Prof. Jacek Guliński, Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Science and Higher Education
Dr. Krystyna Łybacka, member of the Polish Parliament and former Minister of Eductaion
Mr. Przemyslaw Pacia, Deputy-Governor of the Wielkopolska Province
Mr. Tomasz Kayser, Deputy Mayor of Poznan
His Magnificence Rector of AMU, Prof. Bronislaw Marciniak (our host in the AMU Aula)
Mr. Koen Haverbeke, the Representative of the Flemish Government at the Belgian Embassy in Warsaw
Mr. Krzysztof Schramm, Honorary Vice-Consul of the Republic of Ireland
Mr. Czesław Fiedler, Honorary Consul of South Africa
Mr. Włodzimierz Walkowiak, Honorary Consul of Great Britain
Ms. Katarzyna Parysek, representative of the City Council
Ms. Anna Ostrowska, representative of Polish-U.S. Fulbright Commission
Prof. Grażyna Borkowska, Head of the National Programme for the Humanities, NPRH
Dr. Andrzej Byrt, Chairman of the Board of Poznan International Fair
His Magnificence Rector of the Poznań University of Technology, Prof. Tomasz Łodygowski
Prof. Robert Wrembel, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Computing, Poznań University of Technology
Dr. Liliana Szczuka-Dorna, head of Center for Languages and Communication of the Poznań University of Technology
AMU deputy rectors:
Prof. Andrzej Lesicki
Prof. Marek Nawrocki
Prof. Zbigniew Pilarczyk
Prof. Jacek Witkoś
AMU former rectors:
Prof. Jerzy Fedorowski
Prof. Bogdan Marciniec
Prof. Jacek Fisiak
Mr. Stanislaw Wachowiak, chancellor of the University
AMU deans:
Prof. Beata Mikołajczyk, Prof. Maciej Karpiński, Deputy Deans of the Faculty of Modern Languages and Literatures
Prof. Bogumila Kaniewska, Dean of the Faculty of Polish and Classical Philology
Prof. Zbigniew Drozdowicz, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences
Prof. Kazimierz Ilski, Dean of the Faculty of History
Prof. Zbyszko Melosik, Dean of the Faculty of Educational Studies
Prof. Tadeusz Wallas, Dean of the Faculty of Political Sciences and Journalism
Reverend Prof. Janusz Szpet, Dean of the Faculty of Theology
Prof. Stanislaw Jakóbczyk, representing the AMU Institute of European Culture in Gniezno
Dr Anna Tobolska, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences
members of the AMU Strategy Team
heads of departments and other divisions of the University
colleagues from the Poznan Chapter of Agder Academy
and President of the Academy, Prof. Ernst Hakon Jahr, honorary doctor of AMU
Prof. Wolfgang Viereck, honorary doctor of AMU
colleagues from abroad who kindly agreed to speak about us:
Prof. Dennis Preston, Oklahoma State University, and Michigan State University
Prof. Cornelia Mueller, Viadrina University
Prof. W. U. Dressler, University of Vienna and Austrian Academy of Sciences (couldn’t join us for health reasons but sent his greeting)
heads of English Departments from all over Poland:
Prof. Andrzej Łyda, Head of the Institute of English, University of Silesia
Prof. Ewa Willim, Head of the Institute of English, Jagiellonian University in Kraków
Prof. Łukasz Bogucki, Head of the Institute of English, University of Łódź
Dr hab. Przemysław Łozowski, Head of the Institute of English, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin
Prof. Marek Kuźniak, Head of the Institute of English, University of Wrocław
Prof. Sławomir Wącior, Head of the Institute of English, The John Paul II Catholoc University of Lublin
Prof. Ryszard Wolny, Head of the Institute of English, University of Opole
Prof. Grzegorz Kleparski, Institute of English Philology, University of Rezszów
Prof. Jerzy Limon, Director of the Gdansk Shakespeare Theatre
Prof. Piotr Stelmaszczyk, Dean of the Faculty of the Humanities, University of Lodz
friends and colleagues from English Departments
friends and colleagues from various schools and institutions who accepted our invitation
staff and students of the AMU Faculty of English
retired colleagues
alumni
