Faculty of Humanities

The Faculty's staff conducts advanced scientific research, in the field of theory and history of literature, comparative literary and cultural studies, the history of Polish literature (with particular emphasis on the literature of the interwar period), diachronic and historical linguistics, cognitive science, general and Polish history (including the history of historiography and recent history), the history of culture, literature of the German-speaking and English-speaking areas, and the development of competences in the process of teaching foreign languages, philosophy (with particular emphasis on the contribution of Polish philosophers and logicians to solving contemporary problems).

The Faculty's employees develop lively scientific and research cooperation with leading academic centres in Poland and Europe. A long list of contacts enables the implementation of joint projects with universities from the Czech Republic, France, Lithuania, Germany, Italy, Spain and Ukraine.

Research projects carried out by the Faculty:

TITLE
Abandoned Worlds: The Poetics of Disintegration in Samuel Beckett's Work and the Anthropocene.

PROJECT TYPE
MINIATURE 8

BUDGET
13,806 PLN

IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD
2025

PROJECT LEADER
dr Michał Kisiel

The project is financed by the National Science Centre.

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TITLE
Fredro alive.

PROJECT TYPE
Excellent science / Support for scientific conferences

BUDGET
47 245 PLN

IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD 
2023

PROJECT LEADER
dr hab. Joanna Warońska-Gęsiarz, prof. UJD

The project is financed by the Ministry of Education and Science.