Faculty and visiting scholars
Collegium Civitas is proud of its lecturers and visiting professors who maintain a highly professional level of instruction, whilst encouraging and supervising students' individual work on specific topics. The following scholars teach on the BA and MA Programs in International Relations and Political Science.
SELECTED VISITING GUEST SPEAKERS:
(coming to conduct a seminar or to give a talk, but not to teach a course)
DIANA DIGOL, PhD
RASMA KARKLINS, Professor
JAN KUBIK, Professor
VISITING LECTURERS:
(invited to teach a full semester course or an intense course for two or three weeks)
HANS BLOM, Professor
PETER BOLTUC, Professor
DAVID EWICK, Professor
CYNTHIA KAPLAN, Professor
HANS-DIETER KLINGEMANN, Professor
ANNAMARIA ORLA-BUKOWSKA, PhD
JACEK ROSA, PhD
WILLIAM TRUMBULL, Professor
LECTURERS TEACHING AT COLLEGIUM CIVITAS:
TIMOTHY CLAPHAM, MSc
PAULINA CODOGNI, MA
WŁADYSŁAW CZAPLIŃSKI Professor
PAWEŁ DOBROWOLSKI, Associate Professor
HENRYK DOMAŃSKI, Professor
MICHAŁ FISZER, MSc and Major
ANETA GAWKOWSKA, PhD
KONSTANTY GEBERT, Writer and Editor
PAWEŁ GOLDSTEIN, PhD
AGNIESZKA GRAFF, PhD
ALEKSANDER GUBRYNOWICZ, PhD
HUBERT IZDEBSKI, Professor
KATARZYNA KOPCZEWSKA, MSc
JADWIGA KORALEWICZ, Professor
TOMASZ KOZŁOWSKI, PhD
NATALIA LETKI, DPhil
ADAM LIPSZYC, PhD
HENRYK LIPSZYC, Ambassador
BOGUMIŁA LISOCKA-JAEGERMAN, PhD
PAWEŁ MACHCEWICZ, Professor
STANISŁAW MOCEK, Professor
JÓZEF NIŻNIK, Professor
AGNIESZKA ORZELSKA, PhD
HANNA PALSKA, Professor
SERGE PUKAS, PhD
TERESA RAKOWSKA-HARMSTONE, Professor
WOJCIECH ROSZKOWSKI, Professor and MEP
JACEK SARYUSZ-WOLSKI, Professor
JOANNA SIWIŃSKA, PhD
DOMINIKA STANIEWICZ, MA
DARIUSZ STOLA, Professor
BOHDAN SZKLARSKI, Professor
RAFAŁ TRZASKOWSKI, PhD
WŁODZIMIERZ WESOŁOWSKI, Professor
EDMUND WNUK-LIPIŃSKI, Professor
RYSZARD ŻÓŁTANIECKI, Ambassador
KAMIL ZUBELEWICZ, PhD
VISITING GUEST SPEAKERS:
DIANA DIGOL, PhD
Doctor in Political and Social Sciences (the doctoral dissertation defended at the European University Institute, Florence). The PhD thesis focused on the emerging diplomatic elites in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. She also studied at the Diplomatic Academy (Vienna), Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University (Bologna) and Central European University (Budapest). Professional experience includes contacts with the European Commission in Brussels, the United Nations Office and the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe in Vienna, the World Bank project in Moldova, the National Bank of Moldova, etc. She speaks Russian, Romanian, English, Italian.
Doctor in Political and Social Sciences (the doctoral dissertation defended at the European University Institute, Florence). The PhD thesis focused on the emerging diplomatic elites in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. She also studied at the Diplomatic Academy (Vienna), Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University (Bologna) and Central European University (Budapest). Professional experience includes contacts with the European Commission in Brussels, the United Nations Office and the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe in Vienna, the World Bank project in Moldova, the National Bank of Moldova, etc. She speaks Russian, Romanian, English, Italian.
RASMA KARKLINS, Professor
Professor of Political Science, University of Illinois at Chicago. Main fields of specialization: Comparative Politics; East European Politics; Politics of USSR and Successor States; Transitions to Democracy; Comparative Public Policy; Corruption in Post-Communist Systems; Protest and Collective Action; Political Participation, Comparative Ethnic Relations; Citizenship and Integration, European Union Neighborhood Policy.
Professor of Political Science, University of Illinois at Chicago. Main fields of specialization: Comparative Politics; East European Politics; Politics of USSR and Successor States; Transitions to Democracy; Comparative Public Policy; Corruption in Post-Communist Systems; Protest and Collective Action; Political Participation, Comparative Ethnic Relations; Citizenship and Integration, European Union Neighborhood Policy.
JAN KUBIK, Professor
Associate Professor of Political Science, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey and Recurring Visiting Professor of Sociology, Centre for Social Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw. He received his B.A. and M.A. from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland and his Ph.D. from Columbia University. He taught previously at the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland; Barnard/Columbia; and the College of Wooster. In 2006-07 will serve as a Distinguished Fulbright Chair in East European Studies at Warsaw University.
Associate Professor of Political Science, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey and Recurring Visiting Professor of Sociology, Centre for Social Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw. He received his B.A. and M.A. from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland and his Ph.D. from Columbia University. He taught previously at the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland; Barnard/Columbia; and the College of Wooster. In 2006-07 will serve as a Distinguished Fulbright Chair in East European Studies at Warsaw University.
VISITING LECTURERS:
HANS BLOM, Professor
Hans Blom is Associate Professor of Social and Political Philosophy at Erasmus University. He has also taught at Cambridge University, the University of Buenos Aires, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His edited works include Monarchisms in the Age of Enlightenment (University of Toronto Press, 2006), Grotius and the Stoa (Van Gorcum, 2004), Hobbes: The Amsterdam Debate (Olms, 2001), and Sidney: Court Maxims (Cambridge University Press, 1996). He is editor-in-chief of the journal Grotiana.
PETER BOLTUC, Professor
Hans Blom is Associate Professor of Social and Political Philosophy at Erasmus University. He has also taught at Cambridge University, the University of Buenos Aires, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His edited works include Monarchisms in the Age of Enlightenment (University of Toronto Press, 2006), Grotius and the Stoa (Van Gorcum, 2004), Hobbes: The Amsterdam Debate (Olms, 2001), and Sidney: Court Maxims (Cambridge University Press, 1996). He is editor-in-chief of the journal Grotiana.
PETER BOLTUC, Professor
Specialist in philosophy and computers, consciousness, moral-political philosophy and online learning; associate professor of Philosophy at the University of Illinois at Springfield where he teaches since 1998 and is tenured since 2002; also Professor of the Warsaw School of Economics. He holds two doctorates in philosophy: a PhD in Moral and Political Philosophy from Bowling Green State University and a doctorate in Philosophy of Person from Warsaw University. He is a former Fulbright Fellow at Princeton University, a former Senior Common Room Member at St. John’s College, Oxford and a former visiting fellow at UNESCO, Paris. He has held visiting positions at St. Olaf College and Warsaw University. Editor of the Newsletter on Philosophy and Computers of the American Philosophical Association and board member of the new International Journal on Machine Consciousness. He has published and lectured in the area of machine consciousness, philosophy of mind, ethics and special moral obligations, decision theory and Plato’s metaphysics.
DAVID EWICK, Professor
Specialist in cultural studies; Professor of comparative culture in the Faculty of Policy Studies at Chuo University, Tokyo, where he has taught since 1993. He completed his doctoral dissertation at University College London. He has held visiting positions at the University of Cambridge, in the Faculty of International Studies at Obirin University, and Indiana University, Bloomington. He has published and lectured on the relation of Japanese culture and British, Irish, and American modernist literature, Japanese cultural history in relation to the West, the concept of internationalism in East Asia, and on the work of Edward Said. He is currently working on a study of the languages of dissent in China and Japan.
CYNTHIA KAPLAN, Professor
Associate Professor at the University of California Santa-Barbara. Professor Kaplan has visited the countries of the former Soviet Union over 60 times with research residencies in Russia, Tatarstan, and Estonia. She was a Fulbright Scholar in Estonia during the fall 2005 and spent part of the summer 2006 in Kazan, Tatarstan. She has participated in the International Research and Exchange Board's scholars programs four times, living in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Tallinn (Estonia), Novosibirsk, and Kazan, and has served as the director of the UC-Systemwide Study Center in Moscow. Her survey research in Russia and Estonia has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the U.S. Institute for Peace, and the National Council for Soviet and East European Studies. In addition to surveys, her research includes the creation of an event data set based on the coding of the Russian and Estonian language press and a discourse analysis of Estonian and Russian language literary journals. Professor Kaplan has just completed a book with Henry Brady (UC Berkeley) entitled, Gathering Voices: Political Mobilization and the Collapse of the Soviet Union and is the author of The Party and Agricultural Crisis Management in the USSR (Cornell University Press, 1987). Her current research explores constructivist understandings of ethnic identity through the use of focus groups and surveys. The research compares ethnic identity and its political consequences in Russia, Estonia, and Tatarstan.
