Erasmus annoucements
Stipend at the University of Florida, Gainesville
January 31, 2023
Two stipends at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Florida, Gainesville! Apply before February 26, 2023.
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The ASC is moving to Dobra 55!
January 30, 2023
At the turn of the semesters, we are moving to a new location at Dobra 55. Due to our relocation, here are some important announcements to keep an eye on.
Erasmus annoucements
Applications for Erasmus+ 2023/2024 are now open!
January 27, 2023
As an ASC student, you may spend up to two semesters in one study-cycle studying abroad. Apply for Erasmus+ until February 26!
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Blue Book traineeship programme
January 19, 2023
Apply for a 5-month paid Blue Book traineeships at the European Commission starting in October 2023.
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Agnieszka Graff and Elzbieta Korolczuk with a prestigious award
January 18, 2023
Their book “Anti-Gender Politics in the Populist Moment” received The Bronislaw Malinowski Award in Social Sciences.
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Jerzy Wilkin
(1947–2023)
January 16, 2023
We mourn the loss of Professor Jerzy Wilkin, the Director and founder of the American Studies Masters Program at the ASC.
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ASC alumna Aleksandra Kamińska defended her doctoral dissertation
January 13, 2023
Congratulations to Aleksandra Kamińska on defending her doctoral dissertation!
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Ms. Anita Dołęgiewicz has become the acting Head Librarian
January 13, 2023
We are delighted to welcome Ms. Anita Dołęgiewicz to the ASC Library staff!
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ASC library closed from January 26 to February 19
January 13, 2023
Due to our relocation to Dobra 55, the ASC library will be shut down from January 26, 2023 to February 19, 2023.
Year 2022/2023
February 14: American Leadership in the war in Ukraine: Indonesian Perspective
February 14, 2023
Leadership Research Group has a pleasure of inviting all scholars and students to a conversation on the non-Western perspective on the war in Ukraine. Our guest will be Agastya Wardhana from Airlangga University and he will speak about the American leadership in the war in Ukraine from an Indonesian perspective.
Year 2022/2023
January 25: Meeting with the authors of “Pieśni Grozy: Straszne, mordercze i tajemnicze polskie pieśni ludowe”
January 25, 2023
Meet the authors of the book “Pieśni Grozy: Straszne, mordercze i tajemnicze polskie pieśni ludowe.” We are going to talk about how folklore still inspires artists, the process of creating illustrations and publications, and how folk art can be used in contemporary art.
American Studies Colloquium Series
January 19: Covid and a History of Racialized Asian Bodies in the US
January 19, 2023
Anti-Asian racism has been on the rise since the covid pandemic began. This talk by Selma Bidlingmaier examines the historical moments in US history that shaped the ideas that fuel anti-Asian racism. It focuses specifically on 19th Century scientific racism, coolie labor and the making of the white working class, and the 20th Century myth of the model minority.
American Studies Colloquium Series
January 12: Wild Blue Media: Encountering the Bookshelf, Underwater
January 12, 2023
What would media and literary studies look like, underwater? In this lecture, Melody Jue, the author of “Wild Blue Media: Thinking Through Seawater,” is going to show how the ocean can be a science fictional environment for defamiliarizing concepts, offering cold and briny contexts in which to rethink what it means to store and organize information.
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New project on queer theory in cooperation with Humboldt University Berlin
December 31, 2022
A team led by Prof. Tomasz Basiuk has just received a prestigious grant from the National Science Center.
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Holiday break at the ASC
December 20, 2023
The ASC Offices and Library will be closed for the winter holiday from December 22, 2023, to January 5, 2024. We wish you a wonderful break and happy holidays!
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Visiting Professors in the Spring 2023
December 18, 2022
We are pleased to present visiting professors at the ASC in the Spring 2023, who will be teaching courses for BA and MA students.