Giles Duley began his career as a fashion photographer, but he soon left the world of celebrities behind and started to map the stories of people who live in turbulent parts of the world, often in areas plagued by war. When working in Afghanistan in 2011, he stepped on a mine and lost both legs and an […]
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Discussion with the American poet David Shapiro
The American poet David Shapiro is the author of the poem “The Funeral of Jan Palach” which inspired John Hejduk’s monument. The text of the poem is part of the installation. David Shapiro was a friend of John Hejduk and was also acquainted with Václav Havel. For more information about David Shapiro, see the poet’s profile at Poetry Foundation […]
John D’Amicantonio: The censorship or banned books (Information Resource Officer, US embassy, Vienna)
John D’Amicantonio, Information Resource Officer for Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia, has served in U.S. embassies in Baghdad, Abu Dhabi and Brasilia. Before joining the State Department in 2004 John was an academic librarian at California State University, Long Beach for 16 years. Prior to obtaining his M.S.L.S. in 1988 John […]
Israeli Historian Shlomo Sand: The Invention of the Jewish Nation
How has the story of the Jewish identity been developing? What was the role of Zionism in this story? What does Jewish national identity have in common with European nationalisms? What does it mean to be a post-Zionist today? The lecture and the following discussion will be hosted by Pavel Barša. The whole event shall be […]
Migration and Public Discourse
Plenary Lecture: Ruth Wodak (linguistics, Lancaster University): Language of Walls Matěj Spurný: to be specified (history, FA CU) Alena Pařízková: Metaphors we live with the refugee situation (anthropology and sociology, FF ZČU) Eva Lehečková, Michal Hořejší: The role of political correctness in public discourse on immigration (linguistics, FF UK)
Syria: What´s going on?
The Syrian conflict has been ongoing for 4 years, claiming 300,000 lives so far and with no end in sight. But do we actually have an idea of what’s happening in the country, and why it all started? On Wednesday 18th November at the Faculty of Arts (room nr. 200) we will have an opportunity […]
Who, if not you? – When, if not now?
Would you like to help the refugees, but do not know how? Or are you getting lost in all the possibilities? The Students for Solidarity Movement would like to invite you for a meeting with representatives of state non-profit organisations, who will present their projects and introduce specific ways of helping the refugees in which you […]
About bullying in and outside the Church: discussion with Sister Jeannine Gramick
Sister Jeannine Gramick has been, since 1970s, helping members of the LGBT community in the United States who do not want to give up their place in the Church. She has co-founded the movement New Ways Ministry in Maryland, her native country. She is an advocate of marriage rights for all people. A lecture on the […]
Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: Discussion about Russian Propaganda with Peter Pomerantsev
Peter Pomerantsev is a British journalist and TV producer. In his book Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible, he shows how the Russian media produce information which constructs a completely alternative reality. Mr. Pomerantsev will be interwieved by Josef Pazderka, journalist and foreign correspondent of the CT. Before the discussion, there will be a screening of the documentary […]
Professor Andrej Zubov: Presentation of the Czech translation of A History of 20th-Century Russia
Argo Publishing, East-European Club and Faculty of Arts are pleased to invite you to the presentation of the Czech translation of A History of 20th-Century Russia by Professor Andrej Zubov. The debate will be presented by Libor Dvorak and the whole event will be simultaneously translated into Czech. Limited capacity.