Associate Professor at the University of California Santa-Barbara. Professor Kaplan has visited the countries of the former Soviet Union over 60 times with research residencies in Russia, Tatarstan, and Estonia. She was a Fulbright Scholar in Estonia during the fall 2005 and spent part of the summer 2006 in Kazan, Tatarstan. She has participated in the International Research and Exchange Board's scholars programs four times, living in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Tallinn (Estonia), Novosibirsk, and Kazan, and has served as the director of the UC-Systemwide Study Center in Moscow. Her survey research in Russia and Estonia has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the U.S. Institute for Peace, and the National Council for Soviet and East European Studies. In addition to surveys, her research includes the creation of an event data set based on the coding of the Russian and Estonian language press and a discourse analysis of Estonian and Russian language literary journals. Professor Kaplan has just completed a book with Henry Brady (UC Berkeley) entitled, Gathering Voices: Political Mobilization and the Collapse of the Soviet Union and is the author of The Party and Agricultural Crisis Management in the USSR (Cornell University Press, 1987). Her current research explores constructivist understandings of ethnic identity through the use of focus groups and surveys. The research compares ethnic identity and its political consequences in Russia, Estonia, and Tatarstan.
HANS-DIETER KLINGEMANN, Professor
Political scientist, Honorary Chair of the Collegium Civitas Political Science Department; Professor Emeritus of the Social Science Research Centre Berlin (WZB) and the Freie Universitaet Berlin. Currently he serves as a Senior Research Fellow of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris and as a fellow of the Center for the Study of Democracy, University of California, Irvine, USA; he is a Foreign Member of the Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters, a regular member of the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforsacher Leopoldina, and a Honorary Senator of the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; he has received honorary degrees from Örebro University in Sweden and Tilburg University in the Netherlands. His publications include A New Handbook of Political Science (edited with Robert E. Goodin), Citizens and the State (edited with Dieter Fuchs), and Parties, Policies and Democracy (with Richard Hofferbert and Ian Budge). At Collegium Civitas he conducts in English the seminar entitled, Democratic Political Culture.
Political scientist, Honorary Chair of the Collegium Civitas Political Science Department; Professor Emeritus of the Social Science Research Centre Berlin (WZB) and the Freie Universitaet Berlin. Currently he serves as a Senior Research Fellow of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris and as a fellow of the Center for the Study of Democracy, University of California, Irvine, USA; he is a Foreign Member of the Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters, a regular member of the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforsacher Leopoldina, and a Honorary Senator of the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; he has received honorary degrees from Örebro University in Sweden and Tilburg University in the Netherlands. His publications include A New Handbook of Political Science (edited with Robert E. Goodin), Citizens and the State (edited with Dieter Fuchs), and Parties, Policies and Democracy (with Richard Hofferbert and Ian Budge). At Collegium Civitas he conducts in English the seminar entitled, Democratic Political Culture.
ANNA MARIA ORLA-BUKOWSKA, PhD
Dr. Annamaria Orla-Bukowska is a social anthropologist in the Institute of Sociology at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow; specializing in Polish Christian-Polish Jewish relations. She has taught extensively not only at the Jagiellonian but also for the postgraduate program at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, and given lectures at universities in the USA, the Czech Republic, Belgium, Greece, Australia, and Israel. Annamaria Orla-Bukowska was a 1999 Koerner Holocaust Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies and a 2004 Yad Vashem Fellow. Forthcoming is her book, co-edited with Robert Cherry, Rethinking Poles and Jews: Troubled Past, Brighter Future (Rowman & Littlefield: Lanham, MD, 2007).
Dr. Annamaria Orla-Bukowska is a social anthropologist in the Institute of Sociology at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow; specializing in Polish Christian-Polish Jewish relations. She has taught extensively not only at the Jagiellonian but also for the postgraduate program at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, and given lectures at universities in the USA, the Czech Republic, Belgium, Greece, Australia, and Israel. Annamaria Orla-Bukowska was a 1999 Koerner Holocaust Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies and a 2004 Yad Vashem Fellow. Forthcoming is her book, co-edited with Robert Cherry, Rethinking Poles and Jews: Troubled Past, Brighter Future (Rowman & Littlefield: Lanham, MD, 2007).
JACEK ROSA, PhD
Counsellor of the Polish Embassy in Dublin, Deputy Ambasador. He teaches a 15 hour course entitled Ireland: Celtic Tiger Experience for the New Members of the EU and a course entitled Comparative Western Economies.
Counsellor of the Polish Embassy in Dublin, Deputy Ambasador. He teaches a 15 hour course entitled Ireland: Celtic Tiger Experience for the New Members of the EU and a course entitled Comparative Western Economies.
WILLIAM TRUMBULL, Professor
Director of the Division of Economics and Finance at West Virginia University, Associate Professor of Economics.
Director of the Division of Economics and Finance at West Virginia University, Associate Professor of Economics.
LECTURERS TEACHING AT COLLEGIUM CIVITAS:
TIMOTHY CLAPHAM, MSc
Specialist in the field of management strategy and theory; lecturer at Collegium Civitas. Graduate of the University of Wales and Anglia Business School, where he submitted his Master's thesis on Consumer Attitudes in Member States of the EU. In 1995-2001 he taught at Anglia Polytechnic University. At Collegium Civitas he teaches the following courses in English, An Introduction to International Business and Marketing in Modern Society: an Introduction to Marketing.
Specialist in the field of management strategy and theory; lecturer at Collegium Civitas. Graduate of the University of Wales and Anglia Business School, where he submitted his Master's thesis on Consumer Attitudes in Member States of the EU. In 1995-2001 he taught at Anglia Polytechnic University. At Collegium Civitas he teaches the following courses in English, An Introduction to International Business and Marketing in Modern Society: an Introduction to Marketing.
PAULINA CODOGNI, MA
Assistant in the Department of International Relations at Collegium Civitas and the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics, where she studied International Political and Economic Relations. She is also graduated in Financing and Banking. On behalf of the OSCE she was an observer in the parliamentary elections in Kosovo. Co-author of Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe 20th Century (Warsaw, 2005) and of the Polish edition of Oxford History of Contemporary History, which will come out in November, 2006. She specializes in three fields: the Persian Gulf, Southern-Eastern Europe and foreign policy of Poland. At Collegium Civitas she teaches in English the course entitled, International Relations in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf.
Assistant in the Department of International Relations at Collegium Civitas and the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics, where she studied International Political and Economic Relations. She is also graduated in Financing and Banking. On behalf of the OSCE she was an observer in the parliamentary elections in Kosovo. Co-author of Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe 20th Century (Warsaw, 2005) and of the Polish edition of Oxford History of Contemporary History, which will come out in November, 2006. She specializes in three fields: the Persian Gulf, Southern-Eastern Europe and foreign policy of Poland. At Collegium Civitas she teaches in English the course entitled, International Relations in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf.
WŁADYSŁAW CZAPLIŃSKI, Professor
Legal scholar; full Professor of legal studies; director of the Institute of Legal Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Professor in the Jean Monnet Department of European Law in Gdańsk University. Editor-in-chief of Przeglądu Prawa Europejskiego; member since 1999 of the Polish Legislation Council and advisor to the President. He won the Lachs award for the Best Publication in the field of International Public Law in Poland in 1999 and in 2001 (shared with Anna Wyrozumska for the book, International Public Law). Scholarship holder from the Humboldt Foundation (Tubingen, Heidelberg, Berlin) and from the Research Centre of the International Law Academy in the Hague. Author of fundamental works on international law, among which are such handbooks as National Judges and International Law, Handbook of the European Court of Justice Rulings, with Comments; European Law (published by the Helsinki Foundation). He has also authored numerous articles and reviews published in Polish and international journals. At Collegium Civitas he teaches in English the course entitled, International Public Law.
Legal scholar; full Professor of legal studies; director of the Institute of Legal Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Professor in the Jean Monnet Department of European Law in Gdańsk University. Editor-in-chief of Przeglądu Prawa Europejskiego; member since 1999 of the Polish Legislation Council and advisor to the President. He won the Lachs award for the Best Publication in the field of International Public Law in Poland in 1999 and in 2001 (shared with Anna Wyrozumska for the book, International Public Law). Scholarship holder from the Humboldt Foundation (Tubingen, Heidelberg, Berlin) and from the Research Centre of the International Law Academy in the Hague. Author of fundamental works on international law, among which are such handbooks as National Judges and International Law, Handbook of the European Court of Justice Rulings, with Comments; European Law (published by the Helsinki Foundation). He has also authored numerous articles and reviews published in Polish and international journals. At Collegium Civitas he teaches in English the course entitled, International Public Law.
