drKarolina Rosiak

Karolina Rosiak
Adiunkt (Assistant professor)

Websites/Profiles:

Degrees:

  • B.A. in English, Poznan 2004
  • M.A. in English, Poznan 2006
  • Ph.D. in Celtic Studies, Poznan 2010

Non-degree courses:

  • Post-graduate studies in Contemporary International Migrations, Centre of Migration Research, University of Warsaw, 2021

Research Interests:

  • Modern Welsh
  • Language attitudes and linguistic identity
  • 'New speakers' of minority languages
  • Language socialisation
  • Language ideologies

Courses:

  • Welsh language course at University of Wales, Lampeter, 2007
  • Welsh language course, Cwrs Wlpan, University of Bangor, Wales, 2007-2008
  • Welsh language course, Cwrs Sylfaen, Cardiff University, Cardiff, 2010
  • Welsh language course, Cwrs Meistrioli, Cardiff University, Cardiff, 2011

Scholarships:

  • University of Wales, Lampeter, 2009
  • The Lifelong Learning Programme - Erasmus Staff Mobility, University of Limerick, Ireland, 2013
  • Erasmus +, Bangor University, Wales, 2015
  • Erasmus +, Swansea University, Wales, 2019
  • Erasmus +,  University of Bonn, Germany, 2024

Teaching experience:

  • TEFL at the university level
  • Welsh as a foreign language
  • History of the Welsh language
  • Welsh Culture
  • Other Celtic languages
  • Descriptive Grammar of Welsh
  • Diploma Seminar
  • British Life and Institutions
  • Wales on Film

Research Projects:

  • 'The Linguistic integration of Polish Migrants in Wales and their attitudes towards the Welsh language';  STSM Cost Action IS1306 "New Speakers in a Multilingual Europe; 2014;  with Dr Kathryn Jones  (IAITH Welsh Centre for Language Planning, UK)
  • "‘They lie, swear and their weddings are completely different’ - language socialisation and affect in Polish migrants to Ireland and Wales." STSM Cost Action IS1306 "New Speakers in a Multilingual Europe; 2017; with Dr Małgorzata Machowska-Kościak (Marino Institute of Education, Trinity College Dublin)
  • 'Language repertoire and language practices of Polish migrants in Aberystwyth (Wales)'; National Science Centre grant number 2017/01/X/HS2/02094 (Miniatura 1)

Professional organisations:

  • North American Association for Celtic Language Teachers
  • British Association for Applied Linguistics

Guest lectures:

  • I Liceum Ogólnokształcące w Lesznie, 2013
  • Cardiff University, School of Welsh, 2019
  • University of Oxford, Jesus College, 2022
  • Cardiff University, School of Modern Languages 2022
  • Harvard University, Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures, 2022
  • Instytut Slawistyki, Polska Akademia Nauk, 2023

Papers read at international conferences:

