Jewish Experience in Postwar Poland: Debates and Decisions

11 April 2023 12:30 pm

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

Join us on March 23 at 12:30 pm Pacific Time for the hybrid guest talk, featuring Dr. Kamil Kijek of the University of Wroclaw.

Croatia’s Response to New Security Challenges in Europe

14 April 2023 2:00 pm

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

The Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Croatia, H.E. Gordan Grlić Radman, and his delegation, accompanied by H.E. Vice Skračić, Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia to Canada, will make the first official visit to Vancouver, British Columbia on Friday April 14, 2023.

Lithuanian Ambassador Visit at UBC

15 September 2023 2:00 pm

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

The Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies is excited to announce that we will be visited by the Lithuanian Ambassador, Darius Skusevičius, on September 15.

Women’s Drama and Theatre in German-Speaking Europe, 1600 to 2025

21 September 2023 12:15 pm

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

This project is dedicated to the development of “Women’s Drama and Theatre in German-speaking Europe, 1600-2025”. Drama and theatre are cultural phenomena in which “roles” are enacted, either as poetic writing or staged performance.

CENES Slavic Tea 2023

22 September 2023 3:30 pm

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

Afternoon tea is an enduring Slavic custom, and taking time for a cup of tea with family, friends and co-workers is a widely popular social event. It helps with relaxation, building relationships, and it has positive feedback on wellbeing.

Now Writing Speaks Itself: On the Cultural Prehistory of Artificial Intelligence and ChatGPT

03 October 2023 12:15 pm

Venue: Buchanan Tower, Room 997

Join CENES and visiting speaker Dr. Stefan Börnchen, Research Scientist, University of Luxembourg, for a discussion on the Cultural Prehistory of Artificial Intelligence and ChatGPT.

Fisch out of Water

05 October 2023 4:00 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 Ukrainian, Featured Undergraduate

Join the Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies and friends for Fisch out of Water!

The CENES Salon: In Conversation with the Vancouver School of Yiddish Translators

10 October 2023 4:30 pm

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

You are cordially invited to join us for the next meeting of The CENES Salon, an informal gathering of UBC staff, faculty, students, and community members that centres on intellectual exchange and fostering community.