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.

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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.

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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 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!

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. 

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.