project (co-authored with Nasser Abourahme and edited by Adam HajYahia) unfolding across theory, image, translation, land, and the wounded body.
“Our Ocean is Not a Sacrifice Zone: Deepening Climate Justice Against Extraction”
October 10, 2026 | Dr. Tiara Na'puti will be opening the five-part public lecture series on "Mediatic Empire: Critical Inquiries into Environment, Technology, and Media Cultures."
October 10, 2026 | Dr. Tiara Na'puti will be opening the five-part public lecture series on "Mediatic Empire: Critical Inquiries into Environment, Technology, and Media Cultures."
Research Through Film
October 16, 2026 | In a workshop led by Jessica Hallenbeck, explore how film can be used as a tool for community-engaged research and knowledge mobilization.
October 16, 2026 | In a workshop led by Jessica Hallenbeck, explore how film can be used as a tool for community-engaged research and knowledge mobilization.
The Art of Unsilencing: Research, Testimony, and the Stories We Tell
October 13, 2026 | Drawing on two decades of work on political violence, Lilia Topouzova reflects on an interdisciplinary practice spanning oral history, archival research, documentary film, creative nonfiction, and installation art.
October 13, 2026 | Drawing on two decades of work on political violence, Lilia Topouzova reflects on an interdisciplinary practice spanning oral history, archival research, documentary film, creative nonfiction, and installation art.
Fascism without the West?
September 28, 2026 | Alberto Toscano will explore vital theories of fascism that have emerged outside, and without, the West, and how they might be shaped by changing forms of "Western" imperialism.
September 28, 2026 | Alberto Toscano will explore vital theories of fascism that have emerged outside, and without, the West, and how they might be shaped by changing forms of "Western" imperialism.
AI and Trust Public Event
September 18 | CHAISE will host their evening public event on AI and trust: "Do You Trust AI? Finding the Humanity in Canada’s AI Strategy."
September 18 | CHAISE will host their evening public event on AI and trust: "Do You Trust AI? Finding the Humanity in Canada’s AI Strategy."
Centre for Humanities AI Scholarship and Teaching (CHAISE) Launch Event
September 18, 2026 | The Centre for Humanities AI Scholarship and Teaching is launching its first event, a full day of panels and workshops examining the theme "“AI for All? Humanities and Social Science Perspectives on Trust and Artificial Intelligence."
September 18, 2026 | The Centre for Humanities AI Scholarship and Teaching is launching its first event, a full day of panels and workshops examining the theme "“AI for All? Humanities and Social Science Perspectives on Trust and Artificial Intelligence."
Sex and the War on Terror at 25
September 11, 2026 | The year 2026 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001, and the formal declaration of the War on Terror. This event brings together leading queer and feminist scholars to examine how gender and sexuality function as technologies of governance and securitization, and sites through which terror is produced, rendered legible, and mobilized.
September 11, 2026 | The year 2026 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001, and the formal declaration of the War on Terror. This event brings together leading queer and feminist scholars to examine how gender and sexuality function as technologies of governance and securitization, and sites through which terror is produced, rendered legible, and mobilized.
Wired to Steal: A Neurobehavioral Model of Colonial Aggression from 9/11 to 10/7
September 10, 2026 | Join Dr. Yoav Litvin as he discusses his new book, Wired to Steal: Zionism and the Shaping of the Western Mind, co-written with Professor Ilan Pappe.
September 10, 2026 | Join Dr. Yoav Litvin as he discusses his new book, Wired to Steal: Zionism and the Shaping of the Western Mind, co-written with Professor Ilan Pappe.
TEI 2026: Creating Connections, Unsettling Practices
August 10-14, 2026 | UBC and SFU are co-hosting Text Encoding Initiative 2026, where a diverse group of researchers will learn from each other and train the next generation of scholars in the principles and practices of text encoding. See the schedule here.
August 10-14, 2026 | UBC and SFU are co-hosting Text Encoding Initiative 2026, where a diverse group of researchers will learn from each other and train the next generation of scholars in the principles and practices of text encoding. See the schedule here.
Anti-Ableist Research Cultures: A Research Presentation, Discussion and Zine Workshop
July 29, 2026 | Dr. Antonios Ktenidis will be joining us in conversation with Dr. Nadena Doharty and Terra Poirier to discuss findings and resources from the Wellcome Anti-Ableist Research Cultures (WAARC) project.
July 29, 2026 | Dr. Antonios Ktenidis will be joining us in conversation with Dr. Nadena Doharty and Terra Poirier to discuss findings and resources from the Wellcome Anti-Ableist Research Cultures (WAARC) project.
Appraising AI: A Student-Led Approach to Critical Evaluation
July 22, 2026 | Based on her reflections developing new curriculum around AI use, Kate Greenslade offers actionable recommendations to inspire critical approaches to generative AI and student agency.
July 22, 2026 | Based on her reflections developing new curriculum around AI use, Kate Greenslade offers actionable recommendations to inspire critical approaches to generative AI and student agency.
Cluster/Incubator Grants 2025-2026 Awardees
Congratulations to the recipients of the PHH Cluster/Incubator Grants! This grant provides $15,000 per grant to support early stage interdisciplinary and collaborative activities. Find out more about their projects here.
Congratulations to the recipients of the PHH Cluster/Incubator Grants! This grant provides $15,000 per grant to support early stage interdisciplinary and collaborative activities. Find out more about their projects here.
Out Of Office Hours Collective: The Mega-Event and The City
June 30, 2026 | As Vancouver hosts FIFA World Cup 2026 matches, our first Out of Office Hours session explores how large-scale sporting events reshape urban space, housing, policing, policy enactment, and community life.
June 30, 2026 | As Vancouver hosts FIFA World Cup 2026 matches, our first Out of Office Hours session explores how large-scale sporting events reshape urban space, housing, policing, policy enactment, and community life.