The European Civilization Chair works on modern European history within the wider context of European Civilization, in the conviction that understanding Europe’s past helps us to imagine and shape Europe's future.
The first holder of the European Civilization Chair at the College of Europe in Natolin was the distinguished Polish and European statesman and medieval historian Professor Bronisław GEREMEK. After his death in 2008 the European Parliament refounded the Chair in his memory, with a focus on Europe’s division and reunification.