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Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies, Faculty of Arts

CENS: Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies


  1. CENS 104 (3) Canadian Monuments to Central and Eastern European History

    Structural monuments and sites dedicated to the history of an immigration from Central and Eastern Europe in Canada and their influence on Canadian cultures of remembrance.

  2. CENS 201 (3) Contrasts and Conflicts: The Cultures of Central, Eastern and Northern Europe (in English)

    An introduction to the cultural history of the peoples of Central, Eastern and Northern Europe as reflected in their literature, art and music.

  3. CENS 202 (3) Great Works of Literature from Central, Eastern and Northern Europe (in English).

    Major works of Central, Eastern and Northern European literature from the eighteenth century to the present in their European context.

  4. CENS 203 (3) Arctic Art and Activism

    Examination of contemporary political and social conflicts in the arctic and circumpolar north, focusing on ways Indigenous people have used art, performance and activism as a tool for resistance and decolonization.

  5. CENS 303 (3) Representations of the Holocaust: Ghetto

    The Nazi Ghetto in film and literature from Central, Eastern, and Northern European Countries.

  6. CENS 304 (3) Representations of the Holocaust: Auschwitz

    Concentration camps in art, film and literature from Central, Eastern and Northern European countries.

  7. CENS 307 (3) Witches: Myth and Reality

    Examination of the cultural, social, and historical construction of the witch in central and northern Europe with comparisons to recent history, current events, and popular culture.

  8. CENS 308 (3) Comics and Graphic Novels in Central, Eastern and Northern Europe

    Political, cultural and social themes in European comics and graphic media.

  9. CENS 315 (3) Becoming Multilingual: Experience, Aesthetics, Community

    Practice, theory, history, aesthetics, and poetics of the multilingual experience in its diverse contexts in Central, Eastern, and Northern Europe.

  10. CENS 404 (3) Gender and Nation: Women's State in Modern Central, Eastern and Northern European Literatures and Cultures

    Cultural and social discourses of gender in literary works written in Central, Eastern and Northern Europe roughly between 1850 - 1930.

  11. CENS 405 (3) Supernatural Folklore

    Supernatural folklore and belief situated in Central, Eastern and Northern European cultures, with focus on its role in religion, health, and expressive culture, power structures and Indigenous contexts.


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