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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…
Prof. Ina Habermann

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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…
Schnurr Loew Locher

/ Doctorate/PhD, People

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…
Beckett and Media

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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: …
Reichel

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Elisabeth Reichel honoured for her doctoral thesis

Dr. A. Elisabeth Reichel received the 2021 Prize for the Best PhD Thesis in English Literary and Cultural Studies (2015-2020) from the European Confederation of Upper-Rhine Universities (EUCOR).

/ Doctorate/PhD

Hermann Paul Scholarship in Linguistics 2022

The doctoral programme in linguistics calls for applications for a one-year start-up grant.

/ Research, Organizational Unit

Annual Report 2021 out now

The Annual Report 2021 of the Department of English is published and available for download.

/ Research, Studies, Doctorate/PhD

Start-up Grant for PhD in Literary Studies

The Doctoral Program in Literary Studies calls for applications for a one-year start-up grant.