"ELsA 2.0" welcomes guests from Ecuador

A number of events are also planned during this period, to which the public is warmly invited: 

Monday, 30 November 2026 // 5 to 6.30 pm // Teaching and Research Lab KOMPASS Sprache
Info Snacks – Magic with Hands – Working with Sign Language in Ecuador³
The “Magic with Hands” project develops sign language materials for families and their social circles. It is continuously being developed, incorporated into teaching in an academic context, and promotes the dissemination and visibility of Ecuadorian Sign Language.

Wednesday, 2 December 2026 // 7 to 9.30 pm // lecture hall 1, C21 (KIZ)
University Cinema “Verstehen Sie die Béliers?”
film and brief introduction to the issue of the invisibility of sign language in public spaces and the responsibility placed on families for barrier-free communication

Thursday, 3 December 2026 // 12.15 to 1.15 pm // Teaching and Research Lab KOMPASS Sprache
Lecture “Despertando identidades – material educativo para la revitalización del Waotededo” (“Awakening Identities – Educational material for the revitalisation of Waotededo”); speaker: Alexandra Yépez

Thursday, 3 December 2026 // 1.15 pm // Teaching and Research Lab KOMPASS Sprache
Lecturers’ Café
The international Lecturers’ Café aims to create a relaxed space for meeting others, mutual learning, inspiration and the initiation of joint projects.

Friday, 4 December 2026 // 2 to 4 pm // Café Hilge (Unicampus) 
Event: “Dare to celebrate communicative diversity over a coffee!”
In this meeting space, communicative diversity is to be made visible and tangible. Students from both countries have prepared supporting materials to encourage discovery, exchange and participation.

In addition, on 4 December from 9.30 am to 10.30 am, there will be a meeting with Professor Beate Hampe (Vice President for International Affairs at the University of Erfurt) and Dr Antje Dallmann (Head of the International Office), during which inclusive materials created by students will be handed over to the University of Erfurt.