Theatre Visit to Schiller's "Robbers"
The Waterloo Centre for German Studies (WCGS) proudly organized a theatre excursion to Toronto to see Schiller's Robbers, followed by a discussion with the director and cast.
The Waterloo Centre for German Studies (WCGS) proudly organized a theatre excursion to Toronto to see Schiller's Robbers, followed by a discussion with the director and cast.
Workshop with students and German teachers focusing on rap in the German language classroom. This event was co-sponsored by the Goethe Institute.
Professors, teachers and teaching assistants of German were invited to this professional development workshop.
Identität / Ethnizität / Authentizität: Fragen der Selbstdarstellung im türkisch-deutschen Kabarett
Erol Boran (University of Toronto)
Co-sponsored by the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies
Deutsch-Kroatische Autorin Jagoda Marinić liest aus ihren Werken
Co-sponsored by the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies, the Chair in Croatian Studies, and the Munk-Goethe Writers Residency
Professor Barbara Schmenk gave a lecture on "Internationalization, autonomy, globalization: Some thoughts on weasel words in language education" based on her recent book: Schmenk, Barbara (2008) Lernerautonomie. Tübingen, Germany: Gunter Narr Verlag.
A Tragedy and Spectacle of Human Striving and Remorse featuring Faust, Scholar and Necromancer, and The Devil Himself!
The young author Alina Bronsky is the fourth recipient of the Munk-Goethe Writers Residency. Her debut "Scherbenpark" is about 17-year-old Sascha who came from Moscow to Germany. Sascha is a commuter between two worlds and not at home in either of them but sharp-tongued and precocious enough to stand her ground – and to take the reader with her on a constantly accelerating journey.
Photographic search for traces in today's Berlin
Exhibition
Supported by the Goethe Institute Toronto
German Studies Forum
1949-1989-2009
The Path to German and European Unity
Organized by the Waterloo Centre for German Studies