Ziegler Lecture: Prof. Walter Sauer, “African Presence in KZ Mauthausen in the Context of Racist Repression during National Socialism”

04 March 2022 2:00 pm

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Join us on March 4, 2022 at 2 pm PT for the virtual Ziegler Lecture Series, featuring Prof. Walter Sauer of the University of Vienna.

CENES Graduate Student Colloquium

04 March 2022 3:30 pm

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Join us for a celebration of the excellent work of graduate students in the Germanic Studies program in the Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies!

German Comics and Intercultural Dialogue: Birgit Weyhe’s Rude Girl (2022)

11 March 2022 9:00 am

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On March 11, Dr. Biz Nijdam will be moderating a discussion on Birgit Weyhe’s new graphic novel Rude Girl .

Ziegler Lecture: Dr. Chunjie Zhang, “Bertolt Brecht’s Me-ti or the Aesthetics of Translation”

15 March 2022 12:30 pm

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Join us on March 15, 2022 at 12:30 pm PT for the virtual Ziegler Lecture Series, featuring Dr. Chunjie Zhang of the University of California at Davis. This talk is co-sponsored by the UBC Eurasia Research Cluster & the Centre for European Studies.

Nosferatu – 100 Years of Horror

18 March 2022

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For a century, audiences have passed into a haunting world of corruption, pandemic, and death through the silent film classic Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922). This one-day symposium takes the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the film’s public release (March 15, 1922) to examine the contours of this still-unsettling text.

Ziegler Lecture: Dr. Matthew Birkhold, “The Melting Sublime”

22 March 2022 12:30 pm

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Join us on March 22, 2022 at 12:30 pm PT for the virtual Ziegler Lecture Series, featuring Dr. Matthew Birkhold of Ohio State University.

The Ancient Law (1923): Film Screening and Live Musical Accompaniment

01 April 2022 3:00 pm

Venue: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
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Join us for a screening of the 1923 silent film Das alte Gesetz (The Ancient Law), directed by E.A. Dupont, with German/English intertitles, with musicians Alicia Svigals and Donald Sosin performing the live score.

2022 German Studies Undergraduate Research Showcase (GSURS)

02 April 2022

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You are cordially invited to attend the 2022 German Studies Undergraduate Research Showcase (#GSURS2022), which will take place April 2-3, 2022.

Conference: Con/Figurations of Female Adventure: Dynamics, Spaces, and Alliances

11 August 2022 - 14 August 2022

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The SSHRC Connection Grant Conference will be held at the UBC Vancouver campus on August 11-14, 2022.

Book Launch: “But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust”

14 September 2022 7:30 pm

Venue: Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery (Jewish Community of Greater Vancouver)
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You are invited to the book launch of But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust, edited by Charlotte Schallié (UBC Ph.D. 2004), Professor and Chair of Germanic and Slavic Studies at the University of Victoria.