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In our interview with Franzi, we learn about the opportunities, highlights and challenges that a stay abroad in Sweden has to offer.

Using Aoraki/Mount Cook and Denali/Mount McKinley as examples, Sven Leuckert explored the question of how the relationship between indigenous and colonial mountain names has developed historically.

What makes globale° so unique as a literary festival? We spoke to Myriam Macé, the new coordinator of the junge globale° event series.

This year's IMFF lecture series, “Islands as Places of Encounter in the Pre-Modern Era,” is embedded in the seminar of the same name and comprises three lectures. The lecture by PD Dr. Sonja Kerth deals with islands in the sea as depicted in stories.

How does Bremen really speak? Question round 14 will run until early 2026! Have you ever heard of a ‘Lu’? The Atlas of Everyday Language shows how people speak and why it's important to get involved now.

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.