BEYOND LANGUAGE 2024 Conference (May 20th – May 23rd 2024)
All hours of the presentations are given according to Polish and Italian time (UTC+2).
| DAY 1 (Monday) |
| May 20th 2024 (Krakow, Poland) Conference venue: Building “A” Collegium Paderevianum, Al. Mickiewicza 9 St. (the corner of Krupnicza St.), Room “02” |
| OPENING SESSION | |
| 8.50 a.m. |
Prof. dr. Przemysław Dębowiak (Vice-Dean at the Faculty of Letters of Jagiellonian University, Kraków) |
| PLENARY SPEAKERS | |
| 9.00 – 9.30 | Prof. dr. Władysław Chłopicki (Jagiellonian University, Kraków) Brush Strokes as Signposts to Places Where We Weren’t Headed – from Mixed Metaphors to Communication through Humour |
| 9.35 – 10.05 | Prof. dr. Shira Wolosky (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Dickinson Facing the Unknown: Ecological Otherness |
| 10.10 – 10.40 | Dr. Dorota Mackenzie (Kozminski University Warsaw) The Ritual as the Universal Communication Code of Freemasonry |
| 10.40 – 10.50 | DISCUSSION |
| PRESENTATIONS | |
| 10.55 – 11.05 | Duola Long (Jagiellonian University, Kraków) (Un)Translatability of “Face” in Polish Translations of Selected Chinese Contemporary Novels |
| 11.10 – 11.20 | Karol Wapniarski (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań) Thomae Hobbes “Vita Carmine Expressa” – a Poetical Autobiography |
| 11.25 – 11.35 | Krzysztof Darmoń (Jagiellonian University, Kraków) Golden Ratio: Aesthetics and Simplicity in Design |
| 11.40 – 11.50 | Jakub Kulig (Jagiellonian University, Kraków) The Georgian Verb – Tale of Tenses and Syntaxes |
| 11.55 – 12.05 | Patryk Skinderowicz (University of Wrocław) The Analysis of Meaning and Origin of Selected Latin Systematic Names of Bacteria |
| 12.05 – 12.15 | DISCUSSION |
| 12.20 – 12.30 | Prof. dr. Tadeusz Cegielski (University of Warsaw) THE MASONIC COMMUNITY AND ITS COMMUNICATION CODE – PART I – The Initiatory Union and its Three Great Codifications |
| 12.35 – 12.45 | Dr. Dorota Mackenzie (Kozminski University Warsaw) THE MASONIC COMMUNITY AND ITS COMMUNICATION CODE – PART II – Ritual as a Communication Code of Freemasonry: The Case of Emulation Ritus |
| 12.50 – 13.00 | Łukasz Steczek (Jagiellonian University, Kraków) In the World of Naxi Rituals – Dongba Pictographic Script |
| 13.05 – 13.15 | Joanna Nachman (Jagiellonian University, Kraków) Ukrainian Language Broker as a Go-between. The Institutional and Translation Problems of Professionals working with Ukrainians at Polish Schools and Institutions |
| 13.20 – 13.30 | DISCUSSION |
| DAY 2 (Tuesday) |
| May 21st 2024 (online) The link to the conference on Google MEET platform is: https://meet.google.com/kjm-msfu-xho |
| OPENING SESSION | |
| 8.50 a.m. | Dr. Agata Figiel (Committee for Philology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław Branch) Chairperson of the session: Dr. Monika Piechota (Committee for Philology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław Branch) |
| PLENARY SPEAKER | |
| 9.00 – 9.30 | Prof. Dr. Tim Buchen (TUD Dresden University of Technology/University of Wrocław) The Jewish Minority in Breslau 1933 – 1945: Topography of Persecution and Resistance |
| PRESENTATIONS | |
| 9.35 – 9.45 | Dr. Ostap Bodyk, dr. Mariia Konovalova, dr. Mariia Nikolchenko, (Mariupol State University) War’s Artistic Echo: Examining the Transformation of Lived Experience in the “City of Mariia” within Modern Ukrainian Literary Realms |
| 9.50 – 10.00 | Jakub Kubś (University of Wrocław) Between Scylla and Charybdis: Lithuania’s Struggle Against Russian and Chinese Disinformation |
| 10.05 – 10.15 | Dr. Monika Piechota (Committee for Philology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław Branch) “Ghetto” – a Short History of the Term until the Nazi Period |
| 10.20 – 10.30 | Aniela Partyga (University of Wrocław) The Symbolic, the Imaginary and the Real in Biographical Narratives. Interpreting Interviews with Lacan and Bourdieu |
| 10.35 – 10.45 | Jake Gears (University of Warmia and Mazury) Technically Speaking. Phonotactic Structure and Phonetic Properties in Proto-Germanic and Proto-Slavic Verb Roots |
