UBCO professor spearheads global effort to translate, analyze rare 13th century text

July 11, 2025

One of the world’s most unique and important texts—the General e grand estoria will soon be translated, analyzed and made widely available, thanks to a global endeavour led by a UBC Okanagan researcher.

Dr. Francisco Peña, Professor in the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, is leading a team of international scholars in the collaborative effort to translate and digitally preserve the General estoria (GE)—the largest universal history written in Medieval Europe. 

Read more

  • Institutional initiatives
  • Our people
  • Media release

More updates, news and stories

View more updates, news & stories

See more…

  • credit card habits
    UBCO
    July 7, 2025 | Media release | Faculty & Staff

    What credit card habits reveal about Canadian households

    Age, education and even regional differences influence whether people pay off their balances or fall behind, new research reveals.Drs. Khan Jahirul Islam and Julien Picault, with the UBC Okanagan Department of Economics, Philosophy and Political Science, analyzed five waves of national data from Statistics Canada’s Survey of Financial Security, from 1999 to 2019.

  • Indigenous language
    UBCV & UBCO
    June 12, 2025 | Media release | Faculty & Staff

    How language revitalization boosts Indigenous health

    New research shows that reviving Indigenous languages may do more than preserve culture—it may also improve public health.A new review, led by an interdisciplinary team from the University of British Columbia with participation from the University of Toronto and the University of Sydney, reinforcing what many Indigenous communities have long said: speaking and sustaining ancestral languages contributes to health and well-being.

Find the latest news, updates, events, and useful dates from across UBC, curated for faculty and staff by Internal Communications.
Access a library of resources from multiple UBC websites, all in one place.

UBC Crest The official logo of the University of British Columbia. Urgent Message An exclamation mark in a speech bubble. Arrow An arrow indicating direction. Arrow in Circle An arrow indicating direction. Caret An arrowhead indicating direction. Time A clock. Chats Two speech clouds. Facebook The logo for the Facebook social media service. Feedback Dots inside a speech bubble, indicating discussion. Information The letter 'i' in a circle. Instagram The logo for the Instagram social media service. Lightbulb A lightbulb inside a circle. Linkedin The logo for the LinkedIn social media service. Location Pin A map location pin. Mail An envelope. Menu Three horizontal lines indicating a menu. Minus A minus sign. Parking The letter 'P' inside a circle. Telephone An antique telephone. Play A media play button. Plus A plus symbol indicating more or the ability to add. Search A magnifying glass. Submit content An inbox filled with paper. Team A group of people inside a circle. Twitter The logo for the Twitter social media service.