ASC Freshers, Undergraduate and Graduate, join us virtually for the ASC Welcome Event 2020!

Saturday, October 3, 2020
at 4:00 pm

The event will be live-streamed:

https://youtu.be/7hC1l48rhrI

It will be held at the lecture theater of the University of Warsaw Old Library Building (aka Stary BUW), ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28. Thirty-seven freshers have registered to attend the event in person. Thirty-seven is about as many as can be accommodated in the great lecture hall without breaching the public health requirements to fight COVID. The event will be attended by some of the ASC faculty, representatives of the ASC Student Union, and the faculty coordinating your program. Professor Pawel Frelik of the ASC UW will give an inauguration lecture: “U.S. Witch Corps, or, How (Almost) Everything You Know About the United States is Wrong (And What We’re Going to Do About It)”.

Year 2024/2025

April 29: Feminism and Gender Representations in Buffy the Vampire Slayer

April 23, 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.

News

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.

American Studies Colloquium Series

April 24: The Minima Moralia of Autotheory: New Reflections on Damaged Life

April 16, 2025

We are pleased to invite you to the fourth lecture of the American Studies Colloquium Series in the 2025 Spring semester! This time we welcome Jonathan Alexander with a lecture titled “The Minima Moralia of Autotheory: New Reflections on Damaged Life”.

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”!

News

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!