!!Jacek Fisiak - Curriculum vitae
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[Obituary|https://en.fulbright.edu.pl/prof-jacek-fisiak-passed-away], Fulbright Poland
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__Degrees__

*M.A. in English, Warsaw, 1959
* University College, post-graduate non-degree student, London, 1961
*Ph.D. in English, Łódź, 1962
*University of California, post-doctoral Fulbright Fellow, Los Angeles, 1963-64
*D.Litt. in Germanic linguistics, Poznań, 1965
*Honorary doctorate, University of Jyvälskylä, Finland, 1983
*Honorary doctorate, University of Opole, 2005 

__Professional experience__

*Assistant lecturer in English, University of Łódź, 1959-60
*Senior assistant lecturer in English, University of Łódź, 1960-63
*Adjunkt (American assistanr professor), University of Łódź, 1963-65
*Docent, University of Łódź, 1965-67
*Docent, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, 1965-71
*Docent, University of Warsaw, 1966-68
*Visiting associate professor of linguistics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, 1970
*Professor extraordinarius of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, 1971-1977
*Visiting disinguished professor of linguistics, University of Florida, Gainesville, 1974
*Visiting professor of English, State University of New York, College at Fredonia, 1975
*Professor ordinarius of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, 1977-
*Visiting professor of linguistics, University of Kiel, West Germany, 1979
*Visiting professor of linguistics, The American University, Washington, D.C., 1979-80, 1991-92
*Visiting professor of English, University of Vienna, 1983, 1988, 1990-91
*Visiting professor of English, University of Zürich, 1984, 1994
*Visiting professor of English, University of Tromso, Norway, 1985
*Visiting professor of English, University of Jyvälskylä, Finland, 1987
*Visiting professor of English, University of Saarbrücken, West Germany, 1990, 1993
*Visiting research professor, University of Bamberg, 1994
*Professor, Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa, Konin, 1998-99
*Professor, Pomorska Akademia Pedagogiczna, Słupsk, 1998-2002
*Professor, Wyższa Szkoła Języków Obcych, Poznań, 2000-2004, 2005-
*Professor, Poznańska Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu i Języków Obcych, Poznań, 2004-2005
*Professor, Wyższa Szkoła Humanistyczno-Ekonomiczna, Łódź, 2006

