Minorities & Multilingualism - University of Groningen

Hjoed is it…
Today marks…

Ynternasjonale dei fan ‘e memmetaal!
International day of the mother tongue!

Wat dochsto hjoed yn it Frysk?
What are you doing today with your mother tongue?



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Future of Minorities & Multilingualism

As has been reported by various media platforms by now, we would hereby like to announce that as of the 2025-2026 academic year, our programme Minorities & Multilingualism will be discontinued due to low student numbers in recent years. Sadly, this means that the upcoming academic year will be the last year in which students can enroll themselves for this programme, although we will not actively promote studying M&M via our socials any longer. Furthermore, the position that Frisian holds at the University of Groningen will not be affected by this decision, as it has been confirmed that Frisian will get a new, more prominent place in the UG. Lastly, the MA Multilingualism will also not be affected by the decision to discontinue M&M.

Ofrûne tongersdei hie de plak foar alle studinten oan de RUG!

This upcoming Monday, from 15.00-17.00, the last lecture of the lecture series on productivity will take place in the Harmony building! The lecture series is organised by our staff member dr. Maria Mazzoli and for this upcoming Monday, dr. Harald Baayen from the University of Tübingen will be the guest speaker! The focus will be on new perspectives on morphological productivity.

Interested? You can sign up via our the link in our bio!

You can now sign up for the upcoming UG Open Day, taking place on 2 February! Are you curious about studying Minorities & Multilingualism? This is your chance to find out more! You can sign up via the link in our bio.

Hjoed ha wy mei it team by alle boppebou lokaasjes fan middelbere skoallen yn Fryslân del west om posters & flyers oer de mooglikheden fan Frysk studearjen út te dielen!

Wat wolsto wurde mei ?

Today we went to high schools in Fryslân with the team to hand out flyers and posters about the possibilities to study Frisian!

What do you want to do with ?

Mei (hast) alle 50 studinten Frysk fan de hegeskoalle en de RUG makken wy hjoed in reiske nei de Johanniterkapel yn Sealterlân, de Upstalsbeam yn Aurich en de krystmerk yn Oldenburg. Rene Oterdoom fertelde oer de rike skiednis fan de regio. In bysûndere en weardefolle dei.

Nearly all 50 Frisian students of the UG and NHL/Stenden went on a trip to Germany this week, to visit the Johanniter chapel in Saterland, the Upstalsbeam near Aurich and the Christmas market in Oldenburg. Rene Oterdoom enlightened the group on the rich history of the region. A wonderful and extraordinary day!

Have you always been interested in K-pop and K-pop culture? This upcoming Tuesday, our own dr. Seonok Lee will host a lecture together with dr. Robert Lee on Korean musicians and a culture of constant connection! The event is in Leeuwarden at Campus Fryslân, will take place from 19.30-21.00 and is free of charge! You are asked to reserve a spot, however, which you can do via the link in our bio!

Reminder!

The sign ups for both the Bachelor Open Day (10 November) & the M&M Webclass (starts 30 October) have opened! During the open day, which is a UG event, you will have the opportunity to visit presentations of different bachelor programmes. M&M provides both an English and a Frisian presentation!

During the Webclass, which lasts 4 weeks, you will get a better feeling of what studying M&M is actually like. You will get readings and assignments and will get a glimpse of the M&M programme!

Last Friday, our students were given a tour in ! They were shown the archives, study rooms and many interesting artefacts of Frisian history, culture and literature! 📖

Last Tuesday, our MA students went to Amsterdam for the . Here, they learnt about linguistic diversity in Europe and about the different stories of all these languages in multilingual societies!

Today marks the start of a new academic year! This means that organised a introduction day last week for our new first year students 🤩😄

Good luck this upcoming year!