Alumni Spotlight: Arash Farzaneh, College Instructor (French)
Career: College French Instructor Education at FHIS: French Studies, MA
Alumni Spotlight: Sarah Lewis, International Development
Careers: Tourism, Communications, and International Development Education at FHIS: Honours in Romance Studies, BA
Alumni Spotlight: Diane Tijman, Faculty Advisor
Career: Faculty Advisor, University of British Columbia Education at FHIS: French Major, BA
Alumni Spotlight: Erika Jarowicz, Teacher (French as a Second Language)
Career: French as a Second Language Teacher Education at FHIS: French Major, BA
Alumni Spotlight: Tonia Ramogida, Federal Government Employee
Career: Federal Government Employee Education at FHIS: French Honours, BA
Call for Papers: 2021 FHIS Graduate Student Conference
The FHIS Graduate Program is seeking papers for the 9th Biennial Graduate Student Conference that will be taking place on October 29-30th. Theme: “In-between normalities: Care, persistence and the (re)imagination of life” Submission deadline: August 20, 2021 Notification of acceptance: August 30, 2021 Submissions in English, French, and Spanish will be considered. Abstracts (250 words maximum […]
Two FHIS Graduate Students Receive Affiliated Fellowships
The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies offers approximately 50 Affiliated Fellowships each year to meritorious students for full-time study and/or research leading to a graduate degree. Awards are made on the basis of academic excellence, with applications open to current and prospective full-time UBC graduate students regardless of citizenship or visa status. Fellowship values […]
Graduate Student Award Recipients 2021
UBC’s Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies (FHIS) is pleased to announce the recipients of the Graduate Student Awards. FHIS Graduate Student Leader Award recipients for outstanding leadership, significant contributions to the department, and the enhancement of the UBC graduate student experience: José Ricardo García Martínez Mirta Roncagalli Johann Pitter FHIS Graduate Teaching Assistant […]
Dr. Vincent Gélinas-Lemaire Awarded $80,928 SSHRC Insight Grant
Dr. Vincent Gélinas-Lemaire was awarded a $80,928 SSHRC Insight Grant for a project titled: Narratives of the Fall: Contemporary Poetics of Ruin. Description of the research project: We are living in times of worry. National narratives in Europe and North America are being shaken and rewritten, unsettling a social and cultural foundation many thought secure. […]
Alumni Spotlight: Ashton Sanders, Learning Specialist
Alumna Ashton Sanders shares how pursuing a BEd in French Second Language Education after completing a BA in French Studies helped her land her dream career in the field of French Education. Name: Ashton Sanders Career: Learning Specialist, SelfDesign Learning Foundation Education: Bachelor of Arts (BA) in French Studies, 2016 Bachelor of Education (BEd) in French Second Language […]