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Scaffolding and men in shadow, in front of a very large EU flag
Tuesday, October 28, 2014 5:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

100 Years Since WWI: Dictatorship and Democracy in an Age of Extremes

Beginning with the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the last century saw the rise of Italian fascism and Soviet communism, the world economic crisis, and the rise of the Nazis to power in Germany, leading to the horrors of World War II.

Poster of play.
Tuesday, November 25, 2014 7:30 pm - 7:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Coffee, My Beloved!

Two plays, one drink:

Azmeras Entdeckung tells the comedic tale about the legendary Ethiopian goatherd Kaldi, his “entirely fictional” goat, Azmera, and how they discovered the miraculous powers of coffee 850 years ago.

Poster: title Fuehrerbunker in red Fraktur script, image of keyhole with light streaming through
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.

Photo of Daniela Wolff, the author of the German novel Kurzsturz
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.

Headshot of German director Maria Speth
Tuesday, April 7, 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.

Headshot of German director Maria Speth
Tuesday, April 14, 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.

Headshot of German director Maria Speth
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.

Medicine dropper with a drop of a homeopathic remedy coming out and going into a small, brown glass bottle.
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?

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

Headshot of Jon Reinhardt, Associate Professor of English Applied Linguistics at the University of Arizona
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.