German Minor Savannah Bein has secured a fellowship from the School of Cities to lead an ‘Urban Sustainability Working Group’ within the newly formed School of Cities Student Academy... Read More »
Author Archives: Helena Juenger
Willi Goetschel publishes new book on Heine and Critical Theory
Heinrich Heine's role in the formation of Critical Theory has been systematically overlooked in the course of the successful appropriation of his thought by Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, and the legacy they left, in particular for Adorno, Benjamin and the Frankfurt School. This book examines the critical connections that led Adorno to call for a “reappraisal” of Heine in a 1948 essay that, published posthumously, remains under-examined... Read More »
Down to Earth – Sustainable Sourcing Initiative in the German Department
As a part of our commitment to reducing our environmental footprint and promoting sustainable practices, the Department has joined Karma, a member-owned, democratically run co-operative that has been in operation since 1972... Read More »
Side by Side Writing: Fridays 10:30am – 1:30pm
Side-by-side writing works as follows: It is not a writing feedback group. It’s just a way to make writing progress while hanging out with friends and colleagues (this is also known as: zwei Fliegen auf einen Streich). Read More »
“Teaching Online”: A webinar with Prof. James Skidmore, University of Waterloo
Thursday, June 11th, 3:00 - 5:00 Read More »
Lecture, Jan 30: John Evjen: “Betreutes Leben: Thomas Bo Nilsson and Julian Eicke’s Exploration into the Fiction of Surveillance”
As an installation in the bi-annual Wiesbaden Biennale Theatre Festival, Thomas Bo Nilsson and his partner Julian Eicke created Betreutes Leben, or its alternate title: Ezzelinolivecams.net. The dramatic installation is hinged on three major premises: Ezzelinolivecams.net is a real streaming website... Read More »
iPRAKTIKUM – Yiddish in the City School Internships 2021-22 with MJDS
Find out if teaching is your thing! The iPRAKTIKUM team is pleased to announce the 5th edition of the ‘German in the City School Partnership’, an internship program that sends qualified U of T students to German programs at GTA schools... Read More »
iPRAKTIKUM – German in the City School Partnership 2021-22
Find out if teaching is your thing! The iPRAKTIKUM team is pleased to announce the 5th edition of the ‘German in the City School Partnership’, an internship program that sends qualified U of T students to German programs at GTA schools... Read More »
iPRAKTIKUM – Legal Research and Analysis: Remote Internship with MotionLab.Berlin on future mobility
MotionLab began with the simple idea to build a bicycle. What emerged was Europe’s first prototyping space for hardware in mobility... Read More »
iPRAKTIKUM – Business Development & Data Analysis: Remote Internship with MotionLab.Berlin on future mobility
MotionLab began with the simple idea to build a bicycle. What emerged was Europe’s first prototyping space for hardware in mobility... Read More »