ASC Anniversary Symposium

“American Studies: Pasts, Presents, Futures”

11–13 May 2026

In 2026, the American Studies Center at the University of Warsaw celebrates its 50th anniversary. To mark this milestone, we are delighted to invite you to the Anniversary Symposium “American Studies: Past, Presents, Futures” to reflect on the current state of American Studies from a European perspective. With our honored guests, we aim to discuss the unique insights European scholarship brings to the analysis of the multiple changes the U.S. faces, as well as the future of teaching and researching the field in Europe.

Learn more about the Symposium program and its participants. 

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ASC Anniversary Symposium

May 7, 2026

In 2026, the American Studies Center at the University of Warsaw celebrates its 50th anniversary. To mark this milestone, we are delighted to invite you to the Anniversary Symposium “American Studies: Past, Presents, Futures”.

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Get to Know UW – online information meeting

May 4, 2026

Get to Know UW – online information meetings for prospective students Are you planning to study at the University of Warsaw in the 2026/2027 academic year? Join our online information meeting for international students and learn more about study opportunities and the admission process at UW.

Year 2025/2026

May 7: “Unrooted Voices: Weird Vegetation in Contemporary Weird Fiction Audio Drama”

April 29, 2026

Weird Fictions Research Group invites you to join the fourth student lecture in the Weird Vegetation series in the spring semester 2025/26.

American Studies Colloquium Series

May 14: “Queerversity as an Aesthetic Principle: Colonial ghosts and fog machines in the work of Pauline Boudry/Renate Lorenz”

April 29, 2026

We are pleased to invite you to the third lecture of the American Studies Colloquium Series in the 2025/2026 Spring semester! This time we are pleased to host Antke A. Engel with a lecture “Queerversity as an Aesthetic Principle: Colonial ghost and fog machines in the work of Pauline Boudry/ Renate Lorenz”.

Year 2025/2026

April 23: “Crippled Ecology in Motion. Toxic Environments, Non-Normative Bodies and the Politics of Survival in Weird Vegetation”

April 29, 2026

Weird Fictions Research Group invites you to join the first student lecture in the Weird Vegetation series in the spring semester 2025/26.