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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

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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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Sunset in Greifswald, Germany town square

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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Student using computer and headphones, practicing in the Language Centre

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.

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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.

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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Marc Grellert gives the opening lecture for the Synagogues in Germany exhibit

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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Design model for a Nuremberg synagogue // Image: Mennonite Church Canada

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

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