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In Memoriam Brian Long

We regret to announce that the long-standing member of the International Council for Canadian Studies (ICCS) and honorary member of the Association for Canadian Studies in German-Speaking Countries (GKS) Brian Long passed on this spring. Brian Long was instrumental in establishing the ICCS and worked tirelessly in support of Canadian Studies worldwide. For example, he helped setting up ICCS’s operating funds and received the ICCS Award of Merit in 1991. He worked for External Affairs and International Trade Canada and there is no doubt that he made a major contribution to Canadian Studies also in this function. In order to honor his achievements, the ICCS renamed its Best Doctoral Thesis Award into Brian Long Best Doctoral Thesis Award.

Bremen, July 2017,

GKS-President Prof. Dr. Kerstin Knopf

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New Publication: The English Short Story in Canada

The English Short Story in Canada: From the Dawn of Modernism to the 2013 Nobel Prize

by Reingard M. Nischik

In 2013, the Nobel Prize for Literature was for the first time awarded to a short story writer, and to a Canadian, Alice Munro. The award focused international attention on a genre that had long been thriving in Canada, particularly since the 1960s. This book traces the development and highlights of the English-language Canadian short story from the late 19th century up to the present. The history as well as the theoretical approaches to the genre are covered, with in-depth examination of exemplary stories by prominent writers such as Margaret Atwood and Alice Munro.

Print ISBN: 978-1-4766-6859-8; Ebook ISBN: 978-1-4766-2807-3; price: $39.95; order at the publisher

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GKS-Fördermöglichkeiten: Deadline für Förderanträge 15. Juni 2017

Auch in diesem Jahr können Sie wieder finanzielle Zuschüsse bei der GKS beantragen. Die aktuelle Bewerbungsrunde für Publikationszuschüsse, Tagungsunterstützung und Reisekostenzuschüsse für den wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs endet am 15. Juni 2017.  Nähere Informationen zu den verschiedenen Finanzierungsmöglichkeiten, Voraussetzungen sowie eine Liste der benötigten Unterlagen zur Bewerbung finden Sie unter dem Reiter Fördermöglichkeiten.

Reichen Sie Ihre Anträge bis 15. Juni 2017 in der GKS-Geschäftsstelle ein.

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Call for Applications: Visiting Professorship in Canadian Studies (University of Bonn)

The North American Studies Program of the University of Bonn invites applications for a Visiting Professorship in Canadian Studies (academic year 2017-2018)

Requirements:

  • MA. or PhD in Canadian Literature and Culture, Political Science, or any other discipline affiliated with the North American Studies Program (Art History, Economics, Ethnology, Geography, History, Law, Linguistics, Media Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology, Religious Studies)
  • Teaching experience

For more information, please visit: http://bit.ly/2szvTCS

Application deadline: July 17, 2017

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Call for Papers: Panel „La Révolution tranquille? Espaces et échanges au Canada francophone“

Graduate Student Conference „(Re)Activism“ organised by Leah Holz, Jocelyne Franklin, French and Italian Department, University of Colorado-Boulder

Panel organised by Arianne Margolin, University of Denver

Dates: October 6-7, 2017, University of Colorado-Boulder campus

The panel „La Révolution tranquille? Espaces et échanges au Canada francophone“/ „La Révolution tranquille ? Francophone Canadian Spaces and Exchanges,“ which is part of the Graduate Student Conference „(Re)Activism,“ seeks papers on nationalistic, immigrant, and activist spaces in literature, film, image, social and political movements, or performance arts in Québec and Acadia during the Quiet Revolution, which developed in terms of socio-linguistic independence from Anglophone Canada as well as from France. We would particularly welcome papers pertaining to regional and cultural tensions of the same theme between Québec and Acadia and those between the Québécois and the people of the First Nations.

Colloque jeunes chercheurs „(Re)Activism“ organisé par Leah Holz, Jocelyne Franklin, French and Italian Department, Université du Colorado

Atelier organisé par Arianne Margolin, Université de Denver

Université du Colorado, 6-7 octobre 2017

Cet atelier, lié au colloque jeunes chercheurs „(Re)Activism,“ se propose d’étudier les espaces nationalistes, immigrés et activistes, de littérature, de film, d’image, de manifestations et de spectacle au Québec et en Acadie, au cours de la Révolution tranquille, qui se développent en fonction de l’autonomie socio-linguistique du Canada anglophone ainsi que de la France. Il s’agira aussi de s’intéresser aux tensions régionales et culturelles entre le Québec et l’Acadie et entre les Québécois (européens) et les nations autochtones.

For submission details, please visit: http://bit.ly/2r1LoSp

Deadline for submissions: July 10, 2017.