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Regula Hohl Trillini's latest book reviewed in 'Cambridge Quarterly'
Regula Hohl Trillini's Casual Shakespeare: Three Centuries of Verbal Echoes, a monograph based on her work on HyperHamlet, has just had a rave review: "There is clearly much to celebrate in this innovative contribution to Shakespeare…
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Ed Sanders: The Ups and Downs of Hippie 1967–1969: Three Years in the Universe
1960s countercultural figure Ed Sanders lectured on the ups and downs of Hippie at the conference "The Prolonged Death of the Hippie, 1967–1969" at the English Seminar in September 2019. The lecture—a combined reading, recitation, singing,…
Christian Hänggi’s “Pynchon’s Sound of Music” Published
The first monograph on all things musical in the work of the American novelist Thomas Pynchon was just published by Diaphanes.Gebäudeschliessung
Aufgrund der aktuellen Lage rund um die Ausbreitung des Coronavirus sind die Gebäude des Departements Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften am Nadelberg 4, 6 und 8 sowie in der Maiengasse 51 bis auf weiteres nur für Mitarbeitende des…Bibliotheksschliessung
Die Fachbereichsbibliotheken des Departements Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften bleiben aufgrund der am 16. März 2020 vom Bundesrat erklärten "ausserordentlichen Lage" und den damit verordneten Massnahmen bis auf weiteres geschlossen.…
In memoriam Prof. em. David John Allerton (1936-2019)
It is with great sadness that we note the passing of D. J. Allerton in December 2019. He held the chair of Modern English Linguistics at the University of Basel, Switzerland, from 1980 until his retirement in 2003. David Allerton began his…
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"Words on trial" in the university research blog sci-five
University research blog sci-five has published a new blog post by Daria Dayter. In it, she talks about her research in forensic linguistics.