Language of Empowerment
🌍 wersja w języku polskim (version in Polish) — link
“Language of Empowerment” is an annual seminar series organized at the Faculty of English AMU as part of the International Week for Equality and Inclusion. Through this event, we aim to raise awareness of the dangers of discrimination and contribute to the global debate on values such as acceptance and equality, in accordance with the UNESCO proclamation that:
“Tolerance is respect, acceptance and appreciation of the rich diversity of our world's cultures, our forms of expression and ways of being human. It is fostered by knowledge, openness, communication, and freedom of thought, conscience and belief. Tolerance is harmony in difference. It is not only a moral duty, it is also a political and legal requirement. Tolerance, the virtue that makes peace possible, contributes to the replacement of the culture of war by a culture of peace." (UNESCO's 1995 Declaration of Principles on Tolerance).
Every year, the “Language of Empowerment” features lectures delivered in English and Polish.
List of speakers whom we have had the honor to host
Year 2023
Full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB8KLm8pw-qhQK8FhmMcQeKmsygvEgN8C
Judith E. Rosenstein, United States Naval AcademySticks and Stones: The power of language
https://youtu.be/QGBvhExECRQ
Gayathri Prabhu, Manipal Centre for Humanities, MAHE, India Interlocutor of Dreams: Narrative Nooks in Rashsundari Debi’s autobiography Amar Jiban (1868)
Agata Hauser, Faculty of Law and Administration, Adam Mickiewicz University, PoznanLegal empowerment and human rights
Valentyna Ushchyna, Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National UniversityLanguage of Ukrainian empowerment: Discursive construction of national identity in worldview narratives
https://youtu.be/lY6cqHCsv8g
Michael Hornsby, Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, PoznanEmpowering minority language communities: Which approach is best?
https://youtu.be/lgsFFsVGYv8
Year 2022
Full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB8KLm8pw-qgb_QMLLzzB54OPvLUTmBUx
Emma Dawson Varughese, Manipal Centre for Humanities, MAHE, Manipal, India
Feminist empowerment and visual language: An analysis of Neelima P. Aryan’s short graphic story ‘the prey’
Katarzyna Bronk-Bacon, Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan
Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century epistolary lessons on ageing and old age
https://youtu.be/Vz6k8FXQKBM
Tomasz Wicherkiewicz, Faculty of Modern Languages and Literatures, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan
Language policies as tools of empowering marginalized language communities
https://youtu.be/9z3l6E3rtOs
WA Student Council, Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan
Studenci, studentki i osoby studiujące: Inicjatywy Rady Samorządu Studentów i społeczności studenckiej [Male, female, and non-binary students: Initiatives of the Student Council and the student community]
(lecture delivered in Polish)
https://youtu.be/c16JgHgVSQI
Dorota Zyskowska, Porsche Polska
Równouprawnienie w biznesie: Od teorii do praktyki [Equality in business: From theory to practice]
(lecture delivered in Polish)
https://youtu.be/MrzLydIXjyk
Year 2021
Full playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB8KLm8pw-qisUci8qhn2EQ79H68ndL8r
Kornelia Boczkowska, Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan
Horsey is not a metaphor: Human-animal relations, gender and the body in experimental film
https://youtu.be/p098pFDVAyg
Joseph N. Cooper, College of Education and Human Development, University of Massachusetts Boston
Anti-Racism, Inclusive Excellence, and The A.R.C. of Justice Framework: A New Paradigm for Sport Leadership
https://youtu.be/eHxVIAwtDKo
Magdalena Zabielska, Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan
It gave the impression that I wasn’t welcome: Foreigners’ disempowering experiences with healthcare institutions in Poznań
https://youtu.be/4qCXinBThgc
Monika Browarczyk, Faculty of Modern Languages and Literatures, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan
Mrówki wśród słoni. Auto/biograficzne narracje wykluczenia i marginalizacji w Indiach [Ants among elephants. Auto-/biographical narratives of exclusion and marginalisation in India]
(lecture delivered in Polish)
https://youtu.be/_n4J6qpCG94
Dariusz Drążkowski, Faculty of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan
Oparte na dowodach naukowych metody zapobiegania aktywizacji zagrożenia stereotypem na uczelni [Research-based methods of preventing the activation of stereotype threat at universities]
(lecture delivered in Polish)
https://youtu.be/oNQJGTX2Rus
Year 2020
Full playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB8KLm8pw-qiYbtVe0IZV7q9eA8b59b18
Samuel Bennett, Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan
'We' are good, 'they' are bad: Using language to exclude
https://youtu.be/UfzKum3OZzw
Katarzyna Burzyńska, Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan
(In)visible and (dis)abled bodies: English early modern dramatists stage pregnant embodiment
https://youtu.be/1QIVaCIwCdw
Agnieszka Kiełkiewicz-Janowiak, Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan
Gender specification of nouns naming people in Polish: Toward social inclusion and equality?
https://youtu.be/IW_esNjWcb8
Rafał Jończyk, Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan
“Women are struggling with task”: How stereotype threat affects creativity in female engineers
https://youtu.be/K1k5gxgxdks
Błażej Warkocki, Faculty of Polish and Classical Philology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan
Od „sztuki przewrotnej” do „literatury queer”: Nieheteronormatywne wątki kultury polskiej [From subversive art to queer literature: Non-heteronormativity in Polish culture]
(lecture delivered in Polish)
https://youtu.be/9HqsXttNC4o
Joanna Śmiecińska (Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan) & Jowita Wycisk (Faculty of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan)
Rodziny LGBT+ w Polsce: Od stresu mniejszościowego do zmiany społecznej [LGBT+ families in Poland: From minority stress to social change]
(lecture delivered in Polish)
https://youtu.be/zH5EwllE3Co