prof. UAM dr hab.Radosław Dylewski

Radosław Dylewski
University professor

Websites / Profiles:

Degrees

  • M.A. in English, Poznań, 1998
  • Ph.D. in English, Poznań, 2002
  • D.Litt. in English linguistics, Poznań, 2014
  • MBA ("Zarządzanie Szkołą Wyższą"), 2015

Research interests

  • Informal English and Polish
  • American Slang, African American Slang, slang of Polish youth
  • Vulgarisms and profanity in English and Polish
  • History and development of (American) English
  • (Historical) dialectology - dialects of New England and the American South
  • African American English
  • Semantic and lexical borrowings from English in Polish
  • Varieties of English
  • Corpus linguistics
  • (Historical) morphology, phonetics and phonology, semantics

Teaching experience

  • History of English
  • History and development of American English; American dialects
  • Varieties of English
  • Syntax
  • Polish-English comparative grammar
  • Introduction to linguistics
  • Phonetics and phonology
  • TEFL at university level (speaking, grammar, phonetics, translation)
  • English for academic/scientific purposes
  • B.A. and M.A seminars

Other professional experience

  • "Socrates Erasmus" coordinator at the Faculty of Modern languages and Literature; 2005 - 2006
  • Tutor of international students at IFA; 2010 - 2012
  • Deputy dean for full-time studies: 2012-2019
  • Deputy dean for students' affairs and international cooperation: 2019-2020
  • Member of the EPICUR council at AMU (2019-)
  • POWR project acting coordinator (2018-2019)
  • Innovative language research in interdisciplinary perspectives: psychology, sociology and technology. The National Centre for Research and Development, no. POWR.03.02.00-00-I004/17: acting project coordinator (2020-)
  • Representative of Szkoła Nauk o Języku i Literaturze for the board of Studium Językowe UAM (2020-)
  • Dean's representative for "Uniwersytet Otwarty"
  • Dean's representative for the board of "Szkoła Tłumaczy UAM"
  • Chair of "Zespół Ds. Ocen Nauczycieli Akademickich zatrudnionych w innych niż podstawowe jednostkach organizacyjnych UAM" (2016-2020)
  • NAWA expert
  • Member of:
    • "Komisja Rektorska ds. Studiów Stacjonarnych" (2012-2020)
    • "Rada Międzyobszarowych Indywidualnych Studiów Humanistycznych (MISH)" (2012-2020)
    • "Zespół ds. wdrożenia systemu motywacji, ocen i rozwoju kompetencji pracowników"

Professional organizations

  • Societas Linguistica Europea
  • Polskie Stowarzyszenie Stypendystów Fulbrighta (chair 2022-)
  • American Dialect Society
  • SECOL (Southeastern Conference on Lingusitcs)
  • Swearing in Scandinavia (SwiSca) Network
  • International Society for Historical Lexicography and Lexicology
  • North American Research Network in Historical Sociolinguistics

Scholarships

  • Library search, John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, February 1999
  • Library search, Universität zu Bamberg, Germany, July 2000
  • University of Wales, Bangor - summer semester of the academic year 2000/2001
  • Fulbright Junior Scholarship, University of California, Los Angeles, academic year 2001-2002
  • Library search, University of Helsinki, Finland, January 2005
  • Conference grant by the Foundation for Polish Science, 2005
  • Kościuszko Foundation Fellowship, summer semester of the academic year 2008/2009:
    • University of South Carolina and South Caroliniana Library, Columbia SC;
    • The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
  • Andrew W. Mellon Research Fellowship at the Virginia Historical Society, Richmond Virgina, 2009
  • Library and archival search - July-August 2011: New England, New York, New Jersey (sponsored by grant N N104 055639)
  • iDUB grant (library and archival serach) June-July 2022: Florida, South and North Carolina, Washington

Grants

  • Project Manager: N N104 055639 research grant from the Ministry of Higher Education and Science, 2010-2012
  • Coordinator in: "UAM - ponadnarodowe i interdyscyplinarne rozwiązania XXI wieku", 2014-2015

