Russian Language Program

Dr. Bowers Publishes Dostoevsky Bicentenary Book

Dr. Bowers Publishes Dostoevsky Bicentenary Book

Dr. Katherine Bowers and Dr. Kate Holland (U of T) have co-edited a book called Dostoevsky at 200: The Novel in Modernity.

Dr. Chitnev on Why to Learn Russian in 2021

Dr. Chitnev on Why to Learn Russian in 2021

Dr. Veta Chitnev, Director of Undergraduate Studies for Russian, offers us an exciting glimpse of aspects of learning the Russian language—and immersing oneself in Russian culture today.

Dr. Chitnev To Present at 10th World Congress of the ICCEES

Dr. Chitnev To Present at 10th World Congress of the ICCEES

On August 4, 2021, Dr. Veta Chitnev will present at the 10th World Congress of the International Council for Central and East European Studies.

Dr. Bowers Receives SSHRC Connection Grant for Dostoevsky’s Bicentenary

Dr. Bowers Receives SSHRC Connection Grant for Dostoevsky’s Bicentenary

Dr. Katherine Bowers and Dr. Kate Holland (University of Toronto) have received a SSHRC Connection Grant to support the celebration of Dostoevsky’s bicentenary in 2021.

Dr. Bowers Gives Talk for Anglo-Russian Research Network

Dr. Bowers Gives Talk for Anglo-Russian Research Network

On May 25, 2021, Dr. Katherine Bowers gave a talk for the Anglo-Russian Research Network called “Ghost-Writing: Radcliffiana and the Russian Gothic Wave.”

Dr. Bowers Appears as a Featured Guest on CiTR Radio’s The Blue Hour

Dr. Bowers Appears as a Featured Guest on CiTR Radio’s The Blue Hour

Dr. Katherine Bowers spoke about Dostoevsky and her research for the CiTR 101.9 FM radio program “The Blue Hour,” a “dialogue about life, literature, science, philosophy, and everything in between.”

Video Collection from “Crime and Punishment at 150” Conference Now Available

Video Collection from “Crime and Punishment at 150” Conference Now Available

Videos from the “Crime and Punishment at 150” conference organized by Dr. Katherine Bowers in October 2016 are now available in UBC’s cIRcle repository.

Dr. Bowers Named as 2021-22 Public Humanities Fellow

Dr. Bowers Named as 2021-22 Public Humanities Fellow

The UBC Vancouver Public Humanities Hub Faculty Fellowships are awarded annually to support research excellence among humanities scholars in the Faculties of Arts, Law, and Education at UBC and to develop and highlight public-facing research in the humanities.

Dr. Bowers Named as Member of New Languages for NLP Cohort

Dr. Bowers Named as Member of New Languages for NLP Cohort

Dr. Katherine Bowers will be participating in the National Endowment for the Humanities Institute hosted at the Center for Digital Humanities at Princeton University called “New Languages for NLP.”

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.