
News
Cyberpunk never dies!
June 6, 2022
Pawel Frelik co-edited a special issue of Teksty Drugie, and contributed, together with Anna Kurowicka, articles to the issue on cyberpunk.

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Stan Rzeczy co-edited by Anna Sosnowska
June 6, 2022
Anna Sosnowska co-edited and authored the newest special issue of Stan Rzeczy, published by the Department of Sociology, University of Warsaw.

Year 2021/2022
June 14: ASC Picnic 2022
June 14, 2022
The ASC Students’ Union is happy to invite all students and faculty to the first post-pandemic ASC picnic!

Year 2021/2022
June 8: Sounds of Dune(s): Music-landscaping in Cinema
June 8, 2022
In this workshop we’ll talk about Frank Herbert’s “Dune” and its many adaptations (both real and unrealized), in order to see how music and sound are used to bridge sensory gaps in cinematic experiences, and how to write about such synaesthetic encounters in our research.

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Online Admission System for Ukrainian Candidates
May 30, 2022
Online Admission System is meant to help candidates from Ukraine to become acquainted with education and job opportunities at Polish universities and institutes of science.

American Studies Colloquium Series
June 2: Eat, Migrate, Love: Gastronomic and Sexual Desire as Identity
June 2, 2022
This talk, whose title plays off the Julia Robert’s film “Eat, Pray, Love,” will explore queer films and queer immigrants’ relationships to food as part of the cultural identity, and how the rituals around food preparation and consumption informs their negotiations in the US.

Year 2021/2022
May 30: The (Early) Literature of COVID-19. Session V
May 30, 2022
This open seminar will explore initial literary responses to the ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, offering participants opportunities to talk through this world-changing event. By the end of the seminar, participants should be able to not only identify but also to interpret and evaluate common features of early COVID literature within and beyond the United States.

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Prof. Agnieszka Graff at Millennium Docs Against Gravity
May 11, 2022
Prof. Agnieszka Graff will talk about the lessons from the second wave of feminism during Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival.

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New Media in Contemporary Culture
May 11, 2022
The Department of British Culture at the Institute of English Studies invites for a talk revisiting the 1990s and the emergence of the world wide web.

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Comprehending Canada COIL course at Masaryk University
May 9, 2022
Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic invites to a online course about society, identity, culture, economy, and politics of Canada.

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Dean’s Day on April 30
March 24, 2025
We kindly inform you that, in accordance with Order No. 1 issued by the Head of the Teaching Unit on March 19, 2025, April 30, 2025, has been declared as a dean’s day (a day off from teaching).

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Studying in the US:
Pre-Departure Orientation
May 2, 2022
The US Embassy invites everyone interested in studying in the United States for the pre-departure orientation webinar.

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Prof. Mary McGann
(1945 – 2022)
May 2, 2022
We are greatly saddened by the news of the demise of Mary McGann, who had been directly engaged in founding the American Studies Center.

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Lecture by Mark Brzezinski
April 29, 2022
On May 9, UW will host a lecture by Mark F. Brzezinski, Ambassador of the United States in Poland, on global leadership. Registration required.

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Visiting Professor in the Spring 2022
April 28, 2022
We are pleased to introduce prof. Richard Reitsma from Canisius College, Buffalo, NY, who will soon start his course LatinX in the US at the ASC.

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JUWenalia 2022
April 27, 2022
The biggest student event at the University of Warsaw starts on Friday, May 6th! This weekend the Main Campus will be taken over by students.