Episode 5 of our podcast is live! Visiting Professor in Practice at the London School of Economics, Hans Kundnani, discusses the current and historical role of EU integration, as well as its connections with colonialism, racism, and militarism. #ubc #europeanstudies #researchpodcast #newepisode

Episode 4 of our podcast is live! Dr. Sara Shneiderman and Dr. Jeevan Baniya jointly discuss how funding from the European Union is flowing into Nepal to support infrastructure development and “good governance” at the local level, while young people are leaving the country through labour migration.

Episode 3 of the CES podcast is live! Tune in to hear Professor Ellen Marie Jensen discuss green colonialism and Sámi activism in Norway and the broader arctic region. Listen now at the link in our bio! #europeanstudies #ubc #podcast

Learn more about how a team of researchers, including CES affiliates Biz Nijdam and Tim Frandy as well as the Faculty of Education's Shannon Leddy, is using popular media to forward Indigenous stories of resilience and cultural renewal. Full story at the link in our bio!

ROOM CHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT: Beginning next week, the Postdoc and Graduate Writing Group will be moving all meetings to BuTo 997. Drop by to meet the UBC European Studies community while getting work done!

In the second episode of our CES podcast, Dr. Kiran Klaus Patel examines the history of the European Union and the political and administrative infrastructure it has established to shape Europe’s economic and political order over the past decades. Tune in at the link in our bio!

In the first episode of our new CES Podcast, Dr. Mongili introduces the concept of the Not-Quite-West: territories where colonial-type relations persist, encompassing marginal areas located within Western or post-imperial states. Learn more by listening to the episode at the link in our bio!

Join us on May 12 for a lecture on the history of vampires in 18th-century Russia! Register for the Zoom link on our website (link in bio). This event is co-sponsored by the Eurasia Research Cluster, Graduate Program in Science and Technology Studies, and UBC Medieval Studies Program.

The Centre for European Studies has launched a brand new podcast, available now on cIRcle, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify! This season, we’re focusing on our annual theme, “Infrastructure and Power,” examining how systems shape the lives of those living in Europe and beyond. Listen via the link in bio!

You are invited to join the upcoming hybrid Trans German Studies workshop. 🗓️ May 21-22, 2026 📌 Buchanan Tower 997 and zoom Make sure to register ahead of time if you wish to attend. Link in bio!

You are cordially invited to join the pre-program to the upcoming hybrid Trans German Studies workshop. 🗓️ May 20, 2026 🕚 12:00-5:30 p.m. 📌 Buchanan Tower 997 and Zoom

This lecture will investigate the approaches that different Nordic countries have undertaken on their path to European integration and what lessons can be drawn from the Canadian perspective. Go to the link in our bio to register for the Zoom link or RSVP by noon on April 30th to get a free lunch.

Join CES postdocs and graduate students for a weekly drop-in writing session! Meet the UBC European Studies community while getting work done. The group will meet in Buchanan Tower, Room 999A on Wednesdays from 1-3 PM. No meeting on July 1st. No RSVP required!

Join us April 24th for a workshop on “infrastructural biography” as a research method for examining infrastructure in its social, environmental, political, economic, and material contexts. Lunch will be served and work will be pre-circulated. RSVP by end of day April 20 if you plan to attend.

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...

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The Schuman Declaration in 1950, which led to the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), is the symbolic beginning of European integration as a “peace project.” The ECSC was meant t...

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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.