Natalia Brüggemann

Dr. Natalia Brüggemann is Senior Academic Councillor (Akademische Oberrätin) at the Chair of Slavic Linguistics, University of Regensburg (Germany). Since 2014 she has been a permanent member of the Department of Slavic Linguistics and Cultural Studies and, until September 2023, served simultaneously as the Russian-language representative in the Regensburg University Centre for Teacher Education (RUL) and as Deputy Chair of the Association “Russian and Multilingualism”. She has repeatedly acted as interim professor (winter 2016/2017 at Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen and winter 2017/2018 at Regensburg).

Education

• 1987 – Studies in Applied Mathematics, Leningrad Technical University (now Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University).
• 1992–1993 – Studienkolleg Hamburg (preparatory college).
• 1994–2001 – University of Hamburg: East-Slavic linguistics, West-Slavic linguistics, Psychology (Diploma).
• 2011 – Licensed examiner for TRKI levels Elementary–TRKI-2, Saint Petersburg State University, Institute of Russian Language and Culture.

Research Interests

Dr. Brüggemann’s research centres on Russian as a heritage language in Germany, investigating phenomena such as incomplete grammatical acquisition, lexical development, aspectual morphology, and lexicographic description. She explores multilingualism and didactics, designing curricula tailored to heritage learners and analysing task types that foster language maintenance. Additional focal areas include aspectology (the semantics and didactics of Russian aspect) and lexicography (compiling dictionaries that capture durational potential of Russian verbs).

Publication Profile

Her recent work (2019–2022) reveals a clear trajectory from theoretical linguistic analysis to applied pedagogical implementation. Studies on the stability of grammatical categories (case, number, gender) in heritage Russian feed directly into curricular guidelines, while investigations of lexical richness and prefixation inform teaching materials for secondary-school and university heritage classes. The monograph Aktionale Dauer (2010) and the co-edited volume Herkunftssprache Russisch in Deutschland (2021) anchor her reputation in both descriptive and educational domains.

Scientific Awards & Recognition

No competitive prizes or fellowships are mentioned in the provided material.

Grants & Projects

• Third-party funding: €7 000 (2016) and €3 000 (2018) for conferences and teacher-training workshops on heritage Russian.
• Ongoing project: Stability of Categories in Heritage Russian and Needs-based Curriculum Development for Heritage Learners.

Teaching & Supervision

Dr. Brüggemann offers consultation hours via Zoom and regularly organises professional-development events for Russian teachers in Bavaria. Exact names of doctoral or master’s students supervised are not listed.