Professor André Lamontagne: Reflecting on 31 Years at UBC
Professor André Lamontagne spent his entire career — 31 years, to be exact — at UBC’s Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies (FHIS). In addition to teaching, researching, and publishing, he served as FHIS Department Head, co-founded the Centre de la Francophonie de UBC, and was awarded special distinctions by the French Government and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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.
Research Spotlight: Gender, Genre & Economic Transactions in Literature
Dr. Elizabeth Lagresa-González investigates the intersection between gender, genre, and cross-cultural transactions in literature.
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.
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.
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.