"Give Alms to the Jewish King Lear: Eldercare in Yiddish Literature" Join the Peretz Centre on January 25 for an online lecture with Dr. Gabriella Safran. More info here: www.peretz-centre.org/event-detail...

🎓⭐Congratulations to our Germanic Studies PhD and MA students who completed their programs⭐🎓 The CENES Department is thrilled to share their accomplishments, and recognize their hard work. cenes.ubc.ca/news/cenes-m...

UBC CENES, FHIS, and Asian Studies are excited to collaborate on a careers workshop for our students! Check out our event "From Classroom to Career: Speaking Success with Language Learning". More details in the link below. fhis.ubc.ca/events/event... @arts.ubc.ca @ubc-fhis.bsky.social @asia.ubc.ca

Meet CENES' new Swedish Lecture Dr. Karin Filipsson! cenes.ubc.ca/profile/kari...

Join us for an online lecture by Prof. Lori Emerson (@loriemerson.net) on "How to Activate the Potential of Imaginary Networks" in our Ziegler Lecture Series hosted by UBC's @ubc-cenes.bsky.social. Registration info here: cenes.ubc.ca/events/event...

📚 New from Prof. Gaoheng Zhang: 𝘐𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘋𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘗𝘪𝘻𝘻𝘢𝘴 offers a fresh framework for understanding how China–Italy culinary exchanges blur cultural boundaries and shape identities, consumer cultures, and connections in a globalized world. 🔗 fordhampress.com/italian-dump...

This talk will present "Reindeer Caravan: An Anthology of Indigenous Writing from Siberia" – a book that is currently being prepared for publication with Amherst College Press. Learn more on our website: ces.ubc.ca/events/event... *Co-sponsored by @ubcenglish.bsky.social & @ubc-cenes.bsky.social

In a world where memes, movie blockbusters and graphic novels shape cultural consciousness, the Pop Culture Cluster at UBC is led by Dr. Elizabeth “Biz” Nijdam, the research cluster breaks down barriers between the classroom and the wider world. thelasource.com/cover-story/...

With co-editor Dr Margarita Vaysman (Oxford), Dr Katherine Bowers has published The Oxford Handbook of Global Realisms with Oxford University Press. The book includes 40 chapters and an introduction. @katiabowers.bsky.social @arts.ubc.ca cenes.ubc.ca/news/dr-bowe...

Dr. Katherine Bowers and Dr. Kate Holland (U of Toronto) have received a SSHRC Insight Grant for the project “Computational Dostoevsky.” This funding will support the project through 2029. @katiabowers.bsky.social @fyodor76.bsky.social cenes.ubc.ca/news/dr-bowe...

From October 23 to October 29, the Vancouver Cinematheque will show two classic Ukrainian films in a small series with the title: “Ukrainian Poetic Cinema: Rebuilding National Identity.” cenes.ubc.ca/news/october...

The Winter 2025-2026 program for the annual CENES Sawchen and Ziegler Lecture Series is now available! This year's theme is 'networks'. Check out our programming below. @arts.ubc.ca cenes.ubc.ca/news/full-pr...

Congratulations to the three CENES projects that were successful in the 2024-25 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) cycle! @arts.ubc.ca @katiabowers.bsky.social @linguacene.bsky.social cenes.ubc.ca/news/cenes-f...

CENES invites you to celebrate the launch of Literature in Late Monolingualism (Bloomsbury), the latest book by Dr. David Gramling (UBC CENES). This is a hybrid event, to attend online, please visit the link below. @ervinmalakaj.bsky.social @linguacene.bsky.social cenes.ubc.ca/events/event...

Everyone needs to have fun at least some of the time and the people we call Vikings were no exception. CENES, @ces.ubc.ca, UBC Pop Culture Cluster and the UBC SNSA student group to host a Viking Games Night with Dr. Erin McGuire on October 8th. @uvicanthro.bsky.social cenes.ubc.ca/events/event...

Together with Dr. Kate Holland, Dr. Katherine Bowers has published an article called “The Failure of Form: Reading Liminality Computationally in Dostoevskii’s The Double” in the most recent issue of Slavic Review. @katiabowers.bsky.social @fyodor76.bsky.social cenes.ubc.ca/news/dr-bowe...

UBC Grad students! We are looking for a Graduate Academic Assistant to work on the ”Linguaphobia, Linguistic Indifference, and the Monolingual University” Project. For further details and eligibility criteria, please submit applications by 4:00pm PT on June 19: cenes.ubc.ca/about/job-op...

Calling all UBC CENES Alumni! Time to get ready for UBC’s 2nd annual Humanities Alumni Spring Mixer! Get your ticket and join CENES on Tuesday, May 6 from 6–8 PM at Earls Yaletown for an evening of conversations and connections with Arts alumni and faculty. @arts.ubc.ca cenes.ubc.ca/events/event...

The Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies is now accepting applications for a Lecturer in Swedish Language and Nordic Studies with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2025! Applications are due Mary 5, 2025 by 4:00pm PT: cenes.ubc.ca/about/job-op...

We are excited to announce our fourth and final 2025 CES Spring Colloquia Series! Dr. Matthew Tomkinson, postdoctoral fellow in @ubc-cenes.bsky.social will give a lecture titled "Adapting Schreber: From Memoir to Multimedia and Beyond." Happening April 3rd at 12:30PM at BUTO 997 and Zoom!

Our Banting Postdoctoral Fellow @jonahgarde.bsky.social is speaking next week in the @ces.ubc.ca Colloquia! Come join us and learn about their exciting research! The event is hybrid - see details below.

In ‘Collective Praxis, Collaborative Publishing: The Case of the Data-Sitters Club’ @readywriting.bsky.social @katiabowers.bsky.social, Maria Sachiko Cecire, @quinnanya.me, Anouk Lang & @roopikarisam.bsky.social discuss their DH collaboration, its challenges & benefits doi.org/10.3998/jep.... [14/n]

We at @jepub.bsky.social are incredibly excited to announce the publication of our new special issue, On Gathering: Exploring Collective and Embodied Modes of Scholarly Communication and Publishing (editor: @katinalynn.bsky.social)! journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/issue/33... [1/n]

📣 Call for Proposals: CMS and UBC Okanagan invite proposals from academic affiliates for the 2025 CMS Research Conference on May 1-2. Theme: “Migration, Mobilities, and Changing Political Landscapes.” Learn more: migration.ubc.ca/news/call-fo... #migrationconference #researchconference

Join CENES for Careers Night with alumni from German, Nordic, Slavic & Modern European Studies programs! Hear their stories, ask questions, and network over refreshments. Jan 22, 5:30–7:30 PM, Peña Room, Irving K. Barber Centre. RSVP here: ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Or drop by!

🎉 First-Year Event Alert! 🎉 Explore languages & cultures at the Vanier Outreach Event! 🌍 📅 Jan 15, 5 PM 📍 Place Vanier Ballroom ✨ Highlights: - 15-min language mini-classes - Discover CENES courses - Food & networking Join us for an exciting evening! 🙌 #UBC #CENES #FirstYear

The UBC Centre for European Studies is thrilled to announce the 2025 CES Spring Colloquium Series is Dr. Babak Amini's lecture: “The First World War and the Prospects of General Social Theory.” Join us as we delve into how WWI shaped social theory in America! #UBC #europeanstudies