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SUMMARY:BCSA Annual General Meeting 2024
DESCRIPTION:The BCSA AGM is open to all subscription members. The agenda includes the presentation of the chairman’s and financial reports for 2023 plus the election of honorary officers of the executive committee. Copies of the independently examined accounts for 2023 and the minutes of the AGM held on 21 March 2023 will be available at the meeting together with the treasurer’s report. \nThe four honorary officer posts – chairman\, vice-chairman\, secretary and  treasurer –  are held for one year and are subject to election at every AGM. The current vice-chairman\, Ruzena Holub\, secretary\, Blanka Shrimpton  and treasurer\, Ivona Klemensova\, are willing to stand for re-election. \nLadislav Hornan is standing down as chairman. The executive committee is nominating Jana Nahodilova for this post. \nNo other committee members are eligible for re-election this year. \nAny subscription member of the BCSA can be nominated as an honorary officer or committee member. Nomination forms can be obtained from  Blanka Shrimpton by e-mail: secretary@bcsa.co.uk and returned to her by 13 March 2024. \nPlease register your attendance\, or apologies for absence\, to secretary@bcsa.co.uk. \nThe AGM will also be livestreamed via Zoom; the  link will be made available following registration. \nJakub Hrůša in conversation  will follow the formal part of the evening. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/bcsa-annual-general-meeting-2024/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy\, 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240313T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240313T220000
DTSTAMP:20260411T061505
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SUMMARY:“Get to know you” social evening
DESCRIPTION:This is an opportunity for anyone interested in the British Czech and Slovak Association (members\, supporters and friends) to meet\, eat\, drink\, chat (maybe practise your Czech or Slovak) and get to know each other in a relaxed and informal setting. \nEveryone interested in Czech and/or Slovak matters is most welcome to join us. \nWe will be in one of the rooms at Bohemia House\, normally the first room on the left. \nFood and drinks are available for purchase. \nWest Hampstead has three stations served by the Jubilee line\, Overground and Thameslink.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/get-to-know-you-social-evening-4/
LOCATION:Bohemia House\, 74 West End Lane\, London\, NW6 2LX\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240222T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240222T203000
DTSTAMP:20260411T061505
CREATED:20240116T144444Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240119T105917Z
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SUMMARY:A Tale of Three Grandmothers: Božena Němcová in her time and ours
DESCRIPTION:Božena Němcová’s  ‘Babička’ is one of the best-loved works of Czech literature. She herself was a prominent figure in 19th-century literary circles and the National Revival despite the disadvantages which she faced as a woman writer and in a troubled personal life. Susan Reynolds will consider the two existing translations into English (1891 and 1962)\, the challenges of preparing a new one\, and changing perceptions of Němcová’s life and work in the 21st century. Susan has recently completed a new translation of Božena Němcová’s ‘Babička’ for Jantar Publishing.\n\nSusan Reynolds was appointed as curator of Czech and Slovak at the British Library in 2004 and now works in its department of Research Services. She has lectured and published on Czech cultural links with France and Germany\, and her publications include translations of Karel Jaromír Erben’s ‘Kytice’ (2013)\, the Adorno-Kracauer correspondence (2020) and a chapter in ‘Racine’s Roman Tragedies’ (2022).\n\n\nThis event will take place in person and will also be livestreamed. \nBCSA members enjoy free entry but registration is essential via Eventbrite. Non-members £10\, full-time students £5. \nAll proceeds from this event will go to the BCSA School Support Fund established in 2004 to provide support for English language skills in Czech and Slovak schools and other educational institutions. For more information about our fund\, see https://www.bcsa.co.uk/school-support-fund/ \nLight refreshments will be provided.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/a-tale-of-three-grandmothers-bozena-nemcova-in-her-time-and-ours/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy\, 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240214T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240214T220000
DTSTAMP:20260411T061505
CREATED:20231221T183218Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240109T163656Z
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SUMMARY:“Get to know you” social evening
DESCRIPTION:This is an opportunity for anyone interested in the British Czech and Slovak Association (members\, supporters and friends) to meet\, eat\, drink\, chat (maybe practise your Czech or Slovak) and get to know each other in a relaxed and informal setting. \nEveryone interested in Czech and/or Slovak matters is most welcome to join us. \nWe will be in one of the rooms at Bohemia House\, normally the first room on the left. \nFood and drinks are available for purchase. \nWest Hampstead has three stations served by the Jubilee line\, Overground and Thameslink.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/get-to-know-you-social-evening-3/
LOCATION:Bohemia House\, 74 West End Lane\, London\, NW6 2LX\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240130T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240130T203000
DTSTAMP:20260411T061505
CREATED:20231221T180433Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240117T224516Z
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SUMMARY:Spiral stabilization exercise method
DESCRIPTION:An exercise method invented by a Czech medical doctor that can be used by anyone who wishes to improve their posture\, treat back pain\, prevent injuries\, maintain good health and sports conditioning. It is suitable for adults of all ages as well as athletes and children. The exercises can be done comfortably at home or under the supervision of a therapist. \nTherapist Jana Mitačková of Spiral Stabilization UK will demonstrate some of the exercises and answer your questions afterwards. \nThis event will take place in person and will also be livestreamed. \nLight refreshments will be provided. \nBCSA members enjoy free entry but registration via Eventbrite is essential. Non-members £10\, full-time students £5. See booking link below. \nAll proceeds from this event will go to the BCSA School Support Fund established in 2004 to provide support for English language skills in Czech and Slovak schools and other educational institutions. For more information about our fund see https://www.bcsa.co.uk/school-support-fund/
