Piotr Balcerowicz

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Piotr Balcerowicz
Education University of Warsaw
OccupationProfessor of Oriental Studies
Website balcerowicz.eu

Piotr Balcerowicz is an orientalist, philosopher, professor at University of Warsaw and founder of the Association Education for Peace.

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Biography

He was active in the Federation of Government Secondary School of Torun, created in autumn 1980, [1] occurring against indoctrination in schools, which has also been involved in organizing self-education action. [2]

In 1990 he graduated from the Warsaw University Oriental philology. In 1999 he obtained his Ph.D. from University of Hamburg, where he studied in 1992-1996. [3] Former member of the Science Committee of Orientalist Polish Academy of Sciences. He is a lecturer in the Department of International Relations, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw, and a professor at the Faculty of Oriental Studies University of Warsaw. Since 2002, founder and CEO of the Association Education for Peace. [4]

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In English

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  4. Edukacja dla Pokoju – Informacje o stowarzyszeniu
  5. Wydawnictwo Akademickie Dialog – Piotr Balcerowicz
  6. Balcerowicz, Piotr (2009), Jainism and the definition of religion (1st ed.), Mumbai: Hindi Granth Karyalay, ISBN   978-81-887-69292