Recent Faculty Publications
Geoffrey Winthrop-Young The first book in the Recursions series co-edited by Geoffrey Winthrop-Young is out: Sybille Krämer’s “Medium, Messenger, Transmission: An Approach to Media Philosophy“. Read a short introduction by co-editor Jussi Parikka. Hot off the press, Geoffrey Winthrop-Young’s translation of Bernhard Siegert’s Cultural Techniques: Grids, Filters, Doors and Other Articulations of the Real has […]
CENES Hosts #enjoysweden Poster Exhibit
A poster exhibit featuring photos by participants of #enjoysweden is currently being displayed in the southwest hallway of Buchanan Tower, 2nd floor. In late 2012, the hashtag #enjoysweden was started in the photo app Instagram to collect users’ best shots of Sweden, and users posted over 61,744 images. At the end of each month, 100 […]
New Publications by Geoffrey Winthrop-Young
New publications by Geoffrey Winthrop-Young: A paper on Friedrich Kittler’s Sirens in the first English-language collections of critical essays on Kittler and a revised essay on Stefan Zweig.
CENES hosts Lunch and Learn for Students March 18
The Department of Central, Eastern & Northern European Studies will host an event on Wednesday March 18 and invites students to join us for lunch. Students interested in German, Swedish, Polish, Danish or Russian language, our German, Scandinavian, Russian and Modern European Studies degree programs or study abroad opportunities are welcome. Faculty and instructors will […]
CENES Faculty Research Featured in UBC cIRcle
CENES faculty research has been highlighted in cIRcle, which is a digital repository of faculty and student research. Visit the cIRcle webpage to view some of our faculty’s recent publications.
Book Launch at the University of Tartu
On February 11, 2015, the chair of Estonian Literature at Tartu University introduced Thomas Salumets‘ essay collection “Mõju Mõnu” (Pleasure of Influence). The book, which features twenty-three essays in Estonian translation, was recently published by Tartu University Press. Dr. Salumets participated in the book launch via Skype.
Forthcoming publication by Katherine Bowers: Russian Writers
Russian Writers and the Fin de Siècle: The Twilight of Realism, a volume co-edited by new CENES faculty member Dr. Katherine Bowers is set to be published in June 2015. “Russian literature has a reputation for gloomy texts, especially during the late nineteenth century. This volume argues that a ‘fin-de-siècle’ mood informed Russian literature long […]
Book on Classical Music & GDR Co-edited by Kyle Frackman
Recent publication: Classical Music in the German Democratic Republic co-edited by Kyle Frackman and Larson Powell.
Recent Publications by Gaby Pailer
Recent publications by Gaby Pailer Jutta Eming, Gaby Pailer, Franziska Schößler, Johannes Traulsen (eds.), Fremde – Luxus – Räume. Konzeptionen von Luxus in Vormoderne und Moderne. Berlin: Frank & Timme, 2015. Gaby Pailer: Luxus, Fremdheit und Geschlechterökonomie in Fanny Ewalds Autobiografie ‘Meine Lebensgeschichte’ und ihrem Roman ‘Jenny’. In: Ibid., p. 167-187. Gaby Pailer, “Emanzipation und […]
Recent Publication: Essay Collection by Thomas Salumets
Mõju mõnu (Pleasure of Influence) by Thomas Salumets This collection of essays in Estonian translation published by Tartu University Press unpacks themes ranging from Goethe’s Faust as a self-absorbed hero without memory to the legacy of the prominent human scientist Norbert Elias, to previously hidden dimensions of Estonian historiography and culture.