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Lecture and Workshop with Visiting Researcher Georg Marschnig
Lecture and Workshop with Visiting Researcher Georg Marschnig
WCGS welcomes visiting researcher Georg Marschnig (Universität Graz) on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 for a lecture and workshop. Join us in HH 373 for his lecture, the workshop, or both! Details below.
There is no registration for this event, all are welcome. Please note that masks are mandatory.
Bodo Hell + Peter Gruber: Nature Writers
Two Austrian writers will give a multi-media presentation and reading of their collective works on Monday, September 26, 2022.
Germans of Waterloo Region - Book Launch
The Waterloo Centre for German Studies will be holding a book launch for a collection of essays, Germans of Waterloo. Edited by Mat Schulze, Grit Liebscher, and Sebastian Siebel-Achenbach, this anthology recounts the experiences of German-speaking immigrants to the Waterloo region since the end of the Second World War. The essays, all co-written by faculty members and students at the Waterloo Centre for German Studies, are based on over 100 interviews conducted with members of the German-Canadian community.
Public-facing Medieval Scholarship
To encourage and expand current conversations about public-facing scholarship in medieval studies, we’ve invited two young scholars, Carolin Rinn and Lucy Splarn, to share their experiences about doing public-facing research and work. Ann Marie Rasmussen will discuss with them the importance of public scholarship, its challenges, and its possibilities.
Einstein's Brain - A new novel by Franzobel
Franzobel will give a reading from his book Einsteins Hirn, as part of his North American tour on Friday, March 31, 2023.
Writing Illness Workshop
Writing Illness: Women’s Experiences in the 19th-Century Sickroom
Hospitality: Refugee Integration through Languages, Spirituality, and Arts
Alison Phipps takes an anthropological approach to the work of memory and reconciliation in communities where conflict and trauma have left, passed through, arrived and also survived. Her lecture focuses on theological and spiritual dimensions of integration and hospitality work.
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Online Workshop: Graduate Studies in German
By Students for Students
Join fellow graduate students to learn everything you want to know about graduate studies in German! The workshop is open to all current and prospective students who are interested in German studies on the graduate level.
Franz Kafka's In the Penal Colony: Performance and Symposium
The Waterloo Centre for German Studies and the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Waterloo are proud to present In the Penal Colony, a performance and symposium event.