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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0cm;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span lang="EN-US">Reminder: Dis/Ability in German Literature – Lecture Series<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0cm;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US">Join Professor Jay Dolmage on Thursday, February 3 as he discusses “Disability Myths and Rhetorics” to uncover the ways that disability is narrowly
represented or depicted across cultures. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0cm;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-US">This talk is part of a series of talks focusing on
<span class="normaltextrun">Dis/Ability Studies both within and beyond German Studies. Organized by Professor Michael Boehringer as part of his Disability in German Literature course, the presentations cover critical disability studies, myths and rhetorics
of disability, German literature, and a public reading and discussion.<br>
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<span class="normaltextrun">All talks are <b>free and open to the public</b> and will be hosted on Zoom. See below for dates and a short description of each talk.<br>
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</span></span><a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-german-studies/disability-german-literature-lecture-series" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US">Please see our website for more information and to register.</span></span></a><span class="normaltextrun">
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US">If you have any questions, please contact WCGS Administrative Assistant, Misty Matthews-Roper (</span></span><a href="mailto:wcgs@uwaterloo.ca" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US">wcgs@uwaterloo.ca</span></span></a><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US">).
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<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Disability Myths and Rhetorics</span></b></span><span class="eop"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> </span></b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span lang="EN-US">Speaker: </span></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US">Jay Dolmage (UW)</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span lang="EN-US">When: </span></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US">Thursday, February 3, 2022 (1:00-2:20pm EST)</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span lang="EN-US">Event Info: </span></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US">In this discussion, Dr. Dolmage will work through an overview of myths that offer a shorthand for the ways that disability is narrowly
represented or depicted across cultures. These myths offer evidence of some of the most basic and omnipresent ways that disability is rhetorically shaped. Laying out these disability wrongs generates a range of possible awareness, critical tools, and disruptions.
The fact that disability is so naturally and habitually associated with negativity means that we cannot neglect to question these natural habits, and we cannot forget that the pause, reflection, and reconsideration we might engender will themselves be critical
and creative opportunities. The discussion should lead us to identify further examples of such myths and to challenge them.</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0cm;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="eop"><b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/disability-myths-and-rhetorics-tickets-249321315767">Register for this talk</a></span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">A life worthy of living: Kolmar's <i>Susanna</i><br>
<span class="normaltextrun">Speaker: </span></span></b><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US">Alec Cattell (Texas Tech U)</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-US"><br>
<span class="normaltextrun">When: </span></span></b><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US">Thursday, March 17, 2022 (1:00-2:20pm EST)</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US"> <br>
</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span lang="EN-US">Event Info: </span>
</b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US">Join Dr. Alec Cattell (Texas Tech University) for an interactive virtual discussion about Gertrud Kolmar's last surviving literary work, the novella <i>Susanna</i>. After exploring the social and political
context in which <i>Susanna </i>was written, the conversation will turn to Kolmar's mode of representing the protagonist as a person with a disability as well as the ways in which she negotiates disability myths and deploys disability rhetorics to inspire
readers to read stories about disability ethically.</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US"> <br>
<b><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/a-life-worthy-of-living-kolmars-susanna-tickets-249330302647">Register for this talk</a><br>
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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0cm;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Public Reading & Discussion on authorship & disability</span></b></span><span class="eop"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> </span></b></span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span lang="EN-US">Speaker: </span></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US">Mercedes Spannagel
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<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span lang="EN-US">When: </span></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US">Thursday, March 31, 2022 (1:00-2:20 EST)</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span lang="EN-US">Event Info: </span></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="EN-US">"Wie es klingt, wenn es quietscht". Prize-winning short story by Austrian author Mercedes Spannagel about young competitive fencers,
one of whom has lost a leg and is resuming her training with a prosthesis. Reading and discussion in German. </span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US"> <br>
<b><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/public-reading-discussion-on-authorship-disability-tickets-249337664667">Register for this talk</a></b></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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