Department of History of Art and Philosophy

Head of the Department
PhD Tomasz Misiak, prof. UAP

• Monographic lectures in contemporary art
• Curatorial diploma project
• Critical workshops
• Curatorial workshops – invited guests
• MA seminar

Lecturers
PhD Aleksandra Paradowska

• History of art
• Monographic lectures in contemporary art and architecture
• Visual art analysis
• Curatorial mapping of Poznań
• Optional subject:
  Who owns the city? On art and architecture in public space
• BA seminar

PhD Marcin Szeląg

• The new museology
• Methodology of educational projects
• Museum and gallery education
• Cultural education
• Art collections: history, theory and practice
• BA seminar
• Curatorial diploma project

PhD Jan Wasiewicz (research leave for the academic year 2024/2025)

• Philosophy
• Fundamentals of text writing
• Optional subject:
  The Folk Turn in Polish Public Debate, Humanities, Culture and the Arts
• BA seminar

PhD Jakub Żmidziński, prof. UAP

• Major cultural issues
• MA seminar
• BA seminar
• Optional subject:
  The musical sources of the correspondence of arts

prof. PhD Roman Kubicki

• Contemporary philosophy
• MA Seminar
• Optional subject:
  Eternal life: glories and shadows

PhD Karolina Rosiejka-Magierowska

• History of art 
• Theory and practice of spatial imaging 
• Analysis of the artwork 
• BA Seminar 

The aim and mission of the Department of History of Art and Philosophy – both within the structure of the Faculty of Art Education and Curatorial Studies and the University of the Arts as a whole – is to educate students in history of art, art theory, philosophy, aesthetics, logic, semiotics, cultural knowledge and contemporary art. The diversity of research interests of individual faculty members allows students to be exposed to multiple strategies of perceiving and interpreting art, culture and all artistic phenomena. We focus on developing and stimulating an awareness that we consider inalienable for the practice of not only artistic but also design creativity. The staff of the Department of History of Art and Philosophy are therefore the supervisors of many theoretical BA and MA theses prepared at many faculties of UAP. Due to the open and transdisciplinary nature of our research, we support students in the processes of enhancing intuition with knowledge, theory and awareness with commitment and professionalism.