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Wydziałowa Komisja Wyborcza Wydziału Polonistyki zwołuje zebranie w dniu 22 października 2019 r. (wtorek) o 16:00 w s. 4 (główny gmach Wydziału Polonistyki, kampus centralny)

October 10, 2019

P.T. Nauczycieli Akademickich UW mających tytuł profesora lub doktora habilitowanego, którzy zadeklarowali przynależność do dyscypliny nauki o kulturze i religii. W celu wyboru 18 członków Rady Naukowej Dyscypliny Nauki o Kulturze i Religii w kadencji 2019-2020

Year 2019/2020

October 10: A Backward Glance Over the Much-Traveled Road of Postmodern Fiction

October 2, 2019

The lecture, given by Heinz Ickstadt, a Professor Emeritus in Kennedy Institut of Freie Universität in Berlin, will discuss the instability of the term “postmodernism” and the different shades of meaning it has gained from changing historical contexts as well as via the differing perspectives of a variety of disciplines.

Year 2019/2020

October 7: The US and Today’s Global Challenges

October 1, 2019

Daniel Fried, the US Department of State Assistant Secretary and former US Ambassador to Poland will spea of contemporary global challenges and how the US deals with them.

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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.