News from Faculty Units
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Professor Kornelia Boczkowska awarded William H. Donner Moving Image Research Fellowship
Associate Professor Kornelia Boczkowska from American Studies Research Unit: Language and Culture has been awarded a William H. Donner Moving Image Research Fellowship for her project on the institutionalization and academization of American experimental film culture at the University of Colorado Boulder.
14.05.2026 -
BM@Poznań at Bilingualism Matters Symposium at the University of Milano-Bicocca
We are excited to share that three researchers from Bilingualism Matters@Poznań at the Faculty of English at AMU, Prof. Magdalena Wrembel, Prof. Anna Balas and Dr. Iga Krzysik, presented the activities of BM@Poznań as well as their work at the Bilingualism Matters Symposium which was held at the University of ...
11.05.2026 -
A Meeting with Dr. reelaviolette botts-ward (UCSF)
On April 8, 2026, the BLASt (Book Lovers Among Students) American Studies Reading Group hosted a Zoom meeting with Dr. reelaviolette botts-ward (UCSF), author of mourning my inner[blackgirl]child (Nomadic Press, 2021). During the meeting, Dr. botts-ward read selected excerpts from her book, discussed her creative process, and engaged participants in ...
14.04.2026 -
MA student Joanna Człapa’s research featured in Welsh media
Joanna Człapa, an MA student at the Faculty of English, has been undertaking a study on swear words in Welsh, given the identified gap in the academic literature on the topic.
9.04.2026 -
Article “Neural markers reveal weakened sensitivity to moral violations in a foreign language” in “Brain and Language”
The article authored by Roksana Szczypek (PhD candidate), dr hab. Katarzyna Jankowiak, and dr. Marcin Naranowicz (Department of Psycholinguistic Studies) has been published in the prestigious journal Brain and Language.
2.02.2026 -
Join the ‘Found in Translation’ Discussion Group!
Meetings of the ‘Found in Translation’ Discussion Group are organised by the Department of Translation Studies, WA AMU. They provide an opportunity to discuss various aspects of translation, including audiovisual translation (AVT), and interpreting. The meetings involve lectures by invited speakers, panel discussions, workshops, and research presentations by WA students ...
2.12.2025 -
WA students at short-term cultural programme at SSPU in Shanghai, China
From November 1, 2025, to November 11, 2025, three third-year students of English and Chinese Studies (Maja Gabryelewicz, Nemo Ratajczak, and Zuzanna Zając) participated in a short-term cultural program at Shanghai Second Polytechnic University in Shanghai, China.
27.11.2025 -
Sander van Hes on the 14th International Congress of Balticists
On October 22nd-25th, the Lithuanian capital city Vilnius temporarily became the world-wide centre of Baltic Studies. The occasion was Vilnius University’s hosting of the 14th International Congress of Balticists, the leading international meeting in the field. Following up on an online edition in 2021, this year’s installment managed to bring ...
24.11.2025 -
Guest lecture by Prof. Dagmara Drewniak at the 11th Festival of Canadian Cultures
At the invitation of the Students’ Association for American Studies operating at the Faculty of International and Political Studies of the Jagiellonian University, Prof. Dagmara Drewniak from the Canadian Literature Research Unit gave a lecture in the form of a dialogue and conversation with Dr. Ewelina Feldman-Kołodziejuk from the University ...
21.11.2025 -
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