Spotlight

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Alumni Spotlight: Lawrence Book McKnight, Program Manager

What can you do with a Spanish degree? Lawrence shares how studying and teaching abroad helped him land a career as a Program Manager in Peru.

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Promoting the French Language: Centre de la Francophonie de UBC

Want to get involved with cultural events in UBC and the Lower Mainland? Learn about the Centre de la Francophonie de UBC.

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Thao Atkinson: Studying Abroad in Venice, Italy

Ever consider studying abroad? Thao Atkinson shares about her experiences in Venice, Italy for a Go Global Seminar.

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Research Spotlight: Modes of Resistance in Dominican Literature

Dr. Ramón Antonio Victoriano explores the representation of “blackness” and different modes of resistance in Dominican literature.

Painting by Quentin Metsys titled The Moneylender and His Wife, 1514. Louvre, Paris.

Research Spotlight: Gender, Genre & Economic Transactions in Literature

Dr. Elizabeth Lagresa-González investigates the intersection between gender, genre, and cross-cultural transactions in literature.

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Research Spotlight: The Evolution of a “Poetics of Ruins”

Dr. Vincent Gélinas-Lemaire tracks the evolution of a “poetics of ruins” in French and Québécois literature — and what they say about a growing sense of worry in our societies.

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Latin American Studies: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Studying the Region

Learn what makes Latin American Studies unique, what skills students can develop, and where the program is heading in the near future.

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Research Spotlight: Post-Nationalism in Mexican and Central American Narrative Fiction

Dr. Tamara Mitchell examines how globalization is leveraged by Latin American thinkers and artists to critique and shape world relations.

Bowen Wright on the famous La Casa del Árbol swing overlooking Baños, Ecuador

Bowen Wright: Studying Abroad in Quito, Ecuador

Ever considered studying abroad? Bowen Wright shares about her experiences in Quito, Ecuador for a Go Global seminar.

Anne-Claire Marpeau working outside on a picnic table.

Anne-Claire Marpeau: The Role of Social Codes and Pedagogical Expectations in Interpreting Literature

Anne-Claire Marpeau shares about her “atypical” approach to research and about her experience as a graduate student.