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Ina Habermann publishes new book

Prof Ina Habermann's new book Wartime Cinema, Englishness and propaganda: Michael Powell and the ‘Pressburger Touch’ has now been published by Manchester University Press. A book launch will take place on Monday 17th November, 7:30 pm, at…

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Job opening: Student assistant in English Literature & Culture – 12h per week (28.6%)

Starting date: 1st January 2026

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Kristina Ehrsam defended her PhD

HPSL doctoral student Kristina Ehrsam successfully defended her doctoral thesis, entitled English as a Mediating Language in German as a Foreign Language Courses, Investigating Language Choices at Swiss University Language Centers from a…

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The English Seminar is now officially on instagram; the account is called @english.unibas. Follow the account for updates, important links and information regarding the English Seminar.

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«Finnegans Wake»

The James Joyce reading group with Ulrich Blumenbach and Andrew Shields
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102 years of the Mourning/Melancholy Binary (1917-2019)

Lindsay Parkhowell (Universität Basel)
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Re-Reading Don DeLillo: Media, Irony, Visual Art

Prof Peter Schneck (Universität Osnabrück)
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Teaching English as an Influencer in the Age of Social Media

Associate Prof Erhan Aslan (University of Reading)
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Reimagining Influence: A Corpus-Assisted Analysis of Evolving Discourses about “Influencers” on the microblogging platform BlueSky

Prof Daria Dayter (Tampereen yliopisto)

«Finnegans Wake»

The James Joyce reading group with Ulrich Blumenbach and Andrew Shields
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Wartime cinema, Englishness and Propaganda – Michael Powell and the 'Pressburger Touch'

Vortrag und Buchvernissage mit Ina Habermann
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Social Dimensions of Resistance: Afghan Women’s Lived Experiences Across the “ABC of Resistance”

Sabera Aitabar (University of Alzahra/دانشگاه الزهرا, Tehran)

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Past Events

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Welcome meeting for all 1st-semester students of English

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Welcome meeting for all 1st-semester students of English

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Welcome meeting for all 1st-semester students of English

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A Sinister Resonance

Guest speaker Julie Beth Napolin talks about Joseph Conrad, W.E.B. Du Bois, and the voice in modernist literature.

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