2020/2021 English Studies at Swiss Universities Published by SAUTE Swiss Association of University Teachers of English PM 6.0 - © Martin Heusser SAUTE Swiss Association of University Teachers of English BOARD: Anita Auer (Lausanne), President Virginia Richter (Berne), Vice President Martin Hilpert (Neuchâtel), Treasurer Ina HaBermann (Basel), General Editor SPELL Martin Mühlheim (Zurich), Secretary and WeBmaster Nicole Studer-Joho (Zurich), Secretary and WeBmaster Rahel Orgis (Neuchâtel), Auditor Steve Oswald (Fribourg), Auditor Delegates to SAGW Anita Auer (Lausanne) Martin Mühlheim (Zürich) ADDRESS OF THE SAUTE PRESIDENT: Prof. Dr. Anita Auer E-MAIL: [email protected] Université de Lausanne TEL: (+4121) 692 44 85 English Linguistics Anthropole, office 5131 CH – 1015 Lausanne ADDRESSES OF THE ESSU EDITORS: Dr. Martin Mühlheim E-MAIL: [email protected] Englisches Seminar TEL: (+4144) 634 35 58 Universität Zürich Plattenstrasse 47 CH – 8032 Zürich Dr. Nicole Studer-Joho E-MAIL: [email protected] Englisches Seminar TEL: (+4144) 634 34 11 Universität Zürich Plattenstrasse 47 CH – 8032 Zürich SAUTE MAILING LIST: E-MAIL: [email protected] Contents 1. SAUTE Annual General Meeting Friday, October 30, 2020 ........................................................... 3 2. Obituary Siegfried Wyler (1919-2020) and Hans Heinrich Meier (1924-2021) ............................ 12 3. The Departments of English in Switzerland ................................................................................... 14 BASEL ........................................................................................................................................... 14 BERN ............................................................................................................................................. 19 FRIBOURG .................................................................................................................................... 27 GENEVA ........................................................................................................................................ 32 LAUSANNE .................................................................................................................................. 37 NEUCHATEL ................................................................................................................................ 46 ST. GALLEN ................................................................................................................................. 49 ZÜRICH ......................................................................................................................................... 51 4. Publications 2020 (2019) by Staff Members of the Departments of English and the Members of SAUTE ........................................................................................................................................... 58 4.1 Monographs (incl. electronic puBlications) ....................................................................... 58 4.2 Editions (incl. electronic puBlications) .............................................................................. 59 4.3 ContriButions to Books (incl. electronic puBlications) ...................................................... 60 4.4 ContriButions to journals (incl. electronic puBlications) ................................................... 69 4.5 Reviews ............................................................................................................................. 74 4.6 Other ContriButions (textbooks, interviews/articles in popular media, blog posts etc.) ... 75 4.7 Electronic DataBases, Corpora .......................................................................................... 76 5. Doctoral Dissertations and HaBilitations ........................................................................................ 77 5.1 Completed in 2020 (2019) ................................................................................................. 77 5.2 In Progress ......................................................................................................................... 78 6. Members of SAUTE (April 2021) .................................................................................................. 83 3 1. SAUTE Annual General Meeting Friday, October 30, 2020 16h00-17h00, Virtual Meeting, Zoom Present: Anita Auer, Thomas Austenfeld, Olivia Biber, Roman Bischof, Stella Castelli, Michael C. Frank, Andrea Grütter, Ina Habermann, Martin Hilpert, Mark Iten, Guðrun Jákupsstovu, Andreas H. Jucker, Isabel Karremann, Daniela Landert, Erez Levon, Miriam Locher, Sangam MacDuff, Gwynne Erin Mapes, Alan Mattli, Anne-Claire Michoux, Martin Mühlheim, Michael Prusse, Virginia Richter, Gabriele Rippl, Kilian Schindler, Mirjam Schmalz, Philip Schweighauser, Roy Sellars, Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet, Annette Stähler, Barbara Straumann, Nicole Studer, Simon Swift, Simon Trub, Ilenia Tonetti Tübben, Sanja Vaudano. [Excused: At the AGM 2012 it was decided to no longer list the individuals who sent their apologies. We thank all those who informed us in advance that they would be unable to attend.] 