Spanish for Community: Virtual Community Engaged Learning
During these difficult times of the pandemic, Spanish for Community remains focused on its purpose: to expand students’ linguistic skills and cultural understanding by engaging in meaningful community projects for the local and global Spanish speaking community.
National Essay Contest: $2000 Scholarship for French Studies
Are you in Grade 10, 11 or 12 (secondaire IV, secondaire V or Cégep 1 in Quebec) and registered in a French program? Do you need a little boost to continue your education in French after high school? Take part in the National Essay Contest by Le français pour l’avenir for the chance to […]
Italian Contest 2020: Between Word and Image
UBC and SFU students of Italian Studies are invited to participate in a contest related to the theme of this year’s Week of the Italian Language in the World: “Italian Between Word and Image: Graffiti, Illustrations and Comic Books.” Express what Italian language and culture mean to you in a creative way […]
Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
The Department of French, Hispanic & Italian Studies is currently accepting applications for the Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. If interested, please contact one of our faculty members in order to confirm that they may become your potential UBC supervisor and provide a letter of support for you. The internal deadline to submit your application to […]
FHIS Statement of Support Against Racism
In light of the current anti-racist protests in reaction to police violence in Canada, the United States and across the globe, the Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies stands in solidarity with all those who have suffered from violence for being part of a minority group or for belonging to a racialized community. As […]
Fall 2020 Courses in FHIS
In response to the global impact of COVID-19, UBC has made the decision to offer most Winter Session Term 1 courses online. Instructors are currently determining whether online courses will be synchronous (i.e., “real time”), asynchronous, or a combination thereof. These details will be posted in the individual course notes in the online schedule as […]
Message from the Department Head (Summer 2020)
Dear friends of the Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies, I hope that this latest issue of the FHIS Newsletter finds you well. After the stress and the disruption brought upon us during the last few months, it is my hope that you are all starting to experience some sort of relief as we […]