IDGS
Institute of
German Sign Language and
Communication of the Deaf
German Sign Language and
Communication of the Deaf
Save-the-Date: Summer School of Sign Language Studies in 2025
28 November 2024
Photo: UHH/IDGS, TLU, HUB
Summer School of Sign Language Studies
Place: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Time: July 21 - July 25, 2025
Languages: International SL and written English
IntSL Version: https://www.tlu.ee/en/summer-school-sign-language-studies
The aim of the Summer School of Sign Language Studies is to provide an opportunity for advanced students and early career researchers to become acquainted with the range of current developments in sign language studies and to promote the academic discourse in International Sign Language.
Lectures will cover different methodological approaches in sign language studies, such as first and second language acquisition, language description and documentation, language typology, sociolinguistics, interpreting / translation studies and sign language ethnography, deaf studies, etc. There will also be three evening presentations, a panel discussion on the use of International Sign Language, four poster sessions and a day excursion.
Further details, including the full program of the first Summer School of Sign Language Studies and the call for papers, are now available on the website (Summer School of Sign Language Studies). The deadline for poster submissions for the Summer School is April 15, 2025 and the deadline for registration is May 15, 2025.
Organizers:
Liona Paulus (liona.paulus@uni-hamburg.de)
Peter Romanek (peter.romanek@tlu.ee)
Christian Rathmann (christian.rathmann@hu-berlin.de)
A cooperation between the University of Hamburg, Tallinna Ülikool (University of Tallinn, Estonia) and the Humboldt University in Berlin.
