Lara-Stephanie Krause-Alzaidi

Lara-Stephanie Krause-Alzaidi is Assistant Professor at the Institute of African Studies at Leipzig University. Her Ph.D. from the University of Cape Town Relanguaging language from a South African township school (2021; Multilingual Matters) re-conceptualizes named languages with the help of primary school teachers. She now takes her skepticism towards named languages further, questioning the concept of language itself by investigating, from a new materialist perspective, relationships...See more

Lara-Stephanie Krause-Alzaidi is Assistant Professor at the Institute of African Studies at Leipzig University. Her Ph.D. from the University of Cape Town Relanguaging language from a South African township school (2021; Multilingual Matters) re-conceptualizes named languages with the help of primary school teachers. She now takes her skepticism towards named languages further, questioning the concept of language itself by investigating, from a new materialist perspective, relationships between differently racialized bodies and elements of semiotic landscapes in Germany. She is interested in the materiality of words in relation to different bodies, and in how understanding this relationship can help in encountering the Other ethically. See less