A Sound Map of Franco-Canadian Accents
Dr. Marie-Eve Bouchard, Assistant Professor of French at UBC, talks about her research on French-speaking minorities in Canada in this interview with radio host Nicholas Haddad from Radio-Canada. Marie-Eve first describes what sociolinguistics is and explains why studying language in a minority context is essential. She also talks about one of her new research projects: […]
Dr. Marie-Eve Bouchard awarded SSHRC Insight Development Grant to Study Racialized French Speakers of Vancouver
Dr. Marie-Eve Bouchard was awarded a SSHRC Insight Development Grant for a project titled: Uniting voices: An examination of racially minoritized French speakers of Vancouver. Description of the research project: Since the early 2000s, Canadian federal policies have encouraged Francophone immigration from around the world in order to support the vitality of the French language […]
New French translation by Patrick Moran of “La Mort le roi Artu”
Dr. Patrick Moran has published a new Modern French translation of the early 13th-century Old French romance La Mort le roi Artu, which is published by La Librairie Droz (Geneva, Switzerland) and based on the classic 1936 edition by Jean Frappier. La Mort le roi Artu offers one of the most famous medieval accounts of the death of […]
Dr. Ramón Victoriano-Martínez Awarded CUNY DSI Research Fellowship
Dr. Ramón Ant. Victoriano-Martínez (Arturo), Assistant Professor of Spanish at UBC, has been awarded a 2021 CUNY DSI Research Fellowship to support his current research project “Blood, Blacks and Books: Dominican culture under Balaguer, 1966-78”. Sponsored by the City University of New York (CUNY) Dominican Studies Institute (DSI), the competitive fellowships enable the Institute to […]
Podcasting as a Pedagogical Tool in the Time of Remote Learning
Dr. Tamara Mitchell, Assistant Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies, explores the benefits and challenges of podcasting pedagogy and the art of wandering within the context of remote learning. Reducing Screen Fatigue When UBC announced that 2020-21 courses would be taught remotely, I immediately knew that I wouldn’t conduct a “Zoomified” version of my […]
Dr. Gaoheng Zhang Launches New Website on “Cultural Mobilities between Italy and China”
Dr. Gaoheng Zhang has recently launched a website for visitors interested in the interplay of culture and mobility between Chinese and Italian populations. Using the Chinese formulation 衣食住行 (clothing, food, residence, mobility)—the necessities of human existence—as an organizing principle, he and his research group offer case studies of cultural mobilities set in various North American, […]
Remembering Larry Bongie
Professor Emeritus Laurence (“Larry”) Bongie passed away on December 26th, 2020, but his legacy on French Studies at UBC and the larger realm of 18th century French literature continues on. During his time at UBC from 1953 to 1992, where he served as Department Head for 26 years, he supported the growth of many faculty […]
Announcing the loss of Professor Emeritus Dominique Baudouin
It is with sadness that we learned that Professor Emeritus Dominique Baudouin passed away on October 29, 2020 at Crofton Manor in Vancouver. Dominique Baudouin, L ès L, DES, Agrégé des Lettres Classiques, began his career teaching in French lycées in Le Havre, and at the Lycée secondaire du Bardo in Tunis, before obtaining a […]
Spanish for Community Goes Virtual
Dr. Maria Carbonetti brings Spanish for Community’s experiential learning community projects to the virtual sphere.
Five FHIS Faculty Awarded the Hampton New Faculty Grant
Five faculty members from FHIS have been awarded the Hampton Fund New Faculty Grant.