Call for Papers: FHIS Graduate Student Symposium 2025
The Department of French Hispanic and Italian Studies warmly invites graduate students to participate in our biannual Graduate Student Symposium. This dynamic forum brings together emerging scholars in our program, creating a space for intellectual exchange and scholarly collaboration across languages and cultures. Symposium Our interdisciplinary Symposium embraces research that spans the rich tapestry of […]
Ximena Osegueda Prize Winners for Best Graduate Essay 2025
Congratulations to our Ximena Osegueda Prize winners for best essay in a graduate seminar: Best graduate essay in Hispanic Studies: Keira Smith-Tague, MA Student of Hispanic Studies “Waste Narratives: Disposability, Wasting Relationships and Defiance in Sylvia Aguilar Zéleny’s Basura (2018)” Best graduate essay in French Studies: Emmy Issartial, PhD Student of French Studies “Tristan et […]
Pedagogical guide for inclusive and non-binary French
Dr. Caroline Lebrec, Assistant Professor of Teaching in French, introduces a pedagogical guide for inclusive and non-binary French developed in collaboration with graduate student Mathilda Poulenay (FHIS), Dr. Hasheem Hakeem (Northwestern University), and Sophie Feng (University of Toronto). The Guide pédagogique du français inclusif et non binaire (2024) provides a step-by-step approach to writing French in a way […]
FHIS graduate students win Centre for European Studies Research Fellowships
Congratulations to our graduate students Nancy Ofori (MA Student of French Studies) and Sarah Revilla-Sanchez (PhD Student of Hispanic Studies) for winning Graduate Research Fellowships at UBC’s Centre for European Studies. Nancy Ofori’s Research Project: Nancy’s research explores the linguistic insecurity faced by Black African English language teaching assistants in France. This insecurity manifests when […]
Alumni Spotlight: Moustapha Fall, Associate Teaching Professor (French)
Dr. Moustapha Fall, Associate Teaching Professor of French & Francophone Studies at the University of Victoria (UVic), shares about his career in academia after completing a PhD at UBC. Career What do you like about your current job? My responsibilities as an Associate Teaching Professor include 70% teaching, 20% scholarly activities and 10% service to […]
Why pursue an Honours in Romance Studies? Student Spotlight with Bri Jackson
Third-year student Bri Jackson shares why they are pursuing an Honours in Romance Studies, in addition to a Double Major in Spanish and History and a Minor in International Relations. Why pursue an Honours degree? I found the idea of writing a thesis very intriguing. I appreciate how much flexibility students have to choose a […]
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Message from the Department Head (Fall 2024)
Welcome to the Fall 2024 FHIS Newsletter! As I write this message, the first term of the Winter Session is well underway and we have settled into the November rain, enjoying perfect espressos from our new super automatic coffee machine. Administrative changes In contrast to the last few years, which brought significant changes to the […]
New Book by Farid Laroussi: Francophone Literature After the Postcolonial Age
Dr. Farid Laroussi, Professor of French, will be publishing a new book in December 2024 titled Francophone Literature After the Postcolonial Age (Rowman & Littlefield). Description: Francophone Literature After the Postcolonial Age argues that Francophone literature extends beyond the postcolonial critical landmarks that helped define the field since the late 1980s. Today Francophone literature maps out […]