Following the tragic events in the centre of Kraków, and taking into account the declared period of mourning, safety considerations, and numerous requests from students and staff, all classes at the Faculty of International and Political Studies will be held online, not in in-person classrooms, on 9 and 10 November (Monday and Tuesday).

We were delighted to welcome Mr Paweł Włodarczyk, Honorary Consul General of the Republic of Croatia in Kraków, to our Diplomatic Protocol class. Thanks to the initiative and organisational efforts of our student Helena Schoen-Żmija, who arranged the meeting, students had the opportunity to gain valuable insights into the realities of diplomatic work and learn more about careers in diplomacy. We would like to extend our sincere thanks to Mr Włodarczyk for sharing his experience and expertise, and to Helena for making this inspiring meeting possible.

As part of the European literature course taught by Prof. Kinga Gajda, students visited the exhibition Open Tenement House: Imagined Object at the Hipolit House / Museum of Kraków. The visit provided an opportunity to explore objects as carriers of memory, history and meaning, and to reflect on the ways in which material things tell stories about the past, evoke memory and imagination, and change in significance when they become part of a museum collection and exhibition.

On 21 October, Prof. Tadeusz Kopyś took part in a meeting held at the Voivodeship Public Library in Kraków as part of the Return to the Past series. The discussion provided an opportunity to explore the factors that led to the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, examine the course of the uprising, and reflect on its consequences and historical significance.

Prof. Magdalena Góra from the Institute of European Studies of the Jagiellonian University, together with Prof. Marcin Grabowski and Dr Dariusz Stolicki from the Institute of Political Science and International Relations of the Jagiellonian University, received awards in recognition of their scientific achievements in 2025 during a ceremony held in the auditorium of Jagiellonian University Collegium Novum.