Conferences organised:
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2021-now member of the organising committee of the 12th conference Language of the Third Millennium XII: From Language to Communication and Beyond, more:
https://tertium.edu.pl/en/konferencje-tertium/jezyk-trzeciego-tysiaclecia-xii/
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2021 member of the organising committee of the 2nd conference Dimensions of Business Language and Culture (DOBLAC 2021), more: https://doblacwebpageeng.wixsite.com/doblac2020
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2019 member of the organising committee of the 5th international conference Various Dimensions of Contrastive Studies: Language Contact, more: https://vdocsconference.wixsite.com/vdocs
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2018-19 head of the organising committee of the Humor Research Project conference (HRP), more: https://neolinguists.wixsite.com/hrp2019
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2018 member of the organising committee of the 1st conference Dimensions of Business Language and Culture, more: https://doblacwebpageeng.wixsite.com/doblac18
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2017 head of the organising committee of the Humor Research Project seminar (HRP),
more: https://annastwora92.wixsite.com/hrp2017
Conferences attended and papers presented:
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March 2023, University of Silesia in Katowice, Foreign Language Teaching Centre
Dobrostan ucznia i nauczyciela glottodydaktyka [Language learner and teacher wellbeing]
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November 2022, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities,
Universitat de les Illes Balears (Spain)
7th Annual Siedlce Forum for Contemporary Issues in Language and Literature:
Representation: between and beyond cyclicity and newness in literature, language, and philosophy
paper: “Between cyclicity and newness in humorous COVID-19-related advertising”
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November 2022, University of Silesia in Katowice, Institute of Linguistics
Noc Anglistów [The Long Anglicist Night]
workshop: „Warsztaty z memiarstwa stosowanego – gry językowe w memach”
[Applied memerization workshop – wordplay in memes]
(with D. Jakubowski, K. Lasota, J. Ryszka, and M. Moskal)
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October 2022, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw
Komizm historyczny i współczesny [Historical and contemporary comedy]
paper: „Humor pomostem między wczoraj a dziś: analiza realizacji humoru intertekstualnego na wybranych przykładach kampanii reklamowej Lidla na Facebooku” [“Humor as a bridge between yesterday and today: the analysis of the implementation of intertextual humor in selected examples of Lidl’s advertising campaign on Facebook”]
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December 2021, University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Humanities
3. Dzień Komunikacji Międzykulturowej [Cross-cultural Communication Day 3]
paper: „O humorze – wstęp teoretyczny” [On humour – theoretical introduction]
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November 2021, University of Silesia in Katowice, Institute of Linguistics
Noc Anglistów [The Long Anglicist Night]
workshop: "Językowe środki perswazji i manipulacji – krótkie wprowadzenie praktyczne" [Linguistic means of persuasion and manipulation – a short practical introduction]
(with M. Hanuszkiewicz, D. Jakubowski, K. Lasota, and J. Ryszka)
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November 2021, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities;
Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain; international conference
6th Annual Siedlce Forum for Contemporary Issues in Language and Literature:
Hybridity in theory and practice: cross-field perspectives
paper: "Hybridity in humorous discourse: a cross-field perspective"
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October 2021, 5th Silesian Science Festival KATOWICE
paper: "„Co was tak niby bawi?” Czyli o tym, dlaczego się śmiejemy" [“What's so funny?” Why we laugh] (with G. Zemełka)
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October 2021, Polish Academy of Sciences – Scientific Center in Paris, Global Research Institute of Paris, Université de Paris, France
Specialised Language Teaching in the Era of Globalisation /
L’enseignement des langues de spécialité à l'heure de la globalisation
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June 2021, University of Łódź,
Dyskursy internetowe a norma [Internet discourse and the norm]
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May 2021, University of Silesia in Katowice, Institute of Linguistics,
32nd International Conference on Foreign/Second Language Acquisition:
Narratives of Success and Failure: Stories from Foreign Language Teachers and Learners
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December 2020, Cracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies; Pedagogical University of Cracow; Jagiellonian University
Language in the Third Millenium 11: Language in the Social Semiotic
paper: "Humour in the Time of Corona: Advertising Discourse and COVID-19-related Humour"
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November 2020, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities; Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain; international conference
5th Annual Siedlce Forum for Contemporary Issues in Language and Literature: Between clarity and fuzziness. Investigating the concept of meaning in linguistic, literary and philosophical contexts
paper: "Play with words, play with intertexts: inducers of humour in social media ads for Lidl"
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June 2020, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; Polish Academy of Sciences - Scientific Center in Rome, Italy; University of Wroclaw; Æ Academic Publishing
international conference
1st International Conference On Interdisciplinary Issues BEYOND LANGUAGE
paper: "The intricacies of (debatable) humour in advertising - a cross-cultural comparison"
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October 2019, University of Silesia in Katowice, Institute of Linguistics,
Various Dimensions Of Contrastive Studies: Language Contact (VDOCS 2019)
paper: "On Language Contact Phenomena in Advertising"
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April 2019, University of Silesia in Katowice - Institute of English, the Institute of English Cultures and Literatures, and the Institute of Romance Languages and Translation Studies, Humor Research Project conference (HRP)
paper: "Funny or distasteful? A cross-cultural perspective on surprise and humour in multimodal advertising"
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November 2018, University of Silesia in Katowice - Institute of English Cultures and Literatures, the international conference Emotions: the Engines of History
