Call for Papers

Special Issue 2/2027
Developments and perspectives in academic
German teacher training with DLL in Northern
and South-Western Europe – focus on university
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  • Deadline for contribution proposals (abstracts): 31.07.2026 at rafael.deschka@goethe.de
  • Call for Papers in German
  • Call for Papers in English

Guest editors: Rafael D. Deschka, Brigitte Jirku; Andreja Retelj; Lies Sercu;
KONTEXTE editorial member: Constanze Saunders; Michael Schart

Previous Calls for Papers

Issue 2/2026 (deadline 15.09.25) on the topic: Researching Teachers - Teaching Researchers. Perspectives on Research-Based Learning in the Professionalization of Teachers of German as a Foreign/Second Language. Edited by: Diana Feick, Constanze Saunders, Michael Seyfarth. Call for Papers in Deutsch  / in Englisch

Issue 1/2026 (deadline: 01.04.25) on the topic: global. local. connected. Approaches and Concepts in the Academic Education of German Language Teachers Using the Example of Dhoch3. Edited by Valeria Vázquez, Riham Tahoun, Antje Rüger, Sophia Röder, Isabel Hoffmann (guest editors), Michael Schart (for the KONTEXTE editorial team). Call for Papers in German / Englisch

Issue 2/2025 (deadline 01.10.2024) on the topic: Continuous and sustainable professionalisation of teachers of German as a foreign language through further education and training. Edited by Věra Janíková (for the KONTEXTE editorial team), Camilla Badstübner-Kizik, Ilona Feld-Knapp, Mi-Young Lee (guest editors). Call for Papers in German / in English.

Special issue (deadline 01.08.24) on the topic: Teaching German in China. Edited by Sabine Wilmes, Li Yuan, Vera Trojansky, Gaioz Tsutsunashvili, Liu Xiaoxiao, Li Fangfang (guest editors), Ohta Tatsuya, Michael Schart (for the KONTEXTE editorial team). Call for Papers in German.

Issue 1/2025 (deadline: 01.04.24) on the topic: Professionalization for prospective teachers of German at universities in times of transformation worldwide. Edited by Diana Feick, Anja Pietzuch & Constanze Saunders. Call for Papers in German / in English.

Issue 2/2024 (deadline: 15.10.23) on the topic: Professional digital competencies for German as a Foreign Language: from the use of tools to the handling of data. Edited by Kristina Peuschel, Poliana Coeli Costa Arantes, Tatsuya Ohta & Tamara Zeyer. Call for Papers in German/ in English

Issue 1/2024 (deadline: 14.08.23) on the topic: Teaching German at Schools Abroad Professionalization processes between local conditions and cultural and educational policy. Edited by Stefan Baumbach, Ebal Bolacio, Julia Feike, Franziska Trepke & Renata Zanin. Call for Papers in German/ in English

Issue 2/2023 (deadline: 16.04.2023) on the topic: Conception and impact of training and further education programs in the field of German as a foreign language using the example of Deutsch Lehren Lernen. Edited by Bernd Helmbold, Paul Voerkel, Iliana Kikidou, Adriana Ebid, Katarina Krzelji & Stefan Häring. Call for Papers in German