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Below you will find information on current events regarding the Institute for German Sign Language and Communication of the Deaf.

6 December 2022|IDGS

ViCom's Kick-Off Meeting in Bad Homburg

from left to right: Sarah Schwarzenberg, Annika Herrmann, Cornelia Loos, Marc Schulder and Sabrina Wähl standing on a pair of stairs ViCom Kick-Off

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The DFG priority programme "ViCom" (2329) investigates specific properties of visual communication and their linguistic relevance. In this...

1 December 2022|IDGS

SEED funding enables exchange with Japan: Sign language research in Osaka

Photo: TISLR14, Osaka, Japan

The 14th conference of Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research (TISLR) took place from 26.September to 01.October in Osaka, Japan.

TISLR is the...

25 November 2022|IDGS

Announcement for symposium about ableism and audism on the 3th of December

Ausschnitt vom Flyer für Fachtagung über Ableismus

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On the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, a symposium on Ableism and Audism will be held on Saturday, 03.12.2022. The...

15 November 2022|IDGS

Reading with Anna Folchi and Sara Trovato on 8 November 2022

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On the occasion of the recently published book "The Social Condition Of Deaf People. The Story Of A Woman And A Hearing Society" by Anna Folchi and...

7 October 2022|IDGS

IDGS at the Youth Festival 5 of the DGJ

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On 01 and 02 October 2022, the 5th Youth Festival of the German Deaf Youth e.V. took place at the CCH Hamburg. In addition to a wide range of lectures...

6 October 2022|IDGS

Orientation week for first semester students

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Dear First Semester Students,

during the week of 10/10/2022 to 10/14/2022, Orientation Week (OE) for Sign Language (B.A./M.A.) and Sign Language...

2 October 2022|IDGS

2nd place for our PhD Candidate Sarah Schwarzenberg at SIGNopsis at TISLR14

Sarah Schwarzenberg sucht aus einer Kiste mit der Aufschrift DGS-Korpus verschiedene Bausteine

Photo: Sarah Schwarzenberg

From Sept. 27th to 30th, 2022, the conference TISLR14 (Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research) was held in Osaka, Japan in a hybrid format.

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30 September 2022|IDGS

Coffee-Bike visits IDGS

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On Thursday, 29 September, a Coffee-Bike with a professional barista visited us in the courtyard of our building at Gorch-Fock-Wall from 8 to 12 a.m...

30 September 2022|IDGS

The IDGS at TISLR14 in Osaka, Japan

Photo: TISLR14, Osaka, Japan

The IDGS was represented in many ways at this year's TISLR14 conference in Osaka, Japan. A delegation was on site at the National Museum of...

23 September 2022|IDGS

September 23: International Day of Sign Languages

internationaler Tag der Gebaerdensprache/internat. day of sign languages

Photo: WFD-World-Federation-of-the-Deaf

Today is the International Day of Sign Languages. It was launched in 2017 by the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD). This day is about recognizing the...

20 September 2022|IDGS

STUDI-NAVIGATOR

Photo: UHH-Meiden-und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit

Dear students,

we would like to inform you that the new edition of the brochure "Studi-Navigator - Winter Semester 2022/2023" has been published and...

30 August 2022|IDGS

Sarah Bauer was awarded the Karl H. Ditze-Preis for outstanding theses

Sarah Bauer und Annika Herrmann nach der Preisverleihung vor dem Audimax

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Sarah Bauer was awarded the Karl H. Ditze-Preis for outstanding theses for her master thesis "Signing numbers - A production study on listing...

10 August 2022|IDGS

Sarah Bauer at the 3 Minute Thesis Competition

Doktorandin Sarah Bauer auf der Bühne beim 3 Minute Thesis Wettbewerb

Photo: Three Minute Thesis-Wettbewerb 2022 in Hamburg, HRA/Wied

In only 180 seconds and with one static slide, our PhD student Sarah Bauer presented her research topic at the 3 Minute Thesis Competition. The...

20 July 2022|IDGS

Sixth guest lecture with Nick Palfreyman

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The last guest lecture of this summer semster took place on July 13th. The lecturer was the sociolinguist Nick Palfreyman from the University of...

7 July 2022|IDGS

Fifth guest lecture with Michael Filhol

participants and Michael Filhol inside the lecture hall

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On June 29th the IDGS hosted the fifth international guest lecture this semester with an on-site presentation by Michael Filhol. Gathering in the...

28 June 2022|IDGS

Fourth guest lecture with Juhana Salonen

screenshot from the the participants in the Zoom-Meeting

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On June 22nd, the fourth international guest lecture of this summer semester took place at the IDGS. Juhana Salonen was our guest. He is the author of...

20 June 2022|IDGS

Third guest lecture with Martin Janečka

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On June 6th, the third international guest lecture of this summer semester took place at the IDGS. For the first time this semester we met in person...

13 June 2022|IDGS