Events

Year 2020/2021

March 22: American Leadership in the World – a Myth or Reality?

March 18, 2021

Leadership Studies Group invites all followers of American politics to a meeting with professor Roman Kuźniar, a distinguished expert in international relations, a diplomat, and an advisor to the President of the Polish Republic Bronisław Komorowski.

American Studies Colloquium Series

March 18: The Art of the Jewish Family: Early American Women’s History Through Objects

March 18, 2021

In this lecture, Laura Arnold Leibman examines objects owned by Jewish women living in New York between 1750 and 1850, exploring the intimate and tangible views into their beliefs, values and lifestyles, and revealing the social and religious structures that led to Jewish women being erased from historical archives.

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Donate 1% of the income tax to the University of Warsaw Foundation

March 8, 2021

As in previous years, in 2021 you can donate 1% of the income tax to support the University of Warsaw Foundation and its activities in service of the academic community and organizational units.

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Lecture: White Trash: when racial privilege collides with class inferiority

March 1, 2021

Dr Małgorzata Durska will be a guest at the EUROREG’s seminar on March 4. She will discuss the paradox of privilege: when the racial privilege of being white collides with class inferiority.

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Dr Renata Siuda-Ambroziak awarded MINIATURA research project

February 10, 2021

We are excited to announce that Dr Renata Siuda-Ambroziak’s project “Contemporary Religius Culture of the Descendants of the Polish 19th Century Immigrants in the South of Brazil” will be funded by the National Science Center in the MINIATURA 4 scheme.

Current Research Projects

Contemporary Religious Culture of the Descendants of the Polish 19th Century Immigrants in the South of Brazil

February 12, 2021

Year 2020/2021

February 25: Q&A with Comic Book Artist Shawn Martinbrough

February 25, 2021

Shawn Martinbrough, a comic book artist, who has made projects for DC Comics, Marvel and Dark Horse Comics will be a guest of prof. Paweł Frelik during the Q&A session. He will discuss the diversifying role of comics, his personal story, and influences on his work.

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University of Florida 2024/2025 Stipends

February 11, 2024

The American Studies Center offers twp stipends for 2024/2025 Fall or Spring semester at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Florida. Applications should be sumbitted by the end of February.

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Competition “Entrepreneur of the Year at University of Warsaw”

February 9, 2021

We invite all the University of Warsaw’s employees, students and graduates, involved in running their own company, to participate in the competition for the “Entrepreneur of the Year.”

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Professor Jerzy Gąssowski
(1926–2021)

February 3, 2021

Born in 1926, Professor Gąssowski was an eminent Polish archeologist, who served as the Director of the American Studies Center between 1984 and 1987.

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Funds for promoting scientific research projects

February 2, 2021

Rules for reveiving funds for research projects whose popularisation will lead to the increased visibility of the University of Warsaw, its employees, and its ongoing scientific enquiries.

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Zotero training for MA

January 29, 2021

On February 8, we invite all OSA MA students to take part in a free online Zotero training with prof. Paweł Frelik. The training will be held in Polish.

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Institute of the Americas and Europe

January 24, 2021

Announcement regarding online exams at the Institute of the Americas and Europe in the fall semester 2020/2021.

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Online meeting with Vice-Rector

January 22, 2021

On January 29, Prof. Sławomir Żółtek, will be answering questions regarding the organisation of classes in the upcoming semester.

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Lecture: Demokracja po przejściach, Ameryka po wyborach

January 22, 2021

On January 27, prof. Bohdan Szklarski will take part in a lecture dealing with the post-election situation in the USA.