Autumn 2025 Timetable Available now: Autumn 2025 Timetable. The timetable is subject to minor changes / updates. Updated 16:30 on 03 April. Changes to "New York" MA Seminar.
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Deadlines Spring Semester 2025 Please click here to see all the deadlines for Spring Semester 2025 (KSL registration, thesis registration, Advanced Reading List).
ALL (Anerkennung hervorragender Leistungen in der Lehre) Prof. Dr. Axel Stähler, Dr. Beatriz Lorente, Dr. Gwynne Mapes, Dr. Nicole Nyffenegger, and Dr. Hannah Piercy from the Department of English were awarded the ALL (Anerkennung hervorragender Leistungen in der Lehre) for their excellent teaching during the Spring Semester 2024. Congratulations!
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.
Let's talk about waste! The UniAktuell features a new article in which Professor Crispin Thurlow and doctoral researchers Laura Wohlgemuth and Alessandro Pellanda talk about the SNSF-funded “Articulating Rubbish" project.
BA and MA Students A-L Consultation Hours BA and MA students can sign up for in-person and virtual consultation hours with study counsellor Helen Shepherd. Students can select one time slot if it is not already taken by another student.
BA and MA Students M-Z Consultation Hours BA and MA students can sign up for in-person and virtual consultation hours with study counsellor Sabine von Rütte. Students can select one time slot if it is not already taken by another student.
International Coordinator: Stay Abroad Enquiries Please find more information on planning your stay abroad, completing your stay abroad, and other students' experiences and reports on this page.
Master's Open Days 2025 Are you about to change from a Bachelor's to a Master's Degree Program and still have a lot of questions? We will inform you on site and online on March 18-20.
Would you like to add an event? Please contact the directors' assistant to add an event to our calendar.
Sexual Harassment Awareness Day 2025 Unfortunately, sexism and sexual harassment are a reality in the Swiss Higher Education landscape. In order to spread awareness and emphasize the importance of this matter, on the 29th of April 2025 the nationwide Sexual Harassment Awareness Day will take place.
