Multilingualism and Translation in the History of German Academic and Scholarly Languages

International Conference of the Working Group on "Historical Scholarly and Scientific Languages" (HiGeWiS)

March 5 and 6, 2026

International Conference of the Working Group on "Historical Scholarly and Scientific Languages" (HiGeWiS)

Multilingualism and Translation in the History of German Academic and Scholarly Languages

March 5–6, 2026

Organized by:
Stefaniya Ptashnyk (Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities Heidelberg University)
Wolf Peter Klein (University of Würzburg) Ingo Runde (Heidelberg University Archives)

Venue:
Heidelberg University Archives
Akademiestraße 4-8
69117 Heidelberg

Contact:
dw140@uni-heidelberg.de

program

With the kind support of the "Friends of the Heidelberg University Archives and Museum" and the Society of Friends of Heidelberg University e.V.

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