Future students

Tuesday, December 8, 2015 4:00 pm - 4:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Digital Games for Language Learning: State of the Art, Research, and Practice

As digital gaming has increased in popularity and become a global practice, computer-assisted language learning (CALL) researchers and second and foreign language (L2) educators have begun reconsidering games as potential L2 teaching and learning (L2TL) resources.

Thursday, November 26, 2015 2:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Digging up the Doll

Digging up the Doll: Inherited Memories of the Removal of German Nationals From Eastern Europe

A lecture by Linda Warley, University of Waterloo

Friday, October 30, 2015 11:30 am - 11:30 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Julya Rabinowich's Transnational Poetics

"Julya Rabinowich’s Transnational Poetics: Remembering Border Crossings in Narrative and Theater"

A lecture by Christina Guenther, Bowling Green State University

Saturday, November 21, 2015 10:00 am - 5:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Nature & Education circa 1800

Isis was the veiled goddess of nature who inspired German writers from Schiller to Novalis. Jean Paul Richter, too, fantasized about Isis: once one tried to lift the veil on nature, he said, the veil would continually extend itself. 

Friday, September 25, 2015 7:00 pm - 7:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

The Birth of Homeopathy out of the Spirit of 1800: Medicine as Cultural History

Homeopathy is a controversial form of alternative medicine. Some consider it a miracle, others a sham.

But where did it all start?

Friday, May 29, 2015 3:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Lichtgrenze (The Berlin Wall as a Border of Light): A Talk by Creator Marc Bauder

Marc Bauder will talk about how he and his brother, Christopher, conceived and executed a public art installation to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the

Tuesday, April 14, 2015 4:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, April 21, 2015 4:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Maria Speth Film Retrospective

(En) gendering Precarity

Maria Speth is an award-winning director who is often associated with the "Berlin school" of German filmmaking.  As part of her visit to the University of Waterloo, sponsored by the Waterloo Centre for German Studies, three of her most important films will be shown in April.

Monday, March 2, 2015 11:30 am - 11:30 am EST (GMT -05:00)

Daniela Wolff, Kurzsturz: Public Reading and Discussion (in German)

Daniela Wolff published her first novel, Kurzsturz (Shortfall), in 2014. A resident of Canada since 2010, she lives and writes in Waterloo Region.

Wednesday, February 11, 2015 7:30 pm - 7:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Führerbunker: An Experimental Chamber Opera by Andrew Ager

Canadian composer Andrew Ager’s new chamber opera “Führerbunker” is receiving its premiere at the Registry Theatre in Kitchener.