Carnations and Velvet
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: April 30, 2019, 19:00 – 21:00
Meeting with Portuguese guests who as young students came to support the democratisation of Czechoslovakia in December 1989. In a discussion with Velvet Revolution student leaders, they will recall a gathering on Prague’s Národní boulevard, where the Portuguese presented those in attendance with 50,000 roses. There will also be special recollections of Václav Havel, whom the students met during their stay and via whom Havel invited the president of Portugal, Mário Soares, to his inauguration.
Speakers: Álvaro Beleza, Diogo Cabrita, António Tavares, José Campelo, José Viegas, Paulo Barros Vale and, from the Czech side, Monika Pajerová and Martin Mejstřík.
Moderator: Jakub Železný
The discussion has been organised in connection with the opening of the exhibition Carnations and Velvet: Art and Revolution in Portugal and Czechoslovakia 1968–1974–1989 at Prague’s Municipal Library.
Taking part in the evening will be the Czech Republic’s ambassador to Portugal, Petr Šelepa.
Organised by the Václav Havel Library and the Prague Municipal Library.