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Monday, May 7, 2018

Travelling Exhibit at Waterloo Region Museum

Canada and Germany: Partners from Immigration to Innovation

At the Waterloo Region Museum from May 25 to September 3, 2018thisexhibit presents historical events over the centuries, inspiring stories of German immigrants, and innovative bilateral research projects and partnerships.

German Language Film Festival Logo
Wednesday, May 30, 2018 7:30 pm - 7:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Wednesday, June 6, 2018 7:30 pm - 7:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

German Language Film Festival

Wednesdays May 23, 30, and June 6, 2018

The German Language Film Festival takes place in May and is a collection of three movies, one each from Austria, Germany and Switzerland.

An outline of Porcellino, the Faculty of Arts' mascot.
Tuesday, December 5, 2017 6:00 pm - 6:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

1st Annual Golden Boar Awards

This is the first annual (can it be annual if it's the first?) Golden Boar Awards. Far from boring, these short films were produced by students in German 101 and 102 and will be showcased this evening.

Cover art for "Almost Everything Very Fast," by Christopher Kloeble.
Thursday, November 30, 2017

Have a Say in our Reading Group's Next Meeting & Book Title

Every semester, the Waterloo Centre for German Studies's reading group meets on a weeknight evening to discuss a book that is somehow related to German-speaking culture. These have been our past titles:

Headshot of James M. Skidmore, Associate Professor of German, University of Waterloo
Thursday, November 30, 2017

WCGS Director Gives Talk on the History of Christmas Traditions

On Tuesday, November 28th, WCGS Director James Skidmore gave a talk on the history of Christmas traditions in German-speaking Europe. The event was connected with Kitchener's Christkindl Market, which opens next week, on Thursday, December 7th.

Black-and-white headshot of author Siegfried Krakauer smoking his pipe.
Monday, November 13, 2017 7:00 pm - 7:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Reading: Carl Skoggard Reads From his Translation of Siegfried Kracauer's "Georg"

Join us at Open Sesame, downtown Kitchener's distinctive gift shop/gallery/book store, for a reading by Carl Skoggard, translator of the novel Georg by Siegfried Kracauer.

Alice Kuzniar, UWaterloo Research Chair and WCGS Member
Monday, October 30, 2017

WCGS Member Alice Kuzniar to Receive Prize for Work on the History of Homeopathy

Alice Kuzniar, University Research Chair and Professor of German and English, will be awarded the Hans-Walz Research Prize at a champagne reception on 1 December at the Robert Bosch Haus in Stuttgart for her work on the history of homeopathy.  

Wednesday, September 27, 2017 12:00 am - Friday, October 6, 2017 12:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

CALLIOPE Austria

Women have far too often been forgotten, overlooked, and marginalised in Austria’s official historiography—a fact that lends all the more importance to this exhibition’s attempt to survey the past 200 years in light of the biographies of important Austrian women. Austrian women whose talents, willpower, and determined courage have helped shape and enrich their country.