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English Translation of Unpublished Memoir  Meine Erinnerungen  (My Recollections) by Anuschka Elkei & Dr. Kumar Now Available

English Translation of Unpublished Memoir Meine Erinnerungen (My Recollections) by Anuschka Elkei & Dr. Kumar Now Available

The English translation of Anna Helen (née Mahler) Aszkanazy’s unpublished memoir Meine Erinnerungen (My Recollections) by CENES student Anuschka Elkei and Dr. Uma Kumar is now available for research and learning in open access format in the archive of the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre (VHEC).

New Book Release: Dr. Winthrop-Young and Dr. Iurascu Co-edit Kittler Collection

New Book Release: Dr. Winthrop-Young and Dr. Iurascu Co-edit Kittler Collection

Operation Valhalla: Writings on War, Weapons and Media (Duke UP, 2021) collects eighteen texts by German media theorist Friedrich Kittler on the close connections between war and media technology.

Dr. Winthrop-Young Contributes to Information Volume

Dr. Winthrop-Young Contributes to Information Volume

Dr. Geoffrey Winthrop-Young contributed an essay on “Intel” to “Information: Keywords,” now out from Columbia University Press.

Dr. Nijdam Speaks at  Comics of the New Europe  (2020) Book Launch Event

Dr. Nijdam Speaks at Comics of the New Europe (2020) Book Launch Event

On March 11, 2021, Biz Nijdam, José Alaniz (University of Washington), and Martha Kuhlman (Bryant University) discussed the recently published edited collection Comics of the New Europe in a virtual event hosted by the Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia at New York University.

CENES Awarded Grant to Revamp Undergraduate German Curriculum

CENES Awarded Grant to Revamp Undergraduate German Curriculum

The CENES Undergraduate German Curriculum Revision (UGGCR) project was awarded an Advancing Educational Renewal Grant administered by the UBC Provost’s office.

Dr. Malakaj Gives Keynote, Lectures, and Workshop

Dr. Malakaj Gives Keynote, Lectures, and Workshop

Dr. Ervin Malakaj, Assistant Professor of German studies, has delivered multiple invited talks and workshops on his research over the last two months.

Dr. Bowers Gives Digital Humanities Talk at Stanford Literary Lab

Dr. Bowers Gives Digital Humanities Talk at Stanford Literary Lab

On Thursday, February 18, Dr. Katherine Bowers gave a talk at the Stanford Literary Lab alongside other members of the Data-Sitters Club, a feminist digital humanities collective.

Dr. Gramling Publishes Translation in Queer Literature Anthology

Dr. Gramling Publishes Translation in Queer Literature Anthology

Dr. David Gramling published the first English translation of Murathan Mungan’s 1983 short love story Rapunzel and the Drifter, about a taxi driver and his passenger in Ankara, Turkey.

Call for Submissions: UBC Scandinavian and Nordic Studies Undergraduate Journal 2020-21

Call for Submissions: UBC Scandinavian and Nordic Studies Undergraduate Journal 2020-21

The Scandinavian and Nordic Cultural Association is publishing their first Undergraduate Student Journal. Submissions are now open until the 22nd of February.

PhD Candidate Publishes Second Article in Crossings: Journal of Migration & Culture

PhD Candidate Publishes Second Article in Crossings: Journal of Migration & Culture

PhD candidate Sabine Zimmermann published an article titled “Cultural artefacts and the ‘migration crisis’: Disruptive materialities in works by Navid Kermani and Maxi Obexer.”