Schaufenster der Fakultät

„Language is the most efficient means of human communication and a vehicle for thought. We speak our native language effortlessly, and as young children, learn a second language to become functionally indistinguishable from native speakers. Conversely, as adults, we invest great efforts in learning a second language, and in most cases do not speak it as native speakers do. These limitations have important consequences for us as individuals and as members of a language community. The field of second language acquisition studies the linguistic mechanisms underlying nonnative language processing. My research focuses on the structure of the multilingual mental lexicon and the properties of storage and retrieval of nonnative words from memory.“

Prof. Dr. Kira Gor (Maryland, USA) war im Wintersemester 2014/15 Inhaberin des DAAD-geförderten Gastlehrstuhls „The Multilingual Lexicon“

"Es freut mich sehr, als Gastwissenschaftler an der Universität Potsdam aufgenommen zu werden. Ich komme nach Potsdam, weil ich den direkten Kontakt zu den am Institut für Romanistik ansässigen Forschern für mein Forschungsprojekt sowie für meine Tätigkeit als Literaturwissenschaftler als sehr wichtig erachte."

Prof. Dr. Gerson Roberto Neumann (Porto Alegre, Brasilien) war im Jahr 2014 als Humboldt-Stipendiat am Institut für Romanistik zu Gast.

"Globalization has become part of the 'lifestyles' of people in academia, and so my presence here at the University of Potsdam is to mainly teach and conduct some research on various aspects of language, and also to interact with like-minded people for a better comprehension of issues that are of mutual interest. I am presently enjoying myself in the Institute of English and American Studies with its warm and welcoming staff and students. Collaborations have been excellent and I hope they will continue even when I am back at my parent University, the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology."

Dr. Charles Ofosu Marfo (Kumasi, Ghana) war 2014 und 2015 Gastprofessor am Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik.

"The School of Jewish Theology at the University of Potsdam is unique in the annals of German Jewry. First suggested as a general idea in 1836, the school was inaugurated in November 2012 here at Potsdam. In my capacity as visiting professor of Jewish law I have the distinct honor to highlight how Judaism's legal system has functioned over the past two millennia. A major aim of my teaching is to demonstrate how the humanistic-ethical values of Judaism are brought to life through Jewish rituals linked to the life cycle (e.g., birth, marriage, death) and the celebration of Jewish festivals. My hope is that my students will gradually come to appreciate how the inner religious, spiritual, and psychological dynamics embedded in the beliefs and practices of Judaism as a civilization have contributed to the search for meaning of human life. I am indeed fortunate to discover that all of my students (both Jews and non-Jews) are very eager to learn."

Rabbi Harvey Meirovich (Jerusalem, Israel) lehrte in den Sommersemestern 2014 und 2015 als Inhaber der Gastprofessur Halacha am Institut für Jüdische Theologie.