How to Survive at ASC?
Useful Tips, Skills, and Know-How for Academia
A Three-Part Online Seminar for BA Freshers

Part. 1.
Thursday, Oct 8 at 4:45 pm by Filip Boratyn
Navigating ASC’s administration and online spaces with special focus on USOS and ASC website.

Part 2.
Thursday, Oct 29 at 4:45 pm by Anna Kurowicka
Studying at university vs studying at school; academic etiquette and communication with lecturers; online and irl class participation; uses and abuses of phones in class; inclusive vs discriminatory language;

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Part 3.
Thursday, Nov 5 at 4:45 pm by Ludmiła Janion
Tips on how to prepare for and benefit from different types of classes: lectures, seminars and workshops, tips for active participation in class; the purpose of the reading list; practical tips for studying for exams; the uses and abuses of Wikipedia; reading, listening, and note taking.

2 OZN for each seminar

Year 2024/2025

May 22: Bitburg, Ratification, and Implementation of the Genocide Convention by the US

May 16, 2025

We are pleased to invite you to a lecture by Professor Joe Delap from Athens State University, who will present a lecture titled “Bitburg, Ratification, and Implementation of the Genocide Convention by the US”. The presentation delves into the history of the US’s role in the Convention, discusses US-European dealings prompting Senate ratification, and concludes by looking at what difference, if any, US ratification has made in assessing, investigating, and prosecuting genocide in the International Criminal Court.

News

Psychological Support For The UW Community

May 16, 2025

In these difficult times, the University of Warsaw offers psychological support to all members of its community

Year 2024/2025

May 20: History with a Twist: Exploring Fantasy and Alternate Realities in My Lady Jane

May 14, 2025

Join us for a penultimate Weird meeting, a lecture by Nicole Bryjka (University of Warsaw) on fantasy and alternate history in television series My Lady Jane!

News

May 8 A Day of Mourning at UW

May 8, 2025

In light of today’s tragedy, the Rector has declared tomorrow, May 8th, a day of mourning for the University of Warsaw community, with no classes and no work. This tragedy is keenly felt by all members of the University of Warsaw community, faculty, administrative staff, and students alike. We all want the university to be a safe place and work hard every day to ensure that it is. It is incredibly difficult to have this hope challenged so severely.

American Studies Colloquium Series

May 15: The Science and Art of Nabokov’s Atmospherics

May 7, 2025

We are pleased to invite you to the fifth lecture of the American Studies Colloquium Series in the 2025 Spring semester! This time we are pleased to host Anindita Banerjee, whose work focuses on science fiction studies, environmental studies, media studies, and migration studies in Russia, Central Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and Latin and African Americas.