PAWEŁ DOBROWOLSKI, Professor
Historian and diplomat; deputy director of the Department of the Americas in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He served for many years in the diplomatic service of the Republic of Poland and was Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Canada. He acted as Consul General in Edinburgh (Scotland, 1990-1995) and has been spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1995-2000, 2005- to date). Graduate of the Institute of History at Warsaw University, where in 1983 he completed his doctoral dissertation. He gained his post-doctoral degree in 1998. A student of Professor Aleksander Gieysztor and Professor Bronislaw Geremek. Scholarship from the John Paul II Foundation in Rome (1984-1985). Author of books and articles devoted to early-modern and medieval culture in Europe. At Collegium Civitas he teaches in English the course entitled, History of Diplomacy.
Historian and diplomat; deputy director of the Department of the Americas in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He served for many years in the diplomatic service of the Republic of Poland and was Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Canada. He acted as Consul General in Edinburgh (Scotland, 1990-1995) and has been spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1995-2000, 2005- to date). Graduate of the Institute of History at Warsaw University, where in 1983 he completed his doctoral dissertation. He gained his post-doctoral degree in 1998. A student of Professor Aleksander Gieysztor and Professor Bronislaw Geremek. Scholarship from the John Paul II Foundation in Rome (1984-1985). Author of books and articles devoted to early-modern and medieval culture in Europe. At Collegium Civitas he teaches in English the course entitled, History of Diplomacy.
HENRYK DOMAŃSKI, Professor
Sociologist; Vice-Rector of Collegium Civitas. Director of the Philosophy and Sociology Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences and head of the Department of Social Structure Studies. He has taught at numerous prestigious institutions including the Inter-University Centre for Postgraduate Studies in Dubrovnik. Scholarship holder from Heidelberg University, Ohio State University, Nuffield College and Saint Ann College, Oxford, and the Australian National University in Canberra. Author of numerous articles and books in the field of social stratification and mobility as well as on the methodology in social sciences. His most recent books are On Social Mobility in Poland (Warsaw 2004); Poverty in Post-Communist Societies (Warsaw 2002), and Hierarchies and Social Barriers in the 90s: the Case of Poland (Warsaw 2000). At Collegium Civitas he conducts graduate seminars.
Sociologist; Vice-Rector of Collegium Civitas. Director of the Philosophy and Sociology Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences and head of the Department of Social Structure Studies. He has taught at numerous prestigious institutions including the Inter-University Centre for Postgraduate Studies in Dubrovnik. Scholarship holder from Heidelberg University, Ohio State University, Nuffield College and Saint Ann College, Oxford, and the Australian National University in Canberra. Author of numerous articles and books in the field of social stratification and mobility as well as on the methodology in social sciences. His most recent books are On Social Mobility in Poland (Warsaw 2004); Poverty in Post-Communist Societies (Warsaw 2002), and Hierarchies and Social Barriers in the 90s: the Case of Poland (Warsaw 2000). At Collegium Civitas he conducts graduate seminars.
MICHAŁ FISZER, MSc and Major
Specialist in strategic studies; deputy editor-in-chief of the magazine Lotnictwo Wojskowe. He is a writer for Przeglądu Wojsk Lotniczych i Obrony Powietrznej and journalist for TVN, and European correspondent for the US-published Journal of Electronic Defence. Pilot of supersonic aircraft, participant in numerous flying missions in Poland and abroad including for UNPROFOR in the former Yugoslavia, and UNIKOM in Iraq and Kuwait. He is a former UN military observer. Author of numerous articles published in the specialist press and of three books. At Collegium Civitas he teaches the course entitled, Strategic Studies Games, and co-teaches the subject entitled, Strategic Studies.
Specialist in strategic studies; deputy editor-in-chief of the magazine Lotnictwo Wojskowe. He is a writer for Przeglądu Wojsk Lotniczych i Obrony Powietrznej and journalist for TVN, and European correspondent for the US-published Journal of Electronic Defence. Pilot of supersonic aircraft, participant in numerous flying missions in Poland and abroad including for UNPROFOR in the former Yugoslavia, and UNIKOM in Iraq and Kuwait. He is a former UN military observer. Author of numerous articles published in the specialist press and of three books. At Collegium Civitas he teaches the course entitled, Strategic Studies Games, and co-teaches the subject entitled, Strategic Studies.
ANETA GAWKOWSKA, PhD
Sociologist; doctoral degree from the Graduate School for Social Research in the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Scholarships from the American Studies Programme at Charles University, Prague, from Georgetown University, Washington as well as the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna and the University of Notre Dame, USA. Author of numerous scientific articles published in the press, including Polis, Edukacja filozoficzna, The Polish Sociological Review and Znaki Nowych Czasów, as well as of the author of texts published in collective works. At Collegium Civitas she teaches in English the course entitled, Introduction to Sociology and Politics.
Sociologist; doctoral degree from the Graduate School for Social Research in the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Scholarships from the American Studies Programme at Charles University, Prague, from Georgetown University, Washington as well as the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna and the University of Notre Dame, USA. Author of numerous scientific articles published in the press, including Polis, Edukacja filozoficzna, The Polish Sociological Review and Znaki Nowych Czasów, as well as of the author of texts published in collective works. At Collegium Civitas she teaches in English the course entitled, Introduction to Sociology and Politics.
KONSTANTY GEBERT, Writer and Editor
Specialist in Jewish Studies; graduate of the Department of Psychology, Warsaw University. Co-founder of an independent Jewish Flying University (1979), of the Polish Council of Christians and Jews (1980), and of the NSZZ-NTO (in September 1980), which soon after joined NSZZ Solidarność. Via the nickname Dawid Warszawski - which he still uses - he edited and published in KOS and other underground magazines. In 1989 he became a commentator on the Round Table talks. He has written for Gazetą Wyborcza as an international reporter and commentator. In 1997 he founded and remained until 2000 editor-in-chief of Midrasz, a Jewish intellectual monthly. He is now its publisher. Since 2005 he has acted as representative of the American Taube Foundation of Jewish Life and Culture in Poland. His articles have appeared, among others, in the following publications, The Guardian, Le Monde Diplomatique, MicroMega, Respect, Magyar Narancs, Svijet, Maariv, New Republic, The Los Angeles Times, Walrus, and The Moscow Times. Author of eight books focusing on the Round Table negotiations, the Balkan Wars, and Israeli Wars since 1967. He has taught in France, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, and the US. At Collegium Civitas he teaches in English the course entitled, Media and Ethnic Conflict.
Specialist in Jewish Studies; graduate of the Department of Psychology, Warsaw University. Co-founder of an independent Jewish Flying University (1979), of the Polish Council of Christians and Jews (1980), and of the NSZZ-NTO (in September 1980), which soon after joined NSZZ Solidarność. Via the nickname Dawid Warszawski - which he still uses - he edited and published in KOS and other underground magazines. In 1989 he became a commentator on the Round Table talks. He has written for Gazetą Wyborcza as an international reporter and commentator. In 1997 he founded and remained until 2000 editor-in-chief of Midrasz, a Jewish intellectual monthly. He is now its publisher. Since 2005 he has acted as representative of the American Taube Foundation of Jewish Life and Culture in Poland. His articles have appeared, among others, in the following publications, The Guardian, Le Monde Diplomatique, MicroMega, Respect, Magyar Narancs, Svijet, Maariv, New Republic, The Los Angeles Times, Walrus, and The Moscow Times. Author of eight books focusing on the Round Table negotiations, the Balkan Wars, and Israeli Wars since 1967. He has taught in France, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, and the US. At Collegium Civitas he teaches in English the course entitled, Media and Ethnic Conflict.
PAWEŁ GOLDSTEIN, PhD
Mathematician; graduate of the Institute of Mathematics at Warsaw University. In 2005 he completed his doctoral dissertation on The Stream of the Harmonic Function Gradient in R3. Lecturer at Collegium Civitas and Warsaw University. Participant in and co-ordinator of a number of research projects. Author of scientific papers in Banach Centre Publications and the Bulletin of the Student Nonlinear Physics Research Group, of which he is editor-in-chief and co-founder. At Collegium Civitas he teaches in English the course entitled, Statistics.
