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«Young Talent Prize» awarded to Rahel Ackermann Hui
On the occasion of the University of Basel's Dies academicus 2018, our graduate and former student assistant Rahel C. Ackermann Hui received the Young Talent Prize from the student association “Schwizerhüsli” for her MA Thesis "Distance,…/ Research
SNF grant awarded to Regula Hohl Trillini and Lukas Rosenthaler
Regula Hohl Trillini and Lukas Rosenthaler have won a grant under the Swiss National Science Foundations' "Digital Lives" initiative. Their project WordWeb / Intertextuality in Drama of the Early Modern Period to develop their work on the…Philipp Schweighauser in discussion with Russ Castronovo (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Philipp Schweighauser discusses Charles Brockden Brown's novel Wieland, the gothic, noise, and information theory with Russ Castronovo (University of Wisconsin, Madison): https://youtu.be/r55MWWgmhkk./ Studies
The Road to Brexit: A Students' Podcast from a Research Seminar
In a podcast, Prof. Ina Habermann and some students of her research seminar “The Road to Brexit” present their findings about the reasons why so many Britons voted to leave the EU.
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The Pynchon Playlist: Orbit publishes catalog of 927 musical references
Orbit, an open-access journal of contemporary American fiction, publishes Christian Hänggi’s article “The Pynchon Playlist: A Catalog and Its Analysis,” another puzzle piece of his exploration of music in Thomas Pynchon’s work.