Research

Call for submissions: 2023 German Studies Undergraduate Research Showcase (March 11-12)

Call for submissions: 2023 German Studies Undergraduate Research Showcase (March 11-12)

The German Studies programs at UBC, the University of Victoria, and the University of Washington Seattle are teaming up to host the second annual German Studies Undergraduate Research Showcase.

Interview with Bauhaus-Weimar alum Pedro Amaral

Interview with Bauhaus-Weimar alum Pedro Amaral

Pedro Amaral is a German Studies student who, in Summer 2022, participated in the Weimar Bauhaus Summer School in Germany.

Drs. Frackman & Malakaj co-edit second special issue on queer temporality in German Studies

Drs. Frackman & Malakaj co-edit second special issue on queer temporality in German Studies

Like its companion special issue of Monatshefte, this project arose from a 2020 conference on queer German Studies hosted by UBC.

Drs. Frackman and Malakaj Co-Edit Special Issue of  Monatshefte  on Queer Temporality

Drs. Frackman and Malakaj Co-Edit Special Issue of Monatshefte on Queer Temporality

The special issue is titled “Slowness, Untimeliness, Rupture: Queer Time and History in German Studies.”

Dr. Malakaj Appointed to Editorial Boards of a Scholarly Journal and Book Series

Dr. Malakaj Appointed to Editorial Boards of a Scholarly Journal and Book Series

Dr. Ervin Malakaj will serve on the editorial board of Feminist German Studies and the “Women, Gender, and Sexuality in German Literature and Culture” series at Peter Lang.

17th-Century German Poet and Her Songs Amplified

17th-Century German Poet and Her Songs Amplified

PhD Candidate Patricia Milewski’s research advances existing scholarship on early modern song culture and the creative practices and literary production of early modern women authors.

Survivors of the Holocaust from Vancouver – Life & Work

Survivors of the Holocaust from Vancouver – Life & Work

Dr. Uma Kumar led this research project with undergraduate students as part of the GERM 426 (“German Representations of the Holocaust”) course during the Winter 2019, 2020 and 2021 terms.

Dr. Frackman Presents at East German Film Workshop in Scotland

Dr. Frackman Presents at East German Film Workshop in Scotland

On June 1, Dr. Kyle Frackman presented a paper at a research workshop on East German documentary film hosted by the University of St. Andrews.

Dr. Bowers Wins 2022 Public Engagement Award

Dr. Bowers Wins 2022 Public Engagement Award

Dr. Katherine Bowers has been awarded a Public Engagement Award from the UBC Public Humanities Hub for her on-going public scholarship in the field of Dostoevsky studies.

Dr. Leesing Publishes in Crossings on Night Spaces in Postmigrant Literature

Dr. Leesing Publishes in Crossings on Night Spaces in Postmigrant Literature

Dr. Dorothee Leesing’s article looks at the importance of the night sky as applied by the author Karosh Taha in the novel Beschreibung einer Krabbenwandeurng (“Portrait of a wandering crab”).