General principles

The East-Central European School in the Humanities (MSH) was founded in 1996 in the framework of Polish-Ukrainian university cooperation and transformed into the East-European School in the Humanities (MSH EW) in 2009.

Since 2010 Prof. Robert A. Sucharski has been working as the MSH EW Program Director. You can learn more about the history of the School here. Its long-term goal is to create a network of co-organizers - academic institutions of the Region. The uniqueness of the idea of the School lies in its program range that includes the entire cultural heritage of the Region, with particular emphasis on Mediterranean traditions as roots of its culture. Great importance is being attached to enabling the students to attain a perception of their own identity within the context of the ethnic, religious and historical traditions of the region.

The purpose of MSH EW is to disseminate modern theories and methodologies in the humanities and, primarily, to support the development of a new generation of scholars in disciplines particularly neglected in East-Central Europe (mainly in the areas of the former Soviet Union) and fundamental for the revival of the humanities. This task entails training specialists in paleography and editorial techniques, archive studies, classical languages, Hebrew, Old Russian, etc. The essential goal is to create an international and interdisciplinary community, capable of effective scholarly cooperation, and thus to eliminate the existing vacuum that risks becoming filled with an ideology of primitive nationalism and ethnocentric delusions.

For several years MSH EW has been engaged in teaching in the field of of the humanities on the one hand, focused on support and, on the other to develop close scientific contacts with partners from the countries of Eastern Europe

Since the founding of the school quite a lot has changed in terms of scientific work in the countries of the project: the international situation in general has changed, and this leads to the reform of the nature of the activities of MSH EW.  The activities of MSH TE proposed from 2011 onwards bind didactics (Here the link to the Sub-page didactics) and research (here is a link to the Sub-page research); emphasis on the first or second element depends on the chosen form of cooperation.
 

NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY AS TO STUDENTS The "Artes Liberales Institute" Foundation admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administrated programs.

Międzynarodowa Szkoła Humanistyczna Europy Wschodniej (MSH), Fundacja "Instytut Artes Liberales", ul. Jaracza 10 lok. 28, 00-378 Warszawa, tel. (+48 22) 696 69 51, fax 696 69 52, e-mail: ial@ial.org.pl