emotion (s)

PASE 2015 FIRST CIRCULAR & CALL FOR PAPERS
E M O T I O N (S)
We are pleased to announce that the 24th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE of the Polish Association for the
Study of English (PASE), a branch of the European Society for the Study of English (ESSE), will be held in
Wrocław, Poland. The Conference will be organized and hosted by the
Department of English Studies, University of Wrocław
and
The Polish Association for the Study of English
17-19 April 2015
We invite papers, sessions and poster proposals related to the broadly conceived thematic field of
Emotion(s)
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Ontologies and epistemologies of emotions (Emotions as feelings/ Emotions as self knowledge);
Histories of emotions, changing emotions;
Emotions as social and cultural practices;
Emotions and relations between language and body (Emotions and their relation to bodily states/
Emotions and motivations/Emotions, desires and beliefs);
Representations of emotions across semiotic systems;
Emotions in rhetoric;
Geopolitics of emotions (Geographies of emotions/Politics and emotions);
Emotions in digital cultures and media (Democratization of emotions/Technologies of emotions);
Affective (emotional) factors in second language acquisition and learning (Motivation as stimulus
appraisal/The dynamic nature of motivation/Anxiety, inhibition and self-confidence in SLA);
Emotions in teacher-learner classroom contacts;
Researching emotional influences in the teaching-learning contexts.
We welcome submissions in specific fields of English studies:
Anglophone literatures
Anglophone cultures
General linguistics
Applied linguistics
Functional translatology
Language acquisition and teaching
Translation Studies
Comparative Studies
Media Studies
Contributed talks will be limited to 20 minutes with additional 10 minutes for discussion. Abstracts of proposed
papers, not exceeding 200 words (bibliographies excluded), should be sent to [email protected] by
January 15, 2015. The participants will receive notification of acceptance by January 31, 2015.
Keynote speakers confirmed to date include:
Prof. Leigh Gilmore, Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Prof. Eva C. Karpinski, York University, Toronto
Prof. Ewa Willim, Jagiellonian University, Kraków and Prof. Bożena Rozwadowska, University of Wrocław
Round Table: The Place of the Humanities; the Role of Teaching English Literature
Prof. Ewa Borkowska, Institute of English Cultures and Literatures, University of Silesia in Katowice
Prof. Jan Jędrzejewski, Arts and Humanities Research Institute, University of Ulster
Prof. David Malcolm, Institute of English, University of Gdańsk
Dr. Wojciech Małecki, Institute of Polish Philology, University of Wrocław
YOUNG SCHOLAR AWARD in 2015 for PASE MEMBERS
We would like to remind all PASE members under 35 that in 2015 the PASE Board has decided to grant two prizes
for the best paper presented at the conference -- one in linguistics and one in Anglophone literature and culture. For
further details consult PASE Homepage in November.
The main conference venue and information centre will be located in the building of the Department of
English Studies, ul. Kuźnicza 22
Details of conference fees and accommodation will be included in the second circular, expected in December.
Organizing Committee
Academic Programme Committee
Marcin Walczyński
Marcin Tereszewski
Wojciech Drąg
Ewa Kębłowska-Ławniczak, chair
Marek Kuźniak
Joanna Błaszczak, Teresa Bruś, Anna
Budziak, Danuta Gabryś-Barker
Roman Lewicki, Mariusz Marszalski
Anna Michońska-Stadnik
Dawid Czech
Ewa Kębłowska-Ławniczak