UBC Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies
@ubc-cenes.bsky.social
Teaching Nordic, German, Slavic, and Modern European Studies, UBC CENES inspires students to their multilingual, multicultural futures.
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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.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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
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@arts.ubc.ca @ubc-fhis.bsky.social @asia.ubc.ca
Meet CENES' new Swedish Lecture Dr. Karin Filipsson!
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October 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Meet CENES' new Swedish Lecture Dr. Karin Filipsson!
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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...
October 29, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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...
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📚 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.
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October 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
📚 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.
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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
*Co-sponsored by @ubcenglish.bsky.social & @ubc-cenes.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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
*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.
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Breaking barriers: Using pop culture in pedagogy and community engagement – The La Source
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October 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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.
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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.
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October 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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
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@katiabowers.bsky.social @arts.ubc.ca
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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.
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UBC
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October 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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
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@katiabowers.bsky.social @fyodor76.bsky.social
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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.”
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October 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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.”
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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.
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October 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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.
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Congratulations to the three CENES projects that were successful in the 2024-25 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) cycle!
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UBC
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September 29, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Congratulations to the three CENES projects that were successful in the 2024-25 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) cycle!
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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.
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UBC
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September 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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
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@ervinmalakaj.bsky.social @linguacene.bsky.social
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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...
UBC
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September 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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
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UBC
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August 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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
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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...
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June 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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...
April 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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...
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Discover faculty, staff and student job opportunities in the UBC Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies (CENES) Department.
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April 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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...
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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!
March 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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.
We are excited to announce our third lecture in our 2025 Spring Colloquia!
@jonahgarde.bsky.social will give a lecture titled: "Fantasies of Eldorado: Germany's Mythical Place in the Trans* Historical Imaginary."
Happening on March 11 at 12:30 PST. In person and on Zoom! 🔗in bio! See y'all there
@jonahgarde.bsky.social will give a lecture titled: "Fantasies of Eldorado: Germany's Mythical Place in the Trans* Historical Imaginary."
Happening on March 11 at 12:30 PST. In person and on Zoom! 🔗in bio! See y'all there
March 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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.
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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]
Collective Praxis, Collaborative Publishing: The Case of the Data-Sitters Club
The Data-Sitters Club (https://datasittersclub.github.io/site/index.html) is a pedagogical resource consisting of “books” that explore themes and methods from digital humanities and computational text...
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January 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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]
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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]
The Journal of Electronic Publishing |
Issue: Issue: 1(28) On Gathering: Exploring Collective and Embodied Modes of Scholarly Communication and Publishing (2025)
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January 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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]
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📣 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
Theme: “Migration, Mobilities, and Changing Political Landscapes.”
Learn more: migration.ubc.ca/news/call-fo...
#migrationconference #researchconference
Call for Proposals: 2025 CMS Research Conference - Centre for Migration Studies
Submit your proposal for the 2025 CMS Research Conference on "Migration, Mobilities, and Changing Political Landscapes" in Vancouver, May 1-2, 2025.
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January 24, 2025 at 12:04 AM
📣 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
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!
January 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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
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
January 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
🎉 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
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
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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
“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
January 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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
“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