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How to be a strong nation: Moral values, dynamic institutions

Havel in the MediaHow to be a strong nation: Moral values, dynamic institutionsVHLFJanuary 13, 2021Source: Inquirer / www.inquirer.net / By Julius D. Turgano / Each time I travel to Japan and see its beautiful cities and high-rise buildings, I can’t help but ask: “What makes this country strong?” I must admit this question takes away the delight of each trip, because it makes me …Read more...

San Francisco and Prague: A Double Portrait

Havel in the MediaSan Francisco and Prague: A Double PortraitVHLFJanuary 13, 2021Source: The Globalist / www.theglobalist.com / By Barry Wood / Remembering historic times of magic — in two magical cities. San Francisco and Prague are beautiful cities. In San Francisco, it’s the lucent blue of a vast bay, pastel homes climbing formidable hills — and a magnificent bridge spanning the …Read more...

HAVEL CONVERSATIONS ON ZOOM: Colum McCann in Discussion with Veronika Tuckerova

Havel ConversationsHAVEL CONVERSATIONS ON ZOOM: Colum McCann in Discussion with Veronika TuckerovaVHLFDecember 30, 2020The National Book Award–winning and bestselling author of Let the Great World Spin, Colum McCann, will introduce his latest epic novel Apeirogon and the global network Narrative 4 in discussion with Harvard lecturer in Slavic languages and literatures, Veronika Tuckerova Wednesday, January 27, 7 pm EST Colum McCann’s most ambitious …Read more...

31 years since Václav Havel was first elected Czechoslovak president

Havel in the Media31 years since Václav Havel was first elected Czechoslovak presidentVHLFDecember 30, 2020Source: Radio Prague International / https://english.radio.cz / By Tom McEnchroe / It is exactly 31 years since Václav Havel became Czechoslovak president. The dissident was unanimously elected by a Federal Assembly largely thanks to the country’s then Communist prime minister and opinion polls at the time did not suggest that …Read more...

Georgia Election Official Joins Long Line of Voices to Call for ‘Living in Truth’

Havel in the MediaGeorgia Election Official Joins Long Line of Voices to Call for ‘Living in Truth’VHLFDecember 22, 2020Source: History News Network / https://historynewsnetwork.org / By Jeffrey H. Jackson / Jeffrey H. Jackson is a professor of history at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn. An expert on European history and culture, he is the author of Paper Bullets: Two Artists Who Risked Their Lives to Defy the Nazis, …Read more...

U.S. Cultural Diplomacy & Czech Political Miracle

Havel ConversationsU.S. Cultural Diplomacy & Czech Political MiracleVHLFDecember 18, 2020American Embassy as a symbol of the free world in reflections of Vaclav Havel’s Czech friends and colleagues. In August 2020, the VHLF filmed several short interviews with Vaclav Havel’s colleagues, friends, and fellow dissidents. Michael Zantovsky describes the crucial role of the Vaclav Havel Library; Martin Palous talks about …Read more...

Havel Conversation with Jolyon Naegele

Havel ConversationsHavel Conversation with Jolyon NaegeleVHLFDecember 18, 2020Journalist, political analyst, Eastern and Southeastern European correspondent for the U.S. radio station Voice of America from 1980-2003, thinks back on his meetings with Vaclav Havel as well as other crucial moments of the late 1980s and early 1990s. The Voice of America broadcasting received accreditation through the U.S. Embassy …Read more...

Václav Havel’s philosophical legacy remembered on 9th anniversary of his death

Havel in the MediaVáclav Havel’s philosophical legacy remembered on 9th anniversary of his deathVHLFDecember 18, 2020Source: Radio Prague International / https://english.radio.cz /By Daniela Lazarova/ The hectic run-up to Christmas is now linked to an anniversary that makes Czechs slow down and reflect on the important values in life – the death of playwright, dissident and president Václav Havel nine years ago, on December 18, 2011. …Read more...

Acceptance Speech for 2020 Disturbing the Peace Award Angel Santiesteban Prats

AwardsAcceptance Speech for 2020 Disturbing the Peace Award Angel Santiesteban PratsVHLFDecember 9, 2020Accepting this Award fills me with gratitude precisely due to Vaclav Havel’s personality, and his legacy as an artist and politician. It’s an honor for me that his name will be in my company from this moment forward. Through this recognition I would like to bring global attention to the 61 …Read more...

So much more than a moustache

Havel in the MediaSo much more than a moustacheVHLFDecember 5, 2020Source: Yellow Advertiser / www.yellowad.co.uk / By Mick Ferris / A few months before his death from cancer in 1993, Frank Zappa was asked in an interview how he would like to be remembered. Frank. Not just any composer – an important one “I don’t,” came the direct answer – …Read more...

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