A research team from the Institute for German Studies is investigating family groups that speak Sater Frisian in everyday life as part of a new DFG project. They want to find out how alive the minority language still is.

The introduction of Low German as a teaching subject is progressing. Three teachers were the first to successfully complete a certificate examination with lecturers from the Bachelor's degree programme in Low German at the university, which was launched in 2023.

The Low German Forum aims to make the regional language more visible in the cultural life of the university - all interested parties are invited to the fortnightly meetings.

German Reading Award for KIBUM: The children's and young people's book fair is "synonymous with the promotion of reading and German-language children's and young people's literature", according to the jury. The team from the city and university received the award in Berlin.

"Low German goes to school" - this is the heading under which experts from politics, culture and education are meeting at the university today. What is Low German and how has it developed? An interview with Germanist Doreen Brandt.

Culture has long been seen as a unifying force among peoples. The war in Ukraine has destroyed this certainty, says Germanist Silke Pasewalck. Here, she talks about how even the great Russian authors are now being reassessed.

Without grammar, there is no language - otherwise there would be no structure. This also applies to Sater Frisian. Anyone wishing to learn it can now refer to an up-to-date reference work. An Oldenburg student has also contributed to this.

Sater Frisian and Low German - two languages that are still part of everyday life for some people in Lower Saxony. A project at the Institute for German Studies is now collecting local dialects in a digital language atlas.

The city and university are inviting all reading enthusiasts to take a "mental leap" into philosophical and other adventures from Saturday during the 47th Oldenburg Children's and Young People's Book Fair KIBUM. Preparations have been underway on campus for months.

Do young people find poems and novels more accessible and interesting if the texts are discussed on an emotional level? A team led by literature didactics professor Jörn Brüggemann is comparing two different approaches.

How does one go about studying three centuries' worth of literary journals? Haimo Stiemer is banking on digital analysis methods – and has secured a "Carl von Ossietzky Young Researcher's Fellowship" with this approach.

"Science in ten minutes" - this is the name of the new format from the Oldenburg Research Centre for Children's and Young Adult Literature (OlFoKi). In video contributions, experts analyse current children's and young adult books scientifically and didactically.

Online teaching is different: there is no direct contact, some things are more tedious - but there are also advantages. Experiences from a German studies seminar.