1. EDUCATION

• 1987-1992

Full-time Master's degree in Germanic philology at the Faculty of Philology, University of Lodz

• 1989-1990

Semester-long studies in Germanic philology at the Faculty of Philology, Humboldt University in Berlin, GD;

2. ACADEMIC DEGREES OBTAINED

• 1992 Master of Arts in Germanic philology, specialization in linguistics, specialization in teaching, based on the master's thesis entitled

"German Entlehnungen im Polnischen und ihre neuhochdeutschen Pendants. Am Beispiel von 80 Wörtern" (supervisor: prof. dr hab. Roman Sadziński, reviewer: dr Aleksandra Czechowska-Błachiewicz)

• 2001 Doctor of Humanities in the field of linguistics

based on the doctoral dissertation entitled

“Substantivische Entlehnungen deutscher Herkunft nach Sachgruppen im Gegenwartspolnischen. Ihre Bedeutung im Vergleich zur gegenwartsdeutschen Vorlage" (supervisor: prof. dr hab. Roman Sadziński, reviewers: prof. dr hab. Alfred Tarantowicz and prof. dr hab. Jan Iluk)

3. RESEARCH

3.1. borrowings from German sources in contemporary Polish

3.2. German humor in linguistic and extra-linguistic concepts of meaning

3.3. Polish humor in linguistic and extra-linguistic concepts that have meaning

4. TEACHING

4.1. classes in the field of descriptive grammar of German, interference, contrastive grammar

4.2. supervisor of 33 bachelor's theses in the field of German as a foreign language and in the field of methods of teaching German as a foreign language (including 24 theses by students of the NKJO at the University of Lodz and 9 theses by students of the Higher School of Humanities and Economics in Lodz)

4.3. supervisor of 51 master's theses in the field of German linguistics (including 23 theses by students of German philology at the University of Lodz and 28 theses by students of German philology at the Higher School of Humanities and Economics in Lodz).

4.4.1. review of 66 bachelor's theses (34 theses by students of the NKJO University of Lodz and students of first-cycle studies in Germanic philology at the University of Lodz and 32 theses by students of Germanic philology at the Higher School of Humanities and Economics in Lodz)

4.4.2. review of 51 master's theses by students of Germanic philology at the University of Lodz

 

5. CONTINUATION COURSES AND SEMINARS:

1994 Goethe Institute training seminar “Selbstgesteuertes Fremdsprachenlernen – auch im DaF-Unterricht”, Pogorzel Warszawska

1996 Goethe Institute training seminar for directors of preparatory courses for the ZMP (Zentrale Mittelstufenprüfung) exam, Łódź

1997 Goethe Institute seminar on the Zentrale Mittelstufenprüfung exam, Łódź

1999 Goethe Institute methodological seminar, Kraków

2000 Goethe Institute seminar on the Zentrale Oberstufenprüfung exam, Łódź

2001 Goethe Institute seminar on the Zentrale Oberstufenprüfung exam, Łódź

until 2004 examiner at Zertifikat Deutsch, Zentrale Mittelstufenprüfung and Zentrale Oberstufenprüfung

6. CONFERENCES

29.05-31.05.2008, Humor. Theories-Practice-Applications, Piotrków Trybunalski, Jan Kochanowski University of Humanities and Sciences in Kielce, branch in Piotrków Trybunalski, Independent Department of English Philology

Title of paper: The language of the German comedy show "Was guckst du?".

24.06-26.06.2010, Felder der Sprache. Felder der Forschung. Lodzer Germanistikbeiträge, Łódź, University of Łódź, Department of German and Applied Linguistics

Title of paper: The language of the humorous and spoken language in the comedy show "Was guckst du?"

 

20.09-21.09.2010, Humor. Theories-Practices-Applications./Humour. Theories-Applications-Practices, Piotrków Trybunalski, Jan Kochanowski University of Humanities and Sciences in Kielce, branch in Piotrków Trybunalski, Independent Department of English Philology

Title of paper: Polysemy and homophony as means of building humor based on the example of sketches from the cabaret "Paranienormalni"

29.05-2.06.2012, Felder der Sprache. Felder der Forschung. Lodzer Germanistikbeiträge II, Łódź, University of Łódź, Department of German and Applied Linguistics

Title of paper: “Was guckst du?” as a multicultural comedy show on German TV

25.06.-29.06.2012, 24th International Society for Humor Studies conference, HumorTAP4, Kraków, Jagiellonian University

Title of paper: Ethnic joke as a hallmark of the German comedy show "Was guckst du?"

