February 2026: Podcast interview for ‚Babelonië‘, Radio Centraal Antwerpen, 5. February 2026.
December 2025: Cooperation French embassy in Belgium and Faculty of Languages and Humanities for ‚Journée de la France‘ at VUB, chair of panel debate „La France et la Belgique au coeur des enjeux de la diplomatie scientifique en Europe“, 4. December 2025.
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.
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Last updated: 11 February 2026.
Philipp Krämer 