Events: February 2016
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March 2016
Sylvie Richterová: Essays on Czech Literature
February 2, 2016, 19:00
Essayist and novelist Sylvie Richterová presents her new book, Eseje o české literatuře (Essays on Czech Literature) (Pulchra, 2016). More
A meeting with Ai Wei Wei
February 5, 2016, 16:30
A talk with one of the most famous contemporary Chinese artists Ai Weiwei, who accepted the invitation of the National Gallery in Prague to the opening of the exhibition Zodiac Heads within the celebrations of its 220th anniversary. The director of the National Gallery Jiri Fajt, who will assume the role of moderator, and Sinologist Olga Lomová of the Philosophical Faculty of Charles University in Prague will discuss not only about Ai Weiwei's work, but also on the political and human rights situation in contemporary China. The talk is organized by the Václav Havel Library in cooperation with National Gallery in Prague and Charles University in Prague. The debate will be in English and it will be streamed with a Czech translation on the Czech Television. Free entry without reservation.
Jiří Cieslar: Matouš
February 8, 2016, 19:00
Presentation of the diary of academic, critic and essayist Jiří Cieslar, who for years headed the Institute of Film Studies at the Faculty of Arts at Charles University. More
Evenings with Polish Reporters I: Paweł Smoleński’s Iraq
February 10, 2016, 19:00
Iraq is at present the main strategic base of Islamic State and one of the most explosive spots on the geopolitical map. How has recent history influenced this situation? Polish reporter Paweł Smoleński will discuss his book Iraq: Hell in Paradise and more with journalist Tomáš Lindner from the magazine Respekt. More
A Quarter-Century of the Visegrad Four
February 15, 2016, 19:00
A quarter-century after the signing of a treaty on closer cooperation between Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland on integration into European structures is a good time to consider whether and in what respects Central European cooperation has proven effective, in what ways it has not, and what kind of future it has in the European Union. Invited guests include Andrzej Jagodziński, Gyorgy Varga and Ladislav Snopko. Michael Žantovský will moderate.
Ladislav Kudrna: In the Wild North: The Underground in Teplice, 1965–1985
February 16, 2016, 19:00
Along with Prague, the North Bohemia region, especially Teplice, was a leading centre of the opposition community known by the later appellation of underground. The non-conformist community soon found itself in conflict with the communist regime. A period characterised as a breeding ground of the underground (a proto-underground) began in 1965; twenty years later, in 1985, there was a revival of the underground movement following the harsh repression of the early 1980s. More
Daniela Hodrová: Winding Sentences
February 17, 2016, 19:00
Reading by writer and literary theoretician Daniela Hodrová from her most recent books Točité věty (Winding Sentences) (Malvern, 2015) and Co se vyjevuje: Eseje o Adrieně Šimotové (What is Revealed: Essays about Adriena Šimotová), in which she focuses on long-term friends who are simultaneously important figures in her books, Bohumila Grögerová and Adriena Šimotová. More
Hi, Sweetheart
February 22, 2016, 19:00
Presentation of correspondence between Juliana Jirousová and Ivan Martin Jirous between 1977 and 1989. Reading from the book Ahoj můj miláčku (Hi, Sweetheart) (Torst, 2015) and discussion with the participation of Marta Veselá Jirousová, Daniel Degtěv and others referred to in the letters... More
Bohdan Holomíček: Václav Havel in Photographs
February 24, 2016, 19:00
Evening with photographer Bohdan Holomíček, who over many years captured Václav Havel and his friends in photographs, becoming a distinctive chronicler of independent goings-on. More
Who Is Threatening Journalistic Freedom?
February 25, 2016, 19:00
As in 2015, this year we will also meet the fresh recipient of the Ferdinand Peroutka Award on 25 February. While on the day of the anniversary of Victorious February last year we explored how journalism is conducted nowadays, this year we will focus more on the various threats to journalistic freedom at present and what contemporary journalists most fear. More
Joseph Killian
February 29, 2016, 19:30
Ceremonial presentation of the latest volume of the Works of Pavel Juráček, combined with a screening of restored copies of his films Joseph Killian and Case for a Rookie Hangman. More