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The Department of English celebrates 50 years at 'Schönes Haus'
Open Day with Exhibition/ News, Research, Doctorate/PhD, Studies
Start-up grant for doctorate in literary studies
The Doctoral Program in Literary Studies of the University of Basel calls for applications for a one-year start-up grant of CHF 30,000.Call for papers: Influence, Manipulation, and Seduction
Conference "Influence, Manipulation, and Seduction: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Persuasive Language" organised by Daria Dayter and Sofia Rüdiger3 vacancies in English linguistics
We are happy to announce the following three vacancies: SNF doctoral position in English LinguisticStudent assistant position in English Linguistics 12h per week (28.6%)Assistant in English Linguistics 60% If you want to apply for both...SNF-PRIMA grantee Dr. Daniela Landert joins Department of English
The English department warmly welcomes Dr. Daniela Landert, who successfully obtained an SNF-PRIMA grant for the period 2020-2024. The project is entitled "The Pragmatics of Improvised Drama Comedy" and investigates how the communicative...Upcoming Events
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Akustische Lesbarkeit (Hölderlin, Rilke, Benjamin)
Alexander Honold (Basel)/ Lecture series
A Sticky Situation: Mediating between Literature and Neuroscience
Edward Allen (Cambridge)/ Guest lecture / Talk
Crime, Passion and Adventure: Victorian Popular Fiction, Counter-Discourses and Literary Sociology
Prof. Dr. Ralf Schneider (RWTH Aachen University)«Finnegans Wake» Reading Group
The thirty-fourth meeting/ Colloquium
Simultaneous interpreting strategies and interpreters' blunders
Dr. Daria Dayter (Universität Basel)/ Lecture series
Deklamationspraxis und mündliche Vermittlung von Wissen um 1800
Martin Danneck (Basel)/ Lecture series
Point of Audition und eine Erweiterung der Narratologie
Boris Previšić (Luzern)/ Public event
English Studies at 'Schönes Haus' – 50 Years!
Open Day with Exhibition
Past Events
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Welcome meeting for all 1st-semester students of English
«Finnegans Wake» Reading Group
The thirty-third meeting/ Lecture series
Hazel Brugger (Zürich, Köln): Performance und Gespräch
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Relational Work in Translation: K-drama Through the Lens of Fan Subtitlers and Commentators
Prof. Dr. Miriam Locher (Universität Basel)