UBC Pop Culture Cluster
The Pop Culture Cluster supports academic and public-facing scholarship on popular media and popular culture at UBC.
The UBC Pop Culture Cluster is located at UBC Vancouver, which is situated on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Musqueam people. The land it is situated on has always been a place of learning for the Musqueam, who for millennia have passed on their culture, history, and traditions from one generation to the next on this site.
News
Oct 13, 2026
The Critical Play Lab Welcomes 25 Fellows to its 2026-2027 Cohort
Like last year’s inaugural Critical Play fellowship, the 2026-2027 call for Critical Play Fellows garnered a large group of interested scholars, artists, and game designers from UBC and beyond. We are happy to announce that we have accepted 25 fellows for this year’s cohort. About half of last year’s fellows are returning and will join […]Announcements, Critical Play News
Oct 07, 2026
Seabird (Sq’éwqel) Island Stories: A Sneak Peek
Six months following the launch of the Seabird Island Stories Comics Project, the UBC Comics Studies Cluster, working in collaboration with the Stó:lō Shxweli, is excited to share this sneak peek from the collection of comics based on the lived experiences of the late Elder Th’ath’elex_wot (Elizabeth Herrling). The bilingual graphic novel, which anticipates a launch […]Comics Studies, Indigenous Comics Initiatives, News
Looking ahead: The Launch of Linguavergent: A Comics Anthology
November 5th, 2026, will mark a big day for the Linguaphobia, Linguistic Indifference, and the Monolingual University (LLIMU) project, co-led by David Gramling, Professor of German Studies (Department of Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies) and Ervin Malakaj, Associate Professor of German Studies, UBC Department of Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies. On that fall […]Comics Studies, News
Oct 04, 2026
Critical Play for Climate Change: Call for Tabletop Game Designers
This October 22-23rd, the UBC Critical Play Lab is collaborating with the UBC Centre for Migration Studies on a Symposium and Game Jam event on climate change and climate-linked migration, and we are looking for tabletop game designers to support our Game Jam Teams! Programming begins on Thursday, October 22nd @ 1:30 PM and will feature two UBC faculty speakers sharing their experiences […]Announcements, Critical Play for Climate Change, Critical Play Lab, Critical Play News
Upcoming Events
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Oct 22nd
2026
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Nov 3rd
2026
5:00 pm
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Nov 19th
2026
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Jan 19th
2027
5:00 pm