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Three candidates shortlisted for the 2023 Václav Havel Prize  05/09/23

The selection panel of the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize, which rewards outstanding civil society action in defence of human rights in Europe and beyond, has today announced the shortlist for the 2023 Award. Meeting in Prague today, the panel – made up of independent figures from the world of human rights and chaired by the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Tiny Kox – decided to shortlist the following three nominees, in alphabetical order: More

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Three candidates shortlisted for the 2022 Václav Havel Human Rights Prize  06/09/22

The discussion among the seven-member jury helmed by the president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe centred on the importance of the issue of human rights during this tense period. The finalists include Vladimir Kara-Murza, a political prisoner and leading Russian democracy campaigner; Ukraine’s 5 AM Coalition, which gathers evidence of human rights abuses stemming from Russia’s invasion of the country; and Hungary’s Rainbow Coalition defending LGBTQIA+ rights. “This year’s selection reflects the central role that human rights play in the current European crisis,” says Michael Žantovský, jury member and executive director of the Václav Havel Library, which bestows the prize in cooperation with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and Nadace Charty 77.

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The Other Europe  27/04/22

Dear Friends, After three years we have completed the international project The Other Europe, during which, in cooperation with partner institutions, we have processed and made public recordings of interviews shot in 1987 and 1988 behind the Iron Curtain, and in exile, with important representatives of the opposition and the arts, as well as random citizens. Over those three years we have prepared video, audio and text of 106 interviews in speakers’ native languages and English translation. Despite public health restrictions in the Covid period, we have jointly prepared 16 international conferences and public presentations in six Central and Eastern European states. More

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From Schuman to Havel – what next?  16/02/22

The Václav Havel Library is a proud partner of the project Beyond Robert Schuman’s Europe More

Program for March 2024<>

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1989: We Want to Breathe – A Film by Karel Strachota

1989: We Want to Breathe – A Film by Karel Strachota

  • Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
  • When: March 4, 2024, 19:00 – 21:00

The story of Pavel and Renata mainly takes place in Teplice. They wish to live freely, in accordance with their ideals. However, the repressive Communist regime – for whom they represent "defective youth" – meddles in their lives. Teplice, a once beautiful spa town nicknamed Little Paris, is devastated, as is the entire north-western industrial border region often shrouded in thick smog. However, it is also a bastion of punk and alternative culture. The documentary, based on archival footage and period materials, is a mosaic of authentic situations, while the protagonists are based on real individuals. The film culminates with the demonstrations against catastrophic environmental pollution that began in Teplice a week before 17 November 1989 – and turned into political protests. So the Velvet Revolution kind of started in the North: people wanted to breathe.

A debate with director Karel Strachota and Miroslav Wanek, who lived through those events, will be moderated by Ivana Vránková.

Debate N: A Super-Election Year in Czech Politics

Debate N: A Super-Election Year in Czech Politics

  • Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
  • When: March 5, 2024, 19:00 – 21:00

2024 could change the political architecture of the entire West. The USA and the European Union are facing crucial elections, with the Czechs also set to vote in the European ones. How much can divergent electoral strategies split the governing coalition, and what could change after European Parliament, regional and Senate elections in the Czech Republic? To what extent could the outcome of this year’s triple elections influence the crucial elections to the Chamber of Deputies next year? Deník N editor Markéta Boubínová will chair a debate with guests.

Ukraine as Task

Ukraine as Task

  • Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
  • When: March 7, 2024, 19:00 – 21:00

A discussion forum with Rostislav Prokopjuk on Ukraine’s past, present and future.

Debate with Respekt

Debate with Respekt

  • Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
  • When: March 12, 2024, 19:00 – 21:00

Discussion featuring editors from the weekly Respekt and their guess. For more details and the names of guests visit www.vaclavhavel.cz prior to the event.

The Free Academy: Vladimír Just on Theatre

The Free Academy: Vladimír Just on Theatre

  • Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
  • When: March 14, 2024, 19:00 – 21:00

Today do Havel’s plays and essays belong in academic collections – or on the theatrical stage and the stage of life?

