American Studies Colloquium Series
January 12: Wild Blue Media: Encountering the Bookshelf, Underwater
January 12, 2023
What would media and literary studies look like, underwater? In this lecture, Melody Jue, the author of “Wild Blue Media: Thinking Through Seawater,” is going to show how the ocean can be a science fictional environment for defamiliarizing concepts, offering cold and briny contexts in which to rethink what it means to store and organize information.
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New project on queer theory in cooperation with Humboldt University Berlin
December 31, 2022
A team led by Prof. Tomasz Basiuk has just received a prestigious grant from the National Science Center.
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Holiday break at the ASC
December 20, 2023
The ASC Offices and Library will be closed for the winter holiday from December 22, 2023, to January 5, 2024. We wish you a wonderful break and happy holidays!
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Visiting Professors in the Spring 2023
December 18, 2022
We are pleased to present visiting professors at the ASC in the Spring 2023, who will be teaching courses for BA and MA students.
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Ms. Liliana Kontny is retiring
December 13, 2022
Ms. Liliana Kontny, the ASC’s Main Librarian, is retiring at the end of this year after over two decades of her dedicated service at our Center.
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Courses taught remotely in the Spring semester 2022/23
December 10, 2022
See the list of courses taught remotely in the upcoming semester at the Institute of the Americas and Europe.
Year 2022/2023
December 15: “Veer”: Movie Screening with Q&A
December 15, 2022
Join us for the Polish premiere and one of the first world screenings of the documentary film “Veer,” an artistic interview directed by Karol Jałochowski and featuring the prominent American writer, Cormac McCarthy.
American Studies Colloquium Series
December 8: Was There an American Literary Mafia?
December 8, 2022
In the 1960s and 1970s, many American authors, Jewish and non-Jewish alike, complained about a “Jewish literary mafia.” How did Jews’ roles in publishing influence the development of American literature? How can attention to this story help to produce a more equitable industry now?
Year 2022/2023
December 6: Witches in American Popular Music: Introduction + Discussion
November 24, 2022
Rebellious and powerful, witches penetrate the social spaces and popular culture. In her introduction, Joanna Kaniewska will map the presence of witches in American music. Later, she will invite all the participants to discuss the “music witches,” their common traits and associations.
Year 2022/2023
ASC Thanksgiving Dinner
November 18, 2022
We’re happy to invite all students, faculty and staff to join our traditional Thanksgiving Potluck Dinner!
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The ASC’s New Americanist will be published with Edinburgh University Press
October 28, 2022
Starting from Spring 2023, the ASC’s New Americanist will be published with Edinburgh University Press in cooperation with the University of Warsaw.
American Studies Colloquium Series
November 17: Imagining Sex Between White Men: Slash Fan Fiction and the Racial Politics of Feminist Fantasy
November 10, 2022
In this talk, Alexis Lothian discusses slash fan fiction by examining the ways that dynamics of racialization can be critically engaged on and through the bodies of white male protagonists, and whether a speculative erotics of white masculinity might have something to contribute to a feminism committed to antiracist politics.
American Studies Colloquium Series
October 27: The Shapes of Apocalyptic Time: Decolonising Eco-Eschatology
October 20, 2022
On the contrary to contemporary ecological discourses, rooted in linear temporality derived from Christian eschatology, this presentation offers to see eco-eschatological time as a spiral and as a non-contemporaneous totality, which can help us devise more accurate strategy for decolonial environmental politics.
American Studies Colloquium Series
October 20: When American Television Became American Literature
October 14, 2022
In this lecture, Ben Alexander discusses the phenomena of the most poignant American serial dramas and places them in historical context, as well as suggests to see American television as a new art form that requires dedicated critical approaches.
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Promotion of scientific research in the public domain – IDUB funds
September 5, 2022
The call for applications for projects directed at promoting scientific research carried out at the UW is underway.
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Joint Inauguration and Graduation Ceremony 2022
September 14, 2022
This year the ASC will have a joint Inauguration/ Graduation Ceremony on Friday, October 7th at 4 p.m. in the Old BUW Building at the Main Campus at Krakowskie Przedmieście.