On 6th June I participated in the conference ?Intercultural Communication in the European Context” held by Lodz Academy of International Studies. I presented the essay entitled ?Socio-political Aspects of Minorities’ Life in the Baltic States as an Example of Multicultural Clash between Neighbouring Nations and Difficulties in the Institutionalisation of the Three Political Systems„. After-conference publication – forthcoming 2009.SHORT SUMMARY:
Soon, I will attach here the full text of my speech.
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WSSM – Academy of international Studies in Lodz – INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION IN THE EUROPEAN CONTEXT 2009 – Conference Programme
Day 1 Saturday, June 6th
9.00 Opening of the conference
Plenary lectures Aula, 1st stock
9.30 – 10.30 Jens Allwood. Some Issues related to Intercultural Communication in the European Context. Chair: Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk
10.35 – 11.10 Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk and Jerzy Tomaszczyk. How important is Europe? Chair: Hanna Pulaczewska
Coffee break
Unitary session Room 1, 2nd stock Chair: Iwona Witczak-Plisiecka
11. 30 – 11.05 Homeira Moradi: Europe in the Eyes of Iranians – instances of successful communication, obstacles to the achievement of mutual understanding
12.10 – 12.45 Mark Hoogslag. Poland: an Instruction Manual.
12.50 – 13.35 Jan Grzymski. Eastern Europe. Otherness in Europe?
Lunch break
Plenary lecture Aula, 1st stock Chair: Iwona Witczak-Plisiecka
15.00 Piotr Cap. Axiological Rethoric in Political Interventionist Discourse
Section 1 Room 1, 2nd stock Chair: Richard Profozich
16.00 – 16.35 Paweł Rogaliński. Socio-political Aspects of Minorities’ Life in the Baltic States
16.40 – 17.15 Filippo Nereo. On the Construction of a Residual Linguistic Identity:Language Biographies in an Obsolescing Enclave Community in the Czech Republic.
17.20 -17.55 Aurélien Portuese. Law and Economics of the European Law of Languages: The Problem of the Cost of Multilingualism
Section 2 Room 2, 2nd stock Chair: Jacek Waliński
16.00 – 16.35 Ewa Maciejewska-Stępień: Intercultural communication training in the European context: A case study of a Socrates project.
16.40 – 17.15 Katarzyna Marszałek. Corpora as a modern tool of teaching cross-cultural competence: the case of Persian linguistic database (PLDB)
17.20 -17.55 Oksana Koval: Pluricentric English.
Section 3 Room 3, 1rd stock Chair: Adam Bednarek
16.00 – 16.35 Nicoleta Vasilcovschi. Communication in European economic diplomacy and American economic diplomacy in the XXI century
16.40 – 17.15 Michał Łuszczuk. Modern Convivencia in Spanish Frontier Towns
17.20 -17.55 Magdalena Melnyk-Niewiadomska. Ethnic diversity in Spain – cooperation versus confrontation
18.00 Conference dinner
Day 2 Sunday, June 7th
Plenary lecture Aula, 1st stock
10.00 – 11.00 Helga Kotthoff. New forms of ethnic joking? Chair: Hanna Pułaczewska
Coffee break
Section 1 Room 1, 2nd stock Chair: Richard Profozich
11.20 – 11.55 Marta Dynel. Making friends globally – Cultural references and understanding „Friends”
12.00 – 12.35 Łukasz Albański. Small Town in Canada with a little Muslim Twist
12.40 – 13.15 Richard Profozich. The State of American International News Coverage
Section 2 Room 2, 2nd stock Chair: Hanna Pułaczewska
11.20 – 11.55 Halyna Leontiy. „Also ich denk ohne Büros würde es überhaupt net funktionieren”: zur Vermittlerrolle des Einkaufsbüros eines deutschen Textilkonzerns in der Ukraine. Ein Fall für die Interkulturelle Wirtschaftskommunikation.
12.00 – 12.35 Beata Grzeszczakowska-Pawlikowska. Interkulturelle Kompetenz im beruflichen Umfeld am Beispiel eines deutschen Unternehmens in Polen
12.40 – 13.15 Magdalena Jurewicz. Anteil eines Dolmetschers an der Imagearbeit beim Gesprächsdolmetschen.
