Events at: Buchanan Tower - Room 726

FHIS Research Seminar | Quand son corps de brise : Enjeux poétiques de la rémission

Presented by Dr. Vincent Gélinas-Lemaire (Associate Professor of French), FHIS Respondent: Katie Marchant (MA Student of French), FHIS About the talk:  What role can writing play in facing a critical wound or illness? We will observe how three authors—Philippe Lançon, Charlotte Biron et Hervé Guibert—weave testimony, fiction, rage, and humour to recount their long medical […]

Global Seminar Information Session | FREN 395 – The French Revolution: History, Myth, and Fiction

Information Session: Want to study abroad in France? Participate in the Global Seminar “FREN 395: The French Revolution: History, Myth, and Fiction“. Attend the Information Session to learn more on Wednesday, October 30 from 1-2 PM in Buchanan Tower, Room 726. About the Global Seminar: FREN 395—The French Revolution: History, Myth, and Fiction (3 credits) […]

Graduate In-Person Information SessionMA and PhD in French or Hispanic Studies: Information Session (In-Person) | October 30, 2024

Join us to learn more about our Master of Arts (MA) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programs in French and Hispanic Studies and to have your questions answered live! The Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies is hosting an in-person information session for prospective graduate students. The presentation, led by the Graduate Advisor and […]

Research SeminarFHIS Research Seminar | Chinese Migrants’ Food Entrepreneurship and Italians’ Culinary Tourism, 1962-2020

Presented by Dr. Gaoheng Zhang (Associate Professor of Italian), FHIS Respondent: Dr. Anna Casas Aguilar (Associate Professor of Spanish), FHIS About the talk:  Abstract: This presentation draws from my forthcoming book – Italian Dumplings and Chinese Pizzas: Transcultural Food Mobilities – to be published with Fordham University Press in 2025. During the 1980s, Chinese cuisine became the […]

ChatGPT app on mobile phoneTalk: “Cheating, Thinking and Learning: Using ChatGPT to describe the grammar of generic language in Spanish”

Talk by Prof. Ana T. Pérez-Leroux, University of Toronto The use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools by students has upended our approaches to university teaching and assessment. This presentation advocates for the mindful exploration of AI tools by inverting the power dynamics of standard university research assignments. Prof. Ana T. Pérez-Leroux from the University of […]

FHIS Pedagogy Clinic: EDI Teaching Practices Workshop

Hosted by the FHIS Pedagogy Clinic and UBC Centre de la Francophonie, in participation with the Journée Internationale des Professeur·e·s de français Discover how teaching languages can lead to unconscious biases related to racism and the representation of gender identities This Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Teaching Practices Workshop is open to all members of […]

Profile photos of Carolina Pizarro Cortes and José Santos-HercegFHIS Research Seminar | Pensamiento Liberacionista Latinoamericano: Sujeto y Naturaleza

Presented by Prof. Carolina Pizarro Cortes (Universidad de Santiago de Chile) and Prof. José Santos-Herceg (Universidad de Santiago de Chile) Sponsored by: Latin American Research Cluster, Dorothy Dallas Fund About the talk:  Latin American liberationist thought (“pensamiento liberacionista”) has an extensive tradition. At the center of its reflections is the status of the “other” subject […]

People watching the monument "Door of no Return" in Ouidah Benin Jan 2018FHIS Research Seminar | Return Migration across the Black Atlantic: The “Brazilians” in Francophone West Africa

Presenter: Dr. Antje Ziethen, Associate Professor of French (FHIS) Discussant: Dr. Marco Schaumloeffel, Lecturer of Portuguese (FHIS) Sponsored by: UBC Public Humanities Hub About the talk:  In the 19th and early 20th centuries, 3000-8000 Africans and African descendants mainly from Brazil relocated to the Bight of Benin and developed extensive urban settlements in what is […]