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    Watch Now: Speculative Futures AI Symposium

    Videos from our April 7, 2022 AI Symposium on Speculative Futures are now available to watch on the Vancouver Art Gallery’s Vimeo channel. Click through title to view.

  • New! Wikipedia Toolkit

    Thinking of contributing to Wikipedia or hosting an edit-a-thon? Are you curious about how to integrate Wikipedia into a class assignment? We’ve got a toolkit for that!

  • New! Scholar Spotlight Series

    We’ve created a new Scholar Spotlight Series to showcase the breadth and depth of humanities research at UBC. Check out our scholar spotlights.

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    Visit Our Video Archive

    Did you miss an event or want to re-watch one? Need to catch up on our #HumaniSeries? Visit our YouTube channel! We’re continually adding videos.

Events

Frigid, Inscrutable: The Racial and Sexual Politics of Unfeeling
April 19, 2022 | Join us for an exciting talk with Dr. Xine Yao (University College London), who will discuss their new book Disaffected: The Cultural Politics of Unfeeling in Nineteenth-Century America.

Three book covers side by side: Slapstick: An Interdisciplinary Companion, edited by Ervin Malakaj and Alena E. Lyons; Coming Out, by Kyle Frackman; Chinese Film Classics 1922-1949, by Christopher Rea. "Massy Reads: On Interdisciplinary Approaches to Film"
Massy Reads: On Interdisciplinary Approaches to Film
April 12, 2022 | Please join us for a book launch and conversation with UBC authors Kyle Frackman (CENES), Ervin Malakaj (CENES), and Christopher Rea (Asian Studies) on interdisciplinary approaches to film. Moderated by Colleen Laird (Asian Studies).

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Speculative Futures: Artificial Intelligence Symposium
April 7, 2022 | To what extent have technology and the promise of digital futures co-opted and compromised our sense of self and identity? How can we decolonize digital space or build new digital infrastructure? Presented in conjunction with the Vancouver Art Gallery exhibition, The Imitation Game.

Sepia-toned still from The Ancient Law (1923). Two men with sidecurls seated at a table with food and drink, in conversation. One is wearing a kippah, speaking to the other who is wearing a top hat and taking a sip from a small cup.
The Ancient Law (1923): Film screening and live musical accompaniment
April 1, 2022 | Join us for a screening of the 1923 silent film Das alte Gesetz (The Ancient Law), with German/English intertitles, with violinist Alicia Svigals and pianist Donald Sosin performing live musical accompaniment. Free and open to all, at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts.

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#HumaniNights: Celebrating the Engaged Humanities with Arts Amplifier and the Public Humanities Hub
March 30, 2022 | Please join us for a networking reception followed by an evening of public presentations in our inaugural #HumaniNights: Celebrating the Engaged Humanities with Arts Amplifier and the Public Humanities Hub.

Infographics as Public Scholarship
March 24, 2022 | Please join us for a moderated discussion on infographics as a form of public scholarship and the announcement of our next Public Scholarship toolkit!

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Announcements

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Job posting: Graduate Academic Assistant – Digital Scholarship
The UBC-V Public Humanities Hub is accepting applications for three part-time Digital Scholarship Graduate Academic Assistantships (GAAs) from students enrolled in a UBC Graduate Program. Prospective applicants should have Digital Humanities and technology skills to join the Hub team. Apply by April 26, 2022.

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CES Events and Resources in Response to Ukraine Invasion
As the crisis in Ukraine unfolds, the Centre for European Studies (CES) is compiling resources and developing events that provide background information, teaching resources, reliable news sources, and ways to help. See their page of resources for more information, which will be continuously updated. The Public Humanities Hub will be working to promote events and […]

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Call for Proposals | #HumaniNights: Celebrating the Engaged Humanities with Arts Amplifier and the Public Humanities Hub
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 23 MARCH, 2022 @ 9:00 AM PST. Are you a Humanities scholar? Have you been recently inspired? Perhaps by a book, film, or video game? A special pet theory or a niche research interest? Or a public, applied research, or creative project you’ve been involved in? The Public Humanities Hub and Arts […]

Heather Tam, Senior Program Assistant, Awarded Dean’s Award for Staff Excellence
We are thrilled to announce that Heather Tam, the Public Humanities Hub’s Senior Program Assistant, has been awarded the Dean’s Award for Staff Excellence. The award “recognizes exceptional staff contributions in executing the academic mission of the Faculty of Arts through support in administrative, technical, and other specialized areas.” Heather joined the Hub at its […]

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Informed Opinions Workshops: Call for Interest
Informed Opinions is an organization that aims to raise the profile of women and gender-diverse experts in news media. We’re partnering with IO to host virtual workshops on “Op-Eds: Writing Compelling Commentary” in Spring 2022. 30 sponsored spots are available to UBC faculty, grad students, and postdocs. Submit an Expression of Interest by Nov 30, […]

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Announcing the winners of the Hub’s new Public Engagement Awards
May 26, 2021 Announcing the winners of the Public Humanities Hub’s new Public Engagement Awards! These awards were created to honour individuals who have exhibited outstanding public humanities engagement in the past two years. The Hub received 30 outstanding nominations in this inaugural year. The Hub’s Awards Committee was blown away by the variety of […]

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Upcoming Events

UBC historian examines the dynamics of digital technology in the Russian invasion

Dr. Heidi Tworek, with other historians and communication scholars, discusses “the interplay between old and new media” and the complexities of cyberwar in the Russian war in Ukraine.

