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Modern Hungers
Thursday, March 28, 2019 7:00 pm - 7:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Modern Hungers: Food and German Identity from the Third Reich to the Berlin Wall and Beyond

Modern Hungers: Food and German Identity from the Third Reich to the Berlin Wall and Beyond

Hear Loyola University professor Alice Weinreb explain how food and hunger are used as instruments of power.

Tuesday, November 5, 2019 7:00 pm - 7:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

The Buried Raging Sermons of the Warsaw Ghetto Rabbi

Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto are led to a deportation point sometime between April 19 and May 16, 1943 (Wikimedia Commons )

Join WCGS as professor James Diamond, Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Chair of Jewish Studies at the University of Waterloo, gives his talk The Buried Raging Sermons of the Warsaw Ghetto Rabbi.
 

Reinhard Kleist - An Olympic Dream
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 3:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

The Social Media Aesthetics of Mobility: Reinhard Kleist’s The Olympic Dream and Comics on Refugee Experience

The Social Media Aesthetics of Mobility: Reinhard Kleist’s The Olympic Dream and Comics on Refugee Experience 

Book Cover
Wednesday, November 20, 2019 7:00 pm - 7:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

In the Children's Best Interests: Unaccompanied Refugee Children in Germany, 1945-1952

WCGS invites one and all to a talk by Lynne Taylor, University of Waterloo professor of History. Dr. Taylor will discuss her latest book, In the Children's Best Interests: Unaccompanied Refugee Children in Germany, 1945-1952.

Alexandre Trudeau
Thursday, November 21, 2019 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Celebrate International Education Week - Alexandre Trudeau

Celebrate International Education Week - Alexandre Trudeau

November 18-22 is International Education Week at the University of Waterloo, the high point of which will be a visit to campus by renowned filmmaker and storyteller Alexandre Trudeau. The Waterloo Centre for German Studies is happy to be a leading sponsor of this event. Mr. Trudeau will be giving a keynote address to high school and university students (as well as anyone else who wishes to attend) about how his ability to speak multiple languages has enriched his life, both personally and professionally, and why he believes all students should have diverse opportunities for language learning and study abroad. The keynote will be followed by a panel discussion featuring industry professionals, alumni and more, all part of the Goethe-Institut’s Career Booster – Global Experience Day.