About this Event
Václav Havel is remembered as a dissident, a president, and a moral voice of the Cold War. But what does his thinking offer us today, at a time of 'polycrisis', lack of moral anchors, polarization, and renewed pressure on civil society across Europe?
On the anniversary of the events of 17 November 1989, and in the year marking 90 years since Havel’s birth, this panel discussion revisits Havel's resonance across different fields and countries. Our speakers will look at Havel as a writer whose literary eye found political meaning in everyday rituals, at his philosophical and political thought, and at how he is remembered and contested today in Czechia, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Ukraine, and beyond.
Speakers:
Dr Iryna Odrekhivska (UCL SSEES)
Dr Josefina Formanová (Charles University, Prague)
Dr Andrzej Sadecki (Centre for Eastern Studies, OSW, Warsaw)
Tereza Šídlová (Czech Centre London),
Chair: Dr Jessie Barton Hronešová (UCL SSEES)
Part of the Václav Havel Dialogues series and the Made in Prague Festival. Organised by the Places, Identities, Memories (PIMs) Research Centre at UCL SSEES and the Czech Centre London, in partnership with the SSEES student society.
Event venue & nearby stays
Masaryk room, 14-16 Taviton street, London, United Kingdom
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