German Studies Canada

German Studies Canada/Études Allemandes CanadaAbbreviation| GSC/ÉAC

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Formation| 1962
Type| Educational association
Purpose| to promote German studies in Canada

Region served

| Canada

Official language

| English, French, German

President

| Markus Stock
Associate Professor
Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures
University of Toronto

German Studies Canada or Études Allemandes Canada (GSC) is a professional, not-for-profit learned society promoting German Studies in Canada. The association was founded as the Canadian Association of University Teachers of German (CAUTG) by professors from twelve Canadian Universities in 1962.[1][2] Since then, GSC has enabled faculty, graduate students, and supporters to advance German Studies in higher education. For example, since 1973 GSC has administered the Canadian Summer School in Germany, which enables Canadian undergraduates to travel to Kassel to improve their German.[3] The association also helped run the now-defunct Werkstudentenprogramm (Work-Student Program), which allowed Canadian students to spend their summers working in Germany.[4][5] GSC hosts an annual conference[6] as part of the Congress of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, where speakers present research related to German language, literature, culture, and pedagogy.[2][7] The association also publishes Seminar: A Journal of Germanic Studies through the University of Toronto Press.[8] In 2012, GSC recommended that German departments at Canadian universities update their programs to comply with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.[9]

In 2021, the association changed its name to German Studies Canada / Études Allemandes Canada. The name change reflected developments in the field of German Studies and an updated understanding of its members' activities (for example, encompassing research and not only teaching).[10]

## Seminar: A Journal of Germanic Studies

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Founded in 1965, Seminar publishes scholarship related to German-language material or German-cultural material,[7] and is supported by GSC.[11][12] Seminar has appeared quarterly since 1974,[11] and since the early 2000s has featured special theme issues that often alternate with general issues.

### Seminar Editors

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* Robert Farquharson, 1965-1970
* Michael S. Batts, 1970-1980
* Heinz Wetzel, 1980-1985
* Patrick O'Neill, 1985-1990
* Rodney Symington, 1990-2002
* Raleigh Whitinger, 2002-2011
* Andrew Piper and Karin Bauer, 2011-2016
* Karin Bauer, 2016-2017
* Carrie Smith and Markus Stock, 2017-[13]

## Archives

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There is a Canadian Association of University Teachers of German fond at Library and Archives Canada.[14] The archival reference number is R8252, former archival reference number MG28-V33.[15] The fond covers the date range 1952 to 1985. It consists of 3.675 meters of textual records.

## Prizes

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The association occasionally awards the Hermann Boeschenstein medal to "a person – normally a Germanist at a Canadian university – who has made exceptional contributions, in the humanitarian spirit of Hermann Boeschenstein, to the welfare of our Association and to the advancement of our discipline in Canada."[16]

## External links

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* German Studies Canada Website
* Seminar's page at the University of Toronto Press.

## See also

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* List of learned societies
* Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
* Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

## References

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1. ^ Government of Canada. Termium Plus
2. ^ a b Guse, Anette (2010). "Kanada: Deutschstudien im Wandel—von neuen Gegebenheiten zu Ansätzen einer Selbsterneuerung" [Canada: German Studies in Transition: From New Conditions to Self-Renewed Approaches]. Die Unterrichtspraxis / Teaching German (in German). 43 (1): 2–10. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1221.2010.00058.x.
3. ^ "The Canadian Summer School in Germany". Queensu.ca. Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Queen's University. Retrieved 2017-08-31. "The Canadian Summer School in Germany (CSSG) offers university-level language and culture studies in Kassel, in a unique and intensive immersion program. The CSSG is organized under the auspices of the Canadian Association of University Teachers of German (CAUTG) and offers courses at the intermediate and advanced level. For a period of approximately 6 1/2 weeks, students participate in a full course (approximately 85 hours of classroom instruction) and in numerous additional activities."
4. ^ "The Work-Student Program (Werkstudentenprogramm)". Queensu.ca. Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Queen's University. Retrieved 2017-08-31. "The Canadian Association of University Teachers of German (CAUTG), in co-operation with the Zentrale Arbeitsvermittlung (ZAV) and the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), organizes a program of work and travel in Germany from May until August each year. This program gives Canadian students looking for valuable work experience or want to improve their command of the German language the opportunity to work at summer jobs in Germany. Through this program students will find employment in the tourist, service, or manufacturing industries and in business, for an eight to twelve- week period, after which, if so arranged, they are free to travel."
5. ^ Work and Travel in Germany. Berlin, Ottawa: Embassy of Canada (Berlin) Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany Ottawa. 2008. p. 4 (PDF download).
6. ^ Schmenk, Barbara (2010). "Deutsch in Kanada". In Krumm; et al. (eds.). Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache [German as a Foreign and Second Language] (in German). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. p. 1707\. ISBN 9783110205084.
7. ^ a b Schmenk, Barbara (2010). "Deutsch in Kanada". In Krumm; et al. (eds.). Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache [German as a Foreign and Second Language] (in German). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. p. 1708\. ISBN 9783110205084.
8. ^ Seminar's journal page hosted by the University of Toronto Press
9. ^ Arnott, Stephanie; et al. (2017). "The Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) in Canada: A Research Agenda". Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics. 20 (1): 31–54.
10. ^ "CAUTG/APAUC Name Change". German Studies Canada. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
11. ^ a b Gibbs, Marion E; Johnson, Sydney M, eds. (2002). Medieval German Literature. Abingdon: Routledge. p. 18\. ISBN 9781135956783.
12. ^ Bauer, Karen, ed. (May 2017). "About". Seminar: A Journal of Germanic Studies. 53 (2): Inside front cover.
13. ^ Link to Seminar's editorial page
14. ^ "Finding aid to the Canadian Association of University Teachers fonds at Library and Archives Canada" (PDF). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
15. ^ "Canadian Association of University Teachers of German fonds description at Library and Archives Canada". Retrieved July 30, 2020.[permanent dead link‍]
16. ^ Dietrick, Linda (May 2015). "Hermann Boeschenstein Medal". Retrieved 2021-08-05.

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