Welcome to Faculty 10: Linguistics and Literary Studies

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.

Prof. Doff has been Dean of Faculty 10 since October. In this interview, she talks about her motivation, educational equality and her plans for the coming years.

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.

The next annual conference of the Society for Name Research (GfN) will take place from 28 to 30 September 2026 at the University of Bremen. The conference is being organised by Barbara Aehnlich, Andreas Jäger, Anna Mattfeldt and Andreas Rothenhöfer.

On 21 October 2025, an exhibition entitled ‘Wat claghe kumt vor richte’ – meaning ‘What lawsuit is coming before the court?’ – opened at the State and University Library in Bremen.

Worlds of Contradiction is awarding its visiting professorship again this year and welcomes historian and cultural scientist Onur Erdur as the second WOC visiting professor in November. His two-week stay at the University of Bremen also marks the tenth anniversary of WOC.

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.