Dr Kossek is a Polish-American Americanist, Associate Professor writer, poet, literature and music critic, theater director, promoter and producer, radio host, Fulbright Visiting Professor at University of California Riverside, Former Chair and Associate Professor at University of Bielsko-Biala, Poland.Former English and American Literature and Culture Professor at University of Occupational Safety Management. He holds MA in English and American Literature and Culture and Doctoral Degree in American Literature from University of Silesia, Poland. A recipient of several international research awards, he lectured in Europe and USA.

In Poland under Soviet regime he organized and founded American Club Association in cooperation with American Consulate General in Krakow, Poland. His passion for American core music - Blues resulted in co-organizing the world's biggest blues festival - Rawa Blues Festival, Poetic Blues Café, Academic Blues Conference, Route 66 Seminar.

He is the founder and Director of Ethnic Studies Center and actively supported the efforts to organize the Blues Hall of Fame in Memphis. Dr Kossek is the author of many academic books on American Literature, Culture and Music. He is a singer/songwriter and poet. His first CD entitled The Blues Sharpener’s Daughter earned The best concept album status in 2014 at Polish-American Music, Folk and Arts Fest in Zywiec, Poland. Dr Kossek wrote and directed theatrical performances in Katowice and Bielsko-Biala and Los Angeles.

He is an Academic Tutor and has 35 plus years of experience teaching English and related subjects at all levels. Recently he started the rendition of Blues Poetic Café in Los Angeles under the name of Blues and Jazz Poetic Café at historic Leimert Park location in Los Angeles. Jerzy George supports the local communities in LA, Riverside and Orange Counties with lots of volunteer work as the Director of Music, Culture and The Arts for Greater Los Angeles Fulbright Association and as Artistic Director for Barbara Morrison Performing Arts.

Kossek, started his passion for American core music - The Blues, which resulted in many ventures. The most significant of them, co-organization of Rawa Blues Festival in Katowice, Poland. Over the years the Festival grew to the biggest blues fest status in the world under the roof and also one of the oldest. Most of the top blues personalities like Koko Taylor, Junior Wells, Robert Cray, Keb' Mo', James Blood Ulmer & Vernon Reid, Otis Taylor performed at the Flying Saucer venue, a 60.000 spectators concert arena. The Festival is the recipient of the Keeping the Blues Award for the Best International Festival.

To stress the role of text/lyrics/poetry/art in blues music and interdisciplinary character of blues culture Kossek founded The Poetic Café - a venue happening yearly alongside the Blues Fest gathering poets, songwriters, artists and painters, students and fans over workshops, seminars, competitions and artistic happening on and off the main stage. The Poetic Café, unlike the Blues Fest, is opened throughout the whole year, inspiring the wide audience all over the world.

Jerzy "George" Kossek is a nationally and internationally recognized educator, blues theorist, and blues promoter who has actively promoted blues music in Poland over the past three decades. Known to many as "Doctor Blues", Kossek has been teaching African-American history, culture, literature, and blues music since 1979, when he started his first American Club in collaboration with the American Consulate General in Krakow, Poland, under communism.

His courses expose students to blues research, blues journalism and literature, blues performances, blues organizations, blues charities and more. In his courses, Kossek teaches about African-American history and the role blues played in that history. At the same time, he focuses on blues theory, ways to preserve the blues, and how to incorporate the blues in educational activities. He actively promotes create writing of blues texts and poetry at Blues Poetic Café, held yearly.

Kossek founded the European Academic Blues Center at the Academy of Business in Dabrowa Gornicza, Poland, which researches all aspects of the blues as a cultural phenomenon, and the Ethnic Studies Center in Katowice, Poland. Kossek has been involved in organizing educational conferences and seminars focusing on the blues. He hosts a weekly blues-oriented radio show and he has been awarded a 2015 Fulbright grant to research the blues at six major U.S. universities.

Kossek is a skilled event planner with a passion for organizing international conferences and events. He has years of experience in handling all aspects of event planning, from selecting the ideal venue and coordinating logistics to designing engaging programs that cater to diverse audiences. Kossek's portfolio includes organizing several successful international conferences and events, including: 1st International Academic Blues Conference and Route 66 in Arts and Literature Seminar, Los Angeles Blues and Jazz and Spoken Word Festival.