Summer School in Sign Language Studies

Summer School of Sign Language Studies

Berlin, 21-25. July 2025

The aim of the Summer School of Sign Language Studies is to provide an opportunity for advanced students and early career researchers to become acquainted with the range of current developments in sign language studies and to promote the academic discourse in International Sign Language.

Lectures will cover diﬀerent methodological approaches in sign language studies, such as ﬁrst and second language acquisition, language description and documentation, language typology, sociolinguistics, interpreting / translation studies and sign language ethnography, deaf studies, etc. There will also be three evening presentations, a panel discussion, four poster sessions and a day excursion.

The registration deadline for the Summer School is 15 May 2025.

Program

Monday, July 21	Tuesday, July 22	Wednesday, July 23	Thursday, July 24	Friday, July 25
9:30 - 10am Opening and Welcome	9:15 - 10:45am Lecture III		9:15 - 10:45am Lecture I	9:15 - 10:45am Lecture IV
10:15am - noon Lecture I	11:15am - 12:45:pm Lecture IV	Excursion	11:15am - 12:45pm Lecture II	10:45am - 12:45pm Lecture V
noon - 2pm (Lunch Break) Poster Session I	12:45pm -2:15 pm (Lunch Break) Poster Session II	Excursion	12:45 - 2:15pm (Lunch Break) Poster Session III	12:45 - 2:15pm (Lunch Break) Poster Session IV
2pm - 4pm Lecture II	2:15pm - 3:45pm Lecture V	Excursion	2:15pm - 3:45pm Lecture III	2:15pm - 3:45pm Panel discussion
3:45pm - 5:45pm Working Groups & Wrap Up Day One	3:45pm -5:45pm Working Groups & Wrap Up Day Two	Excursion	3:45pm - 5:45pm Working Groups & Wrap Up Day Three	4pm - 5pm Wrap Up Day Four & Closing Remarks

Monday, July 21

Tuesday, July 22

Wednesday, July 23

Thursday, July 24

Friday, July 25

9:30 - 10am

Opening and Welcome

9:15 - 10:45am

Lecture III

9:15 - 10:45am

Lecture I

9:15 - 10:45am

Lecture IV

10:15am - noon

Lecture I

11:15am - 12:45:pm

Lecture IV

Excursion

11:15am - 12:45pm

Lecture II

10:45am - 12:45pm

Lecture V

noon - 2pm (Lunch Break) Poster Session I

12:45pm -2:15 pm (Lunch Break)

Poster Session II

Excursion

12:45 - 2:15pm (Lunch Break) Poster Session III

12:45 - 2:15pm (Lunch Break) Poster Session IV

2pm - 4pm

Lecture II

2:15pm - 3:45pm

Lecture V

Excursion

2:15pm - 3:45pm

Lecture III

2:15pm - 3:45pm

Panel discussion

3:45pm - 5:45pm

Working Groups &

Wrap Up Day One

3:45pm -5:45pm

Working Groups &

Wrap Up Day Two

Excursion

3:45pm - 5:45pm

Working Groups &

Wrap Up Day Three

4pm - 5pm

Wrap Up Day Four &

Closing Remarks

You will find the course descriptions and short biographies of the lecturers below:

C. Stone

K. Rowley

M. Morgado

M. Santoro

P. Romanek

Lecture I. - Dr. Martha Morgado (course description, bio)
Lecture II. - Dr. Christopher Stone (course description, bio)
Lecture III. - Dr. Kate Rowley (course description, bio)
Lecture IV. - Dr. Mirko Santoro (course description, bio)
Lecture V. - Péter Zalán Romanek (course description, bio)

Call for Papers

Poster sessions at the International Summer School of Sign Language Studies are planned for four days (2 hours each). The official languages are International Sign Language and written English.

The topic should cover a field of sign language studies, i.e. sign language linguistics, Deaf studies, sign language interpreting, sign language teaching, or other areas that interface with sign languages and Deaf Communities.

The abstract should not exceed 300 words (in English) or 3 film minutes (in International Sign Language through a link). Each abstract should include the following information: research question, research methodology and research results/discussion. Accepted abstracts will be published. Please use your name in the file name.

Please send your submission to summerschool.sign.lang.stud@gmail.com by 15. May (in case of a video abstract via or by providing your Youtube-link in the application form. Authors will be notified by 20. May 2025.