CENES PhD Candidate Corrects Previous Scholarship
Patricia Milewski’s article, “Gertrud Möller as author of ‘anonymous’ songs” corrects previous scholarship proposing that none of Möller’s spiritual songs from these volumes found their way in Protestant hymnbooks.
Radio-Canada Interviews Dr. Frackman for Story about Queer Books and Catalogues
Subject headings and other classifications play a role in the display or hiding of LGBTQ topics.
Dr. Frackman Participates in University of Michigan Colloquium
On March 11, 2022, Dr. Kyle Frackman participated in a colloquium organized by the graduate students in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan.
Dr. Malakaj Publishes Essay on Historical Injury and Solidarity in New Fascism Syllabus
Dr. Ervin Malakaj writes of his lived experience as refugee in Germany and brings this experience in conversation with historical revisionism, solidarity structures, and what it means to attend to multiple histories of violence at once.
Summer 2022 Courses in Russian, German, Nordic, and Holocaust Studies
The German, Russian, Nordic, and CENS programs will be offering a range of exciting courses over the summer, both in-person and online.
UBC’s Russian Instructors Stand with Ukraine
We are feeling profound grief and despair at Putin’s invasion of Russia’s sovereign neighbour, and we offer our heartfelt support and solidarity to our Ukrainian students and their families.
CENES Statement in Support of Ukraine
Our department was founded to actively foster the study and understanding of a multinational, multiethnic, multicultural, and multilingual Europe. We reaffirm these principles today, as we declare our support for the peoples of Ukraine and the democratic sovereignty and independence of their country.
Dr. Nijdam Publishes on Tennessee School Board Banning of Maus
Dr. Biz Nijdam’s article, “Banning Maus only exposes the significance of this searing graphic novel about the Holocaust,” was published in The Conversation on February 8.
UBC PhD Alum Dr. Strzelczyk Named Provost and Vice-President, Academic, at Western University
Dr. Florentine Strzelczyk (PhD alum, Germanic Studies at UBC) has been appointed Provost and Vice-President, Academic, at Western University in Kingston, Ontario.
Dr. Bowers Publishes Review Articles for Dostoevsky Bicentenary
During the last months of Dostoevsky’s bicentennial year (2021), Dr. Katherine Bowers published three articles reviewing Dostoevsky studies as a field and the events that took place for the bicentenary.