James M. Skidmore

Chair, Germanic + Slavic Studies ( / Director, Waterloo Centre for German Studies (

[Waterloo Centre for German Studies @uWaterlooWCGS]

WCGS is pleased to announce the shortlist for its annual Book Prize.

Established in 2018, the WCGS Book Prize recognizes 1st-time authors whose scholarly work contributes substantially to our understanding of any aspect of German-speaking society. 1/4

[University of Toronto Press @utpress]

Congratulations to UTP author Deborah Barton whose book, Writing and Rewriting the Reich: Woman Journalists in the Nazi and Post-War Press, has been shortlisted for the Waterloo Centre for German Studies Book Prize!

https://t.co/rVvZESFEc5
@uWaterlooWCGS

[James M. Skidmore @JamesMSkidmore]

@UWaterloo @uwaterlooARTS @uwaterlooalumni @PSCIuWaterloo @UwaterlooPsych @uw_english I just wanted to say that @lychee_fan, @shanamacPS and I were hooding today at @uwaterlooARTS convocation and we were on fire! Those hoods were perfectly placed, IMHO.

[Waterloo Centre for German Studies @uWaterlooWCGS]

@mitpress @cangermstudies @TheGSA @uwaterlooARTS @UMNDuluth @GermanyInCanada @DaadCanada Dr. Blaylock is Associate Professor of Art History at @UMNDuluth. Jurors felt that her study "makes a unique and significant contribution to our understanding of the role of (experimental) art in the GDR." Read more about Parallel Public here: https://t.co/uuWYCjdb8u

[Waterloo Centre for German Studies @uWaterlooWCGS]

After another terrific list of #WCGSBookPrize finalists, it is our great pleasure to announce the 2022 winner — Sara Blaylock for Parallel Public: Experimental Art in Late East Germany! 🎉🏆 Gratuliere to Dr. Blaylock and all our 2022 finalists! https://t.co/lIZZ8ugtpl @mitpress

[Waterloo Centre for German Studies @uWaterlooWCGS]

. . . 🥁 The shortlist for the 2022 #WCGSBookPrize is finally here! We are thrilled to announce the six finalists for the 2022 WCGS Book Prize, which recognizes first-time authors whose work contributes to our understanding of German-speaking society: https://t.co/6StsgJy2Ca

[James M. Skidmore @JamesMSkidmore]

Hallowe’en comes early to @uwaterlooARTS @UWaterloo

[TanteVeronika @TanteVeronika]

The @uWaterlooWCGS Writing Illness Workshop was such a success today! From the well written and professionally delivered presentations to the thoughtful discussions, I learned a lot. Vielen Dank to the many hands that made today run so smoothly. 🙏 🇩🇪

[German Studies Canada @cangermstudies]

German Studies Canada Board of Directors statement of solidarity on the Waterloo attack. @wgsrf https://t.co/aWv7OZiprk

[James M. Skidmore @JamesMSkidmore]

People begin to assemble for the gathering of solidarity announced by @UWaterlooPres @UWaterloo

[James M. Skidmore @JamesMSkidmore]

@prof_smurph That's nice of you to say. Thanks!

[James M. Skidmore @JamesMSkidmore]

The WatSAFE app's first alert about the @UWaterloo #uwaterloo stabbing incident - about 90 minutes after I saw SWAT police run by me on campus.

[James M. Skidmore @JamesMSkidmore]

The @WatSAFE app has provided no alerts about today's stabbing incident at Hagey Hall. (On the very day that the app's alert system was tested!) That doesn't help people stay safe. Please review and fix this for future emergencies @UWaterloo #UWaterloo

[James M. Skidmore @JamesMSkidmore]

Correction: @WatSAFEApp

[James M. Skidmore @JamesMSkidmore]

Sophie Jordan from @UofTGerman wins the award for the best graduate student paper at the German Studies Canada annual conference.
#gsc2023 #congressh

[James M. Skidmore @JamesMSkidmore]

Dr Yasmin Aly from @UofTGerman wins the prize for the Best PhD Dissertation in German Studies in Canada 2020-2022.
#gsc2023 #Congressh

[James M. Skidmore @JamesMSkidmore]

Dr Marie-Michèle Blondin, Lauréate du prix innover en allemande de cette année. Le prix est financé par @DAADnewyork @DaadCanada
#gsc2023 #congressh

[James M. Skidmore @JamesMSkidmore]

Simone Pfleger introduces author Marianne Jungmeier whose reading at the German Studies Canada conference is generously sponsored by the Austrian Cultural Forum in Ottawa.
@EmbassyOttawa #gsc2023 #Congressh

[James M. Skidmore @JamesMSkidmore]

Evelyn Castillo Marzo and Stephan Jaeger from @umanitoba tell German Studies Canada about Immersive Digital Storytelling of Difficult Histories in Contemporary Museums.

#gsc2023 #Congressh