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Marek Kusiba at the CSC
added on January 16, 2012
On November 30th, Marek Kusiba, a Polish and Canadian poet and journalist, visited the Canadian Studies Centre at the Institute of English Cultures and Literatures. During the open meeting with students entitled “Otherness in the Canadian Context”, Mr Kusiba talked about the life of a poet thousands of kilometres away from home, his affiliation to the motherland and the country of residence, as well as his friendship with Ryszard Kapusciński.
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People

Eugenia Sojka, Ph.D. - Director (See IECL profile)
Paweł Jędrzejko, Ph. D. (See IECL profile)
Katarzyna Michalczyk, M.A. (See IECL profile)
Alina Grygierczyk, M.A. (See IECL profile)
Rafał Madeja, M.A. (See IECL profile)

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Events
Transcultural dialogues between Canada and Poland. Research Trip Report
added on November 05, 2010

Thanks to a competitive Government of Canada Student Mobility Support Program Grant, received by Dr Eugenia Sojka (head of the Canadian Studies Centre at the University of Silesia), one Ph.D student (Alina Grygeirczyk) and five M.A. students (Sabina Sweta Sen, Rafał Madeja, Michał Garbas, Anna Olekszyk, Hanna Mrozek) had a chance to go on a research trip to Vancouver Island University and Alert Bay Indian Reserve between 5.03. 2010 – 29.03.2010.

Their Research Trip Report, describing their activities in Canada and detailing the completion of the research proeject, is now made available for download (PDF file – 3Mb).

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Research profile
  • Canadian literature and culture
  • Canadian Life Writing
  • Canadian minority writing and arts
  • Multiculturalism and transculturalism
  • Transcultural, diasporic, postcolonial and gender studies
  • First Nations literature and arts
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Contact Information

Canadian Studies Centre
enoffice@ares.fils.us.edu.pl
Institute of English Cultures and Literatures
University of Silesia
41-205 Sosnowiec
ul. Gen. S. Grota-Roweckiego 5
POLAND

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