News archive 2023
Nov. 27 - Dec. 1, 2023
Erasmus Staff Week in Graz: A visit to treffpunkt sprachen
The Erasmus Staff Week took place at the Karl Franzens University of Graz from 27 November to 1 December 2023. For the ninth time, 31 representatives from various European universities met in southern Austria, among them two colleagues from the University of Potsdam. more...
30 November 2023
Workshop on “Student and Teacher Wellbeing” with Deborah Shechter
How can we teachers enhance expansive emotions and thus ensure our own and our students’ wellbeing? more...
Winter Semester 2023/24
Student Project: The Armed Truth - Ukrainian Media Images
We cordially invite all interested scholars and enthusiasts to our seminar, “The Armed Truth—Images of the Ukrainian Media.” Since its inception in 2022, both the seminar and the accompanying exhibition have received considerable attention and recognition. more...
12 September 2023
15. Wildauer Bibliotheksymposium
Where are the flagships of library work headed? - Library management systems (LMS) and their prospects. more...
September 5 - 10, 2023
Exploring the Polish Capital
Excursion to Warsaw from September 5 – 10, 2023
A variety of architecture ranging from Gothic churches to classical palaces and even modern skyscrapers, new cultural experiences... Find out more... about our excursion to Warsaw this year.
Summer Semester 2023
Presenting in an Academic Context: Doctoral Students at the University of Cagliari Strengthen Their Skills at Zessko
Online or hybrid courses allow students from all partner universities to participate in advertised EDUC-courses. In the 2023 summer semester, Dr. Prickett opened his hybrid course “Memorable Speaking: Making an Impact (Hörverstehen und mündlicher Ausdruck II),” which he conducts together with Karen Abel (Beit Berl College, Israel) for students of the EDUC partner universities. more...
Summer Semester 2023
Germany, Georgia and the EU: An exchange between law students who are learning English
In the 2023 summer semester, law students from the University of Potsdam and the University of Georgia, Tbilisi, took part in a COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) project. more...
3 July 2023
Zessko at the 2023 Foreign Language Didactics Colloquium Berlin-Brandenburg (FKBB)
On June 9, 2023, the Foreign Language Didactics Colloquium Berlin-Brandenburg (FKBB) took place at the Humboldt University in Berlin. This event brought together leading experts, researchers, and practitioners in the fields of foreign language didactics and language practice. more...
7 June 2023
Student Projects: Call for Winter Semester 2023/24
Now your input is needed as well! Do you have project ideas or creative visions? Do you want to organize your studies independently within the framework of an entire module and thus enrich life at our university? Do you want to find fellow participants and like-minded people and act on your own responsibility? Then take part in the next call for projects. more...
02June 2023
Symposium "AI Applications in Teaching and Learning Foreign Languages and in Academic Writing"
The symposium "AI Applications in Teaching and Learning Foreign Languages and in Academic Writing" took place at the Ruhr University of Bochum on June 2. Sophie Forkel from the French Department attended. more...
25 May 2023
Zessko's Language Cafés and Writing Assistance at the Campus Festival
Exciting quizzes attracted this year’s festivalgoers to the two Zessko booths. The teams of the fields of language training, the language tandems, the language cafés, and the writing assistance with support from the tutors from the Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Human Sciences were on-site. more...
20 April 2023
Strong Partners—Zessko Deepens Ties with Higher Education Institutions in Israel
Karen Abel (Head of English, Beit Berl College, Kfar Saba, Israel), Michelle Hanoch (Beit Berl College), and David Prickett (Head of Zessko) have been working exclusively online on the design, implementation, and revision of their course “INTERFACE” since summer 2018. more...
1-3 March 2023
8th Bremen Symposium
Lifelong learning, interculturalism & multilingualism, flexible teaching and learning formats, online assessments, autonomy - these were the perspectives from which well over 200 conference participants from many countries, including Zessko, engaged in scientific exchange on the framework topic "Rethinking the Role of Language Centers: Flexibility, Relevance & Vision" at this year's Bremen Symposium from March 1-3, 2023. more...
2 March 2023
Maratona di Letteratura: Italo Calvino
On March 2, the Maratona di Letteratura: Italo Calvino took place at the Potsdam City and State Library. more...
19 January 2023
Annual Visit of the President and General Assembly at Zessko
On January 19, 2023, the annual visit of the President of the University of Potsdam, Prof. Oliver Günther, took place at the campus in Griebnitzsee. It was followed by the Zessko general assembly. As part of the President's visit, Dr. Elke Hirsch was honored for 40 years of teaching and service at the University. more...
Winter Semester 2022/23
Digital Storytelling with Students in Potsdam and in Tel Aviv
The project, Digital Literacy, Digital Citizenry in Academic Writing (dig.lit.cit), emerged from a 2022 joint project call of the Tel Aviv University and University of Potsdam and was funded by the funding line “Innovative Digital Teaching.” more...