12.06-14.06.2014, Felder der Sprache. Felder der Forschung. Lodzer Germanistikbeiträge III, Łódź, University of Łódź, Department of German and Applied Linguistics

Title of the paper: Grenzen des guten Geschmacks in a Witz

19.05 – 20. 05. 2015, National scientific conference Kitsch in language/communication, Łódź, Faculty of Philology, Department of Contemporary Polish Language

Title of the paper: The life of cabaret text off stage and the role of the YouTube channel. On the Example of the PARANIENORMALNI Cabaret

10.10.2015 International Scientific Conference Crossing Boundaries in Language, Literature and Culture, Higher School of Foreign Languages ​​in Świecie, Branch in Przasnysz, Przasnysz

Title of paper: Lexical Elements Fremder Herkunft in German as Sprachliche Mittel des Humoristischen

15.10-17.10.2015 National Scientific Conference Kitchen and Table in Social Communication. Text, Discourse, Culture, University of Wrocław, Institute of Polish Philology, Wrocław

Title of paper: Culinary Motifs in Cabaret Texts

16.11. – 17.11.2015 Conference ZBLIŻENIA: linguistics-translation studies-literary studies, Konin 2015, PWSZ in Konin

Title of the paper: Fremdsprachige Elemente als sprachliche Mittel des Humoristischen in German and Polish

 

9.06.2016 – 11.06.2016 Felder der Sprache. Felder der Forschung. Lodzer Germanistikbeiträge IV, Łódź, University of Łódź, Department of German and Applied Linguistics

Title of the paper: To Intertextualität in German and Polish Language

15.09.2016-16.09.2016, Witches and Angels – Perception of Women in Ancient and Contemporary Culture, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce. Branch in Piotrków Trybunalski

Title of the paper: Witches and Angels. The Image of Women in Jokes

8.12.2016-9.12.2016, Images of Illness in Language and Culture, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce. Branch in Piotrków Trybunalski

Title of the paper: "What are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourselves!" (Gogol). Illness as a motif of black humor

22.05.2017 XVIII International Slavic Conference "EASTERN SLAVIC LITERATURES, LANGUAGES AND CULTURES IN THE FACE OF THEIR HISTORICAL TIME"

University of Zielona Góra Institute of Neophilology

Title of the paper: Kabaret Starszych Panów vs. Kabaret Młodych Panów. The language of Polish cabaret yesterday and today

15.11.2017 III Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference "IDEAS, VALUES, WORDS IN PUBLIC LIFE AND ART", Academy of Humanities and Economics in Łódź;

Title of the paper: Contemporary Polish cabaret and taboo subjects. Joke and its social function

21.11-22.11.2017 CLOSE-UPS: linguistics – translation studies – literary studies, Konin 2017, PWSZ Konin;

Title of paper: Polyseme Experiencing the Middle of Humor in German Witz in the Play of Ethnicities in Comedy Show „Was guckst du?!

29.05.-30.05.2018, 2nd INTERNATIONAL INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE Language and its challenges: Language in culture, culture in language, Institute of Foreign Languages ​​of the State Higher Vocational School in Nowy Sącz

Title of the paper: German Ethnowitz and black humor

• 2020

17.09.2020 International Interdisciplinary Conference The language of humor - humor of language, Faculty of Philology, University of Białystok

Title of the paper: "Humor not for sheep" or a few words about linguistic means of building humor

18.09.2020 2nd National Scientific Conference The motif of a woman - mother, heroine, caregiver..., Foundation for the promotion of science and development TYGIEL Lublin

Title of the paper: The motif of a woman in jokes. On the example of the Paranienormalni group and the Young Gentlemen's Cabaret

16.10.2020 National Scientific Conference The Motif of Wandering in Literature and Art, Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Development TYGIEL Lublin

Title of paper: Foreigner in the Distorting Mirror of German Ethnic Jokes

26.11.2020 3rd NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE. The Motif of a Woman – Mother, Heroine, Caregiver. (online); TYGIEL Foundation, Lublin

Title of paper: Woman in the Distorting Mirror of German Ethnic Jokes as Exemplified by the Program “Was guckst du?!”

26.11.2020 FELDER DER SPRACHE. FELDER DER FORSCHUNG. Online-Kolloquium Text, Media, Discourse – linguistische Forschungsperspektiven; Institute of Germanic Philology, University of Lodz, Lodz; Title of the paper: Einige Bemerkungen zur Form und zur Sprache der deutschen Internetwitze

• 2021

22.01.2021, 2nd National Scientific Conference THE MOTIVE OF WALKING IN LITERATURE AND ART,

Foundation for the promotion of science and development CYGIEL, Lublin

Title of the paper: "Dad, ours are here, ours!". Film fates of repatriates on the example of Sylwester Chęciński's comedy triptych "Sami swoi", "Nie ma mocnych" and "Kochaj albo rzuć". Analysis of the language of the characters. 25.02.2021 National Scientific Conference "The Motif of a Woman – Mother, Heroine, Caregiver" (online); Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Development TYGIEL, Lublin

Title of paper: The stereotype of a woman in the distorting mirror of a German joke

