What is Thinkable is Also Possible: Surrealists on the Northwest Coast (Public Talk by Colin Browne)

17 February 2022 2:00 pm

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

In this talk, Browne will reflect on the journeys of surrealists Kurt Seligmann (Swiss), Wolfgang Paalen (Austrian), Alice Paalen (French), and Eva Sulzer (Swiss), to Alaska and British Columbia in 1938 and 1939 to experience firsthand the monumental and ceremonial arts of the Indigenous cultures of the Northwest Coast.

Listen & Share: UBC Students Affected by War in Ukraine

07 March 2022 2:00 pm

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

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.

Listen & Share: UBC Students Affected by War in Ukraine

14 March 2022 2:00 pm

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

Listen & Share: UBC Students Affected by War in Ukraine

21 March 2022 2:00 pm

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

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

CENES Slavic Tea 2022

03 October 2022 3:30 pm

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

All students and instructors who learn or teach courses with Slavic content are welcome to join CENES Slavic Tea.

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.

CENES Go Global Information Session

02 November 2022 4:30 pm

Venue: Buchanan Tower, Room 997
Categories: Featured Danish, Featured Events, Featured German, Featured Homepage, Featured Modern European Studies, Featured Nordic Studies, Featured Polish, Featured Russian, Featured Slavic Studies, Featured Swedish, Featured Undergraduate

Join us for a session on international opportunities specifically for students in German, Scandinavian and Slavic Studies! Go Global offers numerous options for UBC students to travel across the world while participating in meaningful learning opportunities. Study for a term or over the summer and earn credits! Featured image: Photo by Erik Odiin on Unsplash

CENES Slavic Tea 2022

14 November 2022 3:30 pm

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

All students and instructors who learn or teach courses with Slavic content are welcome to join CENES Slavic Tea.

Info Session: German and Modern European Studies Degree Programs

15 November 2022 6:00 pm

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

Meet program directors and students in the program and be part of a thriving undergraduate intellectual community. Pizza will be served for attendees!