At home in three worlds
Dr Christophe Losfeld is not only an adjunct professor of Romance language didactics at MLU, he also has a special connection to schools, teaching at Latina August Hermann Francke, a state grammar school in Halle. Read more
Looted art – a challenge for museums
How do museums deal with objects looted during colonial campaigns? And how do they deal with the demands to return them to their countries of origin? This set of issues was dealt with by a seminar held at the Institute for Romance Studies. An interview with Professor Natascha Ueckmann, who led the seminar, and student Lilly Fuss, about research-based learning, frustration, and overdue returns. Read more
Language contact
Languages are constantly evolving. Whenever two languages come into contact, they interact with one another. In some cases, such interaction results in entirely new languages, so-called creole languages. Professor of Romance linguistics Ralph Ludwig explains how and why these languages are a subject of research, and what we can learn from them. Read more