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Program
My Night with Philosophers presents Jan Sokol
7 Jun 2013Czech philosopher Jan Sokol will be one of the many internationally acclaimed European philosophers discussing at this year´s edition of the annual My Night with Philosophers. Sokol's topic for the...
The Art of the Impossible: Culture, Philosophy and Dissent from Havel to the Present
23 May 2013 - 25 May 2013This conference seeks to identify the political, cultural, and philosophical questions that underlie ‘East European dissidence’ and consider their implications for dissent today, inter alia, in...
Ztohoven: The politics of the social in contemporary art
15 Feb 2013Czech award-winning guerrilla artist collective Ztohoven will take part in a conference organised by Tate Modern. The participants will attempt to answer ambiguous questions: Can art intervene in...
Splendour and Spectacle: Great Buildings and Gardens of Moravia
6 Nov 2012A lecture by Barbara Peacock on Moravia's magnificent architectural heritage. While mediaeval castles and Renaissance chateaux abound, the area is particularly noted for its splendid Baroque...
Katerina Seda: Around the Clock (lecture)
10 Jul 2012 - 11 Jul 2012Katerina Seda leads a marathon 24-hour long lecture over the final two days of Wide Open School. This lecture is given in Czech with simultaneous English translation. Seda's social projects are...
From Revelation to Resistance: Czech Surrealism and the Second World War
27 Jun 2012A lecture by Dr Karolina Watras will examine a remarkable series of clandestine collaborations which developed between the leading Czech Surrealist artists and poets during the Second World War in...
