The Culture Vultures reading group invites everyone to a meeting moderated by dr Urszula Kizelbach devoted to artificial intelligence, inspired by a novel Machines Like Me by a contemporary British author Ian McEwan.
Charlie Friend is thirty-two. A former electronics whiz kid, he has squandered his youth on dilettantish studies in physics and anthropology, followed by a series of botched get-rich-quick schemes. Perhaps out of some desire for correction, Charlie sells his mother’s house to finance the purchase of Adam, one of twenty-five cutting-edge androids built to serve as an “intellectual sparring partner, friend and factotum.” In this “retrofuturist drama”, Alan Turing makes a few soliloquizing cameos as a commentary on the ethics of AI and human relationships (Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 2019)
When? Wednesday, January 27, 6:30 pm
Where? MS Teams
How? Use the code: g9h9jtl
WA Friday Lunch Talks are monthly meetings with presentations of current research results or research in progress by WA faculty, staff, or PhD students. Each talk is of 45 minutes (+15 minutes for discussion). We welcome all to a talk ONLINE (MS Teams) "Recall Me If You Can: The brain dynamics of emotional memory in bilingualism" by dr Rafał Jończyk (Friday, January 22, 13:15-14:15).
REFERENCES
Buchanan T. W. (2007). Retrieval of emotional memories. Psychological bulletin, 133(5), 761–779. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.133.5.761
Gao, S., & Luo, L. (2019). Criticism in a foreign language hurts less. Cognition & Emotion, 0(0), 1–9. http://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2019.1668751
García-Palacios, A., Costa, A., Castilla, D., del Río, E., Casaponsa, A., & Duñabeitia, J. A. (2018). The effect of foreign language in fear acquisition. Scientific Reports, 8(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-018-19352-8
Iacozza, S., Costa, A., & Duñabeitia, J. A. (2017). What do your eyes reveal about your foreign language? Reading emotional sentences in a native and foreign language. PloS One, 12(10), e0186027–10. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0186027
Jończyk, R., Korolczuk, I., Balatsou, E., & Thierry, G. (2019). Keep calm and carry on: electrophysiological evaluation of emotional anticipation in the second language. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 14(8), 885–898. http://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsz066
Kensinger E. A. (2009). Remembering the Details: Effects of Emotion. Emotion review : journal of the International Society for Research on Emotion, 1(2), 99–113. https://doi.org/10.1177/1754073908100432
Kensinger, E.A., Corkin, S. Memory enhancement for emotional words: Are emotional words more vividly remembered than neutral words?. Memory & Cognition 31, 1169–1180 (2003). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03195800
Otten, L. J., Quayle, A. H., & Puvaneswaran, B. (2010). Prestimulus subsequent memory effects for auditory and visual events. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 22(6), 1212–1223. http://doi.org/10.1162/jocn.2009.21298
Otten, L. J., Quayle, A. H., Akram, S., Ditewig, T. A., & Rugg, M. D. (2006). Brain activity before an event predicts later recollection. Nature Neuroscience, 9(4), 489–491. http://doi.org/10.1038/nn1663
Wu, Y. J., & Thierry, G. (2012). How Reading in a Second Language Protects Your Heart. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 32(19), 6485–6489. http://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6119-11.2012
Please feel invited to listen to a podcast “With child? How dost thou know’t?”: Anabella’s pregnant embodiment and the early modern medical discourse on reproduction presented by Dr Katarzyna Burzyńska from the Department of Studies in Culture and prepared in cooperation with MEMSA (Medieval and Early Modern Student Association) at Durham University. Ahead of the release of the podcast in the series Crossing Borders, Contesting Boundaries Dr Burzyńska also gave a short interview where she talks about herself and her research.
The Culture Vultures reading group invites everyone to a meeting moderated by dr Elżbieta Wilczyńska devoted to the 400th anniversary of the first apparent celebration of Thanksgiving in 1621, following the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the Mayflower in North America (in January, not in November, so that you may already forget about the myth challenged then).
To find out, please join us:
When? Thursday, January 14, 6:30 pm
Where? MS Teams
How? Use the code: g9h9jtl
Miło nam przekazać, że nasza uczelnia przystąpiła do programu partnerskiego MASZ STAŻ, dzięki czemu studenci i studentki WA mogą wziąć udział w konkursie i wygrać staż w „Gazecie Wyborczej”. Staż jest płatny i potrwa 3 miesiące. Dodatkowo wszyscy studenci i studentki WA otrzymali BEZPŁATNY dostęp do cyfrowej prenumeraty Gazety Wyborczej na pół roku.
