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An international team of researchers led by prof. UWr Marta Osypińska, under a grant from a consortium of the University of Wrocław and the Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the UW, undertook research again last season at a unique site in Egypt, a first- and second-century pet cemetery in Berenike.

We have been in the European Union for 20 years now. To mark the anniversary, many attractive events are taking place all over Poland and abroad throughout the year. Meetings, festivals, exhibitions, competitions, sports competitions, workshops, school plays, conferences, European May Day and open days at projects that have come about as a result of our presence in the EU.

The spring edition of the Tutoring Academy course starts this Saturday, 11 May (there are still places available – you are welcome!). The next edition – the autumn edition – starts on 14 September and will run until 27 October. Registration is ongoing.

‘I dream of Koreans from all over the world meeting in the Aula Leopoldina.’ – says dr Haesung Lee, head of the Korean Studies team at the Institute of Classical, Mediterranean and Oriental Studies at the University of Wrocław

We are familiar with Lycaon from Africa, but around half a million years ago, these predatory mammals also inhabited the territory of present-day Poland. Scientists from the University of Wrocław, who examined the remains of the last Eurasian Lycaon from the Wieluń Jurassic system, refer to it as “Psi Kuba Rozpruwacz” (Canine Jack the Ripper). It was capable of bringing down a very large prey and consuming its flesh whole.

Following the recently signed letter of intent on mutual cooperation https://uwr.edu.pl/ossolineum-i-uniwersytet-chca-laczyc-sily-wydawnicze/, the University of Wrocław and the Ossolineum National Institute concluded an agreement on 29 April 2024 concerning publishing cooperation in the fields of history, philosophy, art, culture, social sciences and other aspects of the broadly defined humanities of our region.

Thursday, 25 April 2024, marked the end of a series of workshops on the origins of the manuscript book and writing offered to students as part of the BEYOND LANGUAGE course. During the first two meetings, mgr Dawid Kuriański and dr Adam Poznański from the Manuscripts Department of the University Library in Wrocław, introduced the students of the MSI College to the fascinating origins and dynamic changes in writing over the past centuries. Writing itself, and even more so the written and printed book, are groundbreaking, albeit relatively ‘new’ inventions in the history of cultural and linguistic development.

There’s a lot going on at the University of Wrocław Press and we want to keep you informed!
With this post, we start #mondayswithWUWr. We will keep you informed about the most important book launches, events and promotions, invite you to publications and describe what’s new! Today is the first Monday summary. For more, visit wuwr.eu!

Candidates for deans have already been formally elected at four UWr faculties. Once the elections have been approved by the University Electoral Commission, the Rector will appoint the new deans on 1 September, in addition to the three deans from the faculties that were created after the division of the Faculty of Letters. In the Faculty of Letters, the Faculty of Social Communication and Media and the Faculty of Neophilology, elections will be held in October and November.