German and Slavic Studies News Archive
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
![Donation presentation from the Polish Fraternal Aid Society to the Polish Studies Endowment Fund, University of Manitoba. (From left) Zofia Sophia deWitt, Society Co-president, Georgina Cielen, Krysytyna Gajda, Jeff Taylor, Dean, Faculty of Arts, Robert Kolt, Society Co-president, Aneta Markiewicz. Photo courtesy of Magdalena Blackmore.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/St.-John-Cantius-100-years.final_-150x150.jpg)
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
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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.
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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.
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Wpg Free Press: Rising from the ashes
January 23, 2017 —
German synagogue exhibit reconstructs aspects of Jewish history destroyed by Nazis
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Faculty of Arts
The Emergence of a Contemporary Ukrainian Civil Society: Vitaly Portnikov
March 15, 2016 —
J.B. Rudnyckyj Annual Lecture presents: Vitaly Portnikov
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Ukrainian Canadian community to commemorate WWI internment of Ukrainians
October 22, 2015 —
Symposium and dedication of statute will take place on Saturday, October 24