DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES

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.


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 (After-Face. Transcending visibility in art and philosophy)
– H. Berlioz, La damnation de Faust. Libretto (2015), translation, elaboration, introduction M. Sokołowicz
– Ruiz Artola, I., (2015) Formiści, la sintesis de la modernidad
– Muzyka i filozofia 1: Refleksje, konteksty, interpretacje (Music and Philosophy 1: Reflections, Contexts, Interpretations) (2017), ed. K. Lipka
– Ruiz Artola, I., (2017) A contrapelo, textos de arte no-oficial en Polonia (1960-1989)
– Puccini na głosy (Puccini for voices) (2017) , ed. S. Dąbek, A. Muszyńska-Andrejczyk, M. Sokołowicz
– Szyszkowska, M.A., (2017) Wsłuchując się w muzykę. Studium z fenomenologii słuchania (Listening to music. A study in the phenomenology of listening)
– Lesiak- Bielawska, E. (2018), Teaching and Researching English for Specific Purposes
– Lipka, K. (2018), Abstrakcja i przestrzeń. Szkic o ekspansji myśli i sztuki (Abstraction and Space. A sketch on the expansion of thought and art)
– G. Bizet, Les Pêcheurs de perles. Libretto (2019 ), translation, elaboration, introduction M. Sokołowicz
– Szyjkowska-Piotrowska, A. (2019), Dyrygując falom. Myślenie w wizualno-muzycznych awangardach (Conducting the waves. Thinking in visual-musical vanguards)
 Shenton, A. (2019), Arvo Pärt. Audible light, translation from English J. Jasińska
– Muszyńska-Andrejczyk, A. (2019), Puccini. Willidy-Edgar-Manon Lescaut. Genesis, libretto, translation
– „Studia Librettologiczne i Operologiczne”, tom I ("Librettological and Operological Studies," Vol. I) (2019), ed. A. Muszyńska-Andrejczyk
– „Studia Librettologiczne i Operologiczne. Granados, Goyescas, Goya i kultura hiszpańska”, tom II ("Librettological and Operological Studies. Granados, Goyescas, Goya and Spanish Culture," Vol. II) (2020/2021), ed. A. Muszyńska-Andrejczyk, M. Kubala, I. Ruiz Artola.


Head of the Department - Agnieszka Muszyńska-Andrejczyk, PhD
agnieszka.muszynska-andrejczyk@chopin.edu.pl


Employees
Agnieszka Muszyńska-Andrejczyk, PhD – coordinator
Inés Ruiz Artola, PhD
Małgorzata Sokołowicz, PhD (leave in academic year 2021/2022)
Anna Szyjkowska-Piotrowska, PhD
Elżbieta Lesiak-Bielawska, senior lecturer, PhD
Nina Oborska, academic teacher, PhD
Joanna Jasińska, PhD
Barbara Godlewska, senior lecturer (Faculty of Instrumental and Pedagogical Sciences in Białystok)
Anna Kiełczewska, senior lecturer (Faculty of Instrumental and Pedagogical Sciences in Białystok)


Cooperating educators
Monika Pawelec-Skurzyńska, PhD
Agnieszka Gotchold, PhD
Michał Bruliński, MA
Jacek Sienkiewicz, MA
Agnieszka Bronakowska (Faculty of Instrumental and Pedagogical Sciences in Białystok)
Agnieszka Dołżyńska (Faculty of Instrumental and Pedagogical Sciences in Białystok)
Agnieszka Polecka (Faculty of Instrumental and Pedagogical Sciences in Białystok)

 

Haed of the Department -
dr hab. Agnieszka Muszyńska-Andrejczyk

agnieszka.muszynska-andrejczyk@chopin.edu.pl

 

Office
Ewa Fiedorowicz
msnhijo@chopin.edu.pl
room 304