Photo of Fyodor Dostoevsky sitting in an interior with crown moulding resting one hand on top of another leaning on an armrest, with colourful balloons, striped conical hat, and party horn superimposed on him

Birthday Party for Dostoevsky

Nov 11, 2021 | The North American Dostoevsky Society invites you to a multimedia extravaganza birthday party for Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky to celebrate the bicentenary of his birth.

Sepia-toned close-up of books of ledger pages printed with numbers and words

Media Inventories of the German Nineteenth Century

Nov 19, 2021 | Launched in 2018, Media Inventories is a research group working on intersections between various cultural techniques of collection, preservation, and distribution in 19th century German studies. This year’s meeting will be prefaced by a public roundtable featuring Sean Franzel and Petra McGillen in dialogue with Ilinca Iurascu.

Poster for the film Passing. Split in two halves, Tessa Thompson as Irene on the left in profile facing left against a dark background, with dark clothes and dark hair. Ruth Negga as Clare on the right in profile against a light background looking to the right wearing a light lapelled coat with light curly hair. Text: "Passing. A film by Rebecca Hall."

Nella Larsen’s Passing: A Watch Party & Panel Discussion

Nov 10, 2021 | The Public Humanities Hub invites you to a watch party of Netflix’s new film Passing (dir. Rebecca Hall) based on Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel of the same name, followed by a panel discussion with UBC scholars.