Mendelovy dny 2025

Four elements: we burn for knowledge

Mendel Days 2025 will be linked to the last years, whose topic within the cycle four elements was water and earth, and this time they will remind Mendel in the entire breadth of its interests. The main motive of this year's Mendel Days will be a thematic lecture block called four elements: we burn for knowledge. The element of "fire" will be examined in terms of geology, physics, botany and fine arts, and lectures will focus on the importance and benefit of fire for planet and humanity, protection of ecosystems, fascinating the world of volcanoes, plasma nanotechnology research and also on its role in modern Czech art. Days 2025 will be Pavel Hošek, a Czech theologian, a religionist who will present a reflection on the motif of fire in the work of J. R. Tolkien, and Juan Ignacio Provecho López, Augustinian priest, university educator and publicist of Argentine origin, focusing on the Augustinian order and his relationship to Gregor's personality Johanna Mendel. The program of the first day will end the concert of the Ensemble Serpens Cantat.

The second day will bring other lectures on Masaryk University experts, namely from the Institute of Geological Sciences, the Institute of Physics and Plasma Technology and the Institute of Botany and Zoolology. Mendel's Days will complete the guided tours of the Mendel Museum.

You can find a detailed program on the website https://mendelovydny.cz/ .

The program of Mendel Days is free, open to students and the general public.