February 2025: Invited speaker for panel discussion „Constructing linguistic capital through education in cross-border regions“, University of Maastricht, Netherlands, 5. February 2025.
January 2025: Several interviews and expert comments about the updated ‚France strategy‘ of Saarland and border checks in the French-German border region (SR Kultur: der Nachmittag, SR Kultur: Ici et là, Saarbrücker Zeitung), 21.-28. January 2025.
November 2024: Invited speaker for panel discussion on linguistic borders in the Saar-Lor-Lux region, international symposium „Frontières linguistiques, frontières culturelles ? Explorations récentes des interactions multidimensionnelles“ organised by the Language council of Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany, 12. November 2024.
September 2024: Invited guest lecture „La Belgique et ses multilinguismes : défis et dénis“, Embassy of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg in Brussels, Conference ‚Le multilinguisme au Luxembourg et en Belgique‘ for the opening of the exposition ‚d’Lëtzebuerger Sprooch(en)‘. 19. September 2024.
September 2024: Several interviews and expert comments about the introduction of border checks in the French-German border region, Radio SR 2, Moselle TV and Saarbrücker Zeitung, 10.-17. September 2024.
May 2024: Invited guest lecture „Französisch-basierte Kreolsprachen und ihr politischer Rahmen: Anerkennung, Erhaltung, Förderung“ and exchange about minority language policy, Serbski institut / Sorbisches Institut, Chóśebuz / Cottbus, Germany, 28. May 2024.
January 2024: Panel discussion „Mission, Europa, Reggae: Kreolsprachen zwischen Marginalisierung und Aneignung im (Post)Kolonialismus“, part of the series „Schatten des Schattens. Sprache in (post)kolonialen Zeiten“, cooperation between LWL-Kommission für Mundart- und Namenforschung Westfalens, Burg Hülshoff – Center for Literature and Universität Münster, Münster, Germany, 17. January 2024.
March 2023: Invited guest lecture ‚“Exotische“ Inseln und wie man dort spricht: Europäische Blicke auf Kreolsprachen von der Kolonialzeit bis zum Strandtourismus‘, Lecture series ‚Wissen um 11‘ at Haus der Wissenschaft, Bremen, Germany, 25. March 2023.
January 2023: Talkshow ‚SaarTalk‘, discussion about Franco-German relations and multilingualism in the border region, i.a. with Saarland’s prime minister Anke Rehlinger, SR Fernsehen, 19. January 2023.
January 2023: Interview about recent developments in Saarland’s France strategy ‚Wir im Saarland – das Magazin‘, SR Fernsehen, 19. January 2023.
July 2022: Interview on the history of the study of creole languages and present-day efforts to standardise creoles around the world, Podcast ‚History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences‘, 1. July 2022.
January 2022: Interviews in Saarländischer Rundfunk about multilingual language policy ahead of the regional elections in Saarland, ‚Bilanz am Mittag‘ (SR2) and ‚Region am Mittag‘ (SR3), 19. January 2022.
December 2021: Article about research on language ideologies towards Basque in Spain, daily newspaper Berria (online), 16. December 2021.
July 2021: Article about the panel discussion ‚Sprachpolitik und ihre Grenzen – Mehrsprachigkeit an Deutschlands Rändern‘ (Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder), Märkische Oderzeitung, 6. July 2021 (Print).
March 2021: Interviews for web feature of Saarländischer Rundfunk about effects of border closures during the Coronavirus pandemic.
April-June 2020: Interviews and statements on border closures and Franco-German relations in connection with the coronavirus pandemic: Saarbrücker Zeitung, SR Fernsehen, Mosaïk TV Sarreguemines, SR2 Kulturradio.
June 2019: „Sprachen unter Palmen“ – Programme of IZ Europäische Sprachen at Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften, conception and coordination, Freie Universität Berlin.
January 2019: Interview on SR 2 Kulturradio, reports in Saarbrücker Zeitung and SR Fernsehen about language policy in Saarland.
November 2018: Panel discussion about language policy in Saarland upon invitation by Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Saarbrücken, 15. November 2018.
December 2017: Guest lecture about multilingualism and language conflict in Belgium, Volkshochschule Monheim/Rhein, 11. December 2017.
