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PREMIS, Wednesday 9 October 2024: Casie Hermansson

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

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

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

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

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!