Expert Group "Language"

The constituent meeting of the newly founded Language Section took place - with 29 participants - as part of the 34th, thematically appropriate Annual Academy "Power and Freedom of Language", which is initially aimed at people from philological and literary studies funding and research areas and aims to provide a scientific forum for linguistic 'biodiversity' in the KAAD community. At the first meeting, the various linguistic backgrounds and areas of interest of the participants were compiled and fields of activity for the specialist group were outlined. Among other things, it would like to address the ever-present issue of language policy at the KAAD and provide a platform for the various languages of the KAAD (for example in the form of virtual language cafés). The specialist group is also intended to be a forum for the various academic projects of the participants. Following this constituent meeting, monthly virtual meetings of this specialist group took place from fall 2021, including in preparation for a presentational meeting in March 2022, which in turn also served to prepare for the specialist group meeting at the Annual Academy.