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A caravan of people and their wagons and horses travelling down a long road.
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 6:30 pm - 11:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Film screening: Die andere Heimat (dir. Edgar Reitz)

Come watch the concluding film (which is also a prequel) to Edgar Reitz magnum opus Heimat! Released in 2013 to great acclaim, Die andere Heimat returns to the village of Schabbach, but this time it is the middle of the 19th century.

This is a long film - 263 minutes! - so pizza will be provided! The film is in German with English subtitles. For the most up-to-date event description, click on the link below to the Department of Germanic & Slavic Studies' events page.

19th-century farmer sitting in front of some fields.
Friday, March 18, 2016 12:30 pm - 12:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Was nützt die Ferne in Gedanken? Edgar Reitz’ Filmepos „Die andere Heimat. Chronik einer Sehnsucht“

Edgar Reitz’ Rückkehr ins Kino löste 2013 bei den Filmfestspielen von Venedig Begeisterung aus. Die internationale Filmkritik war sich einig: Mit der „Anderen Heimat“ habe der Regisseur einen fulminanten Schlusspunkt für seine gefeierte „Heimat“-Reihe geliefert.

Profile view of young woman in a red shirt and black pants sitting on the floor, with a laptop in her lap.
Friday, April 15, 2016 2:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Mapping educational trajectories: What effect does transitioning between online and on-campus courses have on learning?

We are seeing a push towards offering more courses online because they can provide students with new forms of social and learning interaction, widen their access to education, and offer an indi­vidualized learning experience in large classes.

Barracks in Kitchener, with men getting dressed into military uniforms, 1910s.
Friday, June 24, 2016 12:00 am - Saturday, December 31, 2016 12:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Waterloo Region Museum: City on Edge

Learn how a city was pushed to the edge during the First World War - to the point of changing its name from Berlin to Kitchener through a controversial and high-tension referendum.

Black & white photo of the Victoria Park Pavilion on fire in 1916
Thursday, September 15, 2016 7:00 pm - 7:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Von Berlin to Kitchener: Connotations and Cultures, A Discussion Panel

Berlin’s name change to Kitchener was not just a simple vote. Tumultuous times divided the otherwise peaceful city into two groups, reflecting the Great War that had erupted in Europe two years prior and, in the end, made the name change in 1916 Berlin/Kitchener anything but simple.

Headshot of James Retallack, 2016 Grimm Lecturer, Waterloo Centre for German Studies
Tuesday, October 25, 2016 7:00 pm - 7:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

2016 Grimm Lecture: Democracy in Disappearing Ink: The Politics of Exclusion in Germany before Hitler

Election battles were fought ferociously in pre-World War One Germany, when most middle-class Germans still opposed formal democracy. Anti-democrats deployed many exclusionary strategies that flew in the face of electoral fairness.

Cover design for "Almost Everything Very Fast" by Christopher Kloeble
Tuesday, November 1, 2016 5:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Reading Group for Christopher Kloeble's "Almost Everything Very Fast"

Join us for a reading group and then meet the author afterwards! Almost Everything Very Fast is German award-winning author Christopher Kloeble's 3rd book and his North American debut. (His 4th book, Die Unsterbliche Familie Salz, just came out in August.)

Studio shot of German author Thomas Perle
Tuesday, November 8, 2016 7:00 pm - 7:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Author Reading: Thomas Perle - wir danken der partei (German)

„ich war neun, lebte im besten land der welt und hatte keine ahnung von revolution.“

In welchem Land wir geboren werden, wir aufwachsen, können wir uns nicht aussuchen. 

Headshot of Ron Broglio, Arizona State University
Monday, December 5, 2016 5:30 pm - 5:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Animal Studies and the Voice of the Other

Ron Broglio will trace back to the 18th-century sensibility movement contemporary post-humanist ideas of animals having a voice. In his talk, he will pursue what animal studies can push against in terms of the animal “rights” movement.

His publications include: