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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.
American Studies Colloquium Series
January 22: “Yearning for Crip Horizons: Crip Theory for Postsocialist Spaces”
January 9, 2026
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”.
Year 2025/2026
16 Jan: “U.S Democracy in Crisis: ethnonational authoritarianism, liberal democracy, a Balkanized federation, and the threat to the Transatlantic alliance”
January 13, 2026
Leadership Research Group & Koło Naukowe Amerykanistów have a pleasure of inviting you to a meeting with a renown American journalist and writer Mr. Colin Woodard.
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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.
American Studies Colloquium Series
December 11: “Poetry After Barbarism: The Invention of Motherless Tongues and Resistance to Fascism”
December 3, 2025
We are pleased to invite you to the next lecture of the American Studies Colloquium Series in the 2025/2026 Winter semester! This time we are pleased to host Jennifer Scappettone (University of Chicago) with a lecture titled “Mother(less) Tongues of ‘America’: Xenoglossic Writing and Xenoglossic Breathing in the Poetry of Etel Adnan and LaTasha N. Nevada-Diggs”.
Year 2025/2026
Dec 11-12: International Conference on Anti-Gender Campaigns and the Politics of Knowledge Production
November 28, 2025
The American Studies Center at the University of Warsaw invites you to the international conference Anti-gender campaigns and the politics of knowledge production, to be held on 11–12 December 2025 in Warsaw, Poland.
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Call for Papers: “America and the World: A Reciprocal History of Influence and Exchange”
November 26, 2025
In 2026, the American Studies Center at the University of Warsaw will celebrate its 50th anniversary, a landmark occasion that coincides with the 250th anniversary of the United States. To mark these dual jubilees, we invite scholars to submit papers that explore the past, present, and future of the United States, its global impact, and the evolving role of American Studies as a field of inquiry.
American Studies Colloquium Series
December 2: “Distressing Language: Disability and the Poetics of Error”
November 25, 2025
We are pleased to invite you to the fourth lecture of the American Studies Colloquium Series in the 2025/2026 Winter semester! This time we are pleased to host Michael Davidson from University of California, San Diego with a lecture “Distressing Language: Disability and the Poetics of Error”.
American Studies Colloquium Series
November 27: “The Era of Political (Not) Kidding. How Politics Became a Strategically Ambiguous Joke”
November 24, 2025
We are pleased to invite you to the third lecture of the American Studies Colloquium Series in the 2025/2026 Winter semester! This time we are pleased to host Aaron J. Leonard who is an independent scholar with a lecture titled “Menace of Our Time: The Long War Against American Communism”.
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Szkolenie Fundacji Feminoteka “Jak reagować na molestowanie seksualne w przestrzeni publicznej?”
November 20, 2025
Zespół Równościowy Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego wraz z Fundacją Feminoteka zapraszają do udziału w bezpłatnym szkoleniu „Jak reagować na molestowanie seksualne w przestrzeni publicznej?”
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New Database Access at the University of Warsaw
November 17, 2025
The University of Warsaw is currently offering free access to several new digital resources. Below you will find details on each database, including descriptions and links for home access.
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Marcin Gajek’s Office Hours canceled
November 6, 2025
Dear Students, Office hours with Dr. Marcin Gajek are canceled next week (November 10–14).
Year 2025/2026
Nov 24: “Póki birnamski las się nie poruszy: eko-horror a pamięć drzew”
November 13, 2025
We’re cordially inviting you to the fourth open event in the “Wiedze u-korzenione” series co-organized by the Weird Fictions Research Group and Centrum Humanistyki Środowiskowej UW.