As every year, the American Studies Center will take part in the Science Festival organized for the twenty-fifth time in Warsaw.

This year we have prepared a lecture by dr hab. Bohdan Szklarski, prof. ucz. WEIRD DEMOCRACY – the most bizarre candidates and electoral contests in the history of the USA – is democracy a system of the wise, for the wise, by the wise, or is it not?, which will take place this Saturday (25.09.2021) at 10:00 a.m. in room 116 at the ASC building at al. Niepodległości 22.

The Science Festival is a unique event in many ways: during the several days of September, universities, research institutes, museums, and associations present their achievements to everyone interested in science.

It is not only an opportunity to see “from the inside” chemical laboratories or biological laboratories, but also a chance to listen to and discuss with philosophers, linguists, historians, physicists, ornithologists and psychologists about what is important and significant in science here and now.

The Science Festival in Warsaw is open to children, youth and seniors. All those who are passionate about discovering the world and gaining knowledge in not entirely conventional ways.

This opportunity happens once a year, during the Science Festival in Warsaw!

We warmly and cordially welcome everyone!

The detailed program of the Festival is available at: www.festiwalnauki.edu.pl.

American Studies Colloquium Series

May 28: “Extroverted Financialization: Banking on USD Debt”

May 21, 2026

We are pleased to invite you to the last lecture of the American Studies Colloquium Series in the 2025/2026 Spring semester! This time we are pleased to host Mareike Beck with a lecture “Extroverted Financialization: Banking on USD Debt”.

Year 2025/2026

May 25: “Standing Woman – Fear Takes Root: Exploring Eco-Horror and dystopia through short film practice”.

May 20, 2026

Weird Fictions Research Group is pleased to invite you to an online film screening and conversation with Max Gee (University of Salford), the writer behind the short film Standing Woman. Join us on Zoom to watch the film together and learn more about arts-based research practices and eco-horror.

Year 2025/2026

May 20: “In the Orbit of Empire: Space, Race, and Inequality in Brazil and the United States”

May 18, 2026

Join us for the next lecture in the ‘Western Hemisphere Lecture Series’! This time we are pleased to host Sean T. Mitchell from Rutgers University, Newark with a lecture titled “In the Orbit of Empire: Space, Race, and Inequality in Brazil and the United States”.

Year 2025/2026

May 19: “Bummerland: Ruin and Restoration in Trump’s New America”

May 18, 2026

Join us for a public talk titled “Bummerland: Ruin and Restoration in Trump’s New America” by Randolph R. Lewis (University of Texas at Austin).

Year 2025/2026

May 18: “From Respectability to the Fringe: The Far Right in the Interwar Era”

May 15, 2026

The European Forum on US History, in cooperation with the ASC is hosting an online lecture “From Respectability to the Fringe: The Far Right in the Interwar Era” by Dr. Olivier Burtin.