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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.
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In memoriam Prof. Fiona Tolhurst, Ph.D. (1968-2021)
We are shocked and grieved to hear of the death, on December 21, 2021, of Fiona Tolhurst, who taught several courses in Medieval and Early Modern English Literature at our department between 2008 and 2012./ People
Jakob Leimgruber awarded professorship at the University of Regensburg
PD. Dr. Jakob Leimgruber, our lecturer in English linguistics since 2018, has accepted a professorship in English linguistics at the University of Regensburg, Germany. The Basel English Department congratulates Jakob and we wish him success…