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„Our Masters. 80 years of Wrocław Alma Mater”

We invite the members of the academic community for a curator-guided tour of the jubilee exhibition titled „Our Masters. 80 years of Wrocław Alma Mater.” The meetings will be held by prof. dr hab. Jan Harasimowicz.

Two tours of the temporary exhibition „Our Masters. 80 years of Wrocław Alma Mater” will take place. They will be held by prof. dr hab. Jan Harasimowicz, the author of the introduction for the exhibition and its curator.

The first meeting will take place on 12 April 2026 at 12.00 am, the next is planned for 10 May 2026 at 12.00 am.

The exhibition is dedicated to outstanding people connected to the University of Wrocław over 80 years of its post-war history. As prof. Jan Harasimowicz emphasises, from the pioneers who shaped the university right after 1945, through the thaw generation of 1956, up until the professors active in the next decades, the University of Wrocław was a workplace of scientists who not only built a scientific legacy, but also shaped the next generation of Polish intelligence.

In the exhibition 16 prominent figures of the University of Wrocław professorship in years 1945-2025 will be presented. Every one of them has contributed significantly to the development of science and academic life, representing the highest humanistic values, which remain an important foundation of the university community.

Two-page leaflet in white-blue colours, dedicated to the jubilee exhibition „Our Masters. 80 years of Wrocław Alma Mater.”

The left side of the leaflet contains a list of prominent professors of the University of Wrocław assigned to their departments. At the top there is a University of Wrocław logotype as well as the title “Our Masters.” The content is divided into blocks marked by rectangles in different colours with the names of university departments in Polish and English next to them.

In the next sections the following are listed:

– Faculty of Biotechnology: prof. Wanda Mejbaum‑Katzenellenbogen (1914–1986), prof. Bronisława Morawiecka (1926–2016);
– Faculty of Chemistry: prof. Bogusława Jeżowska‑Trzebiatowska (1908–1981);
– Faculty of Letters: prof. Mieczysław Klimowicz (1919–2008), prof. Eugeniusz Tomczak (1934–2013);
– Faculty of Physics and Astronomy: prof. Stefan Mroz (1938–2022), prof. Franciszek Lingier (1913–2014);
– Faculty of Social Communication and Media Studies: prof. Kazimiera Maleszyńska (1925–2010);
– Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science: prof. Hugo Steinhaus (1887–1972);
– Faculty of Biological Sciences: prof. Ludwik Tomiałojć (1939–2020);
– Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Studies: prof. Władysław Czapliński (1905–1981);
– Faculty of Earth Sciences and Environmental Management: prof. Alfred Jahn (1915–1999);
– Faculty of Social Sciences: prof. Ryszard Herc (1951–2024);
– Faculty of Languages, Literatures and Cultures: prof. Marian Jakóbiec (1910–1998), prof. Anna Nikliborc (1904–1992);
– Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics: prof. Witold Świda (1899–1989).

On the right side of the leaflet there is a vertical image with a big number 80 and the date 1945-2025, symbolising the jubilee. The title „Nasi Mistrzowie. 80 lat wrocławskiej Alma Mater” is again placed below with an English sub-title “80 years of the Polish University in Wrocław. Our Masters.”

Every meeting will take place in Sala pod Filarem (the Hall under the Pillar). Participation is free of charge.

We cordially invite you to participate and to together discover the history of Wrocław’s Alma Mater.

Translated by Julia Siwiec (student of English Studies at the University of Wrocław) as part of the translation practice.