November 2021 Now & Then highlights UBC History news/events for students, faculty, staff & alumni | Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces the rebrand of Facebook as Meta in this screenshot from a video released October 28, 2021. Photo from Facebook via REUTERS/CIGI Could E-courts Help Fix Facebook's Inadequate Oversight Board? Centre for International Governenance Innovation "Even though the Facebook Oversight Board’s transparency report may not grab headlines, it is a timely reminder that many users both want social media companies to take their concerns seriously and are willing to take the time to appeal to outside bodies," writes Professor Heidi Tworek. | The Future of Canada-China Relations Trek Magazine, Alumni UBC UBC experts weigh in on the future of Canada-China relations, following the release of the two Michaels and Meng Wanzhou. "It will be a long time before fair-minded Canadians will forgive, let alone forget," says Dr. Leo Shin, Professor of History and Asian Studies. "This is a time for Canada to maintain a watching brief, as we did during the cultural revolution," says Professor Emertia of History, Dr. Diana Lary. | Students hold a demonstration against President Sukarno in Jakarta, October 1966. Gen Suharto was effectively in charge by then and became president the next year. Photograph: Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images Slaughter in Indonesia: Britain's Secret Propaganda War The Guardian Britain’s National Archives recently released pamphlets from the 1960s purporting to be written by Indonesian patriots, but were in fact written by British propagandists, calling on Indonesians to eliminate the PKI, then the biggest communist party in the non-communist world. As the army whipped up popular anger against communism, media propaganda at the time legitimised what History Professor and Department Head Dr. John Roosa has described as its “already-planned moves against the PKI and President Sukarno.” | Integrating the Public Humanities with Career Development "I don’t stop being a history Ph.D. student when I chat with that former logger about the development of the chain saw, even though I’m on the clock at work while we talk. It’s time to stop framing career conversations as separate from the work that we do as scholars," writes Ph.D. candidate and sessional lecturer Henry John. | 2021/2022 Term 2 History Courses You Should Take Whether your interest in history is sparked by a region, time period, or simply a desire to understand our world better, the History Department at UBC has got you covered. This article features five Term 2 courses and student-directed seminars that you absolutely need to check out. Read on to find out what the instructors have to say about these courses. | Apply to Summer 2022 Global Seminars Global Seminars allow students to have an international experience while studying a specific topic. They are taught by UBC faculty, and count towards UBC credits. Take a focused and structured UBC course led by a faculty member with a small cohort, and immerse yourself in a specific topic and experience course content brought to life. Apply by November 15, 2021. | Virtual Watch Party & Panel Discussion: Nella Larsen's Passing November 10, 6:15 am PT Join the Public Humanities Hub in this watch party of Netflix’s new film Passing (directed by Rebecca Hall) based on Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel of the same name. The watch party will be followed by a panel discussion on the intersectional conversations Larsen's work has inspired, which will feature interdisciplinary scholars, including History's Dr. Crystal Webster. Event Page | Enrooting an Emerging Diasporic Identity: The Legacies of Hong Kong Immigrants in Canada's Migration History November 19, 5:00 - 6:30 pm PT Recent political developments have fostered an unusually strong sense of local identity among Hong Kongers. This is so even among many who have chosen to migrate elsewhere. In this talk sponsored by the History Department, Dr. Miu Chung Yan will examine the uniqueness and legacies of the immigration of Hong Kongers to Canada. He will also discuss how recent developments have shaped the formation of a new identity, which cannot be sustained by simply appealing to transnational politics. Event Page | Über Land und Meer. Deutsche Illustrirte Zeitung (1893) 71. Band, Oktober 1893-1894 (Heft 17) Image Credit: Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies, UBC Media Inventories of the German Ninteenth Century November 19, 12:30 - 1:30 pm Launched in 2018, Media Inventories is a research group working on intersections between various cultural techniques of collection, preservation, and distribution in 19th century German studies. Hosted by the Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies, this event will feature a roundtable discussion introducing the project to the public. Speakers will include Drs. Sean Franzel (Missouri) and Petra McGillen (Dartmouth) in dialogue with Dr. Ilinca Iurascu (CENES).
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