The 17th Congress of the Fédération internationale des associations d’études classiques will take place from 7 to 11 July 2025 at the University of Wrocław, Poland.
Plenary sessions and special events will be held in the University’s main building (plac Uniwersytecki 1), in either the Aula Leopoldina or the Oratorium Marianum.
Parallel sessions are scheduled at the Faculty of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, located in the so-called “Piasek” building (ulica Świętej Jadwigi 3/4).
Below is the general schedule of the Congress.
A detailed list of all panels and presentations is available here.
The Book of Abstracts can be downloaded here.
Accompanying events are listed here.
Monday, 7 July 2025
| 17:00 | Aula Leopoldina | Registration |
| 17:30 | Aula Leopoldina | Opening ceremony |
| 18:00 | Aula Leopoldina | Plenary lecture I: Benjamin Acosta Hughes, The Threshold Once Kissed. Reflections on a New Edition of Callimachus’ Epigrams |
| 19:00 | Oratorium Marianum | Refreshments and networking |
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
| 8:00–8:30 | Aula Leopoldina | Registration |
| 8:30–9:45 | Aula Leopoldina | Plenary lecture II: Eleanor Dickey, Multilingual and multicultural education in antiquity: what can we learn from it? |
| 9:45–10:15 | Break | |
| 10:15–11:45 | Classrooms A–J | Parallel sessions A 01–J 01 |
| 11:45–12:00 | Coffee break | |
| 12:00–13:30 | Classrooms A–J | Parallel sessions A 02–J 02 |
| 13:30–14:30 | Inner courtyard | Lunch |
| 14:30–16:00 | Parallel sessions A 03–J 03 | |
| 16:00–16:30 | Coffee break | |
| 16:30–17:45 | Aula Leopoldina | Plenary lecture III: Gesine Manuwald, The study of early Latin textual fragments and its relevance for Roman literary history |
| 18:00–21:00 | Dinner aboard the ship Wratislavia, with a cruise along the Odra River (IMPORTANT: Please note that participation in the cruise dinner requires a separate ticket, which must be booked independently from the conference registration.) |
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
| 8:30–9:45 | Oratorium Marianum | Plenary lecture IV: Edith Hall, Classics at the Crossways |
| 9:45–10:15 | Break | |
| 10:15–11:45 | Classrooms A–J | Parallel sessions A 04–J 04 |
| 11:45–12:00 | Coffee break | |
| 12:00–13:30 | Classrooms A–J | Parallel sessions A 05–J 05 |
| 13:30–14:30 | Inner courtyard | Lunch |
| 14:30–16:00 | Aula Leopoldina | Session commemorating 75 years of FIEC:
Thomas Schmidt (University of Fribourg, FIEC Secretary General) |
| 16:00–16:30 | Coffee break | |
| 16:30–17:45 | Aula Leopoldina | FIEC General Meeting |
Thursday, 10 July 2025
| 8:30–9:45 | Oratorium Marianum | Plenary lecture V: Ivana Petrovic, Epiphanies, ancient and modern: Apollo in Apollonius’ Argonautica |
| 9:45–10:15 | Break | |
| 10:15–11:45 | Classrooms A–J | Parallel sessions A 06–J 06 |
| 11:45–12:00 | Coffee break | |
| 12:00–13:30 | Classrooms A–J | Parallel sessions A 07–J 07 |
| 13:30–14:30 | Inner courtyard | Lunch |
| 14:30–16:00 | Classrooms A–J | Parallel sessions A 08–J 08 |
| 16:00 | Cultural activities and sightseeing | |
| 19:00 | Oratorium Marianum | Baroque concert: Elżbieta Burdzań (cello), Debora Kramarek (violin) |
Friday, 11 July 2025
| 8:30–9:45 | Library | Poster session |
| 9:45–10:15 | Coffee break | |
| 10:15–11:45 | Classrooms A–J | Parallel sessions A 09–J 09 |
| 11:45–12:00 | Coffee break | |
| 12:00–13:30 | Classrooms A–J | Parallel sessions A 10–J 10 |
| 13:30–14:30 | Inner courtyard | Lunch |
| 14:30–15:45 | Aula Leopoldina | Closing ceremony |