CENES Course Highlights: 2025-2026 Academic Year
Take a course with The Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies (CENES) in 2025-2026!
Dr. Garde publishes book on Trans* Histories, Sex Change and its Colonial Ghosts
Jonah I. Garde, CENES Postdoctoral Fellow, published new book set in early 20th century Austria, and explores how trans* histories are entangled with and shaped by modernity and coloniality.
Queer media theories workshop meets in Cologne
Dr. Kyle Frackman and Dr. Ervin Malakaj hosted a workshop on Queer Media Theories on June 26, 2025 in Cologne.
Dr. Frackman gives Talk Introducing “Coming Out” Screening
On February 2, 2025, Dr. Kyle Frackman gave a talk introducing a screening of the East German film Coming Out (1989, dir. Heiner Carow) at Carleton College’s International Film Forum (Northfield, Minnesota).
Dr. Garde Received Barbara Lischetti Award for Gender Studies
Dr. Jonah Garde was honoured with the Barbara Lischetti Award during the University of Bern’s Dies academicus ceremony for their doctoral dissertation.
2025 Graduate Admissions Applications Now Open for Germanic Studies
The 2025 admissions application for the Germanic Studies graduate program is now open until January 15, 2025.
New Book On 19th-century German Studies Features CENES-led Research
We are thrilled to announce the publication of Taking Stock: Media Inventories in the German Nineteenth Century, a new title from De Gruyter’s Cultures and Practices of Knowledge in History series.
Dr. Frackman Publishes Chapter on Queer Lives in East German Documentary Films
Dr. Kyle Frackman has published a chapter on professional and amateur documentary film in East Germany.
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.
Dr. Frackman featured in Ubyssey
Dr. Kyle Frackman featured in the Ubyssey on collaborative Queer Collections Project (QCP)