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Our department specializes in the study of language, applied linguistics, literature, and film and visual culture.  We have active graduate and undergraduate programs in German, and we also offer courses in Croatian, Dutch, and Russian.

News

  1. Mar. 20, 2019Award-winning historian to speak at UWSymbolic picture of two forks forming a fence with modern hungers written above them

    Modern Hungers: Food and German Identity from the Third Reich to the Berlin Wall and Beyond

  2. Feb. 16, 2019Seeking Applicants with the Right Stuff!

    The Department is currently accepting applications for all of its graduate programs.

    Come join us for our fully-funded MA, Joint-MA in Intercultural German Studies, and PhD programs.

  3. Feb. 16, 2019Grants and Awards

    The Waterloo Centre for German Studies is now accepting applications for the Stork Awards in German Studies, Marga I. Weigel German Study Abroad Award, and Piller Graduate Award.

    Application Deadline: 1 March 2019

    For more information about the awards click here.

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