The ceremony of conferring the honorary doctorate degree of the University of Silesia to Prof. Jerzy Nikitorowicz takes place on Tuesday, 25 June, at 12 noon in the spinPLACE building at ul. Bankowa 5. The title was awarded by the Resolution of the Senate of the University of Silesia of 19 October 2024.
Prof. Nikitorowicz is an outstanding and internationally recognised educator, creator of intercultural pedagogy and the idea of the Borderland University, respected author of numerous publications and creator of contemporary theoretical and methodological orientations in pedagogical sciences, Mentor and Teacher to many generations of academics, with his whole scientific biography he proves the sense and the need to ‘think about’ and ‘act in favour of’ combining diversity and cultural variety, awarded with the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta for his outstanding contribution to the promotion of knowledge about the common historical heritage of the nations forming the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
The supervisor in the process of awarding the honorary doctorate is Prof. Ewa Jarosz, and the reviewers are Prof. Tadeusz Lewowicki, Prof. Ewa Ogrodzka-Mazur and Prof. Zenon Jasiński.
If you wish to take part in the ceremony, please apply by 20 June (e-mail: dhc@us.edu.pl, tel. 32 359 21 51