1. Minutes of 2019 meeting (Basel) The publication of the minutes was delayed because of the late pulication of ESSU. The minutes are approved with a vast majority (7% abstention). 2. Treasurer’s Report and Budget At the end of 2019, SAUTE had 141 members in good standing. Financially, too, SAUTE is in a good position to continue its work: • Jan 1st 2019: CHF +36’313 • expenses 2019: CHF -37’153 • income 2019: CHF -5’024 • Dec 31st 2019: CHF +31’289 The main source of revenue were the SAGW contributions for publications, followed by the SAUTE membership fees and the SAGW contributions for conferences. We’ve also received royalties from Narr. Miriam Locher asks whether we’ve received these in the past and if no, wonders why not. Martin Hilpert explains that this is a lump sum of about CHF 4500.- for 12 volumes. Martin Hilpert explains that the royalties will not be distributed to individuals, but kept within our association for future use. Miriam Locher follows up why we do not get such a payment more regularly. MH agrees that a more regular payment cycle would make more sense, but doesn’t know how frequently we get this in the future. Also, Andreas H. Jucker wonders where the royalties come from and wants to know whether they make sense on the basis of sale numbers. MH suspects that they were simply forgotten in the past and assumes that everything is fine The budget is approved with 28 in favour and some abstentions. 4 3. Auditor’s report The auditors cannot be present, but they approved the 4. SPELL Recently published: • SPELL 37: Secrecy and Surveillance in Medieval and Early Modern England, eds. Annette Kern-Stähler and Nicole Nyffenegger (based on 2018 SAMEMES conference) • SPELL 38: The Genres of Genre: Forms, Formats, and Cultural Formations, eds. Agnieszka Soltysik and Boris Vejdovsky (based on 2018 SANAS conference) Approved at 2019 AGM and now forthcoming with a delay due to Covid-19: • SPELL 39: Brexit and Beyond. Nation and Identity, eds. Daniela Keller and Ina Habermann. (based on SAUTE conference in Basel, spring 2019) Upcoming volumes: The suggestion for volumes 40 and 41 was passed by the assembly at the AGM in 2019: • SPELL 40: Medieval and Early Modern Afterlives, eds. Emma Depledge and Katrin Rupp (based on SAMEMES conference 2020, shifted to 2021, de volume will be delayed until 2022) • SPELL 41: Work: The Labors of Language, Culture, and History in North America, eds. Sixta Quassdorf and Jesse Ramirez (based on SANAS conference 2020) The numbers might have to be swapped if the St Gall volume is published earlier. Proposed volumes for 2021 – The assembly approves the proposal (28 in favor, some abstentions): • SPELL 42: Migrations and Contact, eds. Michael C. Frank and Daniel Schreier (based on SAUTE conference 2021) Changes in 2020: Copy editor Alexandre Fachard has stepped down as copy-editor. Starting with SPELL volume 40, to be published in 2021, we are looking for a copy editor. Either one or two volumes are published every year. The copy-editor closely works with the SPELL general editor and the volume editors and tasks include editing, proof-reading and correcting, formatting/layouting and the production and delivery of camera-ready copy. The payment is CHF 15 per page and volumes are around 200 pages (i.e. around CHF 3.000 per volume, 7.7% VAT to be added). In case of interest or if you have suggestions, please contact [email protected]! New publisher Ina Habermann explains that there are issues with the SPELL publishing deal that we have with Narr Verlag. The problem is that we pay too much for too little services and the volumes are not as visible as they should be. It would, for instance, make sense if articles were accessible individually. The costs for a volume are as followes (Example SPELL volume 38 (SANAS; The Genres of Genre)): 5 Print subsidy NARR CHF 3’500 Member copies SAUTE CHF 2’442 Member copies SANAS CHF 836 Postage CHF 472 __________ Copy editor CHF 2’875 __________ Overall cost CHF 10’125 (of which CHF 7’250 go to Narr Verlag) ========== Narr Verlag prepares the subsidy requests for SAGW, pints the volumes and sends the copies out to members. After one year (moving wall), the volume can be downloaded from the Narr page for free. The volumes are also available for free after a year from ETH E-Periodica due to a special deal with the ETH library, costing