Dr. habil. Katalin Kürtösi from the University of Szeged will be in Trier to talk about: “Stage Representations of Native People in Canada” on Jan. 29, 6 pm.
More information: http://irtg-diversity.com/?q=node/105

CanLit Event on Feb. 7, 6 pm: “Alice Munro: Canadian Short Story Writer”. With readings from Munro’s work and an introductory lecture by Prof. David Staines, PhD (University of Ottawa).
More information: http://www.kanada-studien.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Alice-Munro-Feb-7.pdf

The events are organized by the IRTG “Diversity” (Trier/Saarbrücken/Montreal) in cooperation with the Forschungszentrum Europa (Trier), the AK Neuere/Neueste und Internationale Geschichte (Trier), the Trier Centre for Canadian Studies, and the Stadtbibliothek Trier.

Interdisciplinary Conference held by the Bremen Institute of Canada and Québec Studies (BICQS), Bremen, January 31 to February 1 2014

The conference addresses an academic audience as well as citizens from Bremen and the region who are interested in Canada and Québec studies. The attempt is to shed light on youth and age as the two bio­graphical poles – possibly with migration back­ground – from the perspectives of the relevant aca­de­mic disciplines. This includes questions of the PISA-winner’s early childhood and school education as well  as immigration policy, day-to-day work in a mul­ticultural society and the potentially age specific political and religious beliefs of its members. Fur­ther, demographic change, social systems and the societal evaluation of aging or youth (youth culture) will be of interest. The latter will es­pecially come into focus where indigenous appreciation of age and the tradition of know­ledge are evident.

Similar to our interdisciplinary conference on The Far North in 2010 (cf. http://mlecture.uni-bremen.de/ml/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=168&template=ml2) we have won distinguished speakers from Canada and Québec plus Europe and of course from the BICQS itself who are experts in related disciplines such as educational sci­ence, sociology, political science, history, literary and media studies, labor law, health sci­ence etc. with a special focus on Canada and Québec studies.

The working languages of the conference are English and French. The publication of papers with­in the framework of conference proceedings is intended.

For further information please visit:
http://www.fb10.uni-bremen.de/bikqs/konferenz2014/programm.aspx or download the program here.