Year 2022/2023
May 9: Call of the Deep: Mermaids in Film and Fiction
May 9, 2023
We’ll talk mermaids old and new. The ones with lovely fins and the ones with sharp teeth. We’ll journey through the unruly waters of Greek mythology, medieval (AND communist!) Warsaw and the Mariana Trench. We’ll talk mermaid taxonomy and history. We’ll talk about Mami Wata and the Little Mermaid. And we’ll talk how natureculture continuum and gender binary are traversed and challenged through the immensely popular figures of mer-people.
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MOST Student Exchange Program
April 26, 2023
Applications for the MOST Student Exchange Program are now open! Apply until May 15.
Free trial to Project MUSE Journals
April 26, 2023
Enjoy the free trial access to Project MUSE Journals: Premium Collection until June 8, 2023.
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Visit our stand during the UW Open Day
April 18, 2023
Learn about our BA and MA programs in American Studies during the University Open Day this Saturday
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Karolina Krasuska awarded a grant
April 11, 2023
Prof. Karolina Krasuska has been awarded a 4-year Preludium Bis grant to fully fund a PhD project under her supervision.
Year 2022/2023
April 27: Sex under Western Gaze
April 27, 2023
Did women have better sex – or better anything – under socialism? What do Eastern Europeans think about how Ghodsee’s book “Why Women Have Better Sex under Socialism” presents “our” history? Join Dr. Ludmiła Janion to talk over these issues with Erasmus+ visiting scholar Prof. Kornelia Slavova.
Year 2022/2023
April 25: Blood, Guts, Quirks and Frames: Greek Myths in Video Games
April 25, 2023
Nearly three thousand years ago, in ancient Greece, mythological and semi-legendary reigned in people’s hearts: heroes, demi-gods, monsters and more. Nowadays, all these myths are still, if not more, popular. This lecture will take a look at how contemporary video games take inspiration from ancient myths, often giving in return not only better visuals, but new depth, new meaning, even whole new stories.
Year 2022/2023
April 20: Appropriations of Emily Dickinson: the Persistence of the Poet
April 20, 2023
Join us for a meeting with Charles Holdefer, the author of several novels and numerous short stories, one of which won the Pushcart Prize. We will speak about his most recent novel, “Don’t Look at Me” (2022), in which the protagonist discovers a cache of unknown letters from Emily Dickinson to her lover which includes a major, hitherto unknown poem.
Year 2022/2023
April 13: Meet author Menachem Kaiser and translator Monika Skowron
April 13, 2023
It is our pleasure to invite you to the meeting with Menachem Kaiser, the author of a critically acclaimed, award-winning debut memoir “Plunder” and Monika Skowron, the book’s translator into Polish. The unusual focus on property is a way for the author to critique rote, exploitative, and excessively sentimental “third generation” memoirs written by descendants of Holocaust survivors visiting the “old country”.
Year 2022/2023
March 30: Between Euterpe and Aurora: How the Greek Myths Live in Contemporary Music
March 28, 2023
Ancient mythologies are alive in the contemporary world and continue to inspire artists and musicians. This lecture will offer a look into the interpretations and reinterpretations of Greek mythos in contemporary popular (or not-so-popular) music. Together, we will listen to the reconstructions of ancient hymns and wonder why so people from different countries and cultures still listen to the Greek tales from thousands of years ago?
Year 2022/2023
31 marca: Co zrobić z Lydią Tár? Pokaz i dyskusja wokół filmu Todda Fielda
March 31, 2023
Nominowany do 6 Oscarów film Todda Fielda z brawurową rolą Cate Blanchett to prowokacyjne spojrzenie na współczesną kulturę i społeczne konflikty. Zapraszamy do rozmowy, w której skupimy się na politycznych interpretacjach “Tár” w kontekście przemian amerykańskiej wrażliwości.
American Studies Colloquium Series
March 28: The Flashy Girl from Flushing: The Nanny and its Influence on American Culture
March 28, 2023
During the lecture, David Slucki of Monash University is going to investigate the recent upsurge in interest in the iconic CBS sitcom “The Nanny” and what it has to teach us about contemporary American Jewish life, and American life more broadly. “The Nanny” marks a turning point for American Jewish culture, popular culture representations of Jews, and particularly Jewish women.
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Our scholars in the program for young female researchers and teachers
March 22, 2023
Dr. Natalia Pamuła and Dr. Anna Kurowicka have been admitted to the program for young female researchers and teachers.
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Faculty Exchange with Oregon State University
March 14, 2023
The program will bring great American professors to the ASC, while the ASC faculty will have an opportunity to teach and conduct research at OSU.
Year 2022/2023
Oscars Night
March 12, 2023
Together with the ASC Students’ Union, we would like to invite all Hollywood fans to celebrate the night of the 95th Academy Awards! Join for a lecture by Prof. Paweł Frelik, bet on the best movie, watch a movie together, and finally the streaming of the Oscar ceremony!
American Studies Colloquium Series
March 9: Violent Divisions: Family Separations, Industrial Accidents and other Disconnections among Refugee Workers in the American Food System
March 9, 2023
Globalization is often seen as a process of expanding connections between distant people, things and places. In this talk, however, focusing on processes of refugee resettlement in Greeley, Colorado, we are going to look at Rohingya refugees in the American food system to show how capitalism relies on a continuous process of violent separations.