Waterloo Centre for German Studies - Stratford Director Birgit Schreyer Duarte

[Waterloo Centre for German Studies]

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Next Tuesday, September 17 at 3:00pm WCGS welcomes Birgit Schreyer Duarte, director of the Stratford Festival hit Nathan the Wise.
In a live conversation with WCGS Director James Skidmore, Dr. Schreyer Duarte will discuss what it’s like to bring a play from 18th-century Germany to life in 21st-century Canada. Lessing’s Nathan the Wise has long been considered a shining example of Enlightenment religious tolerance, and Dr. Schreyer Duarte will discuss how Stratford audiences responded. And if you’re interested in questions of literary adaptation or just how plays get staged nowadays, this hard-working theatre director has a wealth of knowledge and experience to share. Everyone is warmly invited to attend.

Presented in cooperation with the Department of Communication Arts.

When: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at 3:00pm
Where: Theatre of the Arts (Modern Languages Building, University of Waterloo)

For more information: https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-german-studies/events/what-makes-me-christian-you-makes-you-jew-me

Other WCGS Fall 2019 Lectures:

Corpora of spoken German: ‘Hidden treasures’ and their potential uses
Dr. Silke Reineke of IDS Mannheim will lead the audience on a small virtual tour of the IDS’s archive to shed light on some of its ‘hidden treasures’ and their potential uses for cultural history and for teaching and learning German.
Presented in cooperation with the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies

When: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 at 4:00pm
Where: HH 373 (Hagey Hall, University of Waterloo)

For more information: https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-german-studies/events/corpora-spoken-german-hidden-treasures-and-their-potential

 The Buried Raging Sermons of the Warsaw Ghetto Rabbi
Professor James Diamond, Chair of Jewish Studies at the University of Waterloo, will give a talk on a recovered manuscript of weekly sermons delivered in the Ghetto by a Hasidic rabbi desperately trying to preserve his faith in the face of unimaginable loss and pain. It is a rare testament to one human being’s struggle with the incomprehensible evil of the Holocaust.

Presented in cooperation with the Department of Religious Studies.

When: Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at 7:00pm
Where: Balsillie School of International Affairs (67 Erb St W, Waterloo, ON N2L 6C2 )

For more information: https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-german-studies/events/buried-raging-sermons-warsaw-ghetto-rabbi


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

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


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Misty Matthews-Roper
Administrative Assistant
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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