Faculty

Prof. Amanda Cheong named a Public Humanities Hub Faculty Fellow for 2024-25

Prof. Amanda Cheong named a Public Humanities Hub Faculty Fellow for 2024-25

The Public Humanities Hub Faculty Fellowships are awarded to scholars to support their development of Public Humanities research projects. Fellows receive a course-release and a research grant to work on an individual humanities-oriented research project.

Community partnership with Urban Ethnographic Field School receives award from Community-University Engagement Support Fund

Community partnership with Urban Ethnographic Field School receives award from Community-University Engagement Support Fund

Recipes from the Neighbourhood House: Celebrating Food Heritages of the Downtown Eastside, a community partnership project co-coordinated by UBC Sociology Professor Kerry Greer, has recently been announced as a recipient of the Community-University Engagement Support (CUES) Fund.

Prof. Qiang Fu presents his research on friendship, war, and peace between China and the USSR at The University of Hawaiʻi

Prof. Qiang Fu presents his research on friendship, war, and peace between China and the USSR at The University of Hawaiʻi

Prof. Qiang Fu presents his GPT-powered research at The University of Hawaiʻi, with faculty discussants from History, Political Science, and Sociology.

How the demise of gay nightlife has prompted a new underground queer scene (The Conversation)

How the demise of gay nightlife has prompted a new underground queer scene (The Conversation)

By sharing insights and experiences from in and around London’s evolving queer nightlife scene, Prof. Amin Ghaziani reveals in his new book how queer nightlife continues to thrive in spite of widespread closures.

Radically inclusive new nightlife scenes emerge from ashes of closed gay bars

Radically inclusive new nightlife scenes emerge from ashes of closed gay bars

Prof. Amin Ghaziani spoke to UBC News about his new book, Long Live Queer Nightlife, which explores how queer, trans and racial minorities are replacing traditional nightlife with radically inclusive parties.

Prof. Aryan Karimi’s new paper examines how refugee backgrounds impact transnationalism

Prof. Aryan Karimi’s new paper examines how refugee backgrounds impact transnationalism

Prof. Aryan Karimi’s new paper, “National Assimilation and/or Cosmopolitan Transnationalism? Impending Transnationalism among the Upwardly Mobile Children of Refugees,” examines how refugee background push transnationalism into the future for second-generation Somali-Canadians.

PhD student Sophie Liu granted $30,000 award from UBC’s PhD CoLab program

PhD student Sophie Liu granted $30,000 award from UBC’s PhD CoLab program

UBC Sociology doctoral student Sophie Liu, with doctoral student Kaitlyn Cumming from the Allard School of Law, is spearheading a project that has recently been awarded funding through the PhD CoLab program.

Prof. Neda Maghbouleh appointed to US Census Bureau’s 2030 Census Advisory Committee

Prof. Neda Maghbouleh appointed to US Census Bureau’s 2030 Census Advisory Committee

The committee will assist the Census Bureau in devising strategies to increase awareness of and participation in the next decennial census, reduce barriers to response and enhance the public’s trust and willingness to respond.

Prof. Catherine Corrigall-Brown receives funding through 2023 SSHRC Insight Development Grant competition

Prof. Catherine Corrigall-Brown receives funding through 2023 SSHRC Insight Development Grant competition

The Insight Development Grant will support her research project, “What happens after we win? Post-victory trajectories in the LGBTQ rights movement,” in its initial stages.

Prof. Yue Qian receives UBC Killam Faculty Research Prize for her research on inequality at the intersection of gender, family, and work

Prof. Yue Qian receives UBC Killam Faculty Research Prize for her research on inequality at the intersection of gender, family, and work

The UBC Killam Faculty Research Prizes acknowledge exceptional research and scholarly contributions, evaluated based on demonstrated impact and leadership in the field.