Let’s found an association! This idea came to mind to the founding members of the Diversity in Linguistics Association in autumn 2021. But what led to this idea?
In the beginning, there was the student council for linguistics and phonetics at the University of Cologne. At the turn of the year 2017/2018, Natascha, who is now on the advisory board of the association, came up with the idea of organising an international summer school on forensic linguistics. A big undertaking for a small student council, but Natascha and Dominic, who is now president of the association, take on the task. In summer 2018, the Summer School takes place for the first time; then in summer 2019 for the second time. In the meantime, Janina, now vice president, has also joined the group. The summer school takes place for the third time in the summer of 2021. Shortly afterwards, Dominic, Janina and Natascha decide to found an association.
An association just for a summer school? Is that even worth the effort? Fortunately, we don’t have to answer this question. At the time of the founding, the association not only included the summer school, but also a workshop on statistics in linguistics. Where did that come from? Originally, the workshop started as a tutorial for applied statistics offered by the linguistics and phonetics student council at the University of Cologne. After a few such courses, a summer school workshop followed, and most recently two online workshops for national and international participants. Dominic and Janina have been running the workshop together since the beginning.
But that is not all. In addition to the summer school and statistics workshops, a newly started talk series is also part of the newly founded association. In the talk series “Diversity in Linguistics”, the association pursues its general goal: To provide a place for diversity in linguistics. With this new event, the association will start into the future; hopefully with you as a member!
Structure of the Association
The structure of the association is – as is usual for associations (“Vereine”) in Germany – laid down in the statutes. The Association for Diversity in Linguistics recognises two board positions, three seats on the advisory board, and the group of general members. Members without offices who wish to be mentioned by name online are listed here, as are those who hold offices.
Association's Board
Co-President
Dominic Schmitz
Co-President
Janina Esser
Advisory Board
Advisory Board Member
Dana Roemling
Advisory Board Member
Simon David Stein
Advisory Board Member
Viktoria Schneider
Members
As of 20/12/2024, there are 150 members. Those who wish to be named are:
Muhadj Adnan, Zoe Anna Niahm Alter, Constanze Andel, Annalisa Arcidiacono, Emine Asci, Muhammad Asif, Marina Benekou, Jakob Böhm, Daria Bogatova, Hannah-Charlotte Bröder, Alexander Clemen, Andrea S. Curran, Dennis Dahlhausen, David Dankwa-Apawu, Marie del Mar Galindo Merino, Jeconiah Dreisbach, Tabea De Wille, Laura Duve, Martina Eberle, Alice J. Ellwood, Ghattas Eid, Marie Engemann, Janina Esser, Ayesha Farooq, Elisa Fest, Paulina Odeth Flores Bañuelos, Rene-Christian Foidl, Bastian Fuchs, Deia Ganayim, Christopher Geissler, Alona Golubchik, Lisa-Pearl Gyasi, Ann-Sophie Haan, Aaricia Herygers, Melce Hüsünbeyi, Rachid Iseksioui, Berit Johannsen, Ellen M. Jones, Akhilesh Kakolu Ramarao, Navjot Kaur, Abdul Farooq Khan, Zaal Kikvidze, Kleopatra Karapanagiotou, Martin Konvička, Max Kronen, Alexandra Krüger, Gordana Lalic-Krstin, Lisa Marie Lang, Diana Lepka, Laura Levstock, Stephanie Lieboldt, Anne Lützeler, Samrina Abdul Majeed, Sarah-Therese Mann, Japhet Manzano, Karoline Marko, Deepak J. Mashru, Nele Mastracchio, Rayyan Merchant, Vanessa Michaelis, Lukas Mielczarek, Katrin C. Mueller, Erdin Mujezinović, Amna Naseeb, Mohammad Mansoor Naseri, Kristina Nazarenus, Anh Kim Nguyen, Leah Nieber, Jessica Nieder, Qummar un Nisa, Maria Nisar, Samira Ochs, Nicole Palliwoda, Gwanghun Park, Maike Park, Alisa Pasanen, Naomi Peck, Milanka Peric, Ai Vinh Pham-Le, Isabel Picornell, Annika Miriam Rabenau, Zachi Einna Reyes Orquijo, Jasmin Pfeifer, Lea Ramke, Niklas Reinken, Val Ring, Dana Roemling, Justyna Beata Rokosz, Jonas Konstantin Romstadt, Basiru Umar Said, Lea Sarnow, Lea Schäfer, Dominic Schmitz, Viktoria Schneider, Tobias Schröer, Christopher Schulz, Christin Schütze, Christina Ines Schwarz, Azianura Hani Shaari, Nurtimhar A. Shahaji, Deepak Singh, Anna Sophia Stein, Simon David Stein, Linda D. Steppan, Andrea Streckenbach, Nathalie Stummer, Kevin Tang, Annika Tjuka, Sol Tovar, Haris Trgo, Ruben van de Vijver, Emmanuel Uwambayinema, Lena Völkening, Lars Vorberger, Sarah Warchhold, Sara Wessel-Ellermann, Niklas Wiskandt, Maxi Nora Wittmaack, Sidney Wong, Habtamu Anbessie Woyila, Anastasia Yablokova, Vroni Zieglmeier, Victor Zimmermann
Partners
since 2021
since 2023
FörderLinK e.V., Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Association of Emerging Linguists (EL)
Previous Boards
Term 2023 - 2024
Association’s Board: Dominic Schmitz, Janina Esser
Advisory Board: Viktoria Schneider, Simon David Stein, Katharina Sternke
Term 2022 - 2023
Association’s Board: Dominic Schmitz, Janina Esser
Advisory Board: Lisa Brandt, Viktoria Schneider, Katharina Sternke
Term 2021 - 2022
Association’s Board: Dominic Schmitz, Janina Esser
Advisory Board: Lisa Brandt, Natascha Rohde, Katharina Sternke