Events in 2024
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Inaugural Meeting of Book Lovers Among the Students Literary Club
The Department of American Studies: Literature and Media kindly invites you to the Inaugural Meeting of Book Lovers Among the Students (BLASt)“Paul Auster Remembered” When? October 30, 2024, 11:30 a.m.Where? Collegium Heliodori, room 215 Join us!
30.10.202430.10 -
CLiP organizational meeting
Do you want to learn about Canada, its literature and culture? Are you ready to start your adventure with CanLit and become part of a small but passionate group of Canada enthusiasts and book lovers? We're waiting for you! Canadian Literature in Perspective Reading Group invites everyone interested in literature ...
23.10.202423.10 -
Culture Vultures meeting: Impoliteness, humour and environment in The Office (US series)
The Department of Studies in Culture is happy to announce the start of the Culture Vultures interest group this semester. Dr Urszula Kizelbach will deliver the talk titled "Impoliteness, humour and environment in The Office (US series)". Join us on 23rd October (Wednesday) at 11:30 a.m. in room 153, Collegium ...
23.10.202423.10 -
WA Distinguished Professors’ Lecture: Constituency in classifier phrases
Time: Wednesday 23 October 2024, 10:00Venue: Sala górna, Collegium Heliodori ŚwięcickiSpeaker: Dr. Éva Dékány (HUN-REN Hungarian Research Center for Linguistics and Eötvös University (Budapest)) Abstract Classifiers are nominal auxiliaries which are required in the context of numerals in some languages (e.g., Mandarin Chinese “san-ben shu”, lit. three-Cl book, ‘three books’). ...
23.10.202423.10 -
Syn&Sin meeting: syntax and ChatGPT
The Department of English-Polish Comparative Linguistics cordially invites everyone to join us for the meeting of the Syn&Sin syntax reading and discussion club. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, 16th October 2024, 11:30-13:00 in room 341. Prof. Przemysław Tajsner will present his work on human language syntax and ChatGPT.
16.10.202416.10 -
Irish Literary Geographies: Irish literature and mobility
Meeting with Evelyn Conlon and Sean O’ReillyIrish writers Time: 15 October 2024 at 13:15Place: The Aula, Collegium Heliodori (Grunwaldzka 6, Poznań)Language: English
15.10.202415.10 -
Are Celtic languages becoming postvernacular?
What does it mean when a language becomes 'postvernacular'? A series of presentations on Irish, Gaelic, Breton, Cornish … and Gaulish! This concept will be explored through a number of case studies involving some Celtic languages by guests to and staff of the Celtic Research Unit at the Faculty of ...
10.10.202410.10 -
Inauguration of the American Studies program
The Faculty of English at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań cordially invites all interested parties to the inauguration of the newly-launched American Studies program. Event Program Welcome – Dean of the Faculty of English Presentation of the program – Prof. UAM dr. hab. Radosław Dylewski Inaugural lecture – Prof. Mary Ellen ...
30.09.202430.09 -
Open lecture by prof. Frederick J. Newmeyer
The organizers of the 21st International Congress of Linguists (ICL), taking place in Poznań on 8–14 September 2024 cordially invite you to an open lecture by prof. Frederick J. Newmeyer (University of Washington, University of British Columbia, and Simon Fraser University). “Can one language be ‘more complex’ than another?” Time ...
9.09.202409.09 -
21st International Congress of Linguists
The 21st International Congress of Linguists will be held from 8 to 14 September 2024 in Poznań, Poland. The event is organised by Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań (local host) and the Permanent International Committee of Linguists (CIPL). ICL Congress is one of the biggest linguistic conferences - the first congress ...
8.09.2024 - 14.09.2024starts 08.09ends 14.09