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/spiral-stabilization-exercise-method/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
ORGANIZER;CN="BCSA":MAILTO:bcsa@bcsa.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240110T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240110T220000
DTSTAMP:20260411T061505
CREATED:20211215T123531Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240109T163809Z
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SUMMARY:"Get to know you" social evening
DESCRIPTION:This is an opportunity for anyone interested in the British Czech and Slovak Association (members\, supporters and friends) to meet\, eat\, drink\, chat (maybe practise your Czech or Slovak) and get to know each other in a relaxed and informal setting. \nEveryone interested in Czech and/or Slovak matters is most welcome to join us. \nWe will be in one of the rooms at Bohemia House\, normally the first room on the left. \nFood and drinks are available for purchase. \nWest Hampstead has three stations served by the Jubilee line\, Overground and Thameslink.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/get-to-know-you-social-evening-2/
LOCATION:Bohemia House\, 74 West End Lane\, London\, NW6 2LX\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="BCSA":MAILTO:bcsa@bcsa.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231219T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231219T200000
DTSTAMP:20260411T061505
CREATED:20231216T143553Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231216T151012Z
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SUMMARY:National Theatre Prague: its origins & development
DESCRIPTION:An online Zoom event\, free for everyone. \nJana Marková explores the establishment of a Czech National Theatre in Prague\, its interior and the importance of its work today. \nJana is an official guide of the National Theatre\, the Estates Theatre and the State Opera. She is the founder and owner of  the Absolutely Prague Travel Agency. \n Registration is essential via the Eventbrite link below. 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/national-theatre-prague-its-origins-development/
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231124T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231124T230000
DTSTAMP:20260411T061505
CREATED:20230922T160202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231115T102437Z
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SUMMARY:BCSA/CBCC annual dinner
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our second annual dinner held with the Czech British Chamber of Commerce at the May Fair Hotel\, Stratton Street\, London (nearest underground Green Park). \nThis highlight in the BCSA calendar is a wonderful opportunity for Slovaks\, Czechs and Britons to mingle in a convivial atmosphere\, to meet old friends and make new ones. \nIf you are a newcomer to the BCSA or to London\, we would like to extend a special invitation and welcome you into our friendly community. Kindly note that you may request seating at a table with your friends. \nKeynote speakers: \nSir Michael Burton\, former British Ambassador in Prague \nPetr Kovařík\, CVO Prague Chocolatier\, Steiner & Kovarik \nThe winner of the BCSA’s annual writing competition will be announced and you might win an exciting prize in the raffle including: \nBuxton Crescent Hotel two nights bed & breakfast (donated by CP Holdings Hotel Division) \nHotel Hills or Horizont Resort two nights half board in Stará Lesná\, High Tatra Mountains\, Slovakia (donated by Dr Jan Telensky) \nNové Lázně two nights bed & breakfast in Mariánské Lázně\, Czechia (donated by CP Holdings Hotel Division) \nThermia Palace two nights bed & breakfast in Piešt’any\, Slovakia (donated by CP Holdings Hotel Division) \n  \nTicket prices include a glass of sparkling wine upon arrival\, a three-course set dinner with a half a bottle of wine\, still/sparkling water\, coffee/tea. \n· Members £ 77.50 \n· Non members £ 90.00 \n· Students £ 65.00 \n· Non members group (5 or more) £77.50 \n  \nSee booking link below –  final date 21 November \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/bcsa-cbcc-annual-dinner-2/
LOCATION:The May Fair Hotel\, Stratton Street\, London\, W1J 8LT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231115T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231115T210000
DTSTAMP:20260411T061505
CREATED:20231103T170731Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231104T223708Z
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SUMMARY:International Students' Day: why is 17 November important?
DESCRIPTION:Do you know why and how it was decided that International Students’ Day would fall on 17 November? Come and find out about the role Czech students played in establishing International Students’ Day\, the importance of 17 November for Czechs and the world in the past and today. \nThe debate will start with a short history video created by Dr George Scott entitled “Not Forgotten” about the student protest in Prague on 28th October 1939\, Czechoslovak Independence Day\, following the Nazi occupation of Bohemia and Moravia. Students were rounded up\, over 1\,000 were sent to concentration camps and all Czech universities and colleges were closed. \nFour speakers who will each bring their perspective to the discussion. Dr George Scott will discuss events in 1939 that inspired the establishment of  International Students’ Day. The chair of the Memorial Association for Free Czechoslovaks Gerry Manolas will introduce the work of Central Union of Czechoslovak students in London that was instrumental in establishing this day. Both Dr. Scott and Gerry Manolas are relatives of the founding members of Central Union of Czechoslovak students. Professor Jan Marek will talk about events on 17 November 1989 where he was personally present and Maxim Višnovský will discuss what 17 November means to him and his fellow students\, placing it within the broader historical context. \nDr George Scott is related to General Václav Paleček\, co-founder and president of International Students’ Day. His video is viewed through the involvement of Charles University student\, Max Martischnig\, who subsequently avoided capture and certain death.  \nGerry Manolas is the grand-daughter of Bohuslav (Slava) Šulc\, Secretary General of the Central Union of Czechoslovak Students. Slava was one of the founding members who helped with the declaration of International Students’ Day on November 17th 1940. \nProfessor Jan Marek\, a consultant cardiologist\, has worked at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH) since 2005. He was one of the students who peacefully demonstrated on 17 November 1989 in Prague and suffered a broken arm from the police.   \nMaxim Višnovský is a Czech student of war studies at King’s College London now in his third year. He spent the last year at Keio University in Tokyo as part of his bachelor’s degree. Maxim currently specialises in Russian foreign policy and international security \nThis event is free\, but registration is essential via the Eventbrite link below. It will take place in person and will also be livestreamed. \n We are fundraising for the BCSA School Support Fund so please donate if you can.  \n  \nOur thanks to the Czech Embassy and Memorial Association for Free Czechoslovak Veterans for their support and cooperation.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/international-students-day-why-is-17-november-important/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231024T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231024T203000
