Please note WCGS will be closed for the holidays starting December 21, 2018 and will reopen on January 7, 2019.
Visit the Waterloo Region Museum's exhibition "Canada and Germany: Partners from Immigration to Innovation"and share a picture or memory with WCGS for your chance to win!
WCGS recently interviewed Waterloo Region Museum Curator, Adèle Hempel, about the ongoing exhibition "Canada and Germany: Partners from Immigration to Innovation."
Read the full interview here.
WCGS's Annual Report for 2017-2018 is now available.
Read it here.
Synopis: " 'Bye Bye Germany' is a deeply felt, often wry look at a group of Jewish friends — all Nazi-era survivors — who, in 1946 Frankfurt, unite to sell high-end linens to raise the funds to emigrate to America.
Faust: German"Krautrock” pioneers & present-day avant-provocateursPresented by Wavelength with Burn Down the Capital & Goethe-Institut Toronto
The Waterloo Centre for German Studies Book Prize has been established to recognize first-time authors whose scholarly work provides a substantial contribution to our understanding of any aspect of German-speaking society. Find out more on our website.