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Past Conferences

Traditions and Transitions

Traditions and Transitions: German Curricula

Waterloo Centre for German Studies,
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
August 26 – 28, 2010

This conference intends to bring together international scholars whose research investigates various facets of the postsecondary curriculum for teaching and learning German as a foreign and/or second language and culture.
Currently, the potential new influences on the discipline of German seem many and varied. New digital technologies, the information economy, globalization and multiculturalism, altered international spheres of influence, the changing manner of ommunication, the internationalization and corporatization of universities, the rise of cultural studies especially in the English-speaking world, second language acquisition research, and critical applied linguistics are just a few of the current external and internal influences. As a result, many traditionally widespread ideas and approaches in German postsecondary curricula have recently been challenged. The conference attempts to provide a forum for discussing the challenges of current transitions and their impact on German curricula.
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Diaspora Experiences: German-Speaking Immigrants and their Descendants

24-27 August 2006

Diaspora Experiences:

German-Speaking Immigrants and their Descendants

Waterloo Centre for German Studies

University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

2006

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Cinema and Social Change in Germany and Austria

 30 April - 3 May 2008

Cinema and Social Change in Germany and Austria

University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

2008

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Past Conferences

Members of the Waterloo Centre for German Studies organized the following international conferences: 

  • 2010: Traditions & Transitions: German Curricula 

  • 2008: Cinema and Social Change in Germany and Austria

  • 2006: Diaspora Experiences: German Immigrants and Their Descendants

and the following smaller, local regional conferences

  • 2005: 15 Years of United Germany: The Effects of Unification

  • 2009: German Studies Forum: 1949-1989-2009 - The Path to German and European Unity

 


Waterloo Centre for German Studies
University of Waterloo

200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, ON
N2L 3G1
Canada

wcgs ä uwaterloo.ca

Upcoming Events

November 15 to December 15, 2011

Modern Languages (ML) atrium

Photo Exhibition: The Wall: A Border through Germany

Friday, February 3rd - 7pm

Home of Dr. Alice Kuzniar

Reading by Dragica Rajčić

Saturday, February 4th

Centre for Environmental and Information Technology (EIT) 3142

Dream of the Other Europe

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