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

May 27: “We Shall Meet at the Crossroads, Where Nothing and Everything Grows: Imaginations of Nature and Culture in the Hungarian New Weird.”

May 22, 2026

Hear, hear! Weird Fictions Research Group is teaming up with Speculative Texts and Media Research Group for the final meeting in the “Weird Vegetation” series.

American Studies Colloquium Series

May 28: “Extroverted Financialization: Banking on USD Debt”

May 21, 2026

We are pleased to invite you to the last lecture of the American Studies Colloquium Series in the 2025/2026 Spring semester! This time we are pleased to host Mareike Beck with a lecture “Extroverted Financialization: Banking on USD Debt”.

Year 2025/2026

May 25: “Standing Woman – Fear Takes Root: Exploring Eco-Horror and dystopia through short film practice”.

May 20, 2026

Weird Fictions Research Group is pleased to invite you to an online film screening and conversation with Max Gee (University of Salford), the writer behind the short film Standing Woman. Join us on Zoom to watch the film together and learn more about arts-based research practices and eco-horror.

Year 2025/2026

May 20: “In the Orbit of Empire: Space, Race, and Inequality in Brazil and the United States”

May 18, 2026

Join us for the next lecture in the ‘Western Hemisphere Lecture Series’! This time we are pleased to host Sean T. Mitchell from Rutgers University, Newark with a lecture titled “In the Orbit of Empire: Space, Race, and Inequality in Brazil and the United States”.

Year 2025/2026

May 19: “Bummerland: Ruin and Restoration in Trump’s New America”

May 18, 2026

Join us for a public talk titled “Bummerland: Ruin and Restoration in Trump’s New America” by Randolph R. Lewis (University of Texas at Austin).