Waterloo Centre for German Studies
Modern Languages building, Room 104
519-888-4567 ext. 39267
wcgs@uwaterloo.ca
Online German-related activities for this time of social distancing
During these strange and trying times, the Waterloo Centre for German Studies will continue to support research into all aspects of the German-speaking world. Further, we remain committed to supporting German-related cultural programming for the university and our wider communities. To this end, we have gathered a listing of different online activities, events, and courses that may be of interest to those curious about German culture and language.
We may from time to time update this list. The date of the latest update will be noted here: 14 January 2021.
Events by theme:
- Ziegler and Sawchen Lecture Series at UBC: for a full list of dates and topics visit UBC's Slavic studies page.
- The Center for German and European Studies at Brandeis University is organizing a number of live events. Visit and bookmark their website for the most up-to-date information: https://www.brandeis.edu/cges/news-events/index.html
Let us know if there is a live event we should advertise!
- Not cancelled East South: https://www.notcancelled.art/eastsouth
- Lehnbachnaus München: https://www.lenbachhaus.de/entdecken/sammlung-online
- Hamburger Kunsthalle: https://www.hamburger-kunsthalle.de/sammlung-online
- Altes Museum Berlin: https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/altes-museum-staatliche-museen-zu-berlin?hl=en
- Städel Museum Frankfurt: https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/stadel-museum?hl=en
- Museum Folkwang Essen: https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/partner/museum-folkwang?hl=de
- Galerie Neue Meister Dresden: https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/galerie-neue-meister-new-masters-gallery?hl=en
- Das Belvedere Wien: https://www.belvedere.at/digital
- Deutsches Museum: http://www.deutsches-museum.de/kids/insel/online-entdecken/
- Haus der Geschichte Österriech: www.hdgoe.at
- Literatur H aus Graz: www.literaturhaus-graz.at/die-corona-tagebuecher-1
- Kunst Historiches Museum Wien: www.khm.at/objektdb
- Welt Museum Wien: www.weltmuseumwien.at/onlinesammlung
- Wien Museum: www.wien.info/de/sightseeing/sehenswuerdigkeiten/wien-virtuell-bewundern
- Albertina: www.albertina.at/home (Opens May 27)
- Naturhistorisches Museum: www.nhm-wien.ac.at/museum/online_sammlung
- Das Technische Museum Wien: www.technischesmuseum.at/das-digitale-museum
- Museum für angewandte Kunst (MAK): www.mak.at/sammlung/mak-sammlung_online
- "In My Experience" is a new and exciting podcast series by the UCD Humanities which aims to explore a wide range of political, social and cultural issues. The series launched on 9 November with a conversation with Her Excellency, Deike Potzel, German Ambassador to Ireland, who will share her experience of 'Thirty Years of German Unity'. Take a listen: https://soundcloud.com/ucd-humanities/in-my-experience-episode-1-german-unification?in=ucd-humanities/sets/in-my-experience
- Language Revolution Podcast with Cate Hamilton, discussing a number of issues such as transitioning to higher education, inspiring language learners from early years through to further and higher education, studying languages, and particularly German, at university, outreach projects and cross-sector collaborations, and the potential of linguistics in language teaching: https://thelanguagerevolution.co.uk/2020/09/06/languages-at-university/
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German Beats Podcast: The Dartmouth University German Department's podcasts feature conversations between German Studies faculty and students (with music) as well as guest speaker interviews and sound pieces relating to German language, literature and culture from their course offerings. Have a listen: https://dartmouthgermanbeats.podbean.com/
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Deutschlandfunk Kultur "Hörspiel und Feature": List of pre-recorded audio programs, check them out: https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/dlfkultur-hoerspiel.3177.de.html
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Germany: Memories of a Nation: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04dwbwz/episodes/download
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Interview with WCGS Book Prize 2018 winner Michael O'Sullivan: https://newbooksnetwork.com/michael-osullivan-disruptive-power-catholic-women-miracles-and-politics-in-modern-germany-1918-1965-u-toronto-press-2018/
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The Connecting Memories Podcast - Episode with guest speaker Prof Bill Niven available now: Bill discusses Holocaust memorials in Germany and the question of relevance in a talk called 'Reigniting Relevance: Recent Approaches to Memorial Heritage.' The first two episodes (along with a series preview) are available to stream at https://anchor.fm/connectingmemories as well as on Spotify (here) and Apple podcasts (here). Links to the podcast on Breaker, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic and Google podcasts can all be found here.
