Year 2020/2021
April 13: Ze wszystkich istot nadprzyrodzonych najszkodliwszy. Wilkołaki w słowiańskim folklorze
April 13, 2021
In this lecture, we will be looking at werewolves and their presence in Polish folklore. Katarzyna Bielicka will talk about the transformation process described by ethnographers, the effect of werewolves on pagan religions, and accidents when werewolves saved someone’s life.
Year 2020/2021
April 12: Hate in the Homeland –
Right-wing Extremism in the USA
April 12, 2021
During the talk, Cynthia Miller-Idriss, a renown sociologist and public policy analyst, will share her thoughts on the rise of right wing extremism in the United States, derived from her recent book, “Hate in the Homeland.” The event is organized by the Leadership Studies Group.
Year 2020/2021
April 8: Race in US Popular Culture. Presentation of ASC Students’ Articles Published in “View”
April 8, 2021
In this academic session three ASC students, Anna Maria Grzybowska, Karolina Toka and Jakub Olech, will discuss and celebrate the publication of their articles, originally written for the Research Proseminar „Race in American Film” taught by Prof. Agnieszka Graff in the Spring of 2020.
Year 2020/2021
March 29: Customary Strangers: Double Mirroring of Otherness in Eastern-Western Vampire Narratives
March 29, 2021
The Vampire serves as a perfect embodiment of the Other of all sorts: racial, sexual, ethnic, gender and class. The main objective of this lecture is to provide a comparative description of Vampire Narratives as collective fantasies about the radical otherness.
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In Memory of Jacek Tokaj
March 23, 2021
With regret, we report that Jacek Tokaj, our close Colleague and secretary for student affairs of the Center for European Regional and Local Studies EUROREG, passed away on March 19th, 2021.
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.