The history of the Baltic region and Europe
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Mag. Dr. Emil BRIX
Austrian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, London
1975-1979 | Studium der Geschichte und Anglistik, Universität Wien
1979-1980 | Forschungsprojekt "Soziale und kulturelle Konflikte in der Donaumonarchie"
seit 1982 | Österreichischer Diplomatischer Dienst
1982-1984 | Bundesgeschäftsführer des Management Clubs des Österreichischen Wirtschaftsbundes
1984-1986 | Klubsekretär im Parlamentsklub der Österreichischen Volkspartei
1986-1989 | Leiter des Ministerbüros im Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung
1990-1995 | Generalkonsul der Republik Österreich in Krakau/Polen
1995-1999 | Direktor des Österreichischen Kulturinstitutes in London
2000-2003 | Leiter der Abteilung "Durchführung kultureller und wissenschaftlicher Veranstaltungen im Ausland" (Gesandter) in der Kulturpolitischen Sektion des Bundesministeriums für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
2002-2010 | Botschafts Leiter der Kulturpolitische Sektion im Bundesministerium für europäische und internationale Angelegenheiten
2007 | , 2008 Präsident von EUNIC (European Union National Institutes of Culture)
Doc. Alfredas BUMBLAUSKAS
Dean of History Faculty Vilnius University
Historian, Doctor of humanity sc., docent, Dean of History Faculty Vilnius University, Head of History Theory and Cultural History department | |
Graduated from: Vilnius University in 1979 | |
Academic research field: History of Historiography, History of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, History of Reformation, Theory of history and didactics of history |
Lennart MERI
Former President, Republic of Estonia, Tallinn
worked as dramatist and producer of radio plays in the Estonian broadcasting | |
1953 | graduated from the Faculty of History and Languages of Tartu University|
many books and films on more travels followed and were translated into a dozen languages | |
significantly contributed to the preservation of the Estonian national identity; first to take protest abroad against Soviet plan of mining phosphate in Estonia (later: the "Singing Revolution") | |
1958 | wrote his first book after trip to Central Asia and old Islamic centrs in the Kara-Kum Desert|
1988 | founded non-governmental Estonian Institute to promote cultural contacts with the West & send Estonian students to study abroad|
participated in the CSCE Conferences in Copenhagen, New York, |
Dr. habil.art. Ojars SPARITIS
Vice-Rector of Lativan Art Academy
Post Doctoral stdies at the University of Kiel, Germany1994, | |
Doctoral studies at Latvian Art Academy 1991.-1994., | |
Studies in Art History at Latvian Art Academy 1982.-1987. | |
Studies of Phylology at Latvian University 1974.-1979. | |
Dr. art. - since 1997. | |
Dr. habil. art.- since 1998. | |
Editor at Scientific Library of Latvian Academy of Sciences 1979.-1981., | |
Inspector of the Council for Protections of Monuments of Culture and Environment 1981.-1986., | |
Lecturer, Docent, Vice-Rector, Chief of the Dept. for Art History, Chief for Dept. for Doctoral studies of Latvian Art Academy - 1986 - up to now. | |
Minister of Culture 1995.-1996. | |
Art Theory and history of Latvia in context of European culture, preservation of cultural heritage, church renovation, culture of national minorities of Latvia, public monuments and decorative sculpture in urban environment. |