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 & Lee University last spring. There, she studied how literary works (especially canonical fairy tales) construct gender and sexuality for young-adult readers. Charli is currently pursuing her M.A. in Children’s Literature here at UBC.
In her role as the CES Senior Program Assistant, Charli hopes to help build an accessible and welcoming learning community for all.
You can reach Charli at ces.assistant@ubc.ca.
Braden Russell (he/him) is stepping into role of Project Assistant, a position that entails content creation for and management of the Centre’s social media and online presence.
Braden is a fourth year PhD candidate in Germanic Studies at UBC in the Department for Central Eastern and Northern European Studies. He his currently writing his dissertation on queer Jewish cultural production in contemporary Germany.
In his role as the CES Project Assistant, Braden enjoys being part of a diverse and brilliant community of scholars, students and colleagues.