In recent months, we have hosted specialists in various fields of law who, with their vast experience and expert knowledge, introduced students to current issues such as criminal law on social media and the European Pillar of Social Rights.
We are pleased to announce that in the 2025/2026 academic year, we will once again be hosting experts from abroad during the next series of Guest Lectures!
Below you will find information about upcoming meetings:
Dr Liudmyla Savanets, Associate Profesor, Head of the Department of International and European Law at West Ukrainian National University, coordinator of School of Polish and European Law (joint project of West Ukrainian National University and Jagiellonian University), advocate.
She has been Visiting Scholar in numerous universities including Jagiellonian in Poland, Osnabrück in Germany, Lille in France, under Queen Jadwiga, DAAD, FMSH research grants. Savanets has been a laureate of the Ivan Vyhovsky Prize (University of Warsaw).
She is a member of editorial board and reviewer of scientific journals, in particular Osteuroparecht (Germany), Transformacje Prawa Prywatnego (Poland), Prawne Problemy Górnictwa i Ochrony Środowiska (Poland). She has been involved in various projects focusing on EU private law and its implementation to national law, in particular Discussion Draft of a Directive on online intermediary platforms (Osnabrück, Cracow), the academic drafting team on amendment to the Polish Civil Code (Cracow).
We are pleased to inform about upcoming meetings that will take place on May 18, 2026:
- 10:00 a.m., room 1.4 (with prof. Hanna Poperechna)– a meeting planned for employees of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Silesia. During the discussion, we will focus on scientific development and the benefits of international cooperation.
- 1:45 p.m., room 3.19 – lecture for students “The Europeanization of Ukrainian sales law in light of the recodification of the Civil Code”
Dr Hanna Poperechna, Associate Profesor is affiliated with the West Ukrainian National University, and her research interests focus primarily on European law, contract law, labor law, and comparative analyses of legal systems. She is also the author and co-author of academic publications, including the article “The doctrine of hardship in contract law: a comparative study,” which analyzes the doctrine of change of circumstances in contract law across various legal systems, and the article “Peculiarities in concluding an employment contract in the labor codes and similar acts of foreign countries,” where she focuses on research into the regulation of employment contracts in different countries.
We invite you to participate in the events that will take place on May 18, 2026:
- 10:00 a.m., room 1.4 (with prof. Liudmyla Savanets)– a meeting planned for employees of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Silesia. During the discussion, we will focus on scientific development and the benefits of international cooperation.
- 3:30 p.m., Lecture Hall No. 8 – lecture for students “Recodification of Ukrainian Contract Law in the Light of EU Integration: Implementation of the Supply of Digital Content Directive”