We are sad to announce that the CES Affiliate Gathering @ Koerner's Pub on April 16th has been cancelled. We wish everyone the best of luck this finals season and look forward to seeing you next school year!
Join us on April 16 @12:30-1:30 for a lecture by the University of Warsaw's Adam Szymanski. This talk will take a multilevel approach to studying democracy, with a focus on the case of Poland between 2010 and 2024.
Join us for a lunchtime showcase of our W2025 student research fellows, Alexandra and Elodie! A mixer with tea, coffee, and treats from Lemonade Gluten Free Bakery will follow.
This is a hybrid event; all those that wish to attend in-person or virtually must RSVP on our website!
Join CES for our next colloquium talk, in which Dr. Winthrop-Young examines Nazi propaganda, philosophy, pharmacology and changes to the pension system. The talk will present the increasingly compressed, accelerationist and catastrophist notions of history that made up the “Nazi chronobscene.”
Join us for Hans Kundnani's talk on ‘Coal, Steel and the EU as a White Peace Project’, the next instalment in our "Infrastructure & Power" Speaker Series. This talk is co-sponsored by CSDI.
Learn more and register on our website at ces.ubc.ca/events/event...
Join CES as David Watson discusses the legal, political, and geographical implications of Prosecco in the European Union as part of our 2026 Spring Colloquia.
#europeanstudies #ubc
Organized by Shoufu Yin and Mara Yue Du, "The Great Entanglement: Reframing East Eurasian Histories in the Longue Durée" will be taking place March 11th to 12th.
Find the detailed schedule on our website!
#europeanstudies #ces
Drawing upon their individual and collaborative research, Dr. Shneiderman and Dr. Baniya explore how European funding is flowing into Nepal, while young people are flowing out of the country through labour migration to global locations including Europe.
Lunch will be served. RSVP on our website!
Join CES in celebrating the recent publication of Shredding the Map: Imagined Geographies of Revolutionary Russia, 1914-1922′, the latest book by Dr. Edith W. Clowes.
#europeanstudies #ubc
Join CES as Dr. Mhishi examines how Europe contends with how it will be constituted in the future, a recurring challenge has been how Europe engages, in this instance particularly in relation to Africa, in processes of reparation in the aftermath of colonial histories that shape the present.
Check out what CES Affiliate Scholar, History Dept. Head Bonnie Effros has been working on: "Salomon Reinach and the Politics of Assimilation in Early Twentieth-Century France".
Read more about her research on our website.
Join CES postdocs and graduate students for a weekly drop-in writing session in BuTO 999A. The space will be available Thursdays 11 AM-1 PM from February 19-April 23. No meeting will be held on April 2.
No RSVP required.
From November of 2024 to October of 2025, the Centre for European Studies hosted Dr. Renata Faizova as a visiting scholar!
Read more about her research on our website.
#europeanstudies #ubc
Join CES as Dr. Mhishi examines how Europe contends with how it will be constituted in the future, a recurring challenge has been how Europe engages, in this instance particularly in relation to Africa, in processes of reparation in the aftermath of colonial histories that shape the present.
Please join us in congratulating this year’s brilliant Student Fellows: Alexandra Yao and Elodie Vaudandaine!
Read all about Alexandra, Elodie, and their amazing projects on our website here: ces.ubc.ca/news/meet-th...
Join us for "We are fighting for our very existence!" by Dr. Ellen Marie Jensen! This talk is co-sponsored by the UBC Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies (CENES).
This event will be held on February 2nd at 4PM both in-person in BuTo 225 and over Zoom.
Save the dates for upcoming research colloquia! CES is excited to have affiliate faculty currently working on issues related to Europe and the languages spoken there present this year.
#europeanstudies #ubc
Join CES as Dr. Savage examines the coloniality of gardening in 20th century Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland), through representations in contemporary cultural production, as part of our 2026 Spring Colloquia.
#europeanstudies #ubc
Save the dates for upcoming research colloquia! CES is excited to have affiliate faculty currently working on issues related to Europe and the languages spoken there present this year.
#europeanstudies #ubc
Join us for "We are fighting for our very existence!" by Dr. Ellen Marie Jensen! This talk is co-sponsored by the UBC Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies (CENES).
This event will be held on February 2nd at 4PM both in-person in BuTo 225 and over Zoom.
Join CES postdocs and graduate students for a weekly drop-in writing session in BuTO 999A. The space will be available Thursdays 1-3:00PM from January 8th to February 12th.
No RSVP required.
Save the date for these upcoming CES Spring 2026 Speaker Series events!
CES is excited to announce Dr. Kiran Klaus Patel, Dr. Ellen Marie Jensen, and Dr. Hans Kundnani as this year's presenters.
#ubc #speakerseries #europeanstudies
Join us for "We are fighting for our very existence!" by Dr. Ellen Marie Jensen! This talk is co-sponsored by the UBC Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies (CENES).
This event will be held on February 2nd at 4PM both in-person in BuTo 225 and over Zoom.
Save the date for these upcoming CES Spring 2026 Speaker Series events! CES is excited to announce Dr. Kiran Klaus Patel, Dr. Ellen Marie Jensen, and Dr. Hans Kundnani as this year's presenters.
#ubc #speakerseries #europeanstudies
Join us on Zoom January 27th at 10 AM for the first talk in our CES Spring 2026 Speaker Series!
The Speaker Series features scholars from around the world who specialize in topics related to Europe and the languages spoken there.
Register here: ubc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join the Centre for European Studies at our Affiliate Term Kickoff Gathering on January 27th! There will be catering from Lemonade Gluten Free Bakery.
RSVP by January 20th!
Join us on Zoom January 27th at 10 AM for the first talk in our CES Spring 2026 Speaker Series!
The Speaker Series features scholars from around the world who specialize in topics related to Europe and the languages spoken there.
Register here: ubc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Save the date for these upcoming CES Spring 2026 Speaker Series events! CES is excited to announce Dr. Kiran Klaus Patel, Dr. Ellen Marie Jensen, and Dr. Hans Kundnani as this year's presenters.
#ubc #speakerseries #europeanstudies