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Library service from June 8
Dear Students, due to the space limitation of our Seminar library, we keep the building closed until further notice. We offer individual time slots in order to consult books. To arrange a visit please get in touch with Mario Piscazzi:.../ Research, Events
Call for Papers: 13th International Symposium on (Im)Politeness & 7th iMean Conference
In 2021 the 13th meeting of the international Symposium on (Im)Politeness and the 7th meeting of the biannual iMean (interaction and meaning) conference will be merged for a meeting on the “pragmatics of translation” on 24-26 June, 2021...
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Album released: “Now everybody—” Visit Interprets Songs by Thomas Pynchon
On 8 May 2020, NYC band Visit released their album “Now everybody—” Visit Interprets Songs by Thomas Pynchon./ Studies
Scans and loan during our closing
During the closing of our Seminar library, we offer a scan service of chapters or articles or post-delivery of books.
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Regula Hohl Trillini's latest book reviewed in 'Cambridge Quarterly'
Regula Hohl Trillini's Casual Shakespeare: Three Centuries of Verbal Echoes, a monograph based on her work on HyperHamlet, has just had a rave review: "There is clearly much to celebrate in this innovative contribution to Shakespeare...Past Events
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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/ Public event
CANCELLED: "Afro-Punk" (2003)
documentary directed by James Spooner/ Guest lecture / Talk
CANCELLED: The Final Frontier: Form and Meaning in Science Fiction
Dr. Daniel Cojocaru (Kantonsschule Zürcher Oberland)/ Public event
CANCELLED: "Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution" (2017)
German documentary directed by Yony Leyser