The Centre for European Studies (CES) aims to advance the study and understanding of European politics, economy, and societies. CES supports a broad, transnational view of Europe, embodied through the collective work of faculty, postdoctoral fellows, graduate and undergraduate students, and visiting scholars across the social sciences and humanities.
Launched in early 2022, CES emerged from the former Institute for European Studies, which was founded in 1998 at UBC.
Through our speaker series, research colloquia, and other events, we provide a collaborative and engaging space for researching Europe’s history, current affairs, and diverse cultures and societies. We strive to engage with Europe from the perspective of our place on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), supporting approaches that amplify Indigenous and minoritized perspectives and that decolonize our historical and ongoing relationships with Europe.
The CES governance structure is comprised of two bodies: the Steering Committee and the Executive Council.
The Steering Committee advises the Director and Executive Council on programming, brings forward new ideas for consideration, represents stakeholders, and provides a secondary communication mechanism between the supporting units and CES. The membership includes a representative from each unit that has pledged an annual financial contribution to CES programming funds.
The Executive Council consists of six active CES affiliate faculty – three from the humanities and three from social sciences. The Council, which plays an active role in deciding on annual programming, invited speakers, and other initiatives, will work closely with the Director in an advisory and supporting capacity.
- Allard School of Law
- Centre for Migration Studies
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory
- Department of Asian Studies
- Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies
- Department of English
- Department of French, Hispanic, and Italian Studies
- Department of Geography
- Department of History
- Department of Political Science
- Department of Sociology
- Department of Theatre and Film
- Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice
- UBC iSchool
