Science in Dialogue
Podcast 5: Looking Ahead ‒ African Studies in Graz
In this episode of the podcast “Looking Ahead”, Angelika Heiling, Jennifer Brunner, and Katharina Oke discuss the African Science Hub Graz (ASH) and the need to rethink our understanding of Africa.
The researchers highlight how deeply our knowledge of Africa continues to be shaped by colonial ways of thinking and Eurocentric perspectives. They explore why African languages, literatures, and knowledge systems often play only a marginal role in research, education, and public discourse, even though they are of central importance for understanding global social developments.
A thought-provoking conversation about language, power, history, and how knowledge can be reimagined in an interconnected world.
Book Launch in Belgrade
The anthology, “Fragmented Geographies: A Short Critical Anthology of Jewish Women’s Writing in the Balkans and Latin America,” co-edited by Oana Hergenröther and published with the support of treffpunkt sprachen, was presented in Belgrade on Wednesday, June 10, 2026.
Two of the three editors, Jelena Filipović and Oana Hergenröther, spoke at the Jewish Cultural Center (Jevrejska 16, Belgrade) during a literary evening honoring Marjorie Agosín (1955–2025). The event was moderated by Ivana Vučina Simović and conducted in Serbian.
Plurilingualism Research Unit Visits Kiel
The Plurilingualism Research Unit was represented at the "Vielfaltslinguistik 8" conference at Kiel University (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel) with the presentation “The Loanword Typology of Auvergne Manuš, a Romani Variety of France.”
Photos from the conference capture highlights of the venue, as well as Daphne Reitinger-Zemann (Plurilingualism Research Unit) and Jenny Brunner (Institute of Linguistics & African Science Hub) at the Kiel Förde.
