The feminine terms in the Ukrainian language: Olena Synchak searches for historical and political clues in MSCA4Ukraine project

Ukraine’s turbulent history, with its recurring Russian interventions, is also reflected in its language. Ukrainian linguist Olena Synchak is investigating how this is expressed in the use of feminine terms. She is supported by means of a highly competitive MSCA4Ukraine Postdoctoral Fellowship awarded by the European Commission. In our interview, she talks about the changes in her language – and how these are also reflected in touching stories told by Ukrainian women.

Empathising with literary characters – and thus learning about one’s own emotional world

Anes Osmić, literary scholar and author, has a pragmatic approach to using literature: reading should teach us specific, practical lessons. In his doctoral thesis, which the Senior Scientist at the University of Sarajevo is writing at the Department of Slavic Studies at the University of Klagenfurt, he addresses the issue of emotional literacy, and how it can be developed with the help of literature. He is currently the recipient of the Lejla Hairlahović-Hušić Scholarship from the War Childhood Museum and the Lejla Hairlahović-Hušić Foundation.

Intercultural challenges of academic terminology

Nassikhat Utemgaliyeva is an Ernst Mach Fellow from Kazakhstan and a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Slavic Studies at the University of Klagenfurt. She investigated academic terminologies and their use in educational discourse and identified semantic differences in Kazakh, English and German. Read more →

30 Years of Summer School Bovec: A Jubilee of Multilingualism

The Summer School Bovec, organised by the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt in cooperation with six universities from four countries, has good reason to celebrate: This cross-border education initiative centred in the Alps-Adriatic region was first held 30 years ago. The celebration bore the motto “Bovec as a future space” and partner universities, graduates and numerous guests of honour came together to mark the 30th anniversary.