Waterloo Centre for German Studies - Fall 2019 Events - Prof. Elizabeth Nijdam - Comics and Migration

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Join WCGS next Tuesday, November 12 at 3:00pm 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 The Social Media Aesthetics of Mobility: Reinhard Kleist’s The Olympic Dream and Comics on Refugee Experience.
Dr. Nijdam will examine Reinhard Kleist's graphic novel An Olympic Dream: The Story of Samia Yusuf Omar and how it integrates the technologies of refugee life in order to disrupt media representation of migrants and the - often fatal - experience of migration.
When: Tuesday, November, 12, 2019 at 3:00pm
Where: PAS 1241 (Psychology, Anthropology and Sociology Building, University of Waterloo)

For more information: https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-german-studies/events/social-media-aesthetics-mobility-reinhard-kleists-olympic

Other WCGS Fall 2019 Events:

In the Children's Best Interests: Unaccompanied Refugee Children in Germany, 1945-1952
University of Waterloo history professor Lynne Taylor will discuss her new book, In the Children's Best Interests. The UW Campus Bookstore will be on hand with copies of Dr. Taylor’s book for purchase.

When: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at 7:00pm
Where: Knox Presbyterian Church (50 Erb St W, Waterloo, ON N2L 1T1)

For more information: https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-german-studies/events/childrens-best-interests-unaccompanied-refugee-children


Celebrate International Education Week - Alexandre Trudeau
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.

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.

When: Thursday, November 21, 2019 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Where: Humanities Theatre, Hagey Hall (University of Waterloo)
Cost: Free.
Registration: https://www.ticketfi.com/event/3502/international-education-week-keynote-speaker-panel-discussion?
For more information: https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-german-studies/events/celebrate-international-education-week-alexandre-trudeau



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Misty Matthews-Roper
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Waterloo Centre for German Studies<https://artsonline.uwaterloo.ca/wcgs/>
University of Waterloo<http://uwaterloo.ca/>

Phone: (519) 888-4567 ext. 39267
Email: wcgs at uwaterloo.ca<mailto:wcgs at uwaterloo.ca>
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