On March 25, 2022, a charity concert "City of Science for Ukraine" will be held on the roof of the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Silesia. The aim of the event, carried out by the consortium of the European City of Science 2024, which consists of Silesian universities and the City of Katowice, is to support the financial fundraising for the needs of Ukrainian students and their families.

Support can be provided through the official university fundraiser on the website Zrzutka: zrzutka.pl/k8n5fy

As part of the event at 16:15 in the auditorium Andrzej Pawlikowski at the Faculty of Humanities, there will be a screening of the film "Donbas" (2018) directed by Sergei Łoźnica, which will be preceded by a lecture by prof. UŚ dr hab. Krystyna Doktorowicz - Dean of the Kieslowski Film School. Before the screening, there will also be shown short reports from the refugee route recorded by Adelina Borets - a Ukrainian student of directing at the Kieslowski Film School. Adelina Borets spent time in the attacked Kiev from where she reported on social media about everyday life in a city besieged by the Russians.

The full program of the event is available here: link

The concert "City of Science for Ukraine" is primarily intended to support those who suffered as a result of the war in Ukraine. The collected money and gifts will be donated to the needs of Ukrainian students, doctoral students and their families.