__Other professional experience__

*Head of English Department, Adam Mickiewicz University, 1965-69
*Head (Director) of School of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, 1969-2005
*Head of English Language Department, Institute of English, Adam Mickiewicz Univeristy, 1969-2000
*Head of the Department of the History of English, Institute of English, Adam Mickiewicz Univeristy, 2000-2006
*Chairman of the Committee on English Studies in Poland, Ministry of Higher Education of Poland, 1971-89
*Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Language Handbooks, Ministry of Higher Education of Poland, 1965-73
*Chairman of Advisory Board of the Institute of Modern Languages, University of Silesia, Katowice, 1975-79
*Chairman of Advisory Committee on Modern Languages and Literatures, Ministry of Higher Education of Poland, 1971-89
*Member of the Committee on the Modernization of University Education in Poland, Ministry of Higher Education of Poland, 1971-73
*Member of the Advisory Board of the Polish Language Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, 1973-77
*Member of the Advisory Board of the Research Institute on Poles Abroad, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznań, 1974-77
*Member of the Academic Senate, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, 1970-73
*Coordinator of Exchange Programmes with English Speaking Countries, Ministry of Higher Education of Poland, 1973-75
*Special Representative of the Vice-Chancellor of Adam Mickiewicz University for Exchange Programmes with English Speaking Countries, 1974-75
*Director, Poznań - Kansas Exchange Program, 1970-73
*Director, Poznań - Florida Exchange Program, 1973-91
*Director, Poznań - SUNY Exchange Program, 1974-91
*Director, Polish-English Contrastive Project, 1971-98
*Director, Project on Preparation and Dissemination of Abstracts and Full Translations of Selected Contents of East *European Journals Concerned with Applied Linguistics, U.S. Office of Education - Adam Mickiewicz University, 1973-74
*Director, Adam Mickiewicz University - Center for Applied Linguistics Cooperation Program, 1971-80
*Chairman, English Language Contest for Polish Secondary School Students, 1976-
*Member of the Linguistics Committee, Polish Academy of Sciences, 1978-81, 1993-2002
*Member of Disciplinary Commission for Professors of the Academic Senate, 1978-81
*Corresponding Member, Research Centre on Multilingualism, Brussels, 1982
*Chairman, Publications Committee of Adam Mickiewicz University, 1982-84
*Vice-Chancellor (President, Rektor) of Adam Mickiewicz University, 1985-88
*Member, International Association of University Presidents, Vice Chancellors and Rectors, 1986
*Chairman of the Committee on Modern Languages and Literatures, Polish Academy of Sciences, 1981-1993
*Member of the Committee on Modern Languages and Literatures, Polish Academy of Sciences, 1968-2002
*Member, Advisory Committee to the Minister of National Education, 1988, 1993-2001
*Minister of National Education of Poland, 1988-89
*President, Polish-British Friendship Society, 1989-2006
*Chairman, Board of Trustees, Foreign Language Teaching Foundation "Lingua Mundi", 1989
*Member, International Association of University Presidents/United Nations Commission on Arms Control Education, 1991
*Chairman, Examination Board for Senior Civil Servants in Poland (modern languages), 1997-98
*Member, Board of Trustees, Wydawnictwo Kurpisz, 1999-2004
*Associate member, International Medieval Institute, University of Leeds, U.K., 1999
*Member, International Medieval Institute, University of Leeds, IK., 1999
*Head of English Department, Wyższa Szkoła Języków Obcych, Poznań, 2000 .
*Head of English Department, Poznańska Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu i Języków Obcych, Poznań, 2004-2005.
*Director, Institute of Linguistics, Wyższa Szkoła Humanistycano-Ekonomiczna, Łódź, 2006- .
*Head, Post-graduate Programme in English and professor, Wyższa Szkoła Języków Obcych, Poznań, 2006- .
*Member, Scientific Council (Advisory) , Polish Language Institute, Polish Acadaemy of Sciences, Cracow, 2004.
*Member, Scientific (Advisory) Council, The Kórnik Library, polish Academy of Sciences, Kórnik, 2007.

__Professional organizations__

*Polskie Towarzystwo Językoznawcze (Polish Linguistic Society), 1959-
*Linguistic Society of America, 1961- (life member 2002)
*International Linguistic Association, 1963-1980
*Societas Linguistica Europaea, 1967-
*International Association of University Professors of English, 1967-
*Linguistics Association of Great Britain, 1969-
*Modern Language Association of Poland, 1969- (honorary life member 1979)
*Fédération Internationale des Professeurs de Langues Vivantes, 1970-
*International Society of Phonetic Sciences, 1973-
*Poznań Learned Society, 1976-
*Canadian Linguistic Association, 1976-1986
*Nordic Society of Linguistics, 1977-1990
*International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language, 1977-
*International Society for Historical Linguistics, 1977
*Polish Phonetic Association, 1979-
*Philological Society, Oxford, 1980-
*Stowarzyszenie Tłumaczy Polskich (Association of Polish Translators and Interpreters), 1980-
*New Society of Letters (Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund), 1981-
*Association Internationale pour Recherche et la Diffusion des Méthodes Audio-Visuelles et Structuro-Globales, 1981-1990
*Polskie Towarzystwo Językoznawstwa Stosowanego (Polish Applied Linguistics Association), 1982-
*The Henry Sweet Society for the History of Linguistic Ideas, Oxford, 1984-
*Early English Text Society, Oxford, 1984-
*English Place-Name Society, Nottingham, 1984
*International Association of University Presidents, 1986-
*Society of Polish Authors, 1988-
*International Cognitive Linguistics Association, 1989-
*Polish Association for the Study of English, 1990-
*International Society of Dialectology and Geolinguistics, 1990-
*American Dialect Society, 1991
*Medieval Academy of America, New York, 2001
*American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York, 2001
*Agdar Vitenskapsakademi, Kristiansand, 2003
*Rada Redakcyjna czasopisma Science and Society organu Europejskiej Akademii Umiejętności w Paryżu

