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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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Ausstellung «London Calling. Schweizerisch- britischer Kulturaustausch 1580 –1780»

Eine Ausstellung zum Forschungsprojekt «SwissBritNet: Swiss-British Cultural Exchange and Knowledge Networks, 1600–1780» (6/2023–5/2027), gefördert vom Schweizerischen Nationalfonds, Leitung: Ina Habermann und Lukas Rosenthaler (Universität…

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Annual Report 2025 out now

The Annual Report 2025 of the Department of English is published and available for download.

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SNSF awards Starting Grant to Dr Zeynep Köylü

Dr Köylü's research project  LINC: The Long-Term Impact of Study Abroad on Linguistic Proficiency, Intercultural Competence, and Plurilingualism: Gains, Maintenance, and Transferability is one of 41 chosen by the Swiss National Science…

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Rachael Moorthy receives Basel's Stephen Crane Award

The Department of English heartily congratulates Rachael Moorthy, the winner of Basel's Stephen Crane Award for Research in North American Literary and Cultural Studies for 2025. The prize is awarded biennially for the best MA thesis or PhD…

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Unisonar S7|EP5: Überzeugungskunst auf Reddit

Wie können wir andere mit Argumenten überzeugen und was macht eine gute Online-Diskussion aus? Dr. Thomas Messerli untersucht die Debattenkultur auf dem Subreddit «Change My View».