Have you ever experienced that: you’re at the party, there’s a lot of people around, the room is filled with chatter and noise of overlapping voices but you still hear and react to your name? How? This can be explained by the cocktail party effect. It shows us how much names mean to us.

But how do people get their names? They’re usually rooted in old traditions. Naming traditions in different cultures can be new and suprising for someone from another cultural circle. How many names people have – one, two, or more? What comes first – the family name or the given name?

Xiaowei Chen, a student from the Faculty of History will tell us about the culture of names and addressing forms in China.
Everyone will be invited to join a discussion about the traditions in your culture — how you give names, and how you address others.

If you’re curious about this topic, interested in sharing your experience, or you enjoy learning  more about other cultures, we warmly invite you to: Multicultural Meeting at UW:  “How Can I Call You?”

When: May 29th, 6 PM
Where: Volunteer Centre of the University of Warsaw, Dobra Street 56/66, BUW building

To sign up, just send us an email at wolontariat[at]uw.edu.pl. The application deadline is: May 27th. In your email, let us know which country you’re from, if you’d like to join the discussion, and what you’d be interested in sharing.

If you haven’t participated in the events and volunteering at Volunteer Centre of UW before, please fill out the Volunteer Form before sending the email to us:
EN: https://wolontariat.uw.edu.pl/volunteer-form/
PL: https://wolontariat.uw.edu.pl/ankieta-wolontariusza/ (jeśli mówisz po polsku bardzo prosimy o wypełnienie formularza w języku polskim)