Events in 2024

  • WA Distinguished Professors’ Lecture: Constituency in classifier phrases

    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’). ...

    23.10.2024
    23.10
  • Syn&Sin meeting: syntax and ChatGPT

    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.

    16.10.2024
    16.10
  • Irish Literary Geographies: Irish literature and mobility

    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

    15.10.2024
    15.10
  • Are Celtic languages becoming postvernacular?

    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 ...

    10.10.2024
    10.10
  • Inauguration of the American Studies program

    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 ...

    30.09.2024
    30.09
  • Open lecture by prof. Frederick J. Newmeyer

    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 ...

    9.09.2024
    09.09
  • 21st International Congress of Linguists

    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 - 14.09.2024
    starts 08.09
    ends 14.09
  • CADAAD 2024

    CADAAD 2024

    The Faculty of English, AMU is hosting the 2024 edition of the Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines (CADAAD) conference on 10–12 July 2024. This year’s conference theme is Borders and boundaries in/across discourses. See the conference website [external link] for further details.

    10.07.2024 - 12.07.2024
    starts 10.07
    ends 12.07
  • Filmavond: Shrek

    Filmavond: Shrek

    Hello hello! Are there any kinomaniacs here? Come and join us for a very laid-back and fun movie night with the Dutch Studies! Repertoire: ShrekWhere, when, at what time and how: Aula Hall, June 20, 2024 at 18:30. Film in Dutch version with English subtitles - event in English. Description: ...

    20.06.2024
    20.06
  • Syn&Sin syntax meeting

    Syn&Sin syntax meeting

    The Department of English-Polish Comparative Linguistics cordially invites everyone to join us for the June meeting of the Syn&Sin syntax reading and discussion club. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 12th, 11:20-12:20 in room 341. Prof. Jacek Witkoś will give a talk on "The c-domain of pronouns and ...

    12.06.2024 - 12.06.2024
    starts 12.06
    ends 12.06