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What role does language play in the sciences, humanities and arts? What is it used for? When does it challenge us to think or rethink about conventions?
Language plays a key role in everyday scientific and artistic life. It is employed for writing essays and books, giving lectures and discussing with colleagues. For artists, talking about their works is part of professional communication. Researchers and artists reflect on their use of language when they try to convey scientific facts or the aesthetic experience of works of art to other people.
2025
On the occasion of the 2025 Bundestag elections, members of Die Junge Akademie's Research Group "Language" are organising with the "AG Sprache in der Politik" an interdisciplinary conference in Berlin on 10 and 11 February 2025, which will focus on language and rhetoric, but also provide a social, political and media context for the topic.
The event will be held in German.
2024
Workshop „Einfach schwierig?“ ('Simply difficult? Complexity and simplicity in scientific language')
The Die Junge Akademie's Research Group "Language" will meet on 9 October 2024 in Munich for the workshop "Simply difficult?" to reflect on complexity and simplicity in scientific language use. In addition to short member presentations and discussions, there will be an evening lecture by linguist Dr Franziska Wallner (University of Leipzig).
Spokespersons
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Garvin Brod
- person_research_subject
- Psychology / Educational research
- institution
- DIPF | Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation
- Phone
- +49 69 24708-139
- g.brod@dipf.de
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Kathrin Wittler
- person_research_subject
- Literary Studies
- institution
- Freie Universität Berlin
- Phone
- +49 30 838 633 07
- kathrin.wittler@fu-berlin.de
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participating Members
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Helen Ahner
- person_research_subject
- Historical and Cultural Anthropology
- institution
- Universität Wien
- Phone
- +43-1-4277-44007
- helen.ahner@univie.ac.at
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Sanja Bauer Mikulovic
- person_research_subject
- Neuroscience
- institution
- Leibniz-Institut für Neurobiologie
- Phone
- +49 391 6263 93171
- sanja.mikulovic@lin-magdeburg.de
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Maximilian Beyer
- person_research_subject
- Atomic, molecular, and optical physics
- institution
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- Phone
- +31 20 598 38 40
- m.beyer@vu.nl
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Radin Dardashti
- person_research_subject
- Philosophy
- institution
- Bergische Universität Wuppertal
- Phone
- +49 202 4392793
- dardashti@uni-wuppertal.de
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Christopher Degelmann
- person_research_subject
- Ancient History
- institution
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Phone
- +49 30 2093-70511
- christopher.degelmann@hu-berlin.de
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Johanna Gereke
- person_research_subject
- Sociology
- institution
- Universität Mannheim
- Phone
- +49 621 181-2819
- johanna.gereke@mzes.uni-mannheim.de
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Hani Harb
- person_research_subject
- Infectious Immunology
- institution
- Technische Universität Dresden
- Phone
- +49 351 458-11893
- hani.harb@ukdd.de
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Sebastian Hellmeier
- person_research_subject
- Political Science
- institution
- Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB)
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Lara Keuck
- person_research_subject
- History and Philosophy of Medicine
- institution
- Universität Bielefeld
- lara.keuck@uni-bielefeld.de
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Racha Kirakosian
- person_research_subject
- German Medieval Studies
- institution
- Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
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Nadja Klein
- person_research_subject
- Statistics and Data Science
- institution
- Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
- nadja.klein@kit.edu
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Rona Kobel
- person_research_subject
- Sculpture, Photography
- institution
- Universität der Künste Berlin
- studio@ronakobel.de
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Kornelia Kończal
- person_research_subject
- History
- institution
- Universität Bielefeld
- Phone
- +49 521 10667031
- kornelia.konczal@uni-bielefeld.de
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David Labonte
- person_research_subject
- Bioengineering
- institution
- Imperial College London
- Phone
- +44 20 7594 5679
- d.labonte@imperial.ac.uk
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Pascal Langenbach
- person_research_subject
- Law
- institution
- Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung von Gemeinschaftsgütern
- Phone
- +49 228 91416-171
- langenbach@coll.mpg.de
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Nadine Mengis
- person_research_subject
- Earth system modelling
- institution
- GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel
- Phone
- +49 431 600 4289
- nmengis@geomar.de
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Thorsten Merl
- person_research_subject
- Educational Sciences
- institution
- Universität Koblenz
- tmerl@uni-koblenz.de
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Fabian Michl
- person_research_subject
- Law
- institution
- Universität Leipzig
- Phone
- +49 341 97-35 156
- fabian.michl@uni-leipzig.de
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Christian Neumeier
- person_research_subject
- Public law
- institution
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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Kerstin Maria Pahl
- person_research_subject
- History/History of Science
- institution
- Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung
- Phone
- +49 30 82406-677
- pahl@mpib-berlin.mpg.de
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Philipp Rothemund
- person_research_subject
- Robotic Materials
- institution
- Universität Stuttgart
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Mira Sievers
- person_research_subject
- Islamic Theory
- institution
- Universität Hamburg
- Phone
- +49 40 42838-3532
- mira.sievers@uni-hamburg.de
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participating Alumnae / Alumni
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Bettina Bock
- person_research_subject
- German Linguistics, Language Didactics
- institution
- Universität zu Köln
- bettina.bock@uni-koeln.de
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Valeska Huber
- person_research_subject
- History
- institution
- Universität Wien
- Phone
- +43 1 4277-41217
- valeska.huber@univie.ac.at
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Activities
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Conference „Sprache und Rhetorik des Bundestagswahlkampfes 2025“
With a view to the Bundestag elections, the interdisciplinary conference is dedicated to linguistic topics in the research of campaign language and at the same time takes into account the social, political and media context.
Topics:
- Starts on
- 10.02.25
- Ends on
- 11.02.25
Event access: Public
Museum für Kommunikation Berlin
Leipziger Str. 16
10117 Berlin -
Deutschlandfunk Kultur - Sprache und Rhetorik des Bundestagswahlkampfes
Interview with Bettina Bock on the occasion of the conference ‘Language and Rhetoric of the Bundestag Election Campaign’ in Berlin on 10 and 11 February 2025 (in German).
Topics:
- date
- 07.02.25
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Workshop „Einfach schwierig?“ ('Simply difficult? Complexity and simplicity in scientific language')
The aim of the interdisciplinary workshop of the Research Group "Language" is to shed light on the possibilities of complex and simple communication in science.
Topics:
- Starts on
- 09.10.24
- Ends on
- 09.10.24
Event access: Internal
Munich
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Workshop „Künstler*innen über Kunst“ ('artists on art')
Talking about art: For some artists, the linguistic construction of an artistic programme or an artistic position is an inherent part of their work. Others see it as a challenging communicative task to speak and write about their own art in professional contexts or in front of a critical audience. In addition to individual differences, there are also differences specific to art forms and media.
The aim of this interdisciplinary workshop organised by the Working Group Language is to shed light on the broad field of artistic communication.
Topics:
- Starts on
- 26.03.24
- Ends on
- 27.03.24
Event access: Internal
Leipzig
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Interdisciplinary workshop "language use in science and humanities"
In this workshop we want to try a little experiment “on our own” and compare scientific texts from different subjects to see how they use language to present scientific results. We are not concerned with an exact linguistic description of individual phenomena, but rather with our spontaneous impressions: How do texts from other disciplines affect us, which stylistic features surprise or irritate us, what seems familiar to us? What linguistic means do the articles use to present their problem/question? What is considered as 'fact' in each case? How is the argumentation made?
Topics:
- Starts on
- 28.02.24
Event access: Internal
Mannheim
14:00
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