18 March 2022

Categories: Featured Events, Featured German, Featured Homepage

For a century, audiences have passed into a haunting world of corruption, pandemic, and death through the silent film classic Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922). This one-day symposium takes the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the film’s public release (March 15, 1922) to examine the contours of this still-unsettling text.

Listen & Share: UBC Students Affected by War in Ukraine

21 March 2022 2:00 pm

Venue: Buchanan Tower, Room 997
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Students at the University of British Columbia of any background who have been affected by the war in Ukraine are welcome to come listen and share their experiences. This drop-in will be held every Monday at 2 pm, from March 7 – March 28.

Ziegler Lecture: Dr. Matthew Birkhold, “The Melting Sublime”

22 March 2022 12:30 pm

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Join us on March 22, 2022 at 12:30 pm PT for the virtual Ziegler Lecture Series, featuring Dr. Matthew Birkhold of Ohio State University.

Listen & Share: UBC Students Affected by War in Ukraine

28 March 2022 2:00 pm

Venue: Buchanan Tower, Room 997
Categories: Featured Events, Featured Homepage, Featured Russian

The Ancient Law (1923): Film Screening and Live Musical Accompaniment

01 April 2022 3:00 pm

Venue: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
Categories: Featured Events, Featured German, Featured Homepage

Join us for a screening of the 1923 silent film Das alte Gesetz (The Ancient Law), directed by E.A. Dupont, with German/English intertitles, with musicians Alicia Svigals and Donald Sosin performing the live score.

2022 German Studies Undergraduate Research Showcase (GSURS)

02 April 2022

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You are cordially invited to attend the 2022 German Studies Undergraduate Research Showcase (#GSURS2022), which will take place April 2-3, 2022.

Sawchen Lecture: Dr. Kathryn Graber, “Mixed Messages”

14 April 2022 12:30 pm

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Join us on April 14, 2022 at 12:30 pm PT for the virtual Sawchen Lecture Series, featuring Dr. Kathryn Graber of Indiana University. This talk is co-sponsored by the Eurasia Research Cluster, UBC Department of Anthropology, and UBC Centre for European Studies.

Ukraine: a Spotlight on the Culture of Change and Resistance

25 April 2022 10:00 am

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Please join us for our first event in the CENES series “Ukraine: a Spotlight on the Culture of Change and Resistance” on Monday, April 25 from 10am-11:30am Pacific time.

A Panel Discussion: What’s Happening in Ukraine?

28 April 2022 4:30 pm

Venue: Middlefield Group Lecture Theatre (UBC Sauder School of Business)
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Hear from someone working on the ground in Kharkiv, followed by a panel discussion on the geopolitical play between the West, Ukraine, and Russia, and the role of the private sector in addressing the war in Ukraine.

Graphic Historiography: Comics and/on the Writing of History

18 May 2022 9:30 am

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Dr. Biz Nijdam will be presenting research from her book project at Cardiff University on May 18, 2022 as part of the School of Modern Languages’ History and Heritage research theme.

Event Category Archives: Featured Events

Nosferatu – 100 Years of Horror

Listen & Share: UBC Students Affected by War in Ukraine

Ziegler Lecture: Dr. Matthew Birkhold, “The Melting Sublime”

Listen & Share: UBC Students Affected by War in Ukraine

The Ancient Law (1923): Film Screening and Live Musical Accompaniment

2022 German Studies Undergraduate Research Showcase (GSURS)

Sawchen Lecture: Dr. Kathryn Graber, “Mixed Messages”

Ukraine: a Spotlight on the Culture of Change and Resistance

A Panel Discussion: What’s Happening in Ukraine?

Graphic Historiography: Comics and/on the Writing of History