DTSTAMP:20260411T061505
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SUMMARY:‘Son of an enemy of the state’ (Syn nepřitele státu)
DESCRIPTION:This film\, made in 2022\, marked the 70th anniversary of one of the most extensive\, infamous trials in post-war Czechoslovakia. Fourteen accused communist functionaries stood before the Supreme Court in Prague. The court sentenced eleven to death plus forfeiture of their property and loss of civil rights. All defendants waived their right to appeal. After President Klement Gottwald refused their pleas for clemency\, they were executed on 3 December 1952.  \nAmong them was Otto Šling. His son\, Karel Šling\, is one of the last direct descendants of any of the eleven executed men. Even at the age of seventy-five\, he does not give the impression of being a happy and equable man.  To this day\, Karel (and his children) are coming to terms with the traumas over which he had no influence. \nKarel will be in discussion with Eva Tomanová following a screening of her documentary film in Czech with English subtitles. \nEva Tomanova is a Czech author and director with a background in journalism. For the past 12 years\, she has worked for Czech TV\, Febio\, TV Barrandov and as a director of documentary films and TV programmes.  \n\nThis event will take place in person and also livestreamed. Refreshments will be provided. \nBCSA members enjoy free entry but registration is essential. See Eventbrite link below. \nNon-members £10\, full-time students £5.  \nAll proceeds from this event will go to the BCSA School Support Fund established in 2004 to provide English language and other materials for Czech and Slovak schools and other educational institutions.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/son-of-an-enemy-of-the-state-syn-nepritele-statu/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
ORGANIZER;CN="BCSA":MAILTO:bcsa@bcsa.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231004T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231004T200000
DTSTAMP:20260411T061505
CREATED:20230918T162608Z
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SUMMARY:A change of direction? Slovakia’s parliamentary elections
DESCRIPTION:A  roundtable discussion co-organised by the UCL SSEES Study of Central Europe seminar series and the British Czech and Slovak Association. \nLeading academic specialists assess the election results and consider their likely implications for Slovakia’s democracy\, foreign policy and position in Europe. \nThis free event will take place in person and will also be livestreamed online via Zoom. Please register for either via the Eventbrite link below. \nPanel: \nProf Tim Haughton (University of Birmingham) \nTim Haughton is Professor of Comparative and European Politics at the University of Birmingham. Tim’s research interests encompass electoral and party politics\, electoral campaigning\, and the domestic politics of several countries in Central and Eastern Europe. He is the co-author with Kevin Deegan-Krause of The New Party Challenge: Changing Cycles of Party Birth and Death in Central Europe and Beyond (Oxford University Press\, 2020). He has a particular interest in the politics of Slovakia and has written on every parliamentary election since 2002. Tim has good links with the policymaking community having briefed inter alia five British ambassadors to Slovakia before they took up their posts in Bratislava. \nDr Karen Henderson (University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava) \nKaren Henderson first travelled to Slovakia in the 1980s and was a British Council scholar in Bratislava and Prague in 1987-88. She now lectures in Politics and European Studies at the Faculty of Social Science of the University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava. She was previously Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Leicester\, and moved to Bratislava in 2013\, working initially at Comenius University. She has written widely on both the domestic politics of the Slovak Republic and EU eastern enlargement\, focusing on Euroscepticism and the influence of domestic politics on EU decision making and is the author of Slovakia: The Escape from Invisibility (Routledge\, 2002). She also a frequent commentator on UK politics for the Slovak media. \nDr Michal Ovádek (UCL Department of Political Science) \nMichal Ovádek is Assistant Professor in European Institutions\, Politics and Policy at UCL Department of Political Science. Prior to joining UCL\, he was postdoctoral researcher at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden having previously worked between 2019 and 2021a political advisor in the European Parliament. He obtained his PhD at KU Leuven in Belgium and his research is focused on the interaction of law and politics in the European Union\, both in the judicial and the legislative arena. He maintains an interest in judicial politics more generally and in the regional and domestic politics of Central and Eastern Europe. \nAdriana Svitkova \nAdriana Svítková is a double alumna of the London School of Economics specializing in the politics of Central and Eastern Europe. She is currently working as a social media researcher focusing on misinformation and disinformation relating to the 2023 Slovak elections. Fluent in several regional languages\, Adriana specializes in researching foreign influence as well as the attitudes of immigrants in Central and Eastern Europe. She received the LSE Department of Government prize for her dissertation called The ‘Othering’ of ‘Eastern’ Europe in Brexit Britain: Surveying and Examining Immigrant Attitudes. Adriana had previously worked in the European Commission and led the largest academic conference on Czech Republic and Slovakia outside the se countries – the LSESU Central European Conference. \nChair: \nDr Sean Hanley (UCL SSEES) \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/a-change-of-direction-slovakias-parliamentary-elections/
LOCATION:UCL SSEES\, 16 Taviton St\, London\, WC1H 0BW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230921T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230921T203000
DTSTAMP:20260411T061505
CREATED:20230723T110216Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230822T163635Z
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SUMMARY:Yes we can!
