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The Institute of Polish Studies and the Society of Friends of Polish Studies in Wrocław invite you to the Meetings at ‘Nehring’ room – popular science lectures on Polish studies in the 2024/2025 academic year. On 18 May (Sunday) at 11:00-12:00, dr Karolina Chyła will give a lecture entitled ‘Błędny rycerz w wielkim mieście, czyli “Walka z szatanem” Stefana Żeromskiego’ in the Nehring Hall, in the reading room on the ground floor of the Institute of Polish Studies (pl. Nankiera 15b). Admission is free.
In one of the most prestigious journals in the world specializing in the medicinal chemistry and discovering pharmaceuticals, The Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (ACS), a publication appeared which describes the discovery of nanobodies blocking galectine-7 and of which the co-authors are dr Natalia Porębska and prof. dr hab. Łukasz Opaliński from the Department of Medical Biotechnology. The publication came into being in cooperation with the prof. Yves St Pierre team from INRS Quebec, Canada.
Polish scientists, including researchers from the University of Wrocław, have investigated how climate change is reshaping the Arctic water cycle. The results of their analysis can be used to develop strategies to minimize the risks associated with extreme hydrological events in the polar and alpine regions.
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On 8 May – Librarian’s Day and the beginning of Library Week – the second edition of the Obiegówka game organised by the specialist libraries of the University of Wrocław will begin. This year, the University Library is also joining as a co-organiser!
Millennium Docs Against Gravity, a 10-day celebration of documentary cinema, is fast approaching. Between May 9 and 18, more than seventy documentaries from around the world will be presented at the DCF Cinema. These unforgettable cinematic journeys will be accompanied by meetings with filmmakers, heroes and heroines, as well as other accompanying events.
We cordially invite you to a lecture by Prof. Susan E. Scarrow from the University of Houston titled Political Parties in the 21st Century: Obsolete or Transformed? The event will take place on 13 May 2025, from 11:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., in room 131 of the Institute of Political Science at ul. Koszarowa 3, […]
The sculpture of the gorilla Pussi, the projector head made for the Luftwaffe, professor Rospond’s flashcards, professor Teisseyre’s notes from Lviv, and a 19th-century sewerage map from 1879 are just some of the objects featured in the exhibition “Rzeczy Mówią. Uniwersyteckie historie opowiedziane przedmiotami” (eng. Objects That Speak: University stories told through things), which has been viewed by 69,000 visitors at the University of Wrocław Museum since July 2024.
On behalf of the Scholarly and Organizing Committee, we are delighted to announce that this year’s BEYOND LANGUAGE International Conference for Young Scholars will be hosted at five esteemed universities across Europe from May 14th to June 12th.
From 22 April to 7 May 2025, eight students of Spatial Management from the Institute of Geography and Regional Development at the University of Wrocław are taking part in a study visit to Tsinghua University in Beijing – ranked the best university in China according to the Shanghai Ranking, and 22nd globally.
On 24–25 April, the IDUB Project Office at the University of Wrocław hosted the 4th Conference of IDUB Implementation Teams, aimed at programme managers and implementation teams.
On 7 May 2025 at 10:15, the Institute of English Studies at the University of Wrocław will host an open lecture organised as part of the IDUB programme. The lecture, entitled “Malinowski and the Eternal Return of the Speaker”, will be delivered by Professor John E. Joseph (University of Edinburgh, Scotland).
The Student Scientific Accociation of Russian Studies “WroSlawianie”, “Ljudi” Student Scientific Association, the Department of Russian Literature and Culture (Institute of Slavic Studies UWr), and the Department of Practical Russian Language Studies (Institute of Slavic Studies UWr) invite you to the 9th National One Novel Competition on 30 April 2025, featuring “The Tower of Fools” by Andrzej Sapkowski (under the honorary patronage of the Dean of the Faculty of Languages, Cultures and Literatures).
If you haven’t yet decided how to spend your May Day weekend, we warmly invite you to visit the University of Wrocław Botanical Garden and the Arboretum in Wojsławice. The Botanical Garden is currently at its springtime best. Although the Tulip Festival was officially scheduled for April 26, the tulips are still in full bloom […]
