Joseph Bouchard: Community and Growth through the FHIS Learning Centre
As a tutor and the previous coordinator for the FHIS Learning Centre, and as a student in Latin American Studies, Joseph Bouchard reflects on his personal and professional development within the FHIS community. Work-Learn Experience The Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies (FHIS) offered me a great deal of freedom and plenty of opportunities […]
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.
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.
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.
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.
Research Spotlight: Gender, Genre & Economic Transactions in Literature
Dr. Elizabeth Lagresa-González investigates the intersection between gender, genre, and cross-cultural transactions in literature.
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.
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.
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: Studying Abroad in Quito, Ecuador
Ever considered studying abroad? Bowen Wright shares about her experiences in Quito, Ecuador for a Go Global seminar.