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Faces of M&M: Goffe Jensma
Have you ever wondered who the people are behind our BA and MA programme? In the next six weeks, you will find out! We will be posting a range of portraits (one…
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Congratulations to our MA graduates!
We are so proud of our master students who received their diploma on 29 August 2018! To celebrate this happy occasion, family and friends gathered at the graduation ceremony in the Provincial…
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The Catalan quest for independence: beyond the headlines
We’re starting the new academic year with an opening lecture from award-winning journalist Vicent Partal. Partal is the director of VilaWeb, the most important digital newspaper in Catalan, and he wrote several…
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Catalan fire in Hamburg
“Wer’t wy op ‘e wrâld ek binne, oer ús skynt deselde sinne” The summer solstice – the longest day of the year – marks the beginning of summer and is traditionally celebrated…
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MA Multilingualism students Sara and Guillem win LC Award 2018!
A short while ago, we asked you on our social media accounts to vote for our Multilingualism master students Guillem Belmar and Sara Pinho as they were competing in the race for…
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Interview with master student Guillem Belmar
Guillem Belmar comes from Catalonia and studies Multilingualism at the University of Groningen. We had a chat with him and talked about his motivation to come here and his thoughts on multilingualism…
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Minorities & Multilingualism at the 1ste Conference on Frisian Humanities
On 23 to 26 April 2018 the Fryske Akademy organised the first Conference on Frisian Humanities in the Municipal Theatre De Harmonie in Leeuwarden. This four-day conference brought together scholars from different disciplines to Ljouwert/Leeuwarden, the…
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Feest? Het eerste lustrum van Minorities & Multilingualism | Fries
Fries in een internationaal jasje In 2013 startte aan de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen een hernieuwde opleiding Friese Taal en Cultuur. De studie werd voortaan ingebed in een internationale Engelstalige studie: Minorities & Multilingualism.…
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Time to celebrate? The first lustrum of Minorities & Multilingualism | Frisian
Frisian in an international context In 2013 a new Frisian Language and Culture programme was launched at the University of Groningen. The study of Frisian was now embedded in an international oriented…
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Gronings is alive and kicking!
Our mysterious-looking Professor Goffe Jensma talks about Gronings and the project Wordwaark, a new language database. Gronings is alive! That the Groninger language is alive and kicking, was demonstrated at The Dag…
