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GSA's Forty-Third Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon, October 3-6, 2019

The annual conferences of the German Studies Association bring together over one thousand scholars in the areas of German history, literature, culture, and politics. Presentations range over the period between the Middle Ages and the present. Not only established scholars but also younger ones, including graduate students, are welcome.

28. Oktober – 1. November 2018, Round Table Dinner

Round Table Dinners for German speaking students/PhDs/MBAs and Young Professionals in Canada and the US. The idea is to present Boston Consulting Group (BCG) as an attractive employer and to discuss career opportunities that BCG Germany has to offer. See dates below.

CALL FOR PAPERS
Canadian Association of University Teachers of German (CAUTG)

University of British Columbia, Canada, May 31 – June 3, 2019

September 6 to 16, 2018

TIFF 18 marks the return of Christian Petzold after his PHOENIX success two years ago with the refugee drama TRANSIT, starring Franz Rogowski and Paula Beer, straight from the Berlinale. Sven Taddicken has his world premiere in Toronto with THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COUPLE.

WCGS Contest

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.

German Studies Panel Title: Culture, Cultivation, Inculcation: The Subjects and Its Environments in 18th-Century German Literature and Aesthetics.

Submissions due 30 Sept 2018

When: Thu, 07/19/2018 @7:00 PM
Where: Corktown Common Park 155 Bayview Ave, Toronto

Presented by TOPS with the Goethe-Institut

What: CABARET (USA 1972, 124 min) musical drama directed by Bob Fosse, with Liza Minelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem, Joel Grey, and others.

"Bye Bye Germany" starts Friday 6 July and "The Accountant of Auschwitz" starts Friday 13 July.

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.