This morning at German Studies Canada: three talks on crossing borders in screen media. First up is Annika Burkard University of Manitoba discussing the European refugee crisis in Wolfgang Fischer’s Styx and Reinhard Kleist’s Der Traum von Olympia. #gsc2023 #Congressh

Annika Orich presenting on Language, Identity, and Global Media in Netflix’s 1899 at German Studies Canada. #gsc2023 #Congressh

Evelyn Castillo Marzo and Stephan Jaeger from University of Manitoba tell German Studies Canada about Immersive Digital Storytelling of Difficult Histories in Contemporary Museums. #gsc2023 #Congressh

Simone Pfleger introduces author Marianne Jungmeier whose reading at the German Studies Canada conference is generously sponsored by the Austrian Cultural Forum in Ottawa. Austrian Embassy Ottawa #gsc2023 #Congressh

Dr Marie-Michèle Blondin, Lauréate du prix innover en allemande de cette année. Le prix est financé par DAAD USA DAAD Canada #gsc2023 #congressh

Dr Yasmin Aly from @UofTGerman wins the prize for the Best PhD Dissertation in German Studies in Canada 2020-2022. #gsc2023 #Congressh

Sophie Jordan from @UofTGerman wins the award for the best graduate student paper at the German Studies Canada annual conference. #gsc2023 #congressh

People begin to assemble for the gathering of solidarity announced by Vivek Goel University of Waterloo

German Studies Canada Board of Directors statement of solidarity on the Waterloo attack. @wgsrf germanstudiescanada.org/2023/07/04/sta…

The Waterloo Centre for German Studies Writing Illness Workshop was such a success today! From the well written and professionally delivered presentations to the thoughtful discussions, I learned a lot. Vielen Dank to the many hands that made today run so smoothly. 🙏 🇩🇪

Hallowe’en comes early to UWaterloo Arts University of Waterloo

. . . 🥁 The shortlist for the 2022 #WCGSBookPrize is finally here! We are thrilled to announce the six finalists for the 2022 WCGS Book Prize, which recognizes first-time authors whose work contributes to our understanding of German-speaking society: buff.ly/3GO2hax

After another terrific list of #WCGSBookPrize finalists, it is our great pleasure to announce the 2022 winner — Sara Blaylock for Parallel Public: Experimental Art in Late East Germany! 🎉🏆 Gratuliere to Dr. Blaylock and all our 2022 finalists! buff.ly/3GO2hax The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social

The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social German Studies Canada The GSA | @thegsa.bsky.social UWaterloo Arts UMN Duluth German Embassy Ottawa DAAD Canada Dr. Blaylock is Associate Professor of Art History at UMN Duluth. Jurors felt that her study "makes a unique and significant contribution to our understanding of the role of (experimental) art in the GDR." Read more about Parallel Public here: buff.ly/3RlUqrl

WCGS is pleased to announce the shortlist for its annual Book Prize. Established in 2018, the WCGS Book Prize recognizes 1st-time authors whose scholarly work contributes substantially to our understanding of any aspect of German-speaking society. 1/4

Congratulations to UTP author Deborah Barton whose book, Writing and Rewriting the Reich: Woman Journalists in the Nazi and Post-War Press, has been shortlisted for the Waterloo Centre for German Studies Book Prize! bit.ly/3OEaofx Waterloo Centre for German Studies