CAUTG / APAUC

Nominations are invited for the Boeschenstein Medal. The medal is awarded occasionally, and not necessarily every year, at the discretion of a Selection Committee appointed by the CAUTG Executive, traditionally comprised of the Past President as Chair, the current President and Secretary of the CAUTG and two other colleagues. The medal is inscribed “Hermann Boeschenstein (1900-1982): Teacher, Scholar, Humanitarian.” It is awarded to a person (normally a Germanist at a Canadian university) who has made exceptional contribution, in the humanitarian spirit of Hermann Boeschenstein, to the welfare of our Association and to the advancement of our discipline in Canada.

Nominations should reach Peter Goelz (pgolz@uvic.ca) by February 15 and should be accompanied by supporting documentation as appropriate (please feel free to contact me about the nature and extent of such documentation prior to making a nomination). The Selection Committee will consider all nominations and report its decision to the CAUTG Executive.

Terms of Reference of the Committee

The medal is awarded occasionally and not necessarily every year at the discretion of a Selection Committee. The medal is awarded to a person (normally a Germanist at a Canadian university) who has made exceptional contributions, in the humanitarian spirit of Hermann Boeschenstein, to the welfare of our Association and to the advancement of our discipline in Canada.

Peter Goelz
Past President of the CAUTG
Chair, Boeschenstein Medal Selection Committee

The Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies at the University of Waterloo is accepting applications for the position of Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in German, specialization in applied linguistics with a focus on multilingualism studies. The successful candidate must have a PhD in hand by the time the appointment begins on 1 July 2012 and an actively developing research program in the specified field. Duties include research, teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels, supervision of graduate students, and service to the department, university, and discipline.

German Studies at the University of Waterloo is a robust enterprise offering programs leading to the BA, MA, and PhD in German. The current staff of eight tenured professors possesses expertise in applied linguistics (second language development and pedagogy, sociolinguistics, and CALL), German and Austrian literature (18th-20th centuries), and film and visual studies. The department is home to the Waterloo Centre for German Studies, an endowed research institute that also operates a range of intellectual and cultural programming. The university, rated the most innovative university in Canada for many years running, is located in one of the fastest growing regions of the country.

Salary range commensurate with qualifications and experience. The closing date for applications is 30 November 2011. Applications, including a cover letter, curriculum vitae, evidence of successful research and teaching, and letters from three referees, should be sent in electronic format only directly to

Dr. James M. Skidmore, Chair
Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario
CANADA N2L 3G1

E-mail: skidmore@uwaterloo.ca
Web: www.germanicandslavic.uwaterloo.ca
Tel.: 519.888.4567, x33687

Wilfrid Laurier University and University of Waterloo, Canada, 26-29 May 2012

You are invited to submit proposals for papers to be given at the CAUTG annual meeting at University of Waterloo / Wilfrid Laurier University. Papers presenting original, unpublished research on any topic or period of German-language literature, cinema, cultural studies, German language and language pedagogy are welcome, in English, French or German. continue reading…

Raleigh Whitinger, recipient of the Boeschenstein Medal in 2011

Laudatio by James Skidmore (University of Waterloo)

Fredericton, New Brunswick, 31 May 2011

When you read Raleigh Whitinger’s entry in the CAUTG Directory, you glean only the leanest bit of information about a very lean man:

BA, PhD (UBC 1966, 1976); Romanticism, 19^th- and 20^th-century literature

That modest declaration of education and scholarly interests does not do Raleigh Whitinger justice.  It does not take into account his many contributions to scholarship, to the discipline of Germanistik in both Canada and the wider world, and to the University of Alberta, his place of employment for many years.  The criteria governing the Boeschenstein Medal state that the medal is awarded to someone “who has made exceptional contributions, in the humanitarian spirit of Hermann Boeschenstein, to the welfare of our Association and to the advancement of our discipline in Canada.”  Raleigh Whitinger is such a person.

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Since becoming the capital of reunited Germany, Berlin has had a dose of global money and international style added to its already impressive cultural veneer. Once home to emperors and dictators, peddlers and spies, it is now a fashion showplace that attracts the young and hip. Moving beyond descriptions of Berlin’s fashion industry and its ready-to-wear clothing, Berliner Chic charts the turbulent stories of entrepreneurially-savvy manufacturers and cultural workers striving to establish their city as a fashion capital, and being repeatedly interrupted by politics, ideology, and war. There are many stories to tell about Berlin’s fashion industry and Berliner Chic tells them all with considerable expertise.

The Authors

Susan Ingram is associate professor and coordinator of European Studies at York University. Katrina Sark is a PhD student in the Department of German Studies at McGill University.

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Edited by Markus Hallensleben

Amsterdam/New York, NY 2010. 250 pp. (Critical Studies 33)
ISBN: 978-90-420-3193-7                 Paper
ISBN: 978-90-420-3194-4                 E-Book
Online info: <http://www.rodopi.nl/senj.asp?BookId=CRIT+33>
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