Speaker
Director, Romanian Cultural Institute in New York
President, European Union National Institutes for Culture, New York
Dorian Branea, cultural diplomat and author. Read English at the Western University of Timișoara, followed by graduate work in International Relations at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and Negotiation at Oxford University’s Said Business School. Ph.D. in English and American Studies. Fellow of Central European University (2003-2004). Founding director of the Romanian Cultural Institute in Warsaw (2006-2010) and director, between 2010 and 2018, of the Romanian Cultural Institute in London. President of EUNIC London (the association of EU cultural institutes, 2012-2014). From august 2018, director of Romanian Cultural Institute in New York and from 2021, President of EUNIC New York. Awarded the Order of Merit for Cultural Promotion in the rank of Knight by the President of Romania in 2018. Author of The United States of Romanians (Humanitas, 2016).