Undergraduate Research Assistant Opportunity: German Studies
Research Assistant in German Studies Deadline: January 31st, 2016 Click here to apply now! Job Type Part Time (29 hrs/wk or less) Number of Openings 1 Job Description This position is funded by an Arts Undergraduate Research Award and is aimed at students who wish to participate in a research project related to the subject […]
Undergraduate Research Assistant Job Opportunity
Research Assistant in Germanic Studies available Click here to apply now Deadline: January 31st, 2016 Job Type Part Time (29 hrs/wk or less) Number of Openings 1 Job Description This position is funded by an Arts Undergraduate Research Award and is aimed at students who wish to participate in a research project related to the […]
In memory of Maria Fürstenwald
The department is sad to announce that our former colleague Maria Fürstenwald passed away on January 14, 2016. Maria was born in Wloclawek, Poland, and immigrated to Canada in 1953. After obtaining an M.A. and PhD from McGill, she became a member of the Department of Germanic Studies at UBC and retired in 1985. She wrote […]
Honorary Doctor of Humanities awarded to Professor Thomas Salumets
“In recognition of his academic achievements in the humanities, his contributions to Estonian studies at large and his scholarly engagement with the lecturers and students at the University of Tartu, we are pleased to confer upon Professor Thomas Salumets the degree of Honorary Doctor of Humanities of the University of Tartu” (Tartu University December 1, […]
Five-Year Ph.D Scholarship in Germanic Studies
The Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies (CENES) is offering a Five Year Ph.D Scholarship starting in September 2016. $24,000 base funding plus $3,200 International Tuition Award per year; additional numeration per TA-ship is $5,989 will be awarded. The Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies (CENES) at the University of British Columbia […]
Roger Chartier’s lecture now available online
For those who missed Roger Chartier’s lecture, “What is a Book? Authorship Textuality and Reading from the Age of the Codex to the Digital World,” at UBC on October 14, it’s now available for online viewing at the following link. The introduction is by CENES’s Dr. Ilinca Iurascu. Professor Chartier’s lecture was part of the Peter Wall Institute […]
Frackman speaks at Nerd Nite Vancouver
Dr. Kyle Frackman spoke at Nerd Nite Vancouver on October 15 about “The Short End of the Broomstick: Sex, Gender, and European Witch Persecution.”
The Vello Soots Memorial Lecture
On September 19, 2015 Professor Thomas Salumets gave the Vello Soots Memorial Lecture at the Estonian Studies Centre in Toronto on “Sophisticated Simplicity: Arvo Pärt, Gerhard Richter, and Jaan Kaplinski.”
German Film Series 2015
German Film Series 2015 Mondays at 6.00 pm in Buchanan A102 All Films Presented in German with English Subtitles. This film series event will run from September 14-November 30, 2015.
Featured Courses 2015W
Below are a few of our featured courses offered in 2015-2016. To see a full list of course descriptions, please visit the undergraduate course list GERM 406: Literature and Visual Arts This course explores the interdisciplinary field of German speaking literature and visual arts, and covers the literary and artistic movements of Expressionism and Dadaism. […]