Allgemeine Nachricht

Symposion "Multilinguality and Cultures of Conflict" verabschiedet Peter Haslinger

25. Juni 2026

Programme

11.00	Get together \| light buffet and refreshments
12.00	Welcome: Monika Wingender (JLU)
	Chair: Monika Wingender
12.05	Volodymyr Kulyk (Kyiv School of Economics): The Russian Language in Wartime Ukraine: Between Rejection and Resistance
12.30	Discussion
	Chair: Horst Carl (JLU)
12.45	Monika Wingender: Types of language conflicts - a multifactorial model with case studies from the language situation in Ukraine
13.05	Anna Veronika Wendland (Herder Institute Marburg): Working the bi-lingual reactor: tech language and language conflict in the (Soviet) Ukrainian nuclear industry
13.25	Discussion
13.45	Coffee break
	Chair: Michael Basseler (JLU)
14.15	Andrea Gawrich (JLU): The Council of Europe as key player in language policy in Eastern Europe
14.35	Andreas Langenohl (JLU): (Im-)Proper Fears: Russia's War against Ukraine in the Polish and German Political Public
14.55	Discussion
	Chair: Sigrid Ruby (JLU)
15.15	Hans-Jürgen Bömelburg (JLU): Multilinguality in Early Modern history. Findings from research conducted in Giessen and Marburg
15.35	Hannah Ahlheim (JLU): Conflicting Narratives. “Flucht“, “Vertreibung“ and “Victimhood“ in German memory culture
15.55	Discussion
	Chair: Monika Wingender
16.15	Peter Haslinger (Herder Institute Marburg, JLU): Communities of conflict in multilingual societies – model components from the Giessen / Marburg research context
16.40	Discussion
17.00	Acknowledgements on the occasion of the retirement of Peter Haslinger in September 2026 Martin Schulze Wessel (LMU Munich, Collegium Carolinum) Gerson Reuter (JLU, Vice Dean FB 04) Monika Wingender (Director, Giessen Center for Eastern European Studies, GiZo)
17.15	Reception \| Sektempfang
18.00	Ceremony Marking the 20th Anniversary of the Giessen Center for Eastern European Studies (in German language)