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Grimm 2011 Lecture Poster
Thursday, November 10, 2011 7:00 pm - 7:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Lecture 2011

Poster: Grimm 2011 Lecture Poster (PDF)

On November 10th, the annual Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm Lecture 2011 on Citizenship in Germany: From Mono-Cultural to Multi-Cultural Society was given by the German political scientist Christiane Lembke.

Wednesday, March 25, 2015 3:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Film Screening - Maria Speth

Screening of Maria Speth's film "9 Leben/9 Lives" as part of the GER 359 course, German Cinema through a Transnational Lens, on Wednesday, March 25, 2015 from 3-5 p.m. in ECH 1220.  All are welcome to attend.

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.

A caravan of people and their wagons and horses travelling down a long road.
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 6:30 pm - 11:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Film screening: Die andere Heimat (dir. Edgar Reitz)

Come watch the concluding film (which is also a prequel) to Edgar Reitz magnum opus Heimat! Released in 2013 to great acclaim, Die andere Heimat returns to the village of Schabbach, but this time it is the middle of the 19th century.

This is a long film - 263 minutes! - so pizza will be provided! The film is in German with English subtitles. For the most up-to-date event description, click on the link below to the Department of Germanic & Slavic Studies' events page.

19th-century farmer sitting in front of some fields.
Friday, March 18, 2016 12:30 pm - 12:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Was nützt die Ferne in Gedanken? Edgar Reitz’ Filmepos „Die andere Heimat. Chronik einer Sehnsucht“

Edgar Reitz’ Rückkehr ins Kino löste 2013 bei den Filmfestspielen von Venedig Begeisterung aus. Die internationale Filmkritik war sich einig: Mit der „Anderen Heimat“ habe der Regisseur einen fulminanten Schlusspunkt für seine gefeierte „Heimat“-Reihe geliefert.