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On 17 October 2025, the Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics of the University of Wrocław will host professor Jon Saklofske from Acadia University (Nova Scotia, Canada), whose visit is part of the Visiting Professors programme. Professor Saklofske will give a lecture entitled ‘Beyond Ego: Pedagogies of kindness and deterministic responsibilities in university learning.’ The meeting will take place at 11:00 a.m. in Amphitheatre A, in building C of the Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics at ul. Więzienna 8/12.

From 22 to 26 September 2025, Wrocław will host the 67th Scientific Congress of the Polish Chemical Society, organised jointly by Wrocław University of Science and Technology, the University of Wrocław, and Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences. This year’s edition takes place under the motto “Building Bridges to New Discoveries”, which refers both to the symbolism of Wrocław’s bridges and to the idea of connecting different fields of chemistry, research environments, universities, fundamental and applied research, as well as fostering relationships between early-career and experienced researchers, and between academia and industry.

As part of the IDUB Visiting Professors programme, the Faculty of Biological Sciences will be hosting Professor Matej Germ from the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia). Professor Germ will be staying at the Department of Ecology, Biogeochemistry and Environmental Protection from 29 September to 3 October 2025. During her visit, she will give an open lecture entitled Macrophytes – an important component in aquatic habitats, which will take place on 2 October 2025 from 10:00 to 11:00 in the lecture hall of the Faculty of Biological Sciences at ul. Kanonia 6/8.

As part of the IDUB Visiting Professors programme, professor Davi Rodrigues from the Federal University of Espírito Santo in Vitória (Brazil) is coming to the University of Wrocław. During his stay, which will last from 25 September to 18 October 2025, prof. Rodrigues will give an open lecture entitled: Tracing the origins of a rare cosmic explosion: the kilonova candidate GRB 230307A. The meeting will take place on 3 October 2025 at 12:15 p.m. in room 422 of the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Wrocław. The event is organised by the Institute of Theoretical Physics.

The Department of Renaissance and Reformation Art History at the Institute of Art History of the University of Wrocław, is organising, from 22 to 27 September 2025 in Gdańsk, the Polish-German Seminar Wrocław–Halle–Siegen “Religion and Art in Multi-Ethnic and Multi-Confessional Gdańsk in the Early Modern Period”. The participants in this event, prepared in cooperation with Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and the University of Siegen, will include scholars, doctoral candidates and students of art history, Protestant and Catholic theology and church history from the institutions named above.
As part of the visiting professor programme implemented under the Excellence Initiative – Research University project, the Faculty of Biotechnology at the University of Wrocław will host prof. Marta Krasowska from the University of South Australia (Australia). During her visit, the professor will give an open lecture entitled ‘Isolating the interface of an emulsion using […]

The Institute of Polish Studies at the University of Wrocław, together with the Society of Friends of Wrocław Polish Studies, invites you to the 30th edition of the popular-science lecture series in Polish studies, “Meetings at Nehring Hall”, organised in the 2025/2026 academic year. The series will be opened by a lecture by Prof. Jan Miodek entitled “Język sportu w moim życiu”, which will take place on 5 October.

As part of the IDUB programme (short-term visits), the Faculty of Biological Sciences and the Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences at the University of Wrocław will host two distinguished scholars, who will deliver open lectures on the determinants of human behaviour. The event will take place at the Institute of Psychology, ul. Dawida 1, in room 18/lecture hall.
As part of the IDUB programme (short-term visits), the Faculty of Biological Sciences at the University of Wrocław will be hosting prof. Mark Thomas from the Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London. He will deliver a public lecture entitled Dairying, diseases and the evolution of lactase persistence in Europe. The event […]