And the Boar Award goes to ...
We proudly present to you the Fall 2021 Golden Boar Awards!
The Award Ceremony will take place on December 7, 2021, 5-7 pm, EST on Zoom.
GER 303 - Interactive German Language and Culture develops German language skills and cultural awareness. Discussions include such topics as Heimat, nation, migration, and study abroad. Students will engage with and reflect on different social and cultural perspectives through interviews, videos, and texts. Online interactions, including with people in and from Germany, form an integral part of the course.
DAAD - German Academic Exchange Service will present a series of webinars on their student funding programs for study, research and internship opportunities in Germany at noon EST daily from October 4 - 6, 2021.
DAAD has programs for students in all fields of study and at all stages, from Bachelor to PhD, even for recent postdocs.
Detailed course descriptions
GER 250/350 German Performance improves students' oral and written skills via creative performances in our everyday life. Students will be actively involved in marketing products, conducting job interviews, writing résumés, improvising theatre skits, hosting poetry slams, or even instructing yoga - all in German.
Featured Course of the Week: Infamous Lovers (GER 330)
The Faculty of Arts at the University of Waterloo invites applications for two positions at the rank of Lecturer, for definite-term contracts of three years beginning August 1, 2021. These positions will support a Faculty-wide initiative, “Arts First”, designed to help undergraduate students build foundational competencies in communication and analysis in small class settings.
New Spring 2021 course
Learn more about programs in Germanic & Slavic Studies (including Cultural Identities), exchange opportunities, and how German can boost your career.
Virtual Declare your Major / Minor info session.
When:
Tuesday, March 9, 2021, from 11:45am to 12:30pm and
On Thursday, March 19, 2020 Dr. Samantha Rose Hill gave the lecture “Thinking itself is dangerous: Reading Hannah Arendt”. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the lecture was held online, and Dr. Hill spoke to hundreds of participants from her home in New York via livestream.