Save Languages in Groningen Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/save-languages-in-groningen.html Online petition signatures en-us Tue, 14 Apr 2026 03:33 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Ms Anonymous [Signature #6300] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/24003221?utm_medium=rss Fri, 22 Jan 2021 03:43:43 UTC 24003221 Mr. Anonymous [Signature #6299] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21721952?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 Oct 2017 07:33:46 UTC 21721952 Ms Anonymous [Signature #6298] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19744067?utm_medium=rss Tue, 16 Feb 2016 06:32:19 UTC 19744067 Ms Tiina Saarelainen [Signature #6297] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19542044?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Dec 2015 04:17:27 UTC 19542044 Miss Natalia Truex [Signature #6296] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18376389?utm_medium=rss Tue, 13 Jan 2015 01:37:37 UTC 18376389 Mr Dániel Jankovits [Signature #6295] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17936831?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Sep 2014 05:14:39 UTC 17936831 Ms Marije Meijer [Signature #6294] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17126580?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Mar 2014 04:38:15 UTC 17126580 Ms Santa Miriam Gabriella [Signature #6293] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17115781?utm_medium=rss Fri, 28 Mar 2014 03:13:16 UTC 17115781 Ms Annette Ris [Signature #6292] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16753965?utm_medium=rss Hetzelfde overal...in Göteborg i zijn de Nederlandse taal en letterkunde al geschrapt. In Lund Latijn en Fins-Oegrische taal

Een verlies...we kunnen niet alleen nul en een leven...

]]> Sat, 8 Feb 2014 08:58:10 UTC 16753965 Ms Meryem Akcayoglu [Signature #6291] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16729779?utm_medium=rss I believe any language deserves to be taught scientifically and preserved.

]]> Tue, 4 Feb 2014 09:56:17 UTC 16729779 Mr Victor Robin Kamps [Signature #6290] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16426868?utm_medium=rss I wanted to study Hungarian this year :(

]]> Mon, 16 Dec 2013 09:19:46 UTC 16426868 Dr. Marco van de Ven [Signature #6289] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16311293?utm_medium=rss It is essential that the University of Groningen continues to offer a unique range of different European languages to study at their university, because it facilitates communication across borders and creates common understanding among the different peoples in Europe.

]]> Tue, 26 Nov 2013 02:59:51 UTC 16311293 Dr Martti T. Tuomisto [Signature #6288] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16005680?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Oct 2013 02:34:21 UTC 16005680 Ms Anonymous [Signature #6287] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15998262?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 Oct 2013 05:04:48 UTC 15998262 Dr Seongha Rhee [Signature #6286] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15985810?utm_medium=rss Save language, Save humanity

]]> Sun, 13 Oct 2013 03:47:23 UTC 15985810 Mr Anonymous [Signature #6285] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15944161?utm_medium=rss Ik studeer zelf toegepaste taalkunde aan de universiteit Gent (Frans en Duits), maar ik heb een boon voor Finland en zijn taal gekregen. ik zou zeggen : " Groningen, behoud de studies Scandinavistiek en Finoegristiek."

]]> Wed, 2 Oct 2013 12:09:16 UTC 15944161 Lic Eddy Waumans [Signature #6284] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15905102?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Sep 2013 11:17:02 UTC 15905102 Mr Zoltán Péter [Signature #6283] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15877144?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Sep 2013 02:22:16 UTC 15877144 Ms Zsófia Benkő [Signature #6282] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15845669?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 Sep 2013 02:33:33 UTC 15845669 Ms Viktória Kis Gy. [Signature #6281] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15834919?utm_medium=rss Sun, 15 Sep 2013 09:33:42 UTC 15834919 Ms Zsófia Fellegi [Signature #6280] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15833732?utm_medium=rss Sun, 15 Sep 2013 07:49:51 UTC 15833732 Ms Anonymous [Signature #6279] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15831037?utm_medium=rss Sun, 15 Sep 2013 06:20:23 UTC 15831037 Ms Anonymous [Signature #6278] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15830775?utm_medium=rss Sun, 15 Sep 2013 05:47:17 UTC 15830775 Mr Tamás Tóth [Signature #6277] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15830044?utm_medium=rss Sun, 15 Sep 2013 03:45:00 UTC 15830044 Ms Barbara Bobak [Signature #6276] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15829942?utm_medium=rss Sun, 15 Sep 2013 03:23:45 UTC 15829942 Miss Noémi Rákosi [Signature #6275] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15829908?utm_medium=rss Sun, 15 Sep 2013 03:16:53 UTC 15829908 Ms Barbara Szalai [Signature #6274] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15828307?utm_medium=rss Sat, 14 Sep 2013 07:24:23 UTC 15828307 Mr Gergely Riba [Signature #6273] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15828150?utm_medium=rss Sat, 14 Sep 2013 06:38:50 UTC 15828150 Mr András Makáry [Signature #6272] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15749428?utm_medium=rss Sat, 7 Sep 2013 11:38:35 UTC 15749428 Dr Kristna Malmio [Signature #6271] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15741783?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Sep 2013 02:29:58 UTC 15741783 Mr Máté Tomasz [Signature #6270] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15677897?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Aug 2013 10:24:17 UTC 15677897 Ms Julia Steding [Signature #6269] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15416870?utm_medium=rss Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:04:21 UTC 15416870 MS Karla de Roest [Signature #6268] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15416741?utm_medium=rss Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:18:06 UTC 15416741 MA Anonymous [Signature #6267] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15416600?utm_medium=rss Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:08:49 UTC 15416600 Prof. dr. Rineke Verbrugge [Signature #6266] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15405773?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:59:48 UTC 15405773 Mlle Niina Manner [Signature #6265] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15273381?utm_medium=rss Sun, 19 May 2013 05:57:35 UTC 15273381 Mr Lars Keizer [Signature #6264] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15134618?utm_medium=rss Last year my dreams of studying Danish with the combination of the "profile" politics near home was shattered when I heard the news. I cannot believe this and will not sit still.