Mathematician; graduate of the Institute of Mathematics at Warsaw University. In 2005 he completed his doctoral dissertation on The Stream of the Harmonic Function Gradient in R3. Lecturer at Collegium Civitas and Warsaw University. Participant in and co-ordinator of a number of research projects. Author of scientific papers in Banach Centre Publications and the Bulletin of the Student Nonlinear Physics Research Group, of which he is editor-in-chief and co-founder. At Collegium Civitas he teaches in English the course entitled, Statistics.
AGNIESZKA GRAFF, PhD
Americanist, specializing in modern American literature and gender-studies. Graduate of Amherst College (USA), Oxford University (UK) and Graduate School for Social Research (Warsaw, Poland). In 1999 she defended her PhD on the prose of James Joyce. She is currently affiliated with the Warsaw University American Studies Center. Besides academic publications in the field of women's and gender studies, she has published articles and polemics in Poland's major newspapers (Gazeta Wyborcza, Rzeczpospolita), as well as intellectual journals (Krytyka Polityczna). She is best known for her book Swiat bez kobiet (World without Women) (2001; 2004), a collection of essays on gender in Polish public life. Since the mid-90s she has been active in the Polish women's movement as organizer and as participant in media debates on reproductive rights, gay/lesbian rights, women's status in the context of Poland's accession into the European Union, relations between Church and State. In 2004-2005 she was a fellow of the Fulbright New Century Scholars Program Toward Equality: The Global Empowerment of Women. Her current research project is called Between Politics and Poetics: Rhetorical Strategies of Modern American Feminism, but she continues to write on the intersection between gender politics and nationalism in Poland. At Collegium Civitas she teaches in English the course entitled, Gender and Nation.
Americanist, specializing in modern American literature and gender-studies. Graduate of Amherst College (USA), Oxford University (UK) and Graduate School for Social Research (Warsaw, Poland). In 1999 she defended her PhD on the prose of James Joyce. She is currently affiliated with the Warsaw University American Studies Center. Besides academic publications in the field of women's and gender studies, she has published articles and polemics in Poland's major newspapers (Gazeta Wyborcza, Rzeczpospolita), as well as intellectual journals (Krytyka Polityczna). She is best known for her book Swiat bez kobiet (World without Women) (2001; 2004), a collection of essays on gender in Polish public life. Since the mid-90s she has been active in the Polish women's movement as organizer and as participant in media debates on reproductive rights, gay/lesbian rights, women's status in the context of Poland's accession into the European Union, relations between Church and State. In 2004-2005 she was a fellow of the Fulbright New Century Scholars Program Toward Equality: The Global Empowerment of Women. Her current research project is called Between Politics and Poetics: Rhetorical Strategies of Modern American Feminism, but she continues to write on the intersection between gender politics and nationalism in Poland. At Collegium Civitas she teaches in English the course entitled, Gender and Nation.
ALEKSANDER GUBRYNOWICZ, PhD
Specialist in international law, in particular on Ecology; expert on the Baltic States. Assistant professor in the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Vice-President of the Nowiski Foundation, at which he coordinates activities related to the preservation of the natural environment in Poland. Author of numerous articles published in the specialist press. Co-author of the Biographical Dictionary of 20th Century East and Central Europe. At Collegium Civitas he teaches in English the course entitled, Ecology in the Present World.
Specialist in international law, in particular on Ecology; expert on the Baltic States. Assistant professor in the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Vice-President of the Nowiski Foundation, at which he coordinates activities related to the preservation of the natural environment in Poland. Author of numerous articles published in the specialist press. Co-author of the Biographical Dictionary of 20th Century East and Central Europe. At Collegium Civitas he teaches in English the course entitled, Ecology in the Present World.
HUBERT IZDEBSKI, Professor
Professor of Law; director of the Department of History of Political and Legal Doctrines in the Faculty of Law and Administration, and director of the Institute of State Sciences and Law, both at Warsaw University. Member of the Central Committee for Scientific Titles and Scientific Degrees, President of the Warsaw University Foundation; legal advisor, barrister in the legal offices of I. & Z. Civil Partnership in Warsaw. Since 1989 he has been engaged in legislative work in the field of public administration, and is the author of numerous bills. Lecturer at French, Swiss, British and American universities. Author and editor of numerous scientific studies in Polish, the most important of which include The History of Administration (three editions), Commentaries on the Civil Code (three editions), Foundations and Associations, (eleven editions), and Local Government; the Basics of a Political System and Activities. At Collegium Civitas he teaches in English the course entitled, Comparative Legal Traditions.
Professor of Law; director of the Department of History of Political and Legal Doctrines in the Faculty of Law and Administration, and director of the Institute of State Sciences and Law, both at Warsaw University. Member of the Central Committee for Scientific Titles and Scientific Degrees, President of the Warsaw University Foundation; legal advisor, barrister in the legal offices of I. & Z. Civil Partnership in Warsaw. Since 1989 he has been engaged in legislative work in the field of public administration, and is the author of numerous bills. Lecturer at French, Swiss, British and American universities. Author and editor of numerous scientific studies in Polish, the most important of which include The History of Administration (three editions), Commentaries on the Civil Code (three editions), Foundations and Associations, (eleven editions), and Local Government; the Basics of a Political System and Activities. At Collegium Civitas he teaches in English the course entitled, Comparative Legal Traditions.
KATARZYNA KOPCZEWSKA, MSc
Economist; PhD student in the Faculty of Economics at Warsaw University. Graduate of Economics at Warsaw University, where in 2003 she defended her Master's thesis on Analysis of the Initial Public Offering at the Warsaw Stock Exchange from 1992-2001. She is a two-time prize-winner for young research workers (2004 Szczecin - first place, 2005 Warsaw - second place). Scholarship holder from the Catholic University in Leuven, Belgium and from the President of the National Bank of Poland, in the framework of which she was a trainee at the European Central Bank. Author of articles published in the following publications, Bank i kredyt, Ekonomia and Rzeczpospolita, among others. At Collegium Civitas she teaches in English the course entitled, Econometrics.
Economist; PhD student in the Faculty of Economics at Warsaw University. Graduate of Economics at Warsaw University, where in 2003 she defended her Master's thesis on Analysis of the Initial Public Offering at the Warsaw Stock Exchange from 1992-2001. She is a two-time prize-winner for young research workers (2004 Szczecin - first place, 2005 Warsaw - second place). Scholarship holder from the Catholic University in Leuven, Belgium and from the President of the National Bank of Poland, in the framework of which she was a trainee at the European Central Bank. Author of articles published in the following publications, Bank i kredyt, Ekonomia and Rzeczpospolita, among others. At Collegium Civitas she teaches in English the course entitled, Econometrics.
JADWIGA KORALEWICZ, Professor
Sociologist; first Rector and co-founder of Collegium Civitas (1997 - 2006). Titular Professor in the Institute of Political Studies at the Polish Academy of Sciences. Co-founder and first President of the Polish Association of Political Studies (1991 - 1993). Member of the board at the Copenhagen Centre for Peace Research (1993-1999). She was scholarship holder from the University of California, Berkeley (1977-78); Nuffield College, Oxford (1985); CNRS (Paris) (1990-91); and Uppsala University (1994-95). Coordinator and active participant in numerous important international research projects, including the European Value Survey; Beliefs in Government programme of the European Science Foundation; Identifying the Basis of Party Competition in Eastern Europe, coordinated by Nuffield College, Oxford; the COST A24 Evolving Social Construction of Threats European programme and many others.She has conducted guest lectures at institutions including Columbia University, Lund University, Carleton University, the University of Copenhagen, University of Tubingen, European University Institute, Florence, and the University of Scranton. Author of over 50 scientific articles published in specialist periodicals in Poland and abroad, and numerous books such as The System of Values and Social Structure (Wrocław, 1974), Crisis and Transition: Polish Society in the 1980s (co-editor; Oxford 1987); Polish Society beforethe Crisis (editor;Warsaw 1987); Authoritarianism, Anxiety, Conformity (Wrocław 1987);The Polish Mentality (Poznań 1990, with Marek Ziółkowski); The Party System - The Political System - Social Consciousness (Warsaw1995); and Homo homini homo est (Warsaw 1998, with Hanna Malewska-Peyre). Professor Koralewicz is a two-time winner of the Ludwik Krzywicki Prize for Best Sociological Book of the Year (1988 and 1991). At Collegium Civitas she conducts graduate seminars.
