FHIS Instagram Contest 2023: Recreate Paintings from the Romance World
Use your creativity to recreate or modernize famous paintings from the Francophone, Hispanic, Italian, or Lusophone world for a chance to win a gift card to the UBC Bookstore! A total of $300’s worth of prizes will be distributed among the winners.
FHIS Launches New Instagram and YouTube Accounts
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Fostering Linguistic Security Among Young French Speakers in British Columbia
By Marie-Eve Bouchard, Assistant Professor of French Linguistic insecurity has become an important area of concern in recent years among French-speaking minorities of Canada. This insecurity, expressed as discomfort or anxiety when speaking, can lead to a loss of confidence in speaking a language, and eventually to the erosion of knowledge and ability in this […]
Changing Course: Hybrid Opportunities for Students in French, Hispanic, and Italian Language Programs
By Luisa Canuto, Associate Professor of Teaching (Italian), and Brianne Orr-Álvarez, Associate Professor of Teaching (Spanish) The Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies (FHIS) was awarded the Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) for a hybrid and multi-access course redesign project titled “Changing Course: Hybrid Opportunities for Students in French, Hispanic, and Italian Language […]
Study Abroad Opportunities | Summer 2023
Applications are now being accepted for Summer 2023 study abroad opportunities. There are two types of opportunities that may be of interest to you: Global Seminar: UBC courses taught by a UBC instructor abroad Earn UBC credits Application deadline: December 13, 2022 Summer School: Non-UBC courses taught at a partner institution abroad Earn credits that […]
The University of British Columbia and Portugal’s Camões Institute Celebrate the Beginning of a New Partnership
On August 23, 2022, in presence of Marta Cowling, Consul General of Portugal in Vancouver, Dr. Janice Steward, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, pro tem, and Dr. Joël Castonguay-Bélanger, Head of the Department of French, Hispanic & Italian Studies (FHIS), UBC signed a new collaboration agreement with the Camões Institute of Language and Cooperation […]
Introducing the FHIS Sociolinguistics Lab
Dr. Marie-Eve Bouchard, Assistant Professor of French, provides an introduction to the FHIS Sociolinguistics Lab. The FHIS Sociolinguistics Lab was created for students who are interested in language use in its social context. The members of the Lab are current or former students from UBC’s Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies (FHIS) who have […]
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 […]