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Development strategy

Vision

  • The original “composition” of research and teaching staff in a small organizational unit, representing four academic disciplines within the humanities (history, philosophy, arts, archaeology), creates conditions for conducting interdisciplinary research and educational activities.
  • Very active scientific activities of the Institute’s staff.
  • Extensive national and international research inquiries conducted by the Institute’s staff and students, as well as participation in important documentation projects in Ukraine, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Sweden, France, and the United Kingdom.
  • The active involvement of the Institute’s staff in the work of scientific societies and committees is significant.
  • The publication of four scientific journals, both independently and in collaboration, as well as periodic monographs.
  • An attractive and continuously updated educational offer, aimed at older individuals and working professionals, facilitates the principle of “3L” – LifeLong Learning. It includes undergraduate and graduate studies in musicology, featuring a substantial number of workshop classes and the implementation of interdisciplinary programs.
  • A friendly study atmosphere is fostered through small class groups, a schedule tailored to students’ needs, the use of modern teaching methods, and a high emphasis on practical and workshop activities in the curriculum. This includes field trips and study visits in history, as well as sessions for improving performance on various musical instruments in the musicology program.
  • A comprehensive and appealing offer of professional internships, including opportunities abroad. The mobility of research and teaching staff and students is supported by extensive access to the Erasmus program and the FORTHEM consortium.

Mission

  • Conducting unique scientific research that balances the long-standing traditions of studies in history, philosophy, and the arts within Polish scholarship, while also embracing new developmental trends in humanities research, both in Poland and across Europe.
  • Establishing the position of the Institute as a leading unit conducting interdisciplinary research in the fields of history, philosophy, and the arts, in collaboration with cultural institutions, museums, and archives.
  • Maintaining the existing position of the departments that constitute the Institute on the research map of Poland, while ensuring its recognition beyond the country’s borders.
  • Educating students based on high standards that incorporate the long-standing experience of the Institute’s staff, as well as new trends in the general academic teaching of history, philosophy, and the arts.

Strategic goals

  • Achieving the highest possible category for the discipline of history in the upcoming evaluation.
  • Maintaining history among the disciplines evaluated in subsequent periods.
  • Maintaining the rights to confer doctoral and habilitation degrees in the discipline of history.
  • Elevating the study of the arts to the status of an evaluated discipline and achieving a B+ category in the next evaluation.
  • Reestablishing the research potential of philosophy with the aim of aligning it with the requirements of an evaluated discipline by 2025.
  • Modernizing the educational offer in existing programs to align with the needs of the job market in the region, as well as adapting it to the new requirements of work in educational institutions, museums, and archives.
  • Expanding the educational offer by introducing new interdisciplinary programs in the humanities.
  • Increasing the research and teaching staff with a focus on rejuvenation, as well as broadening the scope of scientific research and the educational offer.
  • Collaboration with organizational units of universities in Poland and abroad, as well as with Polish library and museum institutions in France, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
  • Developing cooperation with governmental and local administration units (the City Hall of Opole, the Opole County Office, the Opole Voivodeship Marshal’s Office, and the Opole Voivodeship Office) in promoting history, philosophy, and the arts, as well as in organizing important anniversary celebrations.
  • Developing cooperation in the promotion of history, the arts, and philosophy with the State Archive in Opole, museums and theaters in the Opole Voivodeship, the Voivodeship Office for the Protection of Monuments, the Opole Philharmonic named after Józef Elsner, the National Center for Polish Song, the Lower Silesian Film Center, the Sound and Image Studio in Chorzów, the Opolskie Lamy Association, and reenactment groups.
  • Introducing affiliated journals within the Institute to the ministerial lists.
  • Establishing new journals with a multidisciplinary profile, as well as journals focused on specific themes (e.g., a journal dedicated to popular music).

Key activities

  • Continuing existing research directions in the disciplines of history, philosophy, and the arts.
  • Initiating interdisciplinary and international scientific research within the fields of humanities and social sciences.
  • Effectively securing funding for the implementation of research and educational projects from ministerial programs (NPRH, NCN, NAWA) as well as regional sources.
  • Reconstruction and modernization of the educational and research facilities of the Institute.
  • Increasing financial and organizational support from the university for the Institute
  • Actively influencing university administration to ensure support for the activities undertaken by the Institute and its staff.
  • Maintaining a high level of research activity, demonstrated through published scientific monographs, chapters in multi-authored monographs, articles in high-scoring journals (minimum 70 points), and journals of significant international reputation, as well as participation in important and prestigious national and international conferences.
  • Initiatives to enhance the prestige of scientific journals published in collaboration with the Institute and other institutions and scientific associations.
  • Intensifying the exchange of staff and students with partner universities and institutions, and effectively utilizing the Erasmus program and the FORTHEM consortium.
  • Active involvement of the Institute’s staff in scientific committees and associations, both national and international.
  • Institute employees’ membership in advisory committees for government and local administration, as well as in the program councils of scientific, cultural, museum, and archival institutions.
  • Modernization of curricula in the implemented study programs.
  • Incorporation of lifelong learning opportunities into the educational offerings, aimed at working professionals who wish to expand their professional competencies or develop their personal interests.
  • Establishing closer collaboration with secondary schools, running a University Practice School to conduct activities (workshops, lectures) for high school students, as well as organizing internships for Institute students.
  • Launching new interdisciplinary study programs: University Humanities Studies (Master’s level), Theatre and Film Studies (Bachelor’s level), and Art History.
  • Expanding the range of workshop courses across all study programs.
  • Implementing activities to promote history, philosophy, and art studies.

Institute of History
Strzelców Bytomskich St. 2
45-084 Opole

tel. +48 77 401 61 80
e-mail: insthist@uni.opole.pl

University of Opole
Kopernika 11a
45-040 Opole, Poland

Rector’s Office
tel.: 77 541 59 03

Chancellor’s Office
tel.: 77 541 60 70

NIP: 754-000-71-79
REGON: 000001382

sekretariat@uni.opole.pl

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