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On Monday, 20 October at 4:00 p.m., the SKNR WroSlawianie from the Institute of Slavic Studies, together with the co-organisers – the Centre for Culture and Arts, the UWr International Office and the UWr Office for Student and Doctoral Activities – invite you to the 6th edition of the “Melodies of Three Generations” concert.

In October, the Institute of Romance Studies will host Prof. Renaud Bret-Vitoz from Sorbonne Université (France) as part of the Excellence Initiative – Research University (IDUB) programme. Prof. Bret-Vitoz is a distinguished specialist in 18th-century French literature and theatre. During his visit, he will give two open lectures focusing on Enlightenment drama, particularly the works of Voltaire and the theatrical context of the 18th century.

Commentary by an expert from the University of Wrocław on the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics

Student initiatives from the Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics and the Institute of Archaeology at the Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences have received funding under the project “Wsparcie studentów w zakresie podniesienia ich kompetencji i umiejętności”, organised by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education within the framework of the European Funds for Social Development Programme 2021–2027.

In the year marked by the war happening to the West of our borders, an increase in hybrid threats and a redefinition of the international order, Wrocław will become the Polish centre of debate about security. The 3rd Nationwide Congress of Security Education will be held on October 22-23, 2025, and guarantees to gather the highest-ranking researchers and practitioners, as well as service and administrative representatives, in order to answer the questions about the country’s resilience, successful tactics of deterrence, social and informational security, and the quality of research within this discipline.

From 4 to 6 November 2025 of the Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics of the University of Wrocław will host Dr Juan García Blesa from the University of Hagen (Germany), who will visit our university under the Visiting Professors IDUB programme. Dr García Blesa is a recognised scholar in the fields of critical theory of international law, legal research methodology, and the relationship between culture and law.

The University of Wrocław, as in the previous year, has been placed in the 1201–1500 band of the world’s best universities in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026, announced on 9 October 2025. The University’s strongest indicators are Research Environment, in which it ranks 830th globally, and Teaching, where it holds 900th place worldwide.

From 19 to 22 October, the Centre for Research on the Ancient World at the Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences will host Professor Julien Faguer from Université Paris Nanterre. The visit, organised at the invitation of dr Dominika Grzesik, is funded under the IDUB project’s “Visiting Professors” programme. Professor Faguer is the author of numerous publications devoted to the epigraphic culture and economy of ancient Greece, and has taken part in and led archaeological missions in Delphi and Delos.

Wydział Nauk o Ziemi i Kształtowania Środowiska Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego zaprasza na trzecią edycję obchodów Dnia Krajobrazu i Dnia Georóżnorodności, które odbędą się 17 października 2025 roku od godziny 10:00 na Kampusie UWr przy ul. Cybulskiego 30–34 we Wrocławiu, a także w Gmachu Głównym Uniwersytetu przy Placu Uniwersyteckim 1 oraz w Centrum Badań Regionów Zimnych UWr. Tegoroczne wydarzenie odbędzie się pod hasłem „SYMBIOZA – Przyroda i Miasto w jednym Krajobrazie!”

The Faculty of Languages, Literatures and Cultures invites to an open lecture by Dr Guillermo Sánchez Ungidos (Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha), held as part of the IDUB programme. The lecture, entitled Keep it cute, manito: Poetry and cultural identity in Spanish and Latin urban music, will take place on 21 October 2025 (Tuesday) at 17:30 at the Institute of Romance Studies (pl. Nankiera 4, Room 4.8, Wrocław).

The Faculty of Languages, Literatures and Cultures invites you to an open lecture by prof. Aleksandra Nowakowska from Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3, held as part of the IDUB – Visiting Professor programme. The lecture, entitled Comment le dialogisme révèle-t-il l’épaisseur du discours ? Outils de l’analyse du discours, will take place on 22 October 2025, from 12:00 to 13:30 at the Institute of Romance Studies (Room 3.2, pl. Biskupa Nankiera 4, Wrocław).