Department of African Languages and Cultures
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Dr Amirbahram Arabahmadi from the University of Teheran
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New grant
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Discussion panel
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Conference "Language – Culture – Literature: East African Perspective"
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Prof. Rudolf Leger
October, 2007 – Prof. Rudolf Leger from University of Frankfurt delivered four lectures: "The 'Urheimat' of the Proto-Hamitic/Afrasian Speaking Peoples and Their Early Migrations with Specific Reference to the Chadic Speaking Groups", "An Overlook about the Kwami and its Pecularities ('Northern' Bole-Tangale Group)", "Methods of Linguistic Field Research", and "Verbal Classes and Middle Voice - West Chadic and Fulfulde (a Comparative Approach)".
more »Visits Yakubu Magaji
October - November, 2008 – Yakubu Magaji Azare, M.A., from the Department of Nigerian Languages, Bayero University, Kano was attached to the Department and continued his research on „A Morpho-Semantic Study of Hausa Concrete Deverbal Forms”. On 20th October he presented the results of his work during the staff meeting.
more »Visits Dr. Jean de Dieu Karangwa
April, 2009 (Erasmus visit) – Dr. Jean de Dieu Karangwa from INALCO in Paris presented lectures on “Language and Identity in Rwanda” and "The Swahili Language".
more »Visits Prof. Lionel Posthumus
May, 2009 – Prof. Lionel Posthumus from the University of Johannesburgu (SA) presented the following lectures during his stay at our Department: "Afrikaans as a creole language”, "Language Planning and Language Usage in South Africa", "Tense Systems of the Bantu languages".
more »Scientific session
December 2009 - In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the African Studies at the University of Warsaw the Department organised a one-day session Languages, cultures and societies of Africa in the process of transformation.
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