Sojourners: Call for Papers!
The Undergraduate Journal of Sociology at UBC, Sojourners, are now accepting paper submissions for Volume 11! Submission deadline is December 7th by 11:59pm. Visit their website for submission guidelines.
Professor Becki Ross featured in the UBC Library
Professor Ross talks about how UBC Library users are now able to access archives offering an expansive and detailed look at LGBT2SQIA history.
Professor Renisa Mawani releases new book
Renisa Mawani examines the historical and conceptual stakes of situating histories of Indian migration within maritime worlds in her new book, “Across Oceans of Law: The Komagata Maru and Jurisdiction in the Time of Empire.”
View our Fall 2018 newsletter
Our Fall 2018 issue of ‘ThinkSociology’ is now available online! Learn about exciting things happening within our department and read articles from profs. Sinikka Elliott, Sean Lauer, Neil Guppy, and Francesco Duina.
Professor Emeritus Yunshik Chang passes away.
The Department of Sociology is saddened to report that Professor Emeritus Yunshik Chang passed away, October 5th, 2018. Prof. Chang joined the department (then Anthropology & Sociology) as an Assistant Professor in 1966. Professor Chang was an expert in Korean Studies, researching development and social change, rural community, the individual in the community, and folk religion. Even […]
Prof. Becki Ross featured in the UBC Library
talking about how UBC Library users are now able to access archive offering an expansive and detailed look at LGBT2SQIA history.
2018 ASA Annual Meeting – UBC Schedule
Take a look at our Department’s schedule of presentations and sessions at the 113th ASA Annual Meeting, happening in Philadelphia from August 11-14, 2018!
Instructor Katherine Lyon wins 2018 UBC Vantage One Teaching Award!
The UBC Vantage One Teaching Award recognizes a faculty member who has made outstanding contributions to students’ learning and academic experience