Upcoming events, guest lectures and conferencesEvents at the Department of English
18 Nov 2026
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Location: Englisches Seminar, room 12
«Finnegans Wake»
The James Joyce reading group with Ulrich Blumenbach and Andrew Shields 24 Nov 2026
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Location: Englisches Seminar, room 11
Colloquium
Racialized Bodies and the Narration of Upward Class Mobility
Lina Zhou (Universität Basel) 25 Nov 2026
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Location: Englisches Seminar, room 12
«Finnegans Wake»
The James Joyce reading group with Ulrich Blumenbach and Andrew Shields 26 Nov 2026
Time: 10:15 - 12:00
Location: Kollegienhaus, lecture theatre 118
Organizer:
Prof. Dr. Ina Habermann
Guest lecture / Talk
Victorians on the Isle of Wight
Prof. em. Nicola Watson (The Open University) 01 Dec 2026
Time: 18:15
Location: Aula, Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Augustinergasse 2
Organizer:
Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät
Public event, Habilitation lecture
Rethinking Language Development during Study Abroad: The role of English as a Lingua Franca and Plurilingualism
Public habilitation lecture by PD. Dr. Zeynep Köylü, private lecturer in Anglophone Linguistics and Literary Studies 02 Dec 2026
Time: 14:15 - 16:00
Location: Englisches Seminar, room 11
Organizer:
Prof. Dr. Philipp Schweighauser
Guest lecture / Talk
Colonization from Within: Antisemitic Conspiracies in Mike Stone’s «A New America. The First Novel of the Alt-Right!» (2017)
Dr. des. Sof Sabbioni (independent researcher) 03 Dec 2026
Time: 10:15 - 12:00
Location: Kollegienhaus, lecture theatre 118
Organizer:
Prof. Dr. Ina Habermann
Guest lecture / Talk
Anti-Hero: Thomas Carlyle and the Making of Modern Culture
Prof. Dr. Ewan Fernie (University of Birmingham) 16 Dec 2026
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Location: Englisches Seminar, room 12
«Finnegans Wake»
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