BACKGROUND

The Department of Transatlantic and Media Studies (TSM) continues the mission of the Department of American Studies and Mass Media (ASM) and the North American Studies Center which was founded at the University of Lodz by prof. Elzbieta H. Oleksy and dr Wieslaw Oleksy in 1992.

TSM offers 4-semester M.A. Program in International Relations, American Studies and Mass Media Specialization which is designed for holders of a B.A. Degree (licencjat) in social sciences and humanities.

TSM consists of the American Library containing two special collections: the American Studies Collection and the so-called Jeffersonian Shelf and the Canadian Studies Resource Center.