| 10.50 – 11.00 | Paweł Lisik, Maria Agnieszka Kozan (University of Wrocław) Phonetic, Morphological and Syntactic Attrition of Polish as L1 with Respect to American English – a Case Study of a Polish Immigrant |
| 11.05 – 11.15 | Luiza Ion (Domnisoru) (University of Bucharest) Message Strategies Employed by Romanian Public Companies on LinkedIn. Case Study: BRD Societe Generale, OMV Petrom, Banca Transilvania, TeraPlast |
| 11.15 – 11.25 | DISCUSSION |
| 11.30 – 11.40 | Karolina Majchrzak (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań) How to Say Goodbye. The Linguistic Analysis of Szaranowicz’s Farewell Speech at the End of Adam Małysz’s Career |
| 11.45 – 11.55 | Mateusz Siwko (University of Wrocław) The Mechanisms of Relationships of Selected First-Year Students at the University of Wrocław |
| 12.00 – 12.10 | Aleksandra Litwin (University of Wrocław/University College Cork) Gender Roles in Gaelic Society |
| 12.15 – 12.25 | Emilia Przeor (University of Warsaw) „Repetition is a Road” – Contemporary Chinese Poets about Writing |
| 12.25 – 12.35 | DISCUSSION |
| 12.40 – 12.50 | Julia Kiszewska, Alexander Knobel (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań) Beyond Literature and Etymology: Understanding Greek Theater through Psychological and Sociological Perspectives |
| 12.55 – 13.05 | Dr Anna Chudzik (Jagiellonian University, Kraków) New Media Humor. The Impact of Technology on the Semantics of Comic Statements |
| 13.10 – 13.20 | Dr. Katarzyna Cieplińska (University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn) Language Mistakes as a Source of Comism in Jerzy Peterkiewicz’s Novel “Future to Let” |
| 13.25 – 13.35 | Karolina Wojtczak (University of Wrocław) Anaphora as a Device of Cultural Memory |
| 13.40 – 13.50 | Irina-Marinela Deftu (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania) Linguistic “Eccentricity”: Forms of Interlanguage in the Process of Learning Romanian by Foreign Citizens |
| 13.50 – 14.00 | Vlad Avarvari (University of Bucharest) Promoting Artists on Untold and Glastonbury Festivals through Digital Platforms |
| 14.00 – 14.10 | DISCUSSION |
| DAY 3 (Wednesday) |
| May 22nd 2024 (Wrocław, Poland) Conference venue: Building “D” of Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics, the corner of Kuźnicza St. and Uniwersytecka St., Room “2.04D” (2nd floor by lift/stairs) |
| OPENING SESSION | |
| 8.50 a.m. | Prof. dr. Justyna Bajda (University of Wrocław) Prof. dr. Piotr P. Chruszczewski (University of Wrocław) Chairperson of the session: Dr. Aleksandra R. Knapik (Committee for Philology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław Branch) |
| PLENARY SPEAKER | |
| 9.00 – 9.30 | Prof. dr. Nataliia Romanyshyn (Lviv Polytechnic National University) Ukrainian Language and Identity under Soviet Totalitarism: Discursive Practices and Ideological Impositions |
| PRESENTATIONS | |
| 9.35 – 9.45 | Prof. dr. Ewa Matkowska (University of Wrocław) The Figure of the Artist in Recent German-Language Prose – Between Tradition and Postmodernism |
| 9.50 – 10.00 | Dr. Fryderyk Nguyen (University of Wrocław) Precursors of Transhumanism in Polish Modernist Literature |
| 10.05 – 10.15 | Jaśmina Morawiecka (University of Wrocław) (Counter)Parts, (Counter)Worlds. The Interference of Two Worlds in Julio Cortázar’s Short Story “Lejana” |
| 10.20 – 10.30 | Justyna Szumańska (University of Wrocław) Why do We Dream of Childhood? Explanation of this Phenomenon Based on Selected Examples of Contemporary Polish Prose |
| 10.35 – 10.45 | Adrianna Trojan-Homoncik (University of Wrocław) The Analysis of the Depiction of Men Based on Bolesław Prus’s “Kroniki tygodniowe” |
| 10.50 – 11.00 | Natalia Miksiewicz (University of Wrocław) Gabriela Zapolska’s Illness Experience Based on Correspondence Autopathography |
| 11.00 – 11.10 | DISCUSSION |
| 11.15 – 11.25 | Nino Edilashvili (University of Wrocław) The Power of Non-verbal Political Messaging in the Run Up to an Election – Case Study of Georgia’s 2018 Presidential Election |
