The Ret-Net research group invites all scholars and students interested in rhetoric and its realizations in different languages and cultures to open online seminars. Dates of meetings can be found in the \u201cHome\u201d section. Selected seminars:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cExploring the affective dimension of Brexit through metaphor scenarios and image schemas\u201d (Prof. Victoria Mart\u00edn De La Rosa, Departamento de Estudios Ingleses, Universidad Complutense de Madrid; 12.05.2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
On the concept \u201ccringe\u201d and its rhetorical applications in political discourse (Prof. Agnieszka Piskorska, Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw, 19.12.2024)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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The Ret-Net organized a panel \u201ePolarization, hate speech, populism: reactions and prevention\u201d as part of the 4th International Humanities\u2013Society\u2013Identity Congress: \u201cRe-Action(s): Humanities in a Time of Transformation and Turbulence\u201d (4-5.12.2025, University of Warsaw):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Maria Za\u0142\u0119ska \u2013 Depolarization through rhetorical vigilance?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Monika Kostro \u2013 (De)polarizing rhetoric: critical analysis of premises based on reported speech<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Agnieszka Piskorska \u2013 The art of unpolarizing argumentation: challenges of educational practice <\/li>\n\n\n\n
Aleksandra Wrona \u2013 Fact-checking verdicts as reactions to disinformation<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Mih\u00e1ly Szil\u00e1gyi-G\u00e1l \u2013 Shareing, Deliberation and Polarization in the Cyberspace<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Azad Mammadov \u2013 Pragmatic functions of inversion in Donald Trump`s political speeches<\/li>\n\n\n\n
J\u0119drzej Skrzypczak \u2013 Constitutionality of the Amendment to the Polish Criminal Code Regarding the Strengthening of Protection Against Hate Crimes in Poland<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Bartosz Hordecki \u2013 Moral panic? What does the Polish-speaking electronic discourse on hate speech represent?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Nawojka Gurczy\u0144ska \u2013 \u201cCasual hate\u201d among youngest users on Instagram<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Ildik\u00f3\u202fBarna, Ren\u00e1ta\u202fN\u00e9meth, Domonkos\u202fSik, Zs\u00f3fia\u202fRakovics, M\u00e1rton\u202fGosztonyi \u2013 Framing the Refugee Other in Times of Crisis: A Structural Topic Modeling Approach to Hungarian Media Polarization (2015\u20132023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Pluci\u0144ski Robert \u2013 Who Can Say It? Exploring Slur Reappropriation and Identity Politics in LGBTQ+<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Victoria Mart\u00edn de la Rosa \u2013 Polarization in Post-Brexit Britain\u2019s Immigration Discourse: A Comparative Analysis of The Daily Telegraph<\/em> and The Guardian<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The Ret-Net co-organized the 20th Conference of the Polish Rhetorical Society titled \u201cRhetoric and Culture\u201d (University of Warsaw and Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 19-20.11.2025). During the conference, several members of Ret-Net presented their papers (Anna Bendrat, Monika Kostro, Agnieszka Piskorska, Katarzyna Molek-Kozakowska, Maria Za\u0142\u0119ska).<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The Ret-Net panel \u201eRhetoric and didactics: between mother tongue and foreign languages\u201d (Polish Congress of Rhetoric \u201eRhetoric \u2013 Education \u2013 Innovation\u201d, Polish Rhetorical Society, April 17-19, 2024, Warsaw). Presented papers:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Maria Za\u0142\u0119ska (UW) \u201cContrastive Rhetoric and Its Implications for Teaching\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Monika Kostro (UW) \u201cRhetoric from an Intercultural Perspective in Foreign Language Studies\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Agnieszka Piskorska (UW) \u201cRhetoric, Critical Thinking, and the Needs of English Language Learners\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Anna Bendrat (UMCS Lublin) \u201cKialo Edu: An Innovative Tool for Developing the Art of Argumentation in Foreign Language Teaching\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
The members of the Ret-Net group present their research on the peculiarities of persuasive phenomena in different languages and cultures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201eSym\u00e9triser pour d\u00e9polariser. De l\u2019(im)possible \u00e9quit\u00e9 dans le disours m\u00e9diatique polonais\u201d. Conference Colloque international de Montauban: \u00abComment r\u00e9soudre les conflits discursifs?\u00bb<\/em> M. Kostro and M. Za\u0142\u0119ska; Acad\u00e9mie des Sciences, Belles Lettres et Arts de Montauban, Montauban University, France, 2-4.07.2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n
„Radicalization of political opponents\u2019 discourse through recontextualization” – M. Kostro, A Piskorska, M. Za\u0142\u0119ska. Conference \u00ab T-RADEX: Translation and cross-cultural communication: Radical and extremist narratives \u00bb University of Cyprus, Nicosia (31.10.-02.11.2024).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
\u201eComparative analysis of political discourse (Polish-French perspective)\u201d, as part of the colloquium \u201eComparative Discourse Analysis: Research Perspectives and Development Directions,\u201d at the invitation of the Department of Discourse Studies, Institute of Applied Linguistics (University of Warsaw); Monika Kostro, UW (03.02.2023). The presentation focused on rhetorical approaches (including the concept of ethos) in French political discourse analysis.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMaking abstract values tangible: How European University Alliances construct their visual identity\u201d. Katarzyna Molek-Kozakowska i Robert Radziej, UO (19- 21.04.2023, Wilno, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, International Scientific Conference: Visuality 2023). The talk dealt with ways of visual self- presentation of European University Alliances through the choice of name\/acronym, logotype, and multimodal description of the alliance\u2019s mission and activities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
\u201cScience in crisis? Stylistic choices for persuasion in the interventions proposed by policymakers in European Research Area Policy Agenda 2022- 2024\u201d. Katarzyna Molek-Kozakowska, UO (24-25.04.2023, Krak\u00f3w, Uniwersytet Jagiello\u0144ski i Towarzystwo Tertium, Fifth International Communication Styles Conference: Communication in Times of Permacrisis). The paper focused on persuasive efforts to legitimize interventions in the European Commission\u2019s program text promoting the 20 priorities of the European Research Area agenda.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
\u201eLet\u2019s talk!\u201d. An ideographic analysis of <dialogue> and <debate> in Polish public discourse\u201d. Maria Za\u0142\u0119ska, UW (1-3.06.2023, Eberhard Karls University, T\u00fcbingen; Germany; international conference of the cycle \u00ab Rhetoric in Society (RiS) \u00bb, organized by the Rhetoric Society of Europe entitled \u201eRhetoric in Society. \u201eRhetoric as Strategic Thinking (RiS 8).\u201d The presentation dealt with the cultural specificity of dialogue and debate as a framework for persuasive communication in Polish public discourse.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
\u201eFace metaphors and face claims in Italian public discourse\u201d. Maria Za\u0142\u0119ska, UW (28-30.06.2023, University of Alcal\u00e1 de Henares, Spain). Conference \u201dMetaphor in Public Discourse\u201d of the Researching and Applying Metaphor Conference series (RaAM16). The paper focused on the face metaphors and the peculiarities of their persuasive use in Italian public discourse.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe functions of humour in talk shows\u201d. Agnieszka Piskorska, UW (12.07.2023, The International Pragmatics Association conference in Brussels. The talk scrutinized the social and persuasive functions of humour exploited by hosts of popular American talk shows.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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