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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Join WCGS next<b> Tuesday, November 12 at 3:00pm</b> as we welcome professor Elizabeth Nijdam of the Department of Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies at the University
of British Columbia for her talk <i>The Social Media Aesthetics of Mobility: Reinhard Kleist’s The Olympic Dream and Comics on Refugee Experience.</i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dr. Nijdam will examine Reinhard Kleist's graphic novel
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">An Olympic Dream: The Story of Samia Yusuf Omar</span></em> and how it integrates the technologies of refugee life in order to disrupt media representation of migrants and the - often fatal - experience of
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">When</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt">: Tuesday, November, 12, 2019 at 3:00pm<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Where</span></strong>: PAS 1241 (Psychology, Anthropology and Sociology Building, University of Waterloo)<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">For more information:</span></strong></span>
<strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal"><a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-german-studies/events/social-media-aesthetics-mobility-reinhard-kleists-olympic">https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-german-studies/events/social-media-aesthetics-mobility-reinhard-kleists-olympic</a></span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Other WCGS Fall 2019 Events: <a name="Silke"></a><br>
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<h2 style="margin-top:0in;line-height:125%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#202020">In the Children's Best Interests: Unaccompanied Refugee Children in Germany, 1945-1952</span></b><o:p></o:p></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">University of Waterloo history professor Lynne Taylor will discuss her new book,
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">In the Children's Best Interests.
</span></em><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal">The UW Campus Bookstore will be on hand with copies of Dr. Taylor’s book for purchase.</span></em><i><br>
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</i><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">When</span></strong>: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at 7:00pm<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Where</span></strong>: Knox Presbyterian Church (<span class="lrzxr">50 Erb St W, Waterloo, ON N2L 1T1)
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">For more information</span></strong>:
</span><a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-german-studies/events/childrens-best-interests-unaccompanied-refugee-children" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#007C89">https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-german-studies/events/childrens-best-interests-unaccompanied-refugee-children</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Celebrate International Education Week - Alexandre Trudeau<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">November 18-22 is International Education Week at the University of Waterloo, the high point of which will be a visit to campus by renowned filmmaker and storyteller Alexandre Trudeau. Mr. Trudeau will be
giving a keynote address to high school and university students (as well as anyone else who wishes to attend) about how his ability to speak multiple languages has enriched his life, both personally and professionally, and why he believes all students should
have diverse opportunities for language learning and study abroad. The keynote will be followed by a panel discussion featuring industry professionals, alumni and more, all part of the Goethe-Institut’s Career Booster – Global Experience Day.<br>
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<i>Presented in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut Toronto, the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies, Waterloo International, the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Engineering and the Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies.</i><br>
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<b>When:</b> Thursday, November 21, 2019 1:00pm - 3:00pm<br>
<b>Where:</b> Humanities Theatre, Hagey Hall (University of Waterloo)<br>
<b>Cost: </b>Free.<br>
<b>Registration: </b><a href="https://www.ticketfi.com/event/3502/international-education-week-keynote-speaker-panel-discussion?">https://www.ticketfi.com/event/3502/international-education-week-keynote-speaker-panel-discussion?</a><br>
<b>For more information: </b><a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-german-studies/events/celebrate-international-education-week-alexandre-trudeau" target="_blank">https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-german-studies/events/celebrate-international-education-week-alexandre-trudeau</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://artsonline.uwaterloo.ca/wcgs/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#954F72">Waterloo Centre for German Studies</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://uwaterloo.ca/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#954F72">University of Waterloo</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Phone: (519) 888-4567 ext. 39267</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Email: </span><a href="mailto:wcgs@uwaterloo.ca"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">wcgs@uwaterloo.ca</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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