Zuzana Palovic

Dr Zuzana Palovic is a five-time published author, academic, Central Eastern European and migration expert, and founder of the non-governmental organization, Global Slovakia (www.globalslovakia.com). Born during the final years of the Iron Curtain, Zuzana family fled the communist regime as political refugees, before becoming naturalized citizens in Canada. A child of communism that was raised in freedom, Zuzana implicitly understands and embodies the perspectives of both worlds. Her know-how has been further enriched by her international experience, having lived in ten countries across four continents. Dr Palovic studied at institutions in the United States, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, and completed her PhD in Eastern European migration at the University of Surrey. Her work delves deeply into the Central and Eastern European context, examining the critical cultural, emotional, mental and spiritual structures for a full and holistic analysis of her subject. She argues that ‘mental revolution’ constitutes the ‘final frontier of transition’ and, like President Tomas Garrigue Masaryk, the visionary founding father of Czechoslovakia, Dr Palovic advocates that societal change comes with a shift in individual consciousness. If there is no ‘freeing of minds’, then the newly freed societies at Europe’s Eastern border will remain ‘democracies without democrats’. Dr Palovic actively shares her rich experience and intimate knowledge, working closely with key contacts in Eastern European governments, institutions and businesses. She is the founder of the non-governmental organization, Global Slovakia. Amongst her many presentations, she has spoken at the Slovak Institute in Moscow, the Slovak Embassy in London, Oxford University, New York's Bohemian National Hall, as well as the Slovak Embassy in Washington DC, the Library of Moscow’s Institute of Slavic Cultures, Chicago’s Benedictine University and the Slovak Institute in Prague. In 2018, Dr Palovic travelled at the invitation of the Slovak President on a government delegation to New York and Chicago, where she presented her second book ‘The Great Return' in the presence of President Andrej Kiska, the Slovak Ambassador to Washington, members of the diplomatic corps and distinguished individuals from the Czech and Slovak cultural and business community of the United States. Main websites: www.zuzanapalovic.com www.globalslovakia.com