__Other organizations, societies, clubs, etc.__

*Polish-British Friendship Society, President (1989-2001)
*Polish-German Friendship Society (1989)
*Polish-Finnish Friendship Society (1984)
*Rotary Club (1990), President 1995-96
*Polish Fulbright Alumni Association (1995)

__Guest lectures__

*University of Arizona, Tucson 1964
*University of New Mexico 1964
*University of Texas, El Paso 1964
*University of Texas, Austin 1964
*Institute of Polish Culture, New York 1964
*Salford University 1969
*University of Southern California, Los Angeles 1970
*Guelph University, Canada 1970
*Zagreb University 1970
*Lund University (Sweden) 1972, 1981
*University of Kansas, Lawrence 1973
*Wesleyan State University, Bloomington, Ill. 1972
*University of Louvain, Belgium 1973, 1977
*Antwerp Trade Academy, Belgium 1973
*University of Trier 1974, 1977, 1978, 1985, 1990
*University of Saarbrücken 1974, 1977, 1985, 1993
*Technical University Aachen 1974, 1985, 1999
*University of Florida, Gainesville 1974
*SUNY - Fredonia 1975
*University of Toronto 1975
*York University, Ontario 1975
*University of British Columbia, Vancouver 1975
*San Francisco State University 1975
*Saginaw Valley State College, Michigan 1975
*University of Paris IV - Sorbonne 1976, 1989
*University of Turku, Finland 1977
*Abo Akademi, Finland 1977
*University of Jyväskylä, Finland 1977, 1982, 1984, 1987
*University of Oulu, Finland 1977
*University of Helsinki 1977, 1982, 1984
*Utrecht University 1977
*University Centre, Luxemburg 1977
*Stuttgart University 1977, 1979, 1985, 1995
*University of Vienna 1978, 1981, 1982, 1992
*Salzburg University 1978
*Debrecen University, Hungary 1978
*University of Sussex 1979
*University of Jordan, Amman 1979, 1996
*University of Kiel 1979, 1990
*University of Paderborn 1979, 1990
*The American University, Washington, D.C. 1980, 1992
*University of Delaware 1980
*University of Pittsburgh 1980
*SUNY at Stony Brook 1980
*University of Budapest 1980
*University of Giessen 1980, 1985, 1999
*University of Uppsala 1981
*University of Stockholm 1981
*University of Göteborg 1981
*University of Copenhagen 1981, 1988
*Copenhagen School of Economics 1981, 1988
*University of Oslo 1981
*University of Zürich 1981, 1984
*University of Tromso, Norway 1982, 1985, 1995
*Catholic University, Eichstädt 1982
*University of Passau 1982
*University of Bamberg 1982, 1985, 1994, 1999
*University of Erlangen 1982
*University of Edinburgh 1983
*University of Munich 1983, 1999
*University of Amiens 1984
*University of Lille III 1984
*University of Graz 1984
*Freie Universität Berlin 1984
*University of Lausanne 1984
*University of Hannover 1984
*Catholic University of Nijmegen 1985
*University of Marburg 1986, 1995
*University of Essen 1986, 1995
*University of Bonn 1986
*University of Cologne 1986, 1993, 1999
*University College Galway, Ireland 1986
*University College Dublin 1986
*Fudan University, Shanghai, China 1988
*Arhus School of Economics 1988
*Alborg University 1988
*University of Odense 1988
*University of Strathclyde 1989 (Polonia lecture)
*University College, University of London 1990
*Philological Society, London 1991
*Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 1991
*Michigan State University 1991
*Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti 1991
*University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 1991
*Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, D.C. 1992
*Georgetown University 1992
*The Washington Linguistic Club 1992
*Coastal Carolina University, Conway, S.C. 1992, 1996
*Cambridge University 1993
*University of Freiburg i. B., 1993
*University of Regensburg 1995
*University of Düsseldorf 1995
*Seoul National University 1995
*Tokyo Metropolitan University 1995
*University of Tokyo 1995
*Seikei University, Tokyo 1995
*University of Hiroshima 1995
*Seikan Gakuin University, Fukuoka 1995
*Kyoto Sangyo University 1995
*UCLA, Los Angeles, 1996
*Ostrava University, 1997
*University of Minnesota, Mineapolis, 1998
*University of Innsbruck, 1999
*Australian National University, Canberra, 2001
*Hiroshima University, 2003
*Kansai University, Osaka, 2003
*Seijo University, Tokyo, 2003
*Linguistics Committee, Polish Academy of Sciences, 2004
*University of Opole, 2004
*University of Lviv (Lvov), 2004

