Events - 2016

Christmas is near! It is time for the department's annual trip to the Kitchener Christkindl Market! If you need an excuse to procrastinate and avoid studying, come and join us in downtown Kitchener for great food, drinks, shopping and atmosphere. It's the 20th Anniversary of the Christkindl Market Kitchener!

Joint the German Society to watch 'Good-Bye, Lenin!’, which is a comedy drama that takes place during Germany’s reunification. Food and drinks will be provided.

The Waterloo Centre for German Studies, in conjunction with the Goethe-Institut Toronto, is pleased to welcome Christopher Kloeble to Waterloo. 

Kloeble will be reading from his work and will then answer questions from the audience. A book signing will take place at the end.

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.

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!

Up until 1916, Kitchener was known by another name - Berlin. But with the advent of the First World War and the rise of anti-German sentiment, citizens agitated for a name change.

Edgar Reitz’ Rückkehr ins Kino löste 2013 bei den Filmfestspielen von Venedig Begeisterung aus. Die internationale Filmkritik war sich einig: Mit der „Anderen Heimat“ habe der Regisseur einen fulminanten Schlusspunkt für seine gefeierte „Heimat“-Reihe geliefert.

Come watch the concluding film (which is also a prequel) to Edgar Reitz magnum opus Heimat! Released in 2013 to great acclaim, Die andere Heimat returns to the village of Schabbach, but this time it is the middle of the 19th century.

This is a long film - 263 minutes! - so pizza will be provided! The film is in German with English subtitles.

Want to learn more about our 2016 Waterloo German Language Summer School in Bamberg/Germany? Interested in declaring a German Major or a German/Russian and East European Studies (REES) Minor? Wondering what our alumni are doing with a Bachelor of Arts/German degree?

Then this information session is for you! Come and meet current students and professors and hear some presentations from alumni.

The Waterloo Centre for German Studies and the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies are hosting a reading by German author Michael Götting. He'll read from his 2015 novel, Contrapunctus (English: Counterpoint). 

Götting is an author, journalist and curator. He writes for ZEIT ONLINE, Deutschlandfunk and the Tagesspiegel and works as a freelance artist and curator for Berlin's postmigrant theatre Ballhaus Naunystrasse.