LEADERSHIP RESEARCH GROUP has the pleasure of inviting you to a conversation with two distinguished scholars who will shed light on the vicissitudes of relations between USA and its junior European partners who look at USA differently than Poland.
America versus the Czech Republic and Slovakia – Who Sees Who in the International Puzzle
Monday, May 20, 2024
09:45 AM
Prof. Michal Vašečka, from the Bratislava International School of Liberal Arts
Prof. AMW dr hab. Iwona Jakimowicz-Pisarska from the Naval Military Academy in
Gdynia.
You can get 3 OZN points for participating in this event.
Where?
Dobra 55, room: 1.271
(the building features some mobility accommodations: ramp and lift)
Who?
Michal Vašečka, an Associate Professor at the Bratislava International School of Liberal Arts (BISLA) since 2015, has a background in sociology and focuses his research on various topics such as ethnicity, race, migration studies, populism, extremism, social movements, and civil society. He has an extensive academic career, having worked at the Faculty of Social Studies of Masaryk University in Brno from 2002 to 2017 and at the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences of Comenius University in Bratislava from 2006 to 2009. In 2006, Michal Vašečka founded the Center for the Research of Ethnicity and Culture (CVEK) and served as its director until 2012. Throughout his career, Michal Vašečka has also held visiting scholar positions at such esteemed institutions as: the New School University in New York, the University of London, Georgetown University in Washington DC, the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and Oxford University.
Iwona Jakimowicz-Pisarska an Associate Professor at Naval Military Academy (AMW) in Gdynia is a well written expert in Czech, Greek and the Balkan. Prof. Iwona Jakimowicz-Pisarska graduated from the University of Gdańsk, majoring in political science. She obtained her PhD at the Faculty of History of the University of Gdańsk and associate professorship at Institute of Political Studies at PAN in Warsaw. She is a member of PTNP Polish Society of Political Science; Greek Politics Specialist Group PSA (Political Studies Association), and Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism. Her academic interests include: European policy – with particular interest in the countries of Central and Southern Europe; Politics of modern Greece; European migrations, and National and ethnic minorities. In private, Prof. Jakimowicz-Pisarska loves to travel to appreciate European culture and art and in the evenings watch contemporary European cinema.
