1989 – Autumn of the Nations
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: June 9, 2022, 17:00 – 18:30
In a single “year of miracles”, communism fell throughout Central Europe. What caused the domino effect in Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia and Hungary? The fall of the communist system brought 30 years of new order to Europe that has now been rocked by the war in Ukraine. What is the connection between current events and then processes?
Petr Blažek will chair a debate with the historian and co-author of the book 1989 – Autumn of the Nations (published in Czech by Academia, 2022), Paweł Ukielski.
Paweł Ukielski (1976), Polish historian and political scientist, deputy director of the Museum of the Warsaw Uprising. Focused on Central European themes, Czech and Slovak history. Works at the Department of Central and Eastern European at the Polish Academy of Science’s Institute of Political Science. Member of the Platform of European Memory and Conscience. Published the book Velvet Divorce: The Role of Political Elites in the Split of Czechoslovakia in Polish.
Organised by the Polish Institute in Prague, the Václav Havel Library, the Museum of the 20th Century, the Platform of European Memory and Conscience and publishers Academia.