Claudia Breger on “Negativity and Resilience, Fantasy and Hope: Multivectoral Dialogues between Laurent Berlant and German (-émigré) Critical Theory”
Last week, a keynote traced multidirectional influences and resonances between Berlant’s thought and German studies through a larger project of rethinking political aesthetics for our current moment. The larger project undertakes dialogues between early and mid-twentieth century German-émigré thinking on political aesthetics in the face of fascism (Adorno, Benjamin, Bloch) and twenty-first-century work in affect […]
Ann Cvetkovich on “Grappling with Care”
In the “Thinking with Lauren Berlant,” workshop last week, this keynote explored the proliferation of discourses of care — including self-care, collective care, and radical care — as well as critiques of those discourses, both of which have gained additional momentum and urgency in activist and academic contexts during this time of pandemic.
Modern European Studies Major to give 2023 Graduation Address on May 24th
On May 24th, Melanie Kilchherr, a Modern European Studies major in the Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies Department, will be giving the graduation address for the class of 2023.
Director of Nordic Undergraduate Studies and Nordic Minor receive the 2023 CENES Outstanding Mentorship Award
The 2023 CENES Excellence in Mentorship Award has been conferred on a team of mentors, Lena Karlström, Director of Undergraduate Studies in Nordic Studies, and Ashley Samsone, graduating minor in Nordic Studies.
How our German and Nordic programs are getting ready for the future
Starting in Winter 2023-2024, UBC students will have a more streamlined and intuitive path toward completing a Minor in Nordic Studies and a Major or Minor in German Studies.
2023 Call for Applications: Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship
CENES invites applications from interested researchers and supervisors to be considered for the premier Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship Program.
Two CENES faculty members selected for Killam Teaching Prize
Two faculty members from the Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies selected for the 2023 Killam Teaching Prize.
Dr. Malakaj promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
We are thrilled to announce that the UBC Vancouver President approved the promotion and tenure of our dear colleague and German Studies Undergraduate Director Dr. Ervin Malakaj.
SCAN Studies Changes to NORD Studies
Pending Ministry approval, the Scandinavian Studies program will be changing to Nordic Studies at the beginning of Fall 2023.
Seven CENES courses to learn more about multicultural Europe in WT2
Join us in Winter 2022 Term 2 to learn about the diversity of culture, politics and languages that makes up Europe in 2022!