
UG appoints interim professor of Frisian language and culture
The UG has appointed a new interim professor of Frisian language and culture. Prof. dr. Arjen Versloot, who has been a professor in Germanic linguistics (specialised in German, Scandinavian and Frisian languages)…
February 8, 2023Internship Interview: Merin Beerda
In Internship Interviews, MA Multilingualism’s students give us insight into what their placement is like! In today’s blog, Merin Beerda (23) talks about her internship at the Province of Fryslân “My name…
July 21, 2022Vlogs: Cultural Heritage
To present their field work to a broad audience, students of the second-year M&M course Into the Local Laboratory: Cultural Heritage made vlogs. From colonial art to modern regional language music, they’ve…
June 30, 2022Internship Interview: Puan Maharani
In Internship Interviews, MA Multilingualism’s students give us insight into what their placement is like! In today’s blog, Puan Maharani (25) talks about her internship at the Red Cross in the Hague.…
June 9, 2022Week in the Life: Sam (1st Year Student)
Monday On Monday I have my day off! I spent it studying in the library and working on a PowerPoint for Intersectionality and Superdiversity. Tuesday The first picture was taken in Multilingualism…
April 19, 2022Week in the Life: Charlotte (3rd Year Student)
Hey everyone! My name is Charlotte, and I’m a third year M&M student! I will be showing you what a week looks like when you study M&M. I do a few extracurriculars…
March 29, 2022Internship Interview: Emma Danbury
In Internship Interviews, MA Multilingualism’s students give us insight into what their placement is like! Kicking off is Emma Danbury, who is doing a research internship at the University of Amsterdam. “Hi!…
March 24, 2022Student blog: Decolonizing Creole languages
“I was looking for a study programme that focuses on the dynamics between the minority and majority in society: I’ve found that in this programme. Besides, it combines all my interests: politics,…
February 5, 2021Student blog: Music as the saviour of a dying language?
Could music save a dying language? This is what elective student Kato Kuijpers asked herself when she wrote a blogpost on traditional Scottish music and its impact on the survival of Scottish…
January 29, 2021Sign up for the Online bachelor’s week!
Are you interested in how you can manage diversity; of cultures and languages? How minorities shape social development? Whether the discussion on inclusion and diversity ask for new leadership skills? Sign up…
January 6, 2021