Am 28. Juni 2013 überreichte GKS-Präsidentin Ursula Lehmkuhl das Certificate of Merit des International Council for Canadian Studies (ICCS) an den ehemaligen GKS-Präsidenten Hartmut Lutz. Mit der jährlich vergebenen Auszeichnung werden Personen gewürdigt, die sich in besonderer Weise um die Kanadistik verdient gemacht haben.
Nähere Informationen zum ICCS Certificate of Merit finden Sie unter:
http://www.iccs-ciec.ca/certificates-merit.php
On June 11th 2013 former GKS-president Hartmut Lutz gave a guest lecture at the University of Trier entitled “‘Mythbusters’ and ‘Indianthusiasts’: (De-)Constructing Transatlantic Others”, which drew on his previous research in the field and presented first results of the current joint project with his Calgary colleagues, i.e. the transnational and transatlantic phenomenon of increased communication between Canadian First Nation and people in the German speaking countries. An abstract of the lecture is available here.