Two inspiring South Asian Arts scholars and their road to academia
May is Asian Heritage month. We reached out to professors from the Department of Asian Studies and the Department of Psychology to talk about who inspired them to pursue being scholars, what they’re currently working on, and how decolonization education happens in their classrooms.
The 2022/2023 Killam Teaching Prize recipients
Congratulations to the six Arts faculty members who have been awarded the Killam Teaching Prize for 2022/2023. The Killam Teaching Prize is awarded annually to faculty nominated by students, colleagues and alumni in recognition of excellence in teaching.
What are the new Bachelor of Arts degree requirements?
Associate Dean, Academic Dr. Stefania Burk breaks down the new BA breadth requirements and shares the rationale behind the changes.
Two Arts faculty receive Dean of Arts Educational Leadership and Innovation Award
Arts faculty members Dr. Brianne Orr-Alvarez and Dr. Pheroze Unwalla have received the Dean of Arts Educational Leadership and Innovation Award.
19 Global Seminars for Arts students to study abroad in summer 2023
Global Seminars are an amazing opportunity to take UBC courses led by a UBC instructor in global locations around the world.
We surveyed Arts grads about life a decade after UBC. What did we learn?
1,260 Arts alumni participated in the 10+ year-out Arts alumni survey. We asked Associate Dean Laura Moss to share the biggest takeaways.
Add major impact on your university degree with a Chinese minor
Hear from students about their Chinese Language Program experience and how they turned their passion for a distinctive language and culture into a minor at UBC.
Meet the new faculty in Arts 2022-23
The Faculty of Arts is welcoming several new faculty members this year. Get to know who they are, what they’re working on and why they’re excited to be at UBC.
Meet the new Associate Deans and Heads and Directors in Arts
The Faculty of Arts welcomes two new Associate Deans and eight new Heads and Directors.
How Indigenous anthropologist Kristen Barnett is decolonizing archaeology
When Kristen Barnett first started university, she didn’t know anything about archaeology except that “archaeologists take things.” Today, she’s among a small group of Indigenous archaeologists who are redefining the profession.