__Editorial__

*Editor, Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: An International Review of English Studies, 1967
*Editor, Papers and Studies in Contrastive Linguistics, 1972-99
*Editor, Folia Linguistica Historica, 1978-2003
*Member of editorial board, Glottodidactica: An International Review of Applied Linguistics, 1965
*Member of editorial board, Lingua Posnaniensis, 1969
*Member of editorial board, Kwartalnik Neofilologiczny, 1973
*Member of editorial board, International Review of Slavic Linguistics, Edmonton, Canada, 1975-86
*Member of editorial board, Linguistica Silesiana, 1976
*Member of editorial board, Applied Linguistics, Oxford University Press, 1978-86
*Member of editorial board, Historiographia Linguistica, Amsterdam, 1979-90
*Member of editorial board, World Language English, 1981-84
*Member of editorial board of the series Linguistic and Literary Studies in Eastern Europe, J. Benjamins B.V., Amsterdam, 1982-2003
*Member of editorial board, Modeles linguistiques, Lille, 1982
*Member of editorial board, Diachronica: International Journal for Historical Linguistics, Ottawa, 1982-99
*Member of editorial board, Glossologia, Athens, 1983
*Member of editorial board, English World-Wide, Amsterdam, 1983-98
*Member of editorial board, Folia Linguistica, Vienna, 1983
*Member of editorial board, D.I.S.C.O.S.S., Paris, 1984
*Member of editorial board, Second Language Research, London, 1985-2001
*Member of editorial board, Journal of Applied Linguistics, Thessaloniki, 1985
*Consulting editor, Linguistics Abstracts, Oxford, 1985-2000
*Member of editorial board, Studi Italiani di Linguistica Teorica ed Applicata, Rome, 1988
*Member of editorial board, Great Dictionary of Contemporary Polish, Warsaw, 1988
*Member of editorial board, Voprosy Yazykoznanya, Moscow, 1988-98
*Member of editorial board, Studia Indogermanica, Łódź, 1989
*Member of editorial board, Contrastive Linguistics, Sofia, 1990
*Member of editorial board, International Journal of Applied Linguistics, Tromso, 1991
*Member of editorial board, Western Affairs, Poznań, 1991
*Member of editorial board, EFL News Ireland, 1993
*Member of editorial board, Dialectologia et Geolinguistica, Bamberg, 1997
*Member of editorial board, Languages in Contrast, Amsterdam, 1998
*Editor (series) Polish Studies in English Language and Literature. Frankfurt/M and New York: P. Lang Verlag, 1998
*Editor (series) Studies in Medieval English Language and Literature. Frankfurt/M and New York: P. Lang Verlag, 1998.
*Chairman, The Central Europe Advisory Committee, Encyclopedia Britanica, Chicago, 1999
*Member of editorial board, Studies in English Language and Linguistics, Valencia, 1999
*Member of advisory editorial board, International Journal of English-Arabic Studies, Amman  (Jordan), 2000

