Prof. Katarzyna Marciniak, PhD, from the Faculty of ‘Artes Liberales’ at the University of Warsaw (UW) has received a Proof of Concept Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for the project ‘The Modern Argonauts: A Multicultural Educational Programme Preparing Young People for Contemporary Challenges through an Innovative Use of Classical Mythology’. 

This is the first Proof of Concept grant in the Polish humanities, and the second ERC grant received by Prof. Marciniak.

The result of Prof. Marciniak’s grant will be an international educational programme that prepares schoolchildren for the challenges of today through an innovative use of Greek and Roman mythology. The programme will be developed as a free-access textbook with an interactive version. Experts from Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas, Australia and New Zealand will participate in its preparation under the guidance of Professor Marciniak.