On 27 September, at 4.00 p.m., a wonderful event will take place at the seat of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice. Participants will have a unique opportunity to listen live to the special guest of the event – Prof. Norman Davies! The author of best-selling books on European history and a world-famous English historian of Welsh descent will give a lecture ‘Knowledge and Ignorance: Does the West Understand Everything?’.
There will also be permanent elements of the inauguration ceremonies – speeches by rectors as well as matriculation and oath of students and doctoral students. Moreover, the whole event will be enriched by music performed by the Cieszyn Brass Band of the University of Silesia, the “Harmonia” Choir of the University of Silesia, the Academic Choir of the Silesian University of Technology, the Choir of the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice and the Choir of the University of Economics in Katowice. The culmination of the celebrations will be a ceremonial concert during which we will hear ballet music from the opera The Countess and Mazurka from the opera The Haunted Manor by Stanisław Moniuszko, as well as ‘Slavic Dances’ op. 72, no. 1, 2, 6 and 7 by Antonín Dvořák performed by the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra and the choirs of the Consortium universities: “Harmonia” Choir of the University of Silesia, Academic Choir of the Silesian University of Technology, Choir of the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice and Choir of the University of Economics in Katowice.
You can register for the event by completing and submitting the registration form (the forms are available in Polish and English). Participation in the inauguration is free of charge.
For more information visit the website of the Interuniversity Inauguration of the Academic Year 2024/2025.
