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Location and venue

 

FREIBURG

 

Freiburg is one of the oldest and most famous German university towns, an all-year-through tourist highlight in the very Southwest corner of Germany, capital of the Black Forest, known for its very mild climate (“Germany’s Tuscany”), relaxed lifestyle and high quality of living, many outdoor cafés and restaurants, summer (music and wine) festivals, just 30 minutes away from both France (Alsace) and Switzerland (nearest city: Basel) and no more than 4 hours away from Italy.

The region is famous for its Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte, or Black Forest Cake, and visitors of Freiburg should also make sure to try a piece of cheesecake from Stefans Käsekuchen at the Münster Market.

The Münster Market is a daily farmer's market, one of the most beautiful in Germany, taking place right around to Freiburg's landmark, the beautiful cathedral ("Freiburger Münster") just off Freiburg's main shopping street.

Prices for food, drinks and grocery are moderate: A daily budget of 25-30 Euro will cover all your expenses (a meal at the students' refectory, for example, costs between 4,70 and 6,90 Euro).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Travel options to Freiburg:

  • by train (with Deutsche Bahn), e.g. 2,5 hours from Frankfurt airport
  • plane to Basle/Mulhouse airport (BSL, MLH or EAP) or Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden (FKB) airport
  • or car (on motorway A5). 

 

UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG

 

  • founded in 1457
  • one of the oldest and most distinguished universities of Germany
  • ranked among the Top 5 comprehensive universities in Germany, among the Top 100 of the world
  • as a leading research university in Europe, known for its excellent research & teaching, with multiple national and international rewards
  • extremely successful in attracting and educating early-career researchers (PhDs, postdocs)
  • roughly 25,000 BA & Master students, about 3,500 PhD students

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

 

 

FREIBURG LINGUISTICS

 

  • vibrant linguistics scene: strongly empirical profile, broadly functional-cognitive orientation; corpus linguistics, language variation, dialectology, World Englishes, language typology, interactional linguistics, multimodality research, research at the interface of linguistics and the cognitive sciences

  • Linguistics at the Department of English: morphology and syntax, corpus linguistics, language variation, dialectology, World Englishes, language typology, research at the interface of linguistics and the cognitive sciences

 

  • The Hermann Paul Centre for Linguistics (HPCL) is an interdisciplinary research institute dedicated to the study of all aspects of language and communication. Its goal is to gain new insights into current linguistic issues through cooperation and collaboration with academic disciplines outside of linguistics.

 

  • The Hermann Paul School of Linguistics Basel-Freiburg (HPSL) is the joint Swiss-German graduate school for all PhD students in the language sciences and provides an international and interdisciplinary programme in state-of-the-art research. At any point in time, there are about 60 PhD students registered, about 35 in Freiburg and 25 in Basel.

 

  • The University of Freiburg hosted the ISLE 1 conference in 2008 and the very first ISLE Summer School in 2013 (Englishes in a Multilingual World) – as well as numerous other linguistics conferences, workshops and "seasonal" schools over the last 30 years.

 

 

VENUE: FREIBURG INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES (FRIAS)

 

The Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) is the international research college of the University of Freiburg. As an integral part of the university, the Institute unites under its roof the humanities and social sciences as well as medicine, the natural and life sciences, and engineering. 

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MAP

 

Route from StayInn via Train station to FRIAS and KG I, University of Freiburg