The further we get from Havel’s era (and, unfortunately, the values he represented), the more I hear that his plays, essays and attitudes belong to the period from the 1960s to the 1990s, while in the 21st century they feel more like something that was once important but is now an anachronism. Simply put, they were born out of the Communist era – and with its fall their urgency and also relevance faded away. My lecture aims to use specific examples from The Garden Party, The Memorandum and Leaving (and perhaps also The Power of the Powerless) to prove that this is nonsense and prejudice, the refutation of which requires just one thing: re-reading the texts carefully, starting with the very first full-length play, The

Garden Party (1963). It will be surprising to see how their themes have not only not aged but on the contrary have shown an often prophetically clear-sighted prediction of what we are living today, and not only in this country. And, what’s more, that Havel was an author of timeless and global, not just domestic, significance.

Professor Vladimír Just is a Czech Theatre Studies expert and literary and theatre critic. He has been a university teacher since 1994, has served as editor-in-chief of Divadelní revue, has published numerous articles in domestic and international journals and is the author of over 20 books.

Fedor Gál: Post Mortem

Fedor Gál: Post Mortem

  • Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
  • When: March 15, 2024, 19:00 – 21:00

​Presentation of the book Post Mortem, the fruit of a collaboration between Fedor Gál and photographer Miro Švolík.

Death and dying have become essential themes in a society that in recent years has experienced a Covid pandemic, the war in Ukraine and local and global climate disasters. We run up against the theme of death in every season of life. The way it is viewed by Fedor Gál – a man who came into the world under the shadow of death at a concentration camp, lived through a totalitarian regime, was at the birth of democracy in our country and subsequently fought against xenophobia – will be inspiring for all generations.

The evening will conclude with Miroslav Tóth’s Black Angels Songs performed by the Dystopic Requiem Quartet, dedicated to the victims of racial, ethnic and national violence.

Organised by the Václav Havel Library and the non-profit organization BONA FIDE.

In Conversation With... Bert Koenders

In Conversation With... Bert Koenders

  • Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
  • When: March 18, 2024, 19:00 – 21:00

A discussion on the enduring legacy of Max van der Stoel and the pivotal role of dissidents in shaping democracy in the 21st century. Max van der Stoel's historic meeting with Jan Patočka, the philosopher and spokesperson for Charter 77, marked a significant milestone in the struggle for human rights and political freedoms. As the first Western minister to engage with Charter 77, van der Stoel's courageous act paved the way for international recognition of dissident movements. Against the backdrop of this historic encounter, esteemed speaker Bert Koenders, Chair of the Max van der Stoel Foundation and former Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, will lead a conversation on the challenges and opportunities facing democracy today together with professor emeritus at the University of Fribourg Filip Karfík. Professor Karfík studied philosophy in a private circle of Jan Patočka’s students, classical philology studied in Prague and Vienna (1985-1991), postgraduate studies in Paris, Eichstätt and Munich (1992-1993), PhD in philosophy obtained at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague (1996), habilitation achieved in philosophy (2004).

The event will explore the impact of dissidents on contemporary political discourse, while reflecting on the lessons learned from Van der Stoel and Patočka's courageous actions. As we commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Czech Republic's accession to the European Union and navigate a pivotal election year for the European Parliament, this event offers a timely reflection on the enduring importance of democratic values and human rights.
 
Ian Willoughby will discuss with guests. 
 
The evening is organised with the kind support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Czech Republic.
The Garden Party, or If You Lie Down With Dogs, You Get Up With Fleas

The Garden Party, or If You Lie Down With Dogs, You Get Up With Fleas

  • Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
  • When: March 19, 2024, 19:00 – 21:00

A stage reading with students of the Department of Alternative and Puppet Theatre at the DAMU theatre school

Hugo’s parents live to show off. Hugo lives and doesn’t show off much, so they send him off to pursue a career. Off he goes, ending up in a bizarre place filled with bizarre characters. He doesn’t care that they were all like him once. It’s just like an arcade game. One, two, three... Hugo's on a roll. But what kind?

His parents and their ideas. Hugo and his ideas. The workplace and his ideas. The workers and their ideas. What kind? Ideas on screens, in words...

