Institute of English Studies

Online registration for courses (for 3rd-year students)

The online registration for 3rd-year BA students for elective courses (‘zajęcia fakultatywne’ and ‘zajęcia uzupełniające) will commence on Friday, October 3, at 7.00 pm (for ‘uzupelniajace’) and 7.00…

Online registrations for Proseminars I year MA

Students choose three Proseminars. Registration will commence on Friday 3rd October at 8pm and will close on Sunday 5th October at 11.59 pm. In order to register students access the following website:…

EVENT CANCELED: Teaching English and Writing in the Age of AI

For reasons beyond the organizers’ control, Professor Marit MacArthur’s lecture has been canceled.

Geoffrey Chaucer Student Society meeting - Macbeth - May 28

Everybody's welcome to join the meeting of Geoffrey Chaucer Student Society on Wednesday 28 May at 1:30pm in room 2.20 (Faculty of Philology, University of Lodz). The meeting with dr Piotr Spyra will…

Online registration for BA seminars academic year 25/26

Online registration for BA seminarsThe online registration for 2nd year BA students for BA seminars will commence on 25 April at 7 p.m. and will close on 27 April at 11.59 pm. Students register via…

“On Jane Austen’s Regulated Hatred” - open lecture

“On Jane Austen’s Regulated Hatred”OPEN LECTUREby Mgr. Ema Jelínková, Ph.D.Palacký University, Olomouc Wednesday, 2 April 2025, 1:30 p.m.Auditorium A5Jane Austen, a novelist whose fame…

Get a Double Degree in English Philology! UniLodz x Ruhr University

We encourage MA students of English Philology to take part in a double degree programme with a UNIC Alliance partner university – Ruhr University Bochum (Germany). Students participating in the…

Open Lodz Project Wins the FRSE Award

Dr Monika Tosik, from the Institute of English Studies at the University of Lodz, has received an award in the European Language Label competition, organised by the Foundation for the Development of…

Iconography of magic and witchcraft - GCSS meeting (27.11.2024)

On Wednesday, 27 November at 13:30 in room 2.20 dr Piotr Spyra will chair a meeting of Geoffrey Chaucer Student Society devoted to the iconography of witchcraft and magic. Everybody's welcome!

OPUS and SONATA BIS Calls – Success of Prof. Mikołaj Deckert

Prof. Mikołaj Deckert has obtained funding from the National Science Centre for two projects implemented under the OPUS and SONATA BIS calls.

OPUS Competition – Winning Project by Prof. Anna Cichosz

The project entitled "History of English phraseology", managed by Prof. Anna Cichosz from the Department of Corpus and Computational Linguistics, has obtained funding from the National Science Centre…

Literary Scholar from the University of Lodz Receives Fulbright Scholarship

Dr hab. Małgorzata Myk has received a Fulbright Scholarship. Thanks to the received grant, the researcher from the Institute of English Studies at the University of Lodz will carry out a project in…

Video Games Through the Eyes of Scientists – Book by the Faculty of Philology Employees Is Available Online

A new book devoted to reception research on the accessibility of video games has appeared on the publishing market. It was published by Cambridge University Press. The reading will be available free…

Online registration for specialization streams for BA students:

Registration will commence on April 26 at 8pm and will close on April 28 at 11.59 pm. Students choose one of three courses:– For the teaching specialization: „Podstawy dydaktyki” [level B2 in Polish…

Online registration for foreign language classes for BA students:

Registration will commence on April 26 at 7 pm and will close on April 28 at 11.59 pm. Students choose between classes in Spanish, French, German and Italian. The expected level of the students is…

Geoffrey Chaucer Student Society meeting ("Sir Orfeo" - 24.04.2024)

Join us for another meeting of Geoffrey Chaucer Student Society

Poems by a Lecturer and a Poet from the University of Lodz in "Poetry" Magazine

The cooperation of two lecturers from the Department of North American Literature and Culture at the University of Lodz has brought excellent results. Three poems by Prof. Kacper Bartczak and…

Online presentation of Professor John Bowen and the British Library ‘Discovering Literature’ series

 We are delighted to wholeheartedly invite you to visit an online presentation of Professor John Bowen and the British Library ‘Discovering Literature’ seriesJohn Bowen is Professor of…

Literature and Adaptation 2022/23 Final Creative Projects

This class was devoted to the study of adaptation in the 21st century. We looked at adaptation theory and discussed many case studies from various angles including intertextuality, genre,…

Online registration for tutorials (zajęcia elektywne)

