Announcements

Welcome CES Undergraduate and Graduate Student Fellows!

The Centre for European Studies is excited to welcome our first cohort of undergraduate and graduate student fellows! Alicia Barker-Astrom, and Sriharsha Madireddy are the undergraduate fellows. Byron Clark, Isabelle Avakumovic-Pointon, Lance Pederson,  Psyfun Mustary, Ryan Sun,  Simen Hennum, and Susanna Cassisa are the graduate fellows. Our student fellows come from an array of scholarly […]

CES Welcome Back Get-Together!

Join us for the CES Welcome Back Get-Together! On Thursday, January 25th from 5-7 PM, affiliates, fellows, and associates of CES are invited to drop by Buchanan Tower rooms 910 and 997 for coffee, Cartems Donuts, card games, and tarot readings from the Centre’s director, Dr. Ervin Malakaj. We can’t wait to see you there! […]

Introducing Two New CES Team Members!

The Centre for European Studies is excited to welcome two new staff members to our team! Charli Brown (she/her) is taking on the role of Senior Program Assistant. In this role, she’ll be handling the Centre’s event planning, day-to-day admin, and general communications. Charli graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in English from Washington & […]

CES Welcomes New Affiliate Faculty, Nikki Georgopulos!

CES Welcomes New Affiliate Faculty, Nikki Georgopulos!

The Centre for European Studies is excited to welcome Dr. Nikki Georgopulos! Nikki is an assistant professor in the Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory. Her research focuses primarily on realism and its intersections with the history of science philosophy, and cultural constructs of gender.

CES Welcomes Seven New Affiliate Faculty!

The Centre for European Studies is excited to welcome seven new Affiliate Faculty this month: Elizabeth Nijdam, Isabelle Avakumovic-Pointon, Jeffrey Byrne, Josh Timmermann, Julen Etxabe, Lance Pederson, and Sara Ann Knutson. Our Affiliates come from a range of scholarly backgrounds and departments, including the Department of History; Department of Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies; […]

Become an Affiliate of the UBC Centre for European Studies!

Our centre brings together scholars from across the university researching topics that in some fashion relate to European Studies. We host talks, research clusters, and support ongoing research activities by our affiliates. You can find out more about affiliate roles and how to become an affiliate here!

Applications Open: Undergraduate and Graduate Fellowships in CES!

We are excited to share that applications for the CES Undergraduate and Graduate Fellowships are open now! Each fellowship includes: a stipend of $500.00 a shared working station in the UBC Centre for European Studies for up to one month in W2023 T2 (February, March, April) an opportunity to share their research findings with the […]

The 2023 Fall CES Research Colloquium Series is Here!!!

The 2023 Fall CES Research Colloquium Series is Here!!!

  The UBC Centre for European Studies is excited to announce the lineup for our Fall 2023 Research Colloquia:   “The Hypogée des Dunes, Poitiers: Faith and Science in Nineteenth-Century France“ by Dr. Bonnie Effros Monday, October 30th @12:30-1:30 pm PT, Buchanan Tower Room 1099. The late nineteenth century saw the growth of a sizable chasm […]

CES Welcomes New Visiting Scholar, Ari Hallgrímur Finnsson!

CES Welcomes New Visiting Scholar, Ari Hallgrímur Finnsson!

The Centre for European Studies is excited to announce that we have a new Visiting Scholar, Ari Hallgrímur Finnsson! Ari is a PhD Candidate in the Department of History at the University of Toronto, and his research interests are in global and imperial intellectual history, including liberal political philosophy, law, biopolitics, political economy, and social […]

Meet CES’s New Work Learn Project Assistant, Charli!

Charli Brown (she/her), the new Work Learn Project Assistant, is the most recent addition to our CES team! Charli spent her undergraduate years studying fairy tales at Washington & Lee University and working at the Shenandoah Literary Magazine in Lexington, Virginia. This year, she’s pursuing her M.A. in Children’s Literature here at UBC. In her […]