The Digital Dialogues Series is hosted by German Studies Canada in partnership with various members of the German Studies community and features virtual speakers from across Canada and beyond.

Third Seminar Book Forum

June 23, 2025, 11am–12:15pm (Mountain Time Zone), via Zoom

Representing Social Precarity in German Literature and Film (2023)

This event will feature a conversation with editors Sophie Duvernoy, Karsten Olson, and Ulrich Plass, who will discuss their book with scholars Jennifer Ruth Hosek, Seth Howes, and Irene Husser.

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WCGS Book Prize Lecture with Andrea Rottmann

Wednesday, April 2, 2025 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Non-binary Lives in Divided Times

Divided postwar Berlin was home to people of different non-binary genders. They found or made spaces for living dignified lives, even in the deeply queerphobic societies of Cold War Germany. In her talk, Andrea Rottmann will introduce us to some of them and to the pleasures and problems of writing their histories.

Event Details

This lecture is being held in cooperation with German Studies Canada.

When: Wednesday, April 2, 2025

  • 12:30pm EDT (Waterloo time)18:30 CEST (Berlin time)

Where: Zoom

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Please note: this lecture will be recorded, and all registrants will receive a link to the recording when it is uploaded to the UW Arts YouTube channel.