Events
We are a very active and vibrant research community. The events presented here are a selection of conferences, guest lectures and other events hosted and organised by staff of our department.
Guest Lectures and Events
As a temporary, CV-19 related measure, MA students are allowed to count online lectures towards their guest lecture attendance credit. As an additional requirement, students are asked to submit a one-page summary of the lecture, including the main arguments and key concepts covered.
Autumn 2021
To be announced.
Past Events
| Date |
Title |
Organizer |
|---|---|---|
| 9 April 2020 | Imagining the Digital World: Identity, Society, Surveillance | PD Dr. Julia Straub |
| 2-4 May 2018 | X-Scapes:10th Linguistic Landscape Workshop | Prof. Dr. Crispin Thurlow |
|
11-12 Dec. 2017 |
City Talk: Urban Identities, Mobilities and Textualities |
Joseph Comer, Gwynne Mapes |
| 8-10 Nov. 2017 |
Visualizing
(in) the New Media |
Prof. Dr. Crispin Thurlow, Vanessa Jaroski |
| 10-13 Oct. 2017 | International Workshop on the Senses, Past and Present | Prof. Dr. Annette Kern-Stähler |
| 15-16 September 2017 | Cuso Workshop 2017: The Materialities of American Culture | Prof. Dr. Gabriele Rippl, PD. Dr. Julia Straub, MA Sofie Behluli |
| 9-10 March 2017 | Studies of Paradise: Where Language Meets Culture in the Pacific |
Dominique B. Hess, Tobias Leonhardt, Sara Lynch |
Past Guest Lectures
Spring 2021
Autumn 2020
The CSLS (Center for the Study of Language and Society) host a lecture series on "Jugendsprache". To see their programme, click here.
The BMZ (Berner Mittelalterzentrum) has a lecture series on "Fremdbilder - Selbstbilder: Juden und Christen im Mittelalter." Some lectures are held in English. Click here to see their programme.
Attending guest lectures from both these lecture series may be counted towards MA Students' 1 ECTS guest lecture requirement, if the chosen lecture is held in English. Moreover, if the lecture is online, students are required to write a one-page summary of the lecture.
Spring 2020
Due to COVID-19, all guest lectures were cancelled or postponed.