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Assistant Professor

The Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at McGill University invites applications for a Faculty Lecturer position teaching course in German language and culture. Ph.D. in German Studies or a related field preferred, but candidates with M.A. degree will be considered. Extensive language teaching experience and excellent teaching record at the university level are required. Familiarity with current approaches to foreign language teaching and instructional technology and participation in the Department’s language and culture related activities are expected. Teaching assignment will be 24 credits per year. continue reading…

The University of Manitoba is accepting applications and nominations for a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) established by the Government of Canada to enable Canadian universities to foster research excellence (www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca).
The research focus of the Chair is in Second/Foreign Language Acquisition. Areas of particular interest include but are not limited to the impact of the implementation of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, the cultivation of pluralingual education in the knowledge society, enhancement and maintenance of – as well as linguistic variation in – immigrant languages, heritage language learning and revitalization including Aboriginal languages, or the cognitive, emotional and social aspects of second/foreign language acquisition. These issues directly affect educational programming and policies, particular in areas of the country where immigration of foreign first language families may affect young learners’ abilities to be successful students. The better we can understand these challenges, as well as those for other demographic groups, the better equipped society can be to provide appropriate resources for successful learning. With this Chair, the Faculty of Arts intends to build on its existing research and training strengths by recruiting an emerging leader in the area of Second/ Foreign Language Acquisition who will provide a strong theoretical emphasis in language research within Arts. continue reading…

Die Untersuchung zeigt zum ersten Mal die historische Notwendigkeit, warum aufgrund ihrer theoretischen und geschichtsphilosophischen Prägung gerade im deutschsprachigen Raum des späten 18. Jahrhunderts eine performative Geschichtsschreibung entsteht, die modernes historiographisches Erzählen erst ermöglicht. Hiermit wird die These vom Übergang der Geschichtserzählung zwischen Aufklärungshistorik und Historismus präzisiert. Die untersuchten Texte – sowohl Zivilisations- als auch Realgeschichtsschreibung umfassend – von Forster, Herder, Schiller, Archenholz bis zu den Brüdern Schlegel setzen Erzählmittel und ästhetische Strategien ein, um die Kontingenz der Geschichte zu überwinden und deren Gesetzmäßigkeit auszudrücken. Die vorliegende Arbeit differenziert zugleich die gängige These der Forschung im Zuge von ›linguistic‹ und ›narrative turn‹ aus, wonach die Realgeschichtsschreibung die Erzählverfahren der Literatur, gerade des Romans, übernimmt. Die historiographiespezifischen Darstellungstechniken werden mithilfe narratologischer und performanztheoretischer Verfahren herausarbeitet. Angesprochen werden daher sowohl Literatur- und Wissenschaftshistoriker als auch Literatur- und Geschichtstheoretiker sowie Geschichtsphilosophen.

Stephan Jaeger: Performative Geschichtsschreibung: Forster, Herder, Schiller, Archenholz und die Brüder Schlegel. Hermaea 125. Berlin / Boston: de Gruyter, 2011. 396 pp. (xii + 384), ISBN 978-3110259087

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Link zur Website des Autors: http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~jaeger/

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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…