Critical German Studies Canada

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Join us for the 25th Annual Focus on German Studies Graduate Student Conference, "Speaking Identity – Identity in Second Language Studies," on October 15th and 16th! The conference is virtual, free, and open to the public, including the keynote by @clmallinson. @UC_ArtSci

Join us on September 24 at 1 pm for the virtual #ZieglerLecture Series, featuring @RenaeWatchman, who will be presenting on “Trans-Atlantic Indigeneity: Indigenous Literary Presence in Europe.” Co-sponsored by The Narratives Group and hosted by @bizabeth. cenes.ubc.ca/events/event/z…

“residential school denialism is a strategy used to manipulate and undermine the realities of Indigenous Peoples’ painful experiences under Canadian colonialism to protect the status quo.” theconversation.com/truth-before-r…

Our second fierce roundtable this fall features @HesterBaer's “German Cinema in the Age of Neoliberalism” (@AmsterdamUPress, 2021) and @stehle_maria/@beverlymweber's “Precarious Intimacies” (@NorthwesternUP, 2020). Oct 8, 12pm CT. All welcome. RTs welcome.

Unter #IchBinHanna machen Wissenschaftler*innen auf prekäre Beschäftigungsverhältnisse an der Uni aufmerksam. Darunter auch @mahaelhissy . #MustWatch @heutejournal Ich fühle das so. Es ist kräftezehrend, ein struggle mit zu vielen Ungewissheiten, khalas. zdf.de/nachrichten/he…

“On Telegram, researchers identified 17 groups focused on Canadian affairs — including seven channels hosting white supremacist communities, seven hosting ethno-nationalist communities and one hosting an anti-Muslim community.” cbc.ca/news/politics/…

You are invited to a virtual book launch for Dr. David Gramling’s (@Linguacene) “The Invention of Multilingualism.” The event will feature Gramling’s book intro, a conversation b/w the author and Dr. Ervin Malakaj (@ervinmalakaj), and concludes with a Q&A. cenes.ubc.ca/events/event/b…

The first annual graduate student essay prize, sponsored by the *Journal of Austrian Studies,* is accepting submissions through August 15, 2021. Theme: “Race, Ethnicity, and Identity in the Austrian Context.” Please share widely! @TheGSA @DDGCtweets @Blackgermans @womeningerman

“The Cowessess First Nation says it has discovered hundreds of unmarked graves at the site of the former Marieval Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan.” cbc.ca/news/canada/sa…

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Not to be missed! Tuesday 5:30pm ET. Be sure to register: osgoode.yorku.ca/censured #WEareUofT #UofTscandal @CAUT_ACPPU @uoftalumni @UofT @utfaculty

"4 people, Yumna Afzaal, 15, Madiha Salman, 44, Talat Afzaal, 74, and Salman Afzaal, 46 were out for an evening walk Sunday in their home city of London, Ont. when they were run over by a truck & killed. A 9-year-old boy remains in hospital." @DDGCtweets cbc.ca/news/canada/sa…

Anyone else super excited to read Pollution is Colonialism by @MaxLiboiron ? I can’t wait for my weekend read! #PollutionIsColonialism @DukePress

And, which I will say to I am blue in the face, this was the most red piece on our site. And yet it gets systematically overlooked. Why is that?