prof. UAM dr hab.Radosław Dylewski

University professor
- dradek@amu.edu.pl
- (+48) 61 829 3508
Collegium Heliodori Święcicki, room 186
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