Dr. Malakaj Publishes Co-Edited Special Issue of English Language Notes on Refuge and Displacement
Dr. Ervin Malakaj (UBC) and Dr. Beverly Weber (University of Colorado Boulder) co-edited a special issue of the scholarly journal English Language Notes with the title “Refuge and Displacement.”
Dr. Garde publishes book on Trans* Histories, Sex Change and its Colonial Ghosts
Jonah I. Garde, CENES Postdoctoral Fellow, published new book set in early 20th century Austria, and explores how trans* histories are entangled with and shaped by modernity and coloniality.
Queer media theories workshop meets in Cologne
Dr. Kyle Frackman and Dr. Ervin Malakaj hosted a workshop on Queer Media Theories on June 26, 2025 in Cologne.
End of an Era: Wishing Lena Karlström well on her Retirement
CENES’ Swedish Lecturer, Lena Karlström, is retiring, and her Nordic students wish her well on this new chapter of her life.
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 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
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
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
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
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.