| 11.30 – 11.40 | Maria Jaworska (University of Wrocław) Examples of Governmentality and the Figure of the Entrepreneur of Self in Selected Self-help Guides |
| 11.45 – 11.55 | Dr. Aleksandra R. Knapik (Committee for Philology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław Branch) Code-switching and Code-mixing: The Style of Language Use on the Basis of Bilingual Maltese Speech Community |
| 12.00 – 12.10 | Makary Sierpiński (University of Wrocław) The First Lemminkäinen Cycle from the “Kalevala” as a Piece of Oral Literature |
| 12.15 – 12.25 | Maria Kownacka (University of Wrocław) I Ching – an Outline of the Study of the Book of Changes |
| 12.30 – 12.40 | Justyna Zając (University of Wrocław) The Experience of Siberia in Contemporary Prose for Children and Young People |
| 12.40 – 12.50 | DISCUSSION |
| PLENARY SPEAKERS | |
| 12.50 – 13.20 | Prof. dr. Michał Garcarz (University of Wrocław) Narration – a Dominating AVT Method in Poland |
| PRESENTATIONS | |
| 13.25 – 13.35 | Dr. Maria Morawiecka (independent researcher) The “Grammar”of a Map, or How Cartography Can Influence the Way We View the World |
| 13.40 – 13.50 | Michał Tórz (University of Wrocław) Keyboard Instruments in the Musical Culture of Silesia – Research Perspectives |
| 13.55– 14.05 | Roman Balczarek (University of Wrocław) Jewish Cemeteries in Upper Silesia – Portrait of a Community |
| 14.10 – 14.20 | Anna Rogowska-Wandowicz (University of Wrocław) A Tool to Support Communication in an (Almost) Dead Language: The Case of the Polish-Latin Dictionary |
| 14.25 – 14.35 | Katarzyna Olejarz (independent researcher) The Art of the Melic Translation — Discovering the Undiscovered |
| 14.40 – 14.50 | Jakub Stachurka (University of Wrocław) Communication of Values in Romans Founding Myths – Analysis of the Promoted Social Attitudes |
| 14.55 – 15.05 | DISCUSSION |
| DAY 4 (Thursday) |
| May 23rd 2024 (Poznań, Poland) Conference venue: “Salon Mickiewicza” (IV p.), budynek Wydziału Filologii Polskiej i Klasycznej, Collegium Maius (ul. Fredry 10, Poznań) |
| OPENING SESSION | |
| 8.50 a.m. | Prof. dr. Rafał Dymczyk (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań) Prof. dr. Konrad Dominas (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań) Prof. dr. Piotr P. Chruszczewski (University of Wrocław) |
| PLENARY SPEAKER | |
| 9.00 – 9.30 | Dr. Małgorzata Zadka (University of Wrocław) Did the Ancients also Yell at Cats? Internet Meme Modifications Motivated by a Sense of Identity |
| PRESENTATIONS | |
| 9.35 – 9.45 | Dr. Ilona Chruściak (University of Gdańsk) Words and Gestures Carrying Tradition in Homer’s Epics |
| 9.50 – 10.00 | Dr. Mariusz Plago (University of Wrocław) Homeric Similes in Maffeo Vegio’s “Antoniad”: Tradition and Innovation |
| 10.05 – 10.15 | Jędrzej Soliński (University of Wrocław) “The Unquenchable Fire”: How the Imagery Models the Meaning of an Epic Formula |
| 10.20 – 10.30 | Dr. Sławomir Torbus (University of Wrocław) Paul’s Oral Grammar in 1 Corinthians |
| 10.30 – 10.40 | DISCUSSION |
| 10.45 – 10.55 | Prof. dr. Karol Zieliński (University of Wrocław) The Dispute between Achilles and Agamemnon (Il. 57–257) as an Example of Oral Discourse |
| 11.00 – 11.10 | Prof. dr. Andrzej Szyjewski (Jagiellonian University, Kraków) The Symbolism of the So-Called “Cosmogonic Carol” in the Context of the Analysis of Variants |
| 11.15 – 11.25 | Prof. dr. Maciej Czeremski (Jagiellonian University, Kraków) Syncretic Cultural Forms as Conceptual Blends on the Example of Candomblé and Capoeira |
| 11.30 – 11.40 | Karolina Gołaszewska (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań) The Symbolism of Re-building – the Meaning of Political Symbolism in the Times of Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia’s Disintegration |
| 11.40 – 11.50 | DISCUSSION |
| 11.50 |
Closing of the BEYOND LANGUAGE 2024 Conference Prof. dr. Rafał Dymczyk (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań)Prof. dr. Konrad Dominas (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań) Prof. dr. Piotr P. Chruszczewski (University of Wrocław) |