The video recording of our 2017 Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm Lecture, "The Holocaust as History and Warning," is now online. Catch it on the event page.
You can also order Timothy Snyder's book, Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning, from your local or online bookstore.
The Waterloo Centre for German Studies will be closed from December 23, 2016 - January 3, 2017. We'll be back here on January 4 at 8:30 a.m.
Our hours will also change in January:
Mondays - 8:30-11:30, 12:00-1:45
Tuesdays - 8:30-11:30, 12:00-1:45
Wednesdays - closed
Thursdays - 8:30-11:30, 12:00-1:45
Fridays - 8:30-11:45
German author Christopher Kloeble will be on CKWR 98.5 FM this afternoon at 4:20 p.m. Audiences outside of the listening area or out of reach of a radio can listen live online from the station's website.
Christopher will be reading from his book, Almost Everything Very Fast, tomorrow at the Kitchener Public Library. Visit our event page for full details.
On October 25, we held our 7th annual Jacob-&-Wilhelm-Grimm Lecture. Our speaker was James Retallack, University of Toronto professor of History. His research interests (1830-1918) include German regional history, nationalism, anti-semitism, electoral politics, and historiography. He has edited or authored 14 books, and his 15th is currently in the works. In November 2011 Retallack was inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
German author Christopher Kloeble spoke with UWaterloo professor James Skidmore about the differences between English and German, the challenges of having his novel translated into English, dealing with dark topics, and on being a German/Bavarian writer.
So grab a coffee, sit back, and have a listen as James interviews Christopher Kloeble on language, books, and culture.
The Waterloo Centre for German Studies has now switched to its fall hours: Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 8:30 - 11:30 and 12:00 - 2:00. If you have any questions, just get in touch!
The Globe and Mail published an in-depth article on the Berlin/Kitchener name change of 1916. "One hundred years after disappearing, Berlin (Ontario) shows signs of revival" discusses not only the inconsistencies of the name change but also how it differed from renaming York to Toronto or Bytown to Ottawa.
Our summer hours begin this week. The office is open Mondays and Thursdays from 8:30-11:30 and 12:00-2:00. We'll return to four days a week in September.
Have a wonderful summer!
Today is the day that, as the headline reads, 346 people voted to rename Berlin Kitchener. The name change itself took place on September 1, 1916.
To learn more about the topic, mark September 15th @ 7:00 p.m. on your calendar. We're co-hosting with the Kitchener Public Library a panel discussion on the Berlin/Kitchener name change.
Today's the day citizens of then Berlin voted to do away with the name. Thereafter, a committee of 99 men was formed and charged with creating a shortlist of names for the city. Apparently, even a name from the artificial language Esperanto was one of several ideas they proposed. Read on to find out more, or visit our page on the Berlin name change for a few more resources.