The only reason to get excited about a fascist coup against fascists is that it can hopefully weaken Russia's attacks on Ukraine by diverting combat units and not hindering Ukraine's offensive.
This term, I taught a course @UBC_History entitled “The Abbasids: History, Heritage, and Memory.” Students chose between a (creatively analyzed!) academic paper and a creative research project for the final assessment. Here are a few examples (shared with permission)!
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“A proposition to marketize UBC land is a radical inversion of sustainability goals.
“In contrast, a work-study-residence proximity is climate friendly and healthier.“
https://t.co/NpA9LVvVKF
À la The New Yorker, The Ubyssey is launching its own caption contest, inspired by the goings-on at UBC! Here's a cartoon, created by Jasper Dobbin, that needs a caption. The best three submissions will appear in our February 14 issue. Happy captioning!
https://t.co/beH0EQoCJV
Alongside my colleagues @JChristopoulos3 and @ShoufuYin, I am delighted to share the event poster for the Global Premodern Research Cluster for Winter 2023, hosted @UBC_History. Scan the QR code to learn more about these events! The first presentation will take place on Feb. 09!
Viewed historically, what is fascinating about this isn't the *novelty* of so-called snow-drought. This has bedeviled resort operators, event planners, and communities since the very birth of the sport.
https://t.co/Kf4HictK5O
📢DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JAN 31📢
Applications for our new Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in the History of International Relations is OPEN until January 31, 2023. Same details, please help us spread the word!
We’re back! After a 3-year hiatus, we are pleased to announce that the Canadian History & Environment Summer School (CHESS) is returning in 2023.
May 26-28, 2023, Western University in London, Ontario
Apply by February 1, 2023
https://t.co/OKAkQzpXin
#envhist#cdnhist
@charlesmenzies@polygonhomes And what perceive; well pleased to recognize In nature and the language of the sense, The anchor of my purest thoughts, the nurse, The guide, the guardian of my heart, and soul Of all my moral being. —Wordsworth
@charlesmenzies@polygonhomes Therefore am I still A lover of the meadows and the woods, And mountains; and of all that we behold From this green earth; of all the mighty world Of eye and ear, both what they half-create,…