News from Faculty Units
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Irish Itinerary meeting with Kate Heffernan on Censorship in Irish Drama
On the 22nd of October at 11:30 in Aula we had the pleasure of hosting a meeting with Irish playwright and theatremaker Kate Heffernan. The discussion revolved around issues of censorship in Irish drama.
31.10.2025 -
Ewa Tomczak-Łukaszewska awarded the Praeceptor Laureatus prize for the best teachers at AMU
With great joy, we announce that Ewa Tomczak-Łukaszewska from the Department of Psycholinguistic Studies at AMU Faculty of English has been honoured with the prestigious award for the best teachers at Adam Mickiewicz University in the academic year 2024/2025 – the Praeceptor Laureatus Award of the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz ...
9.10.2025 -
Dr hab. Paweł Korpal, prof. UAM at a PhD summer school at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Between 7 and 10 July 2025 dr hab. Paweł Korpal, prof. UAM took part in the Escola d’Estiu de Doctorat: Traductologia, Estudis Interculturals i Àsia Oriental — a summer school for PhD students organised by the Department of Translation and Interpreting & East Asian Studies the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
29.07.2025 -
Dr hab. Kornelia Boczkowska’s guest lecture at the University of Arts Linz
On June 24, 2025, dr hab. Kornelia Boczkowska from American Studies Research Unit: Language and Culture delivered a guest lecture entitled “Why Look at Dead and Disabled Animals? Animal Death and Disability in Experimental Film” in the Kepler Salon at the University of Arts Linz in the relatifs lecture series.
10.07.2025 -
Internationalisation and Academic Exchange: Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University and UC Chile in the ERASMUS+ Programme
In 2020, the Faculty of English at Adam Mickiewicz University established a partnership agreement for academic exchange with the Faculty of Letters at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC Chile) in Santiago – one of the flagship universities in Latin America and the Caribbean, as confirmed by the QS World ...
7.07.2025 -
New translations between Welsh and Polish by Dr Marta Listewnik — „Ostatni dzień” (Y Dydd Olaf/The Last Day) by Owain Owain and “Cyswllt” (Kontakt) by Jadwiga Graboś
Two literary translations by Dr. Marta Listewnik, from Welsh to Polish and from Polish to Welsh, have been published in recent weeks: „Ostatni dzień” (Y Dydd Olaf/The Last Day) by Owain Owain and “Cyswllt” (Kontakt) by Jadwiga Graboś.
17.06.2025 -
Prof. Bogusława Whyatt a plenary speaker at Fifth International Conference on Translation, Interpreting, and Cognition (ICTIC 5) in Norway
Prof. Bogusława Whyatt (Department of Psycholinguistic Studies) was a plenary speaker at the Fifth International Conference on Translation, Interpreting, and Cognition (ICTIC 5) organized by the University of Agder in Kristiansand, Norway.
11.06.2025 -
Prof. Matylda Włodarczyk’s talk on visual pragmatics
On June 3rd Prof. Matylda Włodarczyk gave a talk on Visual pragmatics from local to global: Specialised discourses (17th-19th century) in the Dahlem Lecture Series, at FU Berlin. Prof. Włodarczyk was invited by the Research Group for Historical Linguistics led by Prof. Horst Simon.
4.06.2025 -
Zuzanna Witt received a short-term research fellowship from the University of Alabama
Ms. Zuzanna Witt, our second-year PhD candidate, has received a short-term research fellowship from The Frances S. Summersell Center for the Study of the South at the University of Alabama.
21.05.2025 -
Dr hab. Kornelia Boczkowska curated 6 new Jon Behrens memorial programs for the Interbay Cinema Society in Seattle
In 2024–2025, Kornelia Boczkowska from American Studies Research Unit: Language and Culture curated and presented 6 new memorial shows as part of the Jon Behrens touring program for the Interbay Cinema Society in Seattle, WA.
19.05.2025