Teaching

In the summer term of 2026, I will be teaching the courses listed below. Further information can be found in the course catalogue (external link, opens in a new window) (external link, opens in a new window).

Seminar: ‘European Minority Languages: Current Status and Future Prospects’ (Mondays, 12 noon–2 pm)

• A structured comparison of vitality, development/standardisation, language policy and language planning, as well as language contact

Seminar: ‘Languages of Migration in Bavaria’ ( Tuesdays, 2–4 pm)

• Which languages of migration are present in post-migrant Bavaria?
• How do first-generation varieties differ from the languages of origin of subsequent generations in terms of language use, dominance relationships, identity functions and language change processes

Advanced seminar: “Project seminar ‘Dialects in Europe’ – a comparative survey” (Wednesdays, 10 am–12 noon)

• Comparative study of various European dialect landscapes (dialect areas, vitality, status, development)

If you are interested in learning a ‘smaller’ language such as Corsican, Occitan, Galician, Grisons Romansh or Sorbian, or in examining one in your own research project, please feel free to get in touch with me!

The interdisciplinary Master’s programme in Multilingualism and Regionality (MA_MuR) will commence in the winter semester of 2019/20.

The MA_MuR is an interdisciplinary Master’s programme dedicated to the academic study of multilingualism with a particular focus on space, i.e. on region-specific practices of multilingualism.

Its aim is to equip students with sound academic expertise that can be applied effectively across different regions and fields. The MA is a research-oriented programme and prepares students for professional careers in which multilingualism plays a role, particularly in the fields of academia and education.

This is a linguistically oriented programme supported by the disciplines of German, Slavic, Romance and English linguistics, as well as General and Comparative Linguistics. In addition, the programme incorporates selected aspects of media studies, cultural studies and anthropology.

The MA builds on a solid foundation of language skills and offers students the opportunity to set their own areas of focus and specialise in one of the aforementioned linguistic disciplines. Students learn to apply empirical methods based on current research, to formulate and address academic problems, and to present their findings effectively.

Details of the MA_MuR can be found here.

Since the 2014/15 winter semester, students have been able to begin the supplementary training programme in multilingualism counselling alongside their teacher training or as students on the Bachelor’s or Master’s degree programmes in General and Comparative Linguistics, English Studies, Romance Studies and Slavonic Studies, thereby gaining further qualifications.

Full details of the MSB supplementary training programme can be found here.

Supplementary Training in Multilingualism Counselling (MSB)

This supplementary training programme is offered in collaboration with the following chairs and professorships within the Faculty of Linguistics, Literature and Cultural Studies (listed in alphabetical order):

Prof. Dr Björn Hansen (external link, opens in a new window)
Chair of Slavic Philology

Prof. Dr Johannes Helmbrecht (external link, opens in a new window)
Chair of General and Comparative Linguistics

Prof. Dr Rupert Hochholzer
Chair of German as a Second Language

Prof. Dr Ralf Junkerjürgen (external link, opens in a new window)
Chair of Romance Cultural Studies

Interdisciplinary Master’s Programme in Multilingualism and Regionality (MA_MuR)

Head:

Prof. Dr Björn Hansen (external link, opens in a new window)

Prof. Dr Rupert Hochholzer

The following chairs and professorships are involved in the Master’s programme in Multilingualism and Regionality (MA_MuR) (in alphabetical order):

Prof. Dr Ger Duijzings (external link, opens in a new window)
Chair of Social Anthropology with a focus on South-Eastern and Eastern Europe

Prof. Dr Evghenia Goltsev Chair of Multilingualism Research and German as an Additional Language

Prof. Dr Björn Hansen (external link, opens in a new window)
Chair of Slavic Philology

Prof. Dr Johannes Helmbrecht (external link, opens in a new window)
Chair of General and Comparative Linguistics

Prof. Dr Rupert Hochholzer
Chair of German as a Second Language

Prof. Dr Ralf Junkerjürgen (external link, opens in a new window)
Chair of Romance Cultural Studies

Prof. Dr Jakob Leimgruber (external link, opens in a new window)
Chair of English Linguistics

Prof. Dr Bernd Ludwig (external link, opens in a new window)
Chair of Information Linguistics

Prof. Dr Marek Nekula (external link, opens in a new window)
Chair of Czech and West Slavic Studies

Prof. Dr Paul Rössler (external link, opens in a new window)
Chair of German Linguistics

Prof. Dr Hermann Scheuringer (external link, opens in a new window)
Chair of German Linguistics

Prof. Dr Maria Selig (external link, opens in a new window)
Chair of Romance Linguistics

Prof. Dr Maria Thurmair (external link, opens in a new window)
Chair of German as a Foreign Language