(Guest) lectures/workshops/outreach activities

  • Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Portugal, June 2004
  • Boston University - American and New England Studies Program, September 2006
  • New York University - Department of Linguistics, September 2006
  • Baruch College (The City University of New York) - Department of Modern Languages, September 2006
  • II LO in Leszno - "Dni Kultury Amerykańskiej", November 2008
  • II LO in Leszno - "Dni Kultury Australijskiej", April 2010
  • 'Open Lecture' at the Faculty of Modern Languages and Literature, AMU. May 2010
  • "Fascination of Plants Day" organized by the Faculy of Biology, AMU. May 2012
  • 'Open Lecture' at the Faculty of English, AMU. February 2013
  • 'Open Lecture' at the Faculty of English, AMU. February 2014
  • 'Kolorowy uniwersytet', AMU. March 2015
  • Lecture for students of elementary school "Gaudium et studium", June 2015
  • Guest lecture at "XX-lecie Filologii Angielskiej na Uniwersytecie Warmińsko-Mazurskim", Olsztyn; October 2015
  • 'Open Lecture' at the Faculty of English, AMU. March 2016
  • Co-organizer of workshop by Magdalena Mozgawa at "XIX Festiwal Nauki i Sztuki", April 2016;
  • "Uniwersytet Otwarty" at AMU - opening lecture delivered with dr Tomasz Skirecki, February and March 2017;
  • Lecture at "XX Festiwal Nauki i Sztuki" delivered with Karolina Burnagiel, April 2017;
  • 'Open Lecture' at the Faculty of English delivered with prof. Marcin Krygier. May 2017;
  • Lecture at Multigenre Fan Convention "Pyrkon" (with Zuzanna Witt), April 2019;
  • International Chinese Language Education Conference (forum co-moderator), Changsha, China, December 2019;
  • Guest lecture at "Dzień języków" - VIII LO in Poznań, October 2020;
  • Guest lectures at "XVIII Festiwal Nauki" - II LO im Krzysztofa Kamila Baczyńskiego  w Koninie, April 2021;
  • Guest lecture at Liceum Ogólnokształcące im Kazimierza Wielkiego w Kole, April 2021.
  • "Liga Angielska" - 2020-2021
  • Canada Week - 23.03.2022
  • Guest lecture at "English Day" - II LO im Krzysztofa Kamila Baczyńskiego  w Koninie, April 2021 - 01.04.2022.
  • Lecture at "Noc Anglistów" (2nd edition, 2022) [with dr Michał Remiszewski]

