Dear International students,
please note that the schedule of classes has been modified (February 24, 2019). You can always check the current schedule here. Also, please note that the schedule us subject to change in the first weeks of the semester.
H.E. Ms. Leslie Scanlon, Ambassador of Canada to Poland, and Mr. Jeremy Wallace, Counselor, Political and Public Affairs, will visit the University of Silesia on February 26th 2019.
The distinguished guests will meet with the University of Silesia authorities, including the University President (Rector), Prof. dr hab. Andrzej Kowalczyk, vice-Rectors Dr hab. Prof US Tomasz Pietrzykowski and prof. dr hab. Ryszard Koziołek, Dean of the Faculty of Philology Prof. zw. dr hab. Krzysztof Jarosz and Vice-Deans Prof. zw. dr hab. Adam Dziadek and Dr. hab. Jolanta Latkowska.
The University of Silesia Canadianists and the organizers of the “Discover Canada 2019” contest, both at the university and high school level, will also have a chance to meet the representatives of the Canadian government. The Ambassador will give two interactive lectures, followed by a question and answer sessions, one to the University of Silesia students, and the other to the semi-finalists of the nationwide contest. Mr. Wallace will have an additional meeting with students of the American and Canadian Studies for Intercultural Communications and Diplomacy program.
The Canadian Studies Centre extends an invitation to the University of Silesia students, and especially those representing the Faculty of Philology, to the lecture, meeting and the question and answer session with H.E. Ms. Ambassador on February 26th, 9:50am to 11:10 am.
The Student Research Festival is an annual event organized by the faculty and students at the Institute of English Cultures and Literatures, in cooperation with the Institute of English since 2013. The main aim of the Festival is to grant students the opportunity to share their academic interests and provide a platform enabling dialogue between those interested in the exchange of thoughts and research perspectives.
Ever since its inception, the Festival has become a space of stimulating debate and academic discussion for both those who consider their future in the academia and those who wish to share their projects which combine their passions with their scholarly interests.
We would like to cordially invite all students who want to participate in the Seventh Student Research Festival, which will take place on May 16th, 2019, to submit their presentation abstracts (200 words) and short bio notes (50 words) to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by April 8th. Due to the large number of submissions in previous editions, this year only selected presentations will be accepted.
Organisers: dr hab. Marzena Kubisz, dr Alicja Bemben, dr Agnieszka Podruczna, mgr Nela Lasota, mgr Mikołaj Witkowski, Marta Jasińska, Joanna Danak.
Dear International Students,
The schedule of classes for the second semester of the academic year 2018/ 19 can be found here. Please note that the schedule is subject to changes. To be informed of all possible changes you need to monitor the announcements on the IECL home page.
We are happy to invite Sprint-Write students to a lecture and a workshop “Do, Don’t Show: Action as Plot,” conducted by Marek Golonka (Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz).
When: 1 Feb 2019 (Friday), 11.30am-2.15pm
Where: room 2.23
Attention! The number of participants is limited. To take part, please contact Magdalena Bednorz ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. '; document.write(''); document.write(addy_text31954); document.write('<\/a>'); //-->\n This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) and Agnieszka Kliś-Brodowska (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) by 29 th January.
The lecture and workshop will be devoted to the use of Do, don’t show rule in game design. Whereas the rule of Show, don’t tell finds broad application in creative writing, its extension, Do, don’t show –or “let the gamer ‘do’ the story you want to tell by doing things in the game” – proves particularly useful in the context of video games. During the workshop, students will have a chance to find out how to use the rule while designing different types of games and how to create the first game prototype very quickly thanks to its application.
Marek Golonka – role-playing games designer and PhD candidate in cultural studies; teaches game design at Gamedeck in Bydgoszcz. Since last year, the President of the chapter of the Quentin contest for the best role-playing game script. In Bydgoszcz, his classes focus particularly on plot structuring, RPG game design, gamification and video games theory. He writes scripts for various systems and guides for such publishers as Fajne RPG, GRAmel Books as well as Avalon Game Company and Generic Games
Dear International students,
please note that the schedule of classes has been modified (October 27, 2018). You can always check the current schedule here. This is - hopefully - the final version of the schedule. Should you have any questions concerning the reasons for so many changes of the schedule, please come visit me furing my office hours, I'll gladly answer any questons you might have.
Wydział Filologiczny Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
ul. Gen. S. Grota-Roweckiego 5
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