• redakcji “Wysokich Obcasów”
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• dostęp do pełnego archiwum tekstów, które możesz wykorzystać do cytowania w swoich pracach
• specjalne zniżki dla prenumeratorów, m.in. na e-booki i audiobooki w Publio.pl, książki w Kulturalnysklep.pl oraz na przesyłki Glob Kurier
• dostęp do aplikacji "Książki. Magazyn do czytania" i "Wysokie Obcasy Extra"
The Department of Studies in Culture welcomes everyone to a talk "The U.S. Presidential Election Process Explained" by Esther Bell, Environment, Science, Technology, and Health Officer, U.S. Embassy Warsaw, Dec 15, 11:30 a.m. on MS Teams.
Dec 15, 11:30 a.m.
To join the meeting via MS Teams, please use the code: gfetc8k
The U.S. presidential election is a massive undertaking which officially lasts over ten months from the start of primary season to the general election. Learn more about the U.S. presidential election process, how COVID-19 affected the 2020 election, and what a presidential transition looks like.
Esther Bell joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 2009 after completing a B.A. in International Relations at Johns Hopkins University. She currently serves as an Economic Officer at the U.S. Embassy Warsaw. Prior to her assignment in Warsaw she worked as a Staff Assistant in the State Department’s European Bureau (2017-2018) and a Public Diplomacy Officer in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (2015-2017). Her previous overseas assignments include consular tours in Bogota, Colombia (2013-2015) and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2010-2012). Esther speaks Polish, Spanish, Amharic, and some French.
WA Friday Lunch Talks are monthly meetings with presentations of current research results or research in progress by WA faculty, staff, or PhD students. Each talk is of 45 minutes (+15 minutes for discussion). We welcome all to a talk ONLINE (MS Teams) "Planes, trains, automobiles: The road movie and (dis)embodied travel in American experimental film and video" by dr Kornelia Boczkowska (Friday, December 11, 13:15-14:15).
Selected references:
Archer, Neil. 2017. “Genre on the Road: The Road Movie as Automobilities.” Mobilities 12 (4): 509-519.
Barker, Jennifer. 2009. The Tactile Eye: Touch and the Cinematic Experience. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Duarte, José and Timothy, Corrigan. 2018. The Global Road Movie: Alternative Journeys around the World. Bristol: Intellect.
Eisaesser, Thomas and Malte Hagener. 2010. Film Theory: An Introduction Through the Senses. New York: Routledge.
Marks, Laura U. 2000. The Skin of the Film Intercultural Cinema, Embodiment, and the Senses. Durham: Duke University Press.
Marks, Laura U. 2002. Sensuous Theory and Multisensory Media. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Mazierska, Ewa and Laura Rascaroli. 2006. Crossing New Europe: Postmodern Travel and the European Road Movie. London: Wallflower Press.
Lant, Antonia. 1996. “Haptical Cinema.” October 74: 45-73.
Lie, Nadia. 2017. The Latin American (Counter-) Road Movie and Ambivalent Modernity. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.
Osterweil, Ara. 2014. Flesh Cinema: The Corporeal Turn in American Avant-Garde Film. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
Pearce, Lynne. 2012. “Automobility in Manchester Fiction.” Mobilities 7 (1): 93-113.
Sheller, Mimi and John Urry. 2006. “The New Mobilities Paradigm.” Environment and Planning A 38: 207-226.
Sobchack, Vivian. 2004. Carnal Thoughts: Embodiment and Moving Image Culture. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Ross, Miriam. 2015. 3D Cinema: Optical Illusions and Tactile Experiences. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
The US Embassy in Poland invites you to a Q&A with Kate Kelly about the history and rebirth of the campaign for women's rights in the United States. Many people, including Americans, would be surprised to hear that equal rights for women are not enshrined in the U.S Constitution. The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was designed to fill that gap by guaranteeing equal legal rights for all Americans regardless of gender. Although Congress passed the amendment in 1972, it fell short of the necessary ratifications by state legislatures. Now, a new movement is reviving the fight - lawyer and activist Kate Kelly is one of the people leading the charge.
