The one-day kick-off event offered a lecture programme with speakers from politics, culture, schools and universities from 9 am to 5 pm. The lecture programme was followed by a champagne reception with musical accompaniment by the Schneider Swing Trio.

You can download the complete programme here here. We would like to thank all participants for their contributions and the plenum for a lively exchange.

We are pleased to be able to provide you with some of the presentations from the event for download below:

Brandt, Doreen: Studying Low German in Oldenburg. Structure, goals and framework conditions of the new degree programmes

Kammler, Grietje: Advantages instead of prejudices. The opportunity of multilingualism (supplementary lecture text)

Reinert, Peter: Opportunities for Low German programmes in lower secondary school

Pfeil, Beate S.: On the importance of (university) education for the preservation of regional or minority languages using the example of Low German

Siefer, Heinrich: Nedderdüütsch in Neddersassen - Wo süht dat dormit ut? Notes on the status of language policy work for the Low German language in Lower Saxony

Luther, Saskia: Low German in Magdeburg - students between astonishment and thirst for action

Becker, Thees / Meents, Mareike: Nedderdüütsk and #jungelüüd - Geiht dat mitnanner? The introduction of Low German degree programmes from a student and young language policy perspective