German Culture, Digitally

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: 3 May 2021.

Events by theme:

• Live Events
• Museums and Galleries
• Podcasts
• Theatre
• Courses/Resources
• Film 
• Music
• For Kids
• Miscellaneous

Live Events

• Institute of Modern Languages Research (London): Encounters: Writers and Translators in Conversation brings together writers and their translators in front of an audience, providing a unique opportunity to experience author and translator reading from the text and in conversation, allowing a fascinating insight into the working relationship between the two as well as the practical and theoretical aspects of translation. More Info: https://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/encounters
  • Next Encounters:
    • Annett Gröschner and Katy Derbyshire Friday, 30 April 2021, 17:00-18.30 BST. To register: https://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/events/event/23819
    • Dörte Hansen and Anne Stokes Tuesday, 11 May 2021, 18:00-19:00 BST. To register: https://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/events/event/23911​
• 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!

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Museums and Galleries

• GRAFIK! Five Centuries of German and Austrian Graphics: Montreal and Virtually: Feb 23 - Jul 3, 2021 - For the first time, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) is focusing an exhibition on the sweep of stylistic and cultural developments articulated in printmaking in Germany and Austria from the early history of the medium in the mid-15th century to modern times.  Check it out here: https://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/exhibitions/grafik-five-centuries-of-german-and-austrian/#virtual-tour-4-18926
• 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
• 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

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Podcasts

• Vom Wind Verweht - The Prissy Edition WDR - The famous novel is being (re)told from the perspective of the Afroamerican figures and has two settings: the historical Tara-Story told and conserved through diaries by Tara-employed Afroamerican Slave Prissie, and a contemporary story of Prissie's latest offspring in 21st century Berlin. Thus it combines actual postcolonial, critical whiteness and immigrational discourses in Germany with the historical fiction and discourses of Mitchell's novel. Listen to it on the WDR website. 
• 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
• "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/

• 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/

• Deutschlandfunk Kultur "Hörspiel und Feature": List of pre-recorded audio programs, check them out: https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/dlfkultur-hoerspiel.3177.de.html

• Germany: Memories of a Nation: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04dwbwz/episodes/download

• 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/

• 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. 

• Literature in Lockdown: Liechtenstein Podcast feat. Benjamin Quaderer - https://acflondon.org/events/literature-lockdown-liechtenstein-podcast-feat-benjamin-quaderer/

• Babble on, Berlin: A Podcast to talk about Berlin and the movies, literature, and culture surrounding the metropolis - https://babbleonberlinpodcast.wordpress.com/

• 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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Theatre

• Rimini Protokoll, Berlin: https://www.rimini-protokoll.de/website/de/

• Wiener Staatsoper - www.wiener-staatsoper.at

• Burgtheater - www.burgtheater.at/myhomeismyburgtheater

• Globe Wien Player - www.player.globe.wien

• Theater an der Wien: Das Opernhaus - www.theater-wien.at/de/jugend/zu-hause

• Youtube Channel of Volksoper Wien - www.youtube.com/user/WienVolksoper

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Courses/Resources