Sociologist; first Rector and co-founder of Collegium Civitas (1997 - 2006). Titular Professor in the Institute of Political Studies at the Polish Academy of Sciences. Co-founder and first President of the Polish Association of Political Studies (1991 - 1993). Member of the board at the Copenhagen Centre for Peace Research (1993-1999). She was scholarship holder from the University of California, Berkeley (1977-78); Nuffield College, Oxford (1985); CNRS (Paris) (1990-91); and Uppsala University (1994-95). Coordinator and active participant in numerous important international research projects, including the European Value Survey; Beliefs in Government programme of the European Science Foundation; Identifying the Basis of Party Competition in Eastern Europe, coordinated by Nuffield College, Oxford; the COST A24 Evolving Social Construction of Threats European programme and many others.She has conducted guest lectures at institutions including Columbia University, Lund University, Carleton University, the University of Copenhagen, University of Tubingen, European University Institute, Florence, and the University of Scranton. Author of over 50 scientific articles published in specialist periodicals in Poland and abroad, and numerous books such as The System of Values and Social Structure (Wrocław, 1974), Crisis and Transition: Polish Society in the 1980s (co-editor; Oxford 1987); Polish Society beforethe Crisis (editor;Warsaw 1987); Authoritarianism, Anxiety, Conformity (Wrocław 1987);The Polish Mentality (Poznań 1990, with Marek Ziółkowski); The Party System - The Political System - Social Consciousness (Warsaw1995); and Homo homini homo est (Warsaw 1998, with Hanna Malewska-Peyre). Professor Koralewicz is a two-time winner of the Ludwik Krzywicki Prize for Best Sociological Book of the Year (1988 and 1991). At Collegium Civitas she conducts graduate seminars.
TOMASZ KOZŁOWSKI, PhD
Legal expert; director of the Centre for British and European Law at Warsaw University. President of the Polish-British Legal Society, an independent analyst for the Polish Constitutional Tribunal's rulings, as well as co-founder and general consultant of the Warsaw University Law Review. Graduate of Warsaw and Oxford Universities. Author of numerous publications in the field of contemporary legal thought. Winner of various prestigious awards, including the Know How Fund, the City of London Fund, Juris Angliae Scientia Ltd., the Oxford Hospitality Scheme, and the Jarra Committee Fund. He has been granted the honorary research title, Jarra Scholar. At Collegium Civitas he teaches in English the course entitled, Introduction to Law.
Legal expert; director of the Centre for British and European Law at Warsaw University. President of the Polish-British Legal Society, an independent analyst for the Polish Constitutional Tribunal's rulings, as well as co-founder and general consultant of the Warsaw University Law Review. Graduate of Warsaw and Oxford Universities. Author of numerous publications in the field of contemporary legal thought. Winner of various prestigious awards, including the Know How Fund, the City of London Fund, Juris Angliae Scientia Ltd., the Oxford Hospitality Scheme, and the Jarra Committee Fund. He has been granted the honorary research title, Jarra Scholar. At Collegium Civitas he teaches in English the course entitled, Introduction to Law.
NATALIA LETKI, DPhil
Political scientist; Assistant Professor at the Political Science Department of Collegium Civitas, where she was appointed in 2005. She was a holder of a Prize Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Nuffield College, Oxford. She received her D.Phil. from the University of Oxford in 2002. Graduate of the Central European University (MA in Politics and Society) and University of Warsaw (MA in Sociology). Her research focuses on the relation of various dimensions of social capital to the institutional (political and economic) context in the new and established democracies. She also researches political behaviour and attitudes of citizens and political elites. Her current projects deal with the relationship between racial diversity and social capital in the context of British neighbourhoods, models of democracy emerging in the post-communist states of East-Central Europe, and the institutional and cultural determinants of civic morality. She also continues her earlier research on the consequences of screening procedures (lustration) for the consolidation of democracy in East-Central Europe. Her articles have been published in the British Journal of Political Science, Canadian Journal of Political Science, Political Research Quarterly and Europe-Asia Studies. She has also published in edited volumes and is a member of several international research projects. In 2005 Dr. Letki won the Western Political Science Association/Political Research Quarterly Award for the Best Article Published in 2004. At Collegium Civitas he teaches in English the courses entitled, Electoral Systems and Electoral Behaviour and Political Parties and Party Systems.
Political scientist; Assistant Professor at the Political Science Department of Collegium Civitas, where she was appointed in 2005. She was a holder of a Prize Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Nuffield College, Oxford. She received her D.Phil. from the University of Oxford in 2002. Graduate of the Central European University (MA in Politics and Society) and University of Warsaw (MA in Sociology). Her research focuses on the relation of various dimensions of social capital to the institutional (political and economic) context in the new and established democracies. She also researches political behaviour and attitudes of citizens and political elites. Her current projects deal with the relationship between racial diversity and social capital in the context of British neighbourhoods, models of democracy emerging in the post-communist states of East-Central Europe, and the institutional and cultural determinants of civic morality. She also continues her earlier research on the consequences of screening procedures (lustration) for the consolidation of democracy in East-Central Europe. Her articles have been published in the British Journal of Political Science, Canadian Journal of Political Science, Political Research Quarterly and Europe-Asia Studies. She has also published in edited volumes and is a member of several international research projects. In 2005 Dr. Letki won the Western Political Science Association/Political Research Quarterly Award for the Best Article Published in 2004. At Collegium Civitas he teaches in English the courses entitled, Electoral Systems and Electoral Behaviour and Political Parties and Party Systems.
ADAM LIPSZYC, PhD
Philosopher, translator and writer. Graduate of the Institute of Philosophy at Warsaw University, where in 2002 he defended his doctoral dissertation. He specializes in 20th Century Jewish Philosophy. Scholarship holder from the Batory Foundation, including an internship at Oxford University (1997), and the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna (2002). Author of numerous articles published in Przeglad Filozoficzny, Principia, Ethics, Znak and Literatura na Świecie. At Collegium Civitas he teaches the course entitled, Philosophy.
Philosopher, translator and writer. Graduate of the Institute of Philosophy at Warsaw University, where in 2002 he defended his doctoral dissertation. He specializes in 20th Century Jewish Philosophy. Scholarship holder from the Batory Foundation, including an internship at Oxford University (1997), and the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna (2002). Author of numerous articles published in Przeglad Filozoficzny, Principia, Ethics, Znak and Literatura na Świecie. At Collegium Civitas he teaches the course entitled, Philosophy.
HENRYK LIPSZYC, Ambassador
Japanese scholar; director of the Centre of Japanese Research at Collegium Civitas. He is senior lecturer on Japanese literature and theatre, and teacher of Japanese at the Department of Japanese and Korean Studies in the Oriental Institute of Warsaw University. Between 1991 and 1996 he was the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Japan. He is the holder of the distinguished Japanese Honour of the Rising Sun (1992). Author of numerous scientific articles on Japanese writing and theatre, published in specialist Polish magazines such as Dialog, Przegląd Orientalistyczny and the Japanese journals Hermes, Eureka and Taimeido. At Collegium Civitas he teaches in English the course entitled, Japan: Tradition, Culture, Society.
Japanese scholar; director of the Centre of Japanese Research at Collegium Civitas. He is senior lecturer on Japanese literature and theatre, and teacher of Japanese at the Department of Japanese and Korean Studies in the Oriental Institute of Warsaw University. Between 1991 and 1996 he was the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Japan. He is the holder of the distinguished Japanese Honour of the Rising Sun (1992). Author of numerous scientific articles on Japanese writing and theatre, published in specialist Polish magazines such as Dialog, Przegląd Orientalistyczny and the Japanese journals Hermes, Eureka and Taimeido. At Collegium Civitas he teaches in English the course entitled, Japan: Tradition, Culture, Society.
BOGUMIŁA LISOCKA-JAEGERMAN, PhD
Expert in the field of the geography of development, social geography and cultural geography. Graduate of Warsaw University and the University of Havana (Cuba). Doctoral degree in Earth Sciences and Spanish Studies graduate. Research internships in Spain, Mexico, Cuba, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina and Florida. Fellowship at foreign universities including the Institute of Development Studies at Sussex University, the University of Florida in Gainesville (under the Fulbright Programme), and the School of Geography at Oxford. At Collegium Civitas she teaches in English the course entitled, Social and Economic Geography.
Expert in the field of the geography of development, social geography and cultural geography. Graduate of Warsaw University and the University of Havana (Cuba). Doctoral degree in Earth Sciences and Spanish Studies graduate. Research internships in Spain, Mexico, Cuba, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina and Florida. Fellowship at foreign universities including the Institute of Development Studies at Sussex University, the University of Florida in Gainesville (under the Fulbright Programme), and the School of Geography at Oxford. At Collegium Civitas she teaches in English the course entitled, Social and Economic Geography.
