German and Slavic Studies News Archive

Faculty of Arts
Age and curiosity inspire a new love of learning
June 9, 2022 —
Charles and John Hatfield feel 'young again' after returning to university in their 60s

Faculty of Arts
Against Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
March 4, 2022 —
Statement from the Department of German and Slavic Studies and the Program in Central and East European Studies at the University of Manitoba.

Faculty of Arts
My year in Germany
January 20, 2020 —
Have you ever considered studying abroad? Timm Giessbrecht, a student in the Faculty of Arts, shares his story of one year of travel and learning to inspire others to consider a term in one of over 40 available countries.

Faculty of Arts
Learn a language this summer
March 21, 2018 —
The Faculty of Arts is offering thirteen language courses for students this summer. It's the perfect time to start learning a new language.

Faculty of Arts
Polish Society marks 100th anniversary with gift
November 29, 2017 —
The Polish Fraternal Aid Society of St. John Cantius recently celebrated its 100th anniversary and marked this occasion with a $100,000 gift to the Polish Studies Endowment Fund at the U of M

Faculty of Arts
Doors Open on Virtual Synagogues Exhibit
February 2, 2017 —
The exhibit brought in from Germany by Adam Muller and Stephan Jaeger has opened.

Synagogues in Germany: A Virtual Reconstruction
January 24, 2017 —
A new exhibit that reclaims some of Germany's lost Jewish heritage has its Canadian premiere in Winnipeg on Jan. 28.

Wpg Free Press: Rising from the ashes
January 23, 2017 —
German synagogue exhibit reconstructs aspects of Jewish history destroyed by Nazis

Faculty of Arts
The Emergence of a Contemporary Ukrainian Civil Society: Vitaly Portnikov
March 15, 2016 —
J.B. Rudnyckyj Annual Lecture presents: Vitaly Portnikov

Ukrainian Canadian community to commemorate WWI internment of Ukrainians
October 22, 2015 —
Symposium and dedication of statute will take place on Saturday, October 24