Events
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Year 2025/2026
29 stycznia: Broń jądrowa – zagrożenie czy gwarancja pokoju? Klub Amerykański #5: Paweł Frelik i Jan Smoleński
January 26, 2026
Wielu z nas wydawało się, że po zakończeniu zimnej wojny temat bomby atomowej i nuklearnego wyścigu zbrojeń zszedł na dalszy plan. W USA zaprzestano prób jądrowych, a międzynarodowe traktaty spowodowały, że w amerykańskich laboratoriach nie tworzono już nowych rodzajów tej broni.
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Year 2025/2026
Jan 26: “Laboring in America: Polish-American Women and Labor Migration (1890s-1930s)”
January 21, 2026
The European Forum on US History, in cooperation with the ASC and as a part of the celebration of the ASC’s 50th Anniversary, is hosting an online lecture “Laboring in America: Polish-American Women and Labor Migration (1890s-1930s)” by Sylwia Kuźma-Markowska.
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Year 2025/2026
Jan 22: “‘Do I look famished?’: Weird Orality and Convivial Dying in Ishirō Honda’s Matango (1963).”
January 15, 2026
We’re cordially inviting you to the last open event in the “Wiedze u-korzenione” series in the fall semester 2025/26, co-organized by the Weird Fictions Research Group and Centrum Humanistyki Środowiskowej UW.
News
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Office hours
January 30, 2026
Dear Students, Next week I am going to hold my office hours on Tuesday, 03 February 2026: 10:00-11:30 in the office and 15:45-16:45 online. On Thursday, 05 February 2026: I will be available online 17:30-18:30. In the following week of winter holidays (09 February 2026 – 13 February 2026) there will be no office hours. I will resume my office hours on 17 February 2026.
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Erasmus+ 2026/27 Recruitment Is Open
January 26, 2026
From Ankara to Venice, ASC has Erasmus+ agreements with universities across many European cities. The adventure starts now!
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Student research grant 2025/26
December 11, 2025
The American Studies Center is pleased to announce a competition for student research grants. The grants will support students’ work on their MA theses and BA papers written in conjunction with their BA seminars. As the research must be related to a BA paper or an MA thesis, 3rd-year BA students and MA students of all years will have priority.
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Holiday break at the ASC
December 9, 2025
We would like to inform you that the holiday break at the American Studies Center will take place from 22 December 2025 to 6 January 2026. On 22, 23, 29, 30 and 31 December the offices will have limited online availability.
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Call for Papers: “America and the World: A Reciprocal History of Influence and Exchange”
November 26, 2025
In 2026, the American Studies Center at the University of Warsaw will celebrate its 50th anniversary, a landmark occasion that coincides with the 250th anniversary of the United States. To mark these dual jubilees, we invite scholars to submit papers that explore the past, present, and future of the United States, its global impact, and the evolving role of American Studies as a field of inquiry.
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Szkolenie Fundacji Feminoteka “Jak reagować na molestowanie seksualne w przestrzeni publicznej?”
November 20, 2025
Zespół Równościowy Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego wraz z Fundacją Feminoteka zapraszają do udziału w bezpłatnym szkoleniu „Jak reagować na molestowanie seksualne w przestrzeni publicznej?”
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New Database Access at the University of Warsaw
November 17, 2025
The University of Warsaw is currently offering free access to several new digital resources. Below you will find details on each database, including descriptions and links for home access.
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Marcin Gajek’s Office Hours canceled
November 6, 2025
Dear Students, Office hours with Dr. Marcin Gajek are canceled next week (November 10–14).
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Celebrating 100 Years of the Kosciuszko Foundation
October 24, 2025
We are extremely proud that the ASC’s alumnus Marek Skulimowski, who serves as the President and Executive Director of the Kosciuszko Foundation, was today granted the Senate Medal of the Republic of Poland.
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Call for Papers: “Post-Soviet Jewish Writing in Germany and North America: Textual, Cultural and Political Diasporic Networks”
October 22, 2025
As the next step within her IDUB Tandems for Excellence grant, Professor Karolina Krasuska is co-organizing a conference with the Institute of Languages, Cultures, and Societies, School of Advanced Studies, University of London, titled: “Post-Soviet Jewish Writing in Germany and North America: Textual, Cultural, and Political Diasporic Networks.”
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Call for Participants: 24th Transatlantic Symposium 2025 on “Disability and Care”
October 16, 2025
Dr. Natalia Pamuła and Prof. Tomasz Basiuk are calling a meeting of ASC MA students interested in participating in the upcoming edition of the Transatlantic Symposium, an international graduate student conference held annually and preceded by a series of informal preparatory seminars.
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Extension of the Electronic Student ID cards
October 6, 2025
Dear Students, Extending the ELS (electronic student ID) validity will take place on: October 20 – 23, 2025 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. In order to conduct the extensions smoothly please (if possible) submit your IDs collectively.
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