PAWEŁ MACHCEWICZ, Professor
Historian and political scientist; Professor and former Vice-Rector for Research at Collegium Civitas. Professor in the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and the department of Modern Political History. Former director of the Public Education Section of the Institute of National Remembrance. Holder of a Fulbright senior research fellowship at Georgetown University in Washington. Scholarship holder from Maison des Sciences de l`Homme in Paris, from the Ministry of Science and Education of Spain, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain, and from the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars (within the Cold War International History Project) in Washington. Author of articles and books published in Polish and other languages, and of numerous contributions to edited monograms. Holder of the Jerzy Giedroyć Award for his book, The Second Big Emigration (2001). He has also received an award from magazine Polityka for his book, The Year 1956 in Poland (1994) and has been honoured by the Support for Polish Science Foundation (1993). At Collegium Civitas he conducts graduate seminars.
Historian and political scientist; Professor and former Vice-Rector for Research at Collegium Civitas. Professor in the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and the department of Modern Political History. Former director of the Public Education Section of the Institute of National Remembrance. Holder of a Fulbright senior research fellowship at Georgetown University in Washington. Scholarship holder from Maison des Sciences de l`Homme in Paris, from the Ministry of Science and Education of Spain, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain, and from the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars (within the Cold War International History Project) in Washington. Author of articles and books published in Polish and other languages, and of numerous contributions to edited monograms. Holder of the Jerzy Giedroyć Award for his book, The Second Big Emigration (2001). He has also received an award from magazine Polityka for his book, The Year 1956 in Poland (1994) and has been honoured by the Support for Polish Science Foundation (1993). At Collegium Civitas he conducts graduate seminars.
Political scientist; Professor and Vice-Rector for Study Programs at Collegium Civitas; Assistant Professor in the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Co-founder and member of the editorial board of the journals Politicus and Polis. Scholarship holder from the Support for Polish Science Foundation. He has received the Karl Popper award from the Stefan Batory Foundation. Author of more than 30 articles, reviews and research reports published in the journals Kultura i Społeczeństwo, Studia Polityczne and the Polish Sociological Bulletin among others. He has written several books including, The Moral Foundations of Political Life (Warsaw 1997), Politics and the System of Norms from The First Six years: An Attempt to Grasp Politics (Warsaw1997). He is also editor of the book, Journalism, Media and Society (Warsaw 2005). At Collegium Civitas he conducts graduate seminars.
JÓZEF NIŻNIK, Professor
Philosopher and sociologist; Professor in the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences; director of the European Studies Unit and Jean Monnet Professor in the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology. He was co-founder and professor of the Graduate School for Social Research, the first secretary general (1993-2002) and currently a member of board of the Polish Unit of the Club of Rome, and member of the Poland 2000 Plus Committee for Future Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences. A graduate of Warsaw University, where in 1971 he defended his doctoral dissertation. He is a fellow of ACLS at SUNY. Author of over 80 major publications in the field of philosophy, the methodology of social sciences, sociological knowledge and, since 1989, global problems and European integration. His most important books are Symbols and Cultural Adaptation (Warsaw 1985), Sociological Knowledge: Outline of the History and Issues (Warsaw 1989) and The Arbitrariness of Philosophy (Warsaw 1999). At Collegium Civitas he teaches in English the course entitled, Introduction to European Integration.
Philosopher and sociologist; Professor in the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences; director of the European Studies Unit and Jean Monnet Professor in the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology. He was co-founder and professor of the Graduate School for Social Research, the first secretary general (1993-2002) and currently a member of board of the Polish Unit of the Club of Rome, and member of the Poland 2000 Plus Committee for Future Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences. A graduate of Warsaw University, where in 1971 he defended his doctoral dissertation. He is a fellow of ACLS at SUNY. Author of over 80 major publications in the field of philosophy, the methodology of social sciences, sociological knowledge and, since 1989, global problems and European integration. His most important books are Symbols and Cultural Adaptation (Warsaw 1985), Sociological Knowledge: Outline of the History and Issues (Warsaw 1989) and The Arbitrariness of Philosophy (Warsaw 1999). At Collegium Civitas he teaches in English the course entitled, Introduction to European Integration.
AGNIESZKA ORZELSKA, PhD
Political scientist; fellow in the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Graduate of the Faculty of Journalism and Political Sciences at Warsaw University, where in 2002 she completed her doctoral dissertation. She also completed an MA programme in European Studies under the aegis of the Institut d'études politiques de Paris at the Warsaw School of Economics. Winner of the Prime Minister's Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation in 2003. Author of the book, Impact of the Conflict in the Former Yugoslavia on US-EU Relations (Warsaw 2004), and is assistant editor of the recently published book, New Europe. The Impact of the First Decade, vol. I Trends and Prospects, edited by Teresa Rakowska-Harmstone and Piotr Dutkiewicz. At Collegium Civitas she teaches the course entitled, International Organisations.
Political scientist; fellow in the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Graduate of the Faculty of Journalism and Political Sciences at Warsaw University, where in 2002 she completed her doctoral dissertation. She also completed an MA programme in European Studies under the aegis of the Institut d'études politiques de Paris at the Warsaw School of Economics. Winner of the Prime Minister's Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation in 2003. Author of the book, Impact of the Conflict in the Former Yugoslavia on US-EU Relations (Warsaw 2004), and is assistant editor of the recently published book, New Europe. The Impact of the First Decade, vol. I Trends and Prospects, edited by Teresa Rakowska-Harmstone and Piotr Dutkiewicz. At Collegium Civitas she teaches the course entitled, International Organisations.
HANNA PALSKA, Professor
Sociologist; Professor and Vice-Rector for Student Affairs at Collegium Civitas. Associate Professor in the Institute of Philosophy (Civil Society Section) of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS). Graduate in Polish Philology from Warsaw University. She completed her doctoral thesis on the subject of New Intelligence in the People's Republic of Poland. The World of Appearance and Elements of Reality, defending her doctorate in 1993 in the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the PAS. She became a full professor in 2003 on the basis of her post-doctoral thesis, entitled Poverty and Wealth: New Lifestyles in Poland at the end of the 90s. Lecturer at the School of Social Sciences, the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the PAS; the Łódź Film School, and in the Institute of Sociology at the University of Białystok. Scholarship holder from the University of Oslo and the Czech Academy of Sciences. Specialist in the field of non-polling sociological research and civic culture. Author of numerous books, articles, reviews and commentaries published in the specialist press. At Collegium Civitas she conducts graduate seminars.
Sociologist; Professor and Vice-Rector for Student Affairs at Collegium Civitas. Associate Professor in the Institute of Philosophy (Civil Society Section) of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS). Graduate in Polish Philology from Warsaw University. She completed her doctoral thesis on the subject of New Intelligence in the People's Republic of Poland. The World of Appearance and Elements of Reality, defending her doctorate in 1993 in the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the PAS. She became a full professor in 2003 on the basis of her post-doctoral thesis, entitled Poverty and Wealth: New Lifestyles in Poland at the end of the 90s. Lecturer at the School of Social Sciences, the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the PAS; the Łódź Film School, and in the Institute of Sociology at the University of Białystok. Scholarship holder from the University of Oslo and the Czech Academy of Sciences. Specialist in the field of non-polling sociological research and civic culture. Author of numerous books, articles, reviews and commentaries published in the specialist press. At Collegium Civitas she conducts graduate seminars.
SERGE PUKAS, PhD
Political scientist; Supervisor of Programs in English at Collegium Civitas. He defended his doctoral dissertation at Central European University (CEU) on the topic of relationships between the state and its citizens, under the supervision of Professors Janos Kis (CEU) and George Klosko (the University of Virginia). He was a consultant in the Transitional Justice: Memories, Responsibilities, and Ways to Reconciliation project under the auspices of Central European University. In 2003 he was on a research trip at the University of Amsterdam and worked there with Professor Govert den Hartogh on the issues examining the notions of fairness, justice and obligation. In the 2004-2005 academic year, together with Professor Nenad Dimitrijevic of CEU, he taught a course, Constitutionalism and Democracy and, Transitional Justice from an Evil Past to a Democratic Future at Central European University. At Collegium Civitas he teaches, among others, the courses entitled, Post-Communist Transitions in Ukraine and other Post-Soviet States, Self-Interest in Human Affairs: Rational Choices, Symbolic Predispositions and Moral Commitments, and Democracy and Multiculturalism: Individuals, Affiliations and Values.
Political scientist; Supervisor of Programs in English at Collegium Civitas. He defended his doctoral dissertation at Central European University (CEU) on the topic of relationships between the state and its citizens, under the supervision of Professors Janos Kis (CEU) and George Klosko (the University of Virginia). He was a consultant in the Transitional Justice: Memories, Responsibilities, and Ways to Reconciliation project under the auspices of Central European University. In 2003 he was on a research trip at the University of Amsterdam and worked there with Professor Govert den Hartogh on the issues examining the notions of fairness, justice and obligation. In the 2004-2005 academic year, together with Professor Nenad Dimitrijevic of CEU, he taught a course, Constitutionalism and Democracy and, Transitional Justice from an Evil Past to a Democratic Future at Central European University. At Collegium Civitas he teaches, among others, the courses entitled, Post-Communist Transitions in Ukraine and other Post-Soviet States, Self-Interest in Human Affairs: Rational Choices, Symbolic Predispositions and Moral Commitments, and Democracy and Multiculturalism: Individuals, Affiliations and Values.
