Havel at 80: Reflections on his Thoughts and Legacies

Event Invitation: 2016 Columbia University Vaclav Havel at 80 Panel

Wednesday, March 9, 2016
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Italian Academy Teatro (2nd Floor),
1161 Amsterdam Avenue Columbia University
Event Invitation: 2016 Columbia University Vaclav Havel at 80 PanelColumbia University

Please join us in celebrating the legacy of Vaclav Havel, former President of the Czech Republic, playwright and philosopher, as this year would have been his 80th birthday celebration. We will be joined by his advisors and contemporaries to honor his legacy as well as assess the current political and economic developments in Central-East Europe.

Conference Program

4:00 pm – 4:15 pm – Opening Remarks
Alex Cooley, Director, Harriman Institute

4:15 pm – 5:00 pm – Panel
Timothy Frye, Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign Policy, Columbia University
Michael Kraus, Frederick C. Dirks Professor of Political Science, Middlebury College
Jacques Rupnik, Director of Research, Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Internationales (CERI), Sciences Po
Jan Svejnar, James T. Shotwell Professor of Global Political Economy and Director of the Center on Global Economic Governance, Columbia SIPA

5:00 pm – 5:30 pm – Q&A

Registration is required for attendance. Register here.

Co-sponsored by the East Central European Center, Harriman Institute, Alliance Program, and Vaclav Havel Library Foundation.

For more information contact cgeg@columbia.edu.