German Studies at the University of Alberta

There's still room in German courses this coming Winter term 2019, including GERM 316 "Intro to German Applied Linguistics" with Dr. Dailey-O'Cain and GERM 340 "Intro to the Study of Modern German Literature" with Dr. Stuhlmann. Now's the time to sign up or encourage your friends to do so!

MLCS Introduces new Graduate Program Areas of Specialization

Please self-nominate or pass along!

Mrs Kathe & Mr Siegfried Klotsche Scholarship in German
Field of Study: German Language
Value: $2,000
Number: 1
Conditions: Awarded to a student with superior academic achievement continuing in or convocating from the Faculty of Arts with a major or minor in German language studies or a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in German. Selection based on academic achievement in relevant courses (as determined by the Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies). Preference given to a student with demonstrated volunteerism in Edmonton's German community. If no candidates display demonstrated involvement in Edmonton's German community, preference given to a student with demonstrated volunteerism in social and/or community-based organization(s).
Funded by: Endowed by Kathe Klotsche
Application/Nomination Procedure: Apply by May 1st to the Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies

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Life Lessons from Goethe Behind the forbidding reputation is a mind passionately engaged with life’s most basic questions.

The refugee crisis is forcing Germans to ask: who are we? | Jenny Erpenbeck We can imagine what it means to lose everything – and that provokes either our empathy or our fear

It's a rare treat that German-language movies make it to Edmonton outside of our own MLCS German Film Series, so please mark your calendars for a screening of Austrian thriller "Goodbye Mommy" (original title: "Ich seh, ich seh") at the Metro Cinema!

http://www.metrocinema.org/film_view/5579/

Metro Cinema Society: Goodnight Mommy

Interested in German film, food, and wine? Get your tickets to this! Screening of "Soul Kitchen" with a five-course dinner.

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Dinner & A Movie, October 29th - in Association with Relish Film Fest Film and food are evocative partners. Everyone remembers the scene in "Lady and The Tramp" where the two pooches share a plate of spaghetti and meatballs in a romantic alleyway, or the infamous deli scene in "When Harry Met Sally." Food is a vehicle for the both the silly (remember when Mr. Creosote…

Join us for Fall 2015 instalment of the German Film Series. Up this semester: Westerns!

If you or anyone you know is interested in learning more about German culture, please consider signing up for GERM 343 with Dr. Carrie Smith-Prei! It is taught in German, and you need to have completed 212 to register (or talk with the department).

GERM 343: Postwar Cultures: 1945-today, Tues./Thurs. 2-3:20
This course focuses on cultural changes taking place in German-speaking countries from 1945 to the present. We will look at the immediate postwar period, then at divided Germany and “Die Wende,” considering also its effect on other German-speaking countries, and finally we will discuss contemporary issues after 2000. We will focus on how these developments are configured and reflected in literature, film, and other cultural artifacts.

http://www.zeit.de/kultur/literatur/2015-04/guenter-grass-gruppe-47-blechtrommel

Günter Grass: Ein Funke der Moderne Sich irren, sich engagieren, sich streiten: Günter Grass symbolisierte einen Schriftstellertyp, den viele jüngere Autoren heute ablehnen.