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Piotr Szczepankiewicz

Last updated by kprzemek on 2020-07-05. Originally submitted by tomash on 2017-09-05.

mgr Piotr Szczepankiewicz

Doktorant (PhD student)

Celtic Studies Research Unit

Office: Collegium Heliodori, room 156
Phone: (+48) 61 829 3534
E-mail: pszczepankiewicz@wa.amu.edu.pl
Duty hours: link
Non-teaching duties (in Polish): link

Websites/Profiles

Degrees:

  • B.A. in English and Celtic Studies, Poznań 2013
  • M.A. in English and Celtic Studies, Poznań 2016

Research interests:

  • Sociolinguistics
  • Minority languages
  • Language death and revival
  • Language ideologies
  • Language policy and planning

Papers read at conferences and congresses:

  • 'The XVIth International Congress of Celtic Studies, 2019, Bangor, Walia, "The Cornish Standard Written Form: a discourse analysis".
  • 3rd Poznań Conference of Celtic Studies, Poznań, 2018, "Authenticity of Cornish as seen in forum posts – 2005-2013."
  • 1st Poznań Conference of Celtic Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University, ‘The Issue of Cornish(es)’, 19 October 2014
  • V Język w Poznaniu, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań Poland, ‘How technology can help minority languages: the case of Celtic Britain and Ireland’, 17 May 2013
  • Młodzi o Języku, Warsaw University, ‘Rewitalizacja języka na podstawie przykładów języka bretońskiego i etnolektu kaszubskiego’ (Language revitalization. The cases of Breton and Cashubian), 13-14 April 2013
  • Celtic Days 2012, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, ‘Manx - The History of Revival and Revitalisation Initiatives on the Isle of Man’, 15-16 May 2012

Research projects:

  • Innovative Networking in Infrastructure for Endangered Languages, 2014
  • Dziedzictwo Językowe Rzeczypospolitej. Baza Dokumentacji Zagrożonych Języków (Poland’s Linguistic Heritage. Documentation Database for Endangered Languages), 2012-2014
  • Discursive construction of gender and sexual identities and practices in English monolingual dictionaries, 2013
  • Ginące Języki. Kompleksowe Modele Badań i Rewitaliacji (Endangered Languages. Comprehensive Models for Research and Revitalization), 2013

Workshops and courses:

  • Summer school „12. International Summer Seminar in Yiddish Language and Culture”, Centre for Yiddish Culture and the Shalom Foundation, Warsaw, Poland, 30 June-18 July 2014
  • Summer school „Language Contact in Contemporary Europe” , University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany, 10-24 August 2014
  • Summer School „Welsh Literature, History and Archeology International Summer School”, Bangor University, Bangor, Wales, 8 July – 20 July 2013
  • Welsh language course „Ysgol Haf”, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Wales, 9-13 July, 2012.
  • Scottish Gaelic language course „Cùrsaichean Goirid”, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Isle of Skye, Scotland, 2-6 April, 2012

Other:

  • Seachtain na Gaeilge – Tydzień Języka Irlandzkiego (Irish Language week), March 10-14 2014 – organization, semi-academic talk ‘Dlaczego nikt nie mówi po irlandzku?’ (Why doesn’t anyone speak Irish?) and Irish language taster course
  • Seachtain na Gaeilge – Tydzień Języka Irlandzkiego (Irish Language Week), March 11-15 2013 – organization and semi-academic talk ‘Krótka historia mediów irlandzkojęzycznych’ (A Concise History of Irish Language Media)
  • Seachtain na Gaeilge – Tydzień Języka Irlandzkiego (Irish Language Week), March 13-14 2012 – organization and semi-academic talk ‘Irish Folksongs