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Ol’ga Gyárfášová

Ol’ga Gyárfášová

 

Senior research fellow and a program director in Institute for Public Affairs, Bratislava, Slovakia. Projects on social and political climate, views on integration and relevant social issues. Member of the executive committee of the Slovak Political Science Association, Member of Board of Trustees of the Foundation SPACE (Social Policy Analysis Center) and of the Institute for Public Affairs. Since 1998 - lecturer at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University. Since 1999 – lecturer at the Center for European Studies, Comenius University.

Mihaly Györ

Mihaly Györ

Ambassador of the Republic of Hungary to Poland. Graduated in economics (international economic relations) from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. Since 1975 he has worked in the ministries responsible for foreign trade and economic cooperation. From 1988 to 1994 served as a commercial counsellor at the Hungarian Embassy in Warsaw. Between 1994-2000 Head of Departments in the Ministry of Industry and Trade (later Ministry of Economy) responsible for the economic cooperation with Central and East European countries. In 2000-2002 he continued his career performing the same duties as in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was awarded the “Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland” in 1996.

 

Iván Gyurcsík

Currently, Ambassador of Hungary to Poland. He also held a position of Head of Department of Bilateral Relations, Central Europe, Regional Cooperation. Previously, worked as diplomat dealing with international politics and press, then as deputy head of mission in the Embassy of Hungary in Prague. He holds PhD from Budapest School of Economics and Public Administration in Budapest. He speaks English, Czech and Slovak.

Hilde Elisabeth Haaland

Hilde Elisabeth Haaland

Representative of the Secretariat of the Nordic Council, Department of Documentation. Graduated in History, literature and Latin studies from the University of Oslo. Historian of medieval history from the University of Oslo 1998. Specialist on Icelandic Sagas and Norse religion and culture. Author of several articles on Norwegian and Icelandic medieval history. Radio journalist and theatre and literature critics 1996-2000. Archivist at The National Archives of Norway 1998-2000. Senior archivist and editor at the Nordic Council Secretariat from 2000.

Christel Hartmann-Fritsch

Christel Hartmann-Fritsch

Since 2009 managerial board director of the Foundation Genshagen. Manages the section of Art and Culture Mediation in Europe. Studied German and Romance philology at the universities of Regensburg, Freiburg and Clermont-Ferrand. Lived for several years in France where she worked as teacher, lecturer and journalist. From 1979 to 1982 she was project manager of the International Architecture Exhibition (IBA). She established the International Centre of Youth Culture and Art “Schlesische 27” and was its director general and artistic director until 2009. From 1990 -1995 she advised the European Commission in terms of European youth policy. Since then she does consultancy work for several European foundations and networks. Initiated the network “Creative Cooperations” that includes until now 14 partners from nine European countries bringing them together in projects of cultural and artistic education. Foundation member of “Banlieues d’Europes” and voluntary member of the expanded board of “Pépinières pour Jeunes Artistes”. Awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, the National Order of Merit of France as well as the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

Joanna Heidtman

Joanna Heidtman

 

She holds PhD and is psychologist and sociologist, assistant professor at Jagiellonian University. She was a visiting scholar at University of South Carolina and Cornell University. Her area of research includes group processes, conflicts and negotiations. As a trainer she focuses on interpersonal communication, creative problem solving and persuasion. She is a member of Society for Trainers and Consultants MATRIK.

Leszek Hensel

Polish philologist and historian, expert in Central and Eastern Europe, ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina (2001-2005) and to Bulgaria (2010-2014). In his professional career he served as i.a. Coordinator of multilateral cultural cooperation, expert of the International Visegrad Fund, Head of Division of visa policy and UE matters in Department of Consular and Polish Diaspora Issues, MFA. Currently, he serves as deputy director of the European Policy Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Author of 2 books and many scientific publications (Hungarian and Slovak literature, comparative studies, political science, Central Europe) published in Bulgaria, France, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. 

Magda Heydel

Magda Heydel

 

Translator, critic, specialist in English, American and Irish literature. Professor at Jagiellonian University. Editor of Przekładaniec, magazine for translators. In 2003 participated in the conference “The Americans in Krakow – Polish poetry in America”. Since 2001 she is the director of th Study of Literary Translations at the UNESCO Department of Translation and Language Communication Science. 

Helga Hirsch

Helga Hirsch

 

Studied German Philology and Political Science at the Free University in Berlin. From 1989 to 1995, worked as a correspondent for the German weekly Die Zeit in Warsaw and since 1996 has been active as a freelance journalist for various newspapers, television and radio broadcasters. Author of books: Zemsta ofiar (Victims' revenge) and Nie mam keine buty(I have keine shoes).

Jonathan Holslag

Jonathan Holslag

Jonathan Holslagis a postdoctoral fellow of the Research Foundation Flanders and teaches international politics at the Free University Brussels. Among other things, in 2007 and 2008 he was a coordinator of the EU-China Academic Network (ECAN), an academic forum organized by the European Commission. In 2014 he became a Rockefeller Fellow of the Trilateral Commission and a Nobel Fellow at the Nobel Institute. His research focuses on the impact of China’s rise on world politics, although also having a decided interest in Europe. His work often bridges different aspects of international relations, such as international political economy, diplomacy and military force. Recent books include China and India: Prospects for Peace and China’s coming war with Asia. He is also an active public intellectual, with articles being published in The Financial Times, The Guardian and Foreign Policy.

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