Welcome to Faculty 10: Linguistics and Literary Studies

In the morning, Faculty 10 discussed multilingualism, diversity and the future of teacher training. The day ended with the Berninghausen Prize awards ceremony. Dr Barbara Aehnlich was honoured for good teaching.

At the Galaxie der Bücher literature festival, Bremen becomes a universe full of stories. Kashi Grobe's bilingual reading sends a clear signal in favor of multilingualism and early language learning.

The IMFF invites you to three public lectures during the 2025/26 winter semester. Under the title “Islands as Places of Encounter in the Pre-Modern Era,” the speakers will shed light on perspectives on real and fictional islands. All interested parties are cordially invited to attend.

How are coasts, beaches, and shorelines researched, described, and understood in various disciplines? The new lecture series in the WSP Marine, Polar, and Climate Research program invites you to gain exciting insights into perspectives from the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities.

From coffee breaks with cheesecake to Kafka seminars – exchange student Elizabeth Darcy looks back on a semester full of linguistic progress, cultural encounters and unforgettable moments in Bremen. Her stay abroad shows how enriching studying far from home can be.

Nicole Hober has researched the language contact between English and Mopan Maya in Belize and published The Little Prince in the Mayan language with local speakers. We talk about linguistic challenges, cultural responsibility and research that is more than just collecting data.