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Literature in Lockdown: Liechtenstein Podcast feat. Benjamin Quaderer - https://acflondon.org/events/literature-lockdown-liechtenstein-podcast-feat-benjamin-quaderer/
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Babble on, Berlin: A Podcast to talk about Berlin and the movies, literature, and culture surrounding the metropolis - https://babbleonberlinpodcast.wordpress.com/
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Switzerland and the Art of Shutdown: The British cultural critic Seán Williams, acclaimed Swiss novelist Tabea Steiner, and former Swiss-Mobility student and teacher Raphael Zimmermann come together with readings and reflections on culture and coronavirus, Switzerland and the art of shutdown. At the centre of this creative soundscape are paradoxes of the pandemic. Take a listen: https://www.swissculturalfund.org.uk/events/view/sean-williams-tabea-steiner-raphael-zimmermann-switzerland-and-the-art-of-shutdown
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Rimini Protokoll, Berlin: https://www.rimini-protokoll.de/website/de/
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Wiener Staatsoper - www.wiener-staatsoper.at
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Burgtheater - www.burgtheater.at/myhomeismyburgtheater
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Globe Wien Player - www.player.globe.wien
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Theater an der Wien: Das Opernhaus - www.theater-wien.at/de/jugend/zu-hause
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Youtube Channel of Volksoper Wien - www.youtube.com/user/WienVolksoper
- Hot Docs presents BEYOND THE WALL: THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF BERLIN (Course starts streaming October 1): "Burying its turbulent political and social history in the rubble of the Wall, Berlin has evolved into one of the most important cultural centres of the modern world. Join Natalie Ribkoff, an art historian who has lead sold-out Curious Minds series on topics like Art Nouveau and Chicago Architecture, for a colourful tour of the art and design masterpieces of this great city. From the historic Brandenburg Gate to the swirling spaces designed by current-day titans including Frank Gehry, we’ll experience Berlin’s dramatic architecture through a series of dynamic slide-illustrated lectures. Come face to face with modernist masterpieces and treasures from antiquity. Meet the creative innovators who are securing Germany’s place in contemporary architecture. Experience one of the world’s most vibrant cities as you’ve never seen it before." Details: https://boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/websales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=129492~fff311b7-cdad-4e14-9ae4-a9905e1b9cb0&
- So German!: The staff at So German have curated a list of online resources for learning German in this time of social-distancing http://sogerman.ca/story/learn-german/
- Laurier Lifelong Learning at Home: A free weekly series with pre-recorded lectures from some well-known Laurier faculty and community experts.
