Congratulations to the two fantastic ASC scholars: dr Anna Kurowicka and dr Natalia Pamuła!

The National Science Center Poland has just announced results of the most recent Sonata call (closed last December). Both dr Natalia Pamuła and dr Anna Kurowicka won the grants. Out of the total of eight Sonatas awarded this spring by the HS2 panel (“culture and cultural production”), two went to the ASC.

Dr Kurowicka will now be realizing her project on Asexuality in American popular culture, while dr Pamuła will be working on Disability in Polish Culture after 1989.

All projects qualified for funding in NCN are listed here.

Year 2023/2024

April 29: I Settle for Nothing but the Best: Biomedicalization in the Mass Effect Franchise

April 25, 2024

Weird Fictions Research Group cordially invites you to a lecture about biomedicalization in the Mass Effect franchise! In this lecture, we delve into the concept of biomedicalization within the sci-fi franchise, exploring how advancements in genetics, cybernetics, and artificial intelligence reshape the fate of humanity, at the cost of human privacy.

Year 2023/2024

April 26: Bad Gays and They/Them Armies: Homonationalism and its Backlash

April 16, 2024

We are pleased to invite you to a lecture by Ben Miller and Huw Lemmey, the hosts of Bad Gays, “a podcast about evil and complicated queers in history” and the authors of Bad Gays: A Homosexual History.

Year 2023/2024

April 26-27: Status Quo/Status Queer

April 16, 2024

The aim of the conference is to create an opportunity for MA and BA students at the American Studies Center and Institute of Applied Social Sciences to present their research projects and facilitate an exchange of inspiring ideas.

Year 2023/2024

April 16: Screening of Nostalgia and Elegy in the Streets by Jim Hubbard

April 16, 2024

Join us for a screening of films by Jim Hubbard, who has been making experimental films about lesbian and gay activism and community building since the mid-1970s. The screening will be followed by an audience Q&A with the filmmaker.

Year 2023/2024

15 Kwietnia: Monstrualna Kobieta kontra Patriarchat: Czy “horror ciąża” to nowy wyraz kobiecej siły?

April 15, 2024

Drogie Osoby Studenckie, serdecznie zapraszamy na kolejne wydarzenie Sekcji Studenckiej Pracowni Gender/Sexuality! Na najbliższym spotkaniu dowiemy się, czy dekonstrukcja patriarchalnych wyobrażeń na temat ciąży jest możliwa oraz jak współczesna kultura audiowizualna odbiera dwoistość tożsamości, jaką dotknięte są ciężarne.