The second round of registrations for our MA program will start on August 10 and end on September 11. The number of students to be admitted is up to 70 (including those admitted in the July round of admissions). If you were not admitted in the first round or you have not applied yet, now it is your chance.

There are two stages of the admissions process: submission of a short Research Interest Statement and participation in an oral exam based on this Statement. To learn more about the admission process, click here.

To learn more about the MA program in American Studies, click here.

Good luck!

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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.