The Passing of Dr. Arnd Bohm
We have sad news to share: our distinguished colleague and former CAUTG-president (2006-2008) Dr. Arnd Bohm passed away from cancer on May 22, 2020. He was a pillar of the …
Online Conference: Postmigrant Aesthetics: How to Narrate a Future Europe?
The increased numbers of refugees entering Europe since 2015 has put an urgency to discussions on European self-understanding and identity. In which way is Europe, anthropologist Regina Römhild asks, ‘characterized …
CfP: Unrealized Futures: Post-Socialist Memory in German-speaking Literature and Culture (edited anthology)
We are currently inviting abstracts for contributions to a peer-reviewed edited collection that examines the socialist legacy in Eastern Europe in its relation to the present and the future. We …
Teaching Online Resources
Don’t teach. Facilitate. That’s the key to how Dr. James Skidmore, Associate Professor of German at the University of Waterloo and Director of the Waterloo Centre for German Studies, teaches …
Grimm Lecture 2020 Online
This coming Thursday the Waterloo Centre for German Studies was expecting a full house to attend the 2020 Grimm Lecture. Samantha Rose Hill, Assistant Director of the Hannah Arendt Centre …
Update CSSG: Official Cancellation of the Canadian Summer School in Germany (CSSG)
Please note the following message from John Plews, Director of the Canadian Summer School in Germany (CSSG): It is with sadness that I must inform you of the official cancellation …
CfP: In/humanness in the 21st century: existence, relationality, and precarity at MLA 2021, Toronto
Throughout the past decade, a variety of critical race, queer, disability, and animal studies scholars such as Mel Y. Chen, Eunjung Kim, Dana Luciano, Jasbir K. Puar, and Dinesh Wadiwel …
German Program at MacEwan University
We were sad to learn that MacEwan University (Edmonton, Alberta) has suspended all German programming. The CAUTG/APAUC has sent the following letter regarding this decision – if you would like …
CfN: Waterloo Centre for German Studies Book Prize 2019
The Waterloo Centre for German Studies promotes research into any and all aspects of the German-speaking world. As part of this mandate, the WCGS encourages the communication of research findings …
CfP: Beyond “Indianthusiasm” – Intersections and Potential Affinities between Indigenous Studies and Feminist at WiG
As feminist German Studies scholars in North America, we live and work on Indigenous land that has been and continues to be shaped by processes of colonization. In addition, working …