German Studies Speakers Series - Nature, Refugees, and Gaming

[James Skidmore]

All are welcome to attend the events listed below. The Germanic and Slavic Studies events page<https://uwaterloo.ca/germanic-slavic-studies/events> has all the details.


Nature and Education circa 1800 – A Waterloo Centre for German Studies Workshop<https://uwaterloo.ca/germanic-slavic-studies/events/nature-and-education-circa-1800>

Speakers: a variety of colleagues from Ontario and Quebec, including Waterloo’s John Savarese, Tristanne Connolly, and Alice Kuzniar
Saturday, November 21, 2015, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, HH 232

This day-long workshop is being organized by the WCGS Research Group on Poetics and Nature circa 1800. The event website<https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-german-studies/events/nature-education-circa-1800> lists all speakers and papers. Registration is required, but it’s free, and you get lunch.


Digging up the Doll: Inherited Memories of the Removal of German Nationals from Eastern Europe<https://uwaterloo.ca/germanic-slavic-studies/events/digging-doll>

Speaker: Dr. Linda Warley, Dept. of English Language and Literature, University of Waterloo
Thursday, November 26, 2015 at 2:00pm in ML 245

In this talk, Prof. Warley considers her mother’s experiences as a child refugee in 1945. She was just one of millions of German nationals who were forced from their homes in various parts of Eastern Europe during the final months of WWII when Hitler and Stalin moved the borders. She discusses how her mother’s story—and those like it—are passed on to their children and become part of the next generation’s subjectivities.


Digital Games for Language Learning: State of the Art, Research, and Practice<https://uwaterloo.ca/germanic-slavic-studies/events/digital-games-language-learning-state-art-research-and>

Speaker: Dr. Jonathon Reinhardt, Department of English, University of Arizona
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 2:00pm in ML 245

As digital gaming has increased in popularity and become a global practice, computer-assisted language learning (CALL) researchers and second and foreign language (L2) educators have begun reconsidering games as potential L2 teaching and learning (L2TL) resources.

Transportation to Stratford is available, but you have to register in advance. Go to the WCGS event site<https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-german-studies/events/digital-games-language-learning-state-art-research-and> for more information.



James M. Skidmore
University of Waterloo

519.888.4567, x33687
http://www.germanicandslavic.uwaterloo.ca



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