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Call for Applications: UBC Slavic Studies Awards and Scholarships (2024-2025)

Call for Applications: UBC Slavic Studies Awards and Scholarships (2024-2025)

Applications for the CENES Slavic Studies awards and scholarships are now open until April 30, 2025.

Meet the 2024-2025 CENES Student Program Assistants

Meet the 2024-2025 CENES Student Program Assistants

Meet the CENES Work Learns who are responsible for many of our CENES initiatives! Check out what they’ve accomplished in 2024-2025.

Dr. Malakaj Publishes Article on Solidarity Formations in Diacritics

Dr. Malakaj Publishes Article on Solidarity Formations in Diacritics

CENES’s Dr. Ervin Malakaj publishes article in Diacritics, a journal that publishes various original works on critical theory.

CENES Alumni Spotlight: Minori Kato-Hopkins

CENES Alumni Spotlight: Minori Kato-Hopkins

Meet Minori Kato-Hopkins, a BA’19 Scandinavian Minor & MA’23, and currently an Instructional Designer in the Office of Faculty Development, UBC Faculty of Medicine.

Danish Lecturer Gives Interview About Happiness

Danish Lecturer Gives Interview About Happiness

Ann-Kathrine Havemose gives interview about her personal experience with Danish happiness to local newspaper, The Source, in relation to International Day of Happiness.

PhD Candidate Publishes Blog Post on Academic Freedom in Germany, USA, and Canada

PhD Candidate Publishes Blog Post on Academic Freedom in Germany, USA, and Canada

UBC CENES’ PhD Candidate Braden Russell published an academic blog post with the Diversity, Decolonize and the German Curriculum Collective (DDGC) on the subject of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism.

UBC Nordic Studies Lærerlivet Series: An Interview with Lena Karlström

UBC Nordic Studies Lærerlivet Series: An Interview with Lena Karlström

Recently, long time Swedish and Nordic Studies lecturer Lena Karlström announced her early retirement. To commemorate her long and impactful career, UBC Nordic Studies sat down with her and discussed memorable moments in her career.

CENES Alumni Stories: UBC German Studies Alum Translates for Musical Actress Annemieke van Dam

CENES Alumni Stories: UBC German Studies Alum Translates for Musical Actress Annemieke van Dam

Since graduation, UBC German Studies alum Dawn Zhao has taken up German to Chinese translation for her favourite actress Annemieke van Dam.

Dr. Nijdam Receives AMS UBC OER Champion Award

Dr. Nijdam Receives AMS UBC OER Champion Award

Dr. Elizabeth “Biz” Nijdam is among the recipients of this year’s AMS UBC OER Champion Award!

PhD Candidate Publishes Article on Robert Walser’s Jakob von Gunten

PhD Candidate Publishes Article on Robert Walser’s Jakob von Gunten

Dante Prado’s “Queering the Benjamenta Institute: Laughter in Robert Walser’s Jakob von Gunten” was published in Seminar: A Journal of Germanic Studies, vol.61, issue 1.