Conference "Deaf people with language deprivation experiences"
A cooperation of MhDeaf e.V., Humboldt University Berlin (Dept. Deaf Studies and Sign Language Interpreting), RWTH Aachen (SignGes) and Johanna Wiersch (Psychological Psychotherapist).
September 1 and 2, 2022
from 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
HU Berlin, Unter den Linden 6,
Lecture Hall 1.10
Mr. Neil Glickman, author of several standard works on the topics of deafness and mental health, travelled from the USA as keynote speaker and gave four lectures. In addition, Prof. Christian Rathmann, Prof. Agnes Villwock, Prof. Franziska Geib and the medical doctors Dr. Ulrike Gotthardt and Dr. Johannes Fellinger gave lectures. You can view the slides of the presentations on the mhDeaf website.
As sponsor for the invitation of the US-American speaker Neil Glickman to Germany we could win the Kämpgen Foundation in NRW.
The conference language was German and English – all presentations were held in DGS or German, Neil Glickman's presentations in English with a translation into DGS.
Conference program to download