UBC professor argues for necessity of humanities in understanding Russian war in Ukraine

Dr. Kyle Frackman argues that the humanities “help us comprehend what is happening in the present and how it relates to what has previously occurred.”

UBC professor grows online community with modern Persian literature

Dr. Hessam Dehghani discusses the UBC Persian Literature Reading Club and his plans for future projects.

UBC History doctoral student advocates for public humanities as career development

PhD candidate Henry John argues that the Ph.D. co-op model can offer graduate students skills growth, financial stability, and broader career options.

UBC Education professor re-imagines university co-operative housing

Dr. Michelle Stack reflects on her latest project to encourage affordable and sustainable co-op housing in university communities.

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UBC Professor shakes up Romance studies in experimental course 

May 5, 2022 Invited to teach his department’s “Introduction to Literature and Cultures of the Romance World” (RMST 202), Jon Beasley-Murray took a characteristically unconventional approach. His Spring 2022 offering questioned not only the scope of Romance Studies, but also the way it should be taught. The course raised questions of disciplinarity and method while […]

UBC historian examines the dynamics of digital technology in the Russian invasion

Dr. Heidi Tworek, with other historians and communication scholars, discusses “the interplay between old and new media” and the complexities of cyberwar in the Russian war in Ukraine.

UBC professor argues for necessity of humanities in understanding Russian war in Ukraine

Dr. Kyle Frackman argues that the humanities “help us comprehend what is happening in the present and how it relates to what has previously occurred.”

Frigid, Inscrutable: The Racial and Sexual Politics of Unfeeling

April 19, 2022 | Join us for an exciting talk with Dr. Xine Yao (University College London), who will discuss their new book Disaffected: The Cultural Politics of Unfeeling in Nineteenth-Century America.

UBC professor grows online community with modern Persian literature

Dr. Hessam Dehghani discusses the UBC Persian Literature Reading Club and his plans for future projects.

UBC professor grows online community with modern Persian literature

Written by Heidi Rennert March 29, 2022 Every Friday evening for the last year, without break, Dr. Hessam Dehghani sits at his home office desk and launches a Zoom meeting.  In the first few sessions, he’d meet with a handful of his students from UBC’s Persian language program to practise Persian and read modern Persian […]

UBC clock tower, trees and surrounding buildings, by Hover Collective / UBC Brand & Marketing

Job posting: Graduate Academic Assistant – Digital Scholarship

The UBC-V Public Humanities Hub is accepting applications for three part-time Digital Scholarship Graduate Academic Assistantships (GAAs) from students enrolled in a UBC Graduate Program. Prospective applicants should have Digital Humanities and technology skills to join the Hub team. Apply by April 26, 2022.

Three book covers side by side: Slapstick: An Interdisciplinary Companion, edited by Ervin Malakaj and Alena E. Lyons; Coming Out, by Kyle Frackman; Chinese Film Classics 1922-1949, by Christopher Rea. "Massy Reads: On Interdisciplinary Approaches to Film"

Massy Reads: On Interdisciplinary Approaches to Film

April 12, 2022 | Please join us for a book launch and conversation with UBC authors Kyle Frackman (CENES), Ervin Malakaj (CENES), and Christopher Rea (Asian Studies) on interdisciplinary approaches to film. Moderated by Colleen Laird (Asian Studies).

Epic Games, MetaHuman Creator, 2022, video (still), Courtesy of Epic Games

Speculative Futures: Artificial Intelligence Symposium

April 7, 2022 | To what extent have technology and the promise of digital futures co-opted and compromised our sense of self and identity? How can we decolonize digital space or build new digital infrastructure? Presented in conjunction with the Vancouver Art Gallery exhibition, The Imitation Game.

Sepia-toned still from The Ancient Law (1923). Two men with sidecurls seated at a table with food and drink, in conversation. One is wearing a kippah, speaking to the other who is wearing a top hat and taking a sip from a small cup.

The Ancient Law (1923): Film screening and live musical accompaniment

April 1, 2022 | Join us for a screening of the 1923 silent film Das alte Gesetz (The Ancient Law), with German/English intertitles, with violinist Alicia Svigals and pianist Donald Sosin performing live musical accompaniment. Free and open to all, at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts.



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