Chairwoman of the Academic Board: Dobrosława Wężowicz-Ziółkowska (University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland)

Members: Jerzy Axer (University of Warsaw, Poland), Éric Baratay (Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, France), Andrzej Bereszyński (University of Life Sciences in Poznań, Poland), Piotr Czerwiński (University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland), Ewa Domańska (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland / Department of Anthropology, Stanford University, USA), Adam Dziadek (University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland) – deputy chairwoman, Andrzej Elżanowski (University of Warsaw, Poland), Paweł Gusin (Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland), John W.M. Jagt (Natural History Museum of Maastricht, Netherlands), Elena Jagt-Yazykova (University of Opole, Poland / Saint Petersburg State University, Russia), Andrzej Kiepas (Silesian University of Technology, Poland), Dominique Lestel (Teacher Training College, France), Ramona Malita (West University of Timisoara, Romania), Eric W.A. Mulder (Natura Docet Wonderryck Twente, Denekamp, Netherlands), Aleksander Nawarecki (University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland), Ruth Padel (King’s College London, England), Małgorzata Quinkenstein (Centre for Historical Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Germany), Inna Shved (Brest State A.S. Pushkin University, Belarus), Tadeusz Sławek (University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland), Alfia Smirnova (Moscow State Pedagogical University, Russia), Włodzimierz Tyburski (Academy of Special Education in the name of M. Grzegorzewska in Warsaw, Poland), Krzysztof Ziarek (Department of Comparative Literature, University at Buffalo, USA), Joanna Żylińska (Department of Media and Communications Goldsmiths, University of London, England).