Comments on: In memoriam Hans Sauer

By: Associate Professor Dr. Kais A. Kadhim

Associate Professor Dr. Kais A. Kadhim — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 15:07:25 +0000

I was deeply sad to hear the news of Prof. Sauer’s passing. I come to know Prof. Hans when I invited him to give workshop in the faculty of language and linguistics in University of Malaya, Malaysia in 2012 . He was a very good friend and also my research advisor during my DAAD long stay scholarship program in 2014 in LMU Munich University. Prof. Sauer was very kind, knowledgeable, dedicated to his students. We kept in touch for many years then I visited Prof. Sauer in 2015, and 2016 in Germany . I will really miss him.

By: Mahfuja Sultana

Mahfuja Sultana — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 17:53:26 +0000

Dear Prof. Sauer
It was just a year ago I started my Ph.D. under Your supervision. Once ago, I had the opportunity to attend one of Your courses in 2017 when I just started my Master’s degree at LMU. As an international student, I was highly amazed by Your wonderful personality as a teacher. I would like to share one experience here. That time, at the end of the course, one of my countrymates and I requested You to spare some time to clear our doubts about some course-related questions. My friend and I were highly moved by Your knowledge and wisdom that all the questions we asked, You replied as if we were sitting in front of a human computer. You spent more than an hour with us clearing all our doubts, even if it was a simple question You didn’t stop or even get tired to answer. You kept answering! That day, I realized that such a great Scholar treated us with all his patience and warmth like we were kindergarten students.

Now, I am feeling so empty and unlucky that You will no longer be there in my journey toward Ph.D. There was a lot to learn from You and I missed that opportunity forever. You left so unceremoniously, leaving us in grief and sorrow. But, dear Sir, You will always be remembered and remain in our hearts.

With Love and Respect from Bangladesh
Mahfuja Sultana

By: Alexandra Grey

Alexandra Grey — Sun, 05 Jun 2022 23:40:17 +0000

Ingrid and doktorfamilie of Prof Dr Sauer, these are lovely tributes through which to learn more about him. He sounds so much like the doktormater Ingrid has become! His legacy seems sure to continue given his inspired way of being an academic. Certainly, through what he taught Ingrid, I have in turn learnt to seken straunge strondes in my work.

By: Vera Williams Tetteh

Vera Williams Tetteh — Sun, 05 Jun 2022 22:37:09 +0000

Hi Ingrid,
Sorry to learn of the passing of your PhD supervisor, Prof Hans Sauer. My condolences to you, his family and all whose lives he touched. May you find comfort in the fond memories and the legacy he has left behind, and may his soul Rest In Peace.

By: Pia Tenedero

Pia Tenedero — Sun, 05 Jun 2022 22:17:16 +0000

A beautiful tribute to a truly great mentor! I see that I have him to thank, too, for the extraordinary mentoring I have been gifted through you, Ingrid. In a sense, Prof. Hans Sauer was my academic grandfather. May his soul rest in peace and his legacy live on!

By: Robert Mailhammer

Robert Mailhammer — Sun, 05 Jun 2022 12:31:48 +0000

I was extremely saddened by the news of Prof. Sauer’s passing. Like Ingrid, I was a student of his, part of his extended Doktorfamilie – he was one of the examiners at my PhD defence, which took place in his office in Schellingstr. 3 in Munich. I had studied with Prof. Sauer at LMU Munich from my undergraduate days, I had taken lectures and classes right through to my PhD studies. He was a witty and very competent academic teacher, a caring and understanding boss who supported and guided me as a casual staff member and then on a full time contract teaching position after my first stint in Australia in (2007-2008). We kept in touch. Prof. Sauer came to visit me at Arizona State University in 2011, and we met up whenever I was in Munich. I have many fond memories of Prof. Sauer, and will dearly miss him.

By: Li Jia

Li Jia — Sun, 05 Jun 2022 09:48:01 +0000

Sorry to hear this sad news. It’s a big loss for us. I’ve never met Hans in person but I can feel that Hans and his legacy have passed down to us because of Ingrid. May Hans and his family find in peace!