However, one of the lead teachers in the department is working to organize a nucleus that would draw faculty from different departments into an American studies program. The University of Sao Paulo already has such an American studies nucleus. Many scholars in history, literature, anthropology, sociology and other disciplines throughout the country teach courses with American studies content. As for the active American Studies Association in Brazil, the group tends not to be interdisciplinary in the United States sense. At the University of Silesia, interdisciplinarity is a very important component of English and American studies.
Many senior professors have extensive backgrounds in both literature and philosophy.
Individual professors often combine literary studies with historical, economic, political and social studies. In addition, the program introduces students, of necessity, to cross-cultural or multicultural perspectives, even if these perspectives have a different look than those in the United States. The University of Palermo also offers especializaciones in European, Asian and Latin American studies. But American studies is by far the most successful, with the most demand. There are no area study programs of any kind.