Join us as we commence the Münster run of 'Homes|Heimat,' with the opening lecture "Footloose Cultures: How Not to be at Home in One’s Heimat" by PD Dr. Pavan Malreddy (University of Potsdam). The event will take place on 14 April 2025 at 18:00, in Room S1, Schlossplatz 2, 48149 Münster.

After the lecture, we invite you to visit the installation at the Schloss Foyer, where light refreshments will be served.

More information is available at: uni.ms/homes-heimat

 

 

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Call for Papers  
Aldous Huxley in Italy: Rest Cure or/and Cultural Challenge

Eighth International Aldous Huxley Symposium at Florence, October 2025

Please send your proposals for papers
(20 minutes, plus 10 minutes discussion)
by 1 March 2025 to Prof Bernfried Nugel (nugel@uni-muenster.de).

Visit the Centre for Aldous Huxley Studies for more information on the symposium.

 

 

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Info session: Changes to BA study regulations (BK, Zwei-Fach, HRSGe)

9 April 2025, 18:00 s.t., Zoom  Registration required

This info session is about changes to our BA study programmes, in particular concerning the following modules:

Culture and Communication/Work Experience Abroad (new: Stay Abroad)
Readings (new: Surveys oder Varieties)
Linguistic Methods and Theories
Texts and Theories
Undergraduate Research Module I
EFL (new: ELE)
Foundations I

The link to access the Zoom conference will be send out to registered attendees one hour prior to the event. 

 

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Conference Language: English

Registration is closed.

Contact: lesd.25@uni-muenster.de
Organisers: Dr. Ricardo Römhild & Prof. Dr. Frauke Matz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Course Registration for Summer Term 2025

Students are reminded that the LSF course registration portal will be open from 13 January to 31 January, 2025 for all higher semester courses. Please keep in mind that registration via LSF is mandatory and that you are required to provide at least three options for most classes. 

Further information on course registration is available here. 

There will be a separate registration period for M.Ed. students in March 2025. Remember that you need to be enrolled in your respective study programme for your course registration to be considered. 

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Congratulations to Yash Gupta on Winning the DAAD Award

We are thrilled to announce that Yash Gupta has been awarded the 2024 DAAD Prize by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for his outstanding commitment to intercultural exchange and social engagement as well as his academic achievements.

Yash has been enrolled in our National and Transnational Studies Programme since 2022/23 and is known throughout the English Department as the founder of the Disability Studies Circle, a co-founder of the Anticolonial CineClub and in general as an unstoppable creative force striving to make the university a more inclusive and socially responsible place.

During the award ceremony on 27 November 2024, the university’s Vice Rector for International Affairs, Prof. Dr. Michael Quante, praised the high level of scholarly integrity and cultural competence Yash shows in his dedication to marginalized groups and topics.

Find the university’s original press release here [de]

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Study Abroad at One of Our Partner Universities

If you are planning to apply for a spot at one of the English Department’s partner universities, please make sure to upload your application by 10 January 2025.

Further information is available on Learnweb: Study Abroad English Department.

Please make sure to request the relevant documents for your application with the examination office before the university closes for winter break to ensure you can meet the deadline.

Application Deadline: 10 January 2025