Poland in South Africa

The lecture was held on Wednesday, 30 August 2023, at 5:30 for 6pm – 7:30pm SAST. 

Venue: The Athenaeum, Newlands, Cape Town

Ambassador Adam Burakowski spoke on how Poland sees itself in the midst of it making significant progress economically but also facing the threat posed by the Russian aggression against Ukraine and many other conflicts erupting in various parts of the world.

Adam Burakowski is a Ph.D. D.Sc. in political sciences and Professor of the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He is a graduate of the Maharaja Jam Saheb Digvijay Sinhji High School in Warsaw and University of Warsaw (M.A. in History and Eastern Studies). During 2006-2017 he worked in Polskie Radio, Polish national radio broadcaster, holding various positions related to the international affairs. He was a Polish representative to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), where he was the Coordinator of the Central Eastern European Group. Simultaneously he was involved in the Euranet – pan-European radio project financed by the European Commission, established in 2007. Ambassador Burakowski was involved in various projects of the Cold War International History Project of the Wilson Center for Scholars in Washington and contributed to its publications. He is an author of many books, concerning India and Central Europe, especially Romania.

Mr Burakowski served as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Poland to India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Afghanistan from December 2017 till April 2023.

We look forward to your attendance and participation. 

SAIIA Events Team