DESCRIPTION:Petr Torák’s account of advancing the cause of the Roma people\, his community work and the Obama Leadership Programme. \nIn 1999 Petr arrived in the UK as an asylum seeker from the Czech Republic. He volunteered in a law firm before obtaining a work permit then he worked in fast food\, agriculture and the security industry. From 2006-17  Petr was a police community officer and then a police officer in the Cambridgeshire Constabulary. \nIn 2015 he was awarded an MBE for his community work. He is chief executive officer of COMPAS\, a community charity that he co-founded in 2010. It provides education and leisure activities for Czechs and Slovaks living in Peterborough. \nIn 2021 Petr became Honorary Consul of the Czech Republic in Peterborough. \nIn 2023 he was selected for the Obama Leadership Programme which identifies emerging leaders working in government\, civil society and the private sector who have demonstrated a a commitment to advancing the common good. In June he met with president Obama and discussed the issues the Roma community are facing and possible solutions. \n  \nBCSA events will now be hybrid\, so can be attended in person or online! \nSubscription members enjoy free access to our events programme but need to book on Eventbrite. \nFor non-members there is a payment of £10 or £5 for full -time students. \nIf you wish to use the livestream option on Zoom contact events@bcas.co.uk for the link. \n  \nSee booking link below \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/petr-torak-roma-obama/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
ORGANIZER;CN="BCSA":MAILTO:bcsa@bcsa.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230617T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230617T180000
DTSTAMP:20260411T061505
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SUMMARY:BCSA/CBCC summer party
DESCRIPTION:An informal social event in the same venue as last year\, held jointly with the Czech British Chamber of Commerce. Come and join us at Bohemia House and enjoy an afternoon relaxing with Czech\, Slovak and British people. Bring your friends and family\, all are welcome. \nThe ticket price includes traditional chlebíčky\, chicken řízek (schnitzel) with Czech potato salad (both with a vegetarian option) followed by apple strudel. \nA cash bar offers a selection of draught Czech/Slovak beers (including Czech-style beer brewed in north London by Bohem Brewery)\, Kofola and wine by the glass. \nYou will be able to purchase books and also DVDs from Second Run which releases remastered copies of classic Czech and Slovak films. \nRastislav Mihalo from Duo Band will provide live entertainment indoors including an optional singalong to traditional Czech and Slovak folk songs. \nAdmission by pre-paid ticket only (including children). Closing date 13 June. \n£21.50 BCSA & CBCC members \n£24.00 non-members \n£18.00 full-time students \n£10.00 children aged 5-15 years \nfree for children under 5 years \nBook online via Eventbrite link below \nReservations by email to secretary@bcsa.co.uk \nThere is limited capacity\, so book early to avoid disappointment. \nWest Hampstead has three station served by the Jubilee line\, Overground and Thameslink \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/bcsa-cbcc-summer-party/
LOCATION:Bohemia House\, 74 West End Lane\, London\, NW6 2LX\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230510T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230510T203000
DTSTAMP:20260411T061505
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SUMMARY:Two on a motorbike – Lidice remembered
DESCRIPTION:Follow an English husband and Czech wife on their route from Cholmondeley Castle to Stoke-on-Trent\, then on to Lidice and Prague.  \nHear about their encounters on the way and retrace some of the steps by Jan Kubiš and Jozef Gabčík in Operation Anthropoid which resulted in the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich but also the tragedy of Lidice and beyond. \nThey will also recount how John Peers’ father’s visit to Lidice in 1946 brought John and Jiřina together\, nearly 80 years later\, when they had to overcome the 1\,000 mile gap between them. \nNow they split their time between the two countries and believe that they have the best of both worlds. \nBCSA members enjoy free entry but registration is essential see Eventbrite link below. \nNon-members £10\, full-time students £5. \nRefreshments will be provided.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/two-on-a-motorbike-lidice-remembered/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230417T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230417T203000
DTSTAMP:20260411T061505
CREATED:20230304T125902Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230311T173952Z
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SUMMARY:Edita Gruberová\, Slovak opera singer
DESCRIPTION:Edita Gruberová (1946-2021) was born and subsequently trained in Bratislava\, Slovakia\, then part of the former Czechoslovakia. \nThis illustrated talk by Ross Alley will trace her development as a singer from her Bratislava operatic debut as Rosina in The Barber of Seville and discuss the roles she undertook\, ranging from the humorous to the dramatic and tragic\, which were enhanced by her commanding stage presence and acting ability. \nDavid Patrick Stearnes wrote in his obituary for Gramophone magazine “no modern lyric-coloratura soprano had so much high-quality vocal mileage as Edita Gruberová”. \nRoss Alley was for many years a music lecturer at Birkbeck College\, University of London. He has also given numerous guest lectures at the Royal Opera House\, English National Opera\, Wigmore Hall\, Symphony Hall Birmingham and various music societies. \nFree for BCSA and Dvořák Society members\, non-members £10\, full-time students £5. To register see Eventbrite link below. \nThis event is organised jointly with The Dvořák Society. Light refreshments will be served.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/edita-gruberova-slovak-opera-singer/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230321T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230321T200000
DTSTAMP:20260411T061505
CREATED:20230211T153425Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230318T161642Z
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SUMMARY:Folklore in the postmodern world
