26th International LAUD-Symposium 'Humboldt and Whorf revisited: Universal and culture-specific conceptualizations in grammar and lexis', Universität Duisburg
2nd International Conference of the International Association of Literary Semantics (IALS), Universität Freiburg
5th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference, Amsterdam, Holland
25th International L.A.U.D Symposium 'Metaphor & Religion', Schloss Krickenbeck, Nettetal/Venlo
XIXth International Congress of Onomastic Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
19th International L.A.U.D. Symposium 'Language and Space', Universität Duisburg
Third International Cognitive Linguistics Conference, Leuven, Belgien
Gastvortrag: Dr. Nadjib Sadikou: Recanonization through Reconfiguration: Some Reflections on Goethe«s West-Eastern Divan.
Gastvortrag: Dr. Nadjib Sadikou: Entgrenzte Identitätsräume in Iris Wolffs Roman Leuchtende Schatten
Reto Rässler, gemeinsam mit Gunhild Berg & Martina King: Einführungsvortrag im Rahmen des Workshops Metaphorologien der Exploration und Dynamik 1800/1900