In May 2026, the UBC Faculty of Arts signed a multi-year agreement with the Swedish Institute to support the Swedish Language Program at UBC.

This May, UBC Arts faculty were featured in outlets including CBC, The Globe and Mail, and The Conversation, sharing expertise on climate and energy policy, AI and digital sovereignty, political affai...

UBC Arts scholars have published books this year covering a fascinating range of topics — from a 300-year linguistic cover-up in Austria to a rescue dog, the cognitive science of internet memes, and a...

The University of Chicago hosted two talks by Dr. Kyle Frackman on East German media on May 7 and 8, 2026.

Shoshana Schwebel successfully defended her thesis and completed her Ph.D. in Germanic Studies this sping.

The awards celebrate remarkable contributions to teaching and learning across UBC.

Dr. Ervin Malakaj (CENES) and Dr. Jasbir Puar (GRSJ) have been awarded $100,000 in the 2026 Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters competition by the Vice President for Research & Innovation for thei...

Dr. Katherine Bowers (CENES) and Dr. Heidi Tworek (History and School of Public Policy and Global Affairs) were awarded $100,000 in the 2026 Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters.

Recognized for their impact in Arts, at UBC, and beyond, these students are also sharing heartfelt wishes for this year’s graduating class.

UBC’s first symposium on Linguaphobia, Linguistic Indifference and the Monolingual University (LLIMU) took place this fall as part of the Faculty of Arts’ Multilingual Week.

In the final talk of the 2025 Zhargon Speaker Series, Dr. Gabriella Safran explores how Jewish migrants around the turn of the 20th century used literature, plays, and songs to work through questions ...