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The Kim Misfeldt Prize for Intercultural Awareness and Competence in Study Abroad

It gives me great pleasure to announce the results of the annual Kim Misfeldt Prize. In the inaugural year of the Prize, the Canadian Association of University Teachers of German (CAUTG), in partnership with the Canadian Summer School in Germany (CSSG), is awarding the Prize to be shared by Kelsey Wiggers (University of Calgary) and Braedon Pauzé (University of British Columbia).

CALL FOR PAPERS

Canadian Association of University Teachers of German (CAUTG) (www.cautg.org)

University of Western Ontario (London, Ontario), Canada, May 29 – June 1, 2020
 

Oktoberfest: The History of Germany's Most Famous Festival (Friday, October 4, 2019)

Enjoy Oktoberfest-inspired appetizers and a drink from the keg before attending Professor James Skidmore's lecture on the history of Germany's most famous festival. The event concludes with an Oktoberfest dinner with all the fixings – including schnitzel, potato salad and apple strudel.

Check out our Fall 2019 Lectures on our events page

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Weimar in 20/20 Der Glanz der leeren Mitte ~ The Glamour of the Empty Centre

CfPs Interdisciplinary Symposium May 27-29, 2020
 
King’s University College at Western University invites abstract submissions for an interdisciplinary symposium aimed at researchers engaged in the political, cultural, and social legacies of the Weimar Republic.
 

University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Organizers: Dr. Kyle Frackman and Dr. Ervin Malakaj
Dates: April 24–26, 2020

This symposium seeks to build on this exciting and extensive archive of scholarship on queer German studies by bringing together researchers at different stages of their academic careers and from different institutions to share their current research. While dedicated to contemporary approaches to queer German studies, the symposium additionally aims to facilitate discussion about the disciplinary history of queer German studies. Which developments shaped contemporary queer German studies and what futures lie ahead of it? 

Transverse Disciplines: 

Working across and beyond Academic Communities

Edited by: Simone Pfleger (University of Alberta) and Carrie Smith (University of Alberta)

WCGS has published its annual year in review, check it out here.

Annual Graduate Conference
Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures

September 28-29, 2019, University of Toronto

“Das Gedicht heute behauptet sich am Rande seiner selbst; es ruft und holt sich, um bestehen zu können, unausgesetzt aus seinem Schon-nicht-mehr in sein Immer-noch zurück. Das Gedicht ist einsam. Es ist einsam und unterwegs. Das Gedicht will zu einem Andern, es braucht dieses Andere, es braucht ein Gegenüber. Es sucht es auf, es spricht sich ihm zu.”
Paul Celan