INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE NATURAL LANGUAGE
IN THE VI GENERAL EDUCATIONAL Lyceum named after ADAM MICKIEWICZ
IN CRACOW
(February 21-22, 2017)
VI Liceum Ogólnokształcące, one of the oldest high schools in Krakow, would like to celebrate this special day in a special way for the fourth time. Previous celebrations attended by eminent linguists and literary scholars
from the Jagiellonian University and the Pedagogical University:
prof. dr hab. Franciszek Ziejka, prof. dr hab. Renata Przybylska, prof. dr hab. Bogusław Dopart,
prof. dr hab. Tadeusz Budrewicz, dr hab. Kazimierz Sikora, dr hab. Mirosława Mycawka, Dr. Marta Rusek,
Dr. Małgorzata Sokalska and the excellent Krakow poet Ewa Lipska and the artist-painter Dr. Anna Kaszuba-Dębska were appreciated by teachers, youth and the Krakow media. The two-day scientific event gathered not only students of High School No. 6 and V, but also students of junior high school in Kraków. Undoubtedly, the rank of the ceremony was enriched by the honorary patrons of: the President of the City of Krakow, the President of the City Council of Krakow, the Małopolska Superintendent of Education, the Dean of the Faculty of Polish Studies at the Jagiellonian University and the Literary Society of Adam Mickiewicz and media patrons (Dziennik Polski and Radio Kraków).
This year’s celebrations will be inaugurated by a scientific session on February 21, 2017, during which the papers will be delivered by:
dr hab. Mirosława Mycawka (Department of Contemporary Polish Language, Faculty of Polish Studies of the Jagiellonian University)
and Kacper Owiński, MA. Then there will be reading lessons, during which young people will interpret selected texts of culture under the guidance of Masters – excellent literary scholars
from the Jagiellonian University: prof. dr. hab. Bogusław Dopart, dr hab. Dorota Wojda, Dr. Monika Stankiewicz-Kopeć, Dr. Anna Marchewki, Dr. Tomasz Majkowski. On the second day, the invited junior high school students will take part in literary, language, journalistic and theatrical workshops conducted by teachers of Secondary School No. 6. The ceremony will be crowned by a meeting with prof. dr hab. Jan Miodek, who at the beginning of March will honor us with his presence and give a lecture at the 6th Secondary School.
The aim of the project is to show young people a scientific view of literature and the Polish language as factors enriching the world of human experiences, shaping their ideals, ethical sensitivity, imagination, feelings and reflections. outstanding scientists and people of culture. We are deeply convinced that the celebrations, as every year, will encourage discussion about the richness of our written and spoken language and will encourage reflection on the role and place of Polish language and literature in the life of a contemporary Pole.
Honorary patronage:
Prof. dr hab. Jacek Majchrowski
Mayor of the City of Krakow
Bogusław Kośmider
Chairman of the Krakow City Council
Barbara Nowak
Małopolska Superintendent of Education
Prof. dr hab. Renata Przybylska
Dean of the Faculty of Polish Studies at the Jagiellonian University
Prof. dr hab. Bogusław Dopart
Head of the Department of the History of Enlightenment and Romanticism at the Jagiellonian University
President of the Krakow Branch of the Literary Society of Adam Mickiewicz
Magic Krakow Radio Krakow
PROGRAM OF THE CELEBRATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY
IN THE VI GENERAL EDUCATIONAL Lyceum named after ADAM MICKIEWICZ
IN CRACOW
Please visit the photo gallery
February 21, 2017 (Tuesday)
9.00-11.30
Greeting guests and foreword:
Czesław Wróbel, PhD, Director of the VI High School for them. Adam Mickiewicz in Krakow
Opening ceremony and guest speeches
inaugural lecture:
- Euphemisms in the language of politics dr hab. Mirosław Mycawek
Department of Contemporary Polish Language, Faculty of Polish Studies of the Jagiellonian University
lecture:
- Hard jeers and mollusks, or why historical grammar is not as terrible as we think Kacper Owiński, MA
Faculty of Polish Studies of the Jagiellonian University
11.30-12.00- break
12.00- 13.30- “reading lessons” (workshops for students of High School No. 6)
* Prof. dr hab. Bogusław Dopart (“Ad leones” by Norwid)
* dr hab. Dorota Wojda (Leśmian’s “Transformations”)
* dr Monika Stankiewicz- Kopeć (Napoleonic themes in “Pan Tadeusz”)
* dr Anna Marchewka (“Maidens of the Wolf” by Iwaszkiewicz)
* dr Tomasz Majkowski (The Witcher as a transmedia phenomenon)
22 February 2017 (Wednesday, day for middle school students)
10.00-11.00
dr Jakub Pstrąg – lecture
11.00-12.00
workshops conducted by teachers of Secondary School No. 6 in Krakow:
* Justyna Kuśnierzowska (“I know what I say and I know how I say”);
* Justyna Radoń (“Little and Big Mythological Journeys”);
* Anna Jończyk (“Poetic Futureski”);
* Michał Kozień (“The mysterious meaning of words”)
12.00 – 12.20: scenes from the play “Chrysostom Bulwiecia journey to Ciemnogrodu”
performed by the School Theater Proscenium, dir. Marlena Maciejewska
