UZH English Department News: 2024
News list
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Job: Student Assistant in the Project “Waxing and Waning Words: Lexical Variation and Change in Middle English”
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Guest Lecture: “Female Professionalism and the Victorian Art Economy in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall” by Dr Tim Sommer (Universität Passau until the end of September, LMU München as of 1 October)
The guest lecture takes part of Prof. Straumann’s MA research seminar on “women’s social and economic agency in nineteenth-century fiction”.
The lecture will take place on Wednesday 13 November from 2-4 p.m. in PLH-105.
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Guest Lecture: “The Ruthwell Cross’s Runic Poem as an Example of Early English” by Prof. Dr. Kerstin Majewski (Ruhr Universität Bochum)
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Women and Crime Fiction Workshop University of Zurich, 7-8 June, 2024
7 June, 2024 from 9 to 6
8 June 2024 from 9.30 to 2.30PLH-E-05, Plattenstrasse 47
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Guestlecture: Definiteness in the history of English - Dr. Lotte Sommerer (University of Freiburg)
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Using Psychological Network Analysis in CDST(inspired) Research - Dr. Vanessa De Wilde (Ghent University)
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Guestlecture: Dr. Kellie Gonçalves (University of Bern) “Interactional Sociolinguistics”
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Diving in Deeply - An Introduction to the Qualitative Research Approach of Grounded Theory - Annika Wilhelmy (University of Zurich)
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"South Africans in Switzerland" Call for participants for online questionnaire on language attitudes
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Guestlecture: Dr Douglas Clark (University of Galway), “John Donne and the Legacy of Early Modern Testamentary Verse”
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ES Guest Lecture Susan O'Keeffe “The Poetic Mind of W. B. Yeats”
Guest lecture on Tuesday, November 21, 2023, 9 a.m.
UZH English Department Plattenstrasse 47, PLH-105 -
Guest lecture by Prof. Dr. Annette Kern-Stähler (University of Bern)
Wednesday, 8 November 2023, 4-6 p.m. in PLH-102 (Plattenstrasse 47)
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Job Offer Lektor*in English Department of the University of Zurich, non-permanent position 28% - 34%
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Lecture Series: “Variation and change in the history of the English lexicon” Convenors: Olga Timofeeva & Annina Seiler
Tue 16:15-18:00 ( 21 Feb - 30 May 2023)
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Abschiedsvorlesung Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Elisabeth Bronfen “Taking a Bow: Abschlussszenen und Neubeginn bei Shakespeare”
Mi 24. Mai 2023, 18.15
Aula (KOL-G-201)
Universität Zürich-Zentrum
Rämistrasse 71
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Guest lecture Prof. Ad Putter (University of Bristol): 'Dutch and German in Medieval England: New Discoveries and Research Opportunities'
Tuesday 23 May 2023 - 12.15-13.45
PLH-E-5
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Book Launch at Cabaret Voltaire
Book presentation of One More Loop Around the Bend: Kulturanalytische Betrachtungen zu Westworld (Diaphanes 2023), plus discussion with the authors Johannes Binotto, Elisabeth Bronfen, Christine Lötscher, Klaus Müller-Wille and Benno Wirz (May 10, 2023, 6.30 p.m. at Cabaret Voltaire)
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Guest Lecture and Workshop by Patricia Phillippy
Guest lecture “Anne Bradstreet’s Mother’s Legacies: The Andover Manuscript” (Tue, 9 May, 4-6 p.m.) and workshop “Intergenerational Materialities: Anne Bradstreet's Poems” (Wed, 10 May, 2-5 p.m.)
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Guest Lecture by Justyna Robinson
"Concept-led approach to semantic change" - 2 May 2023 (Justyna Robinson, University of Sussex)
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Vortrag und Workshop Kolonialismus im Kinderzimmer? Der Fall Robinson Crusoe
Samstag, 29. April 2023
- 10–11:30 Uhr (Vortrag)
- 12–14:30 (Workshop)
Robinson Bibliothek
Kunst(Zeug)Haus, Rapperswil-Jona -
Guest lecture by Olivia Droz-dit-Busset (University of Bern) on "Stylising branded voices: A comparative analysis of corporate ventriloquism by advertising copywriters and social media influencers"
Thursday, April 20th at 16:10
Plattenstrasse 47, PLH-05 -
Zurich Early Modern Online Resources Seminar (ZEMORS): Working with Digital Editions
Tuesday, 18th April, 12.15-13.15 p.m. (Swiss time, UTC+1)
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Gentle Introduction to Bayesian Infererence - Workshop with Prof. Dr. Don van Ravenzwaaij (University of Groningen)
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SHAKESPEARE WEEK 2023 - Information Meeting
Monday, 20th March at 6 p.m.
Room PLH-E-5
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- Women and Crime Fiction Workshop University of Zurich, 7-8 June, 2024
- Conference: “Post/Colonial Environments”, 9-11 May 2024
- Guestlecture: Definiteness in the history of English - Dr. Lotte Sommerer (University of Freiburg)
- Using Psychological Network Analysis in CDST(inspired) Research - Dr. Vanessa De Wilde (Ghent University)
- Guestlecture: Dr. Kellie Gonçalves (University of Bern) “Interactional Sociolinguistics”
- Diving in Deeply - An Introduction to the Qualitative Research Approach of Grounded Theory - Annika Wilhelmy (University of Zurich)
- "South Africans in Switzerland" Call for participants for online questionnaire on language attitudes
- Guestlecture: Dr Douglas Clark (University of Galway), “John Donne and the Legacy of Early Modern Testamentary Verse”
- ES Job Advertisment_Two PhD Assistantships in English Literature 60%
- Job offer: Senior Assistantship in English Literary Studies 90 %
- ES Guest Lecture Susan O'Keeffe “The Poetic Mind of W. B. Yeats”
- Guest lecture by Prof. Dr. Annette Kern-Stähler (University of Bern)
- Job Offer: Study Advisor (Studienberater*in) 90 % (February to July 2024 at 30 %)
- Job Offer Lektor*in English Department of the University of Zurich, non-permanent position 28% - 34%
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Abschiedsvorlesung Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Elisabeth Bronfen
“Taking a Bow: Abschlussszenen und Neubeginn bei Shakespeare”