Call for Applications: Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship
The UBC Department of Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies (CENES) invites applications from interested parties to be considered for the award.
Dr. Malakaj Publishes Essay on Relevance of German Literary Studies
Dr. Ervin Malakaj was invited to respond to a special issue of the Jahrbuch der deutschen Schillergesellschaft on the topic, “Kommt die Literaturwissenschaft abhanden?”
Dr. Leesing Publishes Article on Game Environments in Early Gaming
Sessional lecturer and CENES alumnus Dr. Dorothee Leesing published an article in Architecture and Culture titled “Boss Fight Game Environment: The High-Rise in Early Handheld Gaming.”
Dr. Malakaj Receives DAAD Grant for Research
Dr. Ervin Malakaj has received a faculty research grant from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for research at the Centre for the History of Emotions in Berlin.
Dr. Bowers Publishes Book about Russian Realism and the Gothic
Dr. Katherine Bowers has published her first monograph, Writing Fear: Russian Realism and the Gothic.
Dr. Nijdam Featured in Recent Article about Maus
Dr. Biz Nijdam was recently featured in an article on global reactions to Art Spiegelman’s Maus, in which she spoke about the role of the Pulitzer-Prize-winning Holocaust survival story in the emergence of comics on history more broadly, as well as the problematic logic behind banning graphic novels.
Let’s Become Story Ready: SSHRC Connection Grant
Dr. Markus Hallensleben and Dr. Elizabeth Nijdam have received a SSHRC Connection Grant for a Workshop on Decolonizing and Indigenizing European and Migration Studies through Indigenous Storywork Methodologies.
Student Research Investigates Nazi War Crimes
Connor Jol, a first-year student in the Faculty of Applied Science at the University of British Columbia, investigated archaeological evidence of Nazi crimes committed towards the end of World War II.
Centre for European Studies Launches
Formerly known as the Institute for European Studies and housed in the Department of Political Science, the Centre moved into the CENES Department in the fall, and took on a new mandate to become a multidisciplinary home for the critical study of Europe.
CENES PhD Candidate Corrects Previous Scholarship
Patricia Milewski’s article, “Gertrud Möller as author of ‘anonymous’ songs” corrects previous scholarship proposing that none of Möller’s spiritual songs from these volumes found their way in Protestant hymnbooks.