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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…/ Research, Doctorate/PhD
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…/ Research, Events
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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Publication of “English in the workplace”- Blog
Please visit our new department blog: https://englishinbasel.philhist.unibas.ch/en/blog/, which has just gone online! The blog presents findings from student research projects investigating the role of English in the multilingual landscape…
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Ina Habermann comments on the future of the UK and the Commonwealth
Prof. Ina Habermann has been invited by Swiss newspaper Blick to comment on the future of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations following the death of Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022) and the succession of Charles III as a…
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Joelle Loew successfully defends her doctoral thesis on 15 September 2022
Dr. des. Joelle Loew successfully defended her PhD study entitled “‘Communication is everything.’ Identities and gender at work: a linguistic perspective on agile IT” and received a summa cum laude for her work. The English Seminar…
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New publication: "Beckett and Media"
Balázs Rapcsák (Basel), Mark Nixon (Reading) and Philipp Schweighauser (Basel) publish Beckett and Media, which features twelve new essays by leading Beckett scholars and media theorists. The book is available open access: …