Dr. Nijdam Receives AMS UBC OER Champion Award
Dr. Elizabeth “Biz” Nijdam is among the recipients of this year’s AMS UBC OER Champion Award!
Xwémalhkwu Hero Stories: Dr. Nijdam Celebrates Community-Engaged Storytelling with the Homalco Nation
UBC CENES Department celebrates the publication of Xwémalhkwu Hero Stories: A Graphic Novel, a collaborative project led by the UBC Comics Studies Cluster, Education without Borders, three Indigenous artists, and the Homalco First Nation.
Dr. Nijdam Featured in Podcast on Comics Project with Homalco First Nation
Dr. Nijdam’s work as Director of the UBC Comics Studies Cluster has been featured in a recent podcast by UBC’s Community Engagement Office.
From Oral Tradition to Comics: Homalco First Nation Partner with UBC and Education Without Borders to Create Graphic Novel Based on the Stories of their Elders
A project team with CENES’ Dr. Biz Nijdam has brought together a team of Indigenous graphic artists to create a series of short comics based on archival recordings of Elders from the Homalco First Nation.
Nijdam and Cassisa Receive 2024 Public Engagement Award
Congratulations to CENES Prof Dr. Biz Nijdam and MA Student Susanna Cassisa on receiving UBC-V’s 2024 Public Engagement Awards.
2024 Call for Applications: Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship
CENES invites applications from interested researchers and supervisors to be considered for the premier Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship Program.
Education through comics: Exploring the Pedagogical Value of Comic Art
Dr. Elizabeth Nijdam talks about how comics are an effective medium that presents complex ideas in an easily understandable way.
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.
Dr. Nijdam Receives a Diversity and Inclusion Grant from the Waterloo Centre for German Studies
Dr. Biz Nijdam is a 2023 recipient of a Diversity and Inclusion Grant in German Studies from the Waterloo Centre for German Studies for her project “Games for Decolonization,” which explores how board games can be valuable tools in decolonizing teaching and learning in European, German, and Migration Studies.
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.