Department of Germanic & Slavic Studies
Modern Languages building, room 220
Tel 519 888-4567 ext. 32428
Tuesday, October 25, 2016 — 7:00 PM EDT
Friday, October 21, 2016 — 2:30 PM EDT
A public lecture by Dr. Eva Kittay, scholar of disability studies and feminist ethics.
Dr. Kittay is Professor of Philosophy at Stony Brook University and an Affiliate of the Stony Brook Women’s Studies Program. She is the author of more than 85 articles, and seven books and edited volumes including Loves’ Labor: Essays on Women, Equality and Dependency.
She is visiting the University of Waterloo to present a series of lectures in the Department of Philosophy.
Friday, October 21, 2016 — 2:30 PM EDT
To “heal sick people via words” Antiphon of Athens already claimed in the 5th century before Christ. In the 19th century Freud and Breuer stated that signs of hysteria disappeared via talking with the female patients about their triggering memories. Thus, talking was functionalized as the central tool to treat psychic problems and connected somatic symptoms. Clearly, the importance of language is the reason why linguistic and sociological conversation analysis addresses psychotherapy and psychosomatics as relevant fields of research.
Tuesday, October 18, 2016 — 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM EDT
Come and join faculty, students, and staff for some pretzels and
- discover study abroad possibilities in Germany, Croatia, and Russia;
- learn about our German, Dutch, Russian and Croatian language courses and programs; and
- mingle with German students and instructors.
All are welcome!
Thursday, October 6, 2016 — 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
The German Society is inviting you to its first event of the term: Board Game Night