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.
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.
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.
Research Spotlight: Bridging Transatlantic & Transpacific Studies
Dr. Kim Beauchesne offers a decentered perspective on the cultural contacts between Asia, the Americas, and Europe.
Research Spotlight: Arts & Ideology in the 21st-Century Arab World
Dr. Farid Laroussi explores the connection between arts and ideology in his upcoming book on the 21st-century Arab world.
Research Spotlight: Refashioning Women Writers of the French Renaissance
Dr. Nancy Frelick explores various constructions or preconceptions surrounding gender with regards to women writers of the French Renaissance in her latest research project.
Research Spotlight: A Cognitive & Philological Investigation of Genre in Medieval French Literature
Dr. Patrick Moran explores the experimental aspects of medieval textuality and how literary genres emerge.
Research Spotlight: Utopian Memory in African & Caribbean Francophone Literatures
Dr. Gloria Onyeoziri-Miller explores the notion of memory as a source of utopia in African and Caribbean francophone literatures.
Research Spotlight: African Diaspora Literature, Culture & Technology in Brazil
Dr. Alessandra Santos explores the dynamics of African diaspora in Brazil as expressed through art and developments in technology.
Research Spotlight: Crimea – The Invisible War
Dr. Sima Godfrey explores the concept of ‘collective forgetting’ in her research on France’s role in the Crimean War.