Institute of Slavic Studies
Statement by the Institute of Slavic Studies on the Russian attack on Ukraine
We are deeply appalled by Russia's ongoing attack on Ukraine, which began on 24 February 2022. It constitutes a breach of international law, the immediate consequences of which are already a terrible reality for the Ukrainian people, and whose far-reaching consequences for a peaceful, free and open world are difficult to assess.
We strongly condemn this aggression against a country that has made such great efforts to embark on the difficult path towards civil society reform and self-determination.
Our solidarity goes out to the people of Ukraine, our staff and students of Ukrainian origin who fear for their relatives and friends, and our Ukrainian cooperation partners. It also goes out to the people of Russia and Belarus who are openly protesting against this war led by Russia and the violence.
We mourn all the victims.
Institute of Slavic Studies
Research-based learning & student projects
Teaching/learning project: Multilingualism in a medium-sized town – the example of Delmenhorst
Learning project on multilingualism in the 2025 summer semester – explore language repertoires, linguistic strategies, language biographies, language attitudes, language experiences and language policy in Delmenhorst in your own small research projects. More
Slavic fieldwork and student conference in Vilnius
In September 2025 (14–21 September), the Institute is finally offering another excursion for the first time in a long while! We will travel to Vilnius and search for traces of Russian, Ukrainian, Polish and Belarusian history.
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Students of Slavic Studies support the Antolin reading promotion programme
Antolin is a web-based programme from Westermann Verlag (https://antolin.westermann.de/) designed to promote reading skills among pupils in grades 1 to 10. Slavic studies students are expanding the Russian section of Antolin by formulating questions in Russian about Russian-language books. More