- Check out the lecture by WCGS Director James Skidmore on May 26: Good Art. Bad Artists: Admiring the Work of Artists We Despise - Is it right to admire works created by artists we despise? In this lecture, James Skidmore explores whether it’s possible to separate art from the artists. Using three case studies from German culture – Leni Riefenstahl (filmmaker), Emil Nolde (painter), and Peter Handke (writer) – Skidmore will discuss the thorny issues surrounding the appreciation and study of creative works by creators whose political or social views we find abhorrent. To find out more about James' lecture and the other lectures in the series visit the Laurier Lifelong Learning at Home website: https://wlu.ca/professional-development/lall/lall-at-home.html
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- Altes Land: Event-Zweiteiler nach dem Bestseller von Dörte Hansen - Ankommen und Bleiben: Drei Frauen, drei Generationen, ein Haus wie ein Schiff und eine Art von Familie. Ein Hof im Alten Land wird zum Schauplatz einer Erzählung über das Deutschland unserer Mütter und Großmütter, über Flüchtlinge, wurzellose Stadtmenschen und darüber, wie verlassene Seelen unversehens eine Heimat finden können. Watch it here: https://www.zdf.de/filme/altes-land
- Radio-Frauen aus dem Regenwald|Mit Mikro und Rekorder gegen Ausbeutung: Documentary about indigenous ecofeminist protests against drilling for oil in Ecuador’s rainforest: https://www.zdf.de/dokumentation/planet-e/planet-e-radio-frauen-aus-dem-regenwald-100.html (German ZDF, August 2, 2020). Plus you can listen to an interview with the director of the film, Siegmund Thies, and the fight of the indigenous women against the military in Sarayaku (die Entwaffnung der Soldaten durch die Frauen aus Sarayaku) (summary by Dorothee Ostmeier): https://wdrmedien-a.akamaihd.net/medp/podcast/weltweit/fsk0/221/2218825/wdr5scala_2020-07-29_wdr5scalaganzesendung_wdr5.mp3
- German Screen Studies list of virtual cinema offerings: http://germanscreenstudies.eu/events
- Filmmuseum - https://www.filmmuseum.at/sammlungen/film_online
- Deutsches Filminstitut Filmmuseum: Find a number of links to online films, exhibitions, and videos curated by DFF staff https://www.dff.film/en/coronavirus/
- Musik & Theater - www.muth.at
- Wiene Konzerthaus - www.konzerthaus.at
- Radio Kulturhaus - www.radiokulturhaus.orf.at
- Digital Concert Hall: www.konzertsaal.at
- Radio FM4 Stay At Home Sessions: www.fm4.orf.at/tags/stayathomesessions
- AfroPolitan Berlin ist ein 2016 ins Leben gerufenes Schwarzes Community Projekt in Berlin Kreuzberg. ,Without community there is no liberation', ohne Gemeinschaft gibt es keine Befreiung, das wusste bereits Audre Lorde. Schwarze und afrodiasporische Communities sind für ihre Angehörigen zentrale Orte der Gemeinschaft und Selbstentfaltung, des Empowerment und gemeinsamen Lernens. AfroPolitan Berlin möchte einer dieser Orte sein. Check out their online events here: https://afropolitan.berlin/
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Goethe Institut Toronto: Benita Bailey: #Yellit - Conversations with Black Artists The Goethe-Institut is collaborating with artist Benita Bailey (Berlin/Toronto) on four special editions of her social interview series Yellit, featuring German and Canadian Black artists. From September to December, you will encounter two Canadian and two German black arts leaders. For the dates and more information: https://www.goethe.de/ins/ca/en/ver.cfm?fuseaction=events.detail&event_id=21937945
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Goethe Institut USA: Queer as German Folk has now been converted into a compact, digital experience. This new format allows visitors to experience the queer movement past and present from anywhere in the world – furthering the project’s goals of maximum accessibility. Audiovisual, moving, and interactive forms of presentation provide visitors with an exciting, structureless experience that is simple to navigate and is accessible across a range of devices in both English and German. The exhibition will be accessible on queerexhibition.org starting August 9th, 2020. Learn more here.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel's Speech on March 18, 2020: https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/merkel-rede-109.html
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Lori Wolf-Heffner (Kitchener-Waterloo author): https://loriwolfheffner.com/index.php/events/
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Virtual Research in Germany (DAAD Canada): https://www.research-in-germany.org/en/infoservice/videos/virtual-reality.html
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Institute for Modern Languages Research at the University of London: List of open access resources for modern languages researchers https://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/about-us/online-resources/open-access-resources-modern-languages
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Rear Windowflick: Berlin's DIY film screenings – in pictures: https://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2020/may/07/windowflick-berlin-screenings-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_tw
- Culture for Kids: www.kurier.at/kiku/wegen-corona-bzw-covid19-kinder-jugendtheater-die-zum-spielen-zu-hause-animieren/400790705
- Vienna Jungle (Dschungel Wien): www.dschungelwien.at/pages/aktuelles
- Digital school books for free: www.digi4school.at / www.digi4school.at/openlibrary