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Thursday, February 3, 2022 1:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Disability Myths and Rhetorics

Dis/Ability in German Literature - Lecture Series (2)

Tuesday, January 11, 2022

Call for Applications - Cecilia and the late George Piller Graduate Research Award

The Waterloo Centre for German Studies is now accepting applications for the Cecilia and the late George Piller Graduate Research Award.

Thursday, January 20, 2022 11:30 am - 11:30 am EST (GMT -05:00)

Critical Disability Studies: The Intersections of Theory and Lived Experience

Dis/Ability in German Literature - Lecture Series (1)

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Announcing the 2020 WCGS Book Prize Winner

The Waterloo Centre for German Studies is pleased to announce the winner of its prize for the best first book published in 2020.

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Wednesday, November 17, 2021 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Becoming Black: Film Screening with Director in Attendance

This event has passed please visit our website for a recording.

This event is part of an ongoing series, All Black Lives Matter, being run in cooperation with the Waterloo Centre for German Studies, The University of Toronto, and Africana Studies at Rutgers University-Camden.

Friday, October 8, 2021

Diversity and Inclusion Grant Supports 2 Upcoming Lectures

Earlier this year, we accepted applications for our first Diversity and Inclusion Grants, whose purpose is to provide scholars and programs with some financing to support initiatives aimed at improving diversity and inclusion in German studies in Canada. Two upcoming events have received funding from the grant. Click on the event links for more details:

Friday, October 15, 2021 1:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT (GMT -07:00)

“A German Board Game & the Need for New Stories," by Dr. Lars Richter

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Sunday, November 14, 2021 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Der Reisende / The Passenger: a Novel, Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz, trans. by Philip Boehm

Hailed as a remarkable literary discovery, a lost novel of heart-stopping intensity and harrowing absurdity about flight and persecution in 1930s Germany