DESCRIPTION:Tereza Bušková in discussion with Dr Nicola Baird followed by a video screening of Clipping the Church (2016)\, Hidden Mothers (2021) and Little Queens (2022). \nTereza Bušková is a Czech artist who lives in Birmingham. She celebrates and reinterprets long established customs\, particularly ritual\, tradition and craft\, as carriers of identity and belonging. Tereza works in print\, video\, performance and public art projects\, including staging large-scale participatory events with local communities. \nSlavic rituals are often the starting point for her work but Tereza also researches and explores other European customs which she reinvents with her collaborators. ‘Clipping the Church’ (as in photo) sought to revive an ancient and almost forgotten English tradition. In times past families would flock to encircle local churches\, holding hands with each other to literally surround the church with open arms. In June 2016\, 200 people were present for its re-enactment at St Barnabas Church in Erdington\, Birmingham. \nTereza completed her Fine Art Printmaking MA at the Royal College of Art in 2007. In 2019 she was awarded Arts Council individual artist funding to develop a public art project ‘Hidden Mothers’ and also in 2022 to develop a community art project ‘Little Queens’.  \nFor more information see https://www.terezabuskova.com/ \nFree for BCSA subscription members\, non-members £10\, full-time students £5. To register see Eventbrite link below.  \nThe talk follows the BCSA AGM which is open to BCSA subscription members only.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/folklore-in-the-postmodern-world/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy\, 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230321T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230321T203000
DTSTAMP:20260411T061505
CREATED:20230204T143209Z
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SUMMARY:BCSA 2023 Annual General Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The formal AGM is open to all BCSA subscription members. Entertainment\, open to everyone\, will be provided following its conclusion.\n\n\nThe AGM will elect the three Honorary Officers of the Association – the Chairman\, Vice-Chairman and Honorary Secretary. These posts are held for one year and are subject to election at every AGM. The current Chairman\, Ladislav Hornan\, as well as the remaining Honorary Officers\, namely Ruzena Holub and Blanka Shrimpton respectively\, are willing to stand for re-election. Douglas Gibb\, serving as the BCSA Treasurer\, is standing down from his post on the committee.\n\n\nThe committee members due to retire by rotation and eligible for re-election this year\, namely Edward Peacock and Angela Spindler-Brown\, are ready to stand for re-election for a further term of three years. Jana Buresova\, Jana Nahodilova and Jozef Polom are ready to be elected as new committee members for a term of two years.\n\n\nAny subscription member of the BCSA can be nominated for the post of an Honorary Officer and/or a committee member. Nomination forms can be obtained from the Hon. Secretary\, Blanka Shrimpton\, e-mail: bcsa@bcsa.co.uk and returned to her by 14th March 2023.\n\n\nPlease register your attendance at the AGM\, or apologies for absence\, to bcsa@bcsa.co.uk
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/bcsa-2023-annual-general-meeting/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy\, 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230310T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230310T100000
DTSTAMP:20260411T061505
CREATED:20230303T124233Z
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SUMMARY:Special visit to the Maria Bartuszová exhibition
DESCRIPTION:The British Czech and Slovak Association in cooperation with Tate Modern is offering a unique out of hours tour of this exhibition. \nBringing together many works rarely exhibited before in the UK\, this survey exhibition highlights the abstract sculptures of Slovak artist Maria Bartuszová. \nBartuszová worked in relative isolation over three decades in Košice\, the second-largest city in Slovakia. Her artistic life was constrained by the limitations of socialist Czechoslovakia\, as well as financial concerns and the demands of family life. Even so\, she made some 500 sculptures\, from small tactile organic forms and reliefs\, to commissions for public spaces and ephemeral works in the landscape. Her signature material was white plaster\, which lends the perfectly formed sculptures a tentative and fragile quality. \nThe exhibition starts in the 1960s\, when Bartuszová created her own experimental method of casting plaster by hand. Inspired by playing with her young daughter\, she found she could create pure abstract forms by pouring plaster into rubber balloons. She would shape the sculpture by pushing or pulling\, or submerging it into water\, creating uniquely compelling organic shapes. Some are reminiscent of rain-drops\, seeds or eggs. Some suggest the human body\, with maternal or erotic associations. In later works she allowed the balloons to burst\, creating fragile\, ephemeral works akin to cocoons or nests. \nIn the 1980s\, Bartuszová frequently photographed her works outdoors to underline their close affinity to nature. The exhibition also includes a selection of these evocative images alongside her drawings\, many of which will be exhibited for the first time. \nFree for BCSA members\, non-members £10\, full-time students £5. (Tickets for the exhibition are normally £16) \nTo register use the Eventbrite link below
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/special-tour-of-the-maria-bartuszova-exhibition/
LOCATION:Tate Modern\, Bankside\, London\, SE1 9TG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230110T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230110T200000
DTSTAMP:20260411T061505
CREATED:20221214T154904Z
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SUMMARY:The race for Prague Castle: who will be the next Czech president?
DESCRIPTION:A panel discussion co-organised by the British Czech and Slovak Association and UCL SSEES Centre for the Study of Central Europe. \n\nOn Friday 13 and Saturday 14 January 2023 voters go to the polls to elect the Czech Republic’s second directly elected president. Key contenders include the billionaire populist Andrej Babiš\, retired general Petr Pavel and economist Danuše Nerudová\, who may have the realistic prospect of becoming Czechia’s first ever female head of state. \nThis event\, co-organised by the British Czech and Slovak Association (BCSA) and UCL-SSEES Centre for the Study of Central Europe brings together academic specialists on the Czech Republic for a roundtable discussion of the presidential candidates and the presidential election campaign; what they tell us about the political direction of the Czech Republic; and how the role of the head of state may change when a new president takes office in increasingly turbulent economic and politics times. \n This free event will also be livestreamed online. Registration (see Eventbrite link below) is necessary either to attend in person or to receive the joining link. \nSPEAKERS \nTim Haughton  is Professor of Comparative and European Politics at the University of Birmingham. He a political scientist with a particular interest in electoral and party politics\, electoral campaigning\, and the politics of Central and Eastern Europe\, especially Slovakia\, Slovenia and the Czech Republic. He is the co-author of The New Party Challenge (Oxford University Press\, 2021) and was the joint editor of the Journal of Common Market Studies’ Annual Review of the European Union for nine years (2008-16). \nBarbara Havelková is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law and a Tutorial Fellow at St Hilda’s