James Skidmore, Associate Professor of German at the University of Waterloo and Director of Waterloo Centre for German Studies, as well as the CAUTG's Treasurer spoke during the summer to CBC News about best practices in online teaching. You can…
The Waterloo Centre for German Studies is seeking qualified graduate students for a new internship, and we'd like help in spreading the word about this opportunity.As a Public German Studies intern, you will assist the Waterloo Centre for German Studies…
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 CAUTG and German Studies in Canada, and he will be…
We, the Executive Committee of the CAUTG, condemn the recent violence directed at people of colour across North America. We grieve for George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and the many others who have lost their lives. We stand in…
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 by a long-term presence of migration’ which is partly neglected…
After initially giving associations the option of moving their Congress 2020 conferences online, the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences has cancelled Congress 2020. More details, along with a message from the Federation's CEO, are available here: https://www.congress2020.ca/covid-19.
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 online. Instead of trying to replicate lectures or other standard…
Dear members of the CAUTG, dear invited presenters and participants registered for the 2020 Annual Meeting of the CAUTG: Following the announcement of the Federation of the Humanities and Social Sciences that there will not be an in-person Congress in…
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 for Politics and Humanities at Bard College, was to give…
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 of the Canadian Summer School in Germany (CSSG) which was…