November 2017: Panel discussion with Prime Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer about the research project on Saarland’s language policy, Permanent Representation of Saarland with the federal authorities, Berlin, 6. November 2017.
June 2017: „Sprachen – Menschen – Gesellschaften“ – Programme of IZ Europäische Sprachen at Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften, conception and coordination (with Truus De Wilde and Matthias Hüning), Freie Universität Berlin.
April – October 2017: Interviews and reports about the research project on Saarland’s language policy in i.a. Saarbrücker Zeitung, SR Radio and Fernsehen, Tagesspiegel, Radio Salü. (complete list)
April 2017: Panel discussion at Europa-Union Berlin: „Rechtspopulismus und die Wahlen in Europa“, 6. April 2017.
March 2017: Interviews about the elections in the Netherlands and France in Tagesspiegel (FU-Beilage), Spreeradio, O Globo (Brazil).
December 2016: Interview about plurilingualism for the feature Zeitfragen, Deutschlandradio Kultur, 19.12.2016.
December 2016: Interview for the project Colonialism meets journalism at the Dekra-Hochschule für Medien in cooperation with the Deutsches Historisches Museum.
June 2016: Co-organiation of the presentation of the department of Dutch philology at Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften, Freie Universität Berlin, 13. Juni 2015.
February 2016: Guest column in the daily newspapers Tagesspiegel and Potsdamer Neuesten Nachrichten: „Sprache darf kein Grenzzaun sein“. Print edition from February 15th, 2016 und online: Tagesspiegel; PNN.
June 2015: Co-organisation of the programme „Waffeleisenpolitik und Streit um Sprachen – Belgien begreifen“ at Langen Nacht der Wissenschaften, Freie Universität Berlin, 13. June 2015.
March 2015: Radio interview about the German loanword „Pegida“ in other languages. MDR Info, 16. März 2015.
March 2015: Interview for the article „Kreolit epävarmuuden opettajina“ („What Creole insecurity teaches us“) in Uljas. Itä-Suomen ylioppilaslehti 3/2015, 24-25. Online: pdf.
since September 2014: Co-author of the blog Nederlands. Beobachtungen zur Niederländischen Sprache.
November 2014: Guest column in the daily newspapers Tagesspiegel and Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten: „Englisch und viel mehr – für eine realistische EU-Sprachpolitik“, with Matthias Hüning. Print edition from November 4th, 2014 and online: Tagesspiegel; PNN.
April 2014: Conception and organisation of the project „Sprachlandschaften“ (Adaption of Linguistic Landscape research for elemantary school classes), Nürtingen-Grundschule, Berlin-Kreuzberg.
June 2013 – March 2014: Conception, organisation and evaluation of teacher trainings within the project „The Many Sides of German“.
January 2014: „Es darf kein Elitenprojekt werden“ – Interview about the bilingualism strategy of the Saarland regional government; Saarbrücker Zeitung (print p. B1 and online), 29. January 2014.
October 2013: „Etter valget i et lille land“ – Article about the Parliamentary Electiosn in Luxemburg in the Norwegian daily newspaper Dagsavisen (online), 21. October 2013.
June 2013 (with Heike Wiese): „Deutsch ist vielseitig / The many sides of German“ – Project presentation at the 17th workshop of SFB 632, Leucorea, Lutherstadt Wittenberg. 13. – 14. June 2013.
March 2013: „Europa er en øy i Indiahavet: Mayotte to år etter départementalisation“ – Article about the political situation in Mayotte in the Norwegian daily newspaper Dagsavisen (online), 24. March 2013.
January 2013: „Fiksjonen av renhet. Kulturdebatten føres med argumenter fra 1800-tallet“ – Article about the Norwegian debate on „national culture“ in the Norwegian daily newspaper Dagsavisen (online) (online), 10. January 2013.
July 2011: „Promotion in der Kreolistik“ – Project presentation in the course „Französische Kreolsprachen“ (Prof. Dr. Peter Stein), Freie Universität Berlin, 15. July 2011.
June 2011: Radio interview about current trends in French societal policies. MotorFM, 16. June 2011.
June 2010: „Dicke Lippen und verdorbenes Französisch: Rassismus in der Forschung zu Kreolsprachen“ – Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften, Universität Potsdam. 5. June 2010.
Last updated: 9 February 2025.
Philipp Krämer 