Events: October 2010 September November
Plato on Kampa – LOTR in Hrádeček 05/10/10
Where in 1970s and 1980s the interests of Václav Havel met with diverse philosophical themes, joy of play and admiration for the Lord of the Rings? In Kampademia - the renewed Platonic academy based on Prague’s Kampa, whose members included Tomáš Halík (Gandalf), Radim Palouš (Elrond), Martin Palouš (Sam), Daniel Kroupa (Frodo), Pavel Bratinka (Gimli), Helena Webrová (Mulier) and Ivan M. Havel (Puzuk). The exhibition - Autumn project of the Václav Havel Library – presents the unique intellectual fellowship of Kampademia in period documents. Více
Fausting with Havel 08/10/10 18:00
Collection of texts from 1986 in which members of Kampademie association reacted to Havel's play Temptation. The book includes works of Ivan M. Havel, Radim Palouš, Martin Palouš, Daniel Kroupa, Pavel Bratinka, Helena Webrová and Zdeněk Neubauer. It is accompanied with contemporary transcription of interview Kampademics led with Václav Havel. Till now, it has been published only in Samizdat series Expedice. Více
Consolatio Philosophiae Hodierna 08/10/10
The Czech-English notebook contains an essay on the last sixteen Letters to Olga (No. 129–144) written by Zdeněk Neubauer in 1984. The publication also includes a contemporary interview with the author about a midsummer trip, Kampademia, letters from prison and letters to prison, about Consolatio philosophiae, Hrádeček, and also about Catholicism, magic mushrooms as well as Tolkien... Více
Kampademic colloquium 08/10/10 14:00
The first public meeting of Kampademia members. Introductory word: Martin C. Putna and Radim Palouš. Více
To all citizens – appeal
„If, at a given moment, you find it more appropriate to act like Hus, then act like Hus, but if, on the other hand, you feel it’s more effective to act like Švejk, then act like Švejk.“
Václav Havel:
To all citizens – appeal
August 26, 1968
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