Save-the-Date: The 2nd Summer School of Sign Language Studies 2026

18 March 2026

Photo: UHH/IDGS, TLU, HUB

The 2nd Summer School of Sign Language Studies in 2026

Place: Universität Hamburg, Institut für Deutsche Gebärdensprache und Kommunikation Gehörloser (IDGS)

Time: 24. August - 28. August, 2026

Languages: International SL und and written English

IntSL Version: https://youtu.be/6VR5l6uEIL0?si=w_pNebeCiol7TYUI

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 are now available on the website: Summer School of Sign Language Studies.

A cooperation between the University of Hamburg, Tallinna Ülikool (University of Tallinn, Estonia) and the Humboldt University in Berlin.