Holocaust Studies

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

Dr. Karwowska invited as an international guest scholar to the University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland)

Dr. Karwowska invited as an international guest scholar to the University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland)

Dr. Bożena Karwowska has been invited as an international guest scholar to the Silesian University in Katowice, a European City of Science, 2024.

Dr. Karwowska Dr. Karwowska visits Wagner College to give talk on art by women prisoners in Auschwitz

Dr. Karwowska Dr. Karwowska visits Wagner College to give talk on art by women prisoners in Auschwitz

Dr. Bożena Karwowska visited the Wagner College in New York in October to give a talk on Art by women prisoners in Auschwitz.

Summer 2024 study abroad at Bauhaus University

Summer 2024 study abroad at Bauhaus University

UBC students at all levels of their language learning journey are invited to apply for a summer study abroad program at Bauhaus University in Weimar, Germany.

Global Seminar in Poland, Summer 2024

Global Seminar in Poland, Summer 2024

In Term 1 of Summer 2024, students have the opportunity to apply for a seminar in Poland. 

Full Program Available for Winter 2023-2024 Sawchen & Ziegler Lecture Series

Full Program Available for Winter 2023-2024 Sawchen & Ziegler Lecture Series

The Winter 2023 Term 1 program for the Sawchen and Ziegler Lecture Series is now available.

Dr. Winthrop-Young publishes on totalitarian termites

Dr. Winthrop-Young publishes on totalitarian termites

Dr. Geoffrey Winthrop-Young has published “The Social Politics of Karl Escherich’s 1933 Inaugural Presidential Lecture” in Journal of the History of Biology.

2023 Call for Applications: Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship

2023 Call for Applications: Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship

CENES invites applications from interested researchers and supervisors to be considered for the premier Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship Program.

Grant for “Holocausts and the Rise of Antisemitism” project

Grant for “Holocausts and the Rise of Antisemitism” project

Dr. Bożena Karwowska, alongside team members Dasha Prykhodko and Nina Weng (undergraduate student, History), has been granted a UBC Vancouver Open Educational Resources Fund.

PhD alum publishes book with Indiana University Press

PhD alum publishes book with Indiana University Press

Violent Space: The Jewish Ghetto in Warsaw (release date in November 2023) is based on Dr. Anja Nowak’s dissertation research in Germanic Studies at UBC.