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Katharina Schröder, a PhD student from the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies, is looking for people interested in participating in her PhD research. She is exploring the experience of adults who were raised in (partly) German speaking families in Canada (and/or other places where German is not a majority language). Specifically, she is looking for participants who are taking steps to further develop their German, either formally or informally, or who have done so, as adults, in the past.

Who was Siegfried and why does he matter?

This course studies changing notions of German identity and nationhood by exploring a foundational myth of the German nation: the life and death of the hero Siegfried the Dragonslayer.

Prof. Alice Kuzniar will be teaching a new course on German transnational film in Winter Term 2015. GER 359: Transnational Film, Intercultural Encounters will explore recent German cinema's involvement with other cultures.

June 11, 2014 was a special day for David John: in the morning convocation ceremony he was named Distinguished Professor Emeritus, and that evening he was presented with the German Order of Merit by Germany's Consul General, Walter Stechel.

As part of its search for the next Diefenbaker Memorial Chair in German Literary Studies, the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies is pleased to announce 2014 Diefenbaker Lecture Series: Literary Studies for the 21st Century. Five colleagues from across Canada and the United States will be travelling to Waterloo in March and April to present their vision of how the study of literature can be of interest to both academics and a wider audience.

Application deadline: Apply as soon as possible (email Prof. Schmenk)

In conjunction with the Centre for Career Action, the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies organized a workshop on non-academic careers on 16 January 2014. Six students attended the session led by Career Advisor Elisabeth Adrian.