__Papers read at international conferences and congresses__

*10th FIPLV Congress, Zagreb, 1968
*NAFSA Convention, Kansas City, 1970
*1st International Conference of Contrastive Projects, Zagreb, 1970
*8th IAUPE Conference, Istanbul, 1971
*Error Analysis Conference, Lund, 1972
*2nd International Conference of Contrastive Projects, Bucarest, 1975
*Annual IATEFL Conference, London, 1978
*International Conference on English Studies, Debrecen, 1978
*3rd International Conference of Contrastive Projects, Trier, 1978
*MLA of Great Britain Annual Meeting, Brighton, 1979
*11th IAUPE Conference, Aberdeen, 1980
*12th FIPLV Congress, Ibadan, 1981
*International Conference on Teaching English in Arab Universities, Amman, 1982
*Symposium on the History of English Studies in Europe, Wildsteig, Augsburg, 1982
*5th International Conference of Contrastive Projects, Jyväskylä, 1982
*Fifteenth Century Symposium, Regensburg, 1982
*Annual Societas Linguistica Europaea Meeting, Athens, 1982
*Annual Meeting of Verband Deutscher Anglisten, Zürich, 1982
*International Round Table on Historical Linguistics, Lille, 1982
*Colloque Inter-langues, Paris, 1983
*17th International IATEFL Conference, London, 1983
*Annual Societas Linguistica Europaea Meeting, Poznań, 1983
*International Conference on Less Widely Taught Languages in Europe, Thessaloniki, 1984
*4th International Conference on Historical English Linguistics, Amsterdam, 1985
*International K. Luick Symposium, Vienna, 1985
*24th Congress of Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1987
*8th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Lille, 1987
*Graduate Symposium on English Studies in Finland, Lammi, 1987
*17th All-Russian Congress on Education, Moscow, 1988
*25th Congress of Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association, Sydney, 1989
*Triennial IAUPE Conference, Lausanne, 1989
*Cultuur zonder Grensen, University of Groningen, 1990
*International Congress of Dialectology, Bamberg, 1990
*1991 RELC Regional Seminar, Singapore, 1991
*International Conference on Contrastive Linguistics, Innsbruck, 1991
*Annual Societas Linguistica Europaea Meeting, Kiel, 1991
*Interdisciplinary Linguistic Symposium on Language Variation, California State University, Fullerton, 1992
*7th International Conference on Historical English Linguistics, Valencia, 1992
*Annual Meeting of Verband Deutscher Anglisten, Stuttgart, 1992
*3rd International Conference of the English Teaching Association of Israel, Jerusalem, 1993
*8th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics, Edinburgh, 1994
*Annual PASE Conference, Popowo, 1994
*1st International Conference on Language Contact, Valencia, 1995
*Annual Conference of University Teachers of English Language and Literature, Cheju University, Korea, 1995
*Kyoto Conference on English Historical Linguistics and Philology, Doshisha University, Kyoto, 1995
*13th National Conference of the English Linguistic Society of Japan, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo, 1995
*XIX Congreso Internacional da Asociación Espanola de Estudios Anglonort-americanos, Vigo, 1995
*Annual PASE Conference, Łódź, 1996
*29th Annual Meeting of Societas Linguistica Europaea Meeting, Klagenfurt, 1996
*1st International Conference on Arabic-English Contrastive and Comparative Studies, Amman, 1997
*European British and American Studies at the Turn of Millenium, Ostrava, Czech Republic, 1999
*IATEFL Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, 1999
*35th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, 2000
*Medieval Literature, Languages and Culture: A Symposium in Memory of Professor Margaret Schlauch, Poznań, 2002
*IATEFL Poland, Wrocław, 2003
*International Conference on Integration of Teaching Foreign Languages, MLA Poland, Zielona Góra, 2003
*Editing Early English Texts, Tokyo University, 2003
*21st National Conference of the English Linguistic Society of Japan, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, 2003

