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<p class=MsoNormal>Dear People of Arts:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies and the
Waterloo Centre for German Studies are pleased to announce the 2010 Diefenbaker
Lecture Series:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.2pt'><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;
color:#365F91'>Literary Studies in the New Decade<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.2pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
color:#943634'>Diefenbaker Lecture Series 2010<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.2pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.2pt'><b><span style='color:black'>IS THERE
STILL A NEED FOR THE STUDY OF LITERATURE AT THE UNIVERSITY? These lectures will
demonstrate that there most certainly is. By discussing the issues and problems
that are currently central to their research in German studies, these leading
scholars will explore how literary studies can fulfill the expectations of an
academic discipline and connect with wider society. Of interest to anyone who
cares about literature and its place at the university.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.2pt'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.2pt'><b><u>First Lecture</u><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.2pt'><b><span style='color:#943634'>Tuesday,
2 February 2010, 2pm – Hagey Hall 373<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.2pt'><b>Stephen Brockmann, Carnegie
Mellon University<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.2pt'><b>Literature and Memory Two
Decades after the Fall of the Wall <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.2pt'>This talk will explore the role
played by literature in the memory of the German Democratic Republic. It
will look at the significance accorded to literature in the years of the
GDR’s existence and at the changes in the status of literature in Germany
in the two decades since the collapse of the Berlin Wall. Of particular
interest will be the use of literature as a vehicle for remembering the
specificity of the GDR state, which can be contrasted with the use of other
media, such as film. The talk will explore both literature written and
published in the GDR and literature created after the demise of the GDR.
In posing the question as to how literature addresses history and memory, the
talk will ask the more general question as to what function literature serves
in historical memory.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.2pt'><i><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.2pt'><i><span style='color:black'>These
lectures are being held in conjunction with the search for the inaugural holder
of the Rt. Hon. John G. Diefenbaker Memorial Chair in German Literary Studies: </span></i><a
href="http://germanicandslavic.uwaterloo.ca/diefenbakerchair"><b><i>http://germanicandslavic.uwaterloo.ca/diefenbakerchair</i></b></a><b><i><span
style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.2pt'><b><i><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.2pt'><b><span style='color:black'>A spiffy
downloadable poster for the entire lecture series is available at </span></b><a
href="http://www.germanicandslavic.uwaterloo.ca/documents/Diefenbaker2010LectureSeries.pdf"><b>http://www.germanicandslavic.uwaterloo.ca/documents/Diefenbaker2010LectureSeries.pdf</b></a><b><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.2pt'><b><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>James M. Skidmore<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Chair of the Dept. of
Germanic & Slavic Studies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Faculty of Arts / University
of Waterloo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Waterloo, ON N2L
3G1 CANADA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>E | </span><a
href="mailto:skidmore@uwaterloo.ca"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>skidmore@uwaterloo.ca</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>W | </span><a
href="www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/~skidmore"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/~skidmore</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>W | </span><a
href="www.germanicandslavic.uwaterloo.ca"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>www.germanicandslavic.uwaterloo.ca</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>T | 519.888.4567, x33687<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>F | 519.746.5243<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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