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Campus Stories: "Der Fachbereich Englisch wird zur Renaissance-Bühne"

An account of the workshop performance Mad Moll's Revue: Staging the Renaissance that concluded the course Staging the Renaissance: From the Tavern to the Castle in spring 2026, published on the University's Campus Stories webpage.

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Podcast: «Wie haben wir den Mythos Amerika, seine Ideale und Versprechen verloren?»

Philipp Schweighauser and Elisabeth Bronfen discuss Europeans' changing visions of America, from Kennedy to Trump. Tim Guldimann's podcast "Debatte zu Dritt" provides a splendid platform for this (in German).

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Congratulations on Publication of Joelle Loew’s PhD

We congratulate Dr. Joelle Loew on the publication of her PhD "Language, Gender, and Identities at Work – Exploring Professional Communication in the IT Industry" in the book series Routledge Research in Applied Professional Communication.

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Julia Landmann's new book published

Congratulations to PD Dr. Julia Landmann who just published a book on Cognitive Contact Linguistics with Cambridge University Press. The research for this was conducted while Julia was a lecturer at our Englisches Seminar.

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Sof Sabbioni passed their doctoral exam in Literary Studies on March 20, 2026

We congratulate them wholeheartedly and rejoice in their success!

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«Finnegans Wake»

The James Joyce reading group with Ulrich Blumenbach and Andrew Shields

Retake exam for the lecture «American Literature Survey II/IV: American Renaissance to Naturalism»

(course no. 27426)

Retake exams for the lectures «The History of English», «Contrastive-Linguistic Approaches to Modern English», «Second Language Development Across the Lifespan»

(course nos. 21837, 77900, 77901)

Retake exam for the lecture «A Survey of English Literature II: The Long Eighteenth Century»

(course no. 20918)

Retake exam for the lecture «Colonial Encounters: Cultures in the Contact Zone and Beyond»

(course no. 78364)
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Constructing Expertise on Instagram: Multimodal Identity Work and Branding in the German Healthcare Sector

Tina Bürgin M.A. (Universität Basel)

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«Finnegans Wake» CANCELLED

The James Joyce reading group with Ulrich Blumenbach and Andrew Shields

«Finnegans Wake»

The James Joyce reading group with Ulrich Blumenbach and Andrew Shields
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Walt Whitman: Garden Poet?

Prof Dr Christine Gerhardt (Universität Bamberg)
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Special screening of "Dont Let The Sun" (2025) and Q&A with the director

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