17th June 2024

Dear Sirs and Madams,

Dear Colleagues,

Members of the University of Warsaw Community,

Any form of violence, provoking conflicts, escalating aggression resulting in the loss of life – these should be condemned. We are all connected with social sensitivity to harm as well as solidarity with victims. It is commendable that so many academic communities, especially students, share these values! We do support the right to peacefully express dissent and manifest viewpoints.

However, the sensitivity to harm and the solidarity with each victim of conflicts remain inconsistent with unworthy actions. Protests should be addressed to appropriate recipients while violence should not be used in expressing them. In fact, violence deserves to be condemned. The Rector of the University of Warsaw is not a party in the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. We object to associating the unmet demands of the protesters with the acceptance of the military conflict!

We, the undersigned, express our full support for the actions of the Rector of the University of Warsaw aimed at ensuring safe working and studying conditions.

Janusz Adamowski, the Dean of the Faculty of Journalism, Information and Book Studies

Olgierd Annusewicz, the Director of the Centre for Political Analysis and Security Studies

Tomasz Basiuk, the Director of the Institute of the Americas and Europe

Ewa Bulska, the Director of the Biological and Chemical Research Centre

Mirosława Czerny, the Director of the Doctoral School of Social Sciences

Andrzej Dąbrowski, the Director of the Centre for Foreign Language Teaching

Wojciech Dominik, the Director of the Centre of New Technologies

Przemysław Dubel, the Director of the Centre for Technology and Knowledge Transfer

Piotr Dyczek, the Director of the Antiquity for Southeastern Europe Research Centre

Ewa Falkowska, the Dean of the Faculty of Geology

Aneta Gawkowska, the Dean of the Faculty of Applied Social Sciences and Resocialisation

Tomasz Giaro, the Dean of the Faculty of Law and Administration

Rafał Godoń, the Dean of the Faculty of Education

Zbigniew Greń, the Dean of the Faculty of Polish Studies

Gabriela Grotkowska, the Dean of the Faculty of Economic Sciences

Kamil Imbir, the Dean of the Faculty of Psychology

Maciej Jędrusik, the Dean of the Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies

Paweł Kaczmarczyk, the Director of the Centre of Migration Research

Grzegorz Karasiewicz, the Dean of the Faculty of Management

Małgorzata Karpińska, the Dean of the Faculty of Culture and Arts

Bartosz Kontny, the Dean of the Faculty of Archaeology

Andrzej Kudelski, the Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry

Katarzyna Lubryczyńska-Cichocka, the Director of the Open University Centre

Paweł Łuków, the Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy

Robert Małecki, the Dean of the Faculty of Modern Languages

Paweł Napiórkowski, acting Director of the Heavy Ion Laboratory

Artur Obłuski, the Director of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology

Magdalena Olpińska-Szkiełko, the Dean of the Faculty of Applied Linguistics

Daniel Przastek, the Dean of the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies

Monika Rekowska, the Director of the Doctoral School of Humanities

Danuta Romaniuk, the Director of the Centre for Foreign Language Teacher Training and European Education

Robert Sot, the Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computer Modelling

Krzysztof Spalik, the Dean of the Faculty of Biology

Paweł Stępień, the Director of the Interdisciplinary Doctoral School

Robert A. Sucharski, the Dean of the Faculty of „Artes Liberales”

Piotr Taracha, the Dean of the Faculty of Oriental Studies

Dariusz Wasik, the Dean of the Faculty of Physics

Alicja Wleciał, the Director of the Physical Education and Sports Centre

Kamil Zajączkowski, the Director of the Centre for Europe