Event Category Archives: Featured German

Ziegler Lecture: Ilija Trojanow, Reading and Lecture on “Confluences post Migration”

22 October 2020 10:00 am

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Join us on October 22 at 10 am for the virtual Ziegler Lecture Series, featuring author Ilija Trojanow.

German-Canadian Business Association: German in Vancouver

27 January 2021 7:00 pm

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Dr. Florian Gassner will be part of a panel presenting opportunities to study German in the Metro Vancouver Area.

Ziegler Lecture: Tiffany Florvil, “Spatial Politics with Berlin Black History Month Celebrations”

24 February 2021 4:00 pm

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Join us on February 24 at 4:00 pm for the virtual Ziegler Lecture Series, featuring Tiffany Florvil of the University of New Mexico.

Ziegler Lecture: Dr. Anna Hájková, “The Last Ghetto: An Everyday History of Theresienstadt”

25 February 2021 11:00 am

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Join us on February 25 at 11:00 am for a virtual talk, featuring Dr. Anna Hájková of the University of Warwick. Followed by Q&A.

Ziegler Lecture: Jamele Watkins, “From Celebrity to Saint: Angela Davis in East Germany”

03 March 2021 12:00 pm

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Join us on March 3 at 12:00 pm (noon) for the virtual Ziegler Lecture Series, featuring Jamele Watkins of the University of Minnesota.

Ziegler Lecture: Kira Thurman, “Interwar Liederabende and the Matter of Blackness”

19 March 2021 12:00 pm

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Join us on March 19 at 12:00 pm (noon) for the virtual Ziegler Lecture Series, featuring Kira Thurman of the University of Michigan, History Department. This talk is co-sponsored by the UBC School of Music.

Witnessing Auschwitz Conference 2021

04 October 2021

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Join us for the virtual Witnessing Auschwitz Conference 2021, beginning Monday, October 4, 2021 at 8:45 am. 

Indigenous Presence and Representation in European Studies Lecture Series 2021/22

04 October 2021 - 20 January 2022

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Elizabeth Nijdam and Markus Hallensleben have co-organized a lecture series on Indigenous Presence and Representation in European Studies.

Searching for Winnetou (2018): Conversation with Director Drew Hayden Taylor

04 October 2021 1:00 pm

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Please join us for a conversation with Ojibway author and humourist Drew Hayden Taylor as we discuss his documentary film Searching For Winnetou  (2018).

“Winnetou, White Innocence, and Settler Time” by Dr. Maureen Gallagher

08 October 2021 1:00 pm

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In this virtual event, Dr. Maureen Gallagher (Australian National University) critically examines cinematic adaptations of Karl May’s original 1893 trilogy Winnetou. This event is co-sponsored by the Waterloo Center for German Studies.