Hans C. Boas

On Nov. 20, 2026, I will be giving a presentation on the history of the German language in Texas at the newly (re-)opened Goethe Institute in Houston.

New publication in the Yearbook of German American Studies! A co-authored paper on Exploring Past and Present Texas German Voices, written together with Jana Weiss, Margo Blevins and Verena Sauer.

This week, I’m happy to welcome Rufus H. Gouws (Stellenbosch University) to UT Austin to give a talk on “Dictionary structures in the transition from print to online lexicographic products” and to advise on our ongoing project to compile a dictionary of Texas German.

New edited book on language contact is out: Boas, Hans C. and Steffen Höder (eds.). 2025. Constructions in Contact 3. Constructional schemas and patterns in language contact. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. pp. vii +325.

Today, I gave a plenary talk at the wonderful German Abroad 6 conference: “Kontakt und Wandel des Deutschen in Texas im Kontakt mit dem Englischen.” (‘Contact and change in Texas German in contact with English’). Porto Alegre, Brazil. October 1-3, 2025.