Dr. Malakaj Co-Organizes International Symposium on All Quiet on the Western Front
Dr. Ervin Malakaj, Assistant Professor of German Studies, collaborated with Molly Harrabin (University of Warwick) to co-host, “Watching War: A Symposium on Edward Berger’s All Quiet on the Western Front.”
Modern European Studies Major to give 2023 Graduation Address on May 24th
On May 24th, Melanie Kilchherr, a Modern European Studies major in the Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies Department, will be giving the graduation address for the class of 2023.
Director of Nordic Undergraduate Studies and Nordic Minor receive the 2023 CENES Outstanding Mentorship Award
The 2023 CENES Excellence in Mentorship Award has been conferred on a team of mentors, Lena Karlström, Director of Undergraduate Studies in Nordic Studies, and Ashley Samsone, graduating minor in Nordic Studies.
Dr. Bowers Receives British Academy Visiting Fellowship
Dr. Katherine Bowers has received a British Academy Visiting Fellowship to spend the summer at the University of St Andrews. working on her new book project, Unstable Environments: Reading Climate Change Across the Long Nineteenth Century.
How our German and Nordic programs are getting ready for the future
Starting in Winter 2023-2024, UBC students will have a more streamlined and intuitive path toward completing a Minor in Nordic Studies and a Major or Minor in German Studies.
2023 Call for Applications: Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship
CENES invites applications from interested researchers and supervisors to be considered for the premier Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship Program.
Two CENES faculty members selected for Killam Teaching Prize
Two faculty members from the Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies selected for the 2023 Killam Teaching Prize.
PhD student publishes on narrative and obedience
Dante Prado’s “La obediencia y la perspectiva narrativa en Los años de aprendizaje de Wilhelm Meister [Obedience and Narrative Perspective in Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship Years]” was published in Exlibris Number 12, 2023.
Dr. Malakaj Publishes Article on Free Fall in GLQ
Dr. Ervin Malakaj, Assistant Professor of German Studies, published an article in the most recent issue of GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies. The article is titled “Queer Time and the Cinematic Pleasures of the Locus Amoenusin Free Fall.”
MA student featured on graduate school website
Rachel Helmer was featured in the “Meet our Students” spotlight series on the UBC Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies website.