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Recently Defended Theses

Recently defended theses from FHIS graduate students between January 2020 – November 2020.

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Graduate Student Association 2020-2021

The FHIS Graduate Student Association aims to improve the overall experience of graduate students at the Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies.

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New publication by Jennifer Nagtegaal titled “From Accidental Autobiography to Comics Activism”

Congratulations to Jennifer Nagtegaal, PhD student in Hispanic Studies, for her recent publication titled “From ‘Accidental’ Autobiography to Comics Activism: Tracing the Development of an Andalusian-Chinese Feminism in the Work of Comics Artist Quan Zhou”, which is published in the Routledge Companion to Gender and Sexuality in Comic Book Studies (2020). Access the publication: https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Companion-to-Gender-and-Sexuality-in-Comic-Book-Studies/Aldama/p/book/9780367209414 […]

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Liza Bolen: Storytelling Through the 5 Senses

Dr. Liza Bolen, former PhD student of French Studies, shares why her graduate student experience at UBC surpassed her expectations, and how her research on the five senses tackles an often overlooked aspect in literature studies.

Patricio Robles awarded the 2020 Affiliated Fellowship

Congratulations to Patricio Robles, PhD student in Hispanic Studies, for receiving the 2020 Affiliated Fellowship for his research project titled “Environmental Crisis at the Edges of the World: Portrayals of Nature in the Pampas and Patagonia.”

FHIS Graduate Student Conference

FHIS Graduate Student Conference

The Graduate Student Conference offers our graduate students the opportunity to showcase their research. 

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Liza Bolen: Storytelling Through the 5 Senses

Liza Bolen — PhD Student in French Studies

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Magali Blanc: ‘Construction of the Self’ in Contemporary French Literature

Magali Blanc explores how auto-fictional writers attempt to regain part of their missing heritage in an effort to complete their identities. 

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Jennifer Nagtegaal: Drawing, Comics & Animation in Hispanic Visual Culture

PhD student Jennifer Nagtegaal explains why she pursued graduate studies at UBC, and how she unexpectedly developed an interest in Hispanic visual culture with the help of her now supervisor.