Upcoming Events


Local Chapbook Artist Clare Yow (Wednesday, March 12 @ 10 AM)

Please join the Narratives Group on Wednesday, March 12 @ 10 AM in BUCH-Floor 3-Room B315 for an artist’s talk by local artist Clare Yow, who will speak about her work with chapbooks and participation in Reading the Migration Library artist project. Clare’s talk will focus on tracing her artistic practice and influences as a first generation immigrant, settler, and […]

Xwémalhkwu Hero Stories – Comic Book Launch (Wednesday, March 12th @ 3 pm)

Date: Wednesday, March 12th @ 3 pm Location: Peña Room, IKBLC Register here to attend. Artist Roundtable @ 3pm Reception @ 4pm (light refreshments served) Join UBC’s third annual Arts Multilingual Week for the comic book launch of Xwémalhkwu Hero Stories (2024), a groundbreaking graphic novel that brings to life the traditional stories and language […]

Hande Gürses’ “The Bridging Role of Literature: Displacing Fictions of Orhan Pamuk”

“The Bridging Role of Literature: Displacing Fictions of Orhan Pamuk” Hande Gürses (Department of English, Capilano University) will be discussing her recent book Displacing Fictions of Orhan Pamuk: Beyond the Bridge (2023) on Friday, January 24th @ 10 AM via Zoom. Abstract: Displacing Fictions of Orhan Pamuk: Beyond the Bridge (Lexington, 2023) questions the prevailing relevance and violence of […]

Reading and Discussion with Turkish-German Writer Zafer Şenocak (Nov. 6 @ 2 PM)

Please join the CMS Narratives Group on Wednesday, November 6, 2024 @ 2 PM via Zoom for a Reading and Discussion with Turkish-German Writer Zafer Şenocak. Please register here in advance for this meeting.   Ziegler Lecture: Zafer Şenocak, “Migration, Exile, Memory, Identity – A Reading and Discussion with Turkish-German Writer Zafer Şenocak”   Abstract: Berlin-based writer Zafer Şenocak will read from his new […]