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ASC Admissions
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 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.
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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 2019/2020
June 9, 2020 at 6pm, ONLINE; On Looting Black Bodies and the Social Contract in America
June 6, 2020
The mainstream coverage of the protests triggered by the death of George Floyd, racist cliches in the social media, and the alarming comments of politicians reveal the urgent need to discuss the tensions and mechanisms that contribute to the situation now happening all over the United States. This panel is our modest attempt to struggle with ignorance.
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Year 2019/2020
June 5, 2020, ONLINE WORKSHOPS; The Day of the Hybrids
June 5, 2020
Weird Fictions Research Group is inviting students and early career researchers interested in all types of weird fictions to participate in online workshops and lecture on hybrids and monsters! Together we will work on the ‘monstrous,’ unfinished texts and discuss the anxieties concerning them.
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Year 2019/2020
June 4, 2020 at 4pm, ONLINE; U.S. Foreign Policy in Eastern and Central Europe
June 4, 2020
Richard Payne-Holmes, an External Political Unit Chief at the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw, during his presentation will speak about the U.S. Foreign Policy in Eastern and Central Europe.
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Readings on American Race Relations
July 3, 2020
This resource list was compiled by Krystyna Mazur, William Glass, Agnieszka Graff, and Marta Usiekniewicz and announed in the statement issued by Polish Americanists. It is a companion to the panel discussion entitled “On Looting Black Bodies and the Social Contract in America” featuring Shayani Bhattacharya (Lebanon Valley College), Joshua Clark Davis(University of Baltimore), William Glass (ASC UW), and Krystyna Mazur, and moderated by Agnieszka Graff, organized by the American Studies Center on June 9, 2020 to comment on the social, political, and media aftermath of the death of George Floyd.
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Pismo uczelni, numer letni
June 29, 2020
Ukazał się najnowszy, letni numer pisma „UW”, który jest nietypowy z wielu względów. Otwiera go wiadomość o wynikach wyborów rektorskich, w środku jest specjalny dział, dotyczący uniwersytetu w czasie epidemii, a sam magazyn przenosi się w dużej mierze do sieci.
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Sprawozdanie rektora UW z działalności uczelni w 2019 r.
June 25, 2020
24 czerwca, podczas posiedzenia online, ostatniego przed wakacjami, Senat przyjął „Sprawozdanie rektora Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego z działalności uczelni w 2019 roku”. W sprawozdaniu znajdują się informacje na temat wszystkich najważniejszych aspektów działalności UW w ubiegłym roku.
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Spotkania online dotyczące Priorytetowych Obszarów Badawczych (POB) IDUB na UW
June 25, 2020
Trwa cykl spotkań online dotyczących 5 Priorytetowych Obszarów Badawczych (POB) “Inicjatywy doskonałości” na UW, podczas których członkowie społeczności UW będą mogli dowiedzieć się m.in., jak można włączyć się w działania realizowane w ramach danego POB.
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Visiting Professor in the Spring 2021
June 24, 2020
We are very happy to announce that Prof. dr. Carsten Junker from Technische Universität Dresden has been nominated to spend two months at the ASC in Spring 2021. The Visiting Professorship is offered within the framework of the University’s Integrated Development Programme (ZIP).
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Visiting Professor in the Spring 2021
June 24, 2020
We are very happy to announce that in the Spring 2021 semester our Center will be hosting, Dr. Stefan Rabitsch from the Center for Inter-American Studies (CIAS), University of Graz. The Visiting Professorship is offered within the framework of the University’s Integrated Development Programme (ZIP).
