Communication of May 29, 2020

The UW Ksawerow building is no longer shut down, and the ASC faculty and staff can use their offices. Still all the ASC instruction continues remotely. The ASC administration will be working remotely until further notice.  It is possible to arrange an in-person appointment via email. Though the ASC Library’s reading rooms will be closed, the Library’s checkout counter will be open on Tuesdays 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm and Fridays 10:00 am – 2:00 pm.

Grzegorz Kosc
ASC Director

 

Communication of March 19, 2020

Under the Rector’s decision of March 16, 2020, the ASC building at Ksawerow has been shut down. Neither the faculty nor the students are allowed to enter and use any of its spaces.

Grzegorz Kosc
ASC Director

 

Communication of March 12, 2020

The ASC Library will be closed to readers from March 11 to April 14, 2020.
No penalties will be charged from March 12 to April 14.

In matters concerning students’ affairs, please first and foremost contact us via email:

Office for Students’ Affairs (students with last names A-Ł)
Aleksandra Gniadzik-Smolińska
a.gniadzik-smolinska@uw.edu.pl

Office for Students’ Affairs (students with last names M-Ż)
Agnieszka Żmijewska-Czajka
aczajka@uw.edu.pl

 

In matters concerning USOS please contact us via email: filip.boratyn@uw.edu.pl.

General administrative matters can be settled by emailing agnieszka.krzywosz@uw.edu.pl.

In financial matters please contact us via email:
n.s.gajda@uw.edu.pl     or    i.kurylek@uw.edu.pl

 

Year 2025/2026

May 27: “We Shall Meet at the Crossroads, Where Nothing and Everything Grows: Imaginations of Nature and Culture in the Hungarian New Weird.”

May 22, 2026

Hear, hear! Weird Fictions Research Group is teaming up with Speculative Texts and Media Research Group for the final meeting in the “Weird Vegetation” series.

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).