Dr. Leesing Publishes in Crossings on Night Spaces in Postmigrant Literature
Dr. Dorothee Leesing’s article looks at the importance of the night sky as applied by the author Karosh Taha in the novel Beschreibung einer Krabbenwandeurng (“Portrait of a wandering crab”).
CENES Courses: Spotlight on CENS 307
Witches: Myth and Reality, taught by Dr. Kyle Frackman, is a three-credit course that examines the cultural, social, and historical construction of the witch in central and northern Europe with comparisons to recent history, current events, and popular culture.
Call for Applications: Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship
The UBC Department of Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies (CENES) invites applications from interested parties to be considered for the award.
Winter 2022-23 Courses in the CENES Department
Spanning Fascism and resistance, Arctic Indigenous activism, literature and the emotions, Nordic mythology, colonial history, and ecological inquiry, CENES is offering a slate of courses that you’ll never forget.
Dr. Malakaj Publishes Essay on Relevance of German Literary Studies
Dr. Ervin Malakaj was invited to respond to a special issue of the Jahrbuch der deutschen Schillergesellschaft on the topic, “Kommt die Literaturwissenschaft abhanden?”
Dr. Leesing Publishes Article on Game Environments in Early Gaming
Sessional lecturer and CENES alumnus Dr. Dorothee Leesing published an article in Architecture and Culture titled “Boss Fight Game Environment: The High-Rise in Early Handheld Gaming.”
Dr. Malakaj Receives DAAD Grant for Research
Dr. Ervin Malakaj has received a faculty research grant from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for research at the Centre for the History of Emotions in Berlin.
Dr. Bowers Publishes Book about Russian Realism and the Gothic
Dr. Katherine Bowers has published her first monograph, Writing Fear: Russian Realism and the Gothic.
Dr. Malakaj Inaugural Recipient of the CENES Outstanding Mentorship Award
“Decades from now, there will be countless alumni and colleagues who will most fondly remember Dr. Malakaj, how he supported them, how he inspired them, how he shaped their approach to mentorship.”
Dr. Nijdam Featured in Recent Article about Maus
Dr. Biz Nijdam was recently featured in an article on global reactions to Art Spiegelman’s Maus, in which she spoke about the role of the Pulitzer-Prize-winning Holocaust survival story in the emergence of comics on history more broadly, as well as the problematic logic behind banning graphic novels.