TERESA RAKOWSKA-HARMSTONE, Professor
Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Carleton University in Ottawa, director of the Strategic Studies Program at Collegium Civitas, and associate of the Davis Center of Russian and Eurasian Studies and the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. Author of numerous contributions in the field of nationalism and Soviet nationalities policy (with specialization in Central Asia), and comparative politics and foreign policy of East Central Europe with an emphasis on the integrative mechanisms of the Soviet regional security system. At Collegium Civitas she conducts graduate seminars.
Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Carleton University in Ottawa, director of the Strategic Studies Program at Collegium Civitas, and associate of the Davis Center of Russian and Eurasian Studies and the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. Author of numerous contributions in the field of nationalism and Soviet nationalities policy (with specialization in Central Asia), and comparative politics and foreign policy of East Central Europe with an emphasis on the integrative mechanisms of the Soviet regional security system. At Collegium Civitas she conducts graduate seminars.
WOJCIECH ROSZKOWSKI, Professor and MEP
Historian; co-founder and Chair of the Department of International Relations at Collegium Civitas. Member of the European Parliament; editor-in-chief of Studia Polityczne; he was for many years the director of the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences. From 1990-1993 he was vice-president of the Warsaw School of Economics. A co-founder and, since 2000, director of the School of Polish History at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Scholarships from the Woodrow Wilson Centre (1988-1989) and lecturer at Georgetown University (1985-1986), and the University of Maryland (1989). Author of over one hundred articles and major books on Polish and world history in the interwar period. From 1978-1984 he wrote and published, under the pseudonym Andrzej Albert, The Modern History of Poland 1919-1980, which was published in several underground editions and is now a recommended textbook for schools. Moreover, the following books were published, Landowners in Poland 1918-1939(Colorado 1991), Land Reforms in East Central Europe after the First World War(Warsaw 1995) and Half a Century: A Political History of the World after the Second World War(Warsaw 1997). At Collegium Civitas he teaches in English the course entitled, World Economic History.
Historian; co-founder and Chair of the Department of International Relations at Collegium Civitas. Member of the European Parliament; editor-in-chief of Studia Polityczne; he was for many years the director of the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences. From 1990-1993 he was vice-president of the Warsaw School of Economics. A co-founder and, since 2000, director of the School of Polish History at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Scholarships from the Woodrow Wilson Centre (1988-1989) and lecturer at Georgetown University (1985-1986), and the University of Maryland (1989). Author of over one hundred articles and major books on Polish and world history in the interwar period. From 1978-1984 he wrote and published, under the pseudonym Andrzej Albert, The Modern History of Poland 1919-1980, which was published in several underground editions and is now a recommended textbook for schools. Moreover, the following books were published, Landowners in Poland 1918-1939(Colorado 1991), Land Reforms in East Central Europe after the First World War(Warsaw 1995) and Half a Century: A Political History of the World after the Second World War(Warsaw 1997). At Collegium Civitas he teaches in English the course entitled, World Economic History.
JACEK SARYUSZ-WOLSKI, Professor
Economist, Professor Collegium Civitas, former Vice President of the European Parliament, Vice President of the European People's Party, the Head of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and member of the Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee. Lecturer and researcher at the Universities of Lyons, Grenoble, Oxford, Edinburgh and Paris (1972-1990). Jean Monnet Fellow, European University Institute, Florence (1989-1990). Director, Centre for European Studies, University of Łódź (1988-1991). Vice-Rector, College of Europe, Bruges and Natolin (1997-1999). Chief adviser to the Prime Minister on European integration (1999-2001). Minister for European Affairs (1991-1996; 2000-2001). At Collegium Civitas he conducts graduate seminars.
Economist, Professor Collegium Civitas, former Vice President of the European Parliament, Vice President of the European People's Party, the Head of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and member of the Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee. Lecturer and researcher at the Universities of Lyons, Grenoble, Oxford, Edinburgh and Paris (1972-1990). Jean Monnet Fellow, European University Institute, Florence (1989-1990). Director, Centre for European Studies, University of Łódź (1988-1991). Vice-Rector, College of Europe, Bruges and Natolin (1997-1999). Chief adviser to the Prime Minister on European integration (1999-2001). Minister for European Affairs (1991-1996; 2000-2001). At Collegium Civitas he conducts graduate seminars.
JOANNA SIWIŃSKA, PhD
Economist; expert at the CASE Foundation. Graduate of the University of Sussex Graduate School for Social Research and of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Warsaw University, where in 2003 she completed her doctoral dissertation on The Public Sector in Poland and Other Transformation Countries: Its Economic Effectiveness and Impact on Economic Growth. In 2003 she won the Professor Wiktor Kula BISE Bank Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation. Scholarships from the Fulbright Programme (Columbia University, New York) and the Debakan-Liddle Foundation, Warsaw-Glasgow (research internship at Glasgow University). Author of a dozen reports and economic analyses published by CASE and of economic texts in Zycie gospodarcze At Collegium Civitas she teaches the following courses in English, Economics and International Economics.
Economist; expert at the CASE Foundation. Graduate of the University of Sussex Graduate School for Social Research and of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Warsaw University, where in 2003 she completed her doctoral dissertation on The Public Sector in Poland and Other Transformation Countries: Its Economic Effectiveness and Impact on Economic Growth. In 2003 she won the Professor Wiktor Kula BISE Bank Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation. Scholarships from the Fulbright Programme (Columbia University, New York) and the Debakan-Liddle Foundation, Warsaw-Glasgow (research internship at Glasgow University). Author of a dozen reports and economic analyses published by CASE and of economic texts in Zycie gospodarcze At Collegium Civitas she teaches the following courses in English, Economics and International Economics.
DOMINIKA STANIEWICZ, MA, coaching expert
Graduate of Collegium Civitas, specialization in Sociology, the Media and Communication, and Warsaw University at which she studied methodology of teaching . Brought up in the US where she actively participated in debate clubs. For the last 11 years she has been involved in stage performing. As a coach in communication skills she has worked with numerous companies. Gave over 300 speeches on various occasions like business meetings and cultural events. At present she holds a position of Vice President in “Labour”, a recruitment company.
DARIUSZ STOLA, Professor
Historian; Professor and Vice-Rector of Collegium Civitas, fellow at the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and at the Centre for Migration Studies, Warsaw University.His research focuses on the political and social history of Poland in the 20th century, in particular on international migrations, Polish-Jewish relations and the Holocaust, and the communist regime. He has published more than 60 articles and four books, Hope and the Holocaust (Warsaw 1995), which has received several awards, The Anti-Zionist Campaign in Poland 1967-1968 (Warsaw 2000), Patterns of Migration in Central Europe (New York 2001, co-ed.), and Communist Poland: Continuity and Change (Warsaw 2003, co-ed.). At Collegium Civitas he teaches the following courses in English, World History 1914 - 1945 and World History since 1945.
Historian; Professor and Vice-Rector of Collegium Civitas, fellow at the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and at the Centre for Migration Studies, Warsaw University.His research focuses on the political and social history of Poland in the 20th century, in particular on international migrations, Polish-Jewish relations and the Holocaust, and the communist regime. He has published more than 60 articles and four books, Hope and the Holocaust (Warsaw 1995), which has received several awards, The Anti-Zionist Campaign in Poland 1967-1968 (Warsaw 2000), Patterns of Migration in Central Europe (New York 2001, co-ed.), and Communist Poland: Continuity and Change (Warsaw 2003, co-ed.). At Collegium Civitas he teaches the following courses in English, World History 1914 - 1945 and World History since 1945.
BOHDAN SZKLARSKI, Professor
Political scientist; Vice Chair of the Department of Political Science at Collegium Civitas, fellow in the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Graduate of the Faculty of Political Science at Northeastern University, Boston and of the English Studies Department of Warsaw University. He completed his PhD dissertation on Articulation of Interests in Systemic Transformation: The Case of Poland in 1996 at the Institute of Political Science of the PAS. From 1992 to 1996 he was a project manager of the American Government Program in the framework of the American Studies Centre at Warsaw University. Lecturer at many American universities, including Kentucky, Louisville, City University in New York, Boston College and Notre Dame University. Author of the book Semi-Public Democracy: Politics of Interest Articulation in Systemic Transformation (Warsaw 1997). At Collegium Civitas he teaches in English the courses entitled, Political Leadership in Comparative Perspective, Political Leadership in the USA, Political Marketing & Advertising, and Political Mythology: Rituals, Symbols & Icons in the Construction of Power.
