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*Call for Papers*
*Traditions and Transitions: German Curricula*
*26. - 28. August 2010*
*Waterloo Centre for German Studies*
*University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario*

http://www.wcgs.ca/transitions/transitions_cfp.pdf

This conference intends to bring together international scholars whose research investigates various facets of the postsecondary curriculum for teaching and learning German as a foreign and/or second language and culture.

Currently, the potential new influences on the discipline of German seem many and varied. New digital technologies, the information economy, globalization and multiculturalism, altered international spheres of influence, the changing manner of communication, the internationalization and corporatization of universities, the rise of cultural studies especially in the English-speaking world, second language acquisition research, and critical applied linguistics are just a few of the current external and internal influences. As a result, many traditionally widespread ideas and approaches in German postsecondary curricula have recently been challenged. The conference attempts to provide a forum for discussing the challenges of current transitions and their impact on German curricula.

The keynote speakers are:
Claire Kramsch, University of California, Berkeley
Alice Pitt, York University, Toronto
Dietmar Rösler, Justus-Liebig Universität, Giessen

Deadline for proposals:
*June 15th, 2009*

Please direct all questions or comments etc. to the conference
organizers, John Plews (jplews@smu.ca) and Barbara Schmenk (bschmenk@uwaterloo.ca).

Reichelt, H. [AATG-L] Call for papers: Traditions/Transitions. American Association of Teachers of German listserv (AATG@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU, 27 Feb 2009).
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