History of Department

1872–1919
A class in musical history and aesthetics was established at the Warsaw Institute of Music, headed by Bolesław Wilczynski.
1919–1930
The concept of combining musical history and aesthetics continued in the structure of the Warsaw State Conservatory. The lecturer was Henryk Opieński. When Karol Szymanowski became rector, philosophy was introduced as an additional subject, entrusted to Fr. Jerome Feicht CM.
1990 s.
The establishment of the Department of Humanities and the Department of Foreign Languages with an interdepartmental character, which were later merged into the Department of Humanities and Foreign Languages.
2002
Establishment of the Department of Humanities. After the Department of Humanities and Foreign Languages was incorporated into the Department of Composition, Conducting and Music Theory and became a Department, then a Chair. The head was Jagna Dankowska (1991-2005).
2004 – 2013
Functioning of the Department of Humanities in the structure of the Institute of Music Sciences. The leading positions were held by Mieczysława Demska-Trębacz (2005-2013) and as acting head Tadeusz Kobierzycki (2012-2013).
2013–2016
Independent functioning of the Department of Humanities after the liquidation of the Institute of Music Sciences. The head was Stanislaw Dabek. Established the Foreign Language Didactics Team, the chairman of which was first Elżbieta Zeiske-Krawczyk (2013-2014) and then Małgorzata Sokołowicz (2014-2016).
1 October 2016
Transformation of the Department of Humanities into the Department of Interdepartmental Studies of Humanities and Foreign Languages. The head of the unit was Agnieszka Muszyńska-Andrejczyk.
1 October 2019
Transformation of the Interdepartmental Study of Humanities and Foreign Languages into the University of Humanities and Foreign Languages. The head of the unit is Agnieszka Muszyńska-Andrejczyk.