Dr. Malakaj publishes article in The German Quarterly
Dr. Ervin Malakaj published an article on Carl Theodor Dreyer’s Michael (1924) in The German Quarterly.
Secret love letters and languages: UBC exhibit offers Pride Week history lesson
Co-curated by Dr. Kyle Frackman (CENES) and Dr. Gregory Mackie (English), A Queer Century, 1869 – 1969 makes UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections a great place to learn about queer history during Pride Week in Vancouver.
Anna Westpfahl Passes M.A. Thesis Defence
Congratulations to Anna Westpfahl! She passed her master’s thesis defence on July 24, 2019. Her thesis, “Of Matter and Meaning: Quantum Entanglement and Biological Fantasy in Psychoanalysis,” was supervised by Dr. Kyle Frackman.
Dr. Katia Bowers presents research at International Dostoevsky Symposium
Dr. Katia Bowers presented her research on “Dostoevsky’s Gothic Heroine: From Netochka to Nastas’ia Filippovna” at the recent International Dostoevsky Symposium in Boston. The Symposium occurs only once every three years and is the preeminent Dostoevsky Studies conference in the field. The 17th Symposium celebrated the 150th anniversary of the publication of The Idiot.
Dr. Katia Bowers and Dr. Kate Holland (U of Toronto) awarded SSHRC Insight Grant
Dr. Katia Bowers and Dr. Kate Holland (U of Toronto) were awarded a SSHRC Insight Grant ($169,232) for their project “Digital Dostoevsky.”
Dr. Hallensleben is awarded a SSHRC Insight Development Grant
Dr. Markus Hallensleben has been awarded a SSHRC Insight Development Grant for the “Migration as Core Narrative of Plural Societies: Towards an Aesthetics of Postmigrant Literature.”
Faculty Search: Head and Professor or senior Associate Professor of German Studies
The Faculty of Arts at The University of British Columbia (UBC) – Vancouver campus invites applications for the position of the Head of the Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies (CENES), with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2020.
Rare Books Exhibition featured on CBC
“A Queer Century, 1869-1969,” the public exhibition co-curated by Dr. Kyle Frackman of CENES and Dr. Gregory Mackie (of English) was featured on the CBC.
Ph.D. Student Presents in Madrid
While attending the Council of European Studies Conference in Madrid, Germanic Studies PhD student Sabine Zimmermann presented on “Immobilities in a ‘Postmigrant Age’: Phenomenological Borders in Jenny Erpenbeck’s Go, Went, Gone and Elfriede Jelinek’s Changes.”
W2019 Term 1 Course: German Cinema – Shadows and Screams
GERM 304 004 focuses on horror cinema produced in the German-speaking countries.