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April 20, 2023 Read More »

Location: Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, 1 Devonshire Place, Room 208N.Due to maintenance needs the conference will take place in the Combination Room at 6 Hoskin Ave on Monday only. We will be in room 208N as planned on Tuesday. Download poster here. Download schedule here. MONDAY, MAY 8 10am: Arrival and Coffee 10.15: Opening remarks 10.30am: Keynote: “Mein Name ist Ausländer.” Semra Ertan and the Poetics of BIPOC Past and Futurities in Post-War Germany. Prof. Azadeh Sharifi, German, UofT 12pm: Catered Lunch 1pm: Workshop: What’s next: Unlocking Academic Careers and Post-docs. Prof. Shami Ghosh, Medieval Studies, UofT 2.30pm: Coffee Break 2.45-3.45pm: Time and Intercultural Ties in Medieval Literature Mittelalterlicher Orientalismus? Somaia Mostafa, German, UofTThe Perception of Time in Middle High German and Classical Japanese “Tagelieder” Poems. Jing-Yi Yang, Medieval Studies, UofT Evening: Optional Presenters’ Dinner TUESDAY, MAY 9 10.15am: Arrival and Coffee 10.30am: Shaping temporalities Time as Narrative Structure—How the Conception of Love Shapes the Course of Time in Middle High German Romances.Julia Lorenz, German, OxfordHegel on Goethe’s Faust: Philosophy’s “Grey in Grey.” Dylan Shaul, Philosophy, UofTThe Ineffable “Now.” ChatGPT and the Messiah That Was Missed. Anne-Marie Fowler, Religion, UofT 12pm: Catered Lunch 1pm: Present Identities ... Read More »

In order to attend the conference via Zoom or in person, please email us at tos2023conference@gmail.com. The final schedule will be available later in April. Check our blog https://othersisters.hypotheses.org/ Throughout Christian history, there have been groups of women who lived recognizably religious lives but outside of traditional monastic structures. Despite leaving a substantial documentary and (in some cases) visual record, they are conspicuously absent from the dominant scholarly tradition. By defining and contextualizing the experiences of these women, we can begin to understand the ways they fit into the ecclesiastical and lay landscape of the worlds in which they lived. Read More »

April 20, 2023 Read More »

Professor Hermann Funk, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena Tuesday, March 28th, 4-6pm Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures Odette Hall, 3rd Floor, Library Room 323 Read More »

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Dear undergraduate and graduate students, staff, and faculty of the German Department: We’d like to invite all of you to our Kaffeestunde (coffee hour), the German Department’s social gathering of faculty, graduate and undergraduate students. Let’s meet and mingle over coffee, tea and Keksen for an informal chat in German. The Kaffeestunde will take place every first Thursday and third Friday of the month from 2-3 p.m. in the Lounge of the German Department, Odette Hall 301. Please join us for our next Kaffeestunde on Friday, March 17 at 2 pm. *Help us protect the environment and bring your own reusable cup* Angelica Fenner Acting Chair Read More »

Dear undergraduate and graduate students, staff, and faculty of the German Department: I’d like to invite all of you to our Kaffeestunde (coffee hour), the German Department’s social gathering of faculty, graduate and undergraduate students. Let’s meet and mingle over coffee, tea and Keksen for an informal chat in German. The Kaffeestunde will take place every first Thursday of the month at 1-2pm, and every third Friday of the month from 2-3pm in the Lounge of the German Department, Odette Hall 301. This Kaffeestunde will take place outside of Odette Hall, weather permitting! Please help us protect the environment and bring your own reusable cup  Please join us for our next Kaffeestunde onFriday, September 15, 2 pm Stefan SoldovieriChair Read More »

John Evjen: “The End: Death of Wolves and Their Kin” Thursday 16 March, 4:00-5:30pm Odette Hall 323 and on zoom Read More »

Dear undergraduate and graduate students, staff, and faculty of the German Department: We’d like to invite all of you to our Kaffeestunde (coffee hour), the German Department’s social gathering of faculty, graduate and undergraduate students. Let’s meet and mingle over coffee, tea and Keksen for an informal chat in German. The Kaffeestunde will take place every first Thursday and third Friday of the month from 2-3 p.m. in the Lounge of the German Department, Odette Hall 301. Please join us for our next Kaffeestunde on Thursday, March 2 at 2 pm. *Help us protect the environment and bring your own reusable cup* Angelica Fenner Acting Chair Read More »