The pros are way larger than the cons, more and more people are needed in these particular languages.

]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2013 06:59:34 UTC 15134618 drs Ruth Faber [Signature #6263] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15129935?utm_medium=rss Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:05:15 UTC 15129935 Mr Hannu Laasio [Signature #6262] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15091728?utm_medium=rss The individual and cultural contacts between european countries are very important

]]> Fri, 19 Apr 2013 03:01:44 UTC 15091728 Mr Hans Jacobs [Signature #6261] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15089279?utm_medium=rss Thu, 18 Apr 2013 06:21:24 UTC 15089279 Mr Anonymous [Signature #6260] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15051608?utm_medium=rss Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:32:57 UTC 15051608 Ms. Orsolya Fazakas [Signature #6259] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15034927?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Apr 2013 03:32:45 UTC 15034927 ms mariann bencze [Signature #6258] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15029049?utm_medium=rss Sun, 7 Apr 2013 03:55:42 UTC 15029049 Ms Erika Matyas [Signature #6257] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15023835?utm_medium=rss Sat, 6 Apr 2013 01:51:32 UTC 15023835 Mr Juho Pystynen [Signature #6256] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15016283?utm_medium=rss Thu, 4 Apr 2013 07:24:54 UTC 15016283 Ms Zsófia Márton [Signature #6255] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15015966?utm_medium=rss Thu, 4 Apr 2013 05:41:07 UTC 15015966 Msc Anonymous [Signature #6254] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14993408?utm_medium=rss invest in knowledge and quality of the Dutch academic system before it is too late!

]]> Sat, 30 Mar 2013 08:02:07 UTC 14993408 Mr Anonymous [Signature #6253] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14989951?utm_medium=rss Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:33:21 UTC 14989951 Mr Marcell Melles [Signature #6252] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14980639?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Mar 2013 01:12:00 UTC 14980639 Professor Roger Sell [Signature #6251] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14968738?utm_medium=rss If the University of Groningen were to cut studies in these four languages, this would result in a significant loss of mutual understanding between The Netherlands and other countries. The Netherlands have traditionally been admired as a very open-minded and cosmopolitan country, and as the country where some the world's best linguistic and literary research is published. The University of Groningen itself is widely respected for its language programmes, which have provided young Dutch students with excellent opportunities for empathizing with "otherness". It would be very sad indeed if they were to be deprived of some of the most interesting options. And if I may offer Groningen my advice as President of UNESCO's International Federation for Modern Languages and Literatures (the FILLM), it is that "small" countries like The Netherlands and "small" countries like Denmark, Norway, Finland and Hungary should support each other in these matters. "Big" countries like the USA and China cannot be relied on to preserve a high standard of teaching and research in "small" languages.

]]> Mon, 25 Mar 2013 02:18:52 UTC 14968738 Ms Susanna Surakka [Signature #6250] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14915532?utm_medium=rss Mon, 18 Mar 2013 07:55:02 UTC 14915532 drs heleen kerkhof [Signature #6249] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14901831?utm_medium=rss Sat, 16 Mar 2013 11:25:22 UTC 14901831 Dr Janka Matrai [Signature #6248] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14891643?utm_medium=rss Fri, 15 Mar 2013 05:19:13 UTC 14891643 Mr Niklas Henning [Signature #6247] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14870109?utm_medium=rss Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:13:49 UTC 14870109 dr Tamara Kalman [Signature #6246] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14865128?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Mar 2013 02:51:53 UTC 14865128 Mr Adam Gerencser [Signature #6245] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14845490?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Mar 2013 08:41:50 UTC 14845490 Mr Anonymous [Signature #6244] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14844303?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Mar 2013 04:19:57 UTC 14844303 Mr Jaap Telschouw [Signature #6243] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14838906?utm_medium=rss Hungarian is a wonderful language. Very interesting for linguists. Finnish, Norwegian and Danish are also beautiful. Don't throw away what is of great value!

