FHIS Instagram Contest 2024: Share Your Travel Photos
Have you travelled to a Romance language-speaking country or city? Submit photo(s) from your travels—with a short reflection describing your time there—to be featured on the Instagram account of UBC’s Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies (FHIS)! Two winners will be selected by random draw to receive a UBC-branded hoodie. Submission deadline: February 15, 2024 […]
Jennifer Nagtegaal publishes “Politically Animated: Non-fiction Animation from the Hispanic World” (Book)
Jennifer Nagtegaal, PhD Student of Hispanic Studies, recently published a book based on her MA thesis titled Politically Animated: Non-fiction Animation from the Hispanic World (2023) with the University of Toronto Press. In this article, Jennifer describes the book-writing process and shares advice to other graduate students who are interested in publishing. Part 1: About […]
Recently Defended Theses
Date range: July 2023 – October 2023 PhD in French Studies Andisheh Ghaderi Reimagining the American dream: critical perspectives by Francophone voices This study examines the success and failure of French-speaking immigrants in the U.S. due to factors such as class, gender, and identity politics as represented in literature and cinema. The select authors for […]
Applications are now open for Graduate Programs in French or Hispanic Studies
Want to pursue a Master of Arts (MA) or Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in French or Hispanic Studies at UBC? The application period for the September 2024 intake and the January 2025 intake is open from now until December 31, 2023. Questions? Contact us at fhis.grad@ubc.ca.
Recently Defended Theses
Date range: December 2022 – June 2023 MA in Hispanic Studies AGUAYO MEJÍA, Samuel Josué, La oralidad ficticia en Temporada de huracanes : violencia, trauma y chisme (2023) GUZMAN RODRIGUEZ, Maria Fernanda, De símbolo sexual al empoderamiento: representaciones de la agencia femenina de la revolución mexicana a la narco-modernidad (2022) ROSS, Nancy Jean, Negotiating the […]
Jennifer Nagtegaal receives Dean of Arts Graduate Student Research Award to conduct research in Spain
Upon receiving the 2023 Dean of Arts Graduate Student Research Award to conduct research in Spain, Jennifer Nagtegaal, PhD student of Hispanic Studies, details her research plans abroad. Research project: My doctoral research project—with a working title of “Comics, Art, Interaction: Exploring an Avant-garde in Spain and Latin America and Beyond”—investigates the transformations of comics […]
Teaching Assistant Award Recipients 2022-23
UBC’s Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies (FHIS) is pleased to announce the recipients of the Teaching Assistant (TA) Award for their outstanding effectiveness as an assistant to the instructor, excellent command of the subject matter, and exceptional capacity to support students: Mary Cook (French Studies) Mirta Roncagalli (Hispanic Studies) Congratulations to these students […]
Patricio Robles: Nature-Culture in Ecological Narratives about the Pampas and Patagonia
Patricio Robles, PhD Student of Hispanic Studies, examines literary representations of the environment in narratives about two Southern Cone regions (Part 1). He also shares about his graduate student experience at UBC (Part 2). Part 1: Research What is your research topic? My research project, “Affective Environments: Nature-Culture in Ecological Narratives about the Pampas and […]
Teaching Assistant Award Recipients 2021-2022
Congratulations to Nicholas Bartlett (French Studies) and María Fernanda Guzmán (Hispanic Studies) for receiving the 2021-2022 Teaching Assistant Award for their outstanding leadership, significant contributions to the department, and efforts to enhance the UBC student experience.