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Organisation

A Board of Trustees and an Academic Committee are the governing bodies which respectively supervise and advise on the House of European History project. The museum is led by Museum Director Constanze Itzel.

Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees supervises and takes decisions on fundamental matters relating to the project. It is made up of high-level politicians and well-known public figures, bringing together several European institutions and the Brussels authorities, and is chaired by former President of the European Parliament Dr. Hans-Gert Pöttering.

Board of trustees meeting

Prof. Dr. Hans-Gert PÖTTERING

Chair of the Board of Trustees

Ms. Diana WALLIS

Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees

Mr. Reinhard BÜTIKOFER

Member of the European Parliament

Mr. Martin HOJSÍK

Vice-President of the European Parliament, in charge of the House of European History

Prof. Dr. Hans-Walter HÜTTER

Chairman of the executive board of the House of History North Rhine-Westphalia

Ms. Iliana IVANOVA

Member of the European Commission, responsible for education, training and culture

Ms. Assita KANKO

Member of the European Parliament

Mr. Othmar KARAS

Vice-President of the European Parliament, in charge of Communication and Information Policy

Mr. Miguel Angel MARTINEZ MARTINEZ

Former Vice-President of the European Parliament

Mr. Gérard ONESTA

Former Vice President of the European Parliament

Mr. Johan VAN OVERTVELDT

Chair of the Budget Committee

Mr. Dimitris PAPADIMOULIS

Vice-President of the European Parliament

Mr. Pedro SILVA PEREIRA

Vice-President of the European Parliament, in charge of the House of European History

Prof. Dr. Oliver RATHKOLB

Chair of the Academic Committee

Mr. Harald RØMER

Former Secretary General of the European Parliament

Mr. Domènec RUIZ DEVEZA

Member of the European Parliament

Ms. Sabine VERHEYEN

MEP Chair of the EP's Culture and Education Committee

Mr. Klaus WELLE

Former Secretary-General European Parliament

Academic committee

The Academic Committee, made up of historians and professionals from internationally renowned museums, plays a follow-up and advisory role on historical and museological transcription issues. It is chaired by historian Prof. Dr. Oliver Rathkolb.

academic committee meeting

Prof. Dr. Oliver RATHKOLB

Chair of the Academic Committee

Prof. Dr. Sharon MACDONALD

Vice-chair of the Academic Committee

Prof. Dr. Paul BASU

Research Professor of the Transdisciplinary Research, University of Bonn

Dr. Ghurminder K. BHAMBRA

Professor of Postcolonial and Decolonial Studies, University of Sussex

Prof. Dr. John Erik FOSSUM

Professor of Political Science at ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo

Mr. Josep Maria FRADERA

Professor of Contemporary History at the Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona

Prof. Dr. Louis GODART

Doctor in philosophy and humanities, Free University Brussels

Prof. Dr. Constantin IORDACHI

Professor of History at the Central European University

Mr. Basil KERSKI

Director of the European Solidarity Centre, Gdańsk, Poland

Ms. Anita MEINARTE

Deputy Director in Collection at National History Museum of Latvia

Prof. Dr. Hélène MIARD-DELACROIX

Professor of history at Sorbonne university.

Dr. Olivette OTELE

Historian and distinguished research professor, School of Oriental and African Studies, London

Prof. Dr. Luisa PASSERINI

Professor of History at the European University Institute, Florence

Dr. Dietmar PREIßLER

Collection director of the House of German History Foundation

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang SCHMALE

Professor for Modern and Contemporary History, University of Vienna

Dr. Kaja SIROK

State Secretary for Culture, Slovenia

Prof. Steven VAN HECKE

Professor in Comparative and EU Politics, University of Leuven

Ms. Daniele WAGENER

Honorary Director, Lëtzebuerg City Museum, Villa Vauban

Prof. Dr. Andreas WIRSCHING

Chair of Contemporary History, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich

The team

Management

Constanze ITZEL

Museum Director

Beate RAMBOW

Management Assistant

Eva WAGNER

Management Assistant

Learning and outreach

Guido GERRICHHAUZEN

Head of Department

Laurence BRAGARD

Project manager formal learning

Emma BUGELLI

Events Assistant

Marc CLAEYS

Digital Project Developer (ext)

Pauline GAULT

Informal learning project manager

Paul GRABENBERGER

Outreach Coordinator (ext)

Florian TUDER

Formal Learning Officer (ext)

Estela VALLEJO LATORRE

Events Manager

Pieterjan VAN LANGENHOVE

Project manager informal learning

Annelies VAN RIJEN

Outreach Coordinator (ext)

Curatorial

Andrea MORK

Head of Department

Simina BĂDICĂ

Curator

Kieran BURNS

Curator

Perikles CHRISTODOULOU

Curator

Christine DUPONT

Curator

Elena GARCIA CAFFARENA

Assistant Curator

Stéphanie GONÇALVES

Assistant Curator

Ewa GOODMAN

Curator

Jitka MLSOVÁ CHMELÍKOVÁ

Curator

Raluca NEAMU

Project Manager (ext)

Philippe PEYREDIEU DU CHARLAT

Assistant Curator

Libera PICCHIANTI

Assistant Curator

Joanna URBANEK

Curator (ext)

Collection management

Rocío DEL CASAR

Head of Department

Allison BEARLY

Digital Collections Specialist (ext)

Patrick BORGER

Legal Adviser

Vladimir ČAJKOVAC

Registrar & Documentation Assistant

Eva ESPINOSA CANO

Administrative Assistant

Hans DE WAEGENEER

Registrar

Vasileios GALANAKOS

Conservator & Collection Management Assistant

Leticia MARTÍNEZ

Documentation Assistant

Karolina MIŁKOWSKA

Assistant Registrar (ext)

Nathalie MINTEN

Conservator & Collection Management Assistant

Iraida VISNAPU

Documentation Assistant (ext.)

Communication and partnerships

Blandine SMILANSKY

Head of Department

Janos BARSANSZKI

Communications Officer, Audiovisual & Web (ext)

Catriona KEEVANS

Communications Officer, Social Media & Editorial (ext)

Roksolana KOVAL

Communications Assistant (ext)

William PARKER-JENKINS

Digital Communications Manager, Press Officer (ext)

Ana SALVADOR

Partnership Officer (ext)

George STYLIANOU

Communications Officer, Institutional Outreach

Tatiana TUMASHIK

Web Knowledge Architect (ext)

Nicolas WITHOF

Communications Officer, Audiovisual & Graphic Design

Facilities, visitors services & IT

Vito MALTESE

Head of Department and ICT applications specialist

Marco BELLOCCHIO

Security manager and floor staff supervisor

Michel HUBAULT

Technical and visitor service supervisor

Carlos IBAÑEZ FANDOS

Facilities manager

Maarten LELS

Visitor service supervisor

Alexandra MYRESIOTI

ICT/AV support agent (ext)

Ollivier ROCHER

Floor staff and technical supervisor

Olaf SCHNEIDER

Visitor service supervisor and lecturer