Projects
At the Faculty of "Artes Liberales", within OBTA, various laboratories, as well as individual research, we are carrying out a number of scholarly projects, in which the ancient culture has an important role. Here we will try to list those projects and provide the links to their websites.
Dantiscus Programme
The project "Registration and Publication of Ioannes Dantiscus’ Correspondence (1485–1548)" conducted by the Laboratory for Editing Sources & Digital Humanities at the Faculty of "Artes Liberales" UW. The project's website. The project's director: Prof. Anna Skolimowska.
GNÔTHI SEAUTON!
The project GNÔTHI SEAUTON! – Classics and Communism: The History of the Studies on Antiquity in the Context of the Local Classical Tradition. Socialist Countries 1944/45-1989/90. The project's website. The project, founded by Prof. Jerzy Axer, Prof. Gábor Klaniczay, and Prof. György Karsai, at the Collegium Budapest, is developped at OBTA under supervision by Dr. Elżbieta Olechowska.
Philhellenic Laboratory
The Laboratory gathres scholars of various disciplines who study the reception of the heritage of Greek Antiquity and the Modern Greek culture with a special focus on the philhellenism of Polish Romanticism and the 19th-century Eastern and Central Europe. The Laboratory's website. The Laboratory's head: Prof. Maria Kalinowska.
Our Mythical Childhood... The Reception of Classical Antiquity in Children’s and Young Adults’ Culture in Response to Regional and Global Challenges
The project dedicated to the reception of Classical Antiquity in children's and young adults' culture, supported by the ERC Consolidator Grant, 2016–2021. The project's website. The project's director: Prof. Katarzyna Marciniak.
Chasing Mythical Beasts... The Reception of Creatures from Graeco-Roman Mythology in Children’s & Young Adult Culture as a Transformation Marker
The project dedicated to the reception of the mytological creatures, supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Alumni Award for Innovative Networking Initiatives, 2014–2017. The project's website. The project's director: Prof. Katarzyna Marciniak.