Faculty

Dr. Malakaj Publishes Article on Solidarity Formations in Diacritics

Dr. Malakaj Publishes Article on Solidarity Formations in Diacritics

CENES’s Dr. Ervin Malakaj publishes article in Diacritics, a journal that publishes various original works on critical theory.

Danish Lecturer Gives Interview About Happiness

Danish Lecturer Gives Interview About Happiness

Ann-Kathrine Havemose gives interview about her personal experience with Danish happiness to local newspaper, The Source, in relation to International Day of Happiness.

Dr. Nijdam Receives AMS UBC OER Champion Award

Dr. Nijdam Receives AMS UBC OER Champion Award

Dr. Elizabeth “Biz” Nijdam is among the recipients of this year’s AMS UBC OER Champion Award!

UBC Nordic Studies Lærerlivet Series: An Interview with Dr. Kyle Frackman

UBC Nordic Studies Lærerlivet Series: An Interview with Dr. Kyle Frackman

UBC Nordic Studies sat down with Nordic Studies Instructor, Dr. Kyle Frackman, for UBC Nordic Studies Lærerlivet (Teacher Life), a series that allows you to get to know instructors from outside of the classroom. Read more below to learn about Dr. Frackman as he talks to us about approaching grad school, transferable skills between the Sciences and Arts, and his love for trees.

Nijdam featured in Pancouver Article on Comics and Memory during Vancouver’s LunarFest 2025

Nijdam featured in Pancouver Article on Comics and Memory during Vancouver’s LunarFest 2025

UBC CENES’ Elizabeth “Biz” Nijdam was recently featured in Pancouver for her presentation at LunarFest 2025.

Dr. Frackman gives Talk Introducing “Coming Out” Screening

Dr. Frackman gives Talk Introducing “Coming Out” Screening

On February 2, 2025, Dr. Kyle Frackman gave a talk introducing a screening of the East German film Coming Out (1989, dir. Heiner Carow) at Carleton College’s International Film Forum (Northfield, Minnesota).

Dr. Bowers publishes article on collaboration, in collaboration

Dr. Bowers publishes article on collaboration, in collaboration

Together with Lee Skallerup Bessette, Maria Sachiko Cecire, Quinn Dombrowski, Anouk Lang, and Roopika Risam, Katherine Bowers has published an article on the collaborative scholarly practice in which the Data-Sitters Club, a feminist digital humanities collective, engages.

Congratulations, soon-to-be Dr. Manoff!

Congratulations, soon-to-be Dr. Manoff!

On Friday, January 17, CENES Yiddish teacher and scholar Itamar Manoff successfully defended his dissertation, as the final component of his doctoral work in Educational Studies at UBC on the topic of mistakes and errors among adult language learners. When one of his students described a person in the English-as-an-Additional-Language classroom with the phrase “She […]

UBC Nordic Studies Lærerlivet Series: An Interview with Ann-Kathrine Havemose

UBC Nordic Studies Lærerlivet Series: An Interview with Ann-Kathrine Havemose

Recently, UBC Nordic Studies sat down with Danish language lecturer and Nordic Studies instructor, Ann-Kathrine Havemose for UBC Nordic Studies Lærerlivet (Teacher Life), a series that allows you to get to know instructors from outside of the classroom. Read more below to learn about Ann-Kathrine, how she came about her job, her hidden gems in Vancouver, and why Irish people are stranger than the Danish.

Ann-Kathrine Havemose Publishes Article on Oral Performativity in Adaptation of “De tre bukkene Bruse” (The Three Billy Goats Gruff)

Ann-Kathrine Havemose Publishes Article on Oral Performativity in Adaptation of “De tre bukkene Bruse” (The Three Billy Goats Gruff)

Image attribution: Mable Amber Recently, UBC Nordic Studies’ Danish and Literature Studies lecturer, Ann-Kathrine Havemose published an article in Barnelitterært forskningstidsskrift, a central forum for children’s literature research in the Nordic region. Ann-Kathrine’s article examines the relationship between oral tradition and performative reading events, specifically in an adaptation of “The Three Billy Goats Gruff”, or […]