]]> Wed, 6 Mar 2013 11:57:28 UTC 14838906 Mr Anonymous [Signature #6242] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14826408?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Mar 2013 06:18:13 UTC 14826408 drs Gyula Vigh [Signature #6241] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14788037?utm_medium=rss Fri, 1 Mar 2013 02:31:48 UTC 14788037 drs jeroen ponten [Signature #6240] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14766280?utm_medium=rss Tue, 26 Feb 2013 06:10:06 UTC 14766280 Ms Zsuzsanna Roka [Signature #6239] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14754673?utm_medium=rss Instead of reducing there should be extension and overall development in modern European languages. There is a striking ignorance on Hungary and the Hungarian civilisation in Western Europe, and Western countries, although members of EU, do not recognize what they are loosing.

]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 06:22:55 UTC 14754673 Mrs Eva Suss [Signature #6238] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14740545?utm_medium=rss Fri, 22 Feb 2013 03:26:16 UTC 14740545 Drs. Miklós Lujber [Signature #6237] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14740486?utm_medium=rss The languages : Danish-Finnish-Hungarian and Norgegian are important for the culture of Europe.

]]> Fri, 22 Feb 2013 03:02:16 UTC 14740486 Drs Taede Deelstra [Signature #6236] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14739297?utm_medium=rss Thu, 21 Feb 2013 05:06:20 UTC 14739297 Mr Jorim van der Wijngaard [Signature #6235] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14739164?utm_medium=rss Thu, 21 Feb 2013 04:32:02 UTC 14739164 Mr. Oetze Deelstra [Signature #6234] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14738740?utm_medium=rss Thu, 21 Feb 2013 02:57:02 UTC 14738740 MA Laura de Klerk [Signature #6233] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14738541?utm_medium=rss Thu, 21 Feb 2013 02:08:25 UTC 14738541 mr catherine lampe [Signature #6232] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14738039?utm_medium=rss Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:14:39 UTC 14738039 mr Brecht Vergult [Signature #6231] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14737651?utm_medium=rss Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:52:03 UTC 14737651 Ms Eveliina Petäjäaho [Signature #6230] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14737475?utm_medium=rss Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:14:35 UTC 14737475 Mr. Róbert Baracs [Signature #6229] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14736573?utm_medium=rss Hungarian at the academical level should be present in the Netherlands at least at one university, in my opinion. It functions as a bridge between cultures and countries, that's why I support this petition.

]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 05:52:43 UTC 14736573 Dr. Bernd Busch [Signature #6228] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14724366?utm_medium=rss Wenn die europäische Idee ernst genommen werden soll, dann darf es keine unwichtigen Sprachen geben, deren Erforschung, Vermittlung und Pflege vernachlässigt werden kann. Wir müssen den sprachlichen und damit kulturellen Reichtum Europas bewahren und gerade auch in Zeiten der globalisierten Einfalt weiterentwickeln - eine Aufgabe, bei der insbesondere der Bildung und Ausbildung eine Schlüsselrolle zukommt. Aus diesem Grund ist die geplante Reduktion des Sprachenangebots an der Universität von Gröningen das genau falsche Signal.

]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 04:59:57 UTC 14724366 Mr Anonymous [Signature #6227] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14723906?utm_medium=rss Tue, 19 Feb 2013 03:01:14 UTC 14723906 Ms Anonymous [Signature #6226] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14722443?utm_medium=rss Mon, 18 Feb 2013 05:20:09 UTC 14722443 Mr Sandor Skulteti [Signature #6225] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14719056?utm_medium=rss Mon, 18 Feb 2013 05:11:03 UTC 14719056 mr I.M. Fritsche [Signature #6224] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14716229?utm_medium=rss Sun, 17 Feb 2013 01:12:33 UTC 14716229 Mr Anonymous [Signature #6223] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14715325?utm_medium=rss Sun, 17 Feb 2013 09:24:21 UTC 14715325 drs. István Fritsche [Signature #6222] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14715139?utm_medium=rss measures taken in order to extirpate culture
might have serious effects to economy and
even on mankind as a whole

]]> Sun, 17 Feb 2013 08:26:27 UTC 14715139 Dr Jens Eike Schnall [Signature #6221] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14714774?utm_medium=rss Wenig gespart - viel zerstört.
Derzeit kann man an ca. 175 Universitäten in 40 Ländern Niederländisch lernen: eine eher kleine Sprache, demnach unökonomisch, könnten diese Universitäten darauf nicht gut verzichten? - Ich hoffe sehr, dass die Verantwortlichen in Groningen ihre Entscheidung überdenken. Eine Universität lebt von Vielfalt, nicht zuletzt von der Möglichkeit, Sprachen und Kulturen studieren zu können, die keine Schulfächer sind. Diese Sprachen, oft "kleine" Sprachen wie die nordeuropäischen Sprachen, Ungarisch, Niederländisch, sind essentiell wichtig für das Profil einer Universität. Es wäre schade für Groningen.

