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Zukunft der deutschen Sprache Poster
Monday, September 10, 2012 7:00 pm - 7:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Zukunft der deutschen Sprache

Poster: Zukunft der deutschen Sprache Poster (PDF)

In his lecture and video presentation held on September 10th 2012, Manfred Schröder (Verein Deutsche Sprache) made a passionate plea for the future of the German language.

Salvaging History Poster
Friday, September 21, 2012 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Salvaging History: Can We Learn Anything from (Really Bad) 1970s Oral History Interviews?

Poster: Salvaging History Poster (PDF)

Alexander Freund gave an informative lecture on “Salvaging History: Can We Learn Anything from (Really Bad) 1970s Oral History Interviews?” on September 21st2012.

Alexander Freund is the holder of the Chair of German-Canadian studies and co-director of the Oral History Centre at the University of Winnipeg. 

Language Attitudes in Interaction in Narrated Language Biographies Poster
Friday, September 28, 2012 11:30 am - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Language Attitudes in Interaction in Narrated Language Biographies

Poster: Language Attitudes in Interaction in Narrated Language Biographies Poster (PDF)

On September 28th, Katharina König, visiting researcher from the University of Münster, Germany, held an inspiring lunch talk about Language attitudes in interaction in narrated language biographies.

Drawing of Martin Luther by Lucas Cranach the Elder
Tuesday, April 4, 2017 7:00 pm - 7:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Luther Year 2017: Did Luther Invent High German?

In 1517, Martin Luther published the Ninety-Five Theses, and 2017, "The Luther Year," celebrates the 500th anniversary of this beginning of the Reformation. Luther’s German translation of the Bible has remained influential to this day; his hymns are still sung; and many still use his proverbs. But does all this make him the inventor of High German?