Short- and Long-Term Study and Research Abroad Opportunities in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and Beyond
UBC has partnered up with a number of institutions of higher learning to offer students at all stages of their studies a wide and invigorating range of exchange opportunities in German-speaking contexts.
Dr. Winthrop-Young Interviewed by UBC’s On Earth Podcast
Dr. Winthrop-Young discussed his current research project involving World Ice Theory, the resurrection of the aurochs, methamphetamine during the Third Reich, and the dangerous connectivity of Nazism.
Students of GERM 426 Publish Their Research on Survivors of the Holocaust @UBC – Life & Work
During the academic year 2020/21 students who took GERM 426 (German Representations of the Holocaust) in German literature and film, taught by Dr. Uma Kumar, wrote a research paper on Survivors of the Holocaust @UBC – Life & Work.
English Translation of Unpublished Memoir Meine Erinnerungen (My Recollections) by Anuschka Elkei & Dr. Kumar Now Available
The English translation of Anna Helen (née Mahler) Aszkanazy’s unpublished memoir Meine Erinnerungen (My Recollections) by CENES student Anuschka Elkei and Dr. Uma Kumar is now available for research and learning in open access format in the archive of the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre (VHEC).
Dr. Kumar Presents at Virtual Kristallnacht Commemoration
Dr. Uma Kumar was a guest speaker on Friday, November 6, 2020 at the virtual Kristallnacht Commemoration and Shabbat Service held for the Solel Congregation in Mississauga, Ontario.
Recordings from Nora Krug Virtual Events Now Available
The Department of Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies was delighted to participate in a virtual event series with the award-winning author Nora Krug from October 27 to 29, 2020. Recordings from two of the talks are now available to view.
Young Researchers’ Essays on Witnessing Auschwitz Available as eBook
The More I Know, The Less I Understand, an anthology of UBC student essays edited by Dr. Bozena Karwowska and Dr. Anja Nowak, is now available as an eBook.
Winter 2020 Course: GERM 426 (German Representations of the Holocaust)
In GERM 426, students will read, view, evaluate and discuss memoirs, prose works, poems, essays, graphic novels, perpetrator documents, survivor testimony and documentaries that portray the Holocaust.
The Significance of Artifacts in the Understanding of the Holocaust
Dr. Uma Kumar’s course on German Representations of the Holocaust in spring 2020 featured a blog of students’ research.