Upcoming events, guest lectures and conferencesEvents at the Department of English
27 Oct 2026
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Location: Englisches Seminar, room 11
Colloquium
“You won’t be wagging your tail after this, I’m afraid” – Exploring Pet-Inclusion as part of Relational Work and Identity Construction within English Veterinary Consultations
Eleonora Kacl (Universität Basel) 28 Oct 2026
Time: 16:15 - 18:00
Location: Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 102
Lecture series
Das unheimliche Paradies: Die Schweiz in der englischen Literatur
Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Ina Habermann (Universität Basel) im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung «Literaturen der Schweiz» 03 Nov 2026
Time: 10:15 - 12:00
Location: Deutsches Seminar, seminar room 4
Organizer:
Prof. Dr. Philipp Schweighauser
Guest lecture / Talk
Poetry, Debt, and the Problem of the Present
Dr. Elliot C. Mason (Universität Basel) 11 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 12 Nov 2026
Time: 14:15 - 16:00
Location: Englisches Seminar, Grosser Hörsaal
Organizer:
Dr. Michael O'Krent
Guest lecture / Talk
Against the Sexless Utopia: Delany contra LeGuin
Prof. Dr. Smaran Dayal (Stevens Institute of Technology) 12 Nov 2026
Time: 14:15 - 16:00
Location: Englisches Seminar, room 11
Organizer:
Tamara D. Imboden
Guest lecture / Talk
Home, Homeland, and Confinement: Lockdown Domesticity in Sarah Moss’ «The Fell»
Prof. Dr. Sarah Heinz (Universität Wien) 12 Nov 2026
Time: 16:15 - 18:00
Location: Englisches Seminar, Grosser Hörsaal
Organizer:
Dr. Ana Sobral
Guest lecture / Talk
Indigiqueer poetics
Prof. Dr. Ho’esta Mo’e’hahne (University of California, Los Angeles) 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 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) 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)Past Events
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