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How to Survive at the ASC? Tips, Skills, and Know-How for the Academia
October 2, 2019
What do professors find most annoying? Why are some laid-back students very successful at exams, while others pull all-nighters and still struggle to get a pass? “Coming to class prepared” – what does it really mean?
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On September 28 we celebrated the graduation of the ASC Class of 2019!
September 30, 2019
Congratulations to all graduates!
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Stypendium m.st. Warszawy im. Jana Pawła II
September 26, 2019
Ten największy samorządowy program stypendialny w Polsce skierowany jest do uczniów szkół podstawowych i szkół ponadpodstawowych oraz studentów uczących się w Warszawie. Operatorem stypendiów jest Centrum Myśli Jana Pawła II, instytucja kultury m.st. Warszawy.
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Festiwal nauki w OSA UW, Al. Niepodległości 22, Warszawa
September 12, 2019
http://festiwalnauki.edu.pl/
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Dear ASC Graduates, Faculty, Alumni and Friends,
July 2, 2019
SAVE THE DATE! The American Studies Center invites you to the ASC Graduation Ceremony of Class 2019. Join us at the BUW at Dobra 56/66 Street on Saturday, September 28th at 2 p.m. Details soon! See how it looked last yearSee our Facebook Event
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EAAS 2020
June 19, 2019
American Studies Center is co-organizing the biggest American Studies conference in Europe next year! For more information visit our website at http://eaas2020.eu/ and our Facebook profile at https://www.facebook.com/eaas2020/
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James F. Morrison
September 16, 2019
It is with great sadness that we have learned of the death of James F. Morrison, who suffered a fatal heart attack in Florida on September 11, 2019. In October he would have been 82 years old.
Year 2018/2019
June 6: Crisis in Venezuela: Why it Matters?
June 6, 2019
In this lecture former PAP Correspondent and Ambassador to Brazil and Venezuela, Krzysztof Jacek Hinz, is going to speak about the complexity and importance of the economical crisis occurring currently in Venezuela.
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Finding your way around UW
September 9, 2019
American Studies Center at the University of Warsaw welcomes all new students! You might find it helpful to check the UW Welcome Point. You will learn how to explore the University campuses and the city: http://welcome.uw.edu.pl/during-your-stay/finding-your-way-around-uw/. Looking forward to seeing you soon!
American Studies Colloquium Series
May 16: Haunted by Hill House: Shirley Jackson, Housewife Horrors and the Politics of Fame
March 27, 2019
In this lecture Patrycja Antoszek from the Catholic University of Lublin will talk about Shirley Jackson’s personal experiences as a mother, full-time housewife and wife of a famous literary critic, that inspired her highly provocative and original stories, dominated by the Gothic tropes of haunted heroines, enclosed spaces and female madness.
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Anna Sosnowska’s book has been published by Central European University Press!
June 6, 2019
“This beautifully written and engaging book is a veritable intellectual feast. Not only does it bring the rich scholarly tradition of the Polish historiography of ‘backwardness’ and ‘development’ to bear on global discussions of economic inequality; it also offers an opportunity to rethink […]
American Studies Colloquium Series
April 25: Ghosts and Anchors: Translingualism in Contemporary US Poetry
March 27, 2019
This lecture considers translingualism as creative and dynamic experiment in contemporary U.S. poetry. Piotr Gwiazda from the University of Pittsburgh will discuss how it influences literary work of first- and second-generation immigrants to America.
Year 2018/2019
March 28: Crime Narratives in the Age of Trump: A Manifesto
March 27, 2019
In this talk David Schmid, from University at Buffalo, will argue that the election of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States provides the cultural critic in general and the cultural critic of crime narratives. For this purpose, he will examine a series of related issues about what televisual, filmic, and written narratives of crime from a variety of geographical and geopolitical spaces.
American Studies Colloquium Series
March 14: Defining State-Private Network. American Freedom Committees During the Cold War
March 14, 2019
In this lecture Anna Mazurkiewicz from the University of Gdańsk focuses on the fate of the political exiles who had left the Communist-dominated regions and entered into complex relations with the Americans during the Cold War.
American Studies Colloquium Series
March 7: Transnational Identities and Behaviors among Solidarity Refugees in the US
March 1, 2019
Mary Erdmans during the presentation outlines the political transnational activities and identities of Solidarity refugees in the United States (mainly Chicago and California) during the late 1980s. She also focuses on several factors influencing the return of the Solidarity refugees, who re-migrated to Poland after 1989.
American Studies Colloquium Series
February 28: The Diva Project: Analyzing Stardom in American Pop Culture
January 28, 2019
This presentation discusses the films Mahogany and Dreamgirls, as well as analyzes female super stars, such as Diana Ross, Whitney Houston and Beyonce in order to highlight the connection between on-screen and off-screen performance. Jaap Kooijman examines the common trope in African American female superstardom that commercial success comes at the expense of “authentic blackness.”