Dr. Winthrop-Young Publishes on Killer Ants
Dr. Geoffrey Winthrop-Young has published a paper in Germanic Review on Carl Stephensons’s tropical potboiler “Leiningen versus the Ants” (1937).
Dr. Malakaj Publishes Co-Authored Chapter on Queer of Colour Cinema in Germany
The chapter, titled “Resisting the Traps of Hegemony: Variation in Contemporary German Queer of Color Cinema,” was published in the Routledge companion to European Cinema.
Students Host Lucia
On Tuesday, December 7, 2021, students from the UBC Scandinavian Program and the Scandinavian and Nordic Cultural Association gathered at The Norm Theatre for a candle-lit performance of Lucia.
Dr. Gramling Podcasts on Multilingualism
Dr. David Gramling spoke on the podcast channel UNESCO RILA: The Sounds of Integration in the first episode of a new series called “The Sounds of Good Books.”
Dr. Winthrop-Young Contributes to Vilém Flusser Collection
Dr. Geoffrey Winthrop-Young contributed an essay on “Vampyroteuthis infernalis as Media Theory” to Understanding Flusser, Understanding Modernism, a new collection on the work of Vilém Flusser.
Dr. Frackman Publishes Article on “Coming Out”
Dr. Kyle Frackman has published an article in The Conversation about Coming Out, the 1989 East German film that was the country’s first and last feature film about homosexuality.
Three PhD Students Advance to Candidacy
We congratulate PhD candidates Steve Commichau, Patricia Milewski, and Shoshana Schwebel on reaching this remarkable milestone in their Germanic Studies program.
Foregrounding Diversity in Beginning German Language Classes
In the UBC German program, a committee of teaching faculty have collaborated to improve our beginning German class materials to reflect the diversity of Germanophone societies today.
Applications Open: MA and PhD in Germanic Studies at UBC
Applications are due December 31 – apply today!
Meet the New Assistants to the Director of Undergraduate Studies in German
The CENES Department is excited to welcome the two newest members of our team.