__Organizer of international conferences and congresses__

*1st International Conference of Anglicists (linguists) from Socialist Countries, Poznań, 1967
*1st International English-Polish Contrastive Conference, Karpacz, 1970
*2nd International English-Polish Contrastive Conference, Karpacz, 1971
*4th International English-Polish Contrastive Conference, Kazimierz, 1973
*5th International English-Polish Contrastive Conference, Ustronie, 1973
*Annual Societas Linguistica Europaea Meeting, Poznań, 1973
*6th International English-Polish Contrastive Conference, Kazimierz, 1974
*8th International English-Polish Contrastive Conference, Ustronie, 1975
*9th International English-Polish Contrastive Conference, Lubostronie, 1976
*International Conference on Historical Phonology, Ustronie, 1976
*10th International English-Polish Contrastive Conference, Białowieża, 1976
*Xth Triennial Congress of IAUPE, Poznań, 1977
*12th International English-Polish Contrastive Conference, Boszkowo, 1977
*International Conference on Historical Morphology, Boszkowo, 1978
*14th International English-Polish Contrastive Conference, Tleń, 1978
*15th International English-Polish Contrastive Conference, Boszkowo, 1978
*16th International English-Polish Contrastive Conference, Boszkowo, 1979
*3rd Overseas IATFL Conference, Poznań, 1979
*4th International Conference of Contrastive Projects, Charzykowy, 1980
*International Conference on Historical Syntax, Błażejewko, 1981
*17th International English-Polish Contrastive Conference, Błażejewko, 1981
*18th International English-Polish Contrastive Conference, Błażejewko, 1982
*6th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Poznań, 1983
*Annual Societas Linguistica Europaea Meeting, Poznań, 1983
*19th International English-Polish Contrastive Conference, Błażejewko, 1983
*International Conference on Historical Semantics and Word Formation, Błażejewko, 1984
*20th International Conference on Contrastive Linguistics, Błażejewko, 1984
*21st International Conference on Contrastive Linguistics, Błażejewko, 1985
*International Conference on Historical Dialectology, Błażejewko, 1986
*22nd International Conference on Contrastive Linguistics, Turawa, 1986
*23rd International Conference on Contrastive Linguistics, Błażejewko, 1987
*International Conference on Historical Linguistics and Philology, Błażejewko, 1988
*International Conference on the Biology of Language, Czerniejewo, 1988
*24th International Conference on Contrastive Linguistics, Błażejewko, 1989
*25th International Conference on Contrastive Linguistics, Rydzyna, 1990
*International Conference on Language Contact and Linguistic Change, Rydzyna, 1991
*26th International Conference on Contrastive Linguistics, Rydzyna, 1992
*International Conference on Typology and Linguistic Reconstruction, Rydzyna, 1993
*27th International Conference on Cross-Linguistic Analysis, Rydzyna, 1993
*International Conference on Middle English, Rydzyna, 1994
*28th International Conference on Cross-Linguistic Analysis, Rydzyna, 1994
*Annual PASE Conference, Poznań, 1995
*29th International Conference on Cross-Linguistic Analysis, Świeradów, 1995
*International Conference on Historical Phonology, Ślesin, 1996
*9th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics, Poznań, 1996
*Annual Societas Linguistica Europaea Meeting, Poznań, 2000
*Medieval Literature, Languages and Cultures: A Symposium in Memory of Professor Margaret Schlauch, Poznań, 2002
*Annual PASE Conference, Tarnowo Podgórne, 2004

