Academics from the UG’s Faculty of Philology have takenprizes in the 2015 Costerina Kashubian Literature Competition. The prizes for scientific and popular science publications were awarded to:

the late  Prof. Dr hab. Jerzy Trederfrom the Institute of Polish Philology for Spòdlowôwiédzô ò Kaszëbiznie

Prof. UG, Dr hab. Marek Cybulskifrom the Institute of Polish Philology for Franciszek Sędzicki„Utworykaszubskie” BibliotekaPisarzyKaszubskich t. 9

Edward Kajdański, writer, painter, diplomat, for years connected to the University of Gdańsk (current member of the UG’s Scientific Council at the Centre of East Asian Studies) has been awarded the Bene Merito distinction for his contribution to Polish-Chinese relations. The award ceremony will be held on 4 September (Friday) in the Artus Court (DwórArtusa) in Gdańsk.

Maciej Mańko from the University of Gdańsk has won the seventh edition of the Student Nobel Prize, organised by the Independent Students' Union. The award will be presented during a ceremony at Warsaw University of Technology.

As part of the 10th GDYNIA Literary Prize, Dr Iwona Krupecka from Gdańsk University’s Faculty of Social Sciences has been nominated in the category Polish Translation for Dysputa w Valladolid (1550/1551), originally by Bartolomé de las Casas, Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda and Domingo de Soto. The book is published by the Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego (Gdańsk University Publishing House).