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Christmas is a special time when the sacred and the profane are intertwined in one unique narrative. This special time has been reflected in literature, music, art and rituals for centuries. In Christian iconography, the scene of the Nativity of Jesus occupies a special and unique place. The exhibition Christmas in Special Collections presented on this occasion at BUWr invites you to travel through the mystical visions and imaginings of artists contained in the collection of old prints, musicals, manuscripts, prints and cartographic collections.

The researchers hope that the results of this project will contribute to the development of new devices which will allow for an effective combat with chemical pollution of the environment. A project in collaboration of University of Wrocław with Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań will be funded by NCN, as part of Opus contest an amount of PLN 2 245 044 was allocated for the project.

Among the 60 applications selected for funding by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education as part of the ‘Pearls of Science II’ programme, there were four from our University. The grants will go to our young scholars and researchers Magdalena Szmitka, Jagna Rita Sobel, Kacper Rosner – Leszczyński and Bartosz Rusin.

At the beginning of December, the University of Wrocław Press published a scholarly publication by prof. Jarosław Syrnyk, professor of history, employee of the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Wrocław and Rector’s representative for cooperation with Ukraine. The book entitled Łemkowskie Rozdroże (eng. Lemko Crossroads)is a continuation of the issues raised in two earlier monographs: Przemoc i chaos. Powiat sanocki i okolice w latach 1944-1947. Analiza anropologiczno-historyczna (ed. Institute of National Remembrance, Warsaw-Wrocław 2020) and Trójkąt bieszczadzki. Tysiąc dni i tysiąc nocy anarchii w powiecie leskim 1944-1947 (ed. Libra Pl, Rzeszów 2018). Lemko Crossroads focuses on the events of 1944-1947, as well as on later attempts to mythologise these events for the use of specific ideologies. We encourage you to read an interview between mgr Maria Kozan from the Department of Communication and prof. Jarosław Syrnyk.

In this year’s edition of Ulam NAWA programme, scholarships were given to 60 researchers form 26 countries,the Ulam NAWA programme, scholarships were given to 60 researchers from 26 countries who will visit Polish universities and research centres. As a part of this programme, scientists from Venezuela, India, and Finland will come to our university.

The authorities of the University of Wrocław (UWr) reached an agreement with the students who were occupying rooms of at the Institute of Cultural Studies. On the 13 December13 December, the students declared they would leave the occupied rooms by Monday, 16 December.

The Academic Career Office of the University of Wrocław invites all students of the University of Wrocław to participate in a survey on Generation Z’s opinion on the labour market and attitudes towards professional careers.

The Institute of Polish Studies at the University of Wrocław and the Society of Friends of the Wrocław Polish Studies invite you to a Meeting in the Hehring room with prof. Justyna Bajda on 15 December 2024.

We recently reported on the success of prof. Marcin Wodziński, who received the Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science. Today the UWr Chair of Jewish Studies staff can boast of more awards.

The University of Wrocław invites you to the 14th edition of the Biologists’ Night 2025, which will be held on January 10 from 3:00 pm to midnight. Its theme is “Biologia zmian klimatu”. The event will be held in a hybrid format – offering a variety of classroom and online activities.

On Wednesday, 4 December 2024, the first integrative bus trip of the UWr Faculty of Letters students to Dresden took place. It took the form of a workshop addressed to students of Polish Studies (second year, pursuing a course in Romantic literature) and German Studies. The purpose of the trip was a monographic exhibition of paintings by Caspar David Friedrich, organised as part of the 250th anniversary of the birth of the prominent Dresden painter – a precursor of Romanticism in European painting – considered one of the most important cultural events of the past year.

ACTRIS is the biggest infrastructure in the world dedicated to atmospheric research in various locations. In Europe, it is formed by over 100 entities from 20 countries. What role does University of Wrocław play in it? It is one of the partners called as National Facility, and it has just become the leader of a scientific project with a budget of almost PLN 22 million!