Congratulations to German undergrad Marie Urdiga!
German undergraduate student Marie Urdiga has had her application accepted to the University of Minnesota Graduate School Experience. The program, which runs from November 17-19 and is supported by the U. Minnesota Department of German, Scandinavian and Dutch and the DAAD/German Academic Exchange Service, provides undergraduates with an opportunity to learn more about German graduate […]
CENES prof and Dostoevsky featured in Arts Spotlight
Check out this great UBC Faculty of Arts Spotlight on Prof. Katherine Bowers and her Crime and Punishment 150 conference. In the Spotlight, Dr. Bowers describes why she thinks Dostoevsky’s novel resonates today, as well as the challenges and joys of tweeting the book from Raskolnikov’s point of view. Along with the profile, there is […]
New Scandinavian Undergraduate Scholarship
CENES is pleased to announce a new Scandinavian Undergraduate Scholarship, with the support of the Scandinavian Business Club of British Columbia. Titled the 70th Anniversary Legacy Scholarship, the Scandinavian Business Club of BC is offering $2,000 in tuition and travel support to an undergraduate student who in enrolled in a Scandinavian Studies course at CENES. […]
Call for Papers for Graduate Student Conference
Call for papers for the CENES Graduate Conference at UBC, April 8, 2017. The theme of the conference is The Proximity of Cultures in Literature and will feature keynote speaker Dr. Asma Sayed from MacEwan University, Edmonton. We will be accepting abstracts of 300 words for 15-20 minutes research papers that address the proximity of […]
CENES students write Dostoevsky library exhibit
In a joint collaboration between the Cambridge University Library and the CENES department, students from Dr Katia Bowers’s 2015 Term 2 RUSS 412 “Dostoevsky in Translation” have written an exhibit celebrating 150 years of Dostoevsky’s novel Crime and Punishment. The exhibit can be viewed here: https://exhibitions.lib.cam.ac.uk/crimeandpunishment/. A small physical exhibit is also on display at Cambridge University […]
CENES Professor interviewed about her life and legacy promoting Czech literature
Listen to this fascinating interview with CENES Professor Emerita Markéta Goetz-Stankiewicz on Radio Prague, talking about her life growing up Czech, German and Jewish during World War II and how it influenced her career as an academic at UBC, working with underground networks to translate and promote modern Czech literature in Canada during the post-war […]
“Magical objects in Fantasy” CENES grad student Stephanie Dreier publishes chapter in book on Fantasy Literature
CENES PhD student Stephanie Dreier has published a chapter on “Magical objects in Fantasy: A Multicultural Examination” in the book Fantasy Literature: Challenging Genres, edited by Mark A Fabrizi and published by Sense Publishers in 2016. The volume is part of a larger series titled “Critical Literacy Teaching Series: Challenging Authors and Genres,” aimed at […]
Ziegler Lecture Series for Term 1
The Department of Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies is pleased to announce its Fall 2016 line-up for the Ziegler Lecture Series. We have a great selection of speakers and topics. All Ziegler lectures will take place at 5pm at St John’s College in the Fairmont Social Lounge (2111 Lower Mall). See the full schedule […]
Dr. Bozena Karwowska publishes new book
Dr. Bozena Karwowska has published a new book with the Institute of Literary Research, Polish Academy of Sciences. The English translation of the title is “Women-History-Literature.” In this volume, 17 essays are divided into thematic groups. The first section examines the problems of women’s view of history and a definition of femininity in its historic […]