ESSCS Postponed
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the first European Summer School in Canadian Studies had to be postponed. It will now take place from 26 July to 6 August 2021.
Please note that our work on next year's programme is still in progress and that the information on this website has not yet been updated.
Programme and Speakers
Overview
| Week 1: Vienna | ||
|---|---|---|
| Monday, 29 June 2020 | Canadian Master Narratives: Critical Perspectives | Sherry Simon (Concordia University) |
| Canadian History in a Transcultural Perspective | Ursula Lehmkuhl (University of Trier) | |
| Tuesday, 30 June 2020 | Beyond “Understanding Canada" | Doris Eibl (University of Innsbruck) Alexandra Ganser (University of Vienna) Ursula Mathis-Moser (University of Innsbruck) |
| Reading and Q&A | Madeleine Thien (Brooklyn College) | |
| Wednesday, 1 July 2020 | Aboriginal Encounters | Tracy Bear (University of Alberta) |
| Thursday, 2 July 2020 | Film and Visual Culture: Journeys through Canadian Mediascapes | Astrid Fellner (Saarland University) Jörg Türschmann (University of Vienna) |
| Friday, 3 July 2020 | Canadian Literatures: Deconstructing National Myths | Kirsten Sandrock (University of Göttingen) Marie Carrière (University of Alberta) |
| Week 2: Innsbruck and Obergurgl | ||
|---|---|---|
| Monday, 6 July 2020 | Politics and Economics: Canada, the European Union and the Americas | Andreas Maurer (University of Innsbruck) |
| Reading and Q&A | Catherine Mavrikakis (University of Montreal) | |
| Tuesday, 7 July 2020 | Language Policies across Canada | Carsten Quell (Official Languages Centre of Excellence) |
| Cultural Geographies | Ludger Basten (TU Dortmund) | |
| Wednesday, 8 July 2020 | Cultural Geographies | Ludger Basten (TU Dortmund) |
| Mountain Studies on Site | Eva Müller (University of Innsbruck) | |
| Thursday, 9 July 2020 | Intersectional Perspectives: Gender, Culture, Class | Chantal Maillé (Concordia University) |
| Teaching Resources for Canadian Studies | Stefanie Schäfer (University of Jena) | |
| Friday, 10 July 2020 | Canada, Where Are you Going, Where Have You Been? | David Staines (University of Ottawa) |
The schedule is subject to change.