Events: December 2012
November 2012
January 2013
David Němec: A Real Event
06/11/12 – 13/01/13
In his work, David Němec – who is showing his art from the last 15 years at Galerie Montmartre – primarily focuses on figural motifs, attempting to capture spiritual realities. His pictures come primarily from the Czech painting tradition of the 1960s. It could perhaps be said that they have been inspired by the work of the artists Mikuláš Medek and Otakar Slavík, close friends of Němec’s family who moved in the Charter 77 and underground circles centred on the legendary flat on Ječná St. where David Němec grew up. More
PUPPETS OF THE GODS
December 6, 2012, 19:00
Presentation of Zbyněk Benýšek’s novel Loutky boží (Puppets of the Gods) by the author, Jan Steklík and editor Jan Šulc. A musical surprise - Vladimír Merta - is also planned. The evening is being held in conjunction with the Galén publishing house
DEBATE ON THE LEGACY OF VÁCLAV HAVEL
122012123112 Participation on events abroad
Debate on the life and work of Václav Havel. Participants will include the Swedish film critic Hynek Pallas, the novelist Kateřina Janouchová and Jáchym Topol, programme director of the Václav Havel Library. The evening will close with the Swedish premiere of Václav Havel’s film Leaving. The event is being organised by the Czech Centre in Stockholm.
TARAS PROCHASKO
December 10, 2012, 19:00
Meeting with the leading Ukrainian novelist on the occasion of the publication of a Czech translation of his novel The Unsimple Ones. A debate will be held with the participation of Jekatěrina Gazukina, Alexandra Stelibská and Věra Lendělová. The Czech Association for Ukrainian Studies, the Arts Faculty of Charles University and the Pavel Mervart publishing house will participate in the event.
MEMORY AND DISSENT 5 – MILOŠ REJCHRT, VÁCLAV MALÝ
December 11, 2012, 09:30
A cycle of lectures by Nicolas Maslowský and his guests in cooperation with the Historical Sociology department of the Faculty of Humanities at Charles University. Miloš Rejchrt: Dissent and the Evangelical Church Václav Malý: Dissent and the Roman Catholic Church
UPRISING OF A GENERATION – WE ARE UKRAINE TOO
December 11, 2012, 19:00
Mykola Rjabčuk and Petruška Šustrová present an anthology of interviews with the most important Ukrainian writers and dissidents, entitled Uprising of a Generation. The evening is being held in conjunction with the editorial staff of the magazine Ukrainian Journal.
THIRD LITERARY GRINDING ROOM
December 12, 2012, 19:00
Literary meeting of established and not-yet-established authors. This time, Michaela Keroušová, Jaroslav Šimek, Jan Kubíček aka Klement Václav Lakatoš and Count Rogo von Error will present their work. Gabriela Romanová will host the evening.
BORIS PAHOR – NEKROPOLIS or JOURNEY THROUGH THE SHADOWS
December 13, 2012, 19:00
The author, considered one of the most important Slovenian writers, participated in the partisan resistance, leading to his imprisonment in Dachau, Bergen-Belsen and elsewhere. He is responsible for dozens of publications, including diaries, novels, poetry collections and memoirs, several of which (such as The City in the Bay and Necropolis) have achieved world renown. Boris Pahor will present his books, as well as encouraging a debate on the role of the Central European intellectual in the contemporary post-modern melting pot…
OUR VAŠEK
December 14, 2012, 20:00 Participation on local events
The Czech premiere of Krystyna Krauz’s film Our Vašek – The Polish Friends of Václav Havel, which has been coproduced by the Václav Havel Library. For tickets please contact us via email rezervace@vaclavhavel-library.org.
VÁCLAV HAVEL – HIS LIFE AND WORK
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International academic conference on the life and work of Václav Havel. The programme will close with a staged reading of Václav Havel’s Leaving. An exhibition of photographs by Dagmar Hochová from the archive of the Václav Havel Library will be opened at the same venue, with the support of the Czech Centre in Milan.