Book Publication, Thursday 10 October 2024: Gill, Malmivirta, Wårvik

7 October, 2024News, OkategoriseradeCarl-Ivar

Everyone is welcome to attend the special event that takes place in Smedjan (M227), Arken, on Thursday 10 October 2024 at 15.00-17.00.

The English Department at Åbo Akademi has a long tradition of research in text and discourse linguistics and pragmatics, and many of our members of staff have published in this field. To mark one item in this tradition we are organizing a book publication event to present the volume Structures in Discourse: Interaction, Adaptability, and Pragmatic Functions, edited by Martin Gill, Aino Malmivirta, and Brita Wårvik (John Benjamins, 2024).

Our guest of honour at this event will be Tuija Virtanen-Ulfhielm, Professor Emerita of English Linguistics, whose work has been a major influence on the field, and to whom this collection of papers is dedicated.

Come and hear about the volume, the process that resulted in the publication, and its background in the linguistic research at the Department.

Refreshments will be served.

All staff and students are warmly welcome!

PREMIS, Wednesday 9 October 2024: Casie Hermansson

2 October, 2024News, PREMISCarl-Ivar

Welcome to another PREMIS seminar on Wednesday 9 October 2024 in aud. Källan (C201), Arken, at 16.15-18.00, or via Zoom (https://aboakademi.zoom.us/j/64929391104, Meeting ID: 649 2939 1104).

Visiting Professor Casie Hermansson (English literature, Pittsburg State University, USA) gives a talk titled “Writing Supplemental Literature for the Secret Codes Literacy Program, Kansas Center(s) for READing”.

Please see the abstract for further information.

The PREMIS seminars are open to all!

SPREMI, Thursday 3 October 2024: Olli Silvennoinen

27 September, 2024News, SPREMICarl-Ivar

Welcome to SPREMI on Thursday 3 October 2024 at 15.15 – 17.00 in Panorama (B301, Arken, Fabriksgatan 2).

Olli Silvennoinen, University Lecturer in English Language at Åbo Akademi University, will give a talk on the exploratory study of the adverb construction going forward.

Please see the abstract for more information.

The seminar can also be attended online at: https://aboakademi.zoom.us/j/66312703059 (Meeting ID: 663 1270 3059)

Everyone is warmly welcome!

PREMIS, Thursday 19 September 2024: Maxwell Woods

12 September, 2024News, PREMISCarl-Ivar

Welcome to the year’s first PREMIS on 19 September in Panorama (B301, Arken) at 15.15-17.00. Dr. Maxwell Woods from the Adolfo Ibáñez University, Chile, will present the latest in his research on global literary urban studies and comparative literature. The talk is titled “(Post)Colonial Interactions: Ireland and Indigenous Latin America”.

The PREMIS exceptionally takes place on a Thursday due to Dr. Wood’s tight schedule, but also because of the linguistic elements of the talk.

More information can be found in the abstract.

The PREMIS can also be attended online via Zoom: https://aboakademi.zoom.us/j/66312703059 (Meeting ID: 663 1270 3059).

The PREMIS seminars are open to all – welcome!

Teaching Demonstration, Tuesday 17 September 2024: Maxwell Woods

12 September, 2024News, OkategoriseradeCarl-Ivar

All are welcome to partake in the teaching demonstration given by Dr. Maxwell Woods titled “Taking English Literatures Global”. The demonstration takes place in Källan (C201, Arken) on Tuesday 17 September at 14.30-15.15.

Dr. Woods is assistant professor in the Department of Literature at the Adolfo Ibáñez University in Viña del Mar, Chile, and he is applying for the title of Docent from Åbo Akademi University. His work is situated in the fields of global literary urban studies and comparative literature.

Please see the poster for more information.

Welcome!

SPREMI, Thursday 12 September 2024: Lieselotte Anderwald

4 September, 2024News, SPREMICarl-Ivar

Welcome to SPREMI on Thursday 12 September 2024 at 15.15 – 17.00 in Panorama (B301, Arken, Fabriksgatan 2).

Lieselotte Anderwald, professor of English linguistics at the University of Kiel, Germany, will give a talk on the process of “non-standardization” and stigmatization of ain’t from a historical perspective. The title of the talk is “Non-standardization: On the historical enregisterment of ain’t in 19th century American newspapers.”

Please see the abstract for more information.

The seminar can also be attended online at: https://aboakademi.zoom.us/j/66312703059 (Meeting ID: 663 1270 3059)

Everyone is warmly welcome!

Introductory meetings, Monday 2 September

23 August, 2024NewsBrita

The new academic year at the department starts with three introductory meetings on Monday 2 September in Källan (C201, Arken)

New students, 9.00-9.45
Other BA students 15.15-16.00
MA students 16.15-17.00

The introduction is an important occasion where you will get a lot of essential information concerning your studies. So do come along!

Department Trainee Position, autumn 2024

15 May, 2024NewsBrita

The department is looking for a trainee for the period mid-August to mid-November 2024. For more information see the trainee ad on the Department’s Moodle Notice Board and sent to enge-info.

SPREMI, Thursday 2 May 2024: Aino Malmivirta

29 April, 2024News, SPREMIEvelina Salo

Welcome to SPREMI in Thursday 2 May, 2024, at 15:15-17 in Helikon (A201, Arken, Fabriksgatan 2).

The speaker of the day is doctoral researcher Aino Malmivirta (English Language and Literature, ÅAU.), who will be presenting her topic “I’ve got something very strange to tell you: On the development of possessives have got and got“.

Further information can be found in the abtract.

The seminar can also be attended online at: https://aboakademi.zoom.us/j/66312703059 (Meeting ID: 663 1270 3059)

Everyone is warmly welcome!

PREMIS, Wednesday, 17 April 2024: Rafia Zafar

11 April, 2024News, PREMISEvelina Salo

Welcome to PREMIS on Wednesday 17 April, 2024, at 16:00-18:00 in Helikon (A202, Arken, Fabriksgatan 2, Åbo).

The speaker of the day is H.W. Donner guest professor Rafia Zafar, who will be presenting her topic “Kitchenette (Un)Building“. She describes her talk as ‘a riff on Gwendolyn Brooks’s poem “Kitchenette Building”’. For further information, contact Jason Finch (jason.finch@abo.fi).

Further information can be found in the abstract.

The seminar can also be attended online at: https://aboakademi.zoom.us/j/6950507660

The PREMIS- seminars are open to all – welcome!