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Ed Sanders: The Ups and Downs of Hippie 1967–1969: Three Years in the Universe
1960s countercultural figure Ed Sanders lectured on the ups and downs of Hippie at the conference "The Prolonged Death of the Hippie, 1967–1969" at the English Seminar in September 2019. The lecture—a combined reading, recitation, singing,...
Christian Hänggi’s “Pynchon’s Sound of Music” Published
The first monograph on all things musical in the work of the American novelist Thomas Pynchon was just published by Diaphanes.Gebäudeschliessung
Aufgrund der aktuellen Lage rund um die Ausbreitung des Coronavirus sind die Gebäude des Departements Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften am Nadelberg 4, 6 und 8 sowie in der Maiengasse 51 bis auf weiteres nur für Mitarbeitende des...Bibliotheksschliessung
Die Fachbereichsbibliotheken des Departements Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften bleiben aufgrund der am 16. März 2020 vom Bundesrat erklärten "ausserordentlichen Lage" und den damit verordneten Massnahmen bis auf weiteres geschlossen....
In memoriam Prof. em. David John Allerton (1936-2019)
It is with great sadness that we note the passing of D. J. Allerton in December 2019. He held the chair of Modern English Linguistics at the University of Basel, Switzerland, from 1980 until his retirement in 2003. David Allerton began...Upcoming Events
CANCELLED: «Finnegans Wake» Reading Group
The forty-fifth meeting/ Public event
CANCELLED: "American Hardcore: The History of American Punk Rock 1980–1986" (2006)
documentary directed by Paul Rachman/ Guest lecture / Talk
CANCELLED: Creating Worlds: Language, Style and Genre in the Fictions of Aphra Behn
Dr. Mel Evans (University of Leicester)/ Guest lecture / Talk
CANCELLED: Äffen Affen nach? Rotpeters äffisches Vorleben
Prof. Dr. Markus Wild (University of Basel)/ Public event
CANCELLED: "Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution" (2017)
German documentary directed by Yony Leyser/ Guest lecture / Talk
CANCELLED: The Final Frontier: Form and Meaning in Science Fiction
Dr. Daniel Cojocaru (Kantonsschule Zürcher Oberland)/ Public event
CANCELLED: "Afro-Punk" (2003)
documentary directed by James Spooner/ Guest lecture / Talk
CANCELLED: Home Under Threat in "Homes and Gardens", "Documenting the Invisible", "No Place Like Home: Echoes from Kosovo" and "The Home Front"
Melanie Friend (University of Sussex
Past Events
/ Informational event
Welcome meeting for all 1st-semester students of English
/ Colloquium
CANCELLED: The Making of Italy in Modern and Contemporary Anglophone Fiction: E.M. Forster
Dr. Francesca Pierini (Universität Basel)CANCELLED: «Finnegans Wake» Reading Group
The forty-fourth meeting/ Guest lecture / Talk
CANCELLED: Intercultural and Indigenous: Contemporary Aboriginal Theatre in Australia
Prof. Dr. Helen Gilbert (Royal Holloway, University of London)