Study Abroad Opportunities | Summer 2024
A Global Seminar offers course-based, experiential, hands-on learning in an international setting, adding insight and experience not available in a lecture hall. By taking a UBC course led by a faculty member with a small group of students, you can develop stronger connections to the course material and the professor.
Accepting Nominations: FHIS Undergraduate Student Representatives
The Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies (FHIS) is seeking 4 students to serve as Undergraduate Student Representatives who will have the opportunity to provide valuable input on departmental policies from the student’s perspective, including matters that affect students directly, such as curriculum changes. It is an excellent opportunity to strengthen your resume, expand […]
Farewell from Outgoing Department Head Joël Castonguay-Bélanger
This newsletter will be my last as Head of this great department. As I prepare to bid farewell to this wonderful chapter of my life, I am filled with a mixture of emotions. How did six years pass so quickly?! It has been an honour and a privilege to serve such a remarkable community of […]
Patrick Moran receives SSHRC Grant to explore narrative literary genres in the Middle Ages
Congratulations to Dr. Patrick Moran, Associate Professor of French, for receiving a SSHRC Insight Grant to assist with his research project titled “The Celestial Emporium: An Essay on the Emergence of Narrative Literary Genres in the Middle Ages”. About the research project: In his 1942 essay “The Analytical Language of John Wilkins”, Jorge Luis Borges […]
Graduating Student Spotlight: Soraya Dutto, French Minor
Newly graduated student of French, Soraya Dutto, shares how she fell in love with the French language, what she will miss the most about her classes, and advice for current students. How did you fall in love with French? My grandmother is French, but I did not pay a lot of attention to the language […]
UBC Students Recreate Paintings from the Romance World
Students from UBC’s Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies (FHIS) recreated and modernized famous paintings from the Francophone, Hispanic, Italian, and Lusophone world as part of an FHIS Instagram Contest hosted by the Cultural Club. Take a look at the impressive submissions!
Teaching Assistant Award Recipients 2022-23
UBC’s Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies (FHIS) is pleased to announce the recipients of the Teaching Assistant (TA) Award for their outstanding effectiveness as an assistant to the instructor, excellent command of the subject matter, and exceptional capacity to support students: Mary Cook (French Studies) Mirta Roncagalli (Hispanic Studies) Congratulations to these students […]
