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.
Prof. Dr. Hans-Gert PÖTTERING
Chair of the Board of Trustees
Ms. Diana WALLIS
Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees
Mr Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS
European Parliament Vice-President 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. Assita KANKO
Member of the European Parliament
Mr. Glenn MICALLEF
Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport
Mr Nikola MINCHEV
Member of the European Parliament, representative of the Culture Committee
Mr. Gérard ONESTA
Former Vice President of the European Parliament
Mr. Johan VAN OVERTVELDT
Chair of the Budget Committee
Mr. Dimitris PAPADIMOULIS
Former Vice-President of the European Parliament
Prof. Dr. Oliver RATHKOLB
Chair of the Academic Committee
Ms Nela RIEHL
Chair of the Committee on Culture and Education
Mr. Harald RØMER
Former Secretary General of the European Parliament
Ms Antonella SBERNA
European Parliament Vice-President in charge of the House of European History
Ms. Sabine VERHEYEN
First Vice-President of the European Parliament and Vice-President responsible for communication
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.
Prof. Dr. Oliver RATHKOLB
Chair of the Academic Committee
Prof. Dr. Sharon MACDONALD
Vice-chair of the Academic Committee
Dr. Anastasia FILIPPOUPOLITI
Assistant Professor of Museology, School of Humanities, Hellenic Open University
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
Curatorial
Kieran BURNS
Head of Department
Simina BĂDICĂ
Curator
Perikles CHRISTODOULOU
Curator
Laura COCCIA
Assistant curator
Christine DUPONT
Curator
Elena GARCIA CAFFARENA
Assistant Curator
Stéphanie GONÇALVES
Assistant Curator
Ewa GOODMAN
Educator
Ayoko MENSAH
Curator (ext)
Jitka MLSOVÁ CHMELÍKOVÁ
Curator
Raluca NEAMU
Project Manager (ext)
Philippe PEYREDIEU DU CHARLAT
Assistant Curator
Libera PICCHIANTI
Assistant Curator
Joanna URBANEK
Curator (ext)
Learning and outreach
Guido GERRICHHAUZEN
Head of Department
Laurence BRAGARD
Project manager formal learning
Emma BUGELLI
Events Assistant
Pauline GAULT
Informal learning project manager
Mackda GHEBREMARIAM TESFAU
Learning and Engagement Officer (ext)
Florian TUDER
Formal Learning Officer (ext)
Estela VALLEJO LATORRE
Events Manager
Annelies VAN RIJEN
Outreach Coordinator (ext)
Nicola WHITE
Instructional Designer (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
Vasileios GALANAKOS
Conservator & Collection Management Assistant
Leticia MARTÍNEZ
Documentation Assistant
Karolina MIŁKOWSKA
Assistant Registrar (ext)
Nathalie MINTEN
Conservator & Collection Management Assistant
Ugne VINCERZEVSKYTE
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)
William PARKER-JENKINS
Digital Communications Manager, Press Officer (ext)
Ana SALVADOR
Partnership Officer (ext)
George STYLIANOU
Communications Officer, Institutional Outreach
Anna TROËNG
Communication and Partnerships officer
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
Marija ALADIC
Visitor service supervisor
Marco BELLOCCHIO
Security manager and floor staff supervisor
Michel HUBAULT
Technical and visitor service supervisor
Carlos IBAÑEZ FANDOS
Facilities manager
Ollivier ROCHER
Floor staff and technical supervisor
Olaf SCHNEIDER
Visitor service supervisor and lecturer