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

 

News

Student research grant 2025/26

December 11, 2025

The American Studies Center is pleased to announce a competition for student research grants. The grants will support students’ work on their MA theses and BA papers written in conjunction with their BA seminars. As the research must be related to a BA paper or an MA thesis, 3rd-year BA students and MA students of all years will have priority.

News

Holiday break at the ASC

December 9, 2025

We would like to inform you that the holiday break at the American Studies Center will take place from 22 December 2025 to 6 January 2026. On 22, 23, 29, 30 and 31 December the offices will have limited online availability.

American Studies Colloquium Series

December 11: “Poetry After Barbarism: The Invention of Motherless Tongues and Resistance to Fascism”

December 3, 2025

We are pleased to invite you to the next lecture of the American Studies Colloquium Series in the 2025/2026 Winter semester! This time we are pleased to host Jennifer Scappettone (University of Chicago) with a lecture titled “Mother(less) Tongues of ‘America’: Xenoglossic Writing and Xenoglossic Breathing in the Poetry of Etel Adnan and LaTasha N. Nevada-Diggs”.

Year 2025/2026

Dec 11-12: International Conference on Anti-Gender Campaigns and the Politics of Knowledge Production

November 28, 2025

The American Studies Center at the University of Warsaw invites you to the international conference Anti-gender campaigns and the politics of knowledge production, to be held on 11–12 December 2025 in Warsaw, Poland.

News

Call for Papers: “America and the World: A Reciprocal History of Influence and Exchange”

November 26, 2025

In 2026, the American Studies Center at the University of Warsaw will celebrate its 50th anniversary, a landmark occasion that coincides with the 250th anniversary of the United States. To mark these dual jubilees, we invite scholars to submit papers that explore the past, present, and future of the United States, its global impact, and the evolving role of American Studies as a field of inquiry.