The online registration for 2nd-year BA students for Elective Courses will commence on Friday 16th February at 8.00 pm and will close on Sunday 18th February at 11.59 pm. In order to register students…

Online registration for specializations and MA seminars (I MA)

Online registration for specializations:Registration (via USOS) will commence on December 1 at 7pm and will close on December 3 at 11.59 pm. Students choose one of three courses: For the…

Prof. Jerzy Jarniewicz Receives a Prestigious Honour from the City Authorities

Professor Jerzy Jarniewicz has officially become an Honorary Citizen of the City of Lodz. The ceremony of awarding the title by the city authorities, combined with a lecture by the laureate, took…

Prof. Jerzy Jarniewicz Receives the Title of the Honorary Citizen of the City of Lodz

On 21 June, during the session of the City Council of Lodz, a decision was made to award the title of Honorary Citizen of the City of Lodz to five more persons. Professor Jerzy Jarniewicz from the…

Online presentation of David Whyte’s poetry

We are delighted to cordially invite you to an online presentation of David Whyte’s poetry David Whyte’s writing explores the timeless relationship of human beings to their world, to creation, to…

Borders and Crossings: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Travel Writing

Borders and Crossings 2023 is part of a long-running series of international conferences devoted to the interdisciplinary study of travel writing.

Online presentation of Philip Mould’s series "Art in Isolation"

We are delighted to cordially invite you to an online presentation of Philip Mould’s series Art in Isolation Philip Mould is an international art dealer who has been based in London’s Mayfair and…

Online registration for BA seminars 2023/2024

The online registration for 2nd year BA students for BA seminars will commence on 26 April at 10 p.m. and will close on 28 April at 11.59 pm. Students register via usosweb.There are limits to the…

EXHIBITION & WORKSHOP: Performative and experiential translation

EXHIBITION: Performative and Experiential TranslationMeaning-Making through Language, Art and Other MediaCurated by Ricarda Vidal and Madeleine CampbellOpening night: 18 April 2023 at 6…

Conference Meaning, Context & Cognition

Online presentation of Kirsty Warrick’s performance of her song “The Shape that Remains” inspired by V. Woolf’s To the Lighthouse

We cordially invite you to watch an online presentation of Kirsty Warrick’s performance of her song “The Shape that Remains” inspired by Virginia Woolf’s novel To the LighthouseKirsty Warrick is…

Maja Sager No Border Feminism – a Guest Lecture

On 27 March 2023 the Faculty of Philology of the University of Lodz will host Maja Sager, gender studies researcher from Lund University.

BEST BOOK of 2022: Hollywood Remakes of Iconic British Films: Class, Gender and Stardom by Agnieszka Rasmus

 BEST BOOK of 2022: Hollywood Remakes of Iconic British Films: Class, Gender and Stardom (Edinburgh University Press, 2022) by Agnieszka Rasmus, University of Łódź, Poland.The…

Online registration for specialization streams for I year BA students:

Registration will commence on March 24 at 8pm and will close on March 26 at 11.59 pm.Students choose one of three courses:– For the teaching specialization: „Podstawy dydaktyki” [level B2 in…

Online registration for foreign language classes for I year BA students:

Registration will commence on March 31 at 8 pm and will close on April 2 at 11.59 pm.Students choose one of these courses:- Polish, level B2 [only for students for whom Polish is not their mother…

Made in Britain, Remade in H... - Creative Projects, III year (summer semester 2022)

Throughout history, artists have borrowed elements from earlier works for use in new cultural contexts and applying new technologies. This class focused on one particular example of such borrowings:…

Virtual Mobility – UNIC Opened Courses

As part of virtual mobility students of the University of Lodz can participate in the courses offered by Koc University in the summer semester 2022/2023. Registration is possible until 27 January.

Online exhibition of Dorit Ringart’s watercolors inspired by Virginia Woolf’s novel "To the Lighthouse"

We cordially invite to visit an online exhibition of Dorit Ringart’s watercolors inspired by Virginia Woolf’s novel To the LighthouseDorit Ringart is an Israeli artist. Her parents were born in…

An online presentation of Rod Mengham’s poetry

We are delighted to warmly invite you to visit an online presentation of Rod Mengham’s poetryRod Mengham is a recipient of the Cholmondely Award for poetry (2020) and the author of several poetry…

Online registration for tutorials (zajęcia fakultatywne)

The online registration for 3rd-year BA tutorials will commence on Friday 16th February at 7.00 pm and will close on Sunday 18th February at 11.59 pm. In order to register students access the…