Prof. Dr. Annika Herrmann

• since 2019 Project director of the project ‘DGS-Korpus’ (Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Hamburg), together with Thomas Hanke
• since 2018 Director of the Institute of German Sign Language and Communication of the Deaf (IDGS), Universität Hamburg
• since 2017 Professor for Sign Languages and Sign Language Interpreting, IDGS, Universität Hamburg
• 2015-2016 Visiting Professor for German Linguistics, Institute of German Language and Literature I, Universität zu Köln
• 2013-2017 Director of the Experimental SignLab, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
• 2010-2013 Research Assistant, Department of German Philology, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
• 2009-2010 Research Assistant in the Project ‘Neurophysiological Foundations of Sign Language’, Department of English and Linguistics, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
• 2007-2009 Assistant Lecturer, German Institute and Institute of Educational Science, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
• 2006-2009 PhD Student, Research Training Group ‘Sentence Types: Variation and Interpretation’ (DFG), Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main

• 2010 Dr. phil. German Studies, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
• 2005 M.A. German Philology, Geography and Ethnology, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

• Sign language linguistics

• Grammar of German Sign Language

• Interfaces of the grammar

• Information structure

• Experimental sign language linguistics

• Psycho- and Neurolinguistics

• Reference grammars for sign languages

• Documentation of the cultural heritage of older deaf people

• Sign language interpreting

Book series

• Annika Herrmann, Markus Steinbach and Ulrike Zeshan. „Sign Languages and Deaf Communities“ (SLDC). Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton und Ishara Press. https://www.degruyter.com/serial/sldc-b/html#volumes

Editorship

• 2021 [with Josep Quer and Roland Pfau] „The Routledge Handbook of Theoretical and Experimental Sign Language Research.“ Abingdon: Routledge.
• 2016 [with Roland Pfau and Markus Steinbach] (eds.) „A matter of complexity: Subordination in sign languages.“ Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.
• 2013 [with Markus Steinbach] (eds.) „Nonmanuals in Sign Languages.“ Benjamins Current Topics. Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
• 2011 [with Markus Steinbach] (eds.) „Nonmanuals in Sign Languages.“ Sign Language & Linguistics, Special Issue 14:1.

Monographs

• 2013 „Modal and focus particles in sign languages: A cross-linguistic study.“ Boston: De Gruyter Mouton

