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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

Tim Frandy Featured in National Geographic Essay

Tim Frandy Featured in National Geographic Essay

Tim Frandy was interviewed for an article in National Geographic that talks about the origins of Santa Claus.

Ukrainian Film Festival at the Cinematheque in February 2024

Ukrainian Film Festival at the Cinematheque in February 2024

Throughout February 2024, the Cinematheque will host a film series dedicated to Ukrainian cinema.

Dr. Malakaj Discusses his New Book on New Books Network Podcast

Dr. Malakaj Discusses his New Book on New Books Network Podcast

Dr. Ervin Malakaj, Associate Professor of German Studies and Director of the UBC Centre for European Studies, was recently interviewed by Dr. Armanc Yildiz for the New Books Network.

“Wotan’s Biopunk”: Dr. Winthrop-Young publishes on an early alternate history classic

“Wotan’s Biopunk”: Dr. Winthrop-Young publishes on an early alternate history classic

Dr. Winthrop-Young published “Wotan’s Biopunk: The Grim(m) German God and his English Bloodsport in Sarban’s Sound of His Horn” in Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik.