Due to the public health requirements to slow the spread of COVID-19, the Library’s operations and services have been modified. Students are not allowed to use the regular library facilities. Books can be checked out in room 315 (which is the library’s hall) on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays between 9:00 am and 3:00 pm, with the exception of Tuesdays when the check-out counter will be open between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm. Please remember to place an order by sending us an email (biblioteka.osa@uw.edu.pl) or by calling us (22 55 333 30).

While the regular reading room will be closed, students will be able to use room 311, our makeshift reading room, during the Library’s opening hours.

80% of the Library’s collections can be searched through the Main Library’s catalogue (https://chamo.buw.uw.edu.pl). The entire ASC Library collection can be searched only on-site.

In these difficult times, we want to provide the best services possible to our readers. We encourage all ASC students to contact us with all their questions, doubts, and suggestions!

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?”