PROJECTS OF SKASE MEMBERS

Middle-earth and Beyond: Essays on the World of J.R.R. Tolkien

The Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts and Letters, Catholic University in Slovakia, is issuing a call for papers for a proposed volume of scholarly essays on J.R.R.Tolkien’s fictional works for a British publisher. Papers should address any aspect of his works, but the editors are especially interested in papers which make connections among disciplines, demonstrating the richness of his art as well as its continuing widespread appeal.

Papers should be between 5 to 10 thousand words, note key words, and include a 250 word abstract.

The deadline for submission of papers is 15 September 2009; decisions will be announced by 1 November 2009.

 

Papers should be submitted to the editors:

     - Prof. Kathleen Dubs, kedubs@axelero.hu

     - Dr. Janka Kaščáková, kascakova@ff.ku.sk

 

RESEARCH PROJECTS OF SKASE MEMBERS

 Bilá Magdaléna bilamag@unipo.sk

Project 1: Žánrová analýza autentických textov vo vybraných inštitucionálnych prostrediach

 

Böhmerová Ada abohm@post.sk

Project 1: Academic English-Slovak Dictionary

Project 2: Academic Slovak-English Dictionary

Project 3: Recent Lexical Developments of English and Their Impact on Slovak  Vocabulary and Word-Formation Types

 

Ferenčík Milan  mmmo94@unipo.sk

Project 1: Zdvorilostné stratégie v masmediálnej komunikácii z interkultúrneho hľadiska (porovnávacia analýza vybraných žánrov masmediálneho diskurzu)

Project 2: Slovenská politická kultúra v médiách po roku 1989

 

Harťanská Jana jhartanska@ukf.sk

Project 1: Podpora ďalšieho cudzojazyčného vzdelávania za účelom zvyšovania kvalifikácie vysokoškolských učiteľov na UKF v Nitre

 

Kačmárová  Alena alenakac@unipo.sk

Project 1: Žánrová analýza autentických textov vo vybraných inštitucionálnych prostrediach

 

Kadorová Marta marta.kadorova@fpv.uniza.sk

Project 1: Specifications of the Maturita Achievement Tests in Foreign Languages; working out conditions for testing language skills and piloting various types of tasks

 

Kortvelyessy Lívia livia.kortvelyessy@upjs.sk

Project 1: Universals and Typology in Evaluative  Morphology – crosslinguistic research

 

Kušnír Jaroslav jkusnir@fhpv.unipo.sk

Project 1: American postmodern fiction; Contemporary Australian literature; Translation and Translation Studies; Critical Reception of Australian Literature in Slovakia; British Postmodern Fiction; Literary Theory and Criticism; Contemporary Slovak Literature

 

Šnircová Soňa ssnircova@gmail.com

Project 1: Reception of Dickens in Europe

 

Štekauer Pavol pavel.stekauer@upjs.sk

Project 1: Universals and Typology in Evaluative  Morphology – crosslinguistic research

 

Tomaščíková Slávka slavka.tomascikova@upjs.sk

Project 1: Discourse of mass media communication – narrative in British television news

Project 2: ENBAS – European Network for British Area Studies