  • 38th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Gniezno,Poland, 2007
  • 39th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Gniezno, Poland, 2008
  • 44th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, USA, 2009
  • Celto-Slavica, Łodź, 2009 (co-authored with prof. Sabine Heinz)
  • Young Linguists Meeting in Poznań, Poznań, Poland, 2010
  • 41st Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Gniezno, Poland, 2010 (co-authored with prof. Sabine Heinz)
  • "Łużyczanie i inne mniejszości językowe, kulturowe i etniczne w Europie", Warszawa, Poland, 2011
  • 14th International Congress of Celtic Studies, Maynooth, Ireland 2011
  • Language, Thought and Education: Exploring Networks, Zielona Góra, Poland 2012
  • 8th Australian Conference of Celtic Studies, Sydney, Australia, 2013
  • Poznań-Irlandia Wzajemne Relacje i Współpraca, Poznań, Poland, 2013
  • 2nd Symposium on New Speakers in Multilingual Europe: Opportunities and Challenges, Barcelona, Spain, 2014
  • Badania nad mniejszościami. Łużyczanie i inne mniejszości europejskie w perspektywie róznych dziedzin nauki, Warszawa, Poland, 2015
  • WISERD Annual Conference, Cardiff, UK, 2015
  • 15th International Congress of Celtic Studies, Glasgow, UK, 2015
  • Konferencja Polonijna, Poznań, Poland, 2016
  • New Speakers Network 2nd Whole Action Conference (COST Action), Hamburg, Germany, 2016
  • New Plurilingual Pathways for Integration: Immigrants and Language Learning in the 21st Century, Edinburgh, UK, 2016
  • 2nd Poznań Conference of Celtic Studies, Poznań, Poland, 2016 (co-authored with Dr Małgorzata Machowska-Kościak and Dr Kathryn Jones)
  • NAASWCH International Conference on Welsh Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, 2016
  • Bilingual Child Migrants in a Multilingual Europe, Warsaw, Poland, 2016 (poster)
  • The New Speakers Network Final Whole Action Conference, Coimbra, Portugal, 2017 (co-authored with Dr Małgorzata Machowska-Kościak)
  • Language, Identity, and Education in Multilingual Contexts, Dublin, Ireland, 2018 (poster & paper)
  • 3rd Poznań Conference of Celtic Studies, Poznań, 2018
  • Celtic Sociolinguistics Symposium III, Galway, Ireland, 2018
  • Plurilingual Pathways for Integration: Rethinking Hosts vs. Guests in the 21st c., Swansea, UK, 2018
  • 28th Polish Association for the Study of English Conference, Poznań, Poland, 2019
  • The XVIth International Congress of Celtic Studies, Bangor, Wales/UK, 2019
  • Multilingual Awareness and Multilingual Practices (MAMP), Antwerp, Belgium, 2019
  • B/Ordering Cultures: Alltag,  Politik, Ästhetik, Frankfurt/Oder, Germany, 2020
  • Approaches to Migration, Language & Identity, Brighton, UK, 2021
  • International Symposium on Bilingualism 13, Warsaw, Poland, 2021
  • Conventional and Unconventional Ways of Transmitting and Revitalising Minoritised Languages in European Context and Beyond, Warsaw, Poland 2021
  • Polish Studies Today and Tomorrow 3rd Annual Conference, London 2021
  • X Konferencja Komitetu Badań nad Migracjami PAN, Pogranicze. Zmiana i kontynuacja w obliczu spotkania z odmiennością, Gdańsk 2021 (2 papers)
  • British Assossiation for Slavonic and Eastern European Studies Annual Conference, Cambridge, UK, 2022
  • 4th Poznań Conference of Celtic Studies / Celtic Sociolinguistics Symposium 4, Poznań, Poland, 2022
  • XI Konferencja Komitetu Badań nad Migracjami PAN, Migracje w dobie kryzysów społecznych, Łódż, Poland, 2022
  • XIX International Conference on Minority Languages, Carmarthen, UK, 2023
  • The XVIIth International Congress of Celtic Studies, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2023
  • From and for Wales: New ways of thinking shaping Modern Languages research, Swansea, UK, 2024
  • Mercator International Conference: Shaping Policy for Minority Languages and Multilingualism, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, 2024

Conferences attended

  • Minority Language Pupils and the Curriculum: Closing the Achievement Gap, Marino Institute of Education, Dublin, Ireland, 2017
  • Engaged Humanities: preserving and revitalising endangered languages and cultural heritage, Warsaw, Poland, 2017
  • COMBI Conference 2019, Swansea, UK, 2019

Other talks and presentations

  • Celtic Research Group, School of English, 24.04.2009
  • Celtic Research Group, School of English, 8.01.2010
  • Celtic Research Group, School of English, 27.04.2012
  • Noc Naukowców (Researchers' Night), Adam Mickiewicz University, 2014
  • Noc Naukowców (Researchers' Night), Adam Mickiewicz University, 2015
  • WA Friday Lunch Talk, 8.03.2019
  • Eisteddfood Genedlaethol 2019, Session organised by Mercator International, 8.08.2019
  • Celtic Research Circle, Faculty of English, UAM, 29.04.2022
  • Celtic Research Circle, Faculty of English, UAM, 28.04.2023

Conference organistation

  • Member of the organising committee of the Celtic Satelite Session, 42nd Poznań Linguistic Meeting, 2011
  • Member of the organising committee of the Celtic Satellite Session, 43rd Poznań Linguistic Meeting, 2012
  • Organiser of the Celtic Satellite Session, 44th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, 2013
  • 1st Poznań Conference of Celtic Studies, Poznań, 18-19 October 2014.
  • 2nd Poznań Conference of Celtic Studies, Poznań, 5-6 July 2016
  • 3rd Poznań Conference of Celtic Studies, Poznań, 9-10 July 2018
  • 4th Poznań Conference of Celtic Studies / Celtic Sociolinguistics Symposium 4, 2022
  • Conference thematic session co-organiser, XI Konferencja Komitetu Badań nad Migracjami PAN: "Migracje w dobie kryzysów społecznych", Łódź, 2022
  • 5th Poznań  Conference of Celtic Studies, Poznań, 8-9 July 2024
  • Workshop - Teaching modern Celtic languages as foreign languages at the 5th Poznań  Conference of Celtic Studies

Editorial

  • Studia Celtica Posnaniensia, Editor-in-Chief

Other professional experience

  • Guest reviewer for Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies
  • Guest reviewer for Zeszyty Łużyckie
  • Guest reviewer for Language, Culture and Curriculum
  • Guest reviewer for the Journal of Multilingual Theories and Practices
  • Guest  reviewer for Glottodidactica
  • Guest reviewer for the International Journal of Multilingualism
  • Guest reviewer for Ethnography
  • Member of the Scientific Board of Multilingualism and minority languages in a global context 2025 conference

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