PhDr. Eva Al-Absiová, PhD (*1959) graduated from the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in
Prague (1982 Mgr., 1987 PhDr., 2011 PhD. in Cultural Studies). In the years 1988-1998 she lived in Damascus; 1996-1998 studied at the Faculty of Human Sciences and Literature, from 2002 working as a lecturer at the Faculty of Arts, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia.She specializes in the issues of Arabic, Arab culture, women´s status and Arab feminism. Contemporary institution: Language Center, Faculty of Arts, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra/Slo- vakia. e-mail address: [email protected]
Doc. PhDr. Marwan Al-Absi, PhD. (*1956) graduated from the Faculty of Journalism, Char-
les University in Prague (1982 Mgr., 1985 PhDr., 1987 CSc. in History). In the years 1982-1998 he worked at Syrian Arab Television in Damascus; 1998-2002 worked as a film consultor in Slovakia, from 2002 working as a lecturer at the Faculty of Arts, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra/Slovakia, from 2009 as an associate profesor in Cultural Studies. He specializes in the issues of the Middle East in historical, cultural, political and religious contexts. Contemporary institution: Department of Culture and Tourism Management, Faculty of Arts, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra/Slovakia
e-mail address: [email protected].
George Gamkrelidze has B.A. and M.A. degrees in economics from Tbilisi State University whe-
re he studied Commerce and Marketing. In 2006 he was accepted into a research program at the University of Gdansk in Poland where he successfully defended his research thesis on Georgia and problems of international security. Mr. Gamkrelidze has worked in various capacities both in the governmental and academic fields. Currently Mr. Gamkrelidze works as researcher/analyst for the organization New Generation – New Initiative where he is responsible for strategic analysis, research and education programs.
e-mail address: [email protected]
Sylwia Górzna, PhD, political scientist, she is graduate of Varmia and
Mzaury University where she obtained doctoral degree, now she is an assistant professor at Dept. of History and Political Science at
Pomeranian University in Slupsk, occupied in Catholic political philosophy
and theology, especially in ecumenical and interreligion dialogue; e-mail address: sylwiagorzna- @wp.pl
Mgr. Michaela Chládeková is a law graduate and PhD student at the Institute of European Stu-
dies and International Relations, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava. In her research, she focuses on the system of human rights protection in the European Union and Council of Europe as well as on the human rights dimension of the EU external relations and policies.
Konrad Ćwikliński, PhD, political scientist, he graduated the
University of Gdansk. He obtained doctoral degree at Varmia and Mzaury University, now he is an assistant professor at Dept. of Political Science
University of Gdansk, he is specialized in NZ politics. e-mail address: [email protected]
PhDr. Mária Kočnerová, PhD. (1977). She graduated at Faculty of Political Science and Inter-
national Relations in specialization on international relations and diplomacy. Since 2003 she works as lecturer in Department of Politology and European Studies of Faculty of Arts at Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra. She is concerned with the issues of international relations and diplo- macy. Mainly she specializes on foreign policy of U.S. (especially G.W.Bush), terrorism, protection of human rights by Council of Europe, consumer policy in SR, security threats in 21st. century and analyse of election results. From this field she publishes and presents on conf erences at home and a broad. She is a member of research teams – KEGA, VEGA and cooperates on projects PANORAMA, NMUN, Discussion clubs.
Ing. Jana Kušnírová, PhD. graduated in branch Taxes and tax consulting at the Economic uni-
versity in Bratislava. She passed the postgradual study in Finances, banking and investment. In her research she deals with matters of taxation of natural and legal entities, tax optimalisation and issues of tax receivables. She is a assistant profesor at the Departmens of Finances at Economic Facutly in Bratislava where she gives lectures in Tax theory and politics and Tax analyses.
Mgr. Tatiana Marenčáková (1986) is the European return fund coordinator in the Ministry of
Interior of the Slovak Republic. As an expert, she is taking part on the negotiations establishing the Asylum and Migration Fund in Brussles. She graduated at the University of Constantine the Phi- losopher in Nitra and studied International Relations at the Ghent University, Belgium as a part of Erasmus Exchange Program. In May 2010 successfully completed course Certified Interdisciplinary Introduction to North-American Studies organized by Center for North American Studies. In Febru- ary 2011 she had worked as an Intern at the Embassy of Slovak Republic in Ottawa, Canada. She is interested in the asylum and migration policies, American foreign policy, Theories of international relations and role of Arctic region in the world affairs.
Arkadiusz Modrzejewski, PhD, philosopher and political scientist,
graduate of University of Gdansk, where he obtained doctoral degree. Current position: assistant professor at Dep. of Political Science University of Gdansk and at Dep. of His-tory and Political Science Pomeranian University. He is occupied in political philosophy as well as in identity proble- matic. E-mail address: [email protected]
Paweł Nieczuja-Ostrowski, PhD, political scientist, he graduated of
University of Gdansk. He obtained doctoral degree at Warsaw University. Now he is an assistant professor at Dept. of History and Political Science at
Pomeranian University in Slupsk, occupied in Armenian politics and migrations. e-mail address: [email protected]
Michael Siman, PhD. is a lecturer at the Institute of International and European Law at the Facul-
ty of Law, Pan European University in Bratislava. He is the chairman of the Slo-vak Civic Association EUROIURIS - European Legal Center and also works as an advocate in Bratislava. He graduated from the Faculty of Law, Faculty of Finance and the Faculty of Political Sciences and International Relations at the University of Matej Bel in Banská Bystrica as well as from the Center of International and European Studies at the Univer-sity of Nancy in France. He graduated doctoral studies in the European Union law from the University Robert Schuman in Strasbourg. He is an external lecturer of the Slovak Judicial Academy. In addition to the academic, publishing and lecturing activities, he teaches issues of European Union law for the judiciary, lawyers and public administra-tion.
Contact: [email protected]
PhDr. Tatiana Tökölyová, PhD. (1978; [email protected])
She is an assistant professor at the School of international and public affairs in Prague and Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences of Comenius University in Bratislava, Slova-kia. Since 2009 she is the CEPSA Secretary General and well as a member of the New Zealand Studies Association (from 2012). In her research she deals with the Pacific Rim, mainly with international politics of Australia and New Zealand, focused also on the role of the EU and other international organisations in the region. She is an author of num-ber of expert studies, researches home and aboard, and she has pro- vided lectures in the given area of international relations at various European universities (as in Great Britain, Poland, Czech Republic, Turkey). She studied at Faculty of political sciences and internatio- nal relations in Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) as well as a part-time study at the Leicester University, University of Oslo, and in Moscow. She participates at various home and foreign project activities.
PhDr. Lucia Tuleková Henčelová studied political science and French language at the Constan-
tine the Philosopher University in Nitra (Slovakia) and she completed her post gradual study in international development aid. She deals with matters of minorities´ position in the society, keeping the marginalised groups´ human rights, and with issues of political and social relations in the Middle East region. Nowadays, she works as pro-ject coordinator for the unincorporated association (The Society of Community Centres, Slovakia) which provides help to marginalised groups of popula- tion.
Magda Warzocha MA, philologist and political scientist, she is
an English teacher at the Gdansk Medical University. e-mail address: maguniawar-zocha@pocz- ta.onet.pl