Lecture

The Fall of the Berlin Wall: Why It Happened, What It Changed

James M. Skidmore (University of Waterloo)

Poster: 2010 Diefenbaker Lecture Series Poster (PDF)

In February and March 2010, the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies and the Waterloo Centre for German Studies hosted the 2010 Diefenbaker Lecture Series.

Poster: Ethnic Cleansing 1945 - 1948 Poster (PDF)

Poster: Margaret Derry: Wegenast Poster (PDF)

Poster: Mat Schulze: German in KW Poster (PDF)

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.

Andrea Strutz (University of Graz, Austria) gave an informative lecture on Austrian Immigration to Canada - 1938 to 1970 on September 16^th 2011.

Poster: The Anthes Papers Poster (PDF)

On September 28^th 2011, Susan Thorne and Geoffrey Hayes gave a presentation about the Anthes Papers, a set of letters by the German-Canadian pastor Anthes, which have been preserved in the German archive of the University of Waterloo.

Poster: Guttenberg to Google Street View Poster (PDF)

Christophe Fricker, Craig-Kade writer in residence at Rutger University, held an entertaining and informative lecture on Guttenberg to Google Street View – Germany today as seen by its Cartoonists, on October 4^th 2011.

Poster: Affen, Wölfe und Tanzbären Lecture Poster (PDF)

On October 25th, Regine Zeller (University of Mannheim) gave an 'animalistic' lecture on animal imagery in Thomas Mann's early works.