UZH English Department News: 2018
News list
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Opening Hours Christmas 2019 Season Beginning 2020 - Öffnungszeiten Weihnachten 2019 Jahresanfang 2020
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Dr Ruth Kircher (Mercator Research Centre – Fryske Akademy) “Multicultural London English and its speakers: A corpus-informed discourse study of standard language ideology and social stereotypes”
Tuesday, 17 December 2019, 08:00-08:45
Room PLH 105 (Plattenstrasse 47, 8032 Zürich)
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Iva Dimovska (Budapest): Lecture at the Zurich James Joyce Foundation
“its just like yesterday to me”: Queering ‘Penelope’ - Tues, 3 December 2019, 7.30 p.m.
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Prof. Dr. Lionel Pilkington (NIU Galway) Theatre, Modernity and Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World
University of Zurich, English Department, PLH-102, Plattenstrasse 47, 8032 Zürich
Tuesday, Nov 5 2019, 8.00 a.m.
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Prof. Dr. Simone Pfenninger, University of Salzburg “What’s key in SLA in 2019? Capturing the nature, milestones and time course of L2 development.“
Friday, 1.11.2019, 10:15-12:00
University of Zurich, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich, KOL-F-104
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Study Abroad Information for Students of English
Wednesday, 16 October 2019, at 6.15 p.m. (UZH main building, room KO2-F-174)
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Carlos Hartmann Awarded One of the Philosophical Faculty's Semesterpreise
Prize Awarded for the Bachelor Thesis "Tagging and Parsing the Lampeter Corpus of Early Modern English Tracts: Spelling Variation and Other Challenges"
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Podium Discussion: "Robinson Crusoe - Wrongly a Hero?"
Thursday, 28 November 2019, 7:30 p.m.
Kunst(Zeug)Haus, Schönbodenstrasse 1, 8640 Rapperswil-Jona
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Guest Lecture Prof. Dr. Christiane Meierkord (Bochum)
Thursday, November 28, 2019 - 12.15-13.45h (room PLH-E-5)
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Global Experience Talks HS 2019
Informationsveranstaltung des International Relations Office
03.10. / 10.10. / 31.10. / 07.11. / 14.11.
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Bachelor Thesis: New Guidelines
The guidelines for the new Bachelor Thesis module (15 ECTS) are now available online.
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Master Thesis: New Guidelines
The guidelines for the new Master Thesis module are now available online.
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International Conference UZH - The Terrorist in Literature, Film and Media
Friday, 8 November - Conference Day 1
09:30 - 16:30 University of Zurich, Zentrum, K02-F-152, Karl Schmid-Strasse 4, 8006 Zürich
18:45 - 21:00 Screening + Discussion, Of Fathers and Sons, Kino Houdini, Badenerstrasse 173, 8003 Zürich
Saturday, 9 November - Conference Day 2
09:30 - 16:30 University of Zurich, Zentrum, K02-F-152, Karl Schmid-Strasse 4, 8006 Zürich
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Guest Lecture Edgar W. Schneider (University of Regensburg) „Artistic re-creation of grassroots English: Ideologies and structures in English Vinglish”
Thursday, 3 October 2019, 12.15-13.45h
Room PLH-E-5, Plattenstrasse 47
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Limmated Edition: Readings by the River, with Excerpts from the Work of James Joyce & Various Irish Poets
on May 29, 2019, 6.00 p.m.
at Schipfe 33, 8001 Zurich
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Jill Lepore - Historian and Pulitzer Prize Winner - about her book "These Truths: A History of the United States".
Wednesday, 23 October 2019, 8:00 p.m.
Schauspielhaus Zurich, Pfauen, Rämistrasse 34
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Inseln – auf den Spuren einer Utopie
Sunday 29 September 2019, 11.30 a.m.
Kunst(Zeug)Haus, Schönbodenstrasse 1, 8640 Rapperswil-Jona
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Lecture Slot for "Introduction to Shakespeare" Moved
Due to the fact that there was simply no room available anywhere at UZH for the lecture "Introduction to Shakespeare," we have had to change the time slot for this course.
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English Department: Closed on September 6, 2019
The secretary's office of the English Department will be closed on September 6, 2019.
The library is open that day as usual.
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Reading List: Special Solution
'Bologna 2020 transition' students who will have completed the "History of Literature in English" module but not the "Reading List" by the end of the spring semester 2019 will be offered a special solution.
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Lehrdiplom: Updated Information
The information regarding the Lehrdiplom with English as a first (or only) and as a second (or additional) teaching subject has been updated.
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Library Renovation during Summer Break
Due to a renovation project, there will be only limited access to the ES Library from mid-June and mid-September 2019.
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Colloquium: "Preparing for the Literature Exam: Close-Reading Reading List Poetry and a Shakespeare Play"
The extra-curricular colloquium "Preparing for the Literature Exam: Close-Reading Reading List Poetry and a Shakespeare Play" may be of interest to students of English, particularly those planning to do the old module "Reading List: English Literature" or the new module "Literature in Context: History and Theory."
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Competitive Teaching Project: "Werkzeugkasten für die projektbasierte digitale Arbeit mit Manuskripten"
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Pilot Projects for the Fall Semester 2019
In the fall semester 2019, there are five Pilot Projects for max. 10 Master students.
