Homeopathy is a controversial form of alternative medicine. Some consider it a miracle, others a sham.
But where did it all start?
"Julya Rabinowich’s Transnational Poetics: Remembering Border Crossings in Narrative and Theater"
A lecture by Christina Guenther, Bowling Green State University
A lecture by Monica Heller, University of Toronto
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.
Nikola von Merveldt researches children's literature and its historical context. Her studies focus on the history of the book as a material object and social medium that isn’t only the intellectual product of the author, but also the commercial, technological, and cultural product of an epoch.
Digging up the Doll: Inherited Memories of the Removal of German Nationals From Eastern Europe
A lecture by Linda Warley, University of Waterloo
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.
Michael Götting is an author, journalist and curator. His novel Contrapunctus (Counterpoint) was published in September 2015.
German author and entrepreneur Marc Degens will be reading from his work in both German and English:
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.