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Patrick Moran’s book “The Canons of Fantasy: Lands of High Adventure” is now available

Canons of Fantasy: Lands of High Adventure by Patrick Moran has recently been published by Cambridge University Press. It is part of their new series titled “Elements in Publishing and Book Culture.” Description: Despite publishing endeavours such as the “Ballantine Adult Fantasy Series” in the 1970s and “Fantasy Masterworks” in the early 2000s, the canon […]

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Promoting the French Language: Centre de la Francophonie de UBC

Want to get involved with cultural events in UBC and the Lower Mainland? Learn about the Centre de la Francophonie de UBC.

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Research Spotlight: Modes of Resistance in Dominican Literature

Dr. Ramón Antonio Victoriano explores the representation of “blackness” and different modes of resistance in Dominican literature.

Painting by Quentin Metsys titled The Moneylender and His Wife, 1514. Louvre, Paris.

Research Spotlight: Gender, Genre & Economic Transactions in Literature

Dr. Elizabeth Lagresa-González investigates the intersection between gender, genre, and cross-cultural transactions in literature.

Painting titled À la recherche du temps perdu by Mona Ciciovan

Research Spotlight: The Evolution of a “Poetics of Ruins”

Dr. Vincent Gélinas-Lemaire tracks the evolution of a “poetics of ruins” in French and Québécois literature — and what they say about a growing sense of worry in our societies.

Medallin street art on a wall of a woman with her hands pressed together

Latin American Studies: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Studying the Region

Learn what makes Latin American Studies unique, what skills students can develop, and where the program is heading in the near future.

Cover illustration of Insensatez by Horacio Castellanos Moya: The Body of Abel Found by Adam and Eve (1826) by William Blake. Tate Gallery, London/Art Resource, New York

Research Spotlight: Post-Nationalism in Mexican and Central American Narrative Fiction

Dr. Tamara Mitchell examines how globalization is leveraged by Latin American thinkers and artists to critique and shape world relations.

Michael Ferrazzi (FHIS Administrator), Elena Zampieri (Visiting Lettore), Joël Castonguay-Bélanger (FHIS Department Head), Massimiliano Iacchini (former Consul General of Italy in Vancouver), Lorenzo De Bernardini (President of ITASA), Gianluca Biscardi (Cultural attaché – Consulate General of Italy in Vancouver)

Elena Zampieri: Promoting Italian Language and Culture at UBC

Want to get involved with Italian cultural events in UBC and the Lower Mainland? Dr. Elena Zampieri explains.

National Fascist Party leader Benito Mussolini with Nazi leader Adolf Hitler in Munich, Germany (1938).

Fascism: Why Understanding the Past is Critical for the Present

Dr. Carlo Testa explains why understanding historical Fascism is critical to resisting the many forms of Fascism that are arising today.

Marco Polo statue in Hangzhou, China. Polo praised Hangzhou as the most splendid city in the world in his travelogue.

Research Spotlight: Mobilities & Cultures — Italy, China, North America

Dr. Gaoheng Zhang seeks to refine cultural mobility analysis through a case study that explores the relations between Italy, China and North America in his latest research project.