The Winter 2024-2025 program for the Sawchen Lecture Series and Ziegler Lecture Series is now available.
CENES Sawchen and Ziegler lectures are free to attend and open to the public and all members of the UBC community, including students, faculty, and staff. There will be both in-person and virtual events. Unless otherwise noted, the recording of each online lecture will be made available on cIRcle after the live virtual event. Students, faculty and staff are all welcome to attend.
What is the CENES Lecture Series?
The Sawchen and Ziegler Lecture series occurs every year, and allows CENES to invite speakers to talk about scholarship within Germanic and Slavic studies. This year, CENES has introduced the theme of ‘dissent’ for both of the Sawchen and Ziegler series.
Term 1 Ziegler and Sawchen Lectures
Anna Torres
September 19, 2024 | 3:30pm PST | Hybrid
Online and in-person Ziegler lecture by Dr. Anna Torres (University of Chicago), in Buchanan Tower room 323. This event is co-hosted and sponsored by the Department of English Language & Literatures (EL&L), the Centre for European Studies (CES), and the Department of Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies (CENES). Registration for online format in the link below. Please note this is a recorded event.
Svitlana Zhabotynska
October 3, 2024 | 11:00am PST | Online
Online Sawchen lecture by Dr. Svitlana Zhabotynska. Registration is free and can be done using the link below. Please note this is a recorded event.
Elena Baraban
October 15, 2024 | 12:30pm PST | Online
Online Sawchen lecture by Dr. Elena Baraban (University of Manitoba). Registration is free and can be done using the link below. Please note this is a recorded event.
Alex Drace-Francis
November 5, 2024 | 12:30pm PST | Online
Online Sawchen lecture by Dr. Alex Drace-Francis (University of Amsterdam). Registration is free and can be done using the link below. Please note this is a recorded event.
Sawchen Lecture: Alex Drace-Francis “Mămăligă as Metahistory: Between Subordination and Revolt”
Zafer Şenocak
November 6, 2024| Online | Details Forthcoming
Online Ziegler Lecture by writer, poet and scholar, Zafer Şenocak. Please return at a later date for further details on registrations and lecture information.
Term 2 Ziegler and Sawchen Lectures:
Baijayanti Roy
January 14, 2025 | 12:30pm PDT | Online
Online Ziegler lecture by Dr. Baijayanti Roy (Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany). Registration is free and can be done using the link below. Please note this is a recorded event.
Ziegler Lecture: Baijayanti Roy “The Use of Knowledge Discourses on India for Nazi Political Goals”
Søren R. Fauth
February 11, 2025 | 12:30pm PDT | In-Person
In-person Ziegler lecture by dr.phil Søren R. Fauth (University of Aarhus ) in Buchanan Tower 997. This event is co-hosted and co-sponsored by The Danish Lecturer Agreement. Please note this is a recorded event.
Greg Loring-Albright
March 25, 2025 | 12:30pm PST | In-Person
Ziegler Lecture by scholar Dr. Greg Loring-Albright. Please return at a later date for further details on location and lecture information.
