Cultural studies

This class comprises research and experimental development in cultural studies.

Parent Category

Other humanities

Sub-Categories

Critical identity, ethnic and race studies

Environment, space and place

Critical film studies

Media, visual and digital culture

Critical studies of technology

Theories of cultural studies

Globalization and culture

Critical studies of literature

Other cultural studies, n.e.c.

Graduate Degree Programs

Doctor of Philosophy in Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice (PhD)

The PhD in Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice is an interdisciplinary program which allows students to explore their interests in diverse areas while employing feminist, intersectional, and decolonizing methodologies. It is intended to be flexible and to accommodate the needs of individual…

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 Human Development, Learning, and Culture (PhD)

The Human Development, Learning, and Culture (HDLC) program at UBC advances research and practice in education through the application of theoretical models and concepts to real world educational issues. Investigations of learning and developing, including the unique contributions of culture to…

Master of Arts in Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice (MA)

The MA program at the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice is a vibrant, interdisciplinary graduate program, that attracts excellent scholars from around the world. Our MA program incorporates research and theory from the social sciences, humanities, science, education, and law…

Master of Arts in Germanic Studies (MA)

Master of Arts in Hispanic Studies (MA)

Master of Arts in Human Development, Learning, and Culture (MA)

Master of Education in Human Development, Learning, and Culture (MEd)

Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA)

UBC’s professional Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) program equips future policy makers with a profound understanding of policy-making processes through a solid foundation of rigorous knowledge acquisition, policy analysis, career development, and experiential learning. With a…

UBC Researchers

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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

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Bryson, Mary

Department of Language & Literacy Education, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Critical studies of technology; literacies; cancer education; critical theory; Gender and Sexuality Studies; digital cultures

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Forsyth, Janice

School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Postcolonial systems and colonialism studies; Globalization and culture; Indigenous history; Canadian history; History of Physical Culture and Sport; Indigenous Studies in Kinesiology; Socio-Cultural Studies

Frackman, Kyle

Department of Central, Eastern & Northern European Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Cinema studies; Media studies (except social media and digital media); Literature and literary studies; Cultural studies; queer studies; German studies; media studies; history of sexuality; sexuality; sexuality studies; East Germany; film; Gender Studies; history of science; literature; Media; Media Types (Radio, Television, Written Press, etc.); Scandinavia

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Gaertner, David

Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Indigenous literatures; Media, visual and digital culture; Critical identity, ethnic and race studies; Indigenous Literature ; Digital storytelling ; Digital Humanities; Speculative fiction ; Reconciliation ; New Media; Indigenous Cyberspace

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Harris, Leila

Institute for Gender, Race, Sex and Social Justice, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Critical identity, ethnic and race studies; Gender, sexuality and education; Human rights, justice, and ethical issues; Africa; Development Policies; Drinking Water; Environmental justice; equity and social justice; Ethics and Fundamental Issues of Law and Justice; Fresh Water; Gender Relationship; gender and social difference; Ghana; International development; participatory resource management; Resources Management; Social Contract and Social Justice; Social and Cultural Factors of Environmental Protection; South Africa; Turkey and Middle East; Water; water governance; water politics

Harris, Leila

Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Heatherington, Tracey

Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Social and cultural anthropology; Environment, space and place; Environmental anthropology; Critique of neoliberalism; Critical approaches to energy transition; Sustainable food systems; Human and cultural perspectives on the climate and nature emergency; Political ecology of nature conservation; Multispecies ethnography; Anthropocene studies; Ethnographic writing and reflexivity

Huberman, Isabella

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

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Indigenous literatures; Environment, space and place; Quebec literatures; Indigenous Literature; Cinema of Quebec; Francophone Indigenous narrative arts; Environmental Humanities; Archives and cinema studies; Quebec-Indigenous studies; Decolonial and anticolonial theory; Research creation

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Iurascu, Ilinca

Department of Central, Eastern & Northern European Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Comparative literatures; Theories of cultural studies; Media, visual and digital culture; German literature; Comparative Literature; Cultural Studies; media theory; Media history; critical theory; film studies

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McCready, Samuel

Faculty of Education

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Curriculum, pedagogy and didactics, n.e.c.; Critical studies of technology; Historical studies, n.e.c.; Media, visual and digital culture; Game Studies; Game-based Learning; Productive pedagogies; Historical Games Scholarship; History Education; , Game Studies, Game-based learning, Productive pedagogies, Historical Games Scholarship, History Education

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Nakamura, Fuyubi

Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Social and cultural anthropology; Museum studies (Museology); Visual theory, visual culture and visual literacy; Globalization and culture; Environment, space and place; Anthropology of art; museum studies (working as curator at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC); material and visual culture; Contemporary Japanese calligraphy; Indigenous cultures, especially Ainu; disaster and memory, especially in the context of the Great East Japan Earthquake (3.11).; contemporary Asian art and culture

Nathan, Lisa

School of Information, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Social relations; Critical studies of technology; climate change adaptation; Indigenous Information Studies; Information Ethics & Policy

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Perley, Bernard

Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Linguistic anthropology; Performance and installation art; Critical identity, ethnic and race studies; Linguistic Anthropology; Indigenous studies; Language Revitalization

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Rouse, Robert

Department of English Language and Literatures, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Medieval Literatures; Environment, space and place

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Valadares, Desiree

Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Landscape architecture; Environment, space and place; Media, visual and digital culture; Social and cultural geography; heritage politics and preservation; Asian North American history; war memory and war commemoration; cultural landscapes and architectural history

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Walsh, Shannon

Department of Theatre & Film, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Media arts; Critical identity, ethnic and race studies; Social and cultural anthropology; South Africa; Afropessimism & Critical Race Studies; Documentary; Film Production; Indigenous studies; Environmental justice; Affect Theory

Wu, Helena

Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Critical identity, ethnic and race studies; Media, visual and digital culture; Critical film studies; Theories of cultural studies; Globalization and culture; Other cultural studies, n.e.c.; Hong Kong cinema, literature and culture; Asian screen cultures; Media narratives; Creative industry and spectatorship; Identity and cultural flows; critical theory; postcolonialism; Thing theory

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Zhang, Gaoheng

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

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Globalization and culture; Media, visual and digital culture; Communication and media studies, n.e.c.; Postcolonial systems and colonialism studies; Migration Studies; Mobility Studies ; Cultural Studies; Food Studies; Fashion Studies ; Film and Media Studies; Gender and Masculinity Studies; Rhetoric and Communication Studies ; China-Italy Cultural Relations ; China-Africa-Europe Cultural Relations; Italy's Global Networks ; Modern and contemporary Italian literature and culture

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