Director: Laura Fedorová, set designer: David Dohnal, cast: Richard Janča, David Petrželka, Naďa Melková, Štěpánka Todorová, Tomáš Adel, Alena Novotná, Marek Frait

Eva Turnová: New Book Presentation

Eva Turnová: New Book Presentation

  • Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
  • When: March 20, 2024, 19:00 – 21:00

Hana Halfarová will introduce a literary musical performance by the writer, musician and performer Eva Turnová on the occasion of the publication of her new book V zimě se u nás netopýr (Our Place is Cold as a Bat in Winter). Jáchym Topol will deliver the opening words.

Josef Čapek: Nothing Incomprehensible, Nothing Untrue

Josef Čapek: Nothing Incomprehensible, Nothing Untrue

  • Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
  • When: March 21, 2024, 19:00 – 21:00

The artist and writer Josef Čapek (1887-1945) is one of the most important figures in Czech modern avant-garde art. Alongside his collaboration with his brother Karel, his own independent work is also important. His oeuvre ranged from fine art and literature to theatre and stage design. After Hitler came to power, Josef Čapek reacted to the new political situation, publishing drawings from a series entitled In the Shadow of Fascism and making his opposition to the Nazi regime clear. On 1 September 1939 he was arrested by the Gestapo and imprisoned. Throughout the war he passed through a number of concentration camps. All indications are that he died shortly before the liberation of Bergen-Belsen.

Moderated by Jan Samohýl.

Organised by the Václav Havel Library and the Museum of the 20th Century.

Launch of Daniela Šafránková’s Beyond the Line

Launch of Daniela Šafránková’s Beyond the Line

  • Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
  • When: March 22, 2024, 19:00 – 21:00

Author’s Daniela Šafránková’s fourth novel Za čárou (Beyond the Line) focuses on Czech-German relations. One night the protagonist Miloš, a bricklayer living in a small village near the German border, finds himself by pure chance on the other side of the frontier. In a West German village in the autumn of 1989. Through his adventures on both the Czech and German sides, we are reminded of the last pathetic glimpses of Communist rule, and we experience with him the exciting and unexpected atmosphere of the autumn of 1989. Czech Television editor Martin Řezníček will serve as host while the Bavarian band Udu Git Uku Ba will perform.

Protecting the safety of journalists. Evenings with Radio Free Europe

Protecting the safety of journalists. Evenings with Radio Free Europe

  • Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
  • When: March 25, 2024, 19:00 – 21:00

Press freedom and independent media are increasingly under pressure. Currently, according to Reporters Without Borders, almost 500 journalists are behind bars for simply doing their jobs and journalists around the world work under constant threat to their personal safety and often to the safety of their families too. Free media are a cornerstone of fair and democratic societies. Independent journalism serves as an indicator of democracy and enables citizens to make informed decisions about their lives. Join the Václav Havel Library and Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty for a discussion on the safety of journalists at a time when a record number of journalists are imprisoned and facing increasing physical and online harassment. 

Speakers include:
 
Stephen Capus, President and CEO, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
 
Lída Vacková, Program Manager, Freedom House
 
Martin Řezníček, Deputy Editor-In-Chief of News, Czech Television
 
Moderator: Gabriela Svárovská, Expert on Human Rights and International Politics
Theatre Diagnosis: Discipline

Theatre Diagnosis: Discipline

  • Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
  • When: March 26, 2024, 19:00 – 21:00

Honza Juránek, a student of the Department of Theory and Criticism at DAMU, and moderator and actress Adéla Zahradníčková (Debut theatre company, Radio Blaník) will launch open discuss cycle on the discipline of acting. What is taught in acting schools? How does it work in practice? How do you find an approach to acting that fits you? And is there room for non-actors in the theatre today? Thus the first episode is entitled Diagnosis #1: Discipline.

Magnesia Litera I

Magnesia Litera I

  • Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
  • When: March 27, 2024, 19:00 – 21:00

Four authors nominated in fiction categories in the annual Magnesia Litera book awards will read from their works. Moderated by Pavel Mandys.

Circus ÚSTR: Art and Historical Memory in the Public Space

Circus ÚSTR: Art and Historical Memory in the Public Space

  • Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
  • When: March 28, 2024, 19:00 – 21:00

While the 20th century was the “golden age” of the installation and removal of monuments, statues and memorial plaques, as well as the renaming of streets and squares, the present day is characterised by a groping for stagings of historical memory in the public space. In the Czech Republic, this concerns primarily the “culture of remembering" in relation to Communist totalitarianism and Soviet-Russian imperial domination, although it applies in general. What might the presence of memory traces in the public space, produced via culture and art, look like today?

