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Annual Report 2022 out now
The Annual Report 2022 of the Department of English is published and available for download./ Research, Studies, Doctorate/PhD
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.
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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…
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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./ Research, Events
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)