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German Sign Language and
Communication of the Deaf

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New Project: WAL-GL-HH

7 April 2026

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Project to conduct a scientific analysis of the suffering experienced by deaf and hard-of-hearing children in Hamburg schools - WAL-GL-HH

In collaboration with the Hamburg Association of the Deaf and the Elbschule (Education Center for Hearing and Communication), the Institute of German Sign Language is conducting research in a new project funded by the BSFB and the Social Welfare Authority on the painful experiences of former deaf and hard-of-hearing students in Hamburg between approximately 1960 and 1990.

Read more on the project page.

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12.05.2026|IDGS-en
Announcement - Lecture by Gomèr Otterspeer on May 20, 2026

We present SignCollect, an automated workflow for capturing, processing, annotating, and publishing sign language datasets.

Recording happens in two stages at separate locations. First, glosses, sentences, or texts are captured in a five-camera studio with QR code based frame-level synchronization...

Anne Wienholz macht den Vortrag. Janika Stille dolmetscht in IS.

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05.05.2026|IDGS-en
Bilingualism Matters conference in Milan

The “Bilingualism Matters” conference took place in Milan, Italy, from April 28 to 30, 2026. The first day of the conference was themed “Bilingual Bimodalism,” therefore, all presentations focused on sign languages. The IDGS (GW) and the Deafness, Language and Learning Lab (D2L, EW) were represented...