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Happy Thanksgiving!

November 25, 2021

The ASC Director’s wishes all students and workers good health, loads of optimism, and every success!

American Studies Colloquium Series

December 2: ‘Ain’t I a woman?’: Sojourner Truth, Feminist Theory, and the Unstable Category of ‘Woman’

December 2, 2021

Katrin Smiet’s lecture is devoted to the unstable category of ‘womanhood’ discussed from the perspective of power structures. This talk traces the feminist thinkers of the late 20th century to discover different answers to Sojourner Truth’s question: ‘Ain’t I a woman?’

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Resolution of the IAiE Council on the Humanitarian Crisis along the Poland-Belarus Border

November 12, 2021

The Council of the Institute of the Americas and Europe passed a resolution about the humanitarian crisis on the Poland-Belarus border.

Year 2021/2022

November 17: A Hip Hop Music Video Workshop

November 17, 2021

Jakub Guziński, who is a student of American Studies, currently working on their BA thesis in Cultural/Media Studies, invites for a workshop to discuss works of three widely recognizable American hip hop artists and frame their ideas within the broader context of American culture.

American Studies Colloquium Series

November 18: Studying Authorial Fingerprints – On Stylometric Study of American Literature

November 18, 2021

In this talk, Michał Choiński will demonstrate how stylometric study of literature may help more traditional, qualitative approaches to American literature by regrouping texts based on their regional affiliation, tracing an editor in a text and solving the issue of problematic authorship.

Year 2021/2022

November 3: Play This Only At Night: Hip Hop, Horror, and Afrofuturism

November 3, 2021

Dr. Tracey M. Salisbury is an Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies/Ethnic Studies at California State University, Bakersfield, where she has been a faculty member since 2017. She teaches Black Studies and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies courses.

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Doctor Matthew Chambers with the IDUB grant

October 29, 2021

Matthew Chambers has been awarded a research grant from the IDUB for his project Bookshops and Networks of Social Engagement: BOOKNET.

Year 2021/2022

October 28: XXVII Seminar of the Polish-American Ethnological Society

October 16, 2021

XXVII Seminar of the Polish-American Ethnological Society co-organized with the ASC will be devoted to indigenous cultures of both Americas.

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Elections to the Students’ Union Council

October 13, 2021

The ASC Students’ Union invites all students to get involved by submitting your candidacy in the upcoming elections.

Year 2021/2022

Book launch “Anti-Gender Politics in the Populist Moment” by Agnieszka Graff and Elżbieta Korolczuk

October 13, 2021

The event presents the book “Anti-Gender Politics in the Populist Moment”, which examines the new phase of global struggles around gender equality and sexual democracy: the ultraconservative mobilization against “gender ideology” and feminist efforts to counteract it.

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“Creative Education”: Practical Project Group

October 8, 2021

MA I students are welcome to join the Practical Project Group entitled “Creative Education” run by the Volunteer Centre of the University of Warsaw.

Year 2021/2022

BA Freshers’ Guide to the ASC

October 1, 2021

A Two-Part Online Seminar for BA Freshers will help you to start your new adventure at the ASC. Join us for useful tips, skills, and the academic know-how.

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Health and safety training at University of Warsaw

October 6, 2021

OHS training for students starting their education at the University of Warsaw in the academic year 2021/2022.

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Prof. William Glass presented with a special award

September 27, 2021

Professor William Glass has been presented with a special award in recognition of his teaching work.

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Organization of classes in winter semester 2021/2022

September 27, 2021

Mode of conducting classes and tools used in distance education at the Center for American Studies (OSA) in winter semester 2021/22.