Dr Anna Kurowicka received a NAWA Bekker scholarship, which will fund a 6-month long research stay at the Humboldt University in Berlin. A flagship program of the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA), the Bekker Program promotes international mobility of researchers and PhD students. Dr Kurowicka will work with Prof. Elahe Haschemi Yekani of HU’s Department of English and American Studies, a specialist in postcolonial studies. The aim of the project is to use Indigenous and postcolonial theories of sexuality to develop non-Western conceptualizations of asexuality.
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!