Havel Conversations
Oral history focused on Vaclav’s Havel legacy in the United States and Canada before, during, and after his presidency aims to engage both public and scholarly interest in the dissident-to-president’s life and Havel’s unique leadership that interwove political and diplomatic life with music, arts, and dramatic and literary walks of life. Havel Conversations develop interviews that were prepared for Vaclav Havel Residency at Columbia University in 2006 by Columbia Center for New Media Teaching & Learning. Please see Havel Archives
Havel Conversations, NewsVáclav Havel Library Foundation head Pavla Niklová: US students are still excited something like Havel’s story is possible January 13, 2019 Source: Radio Praha / www.radio.cz / By Ian Willoughby / The Václav Havel Library in Prague follows the US presidential library model in gathering and archiving materials relating to the late Czech dissident turned head of state. In the US, Havel’s legacy is promoted by sister organisation the Václav Havel …
Havel Conversations, NewsGail Papp on Václav Havel among New York’s hippies – and under house arrest in communist Czechoslovakia November 21, 2018 Source: Radio Praha / www.radio.cz / By Ian Willoughby / Taking advantage of relative liberalisation at home, the young Václav Havel visited New York in the spring of 1968 for the US premiere of his second major play, The Memorandum. It was staged by the Public Theater, which had just …
Havel Conversations, NewsMadeleine Albright Remembers Vaclav Havel October 12, 2018 Source: Columbia / Shool of International and Public Affairs / The former U.S. secretary of state spoke at a ceremony honoring the late Czech president. Under the gaze of the statuary in the Low Library rotunda, former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright stepped to the podium to honor Václav Havel, …
Havel Conversations, NewsThe Power of the Powerless in China, panel discussion October 4, 2018 The Power of the Powerless in China, panel discussion, Bohemian National Hall, New York, October 26, 2018 Panelists: Liao Yiwu, winner of 2018 Disturbing the Peace, Award for a Courageous Writer at Risk, writer, musician, poet; Liu Xia, Disturbing the Peace nominee, artist; Andrew Nathan, Professor of Political Science at …
Havel Conversations, NewsHavel Conversations Live, May 2018 Gail Papp and Carol Rocamora in Conversation with Lenka Kabrhelova Wendy Luers in Conversation with Lise Stone July 30, 2018 In spring 2018, The Bohemian and Benevolent Literary Association (BBLA) together with the Vaclav Havel Library Foundation (VHLF) launched “Havel Conversations Live” with two interviews. Gail Marrifield Papp, a former director at New York’s Public Theater, and Carol Rocamora, author of Acts of Courage: Vaclav Havel’s Life in the Theater, … Havel Conversations, NewsHAVEL CONVERSATIONS LIVE April 6, 2018 Join our first-ever live interviews for the Havel Conversations series! We will ask interviewees to share their views on topics such as Havel’s influence, human rights around the world, and the responsibilities that go hand in hand with expanding social media and escalating global conflicts. Gail Merrifield Papp …
Havel ConversationsHavel Conversations 2016-2017 November 15, 2017 The Havel Conversations project is an oral history initiative in which artists, activists and politicians reflect upon Vaclav Havel’s legacy, and themes close to the late Czech president such as cultural diplomacy and human rights. This collection of interviews with American politicians (such as Henry Kissinger and Madeleine Albright), and …
Events, Havel ConversationsON TYRANY – Twenty lessons from the twentieth century by Timothy Snyder October 23, 2017 September 18, 2017 / Vaclav Havel Library Foundation and Society for the History of Czechoslovak Jews with support by Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association present ON TYRANY – Twenty lessons from the twentieth century by Timothy Snyder
Havel ConversationsThe Relevance of President Vaclav Havel’s Legacy in Today’s World October 29, 2016 Panel discussion to mark President Havel’s 80th birthday. Havel’s colleagues Ivan Havel, Jiri Pehe, Martin Palous, Jan Svejnar, and Michael Zantovsky in discussion on current political themes. Stephen Grand, Executive Director of the Middle East Strategy Task Force, Atlantic Council, was the moderator.
Havel ConversationsOn the role of the Visegrad Group and Havel’s legacy August 6, 2016 Source: New Eastern Europe / www.neweasterneurope.eu / By Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska An interview with Michael Žantovský, a Czech diplomat, author, the current Director of the Vaclav Havel Library and president of the Aspen Institute Prague. Interviewer: Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska. AGNIESZKA PIKULICKA-WILCZEWSKA: In light of the Ukraine crisis and the refugee crisis, do you think …
Havel ConversationsHavel’s philosophy was far more important than that of many academic thinkers, says Aviezer Tucker August 3, 2016 Source: Radio Prague / www.radio.cz / By Ian Willoughby / Struck as a PhD student by the philosophical language used by Václav Havel in his famous 1990 speech to the US Congress, Aviezer Tucker went on to write The Philosophy and Politics of Czech Dissidence from Patočka to Havel. More …
Havel ConversationsHavelite politics overshadowed in CR today but can bounce back, says Forum 2000 chief Jakub Klepal April 29, 2016 Source: Radio Prague www.radio.cz / By Ian Willoughby / Forum 2000 was started 20 years ago this year as an annual conference on global issues. But where is the organisation at today, nearly five years after the death of founder Václav Havel? And – given developments on the Czech political …
Havel ConversationsHavel@80: Reflections on his Thoughts and Legacies April 7, 2016 Havel@80: Reflections on his Thoughts and Legacies Prepared by: COLUMBIA | SIPA Center on Global Economic Governance Five distinguished professors in discussion on Vaclav Havel’s legacy as well as the current political and economic developments in Central-East Europe: Alexander A. Cooley, Director, Harriman Institute; Professor of Political Science, Barnard College; …
Havel ConversationsVáclav Havel remembered for ideals but also humour on fourth anniversary of his death December 22, 2015 Source: Radio Prague www.radio.cz /By Jan Velinger/ Czechs on Friday are marking the fourth anniversary of the death of the country’s first post-communist president, Václav Havel. One thing that many people are doing in fond memory of Mr Havel is rolling up their pant legs – a reference to Havel’s …
Havel ConversationsSeeing former underground students enter politics post-1989 was wonderful, says philosopher Roger Scruton September 23, 2015 Source: Radio Praha www.radio.cz / By Ian Willoughby / The British philosopher Roger Scruton began giving underground seminars at the homes of Czechoslovak dissidents in the late 1970s. He was eventually thrown out of the communist state but the clandestine network he contributed to remained in place until the Velvet Revolution, …