Students Host Lucia
On Tuesday, December 7, 2021, students from the UBC Scandinavian Program and the Scandinavian and Nordic Cultural Association gathered at The Norm Theatre for a candle-lit performance of Lucia.
Dr. Gramling Podcasts on Multilingualism
Dr. David Gramling spoke on the podcast channel UNESCO RILA: The Sounds of Integration in the first episode of a new series called “The Sounds of Good Books.”
Collaborative and Compassionate Teaching During COVID: What Have We Learned?
The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted an ongoing re-examination of our teaching practices and learning communities, and some very interesting new ideas have emerged through this process of reflection.
CENES Department Welcomes Dr. Rosemarie Peña
The Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies (CENES) is thrilled to welcome Dr. Rosemarie Peña as an Adjunct Professor.
Dr. Bowers Receives SSHRC Connection Grant for Dostoevsky’s Bicentenary
Dr. Katherine Bowers and Dr. Kate Holland (University of Toronto) have received a SSHRC Connection Grant to support the celebration of Dostoevsky’s bicentenary in 2021.
Dr. Gramling Publishes New Book
Dr. David Gramling has published his new book entitled The Invention of Multilingualism.
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.
Dr. Bowers Gives Talk for Anglo-Russian Research Network
On May 25, 2021, Dr. Katherine Bowers gave a talk for the Anglo-Russian Research Network called “Ghost-Writing: Radcliffiana and the Russian Gothic Wave.”
Webinar Recordings of “Storytelling as Research: Unsettling the Cultural Politics of Diversity through Filmmaking” Now Available
The recordings of webinars from the workshop, organized by Erin Goheen Glanville and Markus Hallensleben on April 7-9, 2021, are now freely accessible and open to the public.
Dr. Bowers Appears as a Featured Guest on CiTR Radio’s The Blue Hour
Dr. Katherine Bowers spoke about Dostoevsky and her research for the CiTR 101.9 FM radio program “The Blue Hour,” a “dialogue about life, literature, science, philosophy, and everything in between.”