Stanislaw Konopacki is Jean Monnet Chair at the University of Lódz. He is the author of Poland in a Drifting Europe, The End of Europe, Union Citizenship in the Context of Poland's Accession to the EU, and European Integration and Postmodernism. He is also the coauthor of Changing Europe and National and Ethnic Identity in the European Context and the editor of Polish Presidency in the Council of European Union and Poland's Five Years in the EU. He is a member of the Polish European Community Studies Association (PECSA); the University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES); the International Political Studies Association (IPSA); and the European Union Studies Association, USA (EUSA).