UL: Cultural events

Registration for the Christmas event at the UWr Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology has begun.

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to a South Korean writer, Han Kang. Dr Hae Sung Lee from the Korean team at the Institute of Classical, Mediterranean and Oriental Studies believes this is a sign that Korea is transforming from a cultural power into a truly culturally rich nation. Here is the full commentary from the university’s Korean Studies scholar:

The fourth edition of the Melodies of Three Generations concert, which took place on 6 October at the Oratorium Marianum, is behind us. The event was organised by the Institute of Slavic Studies, the Centre for Culture and the Arts in Wrocław – a cultural institution of the Lower Silesian Provincial Government, the UWr Centre for Student and Doctoral Activities and the UWr International Cooperation Office.

On 1 October, the Environmental Inauguration of the Academic Year 2024/2025, i.e. the inauguration of all public universities in Wrocław, was held in the Aula Leopoldina of tje University of Wrocław. The inaugural speech was delivered by the Rector of the University of Wrocław, prof. dr hab. Robert Olkiewicz, Chairman of the Collegium of Rectors of Wrocław and Opole Universities.

On 1 October 2024, the solemn “Gaude Mater Polonia” sounded once again in the Aula Leopoldina, and its baroque interior was filled with the rectors of Wrocław universities, employees, doctoral students and students of the University of
Wrocław, as well as distinguished guests.

Willy Brandt Centre for German and European Studies invites you to events in May: meeting centered around the book “Bitwy o przeszłość. Nauka, polityka, media, edukacja” with the author, prof. Jan M. Piskorski and the lecture by dr. Ansbert Baumann „Gastarbeiterfußball. Fußball und Migrationen in Deutschland”.

On May 24th, the opening of the photo exhibition titled “Little Essen: A Polish-German Place of (Non-)Memory” by Prof. Krzysztof Ruchniewicz will take place at the Ravensbrück Memorial Site. The pretext for organizing the exhibition is the meeting of the Polish-German Textbook Commission, established under the auspices of the UNESCO commissions in Poland and Germany in 1972. The organizers of the exhibition are: the Leibniz Institute for Educational Media, the Georg Eckert Institute, the Willy Brandt Center for German and European Studies at the University of Wrocław, the University of Wrocław itself, and DAAD.

Why do we write today about Saturday’s concert of Piotr Rubik’s band at Wrocław’s Centennial Hall? Well, in the event, which will be held on 23 March under the title „Niech mówią, że to nie jest miłość”, we will see many familiar faces at the University of Wrocław.

Take a look at a remarkable photo-report from a workshop that took place last Friday at the letterpress print shop at ul. Otwarta 12.

The workshop was organised by the Institute of Information and Media Studies of the UWr and the Print Shop.

Mgr Piotr Hildt – teatrolog, krytyk teatralny – został członkiem Komisji Artystycznej Ogólnopolskiego Konkursu na Wystawienie Polskiej Sztuki Współczesnej, organizowanego przez Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego oraz Instytut Teatralny im. Zbigniewa Raszewskiego w Warszawie.

On 20 March 2024 at 6.00 p.m., a Charity Concert “We play for Sebastian” organised by the Faculty of Letters of the University of Wrocław will take place at the Oratorium Marianum.