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
The Department of Psycholinguistic Studies cordially invites you to participate in the second meeting of the PsychLing Discussion Club!
Our topic is "First and second language acquisition in childhood".
The meeting will be chaired by dr Hanna Wysocka.
Date: 29th January 2021 (Friday)
Time: 11:30 a.m.
Place: MS Teams
To join the meeting via MS Teams, please use the code: l25eflk
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
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.
The US Embassy in Poland and the InterAlia Journal a live discussion with Mark Segal, a participant at the Stonewall Uprising, a founding member of Gay Liberation Front, founder of Gay Youth, a member of The Christopher Street Gay Liberation Day Committee, which created the first Gay Pride in 1970, and the founder and publisher of the Philadelphia Gay News. Mark will share his memories of Stonewall and his experience in fifty years of gay activism.
WHEN: Friday November 20 at 18:00
WHERE: ZOOM (a link will be sent to you soon)
A live Q&A session in English on ZOOM, moderated by Dr. Tomasz Sikora, head of the Department of English Literatures at the Pedagogical University of Kraków, and Dr. Dominika Ferens, Professor of American literature and culture at the University of Wrocław. Both Dr. Sikora and Dr. Ferens are members of the editorial board of InterAlia, a journal of queer studies.
Registration required. To register please sign up at: https://bit.ly/2Im180B
Number of participants limited. Registered participants will receive a link to the event by email by 12:00 on November 20. If you have questions for Mark Segal, please include them on the registration form.
Please watch this short video about Mark Segal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCFwOJcMjM0
You are also invited to watch a longer video about the legacy of Stonewall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjRv7dJTync
Mark Segal
In his 51 years of activism: A participant at the Stonewall rebellion, a founding member of Gay Liberation Front and founder of Gay Youth, a member of The Christopher Street Gay Liberation Day committee which created the first Gay Pride in 1970. He is best known for his campaign to end LGBT invisibility on TV News and Programming by disrupting live TV shows including The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite, and the Today Show with Barbara Walters. 40 years after interrupting the Today Show on NBC, he was asked to serve on the Joint Diversity Council of Comcast NBCUniversal to continue to educate the network on LGBT issues.
He is the founder and publisher of the Philadelphia Gay News, which in 2018 was named one of the nation’s best weekly newspapers by the National Newspaper Association. He has served as President of both The National LGBT Press Association and The National Gay Newspaper Guild and in 2015 published his memoirs “And Then I Danced: traveling the road to LGBT equality”, which was named best book by The National LGBT Journalist Association.
He partnered with the Obama administration to create and build the nation’s first official “LGBT Friendly” Senior Affordable housing apartment building. The 19.8 million dollar project known as The John C. Anderson Apartments opened in 2013.
Last year his personal papers and artifacts from the last 50 years were added to the collection of The Smithsonian Institute of American History in Washington DC.
