Event Category Archives: Featured Nordic Studies

CENES (and friends!) Curiosity Cluster

The path to becoming an early-career researcher can be a daunting one. The CENES (and friends!) Curiosity Cluster helps humanities students start their undergraduate research journey in a low-pressure environment, alongside a community of like-minded individuals. This student-led research cluster will help create space for undergraduates interested in publishing and research to dedicate time to their […]

UBC SNSA Lucia Choir Performance

Join the UBC Scandinavian and Nordic Student Association for their 20th annual Lucia performance, featuring a choir singing Swedish and Danish carols, with a pre-show fika and light refreshments, on December 4th at the Normand Bouchard Memorial Theatre.

CENES Careers Night: An evening with CENES Alumni

Join CENES for an evening of conversation about careers with a CENES degree, featuring and panel with alumni from the UBC Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies Department. The UBC Central, Eastern & Northern European Studies (CENES) Department is pleased to invite you to our third annual Careers Night with CENES Alumni on January 22nd, […]

Ziegler Lecture: Søren R. Fauth “Transcendence of the human far beyond AI. Kafka’s ‘In the Penal Colony’ and Schopenhauerian Eschatology”

Join us on February 11 at 12:30pm for our first in-person Ziegler Lecture of 2025. Focusing on the theme of ‘dissent’, CENES welcomes dr. phil Søren R. Fauth from Aarhus University. Title: “Transcendence of the human far beyond AI. Kafka’s In the Penal Colony and Schopenhauerian Eschatology” Abstract: Since the Renaissance, humanity has aspired beyond […]