Call for Papers: FHIS Graduate Student Symposium 2025
The Department of French Hispanic and Italian Studies warmly invites graduate students to participate in our biannual Graduate Student Symposium. This dynamic forum brings together emerging scholars in our program, creating a space for intellectual exchange and scholarly collaboration across languages and cultures. Symposium Our interdisciplinary Symposium embraces research that spans the rich tapestry of […]
Ximena Osegueda Prize Winners for Best Graduate Essay 2025
Congratulations to our Ximena Osegueda Prize winners for best essay in a graduate seminar: Best graduate essay in Hispanic Studies: Keira Smith-Tague, MA Student of Hispanic Studies “Waste Narratives: Disposability, Wasting Relationships and Defiance in Sylvia Aguilar Zéleny’s Basura (2018)” Best graduate essay in French Studies: Emmy Issartial, PhD Student of French Studies “Tristan et […]
Pedagogical guide for inclusive and non-binary French
Dr. Caroline Lebrec, Assistant Professor of Teaching in French, introduces a pedagogical guide for inclusive and non-binary French developed in collaboration with graduate student Mathilda Poulenay (FHIS), Dr. Hasheem Hakeem (Northwestern University), and Sophie Feng (University of Toronto). The Guide pédagogique du français inclusif et non binaire (2024) provides a step-by-step approach to writing French in a way […]
FHIS graduate students win Centre for European Studies Research Fellowships
Congratulations to our graduate students Nancy Ofori (MA Student of French Studies) and Sarah Revilla-Sanchez (PhD Student of Hispanic Studies) for winning Graduate Research Fellowships at UBC’s Centre for European Studies. Nancy Ofori’s Research Project: Nancy’s research explores the linguistic insecurity faced by Black African English language teaching assistants in France. This insecurity manifests when […]
Alumni Spotlight: Moustapha Fall, Associate Teaching Professor (French)
Dr. Moustapha Fall, Associate Teaching Professor of French & Francophone Studies at the University of Victoria (UVic), shares about his career in academia after completing a PhD at UBC. Career What do you like about your current job? My responsibilities as an Associate Teaching Professor include 70% teaching, 20% scholarly activities and 10% service to […]
Dr. Kim Beauchesne receives Killam Award for Excellence in Mentoring
The Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies (FHIS) is proud to announce that Dr. Kim Beauchesne, Associate Professor of Spanish, has been honoured with the prestigious Killam Award for Excellence in Mentoring. This award recognizes Dr. Beauchesne’s exceptional dedication to fostering the growth of graduate students. Citation: “Dr. Kim Beauchesne is an Associate Professor […]
Recently Defended Theses
Date range: March 2024 – November 2024 MA in French Studies Hubert Odikamnoro Une étude des attitudes linguistiques des Igbos envers les langues majeures au Nigeria Abstract: Cette thèse porte sur les attitudes linguistiques envers les trois langues dominantes du Nigéria : l’igbo, le haoussa et le yoruba. Ces langues se distinguent non seulement par […]
Nnaemeka Hubert Odikamnoro: Language attitudes of the Igbos towards the major languages in Nigeria
Nnaemeka Hubert Odikamnoro, former MA Student of French Studies, shares about his research on language attitudes towards major languages in Nigeria (Part 1) and about his graduate student experience at UBC (Part 2). Part 1: Research What drew you to sociolinguistics? I’m not entirely sure what I expected to gain when I set out to […]
Study Abroad Opportunities Summer 2025
Page navigation: Study abroad in France Study abroad in Ecuador Study Abroad Opportunities in France Participate in one — or both! — of the following opportunities facilitated by UBC Go Global: May 12 – June 8, 2025: FREN 395—The French Revolution: History, Myth, and Fiction (3 credits) Location: France (Paris, Lyon, Vizille) Language of instruction: […]