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Undergraduate European Studies Conference, University of Guelph (Ontario)

November 23, 2019

This one-day conference will give students an opportunity to present their research, with faculty members and graduate students serving as moderators.

Students will also have the possibility of working with graduate student mentors while preparing their papers. They will have 15 minutes to present their work and a short discussion period will follow.

Oktoberfest: The History of Germany's Most Famous Festival (Friday, October 4, 2019)

Enjoy Oktoberfest-inspired appetizers and a drink from the keg before attending Professor James Skidmore's lecture on the history of Germany's most famous festival. The event concludes with an Oktoberfest dinner with all the fixings – including schnitzel, potato salad and apple strudel.

Weimar in 20/20 Der Glanz der leeren Mitte ~ The Glamour of the Empty Centre

CfPs Interdisciplinary Symposium May 27-29, 2020
 
King’s University College at Western University invites abstract submissions for an interdisciplinary symposium aimed at researchers engaged in the political, cultural, and social legacies of the Weimar Republic.
 

Wednesday, November 20, 2019 7:00 pm - 7:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

In the Children's Best Interests: Unaccompanied Refugee Children in Germany, 1945-1952

WCGS invites one and all to a talk by Lynne Taylor, University of Waterloo professor of History. Dr. Taylor will discuss her latest book, In the Children's Best Interests: Unaccompanied Refugee Children in Germany, 1945-1952.

Tuesday, November 5, 2019 7:00 pm - 7:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

The Buried Raging Sermons of the Warsaw Ghetto Rabbi

Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto are led to a deportation point sometime between April 19 and May 16, 1943 (Wikimedia Commons )

Join WCGS as professor James Diamond, Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Chair of Jewish Studies at the University of Waterloo, gives his talk The Buried Raging Sermons of the Warsaw Ghetto Rabbi.