College\, University of Oxford. Her research and teaching interests include gender legal studies and feminist jurisprudence\, equality and anti-discrimination law\, constitutional law\, EU law and law in post-socialist transitions. Her book\, Gender Equality in Law: Uncovering the Legacies of Czech State Socialism’ (Hart/Bloomsbury\, 2017) and received an honourable mention from the judges of the BASEES Women’s Forum Prize for 2019. Between 2014 and 2017\, she acted as an Advisor to the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic on issues of gender and law. \nJiří Přibáň is Professor of Law at Cardiff University. He has published extensively on social theory and the sociology of law\, legal philosophy\, constitutional and European comparative law\, and theory of human rights. His monograph Sovereignty in Post-Sovereign Society (Routledge\, 2015) was awarded the SLSA Socio-Legal Theory and History Book Prize. He is the founding director of the Centre of Law and Society and an editor of the Journal of Law and Society. He regularly contributes to the Czech and international media. \nChaired by Dr Seán Hanley (UCL SSEES) \n\nImage credit: Radek Kozák on Unsplash
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/czech-presidential-elections/
LOCATION:UCL SSEES\, 16 Taviton St\, London\, WC1H 0BW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221123T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221123T230000
DTSTAMP:20260411T061505
CREATED:20221015T090040Z
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SUMMARY:BCSA & CBCC annual dinner
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our traditional annual dinner held with the Czech British Chamber of Commerce at the May Fair Hotel\, Stratton Street\, London (nearest underground Green Park). \nThis highlight in the BCSA calendar is a wonderful opportunity for Slovaks\, Czechs and Britons to mingle in a convivial atmosphere\, to meet old friends and make new ones. \n Members and non-members alike will be made welcome at a drinks reception\, enjoy a three-course dinner with wine and hear the results of our annual writing competition. There will also be a raffle with a chance to win a long weekend for two (including flights) in the High Tatras\, Slovakia at either the Hotel Hills or the Horizont Resort donated by Jan Telensky. Or perhaps three nights half board at Nové Lázně in Mariánské Lázně\, CR and closer to home two nights bed & breakfast in the Buxton Crescent Hotel both kindly donated by Ensana. \nIf you are a newcomer to the BCSA or to London\, we would like to extend a special invitation and welcome you into our friendly community. Kindly note that you may request seating at a table with your friends. \nKeynote speaker: Lord Dubs \nIn 1939 Alfred Dubs\, aged six\, left his native Czechoslovakia for England by train arranged by Sir Nicholas Winton. In 2021 with the restoration of his Czech citizenship\, he became the first Czech-British member of the House of Lords. \nOver the years he has lobbied tirelessly on behalf of refugees and asylum seekers. In 2020 he proposed an amendment to the Immigration Bill which would give safe passage and sanctuary to 3\,000 unaccompanied children in Europe to come to the UK to join a family member already seeking refugee status. It was supported by the House of Lords but defeated in the House of Commons. \nGuest of honour: H.E. Robert Ondrejcsák\, Ambassador of Slovakia to the United Kingdom. \nTickets: BCSA members £ 75.00\, non-members £87.50\, full-time students £55.00 via Eventbrite link below. \ndress code lounge suit \nFor more information contact us via bcsa@bcsa.co.uk \n  \n  \n  \n\n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/bcsa-cbcc-annual-dinner/
LOCATION:The May Fair Hotel\, Stratton Street\, London\, W1J 8LT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221025T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221025T210000
DTSTAMP:20260411T061505
CREATED:20220924T105155Z
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SUMMARY:In the Blood: Anna Fodorova
DESCRIPTION:Czech author Anna Fodorova will be in discussion with writer and literary critic Jude Cook plus readings by actress Lisa Rose. \nIn the Blood is an unforgettable twentieth century family saga set in 1980s London\, Prague and Munich against the backdrop of the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe. It explores the impact of history on the personal lives of three generations – a mother\, a daughter and a grandmother. The novel follows Agata\, the only child of Czech/Jewish parents\, who grew up in Prague with the belief that all her relatives perished in the Holocaust. Now living in London with her English husband and their young daughter Lily\, Agata discovers astonishing news: not everyone died. Agata’s decision to look for her surviving relatives quickly turns from excitement to obsession\, but as she gets closer to unearthing long-buried secrets\, her search threatens to tear apart not only the family she already has\, but her own identity too. Drawing on her acute understanding of human psychology\, as well as her own life story\, Anna Fodorova tells a compelling and moving tale of one woman’s search for the truth. As personal and political histories collide\, In the Blood explores grief\, identity\, longing\, family relationships and the long shadow of the horrors of the Holocaust. \nAnna Fodorova  also grew up in post-war Prague in a family without relatives. After a career that began in animation and script writing\, she now lives in the UK and works as a psychotherapist and author\, writing in both English and Czech. Read her interview with Radio Prague here \nThe official book launch will be followed by refreshments and book signing. \nFree admission for members of the BCSA\, £10 for non-members\, full-time students £5 \nBook online with Eventbrite (see link below) \nor by email to bcsa@bcsa.co.uk \nEd Peacock\, editor of the BCS Review writes: I found this a compelling book. I was so drawn into Agata’s search for her relatives\, with its false starts and the continued opposition she encounters\, even from her nearest and dearest. All this against the background of momentous change in Central and Eastern Europe. And there’s some lovely writing: evocative details such as the contents of a cache of children’s toys from years back\, the squalor of a bachelor’s flat\, an English cemetery glimpsed from a car. I finished it in Prague – just the right place to do that! \nIn the Blood will be published by Arachne Press on 27 October 2022 (paperback: £12.00\, e-book: £4) \nOrganised in co-operation with Arachne Press\, the Czech Embassy and Czech Centre London and Lutyens & Rubinstein bookshop. \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/in-the-blood-anna-fodorova/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220913T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220913T203000
DTSTAMP:20260411T061505
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SUMMARY:On Her Majesty’s Diplomatic Service
