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What if linguistics had emerged differently? Listen now to Anne Storch (Cologne University) answering to the possibility of expanding conceptualizations of language, in conversation with literature, art, film and poetry.

A poem by Dyoniz Kindata, written during the Winterschool

Written by Janna Perbix during the Winterschool

Written by Annika Kleinschmitt during the Winterschool

Poem written by Tim Conitz on January 29th of 2020 during the Winterschool

The current events around the Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S. have elicited a global debate on racism and unresolved persisting inequalities. As dean and professor at the Institute for African Studies at Leipzig University, Prof. Rose Marie Beck has observed extensive student solidarity with the movement, as well as a certain insecurity concerning how to act in a responsible manner.