Modern Languages & Literatures

06/12/2021

The University of Winnipeg is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and recognizes that a diverse staff and faculty benefits and enriches the work, learning and research environments, and is essential to academic and institutional excellence. We welcome applications from all qualified individ...

06/01/2021

UW German students! Are you ready to show ?

2021 Video Contest. invites enrolled college students from across the US and Canada to submit video entries via TikTok to our 2021 contest.

06/01/2021

Deadline is July 31, 2021. Open to citizens of Canada (and many other countries) with a university degree and a good knowledge of German who are under 30

Would you like to work at the German Parliament?If you are from Central, Eastern or South Eastern Europe, France, Israel, North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific or the Arab region,...

05/17/2021

German Students of UWinnipeg! Get "kochen" and enter this contest!

– the 2021 DAAD North America Video Contest!
We’re having a party, and you’re invited! 2021 marks 50 years of DAAD in the USA, and to celebrate,
we’re hosting a big, virtual dinner. We need your contributions! invites enrolled college
students from across North America to submit video entries via TikTok to our 2021 contest.
As the past year has kept many of us at home, unable to travel to faraway destinations and try different
cuisines, it’s given us a whole lot of time to get creative in the kitchen! If you’ve been missing Germany
and its culinary traditions, now’s your chance to kick that Fernweh and get cookin’! Whip up your
favorite German-inspired dish, document the process on TikTok and make sure to both follow us
and use the hashtag so we can find your entry. You
submission enters you to win one of our top three prizes! The submission with the most likes at the end
of June 2021 will win our first-place prize, a round-trip flight to Germany. The creator of the videos with
the second and third highest amount of likes will receive gift cards to GermanDeli.com.
Again, don’t forget to include the hashtag , follow us on TikTok
and submit your entry between June 1 and 20, 2021.
Viel Spass und guten Appetit!
https://bit.ly/3ewoz5c

03/24/2021

May Ayim was an Afro-German political activist, writer and poet. She was highly influential in Afro-German movement in Germany. She is best known for her book "Farbe bekennen." Let us know if you have read this, or any other work by May Ayim! Pictured is the May Ayim Ufer in Berlin.

02/05/2021

See the trailer here: https://www.ma-motion.com/filme/roots-germania/

To kick off our month-long campaign bringing light to Black contributions to culture and society in Germany, we feature Mo Asumang. Asumang is a filmmaker, artist and writer from Kassel (Germany) who has spent decades fighting racism and xenophobia within Germany and worldwide. Asumang made her directorial debut in 2007 with the documentary Roots Germania.

07/24/2020

Grab the popcorn!
Watch fantastic German movies with English subtitles available for free via Goethe-Institut on Demand until 7/31.
Register for free: http://ow.ly/evsE50AE9la.
Watch: http://ow.ly/SQnb50AE9lb.
(Photo © Corina Rainer)

01/24/2020

Photo by: Carling Douglas, Université François-Rabelais (Tours), French Exchange - château de chambers

01/16/2020

Who loves that German classic Currywurst? Get your fix here in Winnipeg!

Hot pizza special for the cold weekend!

Currywurst - Pastured pork bratwurst, roasted potato, house-made curry ketchup, kraut.

11/03/2019

Every year, between Oct. 31 and Nov. 2, families across Mexico celebrate Day of the Dead. Here's a closer look at the tradition.

10/10/2019

If you love languages, why not come out and learn about Pennsylvania Dutch? You know you're curious!

We are delighted to host Dr. Mark Louden, Professor of Germanic Linguistics at the University of Wisconsin and the director of the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies, for an afternoon lecture on the meaning of the Pennsylvania Dutch language. Join us on Friday, October 11, 2019 @ 1:00 in the University of Winnipeg Club (515 Portage Ave., 4th floor, Wesley Hall Bldg). The lecture is open to the community and admission is free!

10/01/2019

A big congratulations to one of our professors, Dr. Sante Viselli, who was officially knighted last week! Félicitations!

Posted on: 10/01/19 | Author: Communications | Categories: All Posts, Campus, Feature Story, People