Lecture

Monday, September 17, 2012 3:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Classicism and Secular Humanism: The Sanctification of Die Zauberflöte in Goethe's Novelle

Poster: Classicism and Secular Humanism Poster (PDF)

On September 17th 2012, Jane K. Brown gave an inspiring lecture on Classicism and Secular Humanism: The Sanctification of Die Zauberflöte in Goethe’s Novelle.

Friday, September 21, 2012 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Salvaging History: Can We Learn Anything from (Really Bad) 1970s Oral History Interviews?

Poster: Salvaging History Poster (PDF)

Alexander Freund gave an informative lecture on “Salvaging History: Can We Learn Anything from (Really Bad) 1970s Oral History Interviews?” on September 21st2012.

Alexander Freund is the holder of the Chair of German-Canadian studies and co-director of the Oral History Centre at the University of Winnipeg. 

Friday, September 28, 2012 11:30 am - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Language Attitudes in Interaction in Narrated Language Biographies

Poster: Language Attitudes in Interaction in Narrated Language Biographies Poster (PDF)

On September 28th, Katharina König, visiting researcher from the University of Münster, Germany, held an inspiring lunch talk about Language attitudes in interaction in narrated language biographies.

Monday, April 1, 2013 5:00 pm - 9:40 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Waterloo Colloquium on Language Learning and Teaching

Poster: Colloquium 2013 Language Learning Poster (PDF)

On Monday, 1 April 2013 the Waterloo Colloquium on Language Learning and Teaching took place in Hagey Hall at the University of Waterloo.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Colloquium - Celan's Orientation Between the Languages

On Tuesday, April 16, 2013 from 2-4 pm, the Germanic and Slavic Studies and the Diefenbaker Chair hosted the stimulating colloquium “Celan's Orientation Between the Languages”.