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Summer 2024 Courses in the CENES Department

Summer 2024 Courses in the CENES Department

The Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies (CENES) will be hosting a variety of exciting courses in SUMMER 2024.

CENES GoGlobal Scholarships for the Multicultural Vienna Summer Seminar

CENES GoGlobal Scholarships for the Multicultural Vienna Summer Seminar

Funding opportunities to provide 4 students interested in attending the Global Seminar: Multicultural Vienna–Mutikulti Wien (GMST 424 | 3 credits).

Dr. Biz Nijdam publishes on Catan in the Conversation

Dr. Biz Nijdam publishes on Catan in the Conversation

How do board games uphold colonial narratives? Learn more in Biz Nijdam’s article in the journal ‘The Conversation’.

Biz Nijdam’s Comics Studies Cluster Makes News

Biz Nijdam’s Comics Studies Cluster Makes News

The UBC Comics Studies Cluster (CSC) has embarked on a exciting new partnership with the Homalco First Nation to bring Indigenous storytelling to life through the “Remember” Comics Project.

Arts Multilingual Week 2024

Arts Multilingual Week 2024

From March 6th – 8th, join us for various events filled with language and fun at Arts Multilingual Week.

Danish Lecturer talks about Hygge on CBC Radio

Danish Lecturer talks about Hygge on CBC Radio

Lecturer in Danish and Nordic Studies speaks with Stephen Quinn on an episode of ‘The Early Edition’ to talk about he Danish word “hygge”

Call for Applications: UBC German Studies Undergraduate Research Awards

Call for Applications: UBC German Studies Undergraduate Research Awards

The UBC German Studies Program is pleased to announce the call for applications for two $500 Undergraduate Research Awards supported with generous funding from the Goethe Institute.

Call for Submissions: 2024 German Studies Undergraduate Research Showcase (April 6-7)

Call for Submissions: 2024 German Studies Undergraduate Research Showcase (April 6-7)

GSURS2024: The third annual German Studies Undergraduate Research Showcase

Dr. Bożena Karwowska publishes a new book

Dr. Bożena Karwowska publishes a new book

Dr. Bożena Karwowska publishes her fifth manuscript ‘The Witness and the Body in Auschwitz: Early Literary Accounts of the Camp Experience’

Dr. Bożena Karwowska contributes a chapter to a book on Polish literature

Dr. Bożena Karwowska contributes a chapter to a book on Polish literature

Dr. Bożena Karwowska published a chapter in the book Empathy, Hospitability and Solidarity in Polish Literature from the XIX to the XXI century