Papers read at conferences and congresses

  • 33rd Societas Linguistica Europea , Poznań, 2000
  • 11th Intenational Conference of English Historical Linguistics, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 2000
  • 34st Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Poznań, 2003
  • 35th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Poznań, 2004
  • Second International Conference on the English Language in the Late Modern Period 1700-1900, University of Vigo, Spain, 2004
  • SouthEastern Conference on Linguistics LXXII, North Carolina State University, USA, 2005
  • American Association of Applied Corpus Linguistics 6
  • International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English 26, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, 2005
  • 37th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Poznań, 2006
  • 38th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Poznań, 2007
  • American Association for Corpus Linguistics, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA, 2008
  • SouthEastern Conference on Linguistics LXXVI, Tulane University, New Orleans, USA, 2009
  • 'Virginia Historical Society Colloquium'. Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia, USA, 2009
  • 4th Late Modern English Conference, Sheffield, UK, 2010
  • "Odmiany srodowiskowe i zawodowe współczesnej polszczyzny – tendencje rozwojowe", Poznań 2011
  • „Wspólnoty komunikacyjne”. Konferencja naukowa dedykowana Profesorowi Ludwikowi Zabrockiemu. Sesja specjalna: „Wspólnoty komunikacyjne angielszczyzny: Wczoraj i dziś”, Poznań 2011
  • 43rd Poznań Linguistic Meeting (Session: "On the development of extraterritorial varieties: Migrants, women, and other providers of "bad data"), Poznań 2012
  • "From data to evidence: Big data, rich data, uncharted data". 19-22 October, Helsinki, Finland 2015.
  • "Seriale w kontekście kulturowym - Wi(e)dzieć więcej, próba bilansu" (Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski) Olsztyn, 5-7 May, 2016.
  • 51st International Congress on Medieval Studies - Western Michigan University, May 12-15, USA, 2016.
  • 4th International Linguistics Conference: "Linguistics beyond or within" - John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, 20-21 October, 2016.
  • The fifth international symposium on History of English Lexicography and Lexicology (HEL-LEX5), (paper co-authored with and delivered by prof. Magdalena Bator); Switzerland; 16–18 February 2017.
  • History of English Language in Poznań (paper co-authored with prof. Magdalena Bator); Poznań, 25-26 November 2017.
  • "Tradycja w języku - język w tradycji" (IV ogólnopolska konferencja językoznawcza z cyklu: "Język - historia i współczesność") (paper co-authored with prof. Magdalena Bator); Katowice, 14 May 2018.
  • 6th International Linguistics Conference: "Linguistics beyond or within" - John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, 18-19 October, 2018.
  • Plenary lecture at "Języki ODNoWA", November 2019.
  • SwiSca 7 (Swearing in Scandinavia Symposium) Swearing and society/Blótsyrði og samfélag, Reykjavík, 2-3 December 2021
  • 12th Historical Sociolinguistics Network Conference 2023, Vrije Universiteit Brussel – paper coauthored with and presented by Zuzanna Witt; 31 May – 2 June 2023.
  • “More than Words: Lexical Variation and Change across Cultures, Time, and Space”. 13th International Conference for Historical Lexicography and Lexicology, (paper co-authored with Zuzanna Witt). University of Salerno, Italy. 27-29 September 2023.

Organizer of international conferences

  • Member of the organizing committee: MESS 4 (Medieval English Studies Symposium), Poznań, 2005
  • Session Organizer, 37th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Poznań, 2006
  • Member of the organizing committee: MESS 5 (Medieval English Studies Symposium), Poznań, 2006
  • Member of the organizing committee: MESS 6 (Medieval English Studies Symposium), Poznań, 2007
  • Session Organizer, 38th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Poznań, 2007
  • Member of the organizing committee: MESS 7 (Medieval English Studies Symposium), Poznań, 2008
  • Member of the organizing committee: MESS 9 (Medieval English Studies Symposium), Poznań, 2010
  • Conference Organizer: Studencka Konferencja Anglistyczna StuKAn “Change, evolution, innovation", Poznan, 2016
  • Member of the organizing commitee: History of English Language in Poznań, Poznań, 2017
  • Member of the organizing commitee: History of English Language in Poznań, Poznań, 2019

Honors

  • Prize of the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University for administrative achievements, 2014
  • Prize of the Dean of the Faculty of English (AMU) for administrative achievements, 2015
  • Prize of the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University for administrative achievements, 2016
  • Prize of the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University for administrative achievements, 2018
  • Prize of the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University for administrative achievements, 2019
  • Prize of the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University for administrative achievements, 2020
  • Prize of the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University for administrative achievements, 2021
  • Prize of the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University for administrative achievements, 2022

Peer reviewer for

  • Poznań Studies in Contemporary Linguistics
  • Studia Anglica Posnaniensia. An International Review of English Studies
  • Linguistica Silesiana
  • Studia Neofilologiczne. Prace Naukowe Akademii im. Jana Długosza w Częstochowie
  • International Journal of English Studies
  • Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis

Editorial

  • (ass.ed. with Dagmara Krzyżaniak) English Language, Literature and Culture. 2006. (Edited by Jacek Fisiak.) Poznań: Adam Mickiewicz University