Political scientist; Vice Chair of the Department of Political Science at Collegium Civitas, fellow in the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Graduate of the Faculty of Political Science at Northeastern University, Boston and of the English Studies Department of Warsaw University. He completed his PhD dissertation on Articulation of Interests in Systemic Transformation: The Case of Poland in 1996 at the Institute of Political Science of the PAS. From 1992 to 1996 he was a project manager of the American Government Program in the framework of the American Studies Centre at Warsaw University. Lecturer at many American universities, including Kentucky, Louisville, City University in New York, Boston College and Notre Dame University. Author of the book Semi-Public Democracy: Politics of Interest Articulation in Systemic Transformation (Warsaw 1997). At Collegium Civitas he teaches in English the courses entitled, Political Leadership in Comparative Perspective, Political Leadership in the USA, Political Marketing & Advertising, and Political Mythology: Rituals, Symbols & Icons in the Construction of Power.
RAFAŁ TRZASKOWSKI, PhD
Specialist in the field of International Relations and European integration; researcher at the European Centre, Natolin. Graduate of Warsaw University (Institute of English Studies and Institute of International Relations), where in 1999 he defended his doctoral dissertation on The Dynamics of Institutional Reform within the EU in the Light of New Institutionalism. He also completed a post-graduate course in European Studies at the College of Europe, Natolin (1997). He has received scholarships from the European Union Institute for Security Research in Paris and from Oxford University. Advisor to Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, former Vice-President of the European Parliament. Author of numerous articles and research publications in the field of European issues, including, The Dynamics of the European Union Decision-making Process (Warsaw 2005). At Collegium Civitas he teaches the following courses in English, Introduction to International Relations, and Theory of International Relations.
Specialist in the field of International Relations and European integration; researcher at the European Centre, Natolin. Graduate of Warsaw University (Institute of English Studies and Institute of International Relations), where in 1999 he defended his doctoral dissertation on The Dynamics of Institutional Reform within the EU in the Light of New Institutionalism. He also completed a post-graduate course in European Studies at the College of Europe, Natolin (1997). He has received scholarships from the European Union Institute for Security Research in Paris and from Oxford University. Advisor to Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, former Vice-President of the European Parliament. Author of numerous articles and research publications in the field of European issues, including, The Dynamics of the European Union Decision-making Process (Warsaw 2005). At Collegium Civitas he teaches the following courses in English, Introduction to International Relations, and Theory of International Relations.
WŁODZIMIERZ WESOŁOWSKI, Professor
Sociologist; director of the Political Theory research group at the Department of Political Science, Collegium Civitas. Professor Emeritus of the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology at the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS). In 1972 he was appointed director of the Institute of Social Structure, PAS. He also held positions of the deputy-chair of sociology (PAS), director of the Institute of Government, and a lecturer in the School of Social Sciences of the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology at the PAS. Doctor Honoris Causa of Helsinki University. Scholarship holder from and lecturer at numerous prestigious universities in Europe and the US. He is an Honorable Member of the American Academy of Sciences and Arts; Member of the European Academy; a former chairman of the Polish Sociology Association. Author of numerous articles published in Polish and international journals. Author of many research publications including Parties: Endless Trouble (Warsaw 2000) Typology of Social Divisions and Identity of Individual (Warsaw 1989); and The Systemic Functions of Social Mobility in Poland (Warsaw1986, with B. Mach). At Collegium Civitas he teaches the following courses in English, Theories of Democracy and Theories of Economic, Political and Cultural Elites.
Sociologist; director of the Political Theory research group at the Department of Political Science, Collegium Civitas. Professor Emeritus of the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology at the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS). In 1972 he was appointed director of the Institute of Social Structure, PAS. He also held positions of the deputy-chair of sociology (PAS), director of the Institute of Government, and a lecturer in the School of Social Sciences of the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology at the PAS. Doctor Honoris Causa of Helsinki University. Scholarship holder from and lecturer at numerous prestigious universities in Europe and the US. He is an Honorable Member of the American Academy of Sciences and Arts; Member of the European Academy; a former chairman of the Polish Sociology Association. Author of numerous articles published in Polish and international journals. Author of many research publications including Parties: Endless Trouble (Warsaw 2000) Typology of Social Divisions and Identity of Individual (Warsaw 1989); and The Systemic Functions of Social Mobility in Poland (Warsaw1986, with B. Mach). At Collegium Civitas he teaches the following courses in English, Theories of Democracy and Theories of Economic, Political and Cultural Elites.
EDMUND WNUK-LIPIŃSKI, Professor
Sociologist, Rector of Collegium Civitas, co-founder and first Chair of the Department of Sociology at Collegium Civitas; founder and first Director of the Institute of Political Studies at the Polish Academy of Sciences; lecturer at the College of Europe (Bruges - Natolin); former member of the Civil Service Council and the National Council for European Integration; former director of the Institute of Public Affairs. Scholarship holder from, among others, the Institute of Human Sciences in Vienna, Notre Dame University, USA and Wissenschaft Kolleg, Berlin. Participant in and coordinator of numerous long-term research projects. Author of many research publications including the recently published, Sociology of Public Life (Warsaw 2005); The World Between Epochs: Globalization - Democracy - The Nation State (Kraków 2004), Borders of Freedom(Warsaw 2003); Values and Radical Social Change (ed., Warsaw 1998), Democratic Reconstruction: From Sociology of Radical Social Change (Warsaw 1996), and After Communism (ed., Warsaw 1995). At Collegium Civitas he teaches in English the course entitled, Globalization-Democracy-Nation State in European Context.
Sociologist, Rector of Collegium Civitas, co-founder and first Chair of the Department of Sociology at Collegium Civitas; founder and first Director of the Institute of Political Studies at the Polish Academy of Sciences; lecturer at the College of Europe (Bruges - Natolin); former member of the Civil Service Council and the National Council for European Integration; former director of the Institute of Public Affairs. Scholarship holder from, among others, the Institute of Human Sciences in Vienna, Notre Dame University, USA and Wissenschaft Kolleg, Berlin. Participant in and coordinator of numerous long-term research projects. Author of many research publications including the recently published, Sociology of Public Life (Warsaw 2005); The World Between Epochs: Globalization - Democracy - The Nation State (Kraków 2004), Borders of Freedom(Warsaw 2003); Values and Radical Social Change (ed., Warsaw 1998), Democratic Reconstruction: From Sociology of Radical Social Change (Warsaw 1996), and After Communism (ed., Warsaw 1995). At Collegium Civitas he teaches in English the course entitled, Globalization-Democracy-Nation State in European Context.
RYSZARD ŻÓŁTANIECKI, Ambassador
Sociologist and diplomat; deputy director of the Institute of Diplomacy at Collegium Civitas; President of the Foundation of Culture; the former Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Greece and Cyprus (1991-1996); former director of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute. Graduate of Warsaw University (Institute of Sociology) where he completed his doctoral dissertation in 1979. From 1980-1981 he was a visiting scholar at the University of Florida in Gainesville. In 1990 he became director of the Department of Cultural and Research Policy in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He has also acted as deputy director of the Department of Promotion and Information in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as director of the Department of Cultural and Research Policy. He has published two volumes of poetry, including a collection entitled, Exiled (Warsaw 1988). At Collegium Civitas he teaches in English the course entitled, Techniques of Negotiation.
Sociologist and diplomat; deputy director of the Institute of Diplomacy at Collegium Civitas; President of the Foundation of Culture; the former Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Greece and Cyprus (1991-1996); former director of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute. Graduate of Warsaw University (Institute of Sociology) where he completed his doctoral dissertation in 1979. From 1980-1981 he was a visiting scholar at the University of Florida in Gainesville. In 1990 he became director of the Department of Cultural and Research Policy in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He has also acted as deputy director of the Department of Promotion and Information in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as director of the Department of Cultural and Research Policy. He has published two volumes of poetry, including a collection entitled, Exiled (Warsaw 1988). At Collegium Civitas he teaches in English the course entitled, Techniques of Negotiation.
KAMIL ZUBELEWICZ, PhD
Economist and lawyer, specialist in strategic studies; member of the Department of International Relations at Collegium Civitas. He wrote his doctoral dissertation at the Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw. He also works for the Jagiellonian Institute and for Adam Smith Research Centre. He graduated in International Economic and Political Relations, Warsaw School of Economics and from the Faculty of Law and Administration, Warsaw University. From 2000 to 2001 he was a scholar of McKinsey & Company and in 2005 he received the Lesław A. Paga Scholarship. At Collegium Civitas he coordinates the course in English, Strategic Games.
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