Sylvia Bascou-Vallarino: Reflecting on 23 Years at UBC
After a successful Teaching Assistantship during her Master’s degree at UBC, Sylvia Bascou-Vallarino was offered a Sessional Lecturer position in French and Spanish at UBC in 2001—a position that she held until 2018, when she accepted a new role as Lecturer of French. Upon her retirement, Sylvia Bascou-Vallarino reflects on the most memorable moments of […]
Dr. Kim Beauchesne and team receive research grants to explore literary voices from the Amazon Rainforest
Congratulations to Dr. Kim Beauchesne (Principal Investigator), Patricio Robles, Emily Ng, and Willow Volkert for receiving the UBC Public Humanities Research Seed Grant, Arts Undergraduate Research Award (AURA), and SSHRC Explore Grant for research projects related to “Green Narratives: Literary Voices from the Amazon Rainforest.” About the research project: “Green Narratives: Literary Voices from the […]
FHIS mourns the loss of Professor Emerita Rita De Grandis
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Dr. Rita De Grandis, Professor Emerita of Spanish, on April 28th, 2024. During her illustrious 22-year tenure at UBC before retiring in 2018, Rita made indelible contributions to the Department of Hispanic and Italian Studies—and later the merger into what is now the Department […]
Anna Casas Aguilar receives NACS honourable mention
Dr. Anna Casas Aguilar, Associate Professor of Spanish, received the 2024 Honorable Mention for outstanding work in the field of Catalan Studies by the North American Catalan Society (NACS) with regards to her book Bilingual Legacies: Father Figures in Self-Writing from Barcelona (Toronto University Press, 2022). The award ceremony took place at the 19th Colloquium […]
Comment favoriser la sécurité linguistique auprès des jeunes francophones en Colombie-Britannique? | Media Interview with Dr. Marie-Eve Bouchard
Dr. Marie-Eve Bouchard talks about how to develop linguistic security among young French speakers in British Columbia in an interview with Kristin Reinke, CEFAN, Université Laval. This is part of a video series on the topic of demystifying preconceived notions about North American francophonies, hosted by Kristin Reinke with the participation of the participation of […]
Rayanos y dominicanyorks: La dominicanidad del siglo XXI | Media Interview with Dr. Arturo Victoriano-Martinez
Dr. Arturo Victoriano-Martinez speaks about the launch of the second edition of his book Rayanos y dominicanyorks: La dominicanidad del siglo XXI in an interview with Pablo Mella, Executive Director of the Editorial Universitaria Bonó, on Acento TV.
PhD CoLab pilot program awardees
A collaborative research project between PhD students and faculty members from UBC’s Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies (FHIS) and other disciplines—titled “The Adaptive Text Encoding Initiative Network: Antiracist, Decolonial, and Inclusive Markup Interventions”—has been awarded funding from the Faculty of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies (G+PS) new PhD CoLab pilot program. The project involves […]
New Faculty Spotlight: Michela Valmori, Visiting Lecturer of Italian
Get to know Michela Valmori, Visiting Lecturer of Italian, who joined UBC’s Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies (FHIS) in January 2024. Career background I started teaching in 2005 at the Modern Language Centre of the University of Bologna, and throughout my career I taught courses at all levels in the Italian language, of […]