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.
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
The Waterloo Centre for German Studies hosted this international conference at the University of Waterloo. It brought together scholars from North American and European universities whose research investigated various facets of the post-secondary curriculum for teaching and learning German as a foreign and/or second language and culture.
Poster: Grimm Lecture 2010 Lecture Poster (PDF)
Inaugural Jacob-and-Wilhelm Grimm Lecture 2010 given by Professor David Blackbourn at the University of Waterloo on November 18, 2010.
Poster: Marat-Sade-Bohnice Poster (PDF)
Beginning with the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the last century saw the rise of Italian fascism and Soviet communism, the world economic crisis, and the rise of the Nazis to power in Germany, leading to the horrors of World War II.
This is the annual conference of the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies. Keynote Speakers are Prof. Dr. Beate Henn-Memmesheimer from Universität Mannheim and German filmmaker and artist Marc Bauder. You can read more about it over at their website.