UBC Nordic Studies Lærerlivet Series: An Interview with Dr. Kyle Frackman
UBC Nordic Studies sat down with Nordic Studies Instructor, Dr. Kyle Frackman, for UBC Nordic Studies Lærerlivet (Teacher Life), a series that allows you to get to know instructors from outside of the classroom. Read more below to learn about Dr. Frackman as he talks to us about approaching grad school, transferable skills between the Sciences and Arts, and his love for trees.
Nijdam featured in Pancouver Article on Comics and Memory during Vancouver’s LunarFest 2025
UBC CENES’ Elizabeth “Biz” Nijdam was recently featured in Pancouver for her presentation at LunarFest 2025.
Dr. Frackman gives Talk Introducing “Coming Out” Screening
On February 2, 2025, Dr. Kyle Frackman gave a talk introducing a screening of the East German film Coming Out (1989, dir. Heiner Carow) at Carleton College’s International Film Forum (Northfield, Minnesota).
Congratulations, soon-to-be Dr. Manoff!
On Friday, January 17, CENES Yiddish teacher and scholar Itamar Manoff successfully defended his dissertation, as the final component of his doctoral work in Educational Studies at UBC on the topic of mistakes and errors among adult language learners. When one of his students described a person in the English-as-an-Additional-Language classroom with the phrase “She […]
New Book! *Mad Auralities*
The Department of Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies (CENES) is delighted to share that Palgrave has published Sound and Sense in Contemporary Theatre: Mad Auralities by Dr. Matthew Tomkinson.
UBC Nordic Studies Lærerlivet Series: An Interview with Ann-Kathrine Havemose
Recently, UBC Nordic Studies sat down with Danish language lecturer and Nordic Studies instructor, Ann-Kathrine Havemose for UBC Nordic Studies Lærerlivet (Teacher Life), a series that allows you to get to know instructors from outside of the classroom. Read more below to learn about Ann-Kathrine, how she came about her job, her hidden gems in Vancouver, and why Irish people are stranger than the Danish.
Ann-Kathrine Havemose Publishes Article on Oral Performativity in Adaptation of “De tre bukkene Bruse” (The Three Billy Goats Gruff)
Image attribution: Mable Amber Recently, UBC Nordic Studies’ Danish and Literature Studies lecturer, Ann-Kathrine Havemose published an article in Barnelitterært forskningstidsskrift, a central forum for children’s literature research in the Nordic region. Ann-Kathrine’s article examines the relationship between oral tradition and performative reading events, specifically in an adaptation of “The Three Billy Goats Gruff”, or […]
Dr. Malakaj Publishes Chapter on Filmmaker Helma Sanders-Brahms
Image Attribution: Wikimedia Commons Dr. Ervin Malakaj, associate professor of German studies, published his research on German feminist filmmaker Helma Sanders-Brahms’s Die Berührte (No Mercy, No Future, 1981). The research appeared in a chapter for the volume New German Cinema and Its Global Contexts, edited by Marco Abel and Jaimey Fisher, and published by Wayne State University Press. The […]
Call for Submissions: GSURS 2025 (March 14-15, 2025, in-person & online)
The German studies programs at UBC, UVic, and UW Seattle are teaming up to host the fourth annual German Studies Undergraduate Research Showcase (#GSURS2025).
Xwémalhkwu Hero Stories: Dr. Nijdam Celebrates Community-Engaged Storytelling with the Homalco Nation
UBC CENES Department celebrates the publication of Xwémalhkwu Hero Stories: A Graphic Novel, a collaborative project led by the UBC Comics Studies Cluster, Education without Borders, three Indigenous artists, and the Homalco First Nation.