The Jan Nowak-Jeziorański College of Eastern Europe (Kolegium Europy Wschodniej) was founded in February 2001 by Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, a democratic activist, the legendary „Courier from Warsaw”, the long-time director of the Polish section of Radio Free Europe and the former vice president of the Polish-American Congress. The College of Eastern Europe is a non-profit, non-partisan organization based in Wroclaw, a city, which, Nowak-Jeziorański once said, „with its root in the Easter is a strategic outpost in the struggle for a better and safer future for Poland.”
The other founders are the City of Wroclaw, Lower Silesian Voivodeship Council, National Ossoliński Institute, Angelus Silesius Meeting House, Krzyżowa Foundation and European Cultural Association.
The mission of The College of Eastern Europe is to build Eastern Europe as a community of free people. For us, Europe is not a geographic but axiological concept. Its borders are drawn by ideals. We want citizens of the former Soviet Union to adhere to European values.
Therefore, the Foundation promotes cooperation among the people of Central and Eastern Europe. This is why:
– through our scholarship programmes, we educate and we raise the qualifications of officials and leaders of local communities from Eastern Europe. Poland is an example of successful political transformation and we show how to use this experience;
– we inform and shape public debate about Central and Eastern Europe in Poland (Nowa Europa Wschodnia magazine) and across the world (New Eastern Europe magazine);
– thanks to the KEW Publishing House we promote Eastern European literature in Poland and Polish thought about the East in our country. We publish over a dozen new titles every year. We promote valuable, non-commercial literature;
– we create and conduct discussions on international politics, organise book promotions, conferences and seminars;
– we discuss – the annual Polish Eastern Policy Conference is a platform for debate on Poland’s policy towards Eastern Europe. This is the only event of its kind in Poland, which involves politicians, journalists, polical commentators and NGOs. We foster pluralism of opinion and serious discussion, devoid of populism;
– we educate – during New Eastern Europe School the most outstanding European academics share their knowledge with students from Poland and Eastern Europe. During the seminar „Translators Without Borders”, distinguished translators share their knowledhe and experience with upcoming talents. During the Bohdan Osadchuk Polish-German-Ukrainian School, young leaders from Poland, Germany and Ukraine debate the future of Europe and Polish-German-Ukrainian cooperation.
The road to safe future does not lead through inherent hatred but through dialogue – not just between governments but above all between ordinary people. A dialogue that leads to mutual understanding and mutual human benevolence. (…) Do not forget about the past. But if we do not want it to repeat itself, we must remember that the past cannot serve as a cause for mutual hatred.
Jan Nowak – Jeziorański
Jan Andrzej Dąbrowski, Chairman of the Board
dabrowski@kew.org.pl tel. 691 848 545
Laurynas Vaiciunas, Vice-Chairman of the Board
laurynas.vaiciunas@kew.org.pl tel. 691 848 908
Editorial office of Nowa Europa Wschodnia (NEW)
Andrzej Brzeziecki, Chief editor, andrzej.brzeziecki@new.org.pl tel. 691 848 010
Małgorzata Nocuń, Vice-chief editor, malgorzata.nocun@new.org.pl tel. 691 848 009
Editorial office of New Eastern Europe (NEE)
Adam Reichardt, Chief editor, areichardt@neweasterneurope.eu tel. 691 848 101
Iwona Reichardt, Vice-chief editor, iwona.reichardt@new.org.pl tel. 691 848 332
Daniel Gleichgewicht, Editor, daniel.gleichgewicht@neweasterneurope.eu
The College of Eastern Europe Publishing House
Laurynas Vaičiūnas, Director, laurynas.vaiciunas@kew.org.pl tel. 691 848 908 or
Ewa Mielnik, Distribution, ewa.mielnik@kew.org.pl tel. 691 848 505
Joanna Żaba-Furmanek, joanna.furmanek@kew.org.pl tel. 71 399 27 82 (accountant)
Dr. Adam Pomorski (PEN Club Polska), Seminary program director
Department of implementation
Jacek Kaszuba, jacek.kaszuba@kew.org.pl
Chairman of the Board
Adolf Juzwenko, Director of the National Ossoliński Institute in Wroclaw
Vice Chairman of the Board:
Paweł Kowal, political commentator, historian, politician and former Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of Poland
Members of the Board:
Paweł Adamowicz, Mayor of Gdansk
Priest Adam Boniecki, former Editor-in-Chief of Tygodnik Powszechny
Sebastian Burdzy, Head of Środa Śląska District
Adam Chmielewski, Professor of the University of Wroclaw
Urszula Doroszewska, Advisor to the Polish President
Wiesław Dreko, CEO of Zec-Service Sp z o.o.
Rafał Dutkiewicz, Mayor of Wroclaw
Grzegorz Dzik, CEO of Impel SA, Honorary Consul of Ukraine in Wroclaw
Norbert Frejek SJ, former Director of the Angelus Silesius Meeting House in Wroclaw
Jerzy Koźmiński, CEO of the Polish-American Freedom Foundation
Henryk Litwin, former Polish Ambassador to Ukraine
Tadeusz Luty, Professor of the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
Jan Malicki, Director of the Centre for East European Studies at the University od Warsaw
Andrzej Nowak, Professor of Jagiellonian University, former Editor-in-Chief of Arcana
Jacek Ossowski, Chairman of the City Council of Wroclaw
Cezary Przybylski, Marshal of Lower Silesia
professor Jan Waszkiewicz, Professor of Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
Krystyna Zachwatowicz – Wajda, Stage designer, Professor of the Academy for the Dramatic Arts in Krakow
Wojciech Wróbel, CEO of Mirosław Wróbel Sp. z o.o.
FORMER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD
DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD:
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