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<p>The Waterloo Centre for German Studies (WCGS) is pleased to announce the eight finalists for the WCGS 2018 Book Prize. The prize, valued at CAD $2,000, is for an author's first book in any area of German studies published in 2018.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The shortlist, <a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-german-studies/research-activities-and-opportunities/wcgs-book-prize/finalists">
available here</a> and below, demonstrates the rich and diverse nature of German studies scholarship today. For each of the books on the shortlist, we’ve created a webpage where, in addition to the book’s particulars, the authors answer our questions about
how they became interested in their topic and what they hope readers will take away from their book.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The finalists are:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Brescius, Moritz von</span></strong>.<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></em><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal"><a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-german-studies/2018-book-prize-finalist-moritz-von-brescius"><i>German
Science in the Age of Empire: Enterprise, Opportunity and the Schlagintweit Brothers</i></a></span></em><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.</span></em> Cambridge University Press, 2018. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Karch, Brendan</span></strong>.<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></em><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal"><a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-german-studies/2018-book-prize-finalist-brendan-karch"><i>Nation
and Loyalty in a German-Polish Borderland: Upper Silesia, 1848–1960</i></a>.</span></em><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></em>Cambridge University Press: 2018.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Loberg, Molly Jean.</span></strong> <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal"><a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-german-studies/2018-book-prize-finalist-molly-loberg"><i>The
struggle for the streets of Berlin: politics, consumption, and urban space, 1914-1945</i></a></span></em><i>.</i> Cambridge University Press, 2018.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Miller, Jennifer A.</span></strong> <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal"><a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-german-studies/2018-book-prize-finalist-jennifer-miller"><i>Turkish
Guest Workers in Germany: Hidden Lives and Contested Borders, 1960s to 1980s</i></a>.</span></em><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></em>University of Toronto Press, 2018.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Natermann, Diana M</span></strong>. <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal"><a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-german-studies/2018-book-prize-finalist-diana-m-natermann"><i>Pursuing
Whiteness in the Colonies. Private Memories from the Congo Free State and German East Africa (1884-1914).</i></a></span></em> Waxmann, 2018.<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">O’Sullivan, Michael E.</span></strong><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal"> <a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-german-studies/2018-book-prize-finalist-michael-e-osullivan"><i>Disruptive
Power: Catholic Women, Miracles, and Politics in Modern Germany, 1918-1965</i></a></span></em><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">. </span></em>University of Toronto Press, 2018.<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Schuldenfrei, Robin</span></strong>.<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></em><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal"><a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-german-studies/2018-book-prize-finalist-robin-schuldenfrei"><i>Luxury
and Modernism: Architecture and the Object in Germany 1900-1933</i></a></span></em><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">. </span></em>Princeton University Press, 2018.<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Vierra, Sarah Thomsen.</span></strong> <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal"><a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-german-studies/2018-book-prize-finalist-sarah-thomsen-vierra"><i>Turkish
Germans in the Federal Republic of Germany. Immigration, Space, and Belonging, 1961–1990</i></a></span></em><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">. </span></em>Cambridge University Press, 2018. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The winning book will be announced by mid-December 2019. For more information on the WCGS Book Prize, go to
<a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-german-studies/research-activities-and-opportunities/wcgs-book-prize">
https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-german-studies/research-activities-and-opportunities/wcgs-book-prize</a>. Please note that nominations for the WCGS Book Prize for books published in 2019 will open in the new year.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The Waterloo Centre for German Studies congratulates the authors on their fine achievement.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>James Skidmore, Director<br>
Misty Matthews-Roper, Administrative Assistant<o:p></o:p></p>
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