Programme

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)
Paul Schubert (University of Geneva, former FIEC Secretary General)
Gunhild Vidén (University of Gothenburg, former FIEC President)
Jesús de la Villa (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, FIEC President)

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 PetrovicEpiphanies, 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