Languages

This class comprises research and experimental development in languages.

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Doctor of Philosophy in Asian Studies (PhD)

UBC's Asian Studies Department is the flagship Asian Studies department in Canada and is widely acknowledged as one of the finest in North America. The Department awards a PhD in Asian Studies to students working in a variety of regions and disciplines. The department boasts over 20 graduate…

Doctor of Philosophy in English (PhD)

The UBC English Graduate Program, one of the most vibrant and wide-ranging in Canada, has been awarding the M.A. degree since 1919. Students may earn the degree in each of two areas: English Literature and English Language. Indeed, the UBC English Department is one of the few departments in North…

Doctor of Philosophy in French (PhD)

The Graduate Program in French Studies offers a dynamic curriculum that focuses on a contextualized understanding of the languages, literatures, and cultures of France, Québec, and the Francophone world. Students may specialize in literature or linguistics, or propose a research program combining…

Doctor of Philosophy in Germanic Studies (PhD)

The Graduate Program in Germanic Studies at UBC integrates a large scope of thematic and theoretical research areas. Students are guided by faculty whose teaching and research cover a wide range of German literature, film, culture, and media. Course offerings feature approaches grounded in varied…

Doctor of Philosophy in Hispanic Studies (PhD)

The Graduate Program in Hispanic Studies offers a dynamic curriculum focusing on a contextualized knowledge of the languages, literatures, and cultures of Latin America, Spain, and other Spanish-speaking communities within the US and Canada.

Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy Education (PhD)

Doctoral students focus on critical and contemporary issues at the intersections of language and literacy learning and cultural and societal transformation. Students in our programs are teachers and other professional educators who engage in courses, conversations and research addressing a broad…

Master of Arts in Asian Studies (MA)

UBC's Asian Studies Department is the flagship Asian Studies department in Canada and is widely acknowledged as one of the finest in North America. The Department awards a thesis-based MA in Asian Studies to students working in a variety of regions and disciplines. The department boasts over…

Master of Arts in English (MA)

The UBC English Graduate Program, one of the most vibrant and wide-ranging in Canada, has been awarding the M.A. degree since 1919. Students may earn the degree in each of two areas: English Literature and English Language. Indeed, the UBC English Department is one of the few departments in North…

Master of Arts in French (MA)

The Graduate Program in French Studies offers a dynamic curriculum that focuses on a contextualized understanding of the languages, literatures, and cultures of France, Québec, and the Francophone world. Students may specialize in literature or linguistics, or propose a research program combining…

Master of Arts in Germanic Studies (MA)

The Graduate Program in Germanic Studies at UBC integrates a large scope of thematic and theoretical research areas. Students are guided by faculty whose teaching and research cover a wide range of German literature, film, culture, and media. Course offerings feature approaches grounded in varied…

Master of Arts in Hispanic Studies (MA)

The Graduate Program in Hispanic Studies offers a dynamic curriculum focusing on a contextualized knowledge of the languages, literatures, and cultures of Latin America, Spain, and other Spanish-speaking communities within the US and Canada.

Master of Arts in Literacy Education (MA)

Our programs in Literacy Education engage teachers and other professional educators in the study of rich language and literacy practices from early childhood through adolescence and adulthood. Literacy studies have expanded dramatically in recent years and our internationally known Faculty draw on…

Master of Arts in Modern Languages Education (MA)

The Masters programs develop an awareness of current thought and practice in MLED education. The MA program has a research emphasis and includes a thesis. MLED graduate students gain experience and understanding in current issues in second language theory and practice, second language acquisition,…

Master of Education in Literacy Education (MEd)

Our programs in Literacy Education engage teachers and other professional educators in the study of rich language and literacy practices from early childhood through adolescence and adulthood. Literacy studies have expanded dramatically in recent years and our internationally known Faculty draw on…

Master of Education in Modern Languages Education (MEd)

The MEd degree is designed as a practitioner's degree, for students who wish to acquire the knowledge, skills and experience necessary to work in a professional field. As a professional degree, the MEd is intended for students who wish, upon graduation, to assume positions of leadership in a…

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Al-Kassim, Dina

Department of English Language and Literatures, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Critical identity, ethnic and race studies; English language; Gender, sexuality and education; Human rights, justice, and ethical issues; anti-colonial; Artistic and Literary Movements, Schools and Styles; Artistic and Literary Theories; Arts and Cultural Traditions; Arts, Literature and Subjectivity; comparative literature: Arabic, English, French; feminist; Gender Relationship; Identity and Transnationality; Philosophy, History and Comparative Studies; postcolonial; psychoanalysis; queer theory; sexuality; Subjectivity