Guests: architect Pavla Melková, sculptor Krištof Kintera and Museum of Roma Culture director Jana Horváthová

Chaired by historian and philosopher Petr Hlaváček, director of the Department of Research and Education at the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes.

The event is part of a series of debates named Circus ÚSTR, with the title referencing the Czech acronym for the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes.

Havel Channel

Havel Channel je audiovizuální projekt Knihovny Václava Havla, jehož cílem je šířit myšlenkový, literární a politický odkaz Václava Havla, bez ohledu na vzdálenost, zeměpisné hranice či nouzové stavy. Jeho páteř tvoří debaty, vzdělávací projekty a rozhovory. Velký prostor je věnován též konferencím, autorským čtením, záznamům divadelních inscenací a koncertům. Audiovizuální projekt Knihovny Václava Havla Havel Channel se uskutečňuje díky laskavé podpoře Karel Komárek Family Foundation.

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Publications / E-shop

The central focus of the Library’s publishing programme is the life and work of Václav Havel, his family and close collaborators and friends. For clarity, the programme is divided into six series: Václav Havel Library Notebooks, Václav Havel Library Editions, Student Line, Talks from Lány, Václav Havel Documents, Works of Pavel Juráček and Václav Havel Library Conferences. Titles that cannot be incorporated into any of the given series but which are nonetheless important for the Library’s publishing activities are issued independently, outside the series framework.

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Conferences & prizes

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Václav Havel European Dialogues

The Václav Havel European Dialogues is an international project that aims to initiate and stimulate a discussion about issues determining the direction of contemporary Europe while referring to the European spiritual legacy of Václav Havel. This idea takes its main inspiration from Václav Havel’s essay “Power of the Powerless”. More than other similarly focused projects, the Václav Havel European Dialogues aims to offer the “powerless” a platform to express themselves and in so doing to boost their position within Europe.

The Václav Havel European Dialogues is planned as a long-term project and involves cooperation with other organisations in various European cities. Individual meetings, which take the form of a conference, are targeted primarily at secondary and third-level students, as well as specialists and members of the public interested in European issues.

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Václav Havel Human Rights Prize

The Václav Havel Human Rights Prize is awarded each year by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in partnership with the Václav Havel Library and the Charta 77 Foundation to reward outstanding civil society action in the defence of human rights in Europe and beyond.

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Havel - Albright Transatlantic Dialogues

Since the first Václav Havel Transatlantic Dialogues at GLOBSEC and FORUM 2000 conferences last year, we have lost another stalwart advocate of the transatlantic bond and of the need to face threats to democracy and international order together on both sides of the Atlantic, the former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. In view of the close bond between Václav Havel and Madeleine Albright and, after Havel's death, between the Secretary and the Library, the Václav Havel Library, with the approval of Madeleine Albright's family, renamed and rebranded the program as The Havel-Albright Transatlantic Dialogues (HATD), after the two major figures with roots in Central Europe who have personified the bond. Together, Václav Havel and Madeleine Albright symbolize the transatlantic relationship and the fundamental values underpinning it perhaps better than any other two people in recent history. The upcoming Dialogues “The Indispensable Woman: The Legacy of Madeleine K. Albright”, at the FORUM 2000 conference on September 1, and at the “Havel and our Crisis” conference at Colby College, ME, on September 28, will thus become venues for a well-deserved tribute to the pair we all respected and admired.

