On Friday, 8 May, we celebrated Europe Day, which this year formed part of the 25th anniversary celebrations of the Faculty of International and Political Studies, Jagiellonian University. The full‑day event was designed and delivered by students from the European Studies Student Research Society and the German‑Speaking Area Student Research Society. We rounded off this vibrant and energetic day with a faculty picnic, complete with a barbecue and a game of boules.

As part of the Europe Day celebrations at the Institute of European Studies, Jagiellonian University, we were delighted to welcome Prof. Iveta Radičová, former Prime Minister of Slovakia, to our Faculty on 7 May. Prof. Radičová delivered a guest lecture for students entitled “From Liberal Democracy to European Illiberalism”.

Join us for a seminar with representatives of the Poznań Science and Technology Park, which will take place on 26 May (Tuesday) at 13:15, in Room 543, Faculty of International and Political Studies, Jagiellonian University.
Our guests will be Prof. Dominika Narożna (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań), Development Manager; Dr Justyna Adamska, Deputy Director; and Dr Dawid Zieliński, Senior Specialist for Research Activities. [The meeting will be held in Polish.]

Join us for a meeting with Judge Joanna Hetnarowicz‑Sikora, a lawyer in the Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights at the Council of Europe and a member of the Board of the Polish Judges’ Association IUSTITIA. This event will take place on 26 May 2026 at 13:15, in Room 407, Faculty building. [The meeting will be held in Polish]

It is our great pleasure to host Prof. José Briceño-Ruiz from the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CIALC) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) as a visiting scholar within the Erasmus Mundus MA in Euroculture programme at the Institute of European Studies.