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Department of
Languages and Literatures

Anglophone Linguistics and Literary Studies

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21 Feb 2025 / Research, Events

UniBasel and the ESC

Our interdisciplinary offers around the ESC

instagram

19 Feb 2025 / Info

We are on Instagram

The English Seminar is now officially on instagram; the account is called @english.unibas. Follow the account for updates, important links and information regarding the English Seminar.

17 Feb 2025 / People

Miriam Locher elected as new Dean of Studies

At its meeting on 19 December 2024, the Faculty Assembly elected Prof. Dr. Miriam Locher as the new Dean of Studies a.i

11 Feb 2025 / Research, Organizational Unit

Annual Report 2024 out now

The Annual Report 2024 of the Department of English is published and available for download.

30 Nov 2024

Research statement videos

Watch members of staff talk about their research in a series of videos produced by the university's New Media Center.

Upcoming Events

18 Mar 2025 16:15 - 18:00 / Guest lecture / Talk

From Geordie to Jazz: Salience in Songs of Newcastle and New Orleans

Dr Dana Serditova (Universität Freiburg/Br.)

19 Mar 2025 18:00 - 20:00

«Finnegans Wake»

The James Joyce reading group with Ulrich Blumenbach and Andrew Shields

02 Apr 2025 18:00 - 20:00

«Finnegans Wake»

The James Joyce reading group with Ulrich Blumenbach and Andrew Shields

03 Apr 2025 14:15 - 16:00 / Guest lecture / Talk

Click to Feast: A Linguistic Exploration of Carnivalesque Food Performances in the Digital Age

Prof. Dr Sofia Rüdiger (Freien Universität Berlin)

16 Apr 2025 18:00 - 20:00

«Finnegans Wake»

The James Joyce reading group with Ulrich Blumenbach and Andrew Shields

23 Apr 2025 14:15 - 16:00 / Guest lecture / Talk

James Baldwin and Switzerland: A Stranger in the Village

Prof. Dr Douglas Field (University of Manchester)

24 Apr 2025 10:15 - 12:00 / Guest lecture / Talk

Shakespeare's London

Dr Sarah Dustagheer (University of Kent)

24 Apr 2025 14:15 - 16:00 / Guest lecture / Talk

“Pastured Beef, Air-chilled Poultry, and Heritage Pork”: Authenticity and Materiality in Food Discourse

Dr Gwynne Mapes (Universität Bern)

Past Events

08 Oct 2019 18:00 - 20:00

«Finnegans Wake» Reading Group

The thirty-second meeting

02 Oct 2019 16:15 - 18:00 / Lecture series

Lesung und Gespräch mit Marcel Beyer (Dresden)

01 Oct 2019 18:00 - 20:00

«Finnegans Wake» Reading Group

The thirty-first meeting

30 Sep 2019 10:15 - 12:00 / Guest lecture / Talk

Geoffrey Brock reads and discusses his Poetry

Prof. Dr. Geoffrey Brock (University of Arkansas)

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