Jens Herlth (PhD), born in 1971, is full professor of Slavic literatures at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. His research interests include Polish intellectual history, Russian and Polish literature in the context of the history of ideas, and the relationship between literature and the social sciences.
Edward M. Swiderski is professor emeritus for the philosophy of culture and aesthetics at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. His research areas include philosophy in Russia and Poland, phenomenology and analytic philosophy with particular emphasis on the philosophy of music and social ontology.