Call for Applications: UBC German Studies Awards and Scholarships (2024-2025)
Each year, the UBC German Studies and Modern European Studies Programs issues awards and scholarships to undergraduate students to support them on their German Studies and Modern European Studies journeys. Each year, CENES issues up to $30,000 in awards and scholarships to undergraduates in the UBC German Studies and the Modern European Studies Programs. These awards were put into […]
Dr. Garde Received Barbara Lischetti Award for Gender Studies
Dr. Jonah Garde was honoured with the Barbara Lischetti Award during the University of Bern’s Dies academicus ceremony for their doctoral dissertation.
2025 Graduate Admissions Applications Now Open for Germanic Studies
The 2025 admissions application for the Germanic Studies graduate program is now open until January 15, 2025.
CENES Student Spotlight: Luc Angelini
This Fall, Luc Angelini (UBC Arts, Philosophy Major) and CENES talked about their experience in the Nordic Program, take-aways, and why students would be interested in our Nordic courses!
Go Global Seminar 2025: Poland and Croatia
Interested in traveling to Poland and Croatia? Consider taking “Experiencing Eastern Europe (including Witnessing Auschwitz)”, a Go Global Seminar with CENES’ Dasha McEwen this summer.
PhD Student Publishes Paper on Mann’s The Magic Mountain
Dante Prado’s “The Crisis of Sociability and Laughter in Thomas Mann’s Der Zauberberg” was published in German Life and Letters.
CENES Faculty and PhD Candidate Project: Decolonizing the Future of Digital Humanities
CENES Department Head and PhD Candidate, Katherine Bowers and Braden Russell, speak to their work on the “The Adaptive Text Encoding Initiative Network: Antiracist, Decolonial, and Inclusive Markup Interventions.”
Dr. Nijdam Featured in Podcast on Comics Project with Homalco First Nation
Dr. Nijdam’s work as Director of the UBC Comics Studies Cluster has been featured in a recent podcast by UBC’s Community Engagement Office.
Welcome Message from Dr. Katherine Bowers, CENES Department Head
Meet the new CENES Department Head, Dr. Katherine Bowers!
From Oral Tradition to Comics: Homalco First Nation Partner with UBC and Education Without Borders to Create Graphic Novel Based on the Stories of their Elders
A project team with CENES’ Dr. Biz Nijdam has brought together a team of Indigenous graphic artists to create a series of short comics based on archival recordings of Elders from the Homalco First Nation.