A New Opening: Presidential Address for the 11th World Congress of the IASA, Katowice, Poland, 7-10 September 2023

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31261/rias.15161

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International American Studies Association, Review of International American Studies, breakthrough, IASA Emerging Scholars Fellowship Programme, the future of IASA

Abstract

The article opening the present issue is based on Paweł Jędrzejko's "Presidential Address" prepared for the audiences of the 11th World Congress of the International American Studies Association. Offering an insight into the most recent transformations of the IASA and of its journal, the Review of International American Studies, the author of the text pays homage to scholars, whose committment has proven instrumental for the development of the Organization itself, but also for the standing of the RIAS, which enjoys the status of a ranking periodical. The article, essentially historical in its assumptions, indicates the need of the adjustment of the Organization's bylaws to account for the changing academic reality in which it now functions.  

Author Biography

Paweł Jędrzejko, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland

Paweł Jędrzejko's research interests include literary and cultural theory, history of literature, comparative cultural studies, translation theory and philosophy. Departing from the assumption of the aporetic (ontic/discursive) character of reality, Jędrzejko fosters research penetrating the common grounds of human cognitive experience and creative activity and focusing upon the complex interdependencies between individual awareness of the worldmaking power of language and the shape of daily interpersonal and intercultural relations. The areas of his particular interest include the philosophy of friendship, the philosophy of existence, the history of 19th century American literature, the literary philosophies of the "American Renaissance" the oeuvre of Herman Melville, postcolonial and post-dependence theories, as well as translation theories.
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Pawel Jedrzejko, D.Litt, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of American Literature
Institute of Literary Studies
Faculty of Humanities
University of Silesia in Katowice
ul. Gen. Stefana Grota-Roweckiego 5
41-205 Sosnowiec
Poland

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IASA Executive Council, “IASA Emerging Scholars: The Position of the IASA Executive Council on the Inclusion of Emerging Scholars in the Leadership of the Organization,” Visual Stories: Latin America in Focus—Review of International American Studies Vol. 15, Fall–Winter (2/2022), pp. 259–261. https://doi.org/10.31261/rias.15002

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Kubok, Dariusz. Krytycyzm, sceptycyzm i zetetycyzm we wczesnej filozofii greckiej. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego, 2021. https://doi.org/10.31261/PN.4024

RIAS Vol. 16, Spring—Summer № 1/2023 - cover art: Another Family Reunion by Ukjese van Kampen © 2023

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2023-08-28

How to Cite

Jędrzejko, P. (2023). A New Opening: Presidential Address for the 11th World Congress of the IASA, Katowice, Poland, 7-10 September 2023. Review of International American Studies, 16(1), 5–14. https://doi.org/10.31261/rias.15161

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Vol. 16 No. 1 (2023): Sacred Spaces in North America—RIAS Vol. 16, Spring–Summer (1/2023)

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