UPCOMING EVENTS
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Dec 7“Techniques of Time in Settler Colonial Utopia: Property-Owning Democracy and R.R. Torrens’ Archive” by Ari Finnsson
Thursday, December 7 at 12:30 PM PT Buchanan Tower, Room 997 “Techniques of Time in Settler Colonial Utopia: Property-Owning Democracy and R.R. Torrens’ Archive” by CES Visiting Scholar Ari Finnsson The concept of a “property-owning democracy,” coined by British Conservative MP Noel Skelton in 1923, exercised a powerful hold over a number of twentieth... -
Dec 7“Origins of the Soviet computer subculture in 1960s Kyiv: Prototype of Personal Computer “MIR” and the Association of Users ‘Cybertonia'” UBC Science and Technology Studies Colloquium by Dr. Serhii Zhabin
Thursday, December 7th at 5:00 PT Buchanan D, Room 324 “Origins of the Soviet computer subculture in 1960s Kyiv: Prototype of Personal Computer “MIR” and the Association of Users ‘Cybertonia'” by Dr. Serhii Zhabin The Laboratory of Calculating Machines in Kyiv that in 1950 built the first Soviet electronic digital computer (MESM), after 1956 continued...
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; […] Read more >>
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! Read more >>
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 […] Read more >>
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 […] Read more >>