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The Department of English is one of the seven departments of languages and literatures at the University of Bern. We are a lively, medium-sized department with currently around 600 students, five professors and more than a dozen teaching staff members. The fields covered in the department include a wide range of research areas in both literature, and language and linguistics. This website provides you with information regarding our study programs, courses, staff members, ongoing research projects and current events.

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SAMEMES Book Prize

Dr. Hannah Piercy was awarded the 2024 SAMEMES (Swiss Association of Medieval and Early Modern English Studies) Book Prize for her monograph, 'Resistance to Love in Medieval English Romance: Negotiating Consent, Gender, and Desire'. Her books is available open access thanks to the Swiss National Science Foundation.

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