Year 2019/2020
December 19: Explaining Economic Backwardness. Post-1945 Polish Historians on Eastern Europe
December 7, 2019
Anna Sosnowska provides an insightful interpretation of how local and generational experience shaped the notions of post-1945 Polish historians about Eastern European backwardness, and how their debate influenced Western historical sociology, social theories of development and dependency in peripheral areas, and the image of Eastern Europe in Western, Marxist-inspired social science.
American Studies Colloquium Series
December 12: AHS: Cult, The Purge, and the End of Subtlety in the Age of Trump
December 2, 2019
Michael Fuchs, University of Graz: In his book New Television (2017), Martin Shuster suggests that contemporary American television depicts a “world […] emptied of normative authority” (6). According to Shuster […]
American Studies Colloquium Series
December 5: The Future of American Media and the Crisis of the Public Sphere
November 29, 2019
Curd Knüpfer, Freie Universität, Berlin: Digitalization and increased networkability of information sources have resulted in profound shifts in how news and political information reaches the American public […]
Year 2019/2020
December 5-7: The Senses of Science Fiction: Visions, Sounds, Spaces
November 29, 2019
For most of its history, or at least since the late 19th century, the core conversations of science fiction (SF) have not been kind to the senses. For different reasons in different decades, the creative communities and the critical circles have focused on the genre’s status as the supreme expression […]
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Spotkanie informacyjne 4EU+
November 27, 2019
5 grudnia w godz. od 9.00 do 11.30 w dawnej Bibliotece Uniwersyteckiej odbędzie się spotkanie informacyjne dotyczące działań zaplanowanych dla Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego w ramach Sojuszu 4EU+ oraz projektu „Uniwersytety Europejskie”. Mogą wziąć w nim udział wszyscy członkowie społeczności UW.
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Dr hab. Sylwia Kuźma-Markowska awarded OPUS research project
November 25, 2019
We are excited to announce a new research project to be conducted at the American Studies Center! Dr hab. Sylwia Kuźma-Markowska’s project entitled “Polish Immigrant and Second-Generation Women in the United States: Private and Intimate Lives (1890-1940)” will be funded by the National Science Center in the OPUS 17 scheme.
Erasmus annoucements
Erasmus Days 2019
November 20, 2019
If you consider applying for Erasmus+ exchange program this year, do not miss Erasmus Days organized by the International Relations Office on the 26th and 28th of November.
American Studies Colloquium Series
November 28: There sat down, once, a thing on Henry’s heart
November 20, 2019
Dr Anna Warso, SWPS University: In his 1917 essay, Freud distinguishes between the “normal” state of mourning and the “pathological” condition of a melancholic. Both mourning [Trauer] and melancholia [Melancholie] result from a sense of lack but melancholia is viewed as […]
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Warsztat biblioteczny dla wszystkich studentów i studentek BA i MA
November 20, 2019
Warsztat biblioteczny dla wszystkich studentów i studentek BA i MA odbędzie się 27 listopada w godz. 10.30-14.30 w BUW
Year 2019/2020
November 14: From Warsaw to New York: Work and Travel Program
November 7, 2019
Work and travel program allows students to take up summer jobs in the United States and thus improve their English, gain signifacant working experience and travel around the US. The American consul will visit American Studies Center to talk about advantages of the work and travel program.
Year 2019/2020
November 14: Africa Within Haitian National Narratives
November 7, 2019
During the lecture Jhon Picard Byron from the State University of Haiti will speak of importance of Africa in the development of Haitian nationality.
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Po drugiej stronie MOSTu, czyli jak przebrnąć przez uniwersytecką rzekę
November 6, 2019
System Mobilności Studentów, zwany dalej Programem MOST, jest ofertą kształcenia w uniwersytetach polskich. Program MOST jest adresowany do studentów, których zainteresowania naukowe mogą być realizowane poza macierzystym uniwersytetem.
American Studies Colloquium Series
October 24: A Short History of Virality
October 17, 2019
Marta Figlerowicz from Yale University will discuss the phenomenon of virality and how it has been gradually theorized over the years. She will also explain how viral network events are represented in American cinema nowadays.
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New Publication from Prof. Stanisław Obirek
November 4, 2019
His latest publication helps us understand the role of religion in contemporary society, as it discusses current challenges faced by the Church and it sheds new light on the system of values and opinions of Roman Catholics.
American Studies Colloquium Series
October 17: Objects and Technofeelia: Love in Contemporary Technoculture
October 10, 2019
It will be the first lecture from the American Studies Colloqium Series this academic year! Doctor Anna Malinowska from University of Silesia will explain the semiotic and material dimensions of love and how those two impact the ontologies of loving in technoculture.
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Dialogues with the Ku Klux Klan: Lessons Learned
October 18, 2019
Ambasada USA zaprasza na spotkania z Darylem Davisem, znakomitym amerykańskim jazzmanem, bluesmanem oraz aktywistą społecznym zajmującym się problematyką dialogu międzyrasowego w Stanach Zjednoczonych, który w przyszłym tygodniu odwiedzi Kraków i Warszawę na zaproszenie ambasady USA i konsulatu USA w Krakowie.