We are pleased to invite you to a panel discussion on race and the legacy of slavery in postcolonial contexts titled

Postcolonial Legacy of Slavery across the Americas

Tuesday, January 9, 2024
1:15 p.m.

You can get 3 OZN points for participating in this event.

Where?

Dobra 55, room 2.118
(the building features some mobility accommodations: ramp and lift)

Who?

Speakers in the panel will focus on their research on race and the legacy of slavery in postcolonial contexts.

Amurabi Oliveira – Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina in Brazil
Sociologist working in Afro-Brazilian studies with a particular interest in Gilberto Freyre.

Evander Ruthieri da Silva – Universidade Federal da Integraçāo Latino-Americana (UNILA)
Historian working on slavery in Brazil.

William R. Glass – University of Warsaw (ASC)
Historian of the U.S. with an interest in social movements.

Krystyna Mazur – University of Warsaw (ASC)
Literature and cultural studies scholar who has worked on race in the U.S.

Hector Calleros – University of Warsaw (ASC)
Political scientist with an interest in indigenous rights.

Moderated by:
Tomasz Basiuk – University of Warsaw (ASC)

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American Studies Colloquium Series

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We are pleased to invite you to the last lecture of the American Studies Colloquium Series in the 2025/2026 Winter semester! This time we are pleased to host Kateřina Kolářová with a lecture “Yearning for Crip Horizons: Crip Theory for Postsocialist Spaces”.

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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.

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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.