13.05.2021 National Scientific Conference "The Motif of Wandering in Literature and Art", Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Development TYGIEL, Lublin

Title of paper: The American Dream of Poles in Post-War Poland as Exemplified by Sylwester Chęciński's Comedy Triptych "Sami swoi", "Nie ma mocnych" and "Kochaj albo rzuć"

16.07.2021 National Scientific Conference “The Topos of Death in Literature, Culture and Art”; Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Development TYGIEL, Lublin

Paper: Death as a Motif of Black Humor

8.10.2021 National Scientific Conference “The Motif of Wandering in Literature and Art”, Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Development TYGIEL, Lublin

Paper: The Journey of Words. Borrowings from a German Source in 20th-Century Polish as Exemplified by Nouns from the Noun Group PRACA

2.12.2021 National Scientific Conference “The Catastrophic Trend in Literature, Culture and Art” (online), Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Development TYGIEL, Lublin

Paper: “Smile, Tomorrow Will Be Better!”. Humor in Pandemic Times as Exemplified by Jokes from the Weekly “Angora”

2022

24.02. 2022 II National Scientific Conference "Emotions - Source, Meaning, Consequences", Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Development TYGIEL, Lublin;

Title of paper: Humor and emotions. Interpersonal relations in the distorting mirror of a joke

28.10. 2022 National Scientific Conference "Historical and Contemporary Comedy", Department of Historical Linguistics and Department of Contemporary and General Linguistics of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw

Title of paper: Linguistic means of constructing humor in German ethnic jokes

28.10. 2022 4th National Scientific Conference "The Topos of Death in Literature, Culture and Art", Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Development TYGIEL, Lublin

[member of the conference scientific committee and reviewer]

2023

21.04.2023 2nd National Scientific Conference "The Catastrophic Trend in Literature, Culture and Art", Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Development TYGIEL, Lublin

Title of paper: Joy from Someone Else's Misfortune. Black Humor from the Perspective of Psychological and Social Theories;

24.11.2023 National Scientific Conference "Multidimensional Identity: Interdisciplinary View of Identity Research", Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Development TYGIEL, Lublin

Title of paper: Ethnic Joke and Cultural Identity

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30.11. - 2.12.2023 International Scientific Conference SPECLANG 2023. Specialized Languages. Education. Perspectives. Career, University of Lodz, Faculty of Philology

Title of the paper: German Lehnwortschatz in the Polish language of handicrafts in the Years of Life

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2024

24.05.2024 V National Scientific Conference “History and Perspectives of Culture”, Foundation for the promotion of science and development TYGIEL, Lublin

Title of the paper: Adaptation mechanisms of noun borrowings from a German source in Polish on the example of the UTILIZED OBJECTS group

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7.PUBLICATIONS

7.1.MONOGRAPHS:

1. Sikorska-Bujnowicz Katarzyna (2013), Sprachliche Mittel des Humoristischen im Deutschen und im Polnischen, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Łódź, Łódź, pp. 194, ISBN: 978-83-7969-049-7.

1. Sikorska-Bujnowicz Katarzyna (2016), Zum deutschen Ethnowitz. Eine korpusgestützte Analyse, Wydawnictwo Biblioteka, Łódź, Łódź, pp. 216, ISBN: 987-83-62378-52-4;

7.1.2. ARTICLES: see: https://son.uni.lodz.pl/info/author/ULeef666bb913d42f4aa889679fed79

8. SCHOLARSHIPS

• 08. – 4/09/1993 – Technische Universität Chemnitz-Zwickau, XX. Internationaler Hochschulkurs für Germanistik, Chemnitz, Germany

• 02 – 1.08.1995 – semester scholarship, TEMPUS-Projekt JEP4547 Bochum, Germany

• 03 – 31.03.1996 – trip within the framework of cooperation of centers, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Germany

• 06 – 15.06.1996 – trip within the framework of the TEMPUS JEP 9190-95 project, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Germany

• 10. 1997 – 31.07.1998 – annual DAAD scholarship (Jahressipendium DAAD), Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Germany

9. 2014 Golden Badge of the University of Lodz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. German humor vs. Polish humor.

2. German cabaret and Polish cabaret.

3. Linguistic and extra-linguistic means of constructing humor in German jokes and Polish jokes.

4. Borrowings from a German source in contemporary Polish.

5. Polish comedy in the aspect of linguistic and extra-linguistic means of constructing humor.

6. Taboo and jokes.

2001 doctor of humanities in the field of linguistics

based on the doctoral dissertation entitled

“Substantivische Entlehnungen deutscher Herkunft nach Sachgruppen im Gegenwartspolnischen. "Ihre Bedeutung im Vergleich zur gegenwartsdeutschen Vorlage" (supervisor: prof. dr hab. Roman Sadziński, reviewers: prof. dr hab. Alfred Tarantowicz and prof. dr hab. Jan Iluk)