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. […]
Jennifer Nagtegaal Elected as Student Representative to Canadian Association of Hispanists
Congratulations to Jennifer Nagtegaal, PhD student of Spanish Studies at UBC, for being elected as the new Student Representative for the Asociación Canadiense de Hispanistas (Canadian Association of Hispanists) from 2021-2023. The ACH promotes and supports the study of Hispanic language, linguistics, literature, history and culture in all its artistic and scientific manifestations.
“My Thesis in 180 Seconds” Winners: Joel Akinwumi and Magali Blanc
UBC’s Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies is pleased to announced that two of its PhD students, Joel Akinwumi and Magali Blanc, are winners at the Western Final of «Ma thèse en 180 secondes» (“My Thesis in 180 Seconds”) competition. Joel Akinwumi: Doctorate Award Winner Joel will go on to compete at the […]
Caitlin Midgley and Mirta Roncagalli receive the Ximena Osegueda Prize 2019
Caitlin Midgley and Mirta Roncagalli received Ximena Osegueda Prize for best essay in a graduate seminar.
Five FHIS Faculty Awarded the Hampton New Faculty Grant
Five faculty members from FHIS have been awarded the Hampton Fund New Faculty Grant.
Patricio Robles awarded the 2020 Affiliated Fellowship
Congratulations to Patricio Robles, PhD student in Hispanic Studies, for receiving the 2020 Affiliated Fellowship for his research project titled “Environmental Crisis at the Edges of the World: Portrayals of Nature in the Pampas and Patagonia.”
André Lamontagne awarded honorary title of “Knight” by France’s Ministry of Education
March 10, 2020 Dr. André Lamontagne, Professor of French at UBC, was awarded the honorary title of Chevalier (Knight) in L’ordre des Palmes académiques (Order of Academic Palms), a prestigious award granted by the Ministry of Education of the French Republic. Established in 1808 by Emperor Napoléon I and expanded in 1955 to […]
Dr. Ramón Victoriano named in the “Gallery of Personalities of the Dominican-Canadian Relations”
Dr. Ramón Antonio Victoriano, Assistant Professor of Spanish, was named in the “Gallery of Personalities of the Dominican-Canadian Relations” by the Dominican Republic Embassy in Canada in December 2019. The Gallery’s aim is to make known the personalities that have rendered a valuable service in strengthening of the relations between our two nations, with the […]