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New Network: The Swiss Centre of Irish Studies @ the Zurich James Joyce Foundation
The Swiss Centre of Irish Studies @ the Zurich James Joyce Foundation - a collaboration between the Zurich James Joyce Foundation and the UZH English Department, and supported by the Embassy of Ireland, Switzerland, is established on May 1, 2019.
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The English Seminar will be closed on Friday 2 August 2019.
Bitte beachten Sie: Das Englische Seminar (Plattenstrasse 47 und Pestalozzistrasse 50) bleibt am Freitag den 2. August 2019 geschlossen.
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Workshop as part of the women's strike 2019 “Colourless Purple Ideas Develop Fearlessly”
June 14, 2019
Room: PET-04, Pestalozzistrasse 55, 8032 Zürich”
09:00 am - 11:45 am
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Womxn in Resistance Art Acitvism Literature
Thursday, 6. Juni 2019 von 10 a.m. until 12 p.m.
English Seminar, UZH, Plattenstrasse 47
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2x2 Tickets for Rachel Kushner @ Literaturhaus
The American writer and winner of the Prix Médicis Etranger, Rachel Kushner, will be reading from her latest novel.
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Feministische Perpektiven in Kunst & Lehre - Eine Podiumsdiskussion
21. Mai, 6.30 p.m.
RAA-G-01, Rämistrasse 59
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Valedictory Lecture of Prof. Dr. Allen Reddick
Valedictory lecture of Prof. Dr. Allen Reddick
Friday, 24 May 2019, 11:00 – 12:00
Rämistrasse 71, KOL-G-201 (AULA)
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Imag(in)ing Future Bodies Engagements of Gender, Race & Tech
Events on November 23, 27 and December 14, 2018
Rooms see more
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Postkoloniale Schweiz: Film und Podium
Friday, May 17, 2019 (7 p.m.) -- UZH Main Building, room KOL-F-117
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„Wieso studiere ich das überhaupt?“ Event zur Relevanz der Geisteswissenschaft von Studis für Studis
Im Englischen Seminar Plattenstrasse 47, 8032 Zürich
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Guest Lecture of Yewande Omotoso (South Africa) "Writing to Make Sense of the World"
On Friday, May 3rd, 2019 - 6.15 pm - 8 pm
English Seminar PLH-1-105, Plattenstrasse 47, 8032 Zürich
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Lecture by ZJJF Scholar Akram Pedramnia: "'Not to Change Even a Single Word': Disseminating the Persian Translation of Ulysses Under a System of Censorship"
Zurich James Joyce Foundation - Thu, 9 May 2019, 7 p.m.
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Guest Lecture Prof. Randall Stevenson (University of Edinburgh) “Beckett, Time, and Modernism”
Thursday, 2 May 2019, 13:00–13:45
Rämistrasse 71, KOL-F-104
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Postcolonial Switzerland
Friday, May 17, 2019 at 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Room KOL-F-117, Rämistrasse 71, 8032 Zürich
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Guest Lecture Professor Jeremy J. Smith (University of Glasgow) "Reinventing Older Scots: the cases of Allan Ramsay and Thomas Ruddiman"
Monday, 13 May 2019 at 2 p.m. - 3.45 p.m.
Room: PLH-1-105, Plattenstrasse 47, 8032 Zürich
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Free Tickets to Reading by U.S. Writer Gary Shteyngart
Thu, May 9, at 7.30 p.m. (Literaturhaus)
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Shakespeare Week 2019
Shakespeare Week 2019
11th August – 18th August 2019
Stratford-Upon-Avon and London
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Guest Lecture Prof. Dr. Carolin Biewer (Universität Würzburg) "Modalising expressions and ethnonyms in Hong Kong English. Tracing diachronic change from 1928 to 2018."
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
10:15–12:00 a.m.
RAK-E-8, Rämistrasse 73, 8001 Zürich
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Guest Lecture Prof. Dr. Ingo Berensmeyer (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) "Metadrama and Metatheatre in Hamlet"
Wednesday April 10, 2019, 10:15-11:45 a.m.
PLH 105, Plattenstrasse 47, 8032 Zürich
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Guest Lecture Dr. Sandra Mayer University of Vienna “Lionism, Pilgrimages, Birthday Books: The Politics and Poetics of Victorian Celebrity Culture”
Wednesday April 10, 2019
02:00 - 03:30 p.m.
PLH 102, Plattenstrasse 47, 8032 Zürich
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Beowulf Reading Marathon
Monday, 1 April 2019
12:00 - 4:00 p.m.
PLH-102, Plattenstrasse 47, 8032 Zürich
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Imag(in)ing Future Bodies - Dr. Eugenie Brinkema (MIT) Guest Lecture «Object-Oriented Horror: On Rubber, the Chorus, and the Torus» and Workshop «Formal Aff ects, Violence, and Horror»
Guest Lecture 21.03. 6:00 pm-8:00 pm in PLH-102
Workshop - PhD Colloquium 22.03. 10:15 am - 1:00 pm in SOE-E-8
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Two stipends for the Birmingham International Summer School (Deadline: February 20)
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