WHEN?

THURSDAY (October 19) from 4pm to 7:15pm

WHERE?

Volunteer Centre of UW (Dobra 56/66 – BUW building)

WHAT?

In this interactive workshop session on the topic of intercultural communication together we will answer the questions such as:

• How does culture influence language?
• How to navigate intercultural misunderstandings?
• How to communicate in a culturally diverse team?
• How to talk about cultures without judgment?
• What are the differences, and most of all what are similarities between your culture and other cultures?

You will also have an opportunity to get to know some of the theories from the field of intercultural communication, which are useful in navigating life, studies and work in a culturally diverse environment. 

Why is it worth taking part?

• You will develop your knowledge and skills through common activities with a diverse group of participants – a great asset to your regular academic path!
• You will meet new people – a great occasion to socialise and network with people from different countries and faculties!
• You will receive a certificate of participation in the workshop – a document that might be useful in various student and professional application processes!
• You will spend an October evening in a nice and useful way – why isn’t it worth taking part?

How to join?

Please send us an email to wolontariat[at]uw.edu.pl
Application deadline: Tuesday October 17 at 20:00 (8:00pm)

The number of places is limited so please do not wait until the last moment!
*The volunteers from the VC UW database have the priority in participation so it is worth to join us by filling in the volunteers form:

• Volunteer form for Polish speaking students: https://wolontariat.uw.edu.pl/ankieta-wolontariusza/
• Volunteer form for English speaking international students: https://wolontariat.uw.edu.pl/volunteer-form/

*The workshop is for the University of Warsaw community, we are not accepting participants from outside.

Andrea Martínez Celis

Andrea Martínez Celis is a Doctor in English linguistics, from Complutense University, and she currently works as a university lecturer at Rey Juan Carlos University, both universities in Madrid, in Spain, and collaborates as an intercultural competence trainer for Small Wide World. She carried out part of her studies in Brighton, England, and made a research stay at the University of Groningen, in the Netherlands in 2021. Andrea has worked in Turkey, living with different cultures and religions. Additionally, she is the European representative of the NGO iHelp Africa that works in the less privileged areas of Ghana, where she resided in. She has also lived in Egypt, volunteering with refugee women from Ethiopia and Sudan. She has also volunteered in the region of High Atlas of Morocco, where she lived in a Berber village. Andrea has recently participated in the Science Summit of the United Nations, in New York, talking about the importance of intercultural competence in public diplomacy and institutions.

Katarzyna Kucharska

Katarzyna Kucharska has been working for the last decade at the Volunteer Center of the University of Warsaw as a coordinator of projects focused on strengthening the multicultural potential of the university and as a trainer of intercultural skills for the Polish and international academic community. On behalf of the University of Warsaw, she coordinates international and intercultural projects focusing on enhancing the agency and sense of belonging among foreign students (for instance Multicultural Volunteering at UW and UNICOMM Project – University Community Active Participation Project).
She specializes in building bonds among groups consisting of people from different cultures. She cooperates with NGOs as well as Polish and foreign universities in the field of conducting webinars, trainings and workshops on intercultural communication in the academic environment.
A graduate of cultural studies at the University of Warsaw and the Graduate School for Social Research at Lancaster University. She studied cultural anthropology at the University of Amsterdam, and completed numerous trainings in the field of cultural animation, intercultural skills and anti-discrimination.
As a project coordinator and trainer, she works with students from almost all over the world. In her work, she uses a combination of academic knowledge, practical experience from everyday life and workshop methods designed in accordance with the needs of participants. A Board Member of SIETAR Polska and a Board of Directors Member of SIETAR Europa.