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.
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.
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Year 2020/2021
December 1, 2020 at 5:00 p.m., Online; Weird Fiction and Ecological Thought
November 26, 2020
This meeting will lay out some key concepts useful for thinking the relation between contemporary (New) Weird fictions and ecological thought.
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American Studies Colloquium Series
November 26, 2020 at 4:45pm, Online; Like a Thief in the Night: Pandemic and the Culture of Healing
November 26, 2020
The pandemic is a virus, but it is more than this: it is a dramatic symptom of the malaise of the way of life, a sharp curve which we cannot fail to negotiate. Starting from the 17th century time of the plague, we shall be asking questions how to survive the crisis, how to live on, and how to think the change without which our future is bleak.
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Year 2020/2021
November 23, 2020 at 5:00pm, Online; Ecological Intimacies in the Anthropocene: Horror, Ethics, and the Shadow of Nonhuman Difference
November 23, 2020
In this talk, Brittany Roberts will argue that the horror genre offers a powerful means of confronting the traumas of the Anthropocene and, concurrently, imagining more ethical ecological futures and rethinking what it means to be human on an environmentally devastated planet.
Events
Tweets
News
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The ASC library opening hours from December 1, 2020
November 27, 2020
Due to the public health requirements to slow the spread of COVID-19, the Library’s operations and services have been modified. Students may now have their books checked on several days a week upon an order.
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Happy Thanksgiving!
November 26, 2020
If it were not for the pandemic, we would hold our annual ASC Thanksgiving Party today. Although we cannot meet in person, on this special occasion, we wish you all good health, happiness and every success, academic and otherwise!
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Democracy or Authoritarianism? After the US Elections
November 22, 2020
The ASC’s Professor and the former Polish Ambassador to the USA, Ryszard Schnepf will moderate an online debate hosted by the Jagiellonian University and Polish Ambassadors’ Conference. The keynote speaker at this debate will be Donald Tusk.
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Emotions management in epidemic and post-epidemic world – online workshops
November 19, 2020
The coronavirus outbreak is a particularly demanding and stressful time for us all. During the workshops you will learn about emotion regulation strategies and find out how to experience positive emotions more often in the context of Polish culture.
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Meeting with Vice-Rector for Students and Quality of Teaching, Prof. Sławomir Żółtek
November 13, 2020
On November 17, during an online meeting, Professor Sławomir Żółtek will answer the students’ questions concerning academic year organization in time of pandemic.
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ASC Library closed until further notice
November 9, 2020
Under the Ordinance of the Council of Ministers of November 6, 2020, tightening COVID-19 restrictions, the ASC Library will be shut down until further notice. For all urgent matters, please contact the Library via email.
