Author Archives: Department of German

The Threepenny Opera

Three Penny Opera poster

February 3 - 12, 2011. Hart House Theatre. Bribery, seduction, mayhem, & murder all erupt into manic war as the arch-criminal of London & the beggar-king of England vie for control during the Queen's Coronation. Read More »

Moritz Rinke: Having Fun With History – Confessions of a Young German Novelist

November 24, 2010 14:00 - 16:00 DAAD Symposium on Young German Literature Moritz Rinke: Having Fun With History - Confessions of a Young German Novelist Moderator: Dr. Wolfram Eilenberger A humorous novel from Germany? Written by a German? On German History? Never heard of such a thing? Yet, it does exist. Moritz Rinke, one of Germany's finest young playwrights and novelists, will discuss the perils and possibilities of having fun with history and read from his new novel Der Mann, der durch das Jahrhundert fiel (The Man Who Fell Through The Century). Munk Centre 108N Read More »

Homeopathy and Romanticism

November 11, 2010 16:00 - 18:00 Homeopathy and Romanticism Guest Lecture by Dr. Alice Kuzniar, Professor of German, University of Waterloo German Department Seminar Library Read More »

Film Screening and Discussion Bauhaus – Modell und Mythos

October 28, 2010 16:00 - 18:00 Film Screening and Discussion Bauhaus - Modell und Mythos (Germany, 1998/2009, 103 min.) Dr. Kerstin Stutterheim, Professor of Media Studies and Documentary Dramatrugy (Konrad Wolf School of Film & TV, Potsdam) in attendance. Munk Centre 208N Read More »