Farewell from Outgoing Department Head Joël Castonguay-Bélanger
This newsletter will be my last as Head of this great department. As I prepare to bid farewell to this wonderful chapter of my life, I am filled with a mixture of emotions. How did six years pass so quickly?! It has been an honour and a privilege to serve such a remarkable community of […]
Staff Spotlight: Fonteyn Li, Administrative Assistant
Get to know Fonteyn Li, who joined the Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies (FHIS) in March 2023 as the Administrative Assistant. What motivated you to apply for this position? Having spent exactly one year working in a different position at UBC, I recently joined the Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies (FHIS) […]
Graduating Student Spotlight: Soraya Dutto, French Minor
Newly graduated student of French, Soraya Dutto, shares how she fell in love with the French language, what she will miss the most about her classes, and advice for current students. How did you fall in love with French? My grandmother is French, but I did not pay a lot of attention to the language […]
Why Major in Romance Studies? | Student Spotlight with Maia Goldman
Undergraduate student Maia Goldman shares why she chose to major in Romance Studies in addition to minoring in Spanish.
UBC Students Recreate Paintings from the Romance World
Students from UBC’s Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies (FHIS) recreated and modernized famous paintings from the Francophone, Hispanic, Italian, and Lusophone world as part of an FHIS Instagram Contest hosted by the Cultural Club. Take a look at the impressive submissions!
Francophone Indigenous Literature in Quebec: A Conversation with Louis-Karl Picard-Sioui
On March 22, UBC’s Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies will have the pleasure of welcoming Louis-Karl Picard-Sioui for a discussion on Francophone Indigenous Literature published in Quebec. In this interview, Dr. Joël Castonguay-Bélanger speaks with Louis-Karl Picard-Sioui about the initiatives and challenges to increase visibility for Indigenous authors. About Louis-Karl Picard-Sioui: Born and […]
New Publication | (Pro)creación. Escritura y maternidad en la España contemporánea
Dr. Olga Albarran Caselles, Sessional Lecturer of Spanish, published a new book titled (Pro)creación. Escritura y maternidad en la España contemporánea (May 2022, Ediciones Libertarias). Here she elaborates on the inspiration behind it. About the Book (Pro)creación is a book about writing and motherhood in contemporary Spain: it analyzes how three women authors have portrayed […]
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 […]
Student Spotlight: Adam Vilio, Italian Minor
Adam Vilio, undergraduate student of Italian and International Economics Major, shares why he chose to minor in Italian. Coming from an Italian background and being a dual citizen of Canada and Italy, I have always had a deep appreciation for Italian language, art, food, culture, and literature. Italy is an incredible country with so much […]