Parents
Hailed as a remarkable literary discovery, a lost novel of heart-stopping intensity and harrowing absurdity about flight and persecution in 1930s Germany
Apocalypse and Salvation: Faith in Catholic Miracles during Twentieth-Century Germany
From World War I until the late 1950s, Catholics in Germany reported more instances of stigmata and visions of the Virgin Mary than at any time in modern history. This lecture emphasizes the stigmata of the charismatic Therese Neumann of Bavaria and the Cold War apparitions of the Virgin Mary in the small town of Heroldsbach. Neumann’s story in particular reveals much about the fall of German democracy in the 1920s and the relation of Catholics to the Third Reich.
Apocalypse and Salvation: Faith in Catholic Miracles during Twentieth-Century Germany
The WCGS German Reading Group has selected Töchter / Daughters by Lucy Fricke, translation by Sinéad Crowe as its next read.
25th International Bremen Film Conference, May 5-8, 2021
Mind/Screen: Mental Illness and Film
For its anniversary, the film symposium commits itself to a long-time companion of the cinema: Mental illness has been accompanying cinema since its origins contributing to its topics and forms, widening its possibilities of expression and theory.
This Winter we are reading:
Der geteilte Himmel/They Divided the Sky by Christa Wolf, trans. Luise von Flotow
And the Golden Boar Award goes too...
The Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies proudly presents the annual Golden Boar Awards!
WCGS 2018 Book Prize - Finalists Announced
The Waterloo Centre for German Studies (WCGS) is pleased to announce the eight finalists for the WCGS Book Prize. The prize, valued at CAD $2000, is for books in any area of German studies published by first-time authors in 2018.
The shortlist demonstrates the rich and diverse nature of German studies scholarship today. The Waterloo Centre for German Studies congratulates the authors on their fine achievement. Check out the finalists here.