Julian Brooks

Julian Brooks’ professional interests and training are in imperialism, global empires, international relations, statecraft, and genocide studies. His research has focused on nationalism, humanitarian intervention, and peacekeeping in the Balkans and the Middle East. He also likes to dabble in popular mysteries and sports history.

Julian began his teaching career with three years of teaching English as a Second Language in Europe and later taught social studies and history in the British Columbia public-school system. He has taught history at the post-secondary level since 2009 and has been at Douglas College since 2014. Julian teaches several survey courses in World History and specialized courses on the Modern Middle East, Greek Civilization, and World War One. In his ongoing efforts to engage and inform students, Julian employs a variety of mediums in his teaching, including comics, music videos, poetry, literature, feature films, performance art, as well as tried-and-true printed primary and secondary sources.

When he’s not teaching, writing, or reading history, Julian can often be found hiking across urban, rural, and wilderness spaces to clear his head and to maintain a modicum of physical fitness. He is an advocate for parks and wilderness protection and advises friends, family, and anyone who will listen to detach themselves from technology for a few hours and go outside.

Julian also enjoys the pure distraction and intrigue of professional sports. He is a lifelong fan of the Vancouver Canucks and other cursed and/or underachieving sports franchises and has a modest collection of jerseys and baseball caps to prove it.