]]> Sun, 17 Feb 2013 06:15:18 UTC 14714774 Mr John Filipkowski [Signature #6220] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14709547?utm_medium=rss Fri, 15 Feb 2013 04:46:12 UTC 14709547 Mr Gabor Bechtold [Signature #6219] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14707167?utm_medium=rss Fri, 15 Feb 2013 06:51:32 UTC 14707167 Ms Klára Lévai [Signature #6218] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14707107?utm_medium=rss Fri, 15 Feb 2013 06:34:35 UTC 14707107 Ms Tarja Kettunen [Signature #6217] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14701384?utm_medium=rss Language is an important part of culture and helps to understand special features of a nation. Therefore I hope that Groningen would continue to offer students a possibility to study various languages.

]]> Thu, 14 Feb 2013 02:45:57 UTC 14701384 Mr András Mészáros [Signature #6216] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14695403?utm_medium=rss In Hungary is teaching of Dutch at 3 universities and at many places:
1. Néderlandisztika Tanszék, ELTE, Budapest
2. Néderlandisztika Tanszék, KGRE, Budapest
3. Néderlandisztika Tanszék, DE, Debrecen

We aren't Europe?
Is sick the Netherlands or Board of the University of Groningen?

András Mészáros teacher

]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:34:10 UTC 14695403 Ms Anonymous [Signature #6215] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14681895?utm_medium=rss Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:25:22 UTC 14681895 Ms Ksenia Venediktova [Signature #6214] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14680787?utm_medium=rss Mon, 11 Feb 2013 08:02:27 UTC 14680787 Ms Sarah Adams [Signature #6213] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14671593?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Feb 2013 02:16:19 UTC 14671593 Prof. emeritus, Anonymous [Signature #6212] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14663297?utm_medium=rss By this financial shortcut you do not save a gulden.
But dissave the tradition of universities in the Netherlands

]]> Fri, 8 Feb 2013 11:46:16 UTC 14663297 Ms Viola Varga [Signature #6211] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14641849?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Feb 2013 02:30:55 UTC 14641849 Mr Michael Leibman [Signature #6210] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14640067?utm_medium=rss I think we need more teachers of language and linguistics in general if we want to facilitate circulation in tomorrow's world. We need to break from studying only specific languages. Fostering the study of languages from different families helps to come to grips with what language really is and how it can best be taught. In that respect it is absurd to neglect non Indo-European languages such as Hungarian or Finnish.

]]> Tue, 5 Feb 2013 09:36:19 UTC 14640067 Mgr Oldrich Kníchal [Signature #6209] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14638659?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Feb 2013 02:50:08 UTC 14638659 Rev Éva Tófalvy [Signature #6208] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14638647?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Feb 2013 02:47:51 UTC 14638647 Dr. Miklós Fenyves [Signature #6207] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14622842?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Feb 2013 05:26:05 UTC 14622842 Phil. Licentiat tarja-liisa heikkilä [Signature #6206] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14622205?utm_medium=rss We can not concentrate on one language in the world!

]]> Mon, 4 Feb 2013 02:52:29 UTC 14622205 Ms Edit Hlavacska [Signature #6205] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14622031?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Feb 2013 02:12:39 UTC 14622031 Ms Alexandra Koch [Signature #6204] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14618903?utm_medium=rss Sun, 3 Feb 2013 02:50:07 UTC 14618903 Mr Tamas Laucsek [Signature #6203] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14615883?utm_medium=rss Sun, 3 Feb 2013 07:36:24 UTC 14615883 MA Ankie Lok [Signature #6202] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14615558?utm_medium=rss Als a student of Modern Greek, I was forced to attend the University of Amsterdam, as these studies were offered no more in Groningen. This was eleven years ago. Meanwhile, I have experienced the downturn of small language studies, which still continues. It is time for politicians to start looking beyond short term interests - if in the eighties we had judged Chinese as studies of minor importance and had abandoned them, we would have come to regret it nowadays.

]]> Sun, 3 Feb 2013 05:37:51 UTC 14615558 Dr Zsuzsa Salánki [Signature #6201] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14615425?utm_medium=rss Several times I have been an opportunity to participate in symposiums, organised by the Chair of FU Languages and Cultures and these events were so great! They always gave new inspirations for future research, because it was a professional impulse from outside view. Sorry if it was this much:(

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