‘University and/versus Totalitarianism’ Conference

The Charles University has the pleasure of inviting you to a ‘University and/versus Totalitarianism’ conference, which places on Tuesday, November 18, 2014, in the Patriotic Hall of the Carolinum, Ovocný trh 3, Prague 1.

Kindly confirm your attendance by phone at 224 491 250 or by mail at:   .

PROGRAMME

10:00am Opening address

Prof. MUDr. Tomáš Zima, DrSc., Rector of the Charles University in Prague

10:05am–noon Morning part of the conference, focused on events of 1939

Seventy-five Years Since November 1939

Prof. PhDr. Robert Kvaček, CSc., Faculty of Philosophy of the Charles University in Prague

The Charles University During the Second Republic and in Early Months of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia

PhDr. Jan Gebhart, DrSc., Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

The Seventeenth November 17, 1939 in International Context

Prof. PhDr. Jan Kuklík, DrSc., Faculty of Law of the Charles University in Prague

Czech Youth During the Protectorate

PhDr. Petr Koura, Ph.D., Faculty of Education of the Charles University in Prague

Discussion

12:15–13:45pm Ceremonial luncheon in the reception rooms on the ground floor of the Carolinum

15:00–17:00pm Afternoon part of the conference, focused on events of 1989

November 17, 1989, and the Czech Society Then and Now

Doc. JUDr. Petr Pithart, CSc., Faculty of Law of the Charles University in Prague

Preconditions and Consequences of the Czechoslovak Year of 1989.

An Attempt at Periodisation and Contextualisation

PhDr. Jiří Suk, Ph.D., Institute for Contemporary History of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

‘Us and Them’ – November 1989 Through the Eyes of a Historian of Oral History

Prof. PaedDr. Mgr. Miroslav Vaněk, Ph.D., Faculty of Humanities of the Charles University and the Institute for Contemporary History of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

November 17, 1939 and 1989 in Us – A (Not Only) Historical Legacy

Prof. PhDr. Martin Kovář, Ph.D., Faculty of Philosophy of the Charles University in Prague

Discussion