Events
Here you can find an overview of upcoming events and of recently held events at our department. We regularly (co-)organize conferences, workshops and colloquia covering a broad range of subjects in line with our research projects:
2019
- Das Ende von Babel?
Talks and discussion on the possibilities of global communication with Frederico Gobbo (Amsterdam), Barbara Seidlhofer (Vienna) & Josef van Genabith (Saarbrücken)
7 November 2019
- Education in postcolonial societies: The language dilemma
Discussion with introductions by Eric Mijts (Aruba) & Wannie Carstens (South Africa)
FU Berlin, 2 May 2019
2018
- Was darf ich sagen? Und wer bestimmt das?
Panel discussion about discriminatory language, language norms, gender and about political correctness
with Kathrin Kunkel-Razum (Duden), Anatol Stefanowitsch (Freie Universität Berlin) & Konstantina Vassiliou-Enz (Neue deutsche Medienmacher)
FU Berlin, 13 November 2018
2017
- Szenarien europäischer Mehrsprachigkeit
Symposium with Jeroen Darquennes (Namur), Rita Franceschini (Bozen), Jenny Cheshire (London) & Kristine Horner (Sheffield)
FU Berlin, 9 November 2017
2015
- Workshop on Proper Names and Morphosyntax (FU Berlin, November 2015)
2012
- Sociolinguistics Symposium 19 (FU Berlin, August 2012)
2010
- VHS-dag 2010 (27.11.2010, FU Berlin)
- Sixth International Contrastive Linguistics Conference (30.09. - 02.10.2010, FU Berlin)
- Spring School Comparatieve Neerlandistiek (25.-27.03.2010, FU Berlin)
2009
- Niederlandistisches Doktoranden- und Habilitanden-Kolloquium (DoHa) 2009 (30. - 31.10.2009)
- Monolingual Multilingualism? Standard languages and their impact on multilingual policies and practices in Europe: a historical perspective (5. - 6.10.2009)
2008
- Sprachliche Vielfalt in politischer Einheit? Mehrsprachigkeit in Europa als Zankapfel oder Bindeglied (26. - 27.11.2008)
- Workshop on Naming Strategies (6. - 7.10.2008)
- De geschiedenis van de extramurale neerlandistiek in Europa (28. - 30.05.2008)
2007
- Reviving Contrastive Linguistics (29. - 30.06.2007)
2005
- First workshop Nederlands tussen Duits en Engels, at FU Berlin on 30.9. en 1.10.2005 (see publications)
Study trips
- Trip to Surinam (2007)
- Trip to South Africa (2009)