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!

SPREMI, Thursday 7 March 2024: Elizabeth Marsden

1 March, 2024News, SPREMIEvelina Salo

Welcome to SPREMI on Thursday 7 March, 2024, at 15:15-17 in Källan (C201, Arken, Fabriksgatan 2).

The speaker of the day is postdoctoral researcher Elizabeth Marsden (English Language and Literature, ÅAU.), who will present her topic “A multi-layered relationship: How GIF embedded text contributes to meaning in replies“.

Further information can be found in the abstract.

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

Everyone is warmly welcome!

SPREMI, Thursday 25 January 2024: Loukia Lindholm

25 January, 2024NewsBrita

Welcome to SPREMI on Thursday 20 April, 2023, at 3 pm in Helikon (A202, Arken, Tehtaankatu 2).

The speaker of the day is university lecturer Debopam Das (English Language and Literature, ÅAU).). His topic is “Structuring discourse through discourse relations and relational signals.” The talk combines grammar, text, and discourse as well as semantics.

Further information can be found in the abstract.

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

Everybody is welcome!

Department Trainee position, spring 2024

5 January, 2024NewsBrita

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

PREMIS, Wednesday 15 November 2023: Dr. Pablo Gómez-Muñoz

8 November, 2023News, PREMISEmilia

Welcome to PREMIS on Wednesday 15 November, 2023, at 16:00-18:00 in Helikon (A202, Arken, Tehtaankatu 2).

Dr. Pablo Gómez-Muñoz (University of Zaragoza, Spain) will deliver a lecture entitled “Neoliberal Utopias and Spatial Transformation in 2010s Science Fiction Cinema”. He will specifically use the film Downsizing (2017) to provide examples of “the transformation of geographies (and bodies) in contemporary sf narratives”.

Further information can be found in the abstract.

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