Thursday, 6 March 2025

9:30am - 6:30pm

Knox-Shaw Room,

Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge

 

We are very pleased to invite you to a one-day conference on "Transforming Polish Language Studies: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities".

The conference will explore questions pertaining to the Polish language in various aspects, especially in the UK: in primary and secondary education, universities, teaching methodology, and the presence of Polish literature in British cultural life.

The conference will feature panels on topics including Polish as a heritage and foreign language, teaching methodology and linguistics, and Polish literature in translation. It will also include a round table featuring institutional actors and decision-makers to explore ways to strengthen and expand the role and presence of Polish Studies, Polish language education, and Polish literature across the UK.

The conference is co-convened by Ms Edyta Nowosielska (Teaching Associate in Polish) and Prof. Stanley Bill (Professor of Polish Studies).

The event is open to the public.

 

9:30am           Welcome

Stanley Bill and Edyta Nowosielska (University of Cambridge)

9:45am           Polish as a Heritage Language

Chair: Bernardette Holmes (National Consortium for Languages Education)     

Antonia Bifulco (Middlesex University)

Piotr Romanowski (University of Warsaw)

Agnieszka Tambor (University of Silesia in Katowice)

11:15am          Coffee break

11:30am         Methodology and Linguistics         

Chair: Ianthi Tsimpli (University of Cambridge)

Piotr Lewiński (University of Wrocław)

Anne White (UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies)

Dorota Gaskins (King’s College London)

1:00pm           Lunch break

2:00pm           Round Table: Polish Literature in Translation

Chair: Stanley Bill

Anna Blasiak

Antonia Lloyd-Jones

Anna Zaranko 

3:15pm           Coffee break

3:30pm           Polish as a Foreign Language                     

Chair: Edyta Nowosielska (University of Cambridge)

Waldemar Martyniuk (Jagiellonian University)

Anna Dąbrowska (University of Wrocław)

Jan Fellerer (University of Oxford)

5:00pm           Coffee break

5:15pm           Round Table: Transforming Polish Language Studies in the UK

Chair: Charles Forsdick (Lead Fellow for Languages, British Academy)

Elżbieta Barrass (Polish Educational Society, UK)

Łukasz Gołota (Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange—NAWA)

Bernardette Holmes (National Consortium for Languages Education, UK)

Krzysztof Kirdzik (Embassy of the Republic of Poland in London)

6:30pm           End of Conference