British Studies Conference Proceedings

Introduction Michael Houten

Section one

Britishness and cultural identity

·         The end of the affair: national identity in the age of devolution Alan Pulverness

·         Britishness and Cultural Studies: continuity and change in narrating the nation Krzystof Knauer

·         New Labour - New Society    Irmina Wawrzyczek

·         Celebrating Britishness: from the Crystal Palace to the Millennium Dome Zbigniew Mazur

·         The Untied Kingdom: Englishness in an age of devolution Simon Gill

·         ‘Apparent’ paradoxes in British culture and its literature Adam Dalton

·         Devolution in the United Kingdom: genies out of boxes? Michael Houten

Section two

Celtic perspectives

·         Survival Celtic, or How to start a conversation in the less British Isles Anna Gnoińska

·         Y Gynghanedd /З: gΛŋ'haneδ/ - The sound of Welsh Aled Llion

Section three

Teaching issues

·         The foreign language classroom, culture and British Studies: reflections and suggestions Richard Bolt

·         Know your neighbour – be a European Vegh Gyöngyi & Ewa Komorowska

·         Culture study tour for teachers: a tour of discovery Ewa Komorowska

·         Reflections on the Hungarian text-book project Gyöngyi Vegh & Simon Peter

·         British Studies in Kyrgyzstan Myrza Karimov

Section four

Working with texts

·         British Studies materials for English teachers in Poland Materials writing team

·         Advertisements for language and cultural learning Simon Gill

·         Songs in the discussion on national identity   Dorota Owczarek

·         The cartoon as a text Donald Sargeant

Section five

Seeing culture through literature

·         Incorporating literature into the British Studies module of the licenjat examination at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin Beata Kiersnowska

·         Working with autobiography Beata Piątek

·         A virtual journey to residential places in London: housing in London in contemporary literature – a culture-oriented investigation of the theme and the source Anna Czyszczoń

Section six

Researching history; teaching history

·         Using primary sources: Jewish market traders c.1903 Beata Piątek & Peter Leese

·         British history lessons – Make it fun! Agnieszka Kocięba