__Honours__

*Honorary Doctorate, University of Jyväskylä, 1983
*Minister of Higher Education of Poland Award (2nd degree) for outstanding D.Litt. dissertation, 1966
*Minister of Higher Education of Poland Award (2nd degree) for outstanding results in research, the organization of research and teaching, 1969
*Ford Foundation research fellowship. UCLA, 1970
*University of Jyväskylä Medal (Finland) for promoting international scholarly activities, 1974
*Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology of Poland Award (3rd degree) for outstanding research results, 1974
*Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst grant to visit selected West German universities, 1971, 1979
*Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology of Poland Award (1st degree) for outstanding results in supervising Ph.D. programmes, 1977
*President, International Association of University Professors of English, 1974-77
*Vice-President, Societas Linguistica Europaea (Linguistic Society of Europe), 1973-74
*Vice-President, Modern Language Association of Poland, 1969-73
*President, Modern Language Association of Poland, 1973-79
*Member of Presidium of the Committee on Modern Languages and Literature, Polish Academy of Sciences, 1969-1993
*Member of the Prime Minister's Committee on Academic Appointments and Promotions in Poland, 1976-87, 1994-2000, 2003-2006.
*Vice-Chairman, Committee on Modern Languages and Literature, Poznań Chapter, Polish Academy of Sciences, 1973-77
*Chairman, Committee on Modern Languages and Literature, Poznań Chapter, Polish Academy of Sciences, 1977-82
*Vice-Chairman, Committee on Modern Languages and Literature, Polish Academy of Sciences, 1978-81
*Vice-Chairman, Polish Applied Linguistics Committee, 1972-81
*Delegate to the Second Polish Congress of Sciences, Warsaw, 1973
*Senior research fellow, Center for Applied Linguistics, Arlington, 1975
*Member of the National Council of Science, Higher Education and Technology, 1977-82
*Abo Akademi Medal (Finland) for promoting Polish-Finnish scientific co-operation, 1977
*Assistant Secretary General, FIPLV, 1977-80
*Vice-Chairman, Committee on Contrastive Linguistics, Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée, 1977
*University of Louvain Medal, 1978
*Vice-President, International Society for Historical Linguistics, 1979-81
*Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology of Poland Award (2nd degree) for outstanding research results, 1979
*Honorary life member, Modern Language Association of Poland, 1979
*Member, International Consultative Committee, International Association of University Professors of English, 1977-92
*Secretary General, FIPLV, 1980-83
*President, International Society for Historical Linguistics, 1981-83
*Member of Bureau, Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée, 1981-84
*Chairman, Committee on Modern Languages and Literatures, Polish Academy of Sciences, 1981-93
*President, Societas Linguistica Europaea, 1983
*Governor of Poznań Province's prize for outstanding results in the area of research, 1982
*Vice-President, Societas Linguistica Europaea, 1984
*Member of the Executive Committee, International Society for Historical Linguistics, 1983-85
*Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology of Poland Award (1st degree) for outstanding research results, 1984
*University of Heidelberg Medal, 1986
*Minister of Higher Education and Science Award (1st degree) for outstanding results in the area of academic administration, 1986
*University of Salzburg Medal, 1987
*Medal of Merit of Mexico City, 1987
*Medal of the University of Helsinki, 1987
*Medal of the University of Brno 1987
*Minister of Higher Education and Science Award (1st degree) for outstanding results in the area of academic administration, 1987
*Medal of the University of Yarmouk (Jordan), 1988
*Medal of the University of Jordan, Amman, 1988
*Minister of National Education Award (1st degree) for outstanding results in the area of academic administration, 1988
*Member of the Finnish Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1990
*Member of Academia Europaea, 1990
*Member of the Board of Trustees, The Copernicus Foundation, Warsaw, 1992
*Member of the Board of Trustees, The Tolstoy Foundation, Moscow, 1993
*Visiting Fellowship of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1995
*Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Oslo, 1996
*Member of New York Academy of Sciences, 1996
*Prime Minister of Poland's Prize for Outstanding Research Results, 1996
*Minister of National Education Award for outstanding research results, 1997
*Medal of Adam Mickiewicz University (80th Anniversary), 1999
*Member of Medieval Academy of America, New York, 2001
*Life member, Linguistic Society of America, 2002
*Member of National Accreditation Committee, 2002-2007
*Chairman, Advisory Committee to the Minister of National Education, 2002
*Member of the Committee on European Education, 2002-2005
*Chairman, Humanities Section, State Accreditation Committee, 2004-2007
*Member of the Polish Academy of Science, 2004
*Minister of National Education's Award for outstanding reserch results , 2004
*Minister of Higher Education and Science’s Award for outstanding research results, 2006
*Minister of Higher Education and Science’s Award for outstanding results in academic administration, 2007
*Member ( Titular) of Academie Europeenne des Sciences, des Artes at des Lettres, Paris, 2007
*Member of the Polish Language Council (2007)

__Decorations__

*Medal of the Committee of National Education, 1977
*Badge of Merit of the City of Bydgoszcz, 1978
*Badge of Merit of the City of Poznań, 1978
*Badge of Merit of the Province of Poznań, 1979
*Gold Badge of the Teachers' Union of Poland, 1979
*Knight's Cross of the Order "Polonia Restituta", 1979
*Commander's Cross of the Order "Lion of Finland", 1980
*Order of the British Empire, Officer's Class (O.B.E.), 1981
*Medal "40 Years of People's Poland", 1987
*Commander's Cross of the Order "Polonia Restituta", 1987
*Officer's Cross of the Order "Palmes Académiques", 1989
*Badge of Merit of the Province of Białystok, 1996
*Commander's Cross with Star of the Order "Polonia Restituta", 1996
*Medal of Merit of the Wielkopolska Province, 2002
*Medal "Pro Perpetuam Rei Memoriam", 2004
*Grand Cross of the Order "Polonia Restituta", 2005
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