‘Polish EU Presidency-Workshop’ – summary of the visit and workshop

On Friday 28 March 2025, our faculty hosted a delegation of representatives of ministries of education from European Union member states and a representative of the Europeana initiative. The visit was related to the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the first half of 2025. The visit was accompanied by ‘the Polish EU Presidency-Workshop: Digital Competencies for Europe’s Future’ on digital humanities. The visit showed how universities, e.g. the University of Warsaw, can be a technological and scientific support for the education system in teaching digital competencies.

The meeting consisted of three parts:

1. Papers delivered by:

• Hanna Rajfura, PhD (Faculty of History UW) about the activities of the Digital History Laboratory of the Faculty of History UW and about the possibilities of using digital editions in school teaching,
• Paweł Nowakowski, PhD (Faculty of History UW) about the ERC Stone-Masters project and the possibilities of developing research on Late Antique epigraphy in collaboration with schools as part of citizen science,
• Aneta Wysztygiel, PhD (Digital Competence Center UW) and Marcin Wilkowski, PhD (Digital Competence Center UW) on the potential of digital humanities in school education based on projects carried out by the Digital Competence Center UW.

2. Iga Bąska, MA (Faculty of History UW) led a workshop for students on creating digital editions.

3. Delegates had a discussion with representatives of our faculty and the Digital Competence Center UW, as well as with students from the General History programme and from the History of Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations.

Krzysztof Mordyński, PhD (the Museum of the University of Warsaw) gave guests a tour of the Main Campus UW.

Photo report on Facebook profile of the Faculty of History UW: LINK

 

Organisation of the event and workshop: Hanna Rajfura in cooperation with Paweł Nowakowski and Iga Bąska.

The meeting was made possible thanks to the Polish Ministry of National Education.