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CENES PhD Candidate Corrects Previous Scholarship

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

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

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. 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

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

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

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. 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

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

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.