Projects, Events and Texts

We invite you to a poetry slam titled “Anyone can write creative texts.”
The slam will take place as a hybrid event. This means you can take part in person or register on Zoom.

When: Friday, 21 January 2022 at 5:30 pm
Where: Main Campus, Universität Hamburg, and on Zoom
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We would like to invite you to our Summertime Literature Days—FaDaF International, which will take place from 2 to 4 September 2021 online. There are no registration fees.

The core of this literature festival is 6 literature seminars involving one-hour discussions of a topic based on a text provided in advance.

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Science slams are the rebels of academic talks, colorful unicorns, grab bags of scientific goodies for everyone. More information

In Winter Semester 2020/21 we invite you to our digital poetry slam. More information

Digital teaching can be a challenge. And digital teaching also fosters student language acquisition. So we are inviting you to a digital poetry slam, Slam in Sicherheit. Event handout 

In 2019, Universität Hamburg celebrated its 100th anniversary. Naturally, the University Language Center also took part with activities on the topics of language and culture. More information

Procedure

Introduction with international students
Talk and discussion with poet Ingolf Brökel
Film Der erdachte Mann
Music and singing
Wine and snacks

The University Language Center invites you to an event with the poet Ingolf Brökel.

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International students from all over the world present their slam texts, accompanied by live music; moderated by the well-known spoken word artist Jessy James LaFleur.

We also welcome a special guest: the prize-winning slammer Dalibor Marković.

On 18 January 2018 at 6 pm
Pony Bar, Allendeplatz 1
Free!

Together with students from different countries, Dr. Nils Bernstein organized a poetry slam to conclude his seminar on poetry slams on 12 January 2017. It took place in the Fabrique in the Gängeviertel district of Hamburg. More information 

Slam magazine

Welcome to the University Language Center podcast. We have a lot of exciting topics on language and language learning and, of course, the center itself! Podcast link

On 18 June 2015, members of the seminar on contemporary literature and music headed by Dr. Nils Bernstein, who oversees German as a Foreign Language, organized an atmospheric evening of poetry and music. More information

As part of the University anniversary festivities in 2019, international students wrote these texts.

This cookbook with international cuisine is a delight—and not just for your taste buds. Bilingual recipes and literary texts by our international students will whet your appetite for foreign languages and cultures. Cookbook

In Summer Semester 2017, students in the seminar on cult literature and film, taught by Dr. Nils Bernstein, worked on these texts.

In Summer Semester 2016, students in the Fack ju, Göhte seminar on borderline poetry, taught by Dr. Nils Bernstein, created these texts.