A live Q&A session in English on ZOOM, moderated by Dr. Anna Mazurkiewicz, Associate Professor and Deputy Dean for Research at the Faculty of History, University of Gdansk and Anna Podciborska, Graduate Student at the Doctoral School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Gdańsk, specializing in American Studies.
Registration required. To register please sign up at:
https://bit.ly/33OjJdZ
Number of participants limited. Registered participants will receive a link to the event by email by 12:00 on December 10. If you have questions for Kate Kelly, please include them on the registration form.
Kate Kelly is a zealous advocate and passionate activist. She has a JD from American University Washington College of Law, the only law school in the world founded by, and for, women. She graduated cum laude in 2012, and received the Class of 2012 Peter M. Cicchino Award for Outstanding Advocacy in the Public Interest. She is a vocal women’s rights champion in the U.S., and around the world. In her legal career she has had various incredible opportunities including working as an Ella Baker Fellow at the Center for Constitutional Rights; a law clerk at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights; a research assistant to the Chair of the United Nations Committee Against Torture in Geneva, Switzerland; a post-grad fellow at the Women’s Refugee Commission; an attorney at the RFK Center for Justice & Human Rights; Legal Advisor for Legal Action Worldwide working on sexual violence legislation in Somalia, and litigating before the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights; consultant for the United Nations High Commission on Refugees report Women on the Run; and Strategic Advocacy & Policy Counsel at the Planned Parenthood Association of Utah; Legal Fellow for the Human Rights in the U.S. Project at Columbia Law School; Human Rights Attorney at Equality Now. Kate believes the simple and popular adage that women’s rights are human rights, and is committed to legal advocacy and education for women and other marginalized groups. She is a nationally-known advocate for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, and Host of the podcast Ordinary Equality. She has a forthcoming book (Spring 2022) called “Ordinary Equality” about the history of the women who have shaped the U.S. Constitution.
Serdecznie zapraszamy do obejrzenia trzech wykładów popularnonaukowych w ramach tegorocznego Poznańskiego Festiwalu Nauki i Sztuki. Wykłady zostały przygotowane przez wykładowczynie Wydziału Anglistyki we współpracy ze Studiem Filmowym UAM w Poznaniu.
Oh you almost throw like a guy:
Why and how ‘nice’ comments may feel sexist
Prof. UAM dr hab. Joanna Pawelczyk
Dziekana Wydziału Anglistyki
In this presentation we will discuss the most common type of sexually harassing behavior, i.e., gender harassment. Real-life examples from Polish and English will be presented with the question: why are they discriminatory? We will consider the importance of language and context in producing gender harassing acts and behaviors and discuss why seemingly innocent and ‘nice’ comments can feel disrespectful and offensive to others. Finally we will discuss how we can become more sensitive and respectful speakers as well as what we can do when a harassing remark is targeted at us.
Wielojęzyczność: fakty i mity, korzyści i wyzwania
Prof. UAM dr hab. Magdalena Wrembel
Wielojęzyczność staje się normą, a nie wyjątkiem we współczesnym świecie. Osoby mówiące kilkoma językami obcymi są bardziej kreatywne, komunikatywne i lepiej radzą sobie z rozwiązywaniem problemów. Wykład ma na celu rozpowszechnianie w społeczeństwie wyników badań i informacji na temat wielojęzyczności, różnorodności językowej i edukacji wielojęzycznej oraz budowanie świadomości w tym zakresie.
Prezentacja przybliża pojęcie metafory oraz pokazuje, iż nie jest ona cechą charakterystyczną jedynie tekstów literackich. W tym celu najpierw zostanie krótko zdefiniowana sama metafora jako środek stylistyczny, następnie przedstawione zostaną jej liczne typy używane przez lekarzy oraz pacjentów, które na koniec zostaną zilustrowane fragmentami zarówno z polskich jak i anglojęzycznych fachowych czasopism medycznych oraz czasopism popularnonaukowych.
Serdecznie zapraszamy do obejrzenia dwóch wykładów przygotowanych przez wykładowczynie i wykładowców Wydziału Anglistyki w ramach tegorocznej Nocy Naukowców. Premiery wykładów odbędą się w dniu 27 listopada na kanale Nocy Naukowców 2020 w UAM na YouTube. Oba wykłady będzie można zobaczyć na tym kanale również po ich premierach, a w późniejszym terminie zostaną umieszczone na oficjalnym kanale Wydziału Anglistyki.
