The Faculty of English kindly invites you to participate in the 8th edition of the international conference 'Young Linguists' Meeting in Poznań' (YLMP 2023), which will be held on May 19-21, 2023. The event is under the honorary patronage of the Rector of AMU, Prof. Bogumiła Kaniewska, and the President of the City of Poznań. The theme of the upcoming edition of the conference will be "Language and communication in times of crisis."
The convocation includes four plenary lectures and numerous workshops, and thematic sessions.
Plenary lectures
- Jo Angouri (University of Warwick): "From interaction analysis to policy change: Putting sociolinguistic research at the centre of the impact agenda."
- Sharon O'Brien (Dublin City University): "Translation and interpreting as essential crisis communication tools".
- Trena Paulus (East Tennessee State University & Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań): "How a crisis is discursively constructed through social media conversations".
- Guillaume Thierry (Bangor University & Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań): "Risk taking and lying: How bilinguals can perceive or select their languages strategically - Implications for language use in situations of conflict".
Workshop:
- Jo Angouri (University of Warwick): "The core ingredients of a good PhD journey".
- Mathew Cieśla (the University of Alabama & Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań): "An introduction to PsychoPy experiment builder for linguistics research".
- Trena Paulus (East Tennessee State University & Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań): "Using ATLAS.ti software to qualitatively analyze social media data".
- Guillaume Thierry (Bangor University & Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań): "My recipe for a robust scientific paper: Just as for cooking, it is not just about the ingredients".
In addition, as part of the YLMP Special Event, a socially relevant lecture will be given by Dr Agata Hauser (Faculty of Law and Administration, UAM): "Democracy in crisis and its effects on the enjoyment of human rights".
More information about YLMP 2023 is available on the YLMP website.