Anniversary: 1 Year Center for Multilingualism

Dear friends and supporters,


A year ago, on Friday, 24th January 2014, we opened the Center for Multilingualism at the University of Konstanz. Many interesting discussions, workshops and presentations were organized in our first year and we are glad that we managed to put the topic of multilingualism on the map for many people, both at our university and our city.

On Saturday, 24th January 2015 we invited parents of bilingual children and other people interested in the topic of multilingualism to our celebration. We looked back on our past activities and presented you our plans for the years to come. 

Thanks to everyone who joined us for our celebration!

Dr. Tanja Rinker & Prof. Dr. Janet Grijzenhout and the team of the Center for Multilingualism

 

More pictures can be found here

 

Schedule

Wolkensteinsaal in the Kulturzentrum Konstanz
(Wessenbergstr. 39, Konstanz)

1:00 pm: Opening address Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Ulrich Rüdiger, principal of the University of Konstanz

1:30 pm: A chance to look back - 1 year Center for Multilingualism, Dr. Tanja Rinker, director of the Center for Multilingualism and Prof. Dr. Janet Grijzenhout, founder of the Center for Multilingualism and director of the baby speech lab at the University of Konstanz

2:00 pm: "Research on Bilingualism in New York City", Prof. Dr. Valerie Shafer, City University of New York, USA

2:30 pm: Discussion "Multilingualism in Konstanz", Elky Cybulla, Commissioner for Integration in Konstanz and Dr. Waltraud Liebl-Kopitzki, Director of the department for schools, education and science, Konstanz

3:00 pm: Coffee break

3:45 pm: Multilingualism in kindergarten, school and university from experience:

  • Monika Hellmich
    (Kinderhaus am Rhein, Konstanz)
  • Eva Bolognesi, Giuliana Fontana, Marina Rosa (Teachers for Italian, Konstanz)
  • Dirk Tinner (Geschwister-Scholl-Schule)
  • Svenja Kornher (Speaker for Diversity, Universität Konstanz) and Dilan Soysüren (Student at the Universität Konstanz)

5:30 pm: Drinks and fingergood, Lounge of the cultural center, Konstanz

  • German-French Society Konstanz
  • Mevlana Mosque Konstanz
  • Iranian Society Konstanz

      ... and many more

8:00 pm Music, culture and language, Café/Bar Le Sud (Hussenstr. 28, Konstanz)

Poetry/Poemas/Gedichte in Englisch, Spanish and German

  • Susan Kiehl
  • Edwin Garcia del Cid
  • Augusto Tec and Jörg Enz (guitar)