paper: "Humour elicitation and (re)creation of new cultural and historical experience in advertising discourse"
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October 2018, University of Silesia in Katowice - Institute of English, 1st conference Dimensions of Business Language and Culture (DOBLAC 2018)
paper: "Sociopragmatic and strategic functions of humour in intercultural business contexts" (with A. Skuła)
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May 2018, University of Silesia in Katowice - Faculty of Philology, Festiwal Kreatywności [Creativity Festival]
workshop: "Humor narzędziem kreatywności w komunikacji międzykulturowej"
["Humour as a creative tool in multicultural communication"] (with A. Skuła)
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April 2018, University of Wroclaw, conference Językoznawcza strona popkultury [The linguistic side of pop culture]
paper: "Icons of Pop Culture Marketised – Considerations Related to Popular Culture in Ads"
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November 2017, University of Silesia in Katowice, Humor Research Project seminar (HRP)
paper: "Towards enhancement, distraction or oblivion – studying the impact of humorous language in advertising"
(with G. Zemełka)
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November 2017, University of Silesia in Katowice, Humor Research Project seminar (HRP)
paper: "The Thin Invisible Line - Between Funny and Distasteful Multimodal Advertising Discourse"
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November 2017, University of Bielsko-Biała - Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences - VIII interdisciplinary conference Media w społeczeństwie - społeczeństwo w mediach [The media in the society - the society in the media]
paper: "How to befriend an ad? A sociolinguistic and sociocultural inquiry into social media ads on Facebook"
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October 2017, University of Silesia in Katowice - Institute of English, the 4th international conference Various Dimensions of Contrastive Studies: Various Dimensions of Place
paper: "At the confluence of languages – Language transfer as a learning strategy"
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October 2017, University of Silesia in Katowice, Interdyscyplinarna Konferencja Micro i Makro Trendy w Nauce [Interdisciplinary Conference: Micro and Macro Trends in Science]
paper: "Efekty wizualne czy efekty uboczne? Komunikacja wizualna w języku reklamy i kulturze współczesnej" ["Sight effects or side effects? Visual communication in the language of advertising and contemporary culture"]
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September 2017, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin (UMCS) - The Departments of Cognitive Linguistics and Cultural Linguistics at the Institute of English of the UMCS, Culture • Cognition • Communication: (Inter)cultural perspectives on language and the mind (ICPLM 2017)
paper: "Less words, please! Visual ads as evocative rhetorical constructs of the modern age"
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June 2017, University of Silesia in Katowice - Faculty of Philology, Metodologia Badań Językoznawczych [Linguistic Methodology] - an academic project by NEOlinguists - the PhD candidate association
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June 2017, University of Silesia in Katowice, Interdyscyplinarna Konferencja Młodzi Naukowcy – Badania, Zainteresowania, Pasje [Interdisciplinary Conference: Young Researchers - Research, Interests, Passions]
paper: "Language and (pop)culture - advertising slogans as the source of phrasemes in colloquial language"
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June 2017, University of Bielsko-Biała - Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences - Department
of English Studies, the international conference Rethinking Directions in Language Teaching
and Researching
paper: "Ad language is my language – the impact of advertising messages on contemporary idio- and sociolects"
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May 2017, University of Silesia in Katowice - Faculty of Philology, Nauka i humor [Academic Studies and Humour] - an academic project by NEOlinguists - the PhD candidate association
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May 2017, University of Silesia in Katowice - Faculty of Philology, Festiwal Kreatywności [Creativity Festival], seminar and workshop: W wirze języka [In a vortex of language]
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April 2017, University of Silesia in Katowice - Institute of Cultural and Interdisciplinary Studies, research conference Co nowego w nowych mediach? Transformacje, perspektywy, oczekiwania
[What's new in new media? Transformations, perspectives, expectations]
paper: „Marketing internetowy a spersonalizowana mieszanka treści, czyli specyfika języka reklamy w mediach społecznościowych” ["Internet marketing and personalised content mix -the peculiarity of the language of advertising in social media"]
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April 2017, University of Lodz - Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics,
Meaning, Context & Cognition (MCC 2017)
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April 2017, University of Lodz - Department of Romance Languages, international conference
Colloque International: Les variétés langagières sur Internet
paper: "Language and narrative patterns in creepypastas" (with A. Serwotka)
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April 2017, Teacher's Progress Days 2017 - the conference on methodology, The Gift of the Gab: How to Bring Speaking to Life
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November 2016, Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice - College of Social Sciences and Foreign Philologies, Przestrzeń światła - przestrzeń cienia- językowe środki wyrażania kontrastu
paper: „Kontrast, rozdźwięk i szok w królestwie reklamy” ["Contrast, dissonance, and shock in the realm of advertising"]
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October 2016, University of Silesia in Katowice - Institute of English, the 3rd international conference
Various Dimensions of Contrastive Studies: Between Literal Language and Figurative Meaning
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September 2016, University of Wrocław, Popkultura i stereotypy - ogólnopolska konferencja naukowa
[Pop culture and stereotypes research conference]
paper: "American identity stereotyped – presidential discourse as an act of socio-political expedient"
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April 2016, Jan Długosz University of Częstochowa (AJD), The Fourth Young Researcher Conference on Language and Culture: Mapping New Spaces
paper: "American identity enveloped in words"