Due to the bilateral agreement between University of Warsaw and University of Florida, Gainesville the American Studies Center offers two stipends for a 2023/2024 fall or spring semester at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

The stipend involves a fee waiver. Other costs (travel and accommodation, J-visa, health insurance) are to be covered by the student.

How to apply?

Applications that involve:

  • a CV
  • a motivation statement
  • a transcript of records in English (“karta przebiegu studiów” from USOS)
  • a signed “pozwolenie na wyjazd” form (please, note that for now, you do not need to collect the Head of the Educational Unit’s signature)
  • a signed RODO agreement form
  • and any other documents which you think could be useful in the recruitment process (e.g. a certificate TOEFL iBT 80, TOEFL PBT 550, IELTS 6.0, MELAB 7 or Verbal GRE 140).

should be submitted by e-mail to ASC Mobility Coordinator Dr. Ludmiła Janion (l.janion@uw.edu.pl) by February 26, 2023. Please send all documents in one e-mail.

B.A. and M.A. students may apply. The person granted the stipend will be required to provide a Covid vaccination certificate and a bank statement in English, confirming min. 6,000 USD (or equivalent in PLN or EUR) on their bank account.

More information on courses at the website of the hosting university.

The ASC Mobility Coordinator will be happy to answer any additional questions you may have, so feel free to contact her by email.

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Office hours

January 30, 2026

Dear Students, Next week I am going to hold my office hours on Tuesday, 03 February 2026: 10:00-11:30 in the office and 15:45-16:45 online. On Thursday, 05 February 2026: I will be available online 17:30-18:30. In the following week of winter holidays (09 February 2026 – 13 February 2026) there will be no office hours. I will resume my office hours on 17 February 2026.

Year 2025/2026

29 stycznia: Broń jądrowa – zagrożenie czy gwarancja pokoju? Klub Amerykański #5: Paweł Frelik i Jan Smoleński

January 26, 2026

Wielu z nas wydawało się, że po zakończeniu zimnej wojny temat bomby atomowej i nuklearnego wyścigu zbrojeń zszedł na dalszy plan. W USA zaprzestano prób jądrowych, a międzynarodowe traktaty spowodowały, że w amerykańskich laboratoriach nie tworzono już nowych rodzajów tej broni.

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 Erasmus+ 2026/27 Recruitment Is Open

January 26, 2026

From Ankara to Venice, ASC has Erasmus+ agreements with universities across many European cities. The adventure starts now!

Year 2025/2026

Jan 26: “Laboring in America: Polish-American Women and Labor Migration (1890s-1930s)”

January 21, 2026

The European Forum on US History, in cooperation with the ASC and as a part of the celebration of the ASC’s 50th Anniversary, is hosting an online lecture “Laboring in America: Polish-American Women and Labor Migration (1890s-1930s)” by Sylwia Kuźma-Markowska. 

Year 2025/2026

Jan 22: “‘Do I look famished?’: Weird Orality and Convivial Dying in Ishirō Honda’s Matango (1963).”

January 15, 2026

We’re cordially inviting you to the last open event in the “Wiedze u-korzenione” series in the fall semester 2025/26, co-organized by the Weird Fictions Research Group and Centrum Humanistyki Środowiskowej UW.