American Studies BA
Admission criteria for the BA program in American Studies comprise a high-school diploma and an adequate grade in High-level English at the school-leaving exams.
MA in American Studies
MA admission criteria include an undergraduate degree and an adequate score at the entrance exam.
Readings on American Race Relations
This resource list was compiled by Krystyna Mazur, William Glass, Agnieszka Graff, and Marta Usiekniewicz and announed in the statement issued by Polish Americanists.
Events
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American Studies Colloquium Series
May 13: Narratives, Basketball, Authorship: NBA Storytelling on and off the Court
May 11, 2021
This talk will be devoted to narratives created around the National Basketball Association, the best basketball league in the world, in order to construct a comprehensive picture of today’s NBA from a cultural studies perspective.
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Year 2020/2021
May 11: ‘Knowledge is a Fatal Thing:’ Confessing Vampire Secrets from Polidori to Neil Jordan
May 11, 2021
Vampiric voices carry the power of Gothic time that may terrify, seduce, and ensnare future victims in the quest to be heard across eternity. Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn will examine the spellbinding whispers and murmurs of vampires that can be traced back to John Polidori’s 1819 novella, ‘The Vampyre.’
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Year 2020/2021
May 5: Is America Doomed? A Critical Reflection from the Inside
May 5, 2021
Leadership Studies Group invites for a conversation with Charlie Leduff, an outspoken social critic, Pulitzer winning journalist-writer, and one of the leading public intellectuals in contemporary America, on the direction in which American society and politics are heading.
Tweets
News
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Getting Your OZN Grade
May 11, 2021
If you collected all the OZN points required by your program of studies, you need to submit documents to the OZN Coordinator in order to get a grade.
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2020 EAAS CONFERENCE: 20/20 Vision: Citizenship, Space, Renewal
May 9, 2021
The Conference was organized by the EAAS in collaboration with the American Studies Center and the Institute of English Studies of the University of Warsaw and held virtually between April 30 and May 2, 2021.
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Directory on counteracting sexual harassment at the University
April 27, 2021
The directory comprises values and ethical standards of the University of Warsaw, including mutual respect and equal treatment of all members of the academic community.
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The ASC Gender/Sexuality Research Group awarded an IDUB UW grant
April 26, 2021
The Excellence Initiative grant for the popularization of research will support establishing a new website with a series of podcasts to be launched at the beginning of the next academic year.
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The 21st edition of the “Polityka” Scientific Awards
April 8, 2021
Applications for the competition are now open. Five young researchers might win scholarship of 15.000 PLN in the fields of humanities, science, social sciences, life sciences and technical sciences.
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Dr. Franciszek Lyra
(1932 – 2021)April 6, 2021
It is with great sadness that we have learned of the death of Dr. Franciszek Lyra, a longtime lecturer of the American Studies Center of the University of Warsaw.
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Żegnamy Jacka Tokaja
March 23, 2021
Z przykrością informujemy, że zmarł Jacek Tokaj, sekretarz ds. studenckich Centrum Europejskich Studiów Regionalnych i Lokalnych EUROREG – jednostki, która wraz z OSA tworzy Instytut Ameryk i Europy UW.
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Donate 1% of the income tax to the University of Warsaw Foundation
March 8, 2021
As in previous years, in 2021 you can donate 1% of the income tax to support the University of Warsaw Foundation and its activities in service of the academic community and organizational units.
