Until 31st December, one can vote for a word or expression which, in their opinion, has great resonance for the year 2019. Słowo Roku 2019 (Word of the Year 2019) will be announced at the beginning of January by the UW linguists who organise the event.

What Polish word has attracted a great deal of interest over the last 12 months? Everyone is invited to either choose a word or expression from the list posted on the website http://sloworoku.uw.edu.pl/ or submit own proposals.

The candidates for the Word of the Year might be nouns, adjectives, verbs, etc. However, organisers will not accept surnames, proper names of people, places and institutions.

The poll is organised for the 9th time. The winner of the last edition is “konstytucja” (constitution).

This year proposals include, e.g. “klimat” (climate), “nauczyciel” (teacher), and “strajk” (strike), “wybory” (elections), “nienawiść (hatered), “hulajnoga” (scooter), and “równość” (equality).

Other countries such as the United Kingdom, Germany, France and the Czech Republic also choose their word of the year. Recently, the editors of “Oxford English Dictionary” have named “climate emergency” as its 2019 Word of the Year. Collins Dictionary, for example, picked “climate strike” as its word.

UW linguists are among a panel of experts who choose the word. The panel includes: Prof. Jerzy Bartmiński (Maria Curie Sklodowska University in Lublin), Prof. Jerzy Bralczyk (the University of Warsaw), Prof. Katarzyna Kłosińska (the University of Warsaw), Prof. Ewa Kołodziejek (the University of Szczecin), Prof. Marek Łaziński (the University of Warsaw), Prof. Andrzej Markowski (the University of Warsaw), Prof. Jan Miodek (the University of Wrocław), Prof. Renata Przybylska (the Jagiellonian University, Cracow) and Prof. Halina Zgółkowa (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań).

Year 2024/2025

April 29: Feminism and Gender Representations in Buffy the Vampire Slayer

April 23, 2025

Join us for a lecture by Agata Zygardowicz on Buffy and her iconic impact on American television: “Feminism and Gender Representations in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” Buffy the Vampire Slayer occupies a significant space in the history of feminist media, portraying themes of 1990s third-wave feminism, postfeminist aesthetics, and television genre for teens. This lecture examines how the series both reflects and critiques feminist ideals, offering a protagonist who is emotionally vulnerable, fashion-conscious, and physically powerful at the same time.

News

Recruitment for the MOST program for the Fall Semester 2025/2026

April 19, 2025

Applications for the MOST Student Exchange Program are now open! Apply until May 15.

American Studies Colloquium Series

April 24: The Minima Moralia of Autotheory: New Reflections on Damaged Life

April 16, 2025

We are pleased to invite you to the fourth lecture of the American Studies Colloquium Series in the 2025 Spring semester! This time we welcome Jonathan Alexander with a lecture titled “The Minima Moralia of Autotheory: New Reflections on Damaged Life”.

Year 2024/2025

April 15: “Becoming the Horror” – Interactive Movies as the Perfect Horror Medium

April 10, 2025

Weird Fiction Research Group kindly invites you to the fourth Weird TV meeting in spring semester. We’re continuing the subject of the game/TV relationship with Dominik Kędzierawski’s lecture about (among others) Until Dawn and Bandersnatch – “Becoming the Horror – Interactive Movies as the Perfect Horror Medium”!

News

New MA program program Gender and Sexuality (in Polish), in cooperation with the Faculty of Polish Studies and the Institute of Polish Culture!

April 8, 2025

In cooperation with the Faculty of Polish Studies and the Institute of Polish Culture, American Studies Center is launching a new MA program in Polish in Gender and Sexuality!