Canadian Literature Research Unit at the Faculty of English invites you to Canada Week events (March 24–26). Listen to lectures on Canadian literature and culture, meet the Ambassador of Canada to Poland, and watch a movie adaptation of a Canadian novel!
Come in person to Collegium Heliodori, join via Zoom or watch the events on the WA FB page.
March 24
9:45-11:15 Aula
Opening remarks
Lecture session: Indigenous cultures and literatures
- Sabina Sweta-Sen (UŚ): “Moving Spirits Across Land Water and Sky: Indigenous Spatial Relations and Imagination in Movement Practices and Performance on Turtle Island”
- Edyta Wood (UKW): „Indigenous Women Weaving Their Layered Life Stories”
11:30-13:00 Aula
Special session: Lecture and Q&A
- Hon. Catherine Godin, Canadian Ambassador to Poland — lecture and Q&A
March 25
9:45-11:15 Room 215
Lecture session (in Polish): Kanadyjska kultura popularna
- Joanna Bogusławska (Maple Corner): „Canadian content, MuchMusic i fenomen kanadyjskiego rocka lat 90”
- Elżbieta Wilczyńska (UAM): „Ślady i wizje: Rdzenna sztuka Kanady między przeszłością a przyszłością”
11:30-13:00 Sala górna
Lecture session: Canadian diasporic literatures
- Joanna Antoniak (UMK): “‚see home for what it is’ – (Post)colonial Entanglements in Contemporary Chinese-Canadian Poetry”
- Mateusz Dudek (UAM): „Who Is Omar El Akkad and Why Should You Read His Works?”
13:15-14:45 Room 214
Student presentation session
- Karolina Kusińska (UAM): “Canadian Chinatowns”
- Anna Dakowska (UAM): “’The Diaspora of the Queer’: Rewriting Chinese Canadian History in Larissa Lai’s When Fox is a Thousand”
- Marta Koprucka (UAM): “Indigenous Dystopian Futurism: Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice”
- Anna Gumna (UAM): “Breaking Silence, Building Bonds: The Healing Power of Community in The Break by Katherena Vermette”
