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Olivier Moreillon defended his thesis

Olivier Moreillon successfully defended his dissertation entitled „Reading the Post-Apartheid City: Durbanite and Capetonian Literary Topographies in Selected Texts beyond 2000”

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New website online

The new website of the Department of English is now online.

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Literature proseminar tutorials

Two tutorials (course no. 43647) accompanying the proseminar Introduction II: Literary Theory (course no. 36485) have now been added to the course catalogue. They take place on Wednesdays 16-18h and Fridays 16-18h, respectively. …

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Early closure on 26th January

Please note that the Department of English will close at 12:00 h on Friday 26th January.

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Special issue on Language and Health appears in open access

Miriam Locher and Franziska Thurnherr have edited and published a special issue on “Language and health online: Typing yourself healthy!”

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Exam retake: 26 and 28 February 2018

Research methodology in linguistics Documentary Arts and Ethics

Alexa, Do I Understand You?

Steve Duman writes a post for the university’s science blog ‘Sci Five’ covering ongoing research by the Cognition, Language, and Interaction with Machines Research Group regarding interaction with virtual assistants like Siri and Alexa.

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Pynchon on Record, Vol. 4

Christian Hänggi publishes an exhaustive list of musicians, works of music, and record labels inspired by the work of Thomas Pynchon.