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Latest information on the IVG Congress!
Latest information on the XV IVG Congress!
We are pleased to present you a first version of the rough program schedule for the IVG Congress 2025! ATTENTION: This is a preliminary version for your orientation. Minor changes and postponements are possible.
A detailed program with room/time details for the sections and presentations will be available in a first version in autumn 2024.
About the IVG Congress 2025 Programme Schedule
On 28.05.2024, the President of the IVG, Prof. Dr. Arne Ziegler, sent out the III Newsletter, which contains important information about the IVG Congress 2025 in Graz. Read the III. newsletter here.
IVG Design 2.0
Online presence shines in new splendor
On the occasion of the complete redesign of the website of the University of Graz, the IVG homepage has also been revised and adapted to a new design! Of course, you will still find all information, including the possibility to register for an IVG membership or for the IVG Congress, as usual on our website!
We are also pleased to present our new logo! From now on, it will ensure recognition value on all IVG printed matter and publications!
The IVG mourns the loss of Peter Wiesinger
Peter Wiesinger was President of the IVG from 1995 to 2000 and subsequently its Honorary President after the successful IVG Congress in Vienna. After a serious accident in February 2023, he passed away on Friday, June 23, 2023 at the age of 86. Many will always remember him as a loyal companion and friendly colleague.
In deep mourning for the IVG
Arne Ziegler
KONTEXTE sees itself as a forum for international exchange on current trends in education, further education and training in German as a foreign language. The journal focuses on the variety of possibilities for shaping, experiencing and researching professionalization processes in our subject and is published biannually in open access.
Vol. 1 Issue 1 (2023): Experiencing, shaping, accompanying and researching professionalization
Vol. 1 Issue 2 (2023): Conception and impact of training and further education programmes in the field of German as a foreign language using the example of Deutsch Lehren Lernen
Vol. 2 Issue 1 (2024): Teaching at schools offering GFL or German outside German-speaking countries - professionalization processes between local conditions and cultural and educational policy
Vol. 2 Issue 2 (2024): Professional digital skills for German as a foreign language: from the use of tools to handling data
Editorial team: Julia Feike, Věra Janíková, Tatsuya Ohta, Kristina Peuschel, Constanze Saunders, Michael Schart
The IVG mourns the loss of Peter Colliander
We are deeply saddened to announce that our former committee member, Peter Colliander, passed away on 20.11.2022. Ultimately, his long and serious illness prevailed. With his passing, the IVG has not only lost an active member for many years, but also a friend and scientific companion who was always friendly and approachable.
In deep mourning for the IVG
Arne Ziegler