Year 2024/2025
June 12: Beyond Homeland(s) and Diaspora: Russian-Israeli Literature at Multiple Crossroads
June 6, 2025
We would like to invite you to a special guest lecture by Maria Rubins of University College London who will present a talk titled “Beyond Homeland(s) and Diaspora: Russian-Israeli Literature at Multiple Crossroads”. This lecture will examine the transnational, hybrid and translingual character of contemporary Russian-Israeli writing and its unique position within the evolving landscape of Russophone literature on the one hand, and Israeli culture on the other.
Year 2024/2025
June 5: Scaling Migrant Worker Rights. How Advocates Collaborate and Contest State Power
May 30, 2025
We are pleased to invite you to the second lecture of the Western Hemisphere Lecture series in the 2025 Spring semester! In the United States, immigration policy has undergone substantial changes in recent years. These changes have been particularly evident since the beginning of President Donald Trump’ recently inaugurated second term. In her analysis, Professor Xóchitl Bada will address these changes by focusing on the experience of migrant workers.
Year 2024/2025
May 26: Without the US? Europe in the New World Order
May 26, 2025
Together with Gazeta Wyborcza we are delighted to invite you to the whole-day conference “Without the US? Europe in the New World Order” concerning the first months of Donald Trump’s second term and its impact globally and in our part of the world. We will reevaluate past assessments, revise potential scenarios, and parse through options that lay ahead of us regarding European security, civil liberties in the age of globalized political polarization, and media freedom. Invited guests include ASC professors, journalists, and experts from think tanks.
Year 2024/2025
May 27: Intersections of Queer and Class
May 27, 2025
We would like to invite you to a discussion meeting introducing the book “Reading Literature and Theory at the Intersections of Queer and Class” (Routledge 2025). We will talk about various crossovers of queer and class in American and German literary texts to explore, among others, queer precarity, intersections of queerness and class privilege, interclass queer sexuality, and lesbian response to class inequalities.
American Studies Colloquium Series
May 29: Surveillance and AI in the Military (and Beyond)
May 29, 2025
We are pleased to invite you to the last lecture of the American Studies Colloquium Series in the 2025 Spring semester! This lecture focuses on the revelatory power of media technology, particularly AI and other new media innovations. Beginning with an analysis of contemporary military surveillance projects, the presentation looks at the role of drones and similar technologies in making new enemies visible.
Year 2024/2025
May 22: Bitburg, Ratification, and Implementation of the Genocide Convention by the US
May 22, 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.
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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 20, 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!
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Forgotten, Misplaced, Marginalized: Speculations We Don’t See Conference. May 8-10, 2025
May 6, 2025
The conference is co-organized by Speculative Texts and Media Research Group (coordinated by Paweł Frelik and Jędrzej Burszta) and Weird Fictions Research Group (coordinated by Agnieszka Kotwasińska), both at the American Studies Center, the University of Warsaw. The conference will take place at Dobra 55 building and the final keynote lecture will take place at the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw.
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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.
Year 2024/2025
May 13: Cultural Translation: Soviet Jewishness Between the USSR and America
May 13, 2025
We have the pleasure to invite you for a guest lecture by Prof. Sasha Senderovich (University of Washington) who will be in conversation with Prof. Karolina Krasuska (University of Warsaw), titled „Cultural Translation: Soviet Jewishness between the USSR and America.” This event is a part of the UW Excellence Initiative Mentor Program „Theorizing the Cold War for Cultural Studies”
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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.
Year 2024/2025
April 29: Feminism and Gender Representations in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
April 29, 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.
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”!
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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!
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UW Open Day
April 6, 2025
The University of Warsaw Open Day will be held on 12th April on the Main Campus at Krakowskie Przedmieście. It is an excellent opportunity to get to know the university better: the offer of studies, admission rules, activities of student associations, voluntary centre, as well as cultural and sports teams.