• Hermann, A. 2018. Mental rotation, pointing and the signing space. Eye tracking studies of German Sign Language. Talk presented at the 2nd Crete Summer School of Linguistics, Sign Language grammars through the formal and experimental glas. Rethymnon, Crete.
• Wienholz, A., D. Nuhbalaoghlu, A. Herrmann, E. Onea, M. Steinbach und N. Mani (2017): The contralateral affair – An ERP study on pointing preferences in German Sign Language, Conference on Formal and Experimental Advances in Sign Language Theory (FEAST) 2017, Reykjavík.
• Herrmann, A. 2017. Gebärdensprachen machen Spaß. Talk in the lecture series of Prof. Dr. Jürgen Lenerz, Bergische Universität Wuppertal.
• Herrmann, A., S. Proske and E. Volk. 2017. Question-answer pairs in sign languages. Talk presented at the Linguistic Colloquium, Bergische Universität Wuppertal.
• Wienholz, A., D. Nuhbalaoglu, A. Herrmann, N. Mani, M. Steinbach and E. Onea. 2017. Experimental Evidence on the Processing of Spatial Anaphora in DGS. Talk presented at  the workshop on Anaphora Resolution in Sign and Spoken Languages - Theoretical and Experimental Dimensions (ARISAS), Universität Göttingen.
• Herrmann, A. and L. Paulus. 2016. Experimental Sign Language Linguistics. Talk presented at the Congresso Nacional de Pesquisas em Linguistica de Linguas de Sinais, UFSC, Florianópolis, 28.-30.11.2016.
• Herrmann, A., L. Paulus, and M.Steinbach. 2016. Narrative Structures in Sign Languages. Workshop presented at the Congresso Nacional de Pesquisas em Linguistica de Linguas de Sinais, UFSC, Florianópolis, 28.-30.11.2016.
• Wienholz, A., D. Nuhbalaoglu, A. Herrmann, E. Onea, M. Steinbach and N. Mani. 2016). Pointing to the Right Side? An ERP Study on Anaphora Resolution in German Sign Language. Talk presented at the conference on Formal and Experimental Advances in Sign Language Theory (FEAST), Universitá Ca'Foscari, Venice, 1.-2.9.2016.
• Pendzich, N.-K., M.Steinbach, and A. Herrmann. 2016. Manipulating Nonmanuals in a Lexical Decision Task: a Reaction Time Study of German Sign Language. Talk presented at the conference Formal and Experimental Advances in Sign Language Theory (FEAST), Universitá Ca'Foscari, Venice, 1.-2.9.2016
• Pendzich, N.-K, M. Steinbach, and A. Herrmann. 2016. Facial Expressions at the Interface Between Gesture and Sign. An Empirical Perception and Meaning Attribution Study with Hearing and Deaf Subjects. Talk presented at the 7th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies (isgs7), Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, 18.-22.7.2016.
• Wienholz, A., D. Nuhbalaoglu, A. Herrmann, E. Onea, M. Steinbach and N. Mani. 2016. Right or Left? An ERP Study on Discourse Referents in German Sign Language. Talk presented at the Annual Meeting of XPrag.de, University of Tübingen, 20.6.2016.
• Wienholz, A., D. Nuhbalaoglu, N. Mani, M. Steinbach, E. Onea and A. Herrmann. 2016. SignRef: Discourse Referents in Space - Anaphora Resolution in German Sign Language. Talk presented at the XPrag Workshop on Anaphora Resolution, University of Potsdam, 15.2.2016.
• Herrmann, A. and M. Steinbach. 2016. Gebärdensprache als Muttersprache. Talk presented at the Gutenberg-Universität Mainz and the Zentrum für selbstbestimmtes Leben behinderter Menschen Mainz (ZsL Mainz e.V.), 14.01.2016.
• Hosemann, J., S. Dachkovsky, A. Herrmann, M. Steinbach and W. Sandler. 2016. Signers' Perception of Conditional Intonation: A Comparative Study of Israeli Sign Language and German Sign Language. Talk presented at the international conference Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research (TISLR) 12, La Trobe University, Melbourne, 4.-7.1.2016.
• Dachkovsky, S., J. Hosemann, A. Herrmann, M. Steinbach and W. Sandler. 2015. Signers' Perception of Conditional Intonation. A Comparative Study of Israeli Sign Language and German Sign Language. Talk presented at the workshop on Sentence Types and Mood. Georg-August-University Göttingen, 12.10.2015.
• Pendzich, N.-K. and A. Herrmann. 2015. Nonmanual Actions at the Interface between Gesture and Sign in German Sign Language (DGS). Talk presented at the workshop: Nonmanuals at the Gesture Sign Interface (NaGSI), Georg-August-University Göttingen, 9.-10.10.2015.
• Herrmann, A., S. Jahnke, and E. Volk. 2015. Question-answer pairs in sign languages. Talk presented at the Network Meeting Questions in Discourse, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 25.06.2015.
• Herrmann, A. and M. Steinbach. 2015. Gebärdensprache in der Schule? Talk presented at the workshop Linguistik & Schule, DGfS Jahrestagung, Leipzig, 3.3.2015.
• Herrmann, A. and M. Steinbach. 2015. Impersonal Reference in German Sign Language. Talk presented at the workshop on Sign languages and R-impersonal pronouns, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Paris, 6.2.2015.

• 2019 'Hamburg in Sight - a “SignSeeing” Tour in German Sign Language' (Jubilee Fund, University of Hamburg).
• since 2018 ‘Genderspecific language use when interpreting between German and German Sign Language (DGS)’ (Gleichstellungsfonds, Universität Hamburg).
• since 2017 [with Markus Steinbach] ‘(In)visible life stories – documentation of the life, the culture and the language of elderly deaf people’ (Pro*Nieder­sachsen, Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur).
• since 2017 Funds for a DGS-Lecturer (LfBA) for 5 years (Zentrale Studienqualitätsmittel, Universität Göttingen).
• since 2016 [with colleagues from different European countries] ‘The Sign Hub: Preserving, Researching and Fostering the Linguistic, Historical and Cultural Heritage of European Deaf Signing Communities with an Integral Resource’ (EU, Horizon 2020).
• 2013-2015 [with Markus Steinbach, Irit Meir and Wendy Sandler] ‘Nonmanual Signals and the Grammar of two (Related) Sign Languages’ (German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development, GIF).
• 2011-2015 [with colleagues from different European countries] ‘Unraveling the Grammars of European Sign Languages: Pathways to Full Citizenship of Deaf Signers and to the Protection of their Linguistic Heritage’ (European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research, COST).
• 2011-2012 Bilateral Cooperation: University of Haifa – University of Göttingen (DFG)

• 2012 Wilhelm von Humboldt Award for the best linguistic dissertation, German Linguistic Society (DGfS)
• 2010-2012 Scholarship of the program ‘Fast Track: Excellence and Leadership Skills for Outstanding Women in Science’, Robert Bosch Stiftung
• 2004 Scholarship for MA thesis of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), National University of Ireland, Galway

