Brand New Courses at UBC’s Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies
Explore a variety of brand new courses in French, Spanish, Italian, and Romance Studies at UBC.
Student Spotlight: Jessie Horner, Retired Lawyer (Italian Studies)
“I found out about UBC’s extremely generous program of free classes for seniors and I was lucky enough to be able to enroll in ITAL 101. By then, I had fallen in love with Italy—who wouldn’t?—and pretty quickly seemed to fall in love with the language too—again, who wouldn’t?!”
Student Spotlight: Tania Astorino, Academic Program Manager at Green College (Italian Studies)
“Learning a new language can open doors to professional opportunities, help to grow your network of colleagues and friends, and is fulfilling and rewarding in so many intangible ways. I am lucky to have an employer that supports staff to pursue learning and development.”
Student Spotlight: Gabrielle Ehling, Undergraduate Student (Italian Studies)
“Learning a new language can open doors to professional opportunities, help to grow your network of colleagues and friends, and is fulfilling and rewarding in so many intangible ways. I am lucky to have an employer that supports staff to pursue learning and development.”
Dr. Gaoheng Zhang Launches New Website on “Cultural Mobilities between Italy and China”
Dr. Gaoheng Zhang has recently launched a website for visitors interested in the interplay of culture and mobility between Chinese and Italian populations. Using the Chinese formulation 衣食住行 (clothing, food, residence, mobility)—the necessities of human existence—as an organizing principle, he and his research group offer case studies of cultural mobilities set in various North American, […]
The Role of the Humanities During Times of Crisis
Explore why the humanities are crucial during times of crisis, and why reducing access to a humanities education can threaten healthy critical thinking, humanistic debate and, ultimately, democracy.
Learning Centre tutor offers simple tips for mastering new languages
Undergraduate student Liz Carvalho shares why she volunteered to tutor at the FHIS Learning Centre and two simple tips for learning new languages. Tutoring at the Learning Centre I discovered the FHIS Learning Centre when I started learning French at the Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies (FHIS). My prof was always telling us […]
English-taught courses at the Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies
Did you know we offer many courses in English that have no prerequisites and are open to students from all backgrounds? Most of them even fulfill the literature requirement for the Bachelor of Arts!