DANUBE SCHOOL 2023

European Danube Academy, Ulm, Germany

 

The Danube School 2023 in Ulm is aimed at students, young academics and professionals from the Danube region. From 15 to 20 October,2023 they will deal with the topic of language and communication in the Danube region and take a critical look at historic and modern language policy and technological developments in communication, script and language.

Approximately 25 participants from the Danube region, together with selected experts from universities along the Danube, will develop strategies and projects for the handling of different perspectives on language.

The background is the heterogeneous linguistic landscape in the Danube region, which is both a cultural richness and a challenge. Language is used not only as a means of communication and culture, but also as a means of demarcation and political instrumentalization.

For example, when Russia invaded the Ukraine, one of the reasons given was that the Russian identity was being threatened by the Ukrainian language policy. In Romania (Hungarian, Romani, Romanian), Bulgaria (Turkish, Bulgarian), Yugoslavia's successor states Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, etc., but also Albanian) there are linguistic identity issues, not least because of Latin and Cyrillic.

 

Partner institutions and sponsors:
Baden-Württemberg Foundation, Berufsbildungswerk Philipp Jakob Wieland, University of Ruse, University of Tübingen, University of Novi Sad, City of Ulm, University of Applied Sciences Neu-Ulm (HNU), University Centre Vöhlinschloss, Danube Swabian Central Museum Ulm (DZM), Ulmer Volksbank, and many more.

 

DANUBE SCHOOL Programme 2023