"As of August 1, 2026, the Department of Languages and Literatures of the University of Basel (English division, Prof. Miriam Locher) is seeking to fill a 60% PhD position in English linguistics. The position is intended for further academic qualification and is limited in duration (1+3 years).”
#UniversityOfBasel #EnglishDepartment #Linguistics #Doctorate
https://jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stellen/phd-position-in-english-linguistics/d310ae98-974f-4863-a4b1-32c091206889
Universität Basel: PhD position in English linguistics
As of August 1, 2026, the Department of Languages and Literatures of the University of Basel (English division, Prof. Miriam Locher) is seeking to fill a 60% PhD position in English linguistics. The position is intended for further academic qualification and is limited in duration (1+3 years).
"As of August 1, 2026, the Department of Languages and Literatures of the University of Basel (English division, Prof. Miriam Locher) is seeking to fill a 60% post-doc position in English linguistics. The position is intended for further academic qualification and is limited in duration (2+4 years).”
#UniversityOfBasel #EnglishDepartment #Linguistics #PostDoc
https://jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stellen/post-doc-position-in-english-linguistics/02e000bb-765c-469c-bc53-a32160135744
Universität Basel: Post-doc position in English linguistics, 60%
As of August 1, 2026, the Department of Languages and Literatures of the University of Basel (English division, Prof. Miriam Locher) is seeking to fill a 60% post-doc position in English linguistics. The position is intended for further academic qualification and is limited in duration (2+4 years).
"A position as Professor in English linguistics with a focus on English as a lingua franca in the digital age is to be filled at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Basel beginning on February 1, 2027 or by appointment with the successful applicant.”
#UniversityOfBasel #EnglishDepartment #Linguistics #Professorship
https://jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stellen/professor-in-english-linguistics-open-rank/66a6e1bc-9d7d-47f6-b0ce-f2d7d3b55982
Universität Basel: Professor in English linguistics (open-rank)
A position as Professor in English linguistics with a focus on English as a lingua franca in the digital age is to be filled at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Basel beginning on February 1, 2027 or by appointment with the successful applicant. Depending on the qualifications of the person to be appointed, the position is filled as a Tenure Track Assistant Professor (TTAP), an Associate Professor or a Full Professor. The University of Basel stands for excellence and advocates diversity, equal opportunities and a family-friendly environment. As the University of Basel aims to increase the number of women in leading academic positions, applications by women are particularly encouraged.
AoxoToxoA at Rockfact in Münchenstein in association with my course “The Grateful Dead: Music, Lyrics, Culture"
In my course on "The Grateful Dead: Music, Lyrics, Culture" this semester at the English Department of the University of Basel, the students and I are hoping to "get shown the light" about the band's music (composing and improvising), lyrics (songwriting and literary traditions), and culture (Deadheads and sociohistorical context)
The next meeting of the Finnegans Wake Reading Group in Basel will take place on Wednesday, 4 March, from 6 to 8 pm. Please consult the attached flyer for further dates and further details.
#Basel #Switzerland #EnglishDepartment #UniversityOfBasel #FinnegansWake #JamesJoyce
Universität Basel: Four-Year Postdoc Position on Contemporary US/Anglophone Science Fictions at the University of Basel 80%
Funded by the Claudine und Hans-Heiner Zaeslin-Bustany Foundation, the four-year project “Anglo Genres for Atlantic Futures: Contemporary Eco-Fictions, Campus Novels, and Science Fictions” is directed by Prof. Philipp Schweighauser. It encompasses two PhD subprojects working on eco-fictions and campus novels, respectively, and the postdoc subproject on contemporary US (and possibly other Anglophone) science fictions advertised here. The position will be filled by October 1, 2025.
The press attention generated by the Taylor Swift course at the University of Basel in Spring 2024
In Spring Semester 2024, the Taylor Swift seminar I taught with my co-teacher Rachael Moorthy attracted a lot of attention press. After an i...
"'Tis my part to use that language”: The Gay Beggars production of “The Witch of Edmonton” currently running in Basel
"'Tis my part to use that language," says Winnifred to Frank when he asks her whether she forgives him for what the crimes that he has commi...
Abstract: On Truth and Lies in a Swiftian Sense
In "Tim McGraw", the first song on Taylor Swift's eponymous 2006 debut, a boy flatters a girl by comparing her eyes to "Georgia stars", and ...
Double, double, toil and trouble. Our gothic witches have been enticing Y6 students to create enchanting spells, draw terrifying monsters and delve hand first into the gothic universe.
#enjoyingexcellence #gothic #englishdepartment
Andrew Shields
Hall Cross English
