Events: December 2017
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Evenings with Reporters / Kapuściński in the Heart of Darkness
December 4, 2017, 19:00
The legendary Polish foreign correspondent Ryszard Kapuściński visited Congo, Iran and the Soviet Union and was present during the world’s most dangerous conflicts. How his texts have influenced today’s reporters and how their work is changing will be discussed by Mariusz Szczygieł and Josef Pazderka. During the evening Kapuściński’s book Shah of Shahs (published in Czech by Absynt, 2017) about the fall of the shah Reza Pahlavi and the Iranian revolution will be presented. This is the first complete Czech publication of the book, in a translation by Dušan Provazník and Helena Stachová, who will be present at the gathering. The evening will conclude with the announcement of the results of the competition Divided World – Divided People competition, which has been run by the Polish Institute in Prague in connection with the Year of Conrad. More
The Beginnings of Belarusian Totalitarianism: Unsolved Murders and Sudden Disappearances
December 5, 2017, 19:00
Screening of the documentary The Gang (55 min.) and discussion with director Raisa Mikhailovskaya. More
Debate with Respekt
December 12, 2017, 19:00
Discussion with Respekt editors and their guests on a topical issue. More information will be posted at least one week before the event at www.vaclavhavel-library.org.
Why? Presentation of a Book by Ana Milić Peclová
December 13, 2017, 19:00
After over 40 years Proč? (Why?), a book of memoires by a woman who enjoyed years of contentment in Czechoslovakia before suffering the cruelty of the post-1948 regime, is reaching Czech readers. The Sarajevo-born Ana Milić Peclová was the wife of Dr. Oldřich Pecl, one of four people executed in the trial of “Dr. Milada Horáková et al”. She published her memoires in 1975 but only now have they become available to Czech readers. More
Reconciliation with the Past and Transitional Justice: Comparing Taiwan and Czechia
December 14, 2017, 14:00
Taiwan and the Czech Republic share a legacy of troubled past. Although their transitions to democracy have been successful in many respects, in both countries the reflection of historical experience remains complicated. More
Havel Playwright: Václav Havel’s Theatre Plays in the Česká knižnice Series
December 18, 2017, 19:00
A collection of eight of Václav Havel’s plays is coming out this year as part of the book series Česká knižnice, which was set up under Havel’s patronage in 1997. More