Events
TEI 2026: Creating Connections, Unsettling Practices
August 10-14 | UBC and SFU are co-hosting Text Encoding Initiative 2026, where a diverse group of researchers will convene to advance text encoding practices, demonstrate new tools, pose questions across disciplines, 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 | UBC and SFU are co-hosting Text Encoding Initiative 2026, where a diverse group of researchers will convene to advance text encoding practices, demonstrate new tools, pose questions across disciplines, 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 | Join us for a presentation by Dr. Antonios Ktenidis who will present findings and resources from the Wellcome Anti-Ableist Research Cultures (WAARC) project. Dr. Nadena Doharty will moderate a discussion and Q&A, and following a catered lunch, book artist Terra Poirier will facilitate a multimodal zine workshop to reflect on what it means for a university to be anti-ableist.
July 29, 2026 | Join us for a presentation by Dr. Antonios Ktenidis who will present findings and resources from the Wellcome Anti-Ableist Research Cultures (WAARC) project. Dr. Nadena Doharty will moderate a discussion and Q&A, and following a catered lunch, book artist Terra Poirier will facilitate a multimodal zine workshop to reflect on what it means for a university to be anti-ableist.
Appraising AI: A Student-Led Approach to Critical Evaluation
July 22, 2026 | Designed for educators navigating the possibilities and risks of AI technologies, this two-part workshop led by Kate Greenslade offers actionable recommendations to inspire critical approaches to generative AI and student agency.
July 22, 2026 | Designed for educators navigating the possibilities and risks of AI technologies, this two-part workshop led by Kate Greenslade offers actionable recommendations to inspire critical approaches to generative AI and student agency.
Out Of Office Hours Collective: The Mega-Event and The City
June 30, 2026 | Out of Office Hours is a new student-led collective bringing together students from UBC, SFU, and communities across Metro Vancouver to collectively learn from community expertise about activism and social justice in the city. As Vancouver hosts FIFA World Cup 2026 matches, our first session explores how large-scale sporting events reshape urban space, housing, policing, policy enactment, and community life.
June 30, 2026 | Out of Office Hours is a new student-led collective bringing together students from UBC, SFU, and communities across Metro Vancouver to collectively learn from community expertise about activism and social justice in the city. As Vancouver hosts FIFA World Cup 2026 matches, our first session explores how large-scale sporting events reshape urban space, housing, policing, policy enactment, and community life.
Curatorial Practice as Public Scholarship: On fluid geographies and transdisciplinary forms
June 19, 2026 | In this presentation, Martha Kirszenbaum interrogates the methodologies of an eclectic curatorial practice developed across diverse geopolitical landscapes. The talk examines the fluid negotiation between art institutions and experimental, non-traditional spaces, illustrating how to navigate differing cultural terrains while resisting sometimes rigid institutional frameworks.
June 19, 2026 | In this presentation, Martha Kirszenbaum interrogates the methodologies of an eclectic curatorial practice developed across diverse geopolitical landscapes. The talk examines the fluid negotiation between art institutions and experimental, non-traditional spaces, illustrating how to navigate differing cultural terrains while resisting sometimes rigid institutional frameworks.
Legality and Impunity in Times of Crisis – Symposium
May 28-30, 2026 | The world is in the throes of multiple crises, from ongoing genocide and settler colonial violence, to evolving forms of authoritarian governance and imperial warfare. This symposium gathers critical legal scholars, psychoanalysts, artists and political theorists from around the world to discuss legality, impunity and crisis in historical and contemporary forms, drawing on a wide range of contexts, methods and approaches.
May 28-30, 2026 | The world is in the throes of multiple crises, from ongoing genocide and settler colonial violence, to evolving forms of authoritarian governance and imperial warfare. This symposium gathers critical legal scholars, psychoanalysts, artists and political theorists from around the world to discuss legality, impunity and crisis in historical and contemporary forms, drawing on a wide range of contexts, methods and approaches.
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Announcements
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. We look forward to the impact these projects will have in connecting humanities research with broader communities. 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. We look forward to the impact these projects will have in connecting humanities research with broader communities. Find out more about their projects here.
Call for Graduate Student Submissions – Evolving Climate Justice Agendas Through Student Research: Graduate Research Showcase
The Public Humanities Hub Graduate Research Showcase is a semi-annual series in which interdisciplinary graduate research on thematic topics is presented and celebrated. This term’s thematic showcase is co-organized with UBC’s Centre for Climate Justice.
The Public Humanities Hub Graduate Research Showcase is a semi-annual series in which interdisciplinary graduate research on thematic topics is presented and celebrated. This term’s thematic showcase is co-organized with UBC’s Centre for Climate Justice.
Catalyzing Engaged Digital Scholarship Grant 2025-2026 Awardees
Please join us in congratulating the winners of the 2025-2026 Catalyzing Engaged Digital Scholarship (CEDS) Grant, co-presented by UBC's Public Humanities Hub (PHH) and Digital Scholarship in Arts (DiSA). This grant provides $10,000 over 2 years to support collaborative critical inquiry and technological innovation with recipients intending to subsequently apply for Tri-Council funding.
Please join us in congratulating the winners of the 2025-2026 Catalyzing Engaged Digital Scholarship (CEDS) Grant, co-presented by UBC's Public Humanities Hub (PHH) and Digital Scholarship in Arts (DiSA). This grant provides $10,000 over 2 years to support collaborative critical inquiry and technological innovation with recipients intending to subsequently apply for Tri-Council funding.
Cluster/Incubator Grant
Deadline 9am, April 7, 2026 | The Public Humanities Cluster/Incubator Grant supports innovative public humanities research and emergent stages of collaboration, and/or knowledge mobilization among interdisciplinary teams of public humanities scholars at UBC and beyond.
Deadline 9am, April 7, 2026 | The Public Humanities Cluster/Incubator Grant supports innovative public humanities research and emergent stages of collaboration, and/or knowledge mobilization among interdisciplinary teams of public humanities scholars at UBC and beyond.
Dr. Mary Liston
New Scholar Spotlight Story | 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.
New Scholar Spotlight Story | 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.
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.