drMarcin Markowicz

Marcin Markowicz
Adiunkt

Websites / Profiles

Degrees

  • B.A. in English, Poznań, 2014
  • M.A. in English, Poznań, 2016
  • Ph.D. in Canadian literature, Poznań, 2021

Research interests

  • Contemporary Canadian prose and poetry
  • Canadian literary magazines
  • Politics of cultural and literary production in the Canadian context
  • Print culture studies
  • Periodical studies

Teaching experience

  • History of American literature
  • English as a foreign language
  • Technical and scientific translation

Papers read at international conferences

  • "The World Needs More Canada?" Changes and Challenges in Contemporary Canadian Culture and Society, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands 2017
  • "Kanada Koncrete: Material Poetries in the Digital Age" Canadian Literature Symposium 2018, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, 2018
  • 8th Congress of Polish Canadianists "Canadian (Re)Visions: Futures, Changes, Revolutions/ Les (Re)Visions canadiennes: Projections, Changements, Revolutions" University of Łódź, Łódź, 2019
  • 20th Biennial Conference of Association of Canadian Studies in Ireland (ACSI) "Borders and Beyond / Les frontières et au-delà", Queen’s University Belfast (online), 2021
  • 9th Congress of Polish Canadianists "Eye/I on Canada: Inclusion and Exclusion", University of Białystok, Białystok, 2022
  • 11th International Conference of the European Society for Periodical Research (ESPRit) “Periodicals and Belonging”, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, England, 2023
  • Feminism(s) in the Media: Public Outreach and Cultural Transformations, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, 2023

Other talks and presentations

  • Canada Day, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, 2017, 2018, 2019
  • WA Friday Lunch Talk, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, 2019
  • Canada Week, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, 2022, 2024
  • "Queer Kanada" - public lecture during Warsaw Queer Week (in Polish), Warsaw, 2023

Professional organizations

  • Polish Association for Canadian Studies (Polskie Towarzystwo Badań Kanadyjskich) (Secretary/Sekretarz, 2022-present)
  • European Society for Periodical Research (ESPRit)
  • The Bibliographical Society of Canada/La Société bibliographique du Canada

Professional trainings, workshops and courses

  • PhD Workshop organized by the European Society for Periodical Research (ESPRit), Sorbonne, Paris, 2018
  • Pedagogical fellowship at the Department of English of the University of Toronto, Canada, 15-28 October 2023 (Source of funding: AMU Uniwersytet Jutra II nr POWR.03.05.00-00-Z303/18)

Honors

  • Award of the Dean of the Faculty of English for the best B.A. thesis in literature, 2014
  • Award of the Dean of the Faculty of English for the best M.A. thesis in literature, 2016
  • Nancy Burke Award for the Best M.A. Thesis in Canadian Studies written at a Polish University, 2017
  • International Council for Canadian Studies (ICCS-CIEC) Brian Long Award for the Best Doctoral Thesis in Canadian Studies, 2022

Scholarships

  • International Council for Canadian Studies (ICCS-CIEC) Graduate Student Scholarship - research stays at Ottawa University and York University, Canada, July-August 2019
  • AMU Rector’s scholarship for the best Ph.D. students, 2018/2019, 2019/2020
  • AMU Rector's scholarship awarded to Ph.D. students for scientific achievements, 2020