Introducing the FHIS Sociolinguistics Lab
Dr. Marie-Eve Bouchard, Assistant Professor of French, provides an introduction to the FHIS Sociolinguistics Lab. The FHIS Sociolinguistics Lab was created for students who are interested in language use in its social context. The members of the Lab are current or former students from UBC’s Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies (FHIS) who have […]
Recently Defended Theses
Date range: July 2022 – November 2022 PhD in French Studies BOOLUCK-MILLER, Pooja, Migrations et traumatismes : Afrique, Caraïbes, océan Indien (2022) PhD in Hispanic Studies MOSCOSO-GARAY, Marcos, Máquinas y autómatas : retratos de la mujer amazónica y su relación con la naturaleza en la literatura del auge de la extracción del caucho (1879-1914) (2022)
Marcos Moscoso-Garay: Stereotypes of Amazonian Women During the Rubber Boom
Dr. Marcos Moscoso-Garay, former PhD Student of Hispanic Studies, explores how the stereotyping of Amazonian women by novelists and filmmakers of the 20th and 21st centuries undermined the effectiveness of their criticism towards capitalist extractivist production during the Amazon Rubber Boom (Part 1). He also shares about his graduate student experience at UBC (Part 2). […]
Annabelle Glas and Sarah Revilla Sanchez receive the Ximena Osegueda Prize 2021
Congratulations to our Ximena Osegueda Prize winners for best essay in a graduate seminar: Best graduate essay in French Studies: Annabelle Glas “Approche sociocritique autour de deux fictions utopiques contemporaines” Best graduate essay in Hispanic Studies: Sarah Revilla Sanchez “Audible Absence: Feminicide, Necrowriting and Affective Listening in Chicas muertas (2014) and Cometierra (2019)”
Centre de la Francophonie: Upcoming Initiatives
Dr. Vincent Gélinas-Lemaire, the new Director of the Centre de la Francophonie de UBC, shares his vision and upcoming initiatives for the Centre. The Centre de la Francophonie de UBC—a joint initiative of the Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies (FHIS), the Department of Language Teaching and Literacy (LLED), and UBC Extended Learning—promotes and […]
Hiring Student Research Assistants: Examining the Variety of French Spoken by Youth in Vancouver
Are you a current UBC student interested in gaining expertise in sociolinguistics? If so, Dr. Marie-Eve Bouchard, Assistant Professor of French, might have the perfect project for you! We asked her a few questions about the project she will be working on this year. What is your research project about? My research project focuses on […]
Recently Defended Theses
Date range: November 2021 – June 2022 MA in Hispanic Studies KIRCHENBAUER, Johann, Subverting spectacular binaries : an analysis of diasporic Venezuelan audiovisual productions (2022) PhD in French Studies BLANC, Magali, La construction de soi en l’absence de la figure parentale : Martine Delvaux, Annie Ernaux et Georges Perec (2022) PhD in Hispanic Studies ORTIZ, Rodolfo, […]
Rodolfo Ortiz: Barbarian Circuits and Belligerent Polemics in the Andean Magazines of the Early 20th Century
Dr. Rodolfo Ortiz, former PhD student of Hispanic Studies at UBC, shares about his doctoral research and its impact on the intellectual community, his graduate student experience at UBC, and his career goals. Research I examine literary magazines from Peru and Bolivia in the early 20th century, and their role in the intellectual and cultural […]
Recognizing Student Volunteers of 2021-2022
UBC’s Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies (FHIS) would like to thank the 2021-2022 student volunteers for generously devoting hours to support the FHIS Learning Centre and Spanish for Community, and for their service as Student Representatives. In this article, students share how volunteering has enhanced their university experience. Learning Centre Volunteers FHIS Learning […]
Recommended Reads for Summer 2022
Back by popular demand, faculty members from UBC’s Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies (FHIS) have compiled a list of recommended summer reads that were originally published in French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. So pick your favourite park bench, soak up the sun and get lost in these books!