DESCRIPTION:Sir Michael Burton\, former chairman of the BCSA\, will be in discussion with Dr Jana Buresova about his diplomatic memoirs. A wide-ranging and fascinating account of his thirty-seven-year career\, entitled “On Her Majesty’s Diplomatic Service: From the Arab World to the Berlin Wall”\, the book culminates in his three-year mission as British Ambassador in Prague in the early nineties\, a crucial time of transition after the Velvet Revolution. He will also touch upon his experience in the Middle East\, and in Berlin\, at the focal point of the Cold War\, before\, during and after the Fall of the Wall. \nThere will be an opportunity for questions\, and Sir Michael will sign copies of his book\, which will be available at a special discount.\nLight refreshments will also be available after the talk.\nDoors open at 6pm. \nFree admission for members of the BCSA\, £10 for non-members\, full-time students £5\nBook online with Eventbrite (see link below) \nor by email to bcsa@bcsa.co.uk \nOrganised with the kind co-operation of the Czech Embassy
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/michael-burton-diplomatic-service/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220910T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220910T180000
DTSTAMP:20260411T061505
CREATED:20220719T161539Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220831T163217Z
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SUMMARY:BCSA & CBCC joint garden party
DESCRIPTION:A welcome return to our calendar of social events\, this year at a new venue and held in conjunction with the Czech British Chamber of Commerce. \nCome and join us at the Czech and Slovak National House and enjoy an afternoon relaxing with Czech\, Slovak and British people. Bring your friends and family\, all are welcome. \nThe ticket price includes traditional chlebíčky and a meat skewer (both with a vegetarian option) prepared by Bohemia House followed by honey cake. \nThe cash bar offers a selection of draught Czech/Slovak beers\, Kofola and wine by the glass. \nLive music and a chance to sing along to familiar tunes. \nThere will also be a raffle with some very exciting prizes including: \nA framed original illustration of Thomas the tank engine (Timothy Marwood)\, a framed CD with a spin painting (Damien Hirst) and mugs by Banksy and the Connor Brothers kindly donated by John Brandler Galleries.\nBottles of Tatratea\, Tokaj wine\, Demanovka and Borovicka kindly donated by the Slovak Embassy.\nAdmission by pre-paid tickets only (including children). Closing date 4 September 2022. \n£20.00 BCSA & CBCC members \n£22.50 non-members \n£17.50 full-time students \n£10.00 children aged 5-15 years \nfree children under 5 years \nBook online with Eventbrite (see link below) \nor by email to secretary@bcsa.co.uk \nThere is limited capacity\, so book early to avoid disappointment. \nWest Hampstead has three stations served by the Jubilee line\, Overground and Thameslink. \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/bcsa-cbcc-joint-garden-party/
LOCATION:Bohemia House\, 74 West End Lane\, London\, NW6 2LX\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220524T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220524T193000
DTSTAMP:20260411T061505
CREATED:20220515T111159Z
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SUMMARY:NHS versus Czech healthcare and why people emigrate
DESCRIPTION:An online Zoom event. If you wish to participate please register at bcsa@bcsa.co.uk. Login details will be shared only with those who confirm their attendance.\n\nCzech-born British GP\, Dr Eva Hnízdo will introduce her book Diagnosis London\, published in Czech in Prague in 2020\, and her novel Why didn’t they leave?\, which was published in London in English in 2021.\n\nDr Hnízdo was born in Prague in 1953. After studying medicine at Charles University she worked at a Czech hospital and then as a general practitioner in Prague before escaping to the West in 1986. In Britain she worked for 23 years in a Watford practice.\n\nShe wrote ‘Diagnóza Londýn aneb příběhy české doktorky’ (Diagnosis London or the stories of a Czech doctor) in collaboration with Lucie Weissová which compares the Czech and British healthcare systems. Her novel ‘Why didn’t they leave’ is only available in English. A family saga\, it focuses not only on historical circumstances but also on family dynamics\, in particular a mother-daughter relationship\, and the effect the Holocaust had on the next generation.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/nhs-versus-czech-healthcare-and-why-people-emigrate/
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220428T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220428T193000
DTSTAMP:20260411T061505
CREATED:20220422T110315Z
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SUMMARY:Czech immunisation history & Covid contribution
DESCRIPTION:Literature suggests that communist dogmas and public health practices drove immunisation and science innovation. During the Covid pandemic Czechs created biosensors\, coronavirus-killing paper and researched the relationship between smoking and the virus. \nJoseph Black will join us on Zoom from Sydney\, Australia to share his views on topics covered in his essay that was awarded second prize in the 2021 BCSA writing competition. \nIf you wish to participate\, please register at bcsa@bcsa.co.uk  \nLogin details will only be shared with those who confirm their attendance.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/czech-immunisation-history-covid-contribution/
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220329T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220329T193000
DTSTAMP:20260411T061505
CREATED:20220207T144154Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220207T144154Z
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SUMMARY:Anne of Bohemia
DESCRIPTION:Anne of Bohemia\, the eldest daughter of Charles IV\, married King Richard II of England in 1382 at the age of 16 . \nThe speaker will be Dr Shubhankar Reddy\, who will be giving the talk from his home in India\, such is the wonder of Zoom. He is a doctor of medicine who has an interest in history\, and will tell us about this remarkable lady who until her early death joined together the English and Bohemian royal houses. Dr Reddy will also tell us how he has become interested in Anne and in Bohemia. \nAlthough initially unpopular in England (she brought no dowry with her) Anne won people over\, not least by interceding with her husband on several occasions for mercy for people in his disfavour. Unlike many arranged marriages of the period it appears that they came to love each other. \nThe BCSA’s AGM will follow Dr Reddy’s talk\, still on Zoom. The agenda will include the usual items of the Chairman’s annual report\, the Treasurer’s report and accounts for 2021\, and the election of the honorary officers. All members are welcome to attend. \nTo register e-mail bcsa@bcsa.co.uk.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/anne-of-bohemia/
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220217T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220217T193000