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Václav Havel

Václav Havel
* 5. 10. 1936 Praha
† 18. 12. 2011 Hrádeček u Trutnova

1936
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Václav Havel grew up
in a well-known, wealthy entrepreneurial
and intellectual family.
1951
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Václav Havel completed primary schooling. Because
of his "bourgeois" background, options for
higher education were limited.
1951
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Václav Havel worked as a chemical laboratory technician
while attending evening classes at a high school
from which he graduated in 1954.
1955
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Václav Havel studied at the
Economics Faculty of the Czech
Technical University in Prague.
1960
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Václav Havel began working at Prague's Theatre on
the Balustrade, first as a stagehand and later as
an assistant director and literary manager.
1963
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Havel´s first play The Garden
Party was staged at Prague's
Theatre on the Balustrade.
1964
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Václav Havel
married Olga
Splichalova.
1966
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VH finished studies at at the
Theatre Faculty of the Academy of
Performing Arts in Prague .
1968
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Václav Havel played an active role in
democratization and renewal of culture during the
era of reforms, known as Prague Spring.
1969
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Havel's work were banned in Czechoslovakia. He
moved from Prague to the country, continued
his activities against the Communist regime.
1974
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Václav Havel worked as a manual laborer
at a local brewery near Hrádeček in
the north of the Czech Republic.
1975
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Václav Havel wrote an open
letter to President Gustav Husak,
criticizing the government.
1977
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Václav Havel co-founded the Charter 77
human rights initiative and was one
of its first spokesmen.
1978
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Václav Havel co-founded The
Committee for the Defense
of the Unjustly Prosecuted.
1979
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Václav Havel was imprisoned several times
for his beliefs, his longest prison
term lasting from 1979 to 1983.
1989
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Václav Havel emerged as one of the
leaders of the November opposition movement, also
known as the Velvet Revolution.
1990
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Václav Havel is elected
President of Czechoslovakia on
December 29.
1993
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Václav Havel is elected, after the
dissolution of Czechoslovakia, the first President
of the Czech Republic.
1996
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On January
27, Olga
Havlova died.
1997
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Václav Havel married Dagmar Veskrnova,
a popular and acclaimed Czech theatrical,
television and movie actress.
1999
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Václav Havel enabled the entry of
the Czech Republic into the North
Atlantic Treat Organisation (NATO).
2003
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Václav Havel left office after
his second term as Czech
president ended on 2 February 2003.
2004
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Foundation of Václav
Havel Library in
Prague.
2004
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The Czech Republic became the 35th
member State of the Council of
Europe on 30 June 1993.
2010
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Václav Havel directed
a film adaptation of
his play Leaving.
2011
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Václav Havel died at his
summer house Hrádeček in the
north of the Czech Republic.
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Educational projects

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Archive / Documentation centre / Research projects

Dokumentační centrum

The Václav Havel Library is gradually gathering, digitizing, and making accessible written materials, photographs, sound recordings and other materials linked to the person of Václav Havel.

  • 69905 records in total
  • 26941 of events in the VH's life
  • 2831 of VH's texts
  • 2125 of photos 
  • 403of videos
  • 568of audios
  • 6604of letters
  • 15101of texts about VH
  • 8254 of books
  • 40128of bibliography records

Access to the database of the VHL’s archives is free and possible after registering as a user. Accessing archival materials that exist in an unreadable form is only possible at the reading room of the Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, 110 00 Prague 1, every Tuesday (except state holidays) from 9:00 to 17:00, or by prior appointment.

We will be glad to answer your queries at archiv@vaclavhavel-library.org.

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Havel in a nutshell

The virtual exhibition Václav Havel in a Nutshell places the life story of Václav Havel in the broader cultural and historic context in four chronologically distinct chapters with rich visual accompaniment. The exhibition is supplemented by the interactive map Flying the World with Václav Havel, which captures in physical form Havel’s global “footprint”.

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Vladimir Hanzel's revolution

Collage of recollections, images and sound recordings from Vladimír Hanzel, President Václav Havel’s personal secretary, bringing the feverish atmosphere of the Velvet Revolution to life.

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Václav Havel Interviews

A database of all accessible interviews given to print media outlets by the dramatist, writer and political activist Václav Havel between the 1960s and 1989. The resulting collection documents the extraordinary life story of an individual, as well as capturing a specific picture of modern Czechoslovak history at a time when being a free-thinker was more likely to lead to jail than an official public post.

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Pavel Juráček Archive

The Pavel Juráček Archive arose in February 2014 when his son Marek Juráček handed over six banana boxes and a typewriter case from his father’s estate to the Václav Havel Library. Thousands of pages of manuscripts, typescripts, photographs, documents and personal and official correspondence are gradually being classified and digitalised. The result of this work should be not only to map the life and work of one of the key figures of the New Wave of Czechoslovak film in the 1960s, but also to make his literary works accessible in the book series The Works of Pavel Juráček.

