All ASC MA students at their second year (students admitted to MA Program in American Studies in 2019) may apply for ZIP research grants up to 5000 PLN for:

  • archive and library queries in Poland and abroad
  • participation in student conferences
  • field research related to student’s research project
  • participation in certified courses developing competencies matching the needs of the economy and labour market

 

Detalied specification of the grants and application rules are set out in the regulations attached below.

We highly encourage all MA students who have yet not defended their thesis to apply for research grants.

 

The research grants are funded by the The University’s Integrated Development Programme (ZIP).

Year 2025/2026

June 15: “Cuba: Exit vs. Voice or Exit and Voice?”

June 9, 2026

Join us for a public talk titled “Cuba: Exit vs. Voice or Exit and Voice?” by Professor Silvia Pedraza (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor).

News

Dr Krystyna Mazur’s office hours

June 8, 2026

Please be informed that during the summer examination session, all office hours of Dr. Krystyna Mazur will be held by appointment only. Please reach out in advance to arrange a suitable time to meet.

News

Get to Know UW – online information meeting

June 1, 2026

Get to Know UW – online information meetings for prospective students Are you planning to study at the University of Warsaw in the 2026/2027 academic year? Join our online information meeting for international students and learn more about study opportunities and the admission process at UW.

Year 2025/2026

May 27: “We Shall Meet at the Crossroads, Where Nothing and Everything Grows: Imaginations of Nature and Culture in the Hungarian New Weird.”

May 22, 2026

Hear, hear! Weird Fictions Research Group is teaming up with Speculative Texts and Media Research Group for the final meeting in the “Weird Vegetation” series.

American Studies Colloquium Series

May 28: “Extroverted Financialization: Banking on USD Debt”

May 21, 2026

We are pleased to invite you to the last lecture of the American Studies Colloquium Series in the 2025/2026 Spring semester! This time we are pleased to host Mareike Beck with a lecture “Extroverted Financialization: Banking on USD Debt”.