DTSTAMP:20260411T061505
CREATED:20220122T161530Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220124T194935Z
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SUMMARY:A youthful view of Czech elections and populism
DESCRIPTION:A talk on Zoom by Nina Fořtíková\, a sixteen-year old Prague schoolgirl\, about the attitude of her generation towards Czech political life.  \nShe is not an average Czech teenager; when she was thirteen Nina joined a debating club which required wide reading on political matters.  \nNina submitted an essay Why people prioritise optimism over their freedom to the BCSA writing competition in which she analyses why right-wing nationalist politicians are becoming ever more popular.  \nShe attends one of Prague‘s international schools that teaches in English. Since autumn 2021 Nina has participated in an 18-month Microsoft programme\, Council for Digital Good Europe. This is a 15-member team of students aged 14-16 years from the EU\, UK and Switzerland. \nTo participate please email bcsa@bcsa.co.uk by Tuesday 15th February 2022. Login details will be sent to you in due course.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/a-youthful-view-of-czech-elections-and-populism/
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211208T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211208T220000
DTSTAMP:20260411T061505
CREATED:20210808T222110Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211117T151735Z
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SUMMARY:BCSA Christmas social evening
DESCRIPTION:As the festive season approaches\, we thought our last regular “get to know you” meeting this year should be special.\nJoin us to exchange your stories and experiences of Christmas\, past and present\, sample some traditional Christmas cookies and sing a few songs and carols.\nEverybody with Czech or Slovak connections or interests is welcome\nFood and drinks are available for purchase. It would help if we could all have our meal together at the same time.\nWe shall aim to eat at around 8pm so please try to arrive by 7.30pm.\nIf you are planning to attend\, please send an email to bcsa@bcsa.co.uk so we can reserve the right room.\nWest Hampstead has three stations served by the Jubilee line\, Overground and Thameslink. 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/get-to-know-you-social-evening/
LOCATION:Bohemia House\, 74 West End Lane\, London\, NW6 2LX\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211130T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211130T190000
DTSTAMP:20260411T061505
CREATED:20211110T140827Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211111T184415Z
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SUMMARY:The life and legacy of Alexander Dubček
DESCRIPTION:A roundtable discussion to commemorate the birth of Alexander Dubček (1921-1992) online via Zoom. \n27 November 2021 marks one hundred years since the birth of Alexander Dubček\, icon of Czechoslovakia’s political reform movements in 1968 and 1989 and one of the most important figures in twentieth-century Slovak politics.  \nSPEAKERS: \nMUDr. Pavol Dubček is the son of Alexander Dubček – the most prominent figure in modern Slovak history and icon of the Prague Spring (1968). Pavol Dubček studied medicine at the Comenius University in Bratislava. During communism he was not allowed to practice as a doctor. Today he works as a traumatologist in Bratislava. He is the president of the Alexander Dubček Association and still cherishes the message and ideals of his father. \nDr Wojciech Janik is UCL SSEES Library’s Area Liaison Coordinator and Area Liaison Librarian for Russia\, Ukraine\, Belarus and Eurasia. He is responsible for overseeing academic liaison and coordinates the work of the team of Area Liaison Librarians\, providing support for teaching and research at the School. \nDr Celia Donert is a historian of Central Europe in the twentieth century at Cambridge University. Her research seeks to explore the history of socialism\, nationalism\, gender\, and human rights in contemporary Europe from a transnational and global perspective. \nDr Thomas Lorman is a historian of Central Europe. Since 2010 he has taught at UCL’s School of Slavonic and East European Studies. He has published widely on Hungarian and Slovak history and also serves as editor of the journal Central Europe. His last two books are The Making of the Slovak People’s Party. Religion\, Nationalism and the Culture War in Early 20th-Century Europe and A History of the Hungarian Constitution: Law\, Government and Political Culture in Central Europe\, which he co-edited with Ferenc Hörcher. \nThe event will be chaired by Dr Peter Zusi (UCL SSEES). \nTo register use Eventbrite link below. \nThe occasion is co-organised by the Study of Central Europe seminar series at UCL SSEES\, the Slovak Embassy and the British Czech and Slovak Association. \nImage credit: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic. Photographer: Vladimir Benko \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/the-life-and-legacy-of-alexander-dubcek/
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SUMMARY:Czech protest music past & present
DESCRIPTION:An online Zoom talk by Daniel Majer about the political role Czech protest music has played in Czech and Slovak history from the Austro-Hungarian empire until today. \nFollowing the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968\, Karel Kryl composed ‘Bratříčku\, zavírej vrátka’ (Keep the gates closed\, little brother) as his reaction to the occupation. In 1972 the Slovak dissident Ján Ladislav Kalina was given a two-year prison sentence for\, among other things\, playing a record of Kryl’s songs to friends in the privacy of his home. In the eyes of the law during the period of normalization\, that amounted to incitement. \nIn the early 1970s the Czech rock band\, the Plastic People of the Universe\, began using the lyrics of the poet Egon Bondy and other poets for their songs. In 1976 they were sent to prison for up to 18 months for performing at a festival which the court condemned as “an organised disturbance of the peace”.  The group continues to perform despite the death of its founder\, Milan “Mejla” Hlavsa. Their music is the focus of a new book in English ‘ A consumer guide to the Plastic People of the Universe’. \nIn 1989 Czech musicians\, many of them banned from performing or in exile\, played a significant role in toppling the communist regime. In 2007 the Czech daily MFDnes published the results of a poll to name the most important song associated with the Velvet Revolution. Marta Kubišová’s ‘Modlitba pro Martu’ (Prayer for Marta) won by a landslide.  \nDaniel Majer\, born in Britain of Czech and Slovak parentage\, will present musical excerpts from Brno where he is studying as part of his course in Czech and Spanish at Bristol University.  \nIf  you wish to participate please register with bcsa@bcsa.co.uk by 25 October
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/czech-protest-music-past-present/
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