Doctor-Germanist Jan Czapek was on a working visit to our university. The stay of a foreign guest was carried out within the framework of the Erasmus program, which has been carried out jointly by the University of Pardubice (Czech Republic) and the Mogilev State A. Kuleshov University. Jan Czapek presented lectures at the Faculty of Economics and Law, as well as at the Faculty of Foreign Languages. The topics of lectures were “German-Slavic Stereotypes”, “Czech-German Stereotypes”, “What is the German Language for?”. The scientist also met with the management of the faculties.
The lectures were read in German. As a translator, the senior lecturer of the Department of Political Science and Sociology Vladimir N. Stavsky spoke. In addition, Jan Czapek visited the Educational Centre of the German language and culture of our university, where he took part in the discussion on the problems of teaching the German language in the Republic of Belarus.
Jan Czapek did much to strengthen cooperation between our universities. Thanks to his efforts, the Mogilev teachers took part in the conferences of the University of Pardubice, the students studied for a whole semester in a Czech university or took part in the German language courses.