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KRZYSZTOF EDWARD BOROWSKI Sociocultural Linguist Krzysztofeborowski@Gmail.Com · Krzysztofeborowski.Com · @Sociocultling ​ ​ ​ ​ Last updated: January 29, 2016 KRZYSZTOF EDWARD BOROWSKI Sociocultural Linguist [email protected] · krzysztofeborowski.com · @SocioCultLing ​ ​ ​ ​ Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures 2122 Wescoe Hall, 1445 Jayhawk Boulevard Lawrence, KS 66045-7594, USA EDUCATION Ph.D. Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Kansas, 2014-date Department of Foreign Language and Literatures, University of Verona (Italy), Fall 2010/2011 M.A. Department of Slavic Philology, University of Wrocław (Poland), 2009-2011 ​ ​ B.A. Department of Slavic Philology, University of Wrocław (Poland), 2006-2009 ​ ​ PUBLICATIONS “Review of Elżbieta Kaczmarska and Motoki Nomachi (eds.): Slavic and German in Contact: Studies from ​ ​ Areal and Contrastive Linguistics,” Journal of Slavic Linguistics, 23(2): 313-318, 2015 (with Alexandra ​ ​ ​ Fisher) “Review of Virve-Anneli Vihman and Kristiina Praakli (eds.): Negotiating Linguistic Identity: Language ​ and Belonging in Europe,” Slavia Centralis, 2 (2015): 105-107, DOI: 10.17161/1808.18777 (with Alexandra ​ ​ ​ ​ Fisher) “O języku literackim molizańskich Słowian,” Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne, 8: 23-36, 2015, DOI: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ http://dx.doi.org/10.14746/pss.2015.8.1 “Condemned to Extinction: Molise Slavic 100 Years Ago and Now,” In Jacek Witkoś and Sylwester ​ ​ Jaworski (eds.). New Insights into Slavic Linguistics: 51-58. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2014 ​ ​ “Mikrojęzyki słowiańskie a współczesna typologia języków,” Noviny Slawia, 3: 3-6, 2013, ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ http://www.novinyslawia.us.edu.pl/01_2013.pdf RESEARCH INTERESTS sociocultural linguistics (linguistic anthropology, sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, language in society); ethnic identity studies; non-immigrant ethnic minorities in Europe; language and ethnicity, identity, and the Internet; digital anthropology; regionalism; nationalism; ​Central and Eastern Europe Krzysztof E. Borowski – CV – 2 – krzysztofeborowski.com PRESENTATIONS Conference Presentations “Sociolinguistics and Language Policy of Silesian in Poland,” Slavic Linguistics Society 2015 Tenth Annual Meeting, Heidelberg (Germany), September 5, 2015 “Hyphenated Identity. Molise Slavic and Burgenland Croatian as Examples of Ethnolinguistic Leveling,” 12th Graduate Colloquium on Slavic Linguistics, Columbus, OH, November 11, 2014 “What’s in a Name? Molise Croatian vs Molise Slavic,” Slavic Linguistics Society 2014 Ninth Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, September 20, 2014 “The Less, the Better? Molise Croatian and its Users 100 Years after their Idiom’s Prophesized Extinction,” Slavic Linguistics Society 2013 Eighth Annual Meeting, Szczecin (Poland), September 26, 2013 “Mikrojęzyki słowiańskie a współczesna typologia języków,” 20 lat minęło. Słowiańszczyzna na początku ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ XXI wieku, Sosnowiec (Poland), April 21, 2010 Talks “Forging the Nation: National Discourse of Ethnic Minorities in Poland,” Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, University of Kansas, January 26, 2016 “Silesia, Silesian, Silesians. The (Non-)Existing Problem of Poland,” Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, University of Kansas, February 17, 2015 LANGUAGES Polish (native), American English (superior), Bosnian/Croatian/Montenegrin/Serbian all skills: ​ (advanced high), Italian (advanced middle), Russian (intermediate low), German (intermediate low), Spanish (elementary mid) Czech, French, Portuguese, Slovak some speaking & reading ability, structural knowledge:​ Belarusian, Bulgarian, Dutch, Kashubian, Latin, Lower reading ability & structural knowledge: ​ Sorbian, Macedonian, Molise Slavic, Old Church Slavic, Resian, Romanian, (Carpathian) Rusyn, Silesian, Slovene, Ukrainian, Upper Sorbian Krzysztof E. Borowski – CV – 3 – krzysztofeborowski.com TEACHING (University of Kansas) Teaching experience ​ Instructor of record (*) and guest/substitute instructor ​ ​ S 2016 PLSH 108 Elementary Polish II* F 2015 PLSH 104 Elementary Polish I* S 2015 PLSH 108 Elementary Polish II* S 2015 UKRA 108 Elementary Ukrainian II F 2014 PLSH 104 Elementary Polish I* F 2014 REES 110 Introduction to Russia and Eastern Europe Teaching interests Introduction to Ethnic Studies. Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology. Introduction to Linguistics. Introduction to Sociolinguistics. Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology. Language and Identity. Language in Culture and Society. Language and the Internet. Language, Power and Ideology. Current Linguistic Anthropology. Current Sociolinguistics. Language Policy in Central & Eastern Europe. Linguistic Nationalism and Regionalism in Europe. Europe of Regions and Ethnic Minorities. GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS Graduate Scholarly Presentation Travel Fund, University of Kansas, October 2015 ($500) Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Kansas, 2014-date ($14,000) LLP-Erasmus grant for study abroad at the University of Verona, Italy, 2010-2011 (ca. €4,000) ​ SERVICE “Language in the media,” Panel chaired at the Slavic Linguistics Society 2015 Tenth Annual Meeting, Heidelberg University (Germany), September 5, 2015 Peer reviewer, Slavia Centralis, 2015 ​ ​ Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures Representative, University of Kansas Majors Fair, 2015 Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures Representative, University of Kansas International Expo, 2015 Manager of the KU Polish Club Facebook page, 2014-date HONORS AND AWARDS Joseph L. Conrad Memorial Award, University of Kansas, 2014 ($375) Dean’s List, University of Wrocław, 2007-2010 ​ ​ Krzysztof E. Borowski – CV – 4 – krzysztofeborowski.com WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS “Using Literary and Linguistic Annotation Once You've Created It / XSLT and XPATH” by David J. Birnbaum & Jeffrey Rydberg-Cox, Digital Humanities Forum 2015, University of Kansas, September 25, 2015 “Creating Literary and Linguistic Annotation / advanced beginner level XML annotation” by David J. Birnbaum & Jeffrey Rydberg-Cox, Digital Humanities Forum 2015, University of Kansas, September 25, 2015 “Introduction to GIS for Humanists” by Stephen Ford, Digital Humanities Forum 2015, University of Kansas, September 25, 2015 “On the (diachronic) status of inceptive phase predicates in Polish” by Łukasz Jędrzejowski, Slavic ​ ​ ​ ​ Linguistics Society 2015 Tenth Annual Meeting, Heidelberg University, September 6, 2015 “Cognate objects and beyond – through the prism of Serbo-Croatian” by Marijana Marelj, Slavic Linguistics Society 2015 Tenth Annual Meeting, Heidelberg University, September 6, 2015 “Acquisition of adversative co-ordination in Bulgarian” by Milena Kühnast, Slavic Linguistics Society 2015 Tenth Annual Meeting, Heidelberg University, September 6, 2015 “On tense, aspect, and mood interaction in Bulgarian and Slavic” by Vesela Simeonova, Slavic Linguistics Society 2015 Tenth Annual Meeting, Heidelberg University, September 6, 2015 “On functional explanations” by Jadranka Gvozdanović, Slavic Linguistics Society 2015 Tenth Annual ​ ​ Meeting, Heidelberg University, September 6, 2015 “The Explanatory Value of Cognitive Linguistics” by Stephen M. Dickey, Slavic Linguistics Society 2015 Tenth Annual Meeting, Heidelberg University, September 6, 2015 “An Introduction to Text Analysis with Python and the Natural Language Toolkit” by Matt Menzenski, Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Kansas, March 6, 2015 “Incorporating Digital Tools into Teaching,” Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Kansas, March 5, 2015 “Abstract Writing,” Office of Graduate Studies, University of Kansas, January 15, 2015 “Setting Expectations & Communicating Feedback,” Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Kansas, September 26, 2014 “Web Data 101: Making the most of data on the web. Harvesting, scraping, cleaning, formatting” by Erik Radio, Digital Humanities Forum 2014, University of Kansas, September 12, 2014 “Your Culture and Your Students: Presenting a Confident Persona in Your Class, Lab, or Studio,” Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Kansas, September 12, 2014 “Improving Research Impact and Visibility,” Office of Graduate Studies, University of Kansas, September 8, 2014 “Starting Out: Understanding KU Students,” Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Kansas, September 5, 2014 ORGANIZATIONS American Anthropological Association (AAA), 2015-date Slavic Linguistics Society (SLS), 2013-date Society for Linguistic Anthropology (SLA), 2015-date Krzysztof E. Borowski – CV – 5 – krzysztofeborowski.com TECHNICAL SKILLS Blackboard, LibreOffice (Writer, Calc, Impress), Linux OS, MS Office (Word, Excel, advanced:​ ​ PowerPoint), Weebly, Windows OS, Wordpress; CSS, GIMP, HTML, SPSS ​intermediate: ​ REFERENCES Marc L. Greenberg Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures 2118 Wescoe Hall, 1445 Jayhawk Boulevard 66045 Lawrence, KS University of Kansas [email protected] Carlos M. Nash Department of Anthropology 626 Fraser Hall, 1415 Jayhawk Boulevard 66045 Lawrence, KS University of Kansas [email protected] Henryk Jaroszewicz Instytut Filologii Słowiańskiej ​ ​ ​ ​ Zakład Serbistyki p. 215 ​ ​ ul. Pocztowa 9, 53-313 Wrocław ​ University of Wrocław (Poland) ​ ​ [email protected] Alberto Alberti Dipartimento di Lingue, Letterature e Culture Moderne Studio 41 Via Cartoleria 5, 40126 Bologna University of Bologna (Italy) [email protected] .
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