MA student book review published
Susanna Cassisa’s review was recently featured on the George L. Mosse Program in History Blog.
PhD Student Selected to Take Part in Holocaust Education Seminar
Braden Russell, a PhD student in Germanic Studies, was accepted to participate in the Jack and Anita Hess Faculty Seminar on Pedagogical Approaches to Material Culture and the Holocaust, at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC.
An Interview with Modern European Studies Alum
Charlotte Gibbs graduated from the University of British Columbia in 2021 as a double major in History and Modern European 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.
CENES Alum’s Book Wins Canadian Jewish Literary Award
The book But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust, edited by CENES/Germanic Studies alumnus Charlotte Schallié (Ph.D. 2004), has been awarded the Canadian Jewish Literary Award.
Survivors of the Holocaust from Vancouver – Life & Work
Dr. Uma Kumar led this research project with undergraduate students as part of the GERM 426 (“German Representations of the Holocaust”) course during the Winter 2019, 2020 and 2021 terms.
Dr. Nijdam Featured in Recent Article about Maus
Dr. Biz Nijdam was recently featured in an article on global reactions to Art Spiegelman’s Maus, in which she spoke about the role of the Pulitzer-Prize-winning Holocaust survival story in the emergence of comics on history more broadly, as well as the problematic logic behind banning graphic novels.
Student Research Investigates Nazi War Crimes
Connor Jol, a first-year student in the Faculty of Applied Science at the University of British Columbia, investigated archaeological evidence of Nazi crimes committed towards the end of World War II.
Summer 2022 Courses in Russian, German, Nordic, and Holocaust Studies
The German, Russian, Nordic, and CENS programs will be offering a range of exciting courses over the summer, both in-person and online.
Dr. Nijdam Publishes on Tennessee School Board Banning of Maus
Dr. Biz Nijdam’s article, “Banning Maus only exposes the significance of this searing graphic novel about the Holocaust,” was published in The Conversation on February 8.