Teaching Assistant Award Recipients 2021-2022
Congratulations to Nicholas Bartlett (French Studies) and María Fernanda Guzmán (Hispanic Studies) for receiving the 2021-2022 Teaching Assistant Award for their outstanding leadership, significant contributions to the department, and efforts to enhance the UBC student experience.
Dr. Tamara Mitchell receives SSHRC Insight Development Grant to explore the sounds of violence in contemporary Latin American literature
Congratulations to Dr. Tamara Mitchell, Assistant Professor of Spanish, for receiving a SSHRC Insight Development Grant (IDG) to assist with her research project titled “Reading with the Ears: The Sounds of Violence in Contemporary Latin American Literature”. About the research project: Situated at the intersection of Sound Studies and Literary Studies, “Reading with the Ears” […]
Dr. Elizabeth Lagresa-González receives SSHRC Insight Development Grant to re-imagine Early Modern Spanish novellas by women
Congratulations to Dr. Elizabeth Lagresa-González, Assistant Professor of Spanish, for receiving a SSHRC Insight Development Grant to assist with her research project titled “Re-Imagining the Spanish Novella: Cross-Cultural Encounters in Early Modern Fiction by Women (1635-1700)”. About the research project: In the scope of Spanish literature of the 17th century, the “novela corta” (short prose […]
Recently Defended Theses
Date range: July 2022 – November 2022 PhD in French Studies BOOLUCK-MILLER, Pooja, Migrations et traumatismes : Afrique, Caraïbes, océan Indien (2022) PhD in Hispanic Studies MOSCOSO-GARAY, Marcos, Máquinas y autómatas : retratos de la mujer amazónica y su relación con la naturaleza en la literatura del auge de la extracción del caucho (1879-1914) (2022)
Arts Multilingual Week Poetry, Short Films, and Multimedia Projects by FHIS Students
The Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies (FHIS) is proud to showcase the work of some of its Spanish (SPAN 401, taught by Dr. Maria Escobar Trujillo) and Italian (ITAL 201, taught by Chiara Falangola) students, who participated in the Untranslatable Exhibition Contest and the Multilingual Poetry Slam Contest as part of Arts Multilingual […]
New Publication by Patrick Moran: « Metalya entre les mondes »
Dr. Patrick Moran, Associate Professor of French, shares about his recently published novel Metalya entre les mondes (Mnémos, 2022). What is the novel about? Metalya entre les mondes (Metalya Between Worlds) is a contemporary crime novel set in a fictional seaside metropolis. It’s an homage to the hard-boiled detective stories of West Coast writers like […]
Annabelle Glas and Sarah Revilla Sanchez receive the Ximena Osegueda Prize 2021
Congratulations to our Ximena Osegueda Prize winners for best essay in a graduate seminar: Best graduate essay in French Studies: Annabelle Glas “Approche sociocritique autour de deux fictions utopiques contemporaines” Best graduate essay in Hispanic Studies: Sarah Revilla Sanchez “Audible Absence: Feminicide, Necrowriting and Affective Listening in Chicas muertas (2014) and Cometierra (2019)”
Advice for Academic Success from Student Award Recipients in the Graduating Class of 2022
Three award recipients from the Graduating Class of 2022 reflect on their undergraduate journey and offer advice for academic success to students in the Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies.
Recognizing Student Volunteers of 2021-2022
UBC’s Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies (FHIS) would like to thank the 2021-2022 student volunteers for generously devoting hours to support the FHIS Learning Centre and Spanish for Community, and for their service as Student Representatives. In this article, students share how volunteering has enhanced their university experience. Learning Centre Volunteers FHIS Learning […]