University of Basel

Department of
Languages and Literatures

Anglophone Linguistics and Literary Studies

RSS
Thurnherr thesis

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Dr. Franziska Thurnherr’s PhD thesis now available open access

Congratulations to Franziska Thurnherr, whose PhD thesis entitled Interpersonal pragmatics and the therapeutic alliance: the collaborative work in email counseling is now available open access in the NIHIN book series. Her work was…

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Annual Report 2022 out now

The Annual Report 2022 of the Department of English is published and available for download.

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Start-up Grants for PhD in Literary Studies

The Doctoral Programme in Literary Studies of the University of Basel calls for applications for two one-year start-up grants of CHF 30,000.
Aline Bieri

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Hermann-Paul-Preis 2022: Congratulations to Aline Bieri and Florian Dreyer

The Hermann-Paul-School of Linguistics (HPSL) gave the 2022 prize for the best PhD to Florian Dreyer (Freiburg) and to Aline Bieri (Basel). Aline Bieri wrote on Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) in a Swiss Context: The…
Places of English in Switzerland

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Places of English in Switzerland: Basel

In connection with the 75th anniversary of the Swiss Association of University Teachers, which contains a section on Places of English in Switzerland, our department has contributed four exciting reports. Please check them out.

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Thinking about translation – activities for the English classroom

In connection with the 75th anniversary of the Swiss Association of University Teachers, which contains a section on research transfer (materials for teachers), Thomas Messerli and Miriam Locher have designed activities around translation…

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Dr. Stefanie Meier’s PhD now available open access

Her doctoral thesis on "Language education and the global care work economy – Mapping structural inequalities in Philippine nurse migration to Germany" is now available open access:  https://edoc.unibas.ch/90104/ In this excellent thesis…

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Swiss English or English as a Lingua Franca in Switzerland?

Publications on English in Switzerland (Bibliography compiled for the 75th-SAUTE anniversary)
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