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Start-up Grants of the Doctoral Program in Literary Studies
The Doctoral Program in Literary Studies of the University of Basel calls for applications for two one-year start-up grants of CHF 30,000 (duration: 1 October 2021 – 30 September 2022), starting 1 October 2021. The aim of the start-up…Ina Habermann talks to the 'Deep Dive Podcast'
Prof. Ina Habermann talks to the 'Deep Dive Podcast' about her passion for English literature, J.R.R. Tolkien and Brexit.Philipp Schweighauser comments on the 2020 U.S. presidential election
Prof. Philipp Schweighauser has been invited to comment on the imminent presidential election in the U.S.A. by Swiss newspaper Sonntags-Blick and local television broadcaster Telebasel.New national search portal for academic libraries
We are facing a new library system from December 7. Please find more information about the new user registration and returning borrowed items here: https://ub.unibas.ch/en/swisscovery/
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Regula Hohl Trillini interviewed by filmmaker Andrew Smith
BAFTA-winning filmmaker Andrew Smith has interviewed our very own Regula Hohl Trillini for his new weekly Hamlet podcast To Be Or Not To Be: Lockdown Shakespeare.7 & 11 October: Radio Features on Pynchon and Music
Two upcoming radio programs will celebrate music in Pynchon's work, taking their cues from Christian Hänggi's book Pynchon's Sound of Music and NYC band Visit's album "Now everybody—" Visit Interprets Songs by Thomas Pynchon. Swiss radio…