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Delegates of Shanghai International Studies University Visited University of Silesia

A delegation from Shanghai International Studies University (SISU) visited the University of Silesia in Katowice on 14 October 2025. SISU was represented by Li Yansong, the Rector; Feng Hui, Director of SISU Office of Confucius Institute; Xu Hong, Dean of the School of Russian and Eurasian Studies; Huang Yiwei, Deputy Director of the Office of...

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Interuniversity Inauguration of the Academic Year 2025/2026

On 30 September 2025, the Interuniversity Inauguration of the Academic Year was held once again. This time we celebrated the start of the 2025/2026 academic year. One of the most important events in Silesia’s academic calendar took place at the headquarters of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice (NOSPR) and, as every year,...

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Signing of cooperation agreement with SK hi-tech Battery Materials Poland

On 10 September 2025, the University of Silesia hosted a meeting of the university authorities with representatives of the Korean concern SK IE Technology—one of the global leaders in the lithium-ion battery production industry—and its subsidiary based in Dąbrowa Górnicza: SK hi-tech Battery Materials Poland. During the meeting, Sang-min Lee, SK IE Technology CEO, and...

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Svalbard 2025 polar expedition

A team of researchers from the Centre for Polar Studies at the University of Silesia in Katowice took part in another interdisciplinary expedition to Svalbard, continuing their long-term research on glacier dynamics and changes in the polar environment under the influence of global warming. As part of this year’s expedition, carried out as part of...

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University of Silesia established cooperation with iSpot

On 26 June 2025, the University of Silesia in Katowice signed a cooperation agreement with iSpot. The company was represented at the meeting by Dariusz Zająkała (CEO of iSpot Poland), Mariusz Kruk (Education Development Manager at iSpot), Agata Kożuszek (Educational Training Coordinator at iSpot) and Emilian Paluszkiewicz (iStudies programme manager). The university was represented at...

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We concluded the XXXI Congress of the International Federation of European Law

The XXXI FIDE Congress—four days filled with lectures, meetings and inspiring conversations among international participants—has now concluded. From 28 to 31 May, Katowice was the European centre of debate on the future of European law. The FIDE Congress, held in Poland for the first time in its history, focused on three topics in the field...

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USil takes off with Sławosz

On 6 June, we began preparations for the space flight of Polish astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski planned for 10 June. As part of the ‘We’re Going to Space with Sławosz’ campaign, several lectures and workshops for school students were held at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Silesia. During the event, we also connected...

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Meeting with Anne Applebaum

On 30 May, spinPLACE hosted a meeting between Anne Applebaum and the community of the University of Silesia. The journalist and winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize came to Katowice in connection with the Congress of the International Federation for European Union Law (FIDE). The Katowice meeting, entitled ‘Autocracy, Inc. and the Future of Freedom’,...