Coming Out Screening and Discussion

11 October 2022 6:00 pm

Venue: UBC Robson Square
Categories: Featured Events, Featured German, Featured Homepage

On National Coming Out Day (October 11, 2022) and as part of LGBT History Month, Cinema Thinks The World is delighted to present a free screening of Heiner Carow’s landmark film, Coming Out, the first – and last – East German feature film to deal openly with homosexuality.

Ziegler Lecture: Prof. Irmgard Scheitler-Schmidt, “Martin Opitz’ New Year’s Gift with Song”

17 October 2022 12:30 pm

Categories: Featured Events, Featured German, Featured Homepage

Join us on October 17 at 12:30pm for the virtual Ziegler Lecture Series, featuring Prof. Irmgard Scheitler-Schmidt of the University of Würzburg, Germany.

UBC Stammtisch

18 October 2022 5:00 pm

Venue: CENES Department Lounge (Buchanan Tower, Ninth Floor)
Categories: Featured Events, Featured German, Featured Homepage

Come join us every week for an hour of conversation in German!

Teaching, Learning, Evaluating German: Challenges for the Future (BCCTG Conference)

22 October 2022

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

The British Columbia Council of Teachers of German will hold its annual conference at the UBC Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies on October 22-23.

UBC Stammtisch

25 October 2022 5:00 pm

Venue: CENES Department Lounge (Buchanan Tower, Ninth Floor)
Categories: Featured Events, Featured German, Featured Homepage

Come join us every week for an hour of conversation in German!

Kaffeestunde 2022

26 October 2022 2:30 pm

Venue: CENES Department Lounge (Buchanan Tower, Ninth Floor)
Categories: Featured Events, Featured German, Featured Homepage

You are cordially invited to Kaffeestunde, an initiative to bring together the UBC German Studies community (defined broadly) in an informal setting.

Lifting from the Centre: Health and Culture in Anishinaabe Communities

26 October 2022 5:30 pm

Venue: Asian Centre Auditorium
Categories: Featured Events, Featured Homepage, Featured Nordic Studies

Explore a series of culturally-situated health programs in Waaswaaganing with Dr. Tim Frandy, Assistant Professor of Nordic Studies. These projects help illustrate the value and necessity of humanists working in public health today.

Arts Multilingual Week

31 October 2022 - 04 November 2022

Categories: Featured Danish, Featured Events, Featured German, Featured Homepage, Featured Nordic Studies, Featured Polish, Featured Russian, Featured Slavic Studies, Featured Swedish

Arts Multilingual Week (October 31st to November 4th) is organized in collaboration with over a dozen units across campus. The week’s events will feature students, scholars, and community members reflecting on multilingualism as a practice, discussing career opportunities for multilingual graduates and performing multilingualism through artistic means.

UBC Stammtisch

01 November 2022 5:00 pm

Venue: CENES Department Lounge (Buchanan Tower, Ninth Floor)
Categories: Featured Events, Featured German, Featured Homepage

Come join us every week for an hour of conversation in German!

The CENES Salon: “432,000 Dead Warriors, or, Valhalla as a Tourist Experience”

02 November 2022 3:00 pm

Venue: CENES Department Lounge (Buchanan Tower, Ninth Floor)
Categories: Featured Events, Featured Homepage, Featured Nordic Studies

Please join us for the inaugural meeting of The CENES Salon, an informal gathering of UBC staff, faculty and students that centres on intellectual exchange and fostering community.