Announcing New Eastern Europe – a New Quarterly Magazine of Central and Eastern European Affairs

Krakow, Poland, October 01, 2011 --(PR.com)-- The Jan Nowak-Jeziorański College of Eastern Europe and the European Solidarity Centre announce the first issue of a new quarterly magazine - New Eastern Europe. The magazine is the English-language sister edition of the Polish bimonthly Nowa Europa Wschodnia, with Andrzej Brzeziecki as the editor-in-chief of both magazines.

New Eastern Europe focuses on Central and Eastern European affairs. It presents its readers with provocative texts, in-depth analyses and stimulating reports from the countries of Eastern Europe. The release of the first issue coincides with the Eastern Partnership Summit taking place in Warsaw, Poland.

“New Eastern Europe draws on the tradition of Jan Nowak-Jeziorański and the College of Eastern Europe whose mission is to build bridges between the East and the West and enhance the transition of those countries to the East of Poland,” said Jan Andrzej Dąbrowski, President of the College of Eastern Europe in Wrocław.

“The goal of this journal is to better understand the countries to our East, and in the spirit of solidarity, engage its authors and readers in a meaningful dialogue,” said Basil Kerski, Director of the European Solidarity Centre in Gdańsk.

The first issue of New Eastern Europe examines the meaning of Eastern Europe from various perspectives. Martin Pollack, an Austrian writer and translator, provides a critical view of how Western Europeans imagine the borders to their East. Filip Florian, a Romanian writer, contemplates the role his country’s intellectuals play in Europe and what real changes have occurred as a result of Romania’s membership in the EU. Vesna Goldsworthy, a Belgrade-born professor of English literature, shares her experiences and reflections as she returns in 2011 to her native Balkans. Ukrainian professor, Olena Betliy, draws from the writings of Havel, Miłosz, and Konrád to answer the question as to whether the countries of Eastern Europe are truly free.

Among the magazine’s contributors are policy analysts, journalists and foreign media correspondents, academics, historians and literary writers.

For further information please contact:

The Jan Nowak-Jeziorański College of Eastern Europe
pl. Biskupa Nankiera 17
50-140 Wrocław Poland
Tel.: +48/71 341 71 97;

European Solidarity Centre
ul. Doki 1
80-958 Gdańsk Poland
Tel.: +48/58 767 79 71

New Eastern Europe
ul. Krupnicza 8/2a
31-123 Krakow Poland
Tel.: +48/12 422 90 16

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