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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

Oct. 29, 2019CfP: 15th Germanic and Slavic Studies Conference
It's time for our annual Germanic and Slavic Studies Conference!

For the 15th time, the Germanic and Slavic Studies department is hosting the GSS conference. So mark the date: Monday, December 9, 2019, because you don't want to miss this.
Sep. 20, 2019Zina Gimpelevich: Winner of the CAS/Taylor & Francis book prize
Zina Gimpelevich's book The Portrayal of Jews in Modern Biełarusian Literature, published 2018, has won the Canadian Association of Slavists/Taylor & Francis Book Prize. Congratulations!
Sep. 20, 2019Alice Kuzniar received SSHRC Insight Grant
Professor Alice Kuzniar received a SSHRC Insight Grant for her research about the influence of the writings and practice of the renowned homeopath Clemens von Bönninghausen on the poetry of Germany's foremost female writer, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff. For this, she asks the question: How can one meaningfully bring together the very different fields of medicine and literature? Professor Kuzniar says that this grant allows her to pursue this line of research and form a team of medical historians and literary scholars.

Read the summary of her proposal below:

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Events

Nov. 21, 2019Alexandre Trudeau Keynote and Panel Discussion
Career Booster - Global Experience Day
Nov. 20, 2019In the Children's Best Interests: Unaccompanied Refugee Children in Germany, 1945-1952

WCGS invites one and all to a talk by Lynne Taylor, University of Waterloo professor of History. Dr.
Nov. 21, 2019Film screening: Downfall
For her VCULT course "World Cinema and Visual Culture", Professor Alice Kuzniar is hosting weekly film screenings. Everyone is welcome to join!