DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES

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Department’s of Humanities and Foreign Languages teaching activities include lectures on the history of philosophy, art history, cultural history, aesthetics, philosophy and sociology of music, and communication in music. Two lectures are delivered in English: Chosen Aspects of Polish Culture and Sound and Image.

DHFL's offer includes lessons in three foreign languages: English, French and German. In the case of bachelor's studies, the lectures end with an exam at the B2 level, and in the case of second degree studies with a B2+ exam, covering specialized musical vocabulary depending on the specialty. In addition, for foreign students and Erasmus program scholarship holders, a Polish language course is conducted. The University's lecturers also conduct classes in language phonetics in the specialties of solo singing and acting and choral singing.

The scientific activities of DHFL Employees include issues of philosophy, philosophy of music, theory and history of music culture, aesthetics, art history, literary studies, translation studies, librettology and linguistics. They regularly publish, edit, and participate in conferences. The scope of research mainly covers interdisciplinary issues.

  • HISTORY

    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.

  • Employees

    dr hab. Agnieszka Muszyńska-Andrejczyk, prof. UMFC – Head of the Department
    ad. dr Inés Ruiz Artola
    ad. dr hab. Małgorzata Sokołowicz
    ad. dr hab. Anna Szyjkowska-Piotrowska
    st. wykł. dr Joanna Jasińska
    st. wykł. dr Nina Oborska

     

    Cooperating educators
    dr Elżbieta Lesiak-Bielawska
    dr Monika Pawelec-Skurzyńska
    mgr Halina Boniszewska
    mgr Aldona Gowin
    mgr Danuta Kasperczyk
    mgr Agnieszka Kledzik
    mgr Jacek Sienkiewicz

     

  • Selected publications of DHFL staff

    – Lesiak-Bielawska, E. (2015), Basic English for Musicians. Symbols of Musical Notation
    – Szyjkowska-Piotrowska, A. (2015), Po-twarz. Przekraczanie widzialności w sztuce i filozofii
    – H. Berlioz, Potępienie Fausta. Libretto (2015), tłumaczenie, opracowanie, wstęp M. Sokołowicz
    – Ruiz Artola, I., (2015) Formiści, la sintesis de la modernidad
    – Muzyka i filozofia 1: Refleksje, konteksty, interpretacje (2017 ), red. K. Lipka
    – Ruiz Artola, I., (2017) A contrapelo, textos de arte no-oficial en Polonia (1960-1989)
    – Puccini na głosy (2017) , red. S. Dąbek, A. Muszyńska-Andrejczyk, M. Sokołowicz
    – Szyszkowska, M.A., (2017) Wsłuchując się w muzykę. Studium z fenomenologii słuchania
    – Lesiak- Bielawska, E. (2018), Teaching and Researching English for Specific Purposes
    – G. Bizet, Poławiacze pereł. Libretto (2019 ), tłumaczenie, opracowanie, wstęp M. Sokołowicz
    – Szyjkowska-Piotrowska, A. (2019), Dyrygując falom. Myślenie w wizualno-muzycznych awangardach
    – Shenton, A. (2019), Arvo Pärt. Słyszalne światło, tłumaczenie z j. angielskiego J. Jasińska
    – Muszyńska-Andrejczyk, A. (2019), Puccini. Willidy-Edgar-Manon Lescaut. Geneza, libretto, przekład
    – „Studia Librettologiczne i Operologiczne”, tom I (2019), red. A. Muszyńska-Andrejczyk
    – Ruiz  Artola, I., “La Landowska”: una crónica por España (1905-1936), Chopin University Press, Warszawa 2025
    – „Studia Librettologiczne i Operologiczne. Granados, Goyescas, Goya i kultura hiszpańska”, tom II (2025), red. A. Muszyńska-Andrejczyk, M. Kubala, I. Ruiz Artola (w druku)
    – „Studia Librettologiczne i Operologiczne. Donizetti”, tom III (2026), red. Agnieszka Muszyńska-Andrejczyk, L. Masi (w przygotowaniu)

Haed of the Department -
dr hab. Agnieszka Muszyńska-Andrejczyk, prof. UMFC
agnieszka.muszynska-andrejczyk@chopin.edu.pl

 

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knhijo@chopin.edu.pl
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