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

16 September 2024|IDGS

Sarah Schwarzenberg at the 21st ICL Congress in Poznań, Poland

Photo: IDGS

The ICL (International Congress of Linguists) takes place every five years and is one of the largest international meetings of linguists. The program...

12 September 2024|IDGS

DGS corpus project named project of the month

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The DGS corpus project is project of the month! The Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities currently comprises 131 projects...

23 August 2024|IDGS

Summer School in Göttingen

Frau vor Plakat mit Überschrift "Classifier handshape choice in DGS" / woman in front of poster with headline "Classifier handshape choice in DGS"

Photo: UHH/IDGS

From 12 to 23 August 2024, the DGfS SummerSchool “Form-Meaning Mismatches in Spoken and Visual Communication” took place at the University of...

8 August 2024|IDGS

Impressions from the FEAST conference (6-8 August 2024)

The FEAST (Formal and Experimental Advances in Sign Language Theory) conference took place at the University of Michigan from 6 to 8 August. Prof. Dr...

29 July 2024|IDGS

STiNE-Anmeldephasen für das Wintersemester 2024/25 in den Fachbereichen SLM I+II

Phase Beginn Ende Anmeldung Ende Abmeldung Anmeldephase Mo, 02.09.24, 09:00 Uhr Do, 19.09.24, 13:00 Uhr So, 29.09.24, 13:00 Uhr...

Contribution from the news channel Studienbüro SLM

23 July 2024|IDGS

Interpreting students at the Hamburg Police HIT Day

Polizeiauto mit einer digitalen Tafel mit dem Schriftzug "Programmbegleitung auch mit Gebärdensprache" / Police car with a digital board with the text "Program guidance also with sign language"

Photo: UHH/IDGS

Eleven IDGS interpreting students were recently on their way as interns at the annual HIT Day of the Hamburg police and fire departments. Under the...

18 July 2024|IDGS

13 Lehrende der UHH mit Hamburger Lehrpreis 2024 ausgezeichnet

Alle Hamburger Lehrpreisträgerinnen und Lehrpreisträger 2024

Photo: BWFGB/Kirstin Hammerstein

Am 16. Juli 2024 fand die diesjährige Verleihung des Hamburger Lehrpreises in der Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek statt. Insgesamt 13 Lehrende der...

Contribution from the university's newsroom

10 July 2024|IDGS

The Elbschule visits the IDGS

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On 8 July 2024, a school class from the Elbschule came to visit the IDGS. This class is attended by children who have fled from Ukraine and Syria...

1 July 2024|IDGS

Robert Habeck würdigt Forschungsprojekt „100 Jahre Universität Hamburg“

Veranstaltung zum Abschluss von "100 Jahre Universität Hamburg" mit Robert Habeck

Photo: UHH/Esfandiari

Mit dem Erscheinen von Band vier ist das größte Forschungs- und Publikationsprojekt zur Geschichte der Hamburger Universität beendet worden. In seiner...

Contribution from the university's newsroom

26 June 2024|IDGS

Team trip: IDGS in the barefoot park

zwei Männer stehen barfuß auf wippenden Brettern / two men stand barefoot on teetering boards

Photo: UHH/IDGS

On 26 June 2024, it was time for all IDGS employees to get out into the countryside, take off their shoes and feel the beautiful paths. Together we...

22 June 2024|IDGS

TiZNA at DeafPal in Landshut

Frau steht vor Plakat mit Überschrift "TiZNA - taub-inklusive Zentrale Notaufnahme"

Photo: UHH/IDGS

On June 21 and 22, the conference "Access to palliative care: perspectives and participation of deaf people" took place at Landshut University of...

7 June 2024|IDGS

Contribution of Anne Wienholz at conference in Spain

Konferenzsaal von hinten mit offener PowerPointPräsentation / Conference room from behind with open PowerPoint presentation

Photo: UHH/IDGS

From 5 to 7 June 2024, the conference ‘Interdisciplinary Advances in Statistical Learning’ took place in San Sebastian (Spain). At the conference...

2 June 2024|IDGS

IDGS at the festival for democracy and diversity

Bilder vom Fest der Demokratie & Vielfalt / Impressions from the Festival of Democracy & Diversity

Photo: Lara Isernhagen

On 2 June 2024, some sign language interpreting students, guided by their lecturers Britta Harms and Andrea Schaffers, had the opportunity to...

30 May 2024|IDGS

Events on 19 June 2024

Photo: UHH/IDGS

Dear students, dear colleagues,

We have two great events on 19 June here in room A0020; see also the posters:

from 10-12 a.m. the lecture "Einstieg...

29 May 2024|IDGS

Guest lecture by Hope Morgan

Vortragende und Publikum/ Lecturer and Audience participants

Photo: UHH/IDGS

On 29 May, Hope Morgan presented the next guest lecture. Hope Morgan started the SemaSign project at the IDGS at the beginning of the year and...

28 May 2024|IDGS

UHH Diversity Days at the IDGS

Photo: Nuran Karadeniz

We are taking part, too:

Visual taster in the sign language and sign language interpreting degree programmes
During the visual taster session at the...

15 May 2024|IDGS

Taster course in sign language for Deutschlandstipendium holders

Teilnehmende am Workshop/ Workshop participants

Photo: UHH/IDGS

On 15 May 2024, our colleagues Britta Harms and Alexander Eisenzimmer gave a workshop on sign language interpreting for scholarship holders of the...

15 May 2024|IDGS

International guest lecture by Annelies Kusters

Photo: UHH/IDGS

On 15 May 2024, Annelies Kusters gave a lecture on the topic of ‘Ideologies of modality’. In the presentation, Annelies Kusters first showed the...

13 May 2024|IDGS

Exchange workshop with the UFSC on the topic of sign language interpreting

Photo: UHH/IDGS

The IDGS had another visitor from Brazil on 13 May 2024, our colleague Carlos Rodrigues, who is a professor at UFSC in Florianópolis, with which we...

12 May 2024|IDGS

75th Student Conference on Linguistics

Photo: Isabeau Lettow

From 08 to 12 May 2024, the 75th Studentische Tagung der Sprachwissenschaft (= Student Conference of Linguistics, also called StuTS) took place in...

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