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PHH Graduate Research Fellowships

October 19, 2026

Deadline to apply: November 16, 2026 (Arts internal deadline: Nov. 12) | $3000/grant | The PHH Graduate Research Fellowship program aims to provide support for interdisciplinary, innovative and/or experimental public humanities graduate research projects, imagined broadly.


Red Power’s Legacies: Land and Liberation from the 1970s to the Present

October 19, 2026

November 19, 2026 | In the second Living Conversations event, Gerry Ambers and Glen Coulthard come together to discuss the legacy of the Red Power movement.


Op-Ed Workshop

October 16, 2026

November 18, 2026 | In this workshop, learn with Shari Graydon what makes a successful op-ed and how to write one that's more likely to get published.


“The Elsewhere is Black”

October 15, 2026

November 18, 2026 | In the second lecture of Mediatic Empire, Dr. Marisa Solomon explores how waste is a mundane part of poor Black survival and a condition of settler colonial racial capitalism.


Queer and Trans Palestinian Writing Today

October 15, 2026

November 6, 2026 | Please join us for readings of recent creative work by George Abraham and Eman Abdelhadi followed by a discussion with Jasbir Puar about queer and trans Palestinian literature and cultural production.


Scholarly Podcasting

October 4, 2026

November 10, 2026 | Garth Mullins and Hannah McGregor discuss how podcasting can be used as a form of community-engaged research and activism.


Demystifying Scholarly Book Publishing

October 3, 2026

November 4, 2026 | Join acquiring editors from UBC Press to learn about the ins and outs of academic book publishing, from finding the right press, connecting with editors, and the dos and don’ts of writing a book proposal to what you can expect during peer review, production, and marketing.


CALL FOR PROPOSALS | New Insights on Migration and Mobilities: Graduate Research Showcase 

September 27, 2026

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.


Let’s Talk Humanities: Does AI Love Me Back?

September 26, 2026

October 26, 2026 | Wendy Wong, Kimberley Brownlee, and Victoria Hetherington will come together for this talk to discuss what is at stake for us as individuals and society at large when we outsource our relationships to technology.


Graphic Theory: on the production of knowledge and culture for Palestine today

September 1, 2026

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.