The Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies, University of Waterloo, invites applications for an Instructor for an Elementary Russian Language Course for the period September 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019.
An Evening with Author Benedict Wells
Modern Hungers: Food and German Identity from the Third Reich to the Berlin Wall and Beyond
The Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Waterloo is seeking an exceptional teacher and researcher for a 12-month limited term appointment (renewable) in the area of Croatian Studies beginning January 1, 2019.
James Skidmore wins a teaching innovative award for his online course GER 271. Congratulations!
Alice Kuzniar has been named a University Research Chair. This distinction is granted to at most five faculty members a year. The notice from the office of the Vice-President, Academic and Provost reads as follows:
Professor Alice Kuzniar's new book, The Birth of Homeopathy out of the Spirit of Romanticism, has just been published by the University of Toronto Press.
Prof. Alice Kuzniar's graduate seminar Dark Romanticisms was recently featured on the Faculty of Arts website. As the article says, "the lucky students in Alice Kuzniar’s Dark Romanticisms class have spent their term studying the irrational and fantastic – including ghosts, Doppelgänger, talking animals, and vampires."
The University of Waterloo was honoured to welcome Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović to campus on November 21, 2016. As part of her working visit to Canada, President Grabar-Kitarović spent a day in Kitchener-Waterloo learning more about the University's role in enhancing technology research and entrepreneurship and met with students of Croatian language and culture.