2013

Joanna Skoczek

Name
Joanna
Skoczek

Current director of Public and Cultural Diplomacy Department in Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Between 2008-2012 director of the EU Presidency Coordination Department, MFA. Since 2005, she had been working in the Office of the Committee for European Integration, among others, dealing with decision making process in the UE as a deputy director of the Integration Policy Department.

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Hebba Sherif

Name
Hebba
Sherif

PhD in 1996 from the Cairo University in Comparative Literature. She worked as Associate Professor at the Faculty of Arts at the Cairo University from 1997 until 2002. From 2004 – 2005 she was chosen as member of the jury of Litrix - German Literature Online for selecting German books for Arabic Translation. Since 2010 member of the board of the National Centre for Translation in Egypt.

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Petr Roubal

Name
Petr
Roubal

Researcher at the Institute of Contemporary History at the Czech Academy of Sciences since 2008. Lecturer at the Council on International Educational Exchange, Prague (course: “Rise and Fall of Central European Totalitarianism”). PhD in Comparative History form Central European University. M.Phil in Social Anthropology (University of Cambridge), MA in History (Central European University). Graduated from Faculty of Social Sciences and Faculty of Philosophy at Charles University.

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Josep Ramoneda

Name
Josep
Ramoneda

Philosopher, writer. Professor at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Founder and head of the Centro de Cultura Contemporánea de Barcelona (until 2011). Head of the Institut de la Recherche et de l’Innovation in Paris. Regular contributor to El País and Cadena SER radio. Author of “Apología del presente”, “Después de la pasión política”, “Del tiempo condensado”, and “Contra la indiferencia”.

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Joanna Pawluśkiewicz

Name
Joanna
Pawluśkiewicz

Writer, scriptwriter, film producer, awarded with a scholarship of Minister of Culture and Art, student of Second City in Chicago. Author of two books: "Telenovela" and "Cleaning Lady". The last one was inspired by a three years lasting stay of Pawluśkiewicz in USA, where she was working and travelling. Co-founder of the Moma Film Foundation. Runs a project "New Urban Legends" - educational film/literature project for children and adults. The "New Urban Legends" project won a prize in "Polish Short Films" in New Horizons Festival.

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