UBC German Studies Student Spotlight: Vivian Voong
“Having lived in Vancouver all my life, learning about the various traditions of German-speaking countries really opened up my world. Learning German also helped me to get out of my comfort zone, and to think and communicate in a new manner.”
Interview with Bauhaus-Weimar alum Pedro Amaral
Pedro Amaral is a German Studies student who, in Summer 2022, participated in the Weimar Bauhaus Summer School in Germany.
Faculty spotlight: Dr. David Gramling
Dr. Gramling is a Professor of German Studies and Head of the CENES Department. His main research interests include monolingualism, multilingualism and translation.
Graduate Admissions Applications Now Open
Beyond its undergraduate programs, the Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies offers pathways to the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Germanic Studies.
Seven Key Takeaways from the UBC German Program
Don’t stay monolingual for too long! Get a glimpse of some of the skills you will learn with a German Major or Minor.
Spotlight: Dr. Gassner and German Extracurriculars
“Never think of learning German as ‘studying the language,’ but always as ‘spending time with the language.’ It is not a linear process, but an exploration in which you create ever larger and more complex neural networks.”
Call for Applications: CENES Advisory Council
The council will engage students to articulate their views on some of the key challenges and questions of higher education for the present and the future. We intend to engage students’ wisdom and insights, and to recognize and credit students as equals in this planning process.
Spotlight: German Language Student Ben Marquard
While his interests and future career goals lie mainly in his current field of study, Kinesiology, Ben has supplemented his education with studies in German, as language studies are a newfound interest for him.
CENES Courses: Spotlight on GERM 304 (Shadows and Screams)
GERM 304 004: German Cinema (in English), taught by Dr. Jason Lieblang, is a three-credit course about “Shadows and Screams: Germanic Horror Films from Expressionism to Today” that focuses on the horror genre in the German-speaking world from its gothic beginnings in late 18th-century literature to contemporary films.
Winter 2022-23 Courses in the CENES Department
Spanning Fascism and resistance, Arctic Indigenous activism, literature and the emotions, Nordic mythology, colonial history, and ecological inquiry, CENES is offering a slate of courses that you’ll never forget.