Cluster/Incubator Grant
January 12, 2026
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
September 12, 2025
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
June 30, 2025
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.New Scholar Spotlight Story – Dr. Bernard Perley
October 9, 2024
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
October 9, 2024
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
October 24, 2023
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
December 1, 2022
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, […]4 events for UBC Humanities scholars writing monographs
November 17, 2022
The Public Humanities Hub is sponsoring or co-sponsoring 4 linked events for UBC Humanities scholars writing monographs: December 8, 2022 | Publishing Your First Book: The Presses’ Perspectives Bring your questions to a Webinar featuring experienced editors from three Canadian university presses. Our panelists include James MacNevin (Senior Editor, UBC Press), Mark Thompson (Acquisitions Editor, […]Job posting: Graduate Academic Assistant – Digital Scholarship
July 28, 2022
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 August 21, 2022.“Visual Storytelling and Graphic Art in Genocide and Human Rights Education” awarded SSHRC Partnership Grant
July 15, 2022
June 16, 2022 | The Public Humanities Hub is a co-applicant on the newly awarded “Visual Storytelling and Graphic Art in Genocide and Human Rights Education”, a SSHRC Partnership Grant led by Charlotte Schallié, University of Victoria, which will gather and commemorate the experiences of genocide and mass atrocity survivors, including survivors of the Holocaust, […]