Ayan, Irem

Department of French, Hispanic & Italian Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

French language; Sociology of translation and interpreting; Gender and work exploitation; Emotional labour and work alienation; Fictional representations of translators and interpreters

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Badir, Patricia

Department of English Language and Literatures, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

English language; Canadian Modernism; Early Modern Drama; Early Modern Literature and Religion; Medieval Drama; Shakespeare; Shakespeare in Canada

Burgess, Miranda

Department of English Language and Literatures, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

English language; Arts, Literature and Subjectivity; British and Irish Romanticism; history of feeling (affect, emotion, sensation); history of literary form; history of media and mediation; poetics; riparian and oceanic studies

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Castonguay-Belanger, Joel

Department of French, Hispanic & Italian Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

French language; History of the book and print culture; Québec literature and culture; Science and literature; The Enlightenment and the French Revolution

Cavell, Richard Anthony

Department of English Language and Literatures, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

English language; Media and Society; Media Influence on Behavior; Media Types (Radio, Television, Written Press, etc.); media studies; media theory

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Dadugblor, Stephen

School of Journalism, Writing, and Media, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

English language; Rhetoric; Digital media/social media; democratic deliberation; decoloniality; writing studies; African Studies

Dollinger, Stefan

Department of English Language and Literatures, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

English language; Language Contact and Linguistic Changes; Linguistic Variation and Society; Lexicography and Dictionaries; Language Interactions; Language Rights and Policies; Bilingualism and Multilingualism

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Echard, Sian

Department of English Language and Literatures, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

English language; Literary or Artistic Work Analysis; Literary or Artistic Work Dissemination or Reception Contexts; Modes and strategies of dissemination; Poetry; Media Types (Radio, Television, Written Press, etc.); Anglo-Latin literature; Arthurian literature; History of the Book; John Gower; Manuscript studies; Medieval literature

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Gelinas-Lemaire, Vincent

Department of French, Hispanic & Italian Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

French language; Arts, Literature and Subjectivity; Comparative Literature; Creative Writing; French Literature (1945 to the present); Québec and French-Canadian Literature and Culture; Spatial Poetics; Visual Culture

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Ho, Janice

Department of English Language and Literatures, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

English language; twentieth- and twenty-first century British literature and culture; British and transnational modernisms; postcolonial and world Anglophone literatures; contemporary fiction; histories and theories of the novel; human rights studies; infrastructure studies

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Kim, Christine

Department of English Language and Literatures, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

English language; Asian North American literature and theory; Canadian Literature; Cultural Studies; Diaspora Studies

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Moran, Patrick

Department of French, Hispanic & Italian Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

French language; Arts, Literature and Subjectivity; History of Major Eras, Great Civilisations or Geographical Corpuses; Popular Cultures Produced and Broadcasted by Media; Arthurian Romance; Cognitive Poetics; Comparative Medieval Literature; Genre Theory; Interactive Fiction; Material Philology; Medieval French Literature; Medieval Narrative Literature; Medievalism; Narrative Theory; Old French; Reader-Response Theory; Science Fiction and Fantasy

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Paltin, Judith

Department of English Language and Literatures, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

English language; Literary or Artistic Work Analysis; Artistic and Literary Theories; Artistic and Literary Movements, Schools and Styles; Cultural Theory; Gender and Sexuality Studies; Literature and Mind; Literature and Music; Modernist Studies

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Salamon, Anne

Department of French, Hispanic & Italian Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Literatures in French outside Quebec; French language; Historical linguistics, diachronics, and dialectology; Romance Philology; Medieval French Litterature; Manuscript studies; History of the French language; Critical editing of medieval texts

Santos, Alessandra

Department of Theatre & Film, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Cinema studies; Film, television and digital media; Latin American history; Latin American literatures; Spanish language; Artistic and Literary Analysis Models; Artistic and Literary Theories; Arts and Cultural Traditions; Arts and Technologies; Brazilian Literature and Culture; Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies; Latin American Literatures and Cultures; Modern and Contemporary Literatures and Cultures

Stickles, Elise

Department of English Language and Literatures, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

English language; Mental Representation; grammar; Pragmatics; Semantics; Syntax; Imagery; Symbolism; Gestural, Verbal Communications; Public Communication; Data mining

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Langues

French Description

Cette classe comprend la recherche et le développement expérimental en langues.