Hanna Dobrowolska, photo by Agata Jeznach Hanna Dobrowolska has been covering crime topics since 2011. She ran the Crime Chronicle on Super Express, worked for PAP (Polish Press Agency), and currently writes articles for Newsweek. In October this year, her book ‘Taki dobry chłopak. The case of Kajetan Poznański’, which became the…

Tomasz Pupacz and Alicja Szczudlińska; photo by Zuzanna Litwinko A rain shoe throwing competition, carrying your wife through an obstacle course, kalsarikännit (i.e. ‘drinking in your pants’), and alongside that sisu and sauna - Finnish culture is truly unique! Finland was the focus of the ninth Nordic Focus Festival, a festival of…

Meetings with authors, lectures, presentations, language workshops, concerts and film screenings, all devoted to Nordic countries - the Faculty of Languages and the Faculty of History of the UG will host the Nordic Focus Festival for the ninth time. NFF 2024 will take place from November 22 - 24. The current edition of the festival will have a special…

The University of Gdańsk Academic Choir travelled to Portugal, where it was the first Polish academic choir to take part in the 3rd LISBON SINGS International Choir Festival, organised by Interkultur. Twenty-eight ensembles from 17 countries took part in the event, including Estonia, Finland, Serbia, Austria, Brazil and Puerto Rico. It was an…

The former Faculty of Law and Administration smoking room has become an art gallery! Since November 14, paintings by more than 20 contemporary artists have been on display at the WPiA. The originator of the gallery was art historian Maciej Smolarski from the UG Library, while dr hab. Maciej Wojciechowski, prof. UG from the Department of Theory and…

The theme of this year's seminar will be ‘Is censorship needed? Non-released pieces yesterday and today, cancel culture, etc'. The event will be held as part of the 30th anniversary of the UG Film Discussion Club Loves of a Blonde. The 59th National Film Seminar of the Polish Federation of Film Discussion Clubs will be held on November 8-10  at the University of Gdańsk. The event will be accompanied by film screenings…

The walls of the Faculty of Economics will once again be decorated with a mural inspired by the work of Raphael Santi. You are invited to the official unveiling of the mural painting ‘Athens School 2024’ on 24 October at 12:00, in front of the wall of the building where the T. Ocioszyński Auditorium of the Faculty of Economics of the UG is located. ‘A…

Are you looking for a way to pursue your passions related to culture and art? Join the ACC ‘Alternator’! For years, the Academic Cultural Centre ‘Alternator’ has been supporting students in acquiring competences necessary for conscious participation in culture. Recruitment to selected artistic groups is currently underway. We encourage you to familiarise yourself with the calendar. Below, we present ACC's upcoming…

photo by Alan Stocki/UG A solemn atmosphere, moving speeches, and an afternoon full of memories with the University of Gdańsk in the leading role - this is how the opening of the University of Gdańsk Museum can be summed up. The grand opening of the University of Gdańsk Museum's permanent exhibition took place on Friday October 11,…

There is a little-known episode from the history of Polish-Indian relations. In 1942, Digvijaysinghji Ranjitsinghji Jadeja established the Polish Children's Camp in Jamnagar-Balachadi, in the Indian state of Gujarat for refugee Polish children who were brought out of the USSR during World War II. The camp existed until 1945. Then the children were…