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Tim Frandy Featured in National Geographic Essay

Tim Frandy Featured in National Geographic Essay

Tim Frandy was interviewed for an article in National Geographic that talks about the origins of Santa Claus.

Ukrainian Film Festival at the Cinematheque in February 2024

Ukrainian Film Festival at the Cinematheque in February 2024

Throughout February 2024, the Cinematheque will host a film series dedicated to Ukrainian cinema.

Dr. Malakaj Discusses his New Book on New Books Network Podcast

Dr. Malakaj Discusses his New Book on New Books Network Podcast

Dr. Ervin Malakaj, Associate Professor of German Studies and Director of the UBC Centre for European Studies, was recently interviewed by Dr. Armanc Yildiz for the New Books Network.

“Wotan’s Biopunk”: Dr. Winthrop-Young publishes on an early alternate history classic

“Wotan’s Biopunk”: Dr. Winthrop-Young publishes on an early alternate history classic

Dr. Winthrop-Young published “Wotan’s Biopunk: The Grim(m) German God and his English Bloodsport in Sarban’s Sound of His Horn” in Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik.

Term 2 Program Available for Winter 2023-2024 Sawchen & Ziegler Lecture Series

Term 2 Program Available for Winter 2023-2024 Sawchen & Ziegler Lecture Series

The Winter 2023-2024 Term 2 program for the Sawchen Lecture Series and Ziegler Lecture Series is now available.

Dr. Karwowska invited as an international guest scholar to the University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland)

Dr. Karwowska invited as an international guest scholar to the University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland)

Dr. Bożena Karwowska has been invited as an international guest scholar to the Silesian University in Katowice, a European City of Science, 2024.

Dr. Winthrop-Young publishes on Rudyard Kipling’s finest story

Dr. Winthrop-Young publishes on Rudyard Kipling’s finest story

Dr. Winthrop-Young contributed “Gespeicherte Seelenwanderung, oder, Die beste aller Schreibszenen” (“A stored migration of the soul, or, The best of all writing scenes”) to the collection Noten zum Schreiben.

Dr. Karwowska Dr. Karwowska visits Wagner College to give talk on art by women prisoners in Auschwitz

Dr. Karwowska Dr. Karwowska visits Wagner College to give talk on art by women prisoners in Auschwitz

Dr. Bożena Karwowska visited the Wagner College in New York in October to give a talk on Art by women prisoners in Auschwitz.

Dr. Winthrop-Young publishes on the resurrected aurochs

Dr. Winthrop-Young publishes on the resurrected aurochs

Dr. Winthrop-Young contributed “Deutsche Rindergrammatik; or, The Once and Future Aurochs” to the special sesquicentennial issue of New German Critique. 

Summer 2024 study abroad at Bauhaus University

Summer 2024 study abroad at Bauhaus University

UBC students at all levels of their language learning journey are invited to apply for a summer study abroad program at Bauhaus University in Weimar, Germany.