Lunch break
Plenary lecture Aula, 1st stock Chair: Rector of WSSM Prof. dr hab. Marian Wilk
14.45 – 15.45 Chief Rabbi of Poland Michael Schudrich. Legacy of the doctrines of Johannes Paul II in the Christian-Jewish dialogue.
Section 1 Room 1, 1st stock Chair: Iwona Witczak-Plisiecka
15.55 – 16.30 Kaisu Korhohen. Critical incidents: Sensitizing Trainees to Situational Cultural Differences
16.35 -17.10 Hanna Pułaczewska. Teaching intercultural competence for unequal business encounters
17.15 – 17.50 B. A. Neddar. Acquisition of cross-cultural and sociopragmatic competence
Section 2 Room 2, 2nd stock
15.55 – 16.30 Joanna Zator. Von der Differenz zum Stereotyp – die Auswirkungen von kulturellen Differenzen und Stereotypen auf die Integration zwischen den Mitgliedern verschiedener Kulturräume
16.35 -17.10 Oliwia Katarzyna Roch. Europäisierungsprozess der Bildung
17.10 – 17.50 Adam Sitarek. Die Interaktion der deutschen, englischen und polnischen Sprache bei den Deutsch-nach-Englisch und den Englisch-nach-Deutsch lernenden Polen
Section 3 Room 3, 1st stock Chair: Adam Bednarek
15.55 – 16.30 Jo Angouri. „People here think I am rude.” National identities and National Stereotypes.
16.35 -17.10 Gayane Vlasyan and Irina Vinantova. Politeness in Cross-Cultural Communication
17.15 – 17.50 John Abraham Godson. Cultural Systems and Intercultural Communication in Europe
Day 3 Monday, June 8th
Plenary lecture Aula, 1st stock Chair: Łukasz Bogucki
9.00 – 10.00 Volker Hinnenkamp. Codemixing Narratives. Storytelling of adolescents with migrant background
Section 1 Room 1, 2nd stock Chair: Łukasz Bogucki
10.05 – 10.40 Heiko Motschenbacher. Negotiating National, European and Sexual Identities: Linguistic Evidence from the Eurovision Song Contest
10. 45 – 11.20 Przemysław Nosal. European sport – across the borders/supporting of the borders
11.25 – 12.00 Iwona Witczak-Plisiecka. Intercultural communication, pragmatics and the law.
Section 2 Room 2, 2nd stock Chair: Adam Sitarek
10.05 – 10.40 Barbara Jańczak. Zweisprachige Erziehung in bikulturellen Familien
10. 45 – 11.20 Marzena Schneider. Die interaktive Entstehung bilingualer Sprachordnung: eine soziolinguistische Betrachtung von deutsch-polnischem Erstspracherwerb
11.25 – 12.00 Frank Schuster. Die Stadt der Vier Kulturen.
Section 3 Room 3, 1st stock Chair: Adam Bednarek
10.05 – 10.40 Wioletta Wilk-Regula. European integration from the British perspective
10. 45 – 11.20 Ana Carolina Walczuk Beltrao. The interrelation of culture, attitudes, and motivation among foreign language learners: paving the way towards successful experiences.
11.25 – 12.00 Anna Linka. Instrumental and identity intercultural competence in the curricula of international schools. Possible conclusions for the European education.
Coffee break
Section 1 Room 1, 2nd stock Chair: Łukasz Bogucki
12.20 – 12.55 Victoria Akulicheva. Gender linguistics in sociolinguistic and intercultural aspect
13.00 – 13.35 Anna Rogala. Two sexes, two worlds, two languages
Section 2 Room 2, 2nd stock Chair: Weronika Szubko-Sitarek
12.20 – 12.55 Marko Babić. Language and political disintegration: the case of Yugoslavia
13.00 – 13.35 Adam Bednarek. Multiculturalism and socio-linguistic conventions in Canada: Focus on Anglophone and Francophone communities
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