Dear Students,

We are slowly but surely approaching the closing of the spring semester classes and getting ready for the exam session.

We already know that we should carry out all our exams online, according to the Rector’s order no. 84 of 4 May 2020 (https://www.uw.edu.pl/zasady-przeprowadzania-egzaminow-i-zaliczen-w-trybie-zdalnym/). It means, we need to start preparations to organize the session efficiently and successfully. Our Faculty members are already planning their exams. We asked them to schedule the exams in the afternoon to avoid the busiest online schooling times and assure a better quality of the Internet connection. So, please, adjust your schedules accordingly. We will try to announce the session calendar as soon as it is ready–most probably more than the required 7 days ahead of the exam session.

TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ONLINE EXAM SESSION, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A UNIVERSITY E-MAIL ([username]@student.uw.edu.pl). IF YOU DO NOT SO FAR, PLEASE, GET ONE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. You can do it here: https://it.uw.edu.pl/pl/uslugi/UslugiMojaPocztaGmailStudent/

 

Since all our classes went online immediately, we decided to hold final exams in the period from 15 June 2020 to 05 July 2020. This is the first option given by the Rectorate in the new academic calendar: (https://monitor.uw.edu.pl/Lists/Uchway/Attachments/5383/M.2020.187.Post.10.pdf).
This way, we may try to save a bit of your (and our) holidays.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT 01 JUNE 2020 IS THE DEADLINE FOR WITHDRAWALS FROM COURSES (your right to a one-time withdrawal which, unfortunately, does not exempt you from the duty to collect the required ECTS for the semester).

Language exams are going to be held from 15 June 2020 to 02 August 2020. The detailed schedule will be announced on 25 May 2020. We already know that priority will be given to third-year BA students who need to get ready for their defenses. Please sign up for your language exams early and let us know of any problems you may face. When we get the detailed language exam calendar, we will adjust the BA/MA exam calendar accordingly.

As for BA/MA theses submission, we decided to allow you two more weeks to complete your works. The new deadline is 18 June 2020. It means that BA exams for students who already passed their language certification exam and for MA students will be held right after the exam session, from 08 July to 17 July 2020. We were informed by Rector Choińska-Mika that there is a draft of the so much awaited Ministry regulation concerning the electronic protocols which will remove the burden of in-person signing the documents before getting a diploma. I think we need to wait a few more weeks for it to come.

I do believe you are doing fine, especially that more and more of our regular activities are slowly returning. On 1 May 2020, the BUW garden reopened for visitors. And today (11 May 2020), the Botanic Garden of the University of Warsaw is doing the same. Enjoy these lovely places and admire azaleas, magnolias and lilacs in bloom for a break from your hard online work.

On 14 May 2020, you are invited to participate in a live meeting with Rector Choińska-Mika (https://en.uw.edu.pl/online-meeting-with-the-uw-vice-rector-for-student-affairs-and-quality-of-teaching/) on UW Facebook fanpage. Moreover, you can already pose a question to the Rector using a form in the above link.

I think these are the most pressing issues for now. In a while, I will address the procedures for the exam session in a more detailed way.

If there is anything else I should address, respond to, or explain, feel free to contact me. If you want to talk, need help or just want to say hello, I am here for you. We can always arrange an online meeting. I have done it for a couple of students already.

Take care, stay strong and safe.

Małgorzata Gajda-Łaszewska

American Studies Colloquium Series

December 19: Between The Mundane and the Heroic: Vietnamese Presence in State Socialist Poland

December 19, 2024

We are delighted to invite you to the fifth lecture of the American Studies Colloquium Series in the 2024/2025 Fall semester! This talk will examine the depictions of the (North) Vietnamese as freedom fighters within the context of the state socialist public sphere and the everyday life of Vietnamese students in Poland across generations. From idealized wartime reportages to mixed-race couples, the Vietnamese presence was marked by a multifaceted experience of adaptation, challenges, opportunities, and dynamic, interactive bonds with Polish society. This history continues to exert a profound influence on the contemporary Vietnamese diaspora and Polish-Vietnamese relationships.

Year 2024/2025

December 18: The Trump Transition – What is New and What is Not

December 18, 2024

Leadership Research Groupis inviting all those who would like to put the Trump transition to a presidential scholarship context and better understand the Trump transition decisions, the prospects for the future in domestic and foreign policy areas they bring, and the impact that Trump leadership may have on the political scene in Washington to a talk followed by a Q&A session by Professor Stephen Farnsworth.

Year 2024/2025

December 17: We Want Change NOW! The Feminist Manifesto in Theory and Practice

December 17, 2024

During the workshop “We Want Change NOW! The Feminist Manifesto in Theory and Practice”, Aleksandra Julia Malinowska, a doctoral candidate at the University of Warsaw,will delve into the history of feminist manifestos and their pivotal role in the women’s movement in the United States. We’ll explore how activists of the second wave of feminism used grassroots publications to raise awareness, voice the demands of emerging women’s groups, and build communication networks between organizations spread across the country. Together, we’ll analyze the literary techniques that make the manifesto genre a powerful tool for inspiring activist mobilization beyond the pages of the text.

American Studies Colloquium Series

December 12: Technological Imaginaries and the Universal Ambitions of Silicon Valley

December 12, 2024

Drawing on her new book, Appropriate, Negotiate, Challenge: Activist imaginaries and the politics of digital technologies (University of California Press), in this talk Ferrari shows how these discourses, which she calls “technological imaginaries”, shape how we experience digital technologies. She discusses how, for the past 30 years, Silicon Valley tech actors have produced and popularized a specific way of thinking about digital technologies, which has become mainstream. This dominant technological imaginary brings together technocratic aspirations and populist justifications. While arising out of the peculiarities of Silicon Valley and of the American 1990s, this dominant imaginary has posited its universality by presenting its tenets as if they were global, unbiased, and equally suitable for everyone, everywhere. She argues that to really curb the socio-political influence of Big Tech companies we also need to understand, critique, and resist the power of their technological imaginary.

News

ASC Library has received funding from the Social Responsibility of Science

December 12, 2024

ASC Library has received funding from the Social Responsibility of Science (SON) program — “Support for Scientific Libraries,” implemented by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.