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Graduate Admissions Applications Now Open

Graduate Admissions Applications Now Open

Beyond its undergraduate programs, the Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies offers pathways to the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Germanic Studies.

Full Program Available for Winter 2022 Term 1 Sawchen, Ziegler Lecture Series

Full Program Available for Winter 2022 Term 1 Sawchen, Ziegler Lecture Series

The Winter 2022 Term 1 program for the Sawchen Lecture Series and Ziegler Lecture Series is now available. Register for these free virtual events today!

CENES Alum’s Book Wins Canadian Jewish Literary Award

CENES Alum’s Book Wins Canadian Jewish Literary Award

The book But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust, edited by CENES/Germanic Studies alumnus Charlotte Schallié (Ph.D. 2004), has been awarded the Canadian Jewish Literary Award.

MA Student Featured on Graduate School Website

MA Student Featured on Graduate School Website

Susanna Cassisa was interviewed for the UBC Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies “Meet our Students” spotlight series. She is currently working on a master’s thesis on moral panics around queer sexualities in East Germany.

Seven Key Takeaways from the UBC German Program

Seven Key Takeaways from the UBC German Program

Don’t stay monolingual for too long! Get a glimpse of some of the skills you will learn with a German Major or Minor.

Dr. Malakaj Appointed to Editorial Boards of a Scholarly Journal and Book Series

Dr. Malakaj Appointed to Editorial Boards of a Scholarly Journal and Book Series

Dr. Ervin Malakaj will serve on the editorial board of Feminist German Studies and the “Women, Gender, and Sexuality in German Literature and Culture” series at Peter Lang.

Call for Applications: UBC German Studies Awards and Scholarships (2022-2023)

Call for Applications: UBC German Studies Awards and Scholarships (2022-2023)

Each year, the UBC German Studies program issues up to $30,000 in awards and scholarships to undergraduate students. They recognize excellence among students pursuing a German major, a German major (honours), a German minor, or a German Studies minor.

Spotlight: Dr. Gassner and German Extracurriculars

Spotlight: Dr. Gassner and German Extracurriculars

“Never think of learning German as ‘studying the language,’ but always as ‘spending time with the language.’ It is not a linear process, but an exploration in which you create ever larger and more complex neural networks.”

Call for Applications: Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship

Call for Applications: Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship

The fellowships “support advanced education and research” broadly conceived, which for CENES means any of the research areas that fall in the purview of the department.

German Studies as Community Work at UBC

German Studies as Community Work at UBC

Dr. Ervin Malakaj believes that the coursework and co-curricular work in the UBC German Program are important catalysts for community and good relations.