The aim of the Václav Havel Library is to ensure that Pavel Juráček finds a place in the broader cultural consciousness and to notionally build on the deep friendship he shared with Václav Havel. Soon after Juráček’s death in 1989 Havel said of him: “Pavel was a friend of mine whom I liked very much. He was one of the most sensitive and gentle people I have known – that’s why I cannot write more about him.”  

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All about Library

The Václav Havel Library works to preserve the legacy of Václav Havel, literary, theatrical and also political, in particular his struggle for freedom, democracy and the defence of human rights. It supports research and education on the life, values and times of Václav Havel as well as the enduring significance of his ideas for both the present and future.

The Václav Havel Library also strives to develop civil society and active civic life, serving as a platform for discussion on issues related to the support and defence of liberty and democracy, both in the Czech Republic and internationally.

The main aims of the Václav Havel Library include

  • Organizing archival, archival-research, documentary, museum and library activities focused on the work of Vaclav Havel and documents or objects related to his activities, and carries out professional analysis of their influence on the life and self-reflection of society
  • Serving, in a suitable manner, such as through exhibitions, the purpose of education and popularisation functions, thus presenting to the public the historical significance of the fight for human rights and freedoms in the totalitarian period and the formation of civil society during the establishment of democracy
  • Organizing scientific research and publication activities in its areas of interest
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Staňte se členy Klubu přátel Knihovny Václava Havla

We believe that we are succeeding in fulfilling the vision of Václav Havel, who, when he founded the Library, declared that it only makes sense as a living organism that occupies an unmissable place in the whole of public and political life. We see this as a commitment and inspiration for the future. We would like to use the footage of our hundreds of events in our own internet TV channel, expand our publication programme, develop more e-learning series, start organising workshops for teachers... But all this will require considerable financial resources. That's why we decided to turn to our visitors and supporters for support.

Pomozte nám inspirovat své okolí i Vy!
Přijdete se k nám a staňte se členem Klubu přátel Knihovny VH!

 

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Support us

Financial donations

If you would like to support the work of the Václav Havel Library or its specific activities or projects by means of a financial donation you can do so via the VHL’s PayPal account

Or by bank transfer to:

ČSOB a. s., Na Poříčí 24, 115 20 Praha 1

  • Crown account number 7077 7077 / 0300 CZK
  • Euro account number 7755 7755 / 0300 EUR
  • Dollar account number 7747 7747 / 0300 USD

If an individual makes a donation of over CZK 1,000, or if a company makes a donation of over CZK 2,000, in one calendar year we will create for you a donation contract confirming the amount of the donation involved; the donor can use this to reduce their tax base in compliance with the law on taxation. For more information, contact us.

Donors with US citizenship can support us through the Vaclav Havel Library Foundation New York.

Donations and loans to the VHL archive

The Václav Havel Library administers an archive of written materials, documents, photographs, video recordings and other materials related to the life and work of Václav Havel. The archive is predominantly digital in form. If you or somebody close to you is the owner of original texts, photographs, speeches or other works produced by Václav Havel we would appreciate it greatly if you contacted us. We will oversee the digitalisation of these documents and place them in our digital archive. If you would like to keep possession of such documents or items, we will return them in perfect condition.  

If a copy or original is donated to the Václav Havel Library, the terms of donation and use will in all cases be agreed with the owner. The names of all donors or owners will be listed alongside the documentary materials in question.

Internships

We offer short and long-term internships at the Václav Havel Library to Czech and foreign students. Interns are particularly welcomed in the fields of library studies and archival science, arts management, journalism, Czech Studies and other areas of the humanities.

We welcome knowledge of English (German and French are also a plus), while knowledge of Czech is an advantage for foreign interns.

Internships range in duration from six weeks to one year, while it is possible to agree on individual duration depending on the requirements of schools. On completion of the internship, the participant receives a certificate with an appraisal. Internships take place on the basis of prior agreement with applicants and dates must be agreed around two months in advance. Václav Havel Library internships are unpaid and we do not cover transport or accommodation costs.

If you are interested in an internship at the Václav Havel Library, contact us at the email address:

Media and promotion cooperation with the VHL

The Václav Havel Library welcomes the mutual exchange of links and the publication of our banners and information about our events. For more information, contact us directly.

Volunteers

The Václav Havel Library welcomes volunteers who would like to assist in our work.  

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