• 7/2024 “Expressing Emotions in Sign Languages”, ViCom Workshop, coordination: Sarah Schwarzenberg, Annika Herrmann, Nina-Kristin Meister, Thomas Finkbeiner, Markus Steinbach, July 4-5, 2024, University of Hamburg
• 2/2024 “Clause-type marking in the visual modality”, workshop at the 46th annual conference of the German Linguistic Society (DGfS) in Bochum, coordination: Annika Herrmann (University of Hamburg), Nina-Kristin Meister (University of Göttingen), Marloes Oomen, Floris Roelofsen (University of Amsterdam), 28. February - 01. March 2024, Ruhr-University Bochum
• 09/2019 "Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research 13 (TISLR13)" in cooperation with Barbara Hänel-Faulhaber, Christian Rathmann and Markus Steinbach, 26-28 September 2019, University of Hamburg
• 02/2017 "Anaphora Resolution in Sign and Spoken Languages - Theoretical and Experimental Dimensions (ARISAS)", Workshop, in cooperation with Anne Wienholz, Derya Nuhbalaoglu, Nivedita Mani, Edgar Onea, and Markus Steinbach, 20-21 February 2017, University of Göttingen
• 02/2016 "Sign language agreement revisited: new theoretical and experimental perspectives" AG/Workshop of the 38th Annual Conference of the German Society for Linguistics (DGfS), AG leadership in cooperation with Barbara Hänel-Faulhaber, Christian Rathmann and Markus Steinbach, 26-28 February 2016, University of Konstanz
• 10/2015 "Nonmanuals at the Gesture Sign Interface (NaGSI)", International Conference in cooperation with Nina-Kristin Pendzich and Markus Steinbach, 9-10 October 2015, University of Göttingen
• 07/2015 "Current trends in international researches in Deaf Studies and Sign Languages Linguistics", International Workshop in cooperation with Liona Paulus and Markus Steinbach, 13 July 2015, University of Göttingen
• 05/2012 Workshop Bilateral Cooperation, "Modal Meaning and Relative Clauses in ISL and DGS" in cooperation with Svetlana Dachkovsky, Jana Hosemann, Wendy Sandler and Markus Steinbach, 9 May 2012, University of Göttingen
• 03/2012 "Experimental Studies in Sign Language Research", AG of the 34th Annual Conference of DGfS 2012, in cooperation with Barbara Hänel-Faulhaber, 6-9 March 2012, University of Frankfurt am Main
• 10/2011 COST Action IS 1006, Second Meeting of the Working Groups and the Management Committee, "Unraveling the grammars of European sign languages: pathways to full citizenship of deaf signers and to the protection of their linguistic heritage", in cooperation with Markus Steinbach, 15-16 October 2011, University of Göttingen
• 02/2011 - 10/2011 Lichtenberg-Kolleg Symposium "Complex Sentences and Beyond in Sign and Spoken Languages" in cooperation with Roland Pfau and Markus Steinbach, 13-14 October 2011, University of Göttingen
• 08/2011 - 09/2011 Workshop Bilateral Cooperation, "Nonmanuals in ISL and DGS" in cooperation with Svetlana Dachkovsky, Jana Hosemann, Wendy Sandler and Markus Steinbach, 5 September 2011, Haifa, Israel
• 06/2011 - 07/2011 "Workshop on recent developments in sign language theory", in cooperation with Markus Steinbach, 8 July 2011, University of Göttingen
• 04/2010 - 10/2010 Workshop "Finding a common base: Sign Language Research in Germany and Europe", 29 October 2010, University of Göttingen
• 08/2009 - 09/2009 Workshop "PhD students meeting in the field of sign language linguistics" in cooperation with Anastasia Bauer, 9 October 2009, University of Cologne
• 08/2008 - 04/2009 International Conference "Nonmanuals in Sign Languages (NISL)" in cooperation with Markus Steinbach and Helen Leuninger, 4-5 April 2009, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

• Since October 2023 Representative on the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Humanities at Universität Hamburg
• 2019-2023 Deputy member of the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Humanities at Universität Hamburg
• Since 2017 Member of the department board (SLM1), Universität Hamburg
• 2017-2019 Representative at the board of the Faculty of Humanities, Universität Hamburg
• Since 2018 Member of the Hamburg Deaf Association (GLVHH)
• 2013-2017 Associate Member of the Courant Research Center: The Multi-layered Text Protocol, Georg-August-University of Göttingen
• 2013-2015 Member of the Advisory Board of the German Linguistic Society (DGfS)
• 2012-2017 Representative of the non-professorial teaching staff at the board of the Faculty of Humanities, Georg-August-University of Göttingen
• 2011-2012 Second representative of the non-professorial teaching staff at the board of the Faculty Humanities, Georg-August-University of Göttingen
• 2011 - 2013 Second representative of the non-professorial teaching staff at the executive committee of the Department of German Philology (SDP), Georg-August-University of Göttingen
• Since 2011 Member of the Deaf Association Göttingen (GLVG)
• Since 2009 Member of the German Linguistic Society (DGfS)
• Since 2009 Member of the Sign Language Association (GGKG)
• Since 2008 Member of the Sign Language Linguistics Society (SLLS)