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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190514T183000
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SUMMARY:The Royal Collection in 3D: Adventures of a Sculpture Cataloguer
DESCRIPTION:A talk by Sir Jonathan Marsden\, which will present some of the lessons learned from working on a catalogue raisonné of European sculpture in the Royal Collection to be published by Royal Collection Trust in 2020. The catalogue will embrace some 1500 works\, ranging in date from around 1500 to the present day\, in marble\, bronze\, terracotta\, plaster and other materials. The collection contains great masterpieces by Cellini\, Adriaen de Vries\, Canova and others\, but although it is extremely well documented it has never been fully published. \nThe catalogue will throw new light on the tastes of successive monarchs\, their dealings with artists\, and their varying approaches to the art of sculpture. The creation of sculpture takes longer than work in other media\, and there is more scope for mishaps and misunder-standings along the way. \nThe talk will also present discoveries\, re-attributions and new identifications that have arisen in the course of the author’s work. \nSir Jonathan Marsden is a Former Director of the Royal Collection. \nTickets price £15 including a glass of wine.\nOnline booking: www.czechfriends.net\nTo pay at the door please notify us: events@czechfriends.net \nImage: Mars and Venus by Canova; copyright HM Queen Elizabeth II (2018)
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/the-royal-collection-in-3d-adventures-of-a-sculpture-cataloguer/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy\, 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190514T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190514T120000
DTSTAMP:20260508T125305
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SUMMARY:Doing business in the Czech Republic
DESCRIPTION:CzechInvest and the Embassy of the Czech Republic in London invite you to a business breakfast.  \nThe event will focus on current opportunities and the business environment for companies who have already invested in the Czech Republic or who are considering future investment there. \nThere can’t be a better way to enjoy your morning coffee. Join us! \nAgenda\nLucie Botha\, CzechInvest UK: CzechInvest’s new FDI strategy \nTereza Matulová\, CzechInvest Prague: Investment Climate and Sourcing services  \nZuzana Hetesová\, CzechInvest Prague: Financial Support for Investment Projects: Amendment on Investment Incentives Act and EU Funds for Industry 4.0 \nRadka Konecná\, Partner at Konecna&Zacha Attorneys: Structuring Investments in the Czech Republic and Usual Types of Companies for Investments \nSuccess Stories of British investors in the Czech Republic \nRSVP to lucie.botha@czechinvest.org by 7th May 2019. \nregistration from 9.30am
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/doing-business-in-the-czech-republic/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy\, 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190507T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190507T210000
DTSTAMP:20260508T125305
CREATED:20190412T111917Z
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SUMMARY:Soldiering on: Czech Freedom Fighters in Great Britain 1940 -1945
DESCRIPTION:Following the 1939 occupation of Czechoslovakia and French capitulation\, more than 4\,000 Czechoslovak soldiers arrived in Britain during the summer of 1940 to fight alongside the British. Refugee filmmakers Jiri Weiss and Karel Lamac captured the faces of fellow countrymen (including those stationed at Cholmondeley Castle and the 311 Squadron Coastal Command)\, as they undertook arduous duties and domestic work such as doing the laundry\, peeling potatoes and exercising. With rare footage ranging from the life of a pilot and a briefing in the operations room to humorous takes on the peculiarities of British life\, the short films produced by the Czechoslovak Film Unit and Crown Film Unit are not only examples of the Ministry of Information pro-war propaganda but an important and unique testimony to those willing to sacrifice their lives in the fight for freedom. \nFollowing the screening of archive films Dr Toby Haggith\, Senior Curator at the Imperial War Museum London\, and Roger Darlington\, author of Night Hawk: Biography of Flight Lieutenant Karel Kuttelwascher\, D.F.C.and Bar\, the R.A.F.’s Greatest Night Intruder Ace (1985) and Karel Kuttelwascher’s son in law\, will discuss the contribution of the Czechoslovak soldiers to Britain’s war effort and the role of film propaganda. \nTickets £7 (plus booking fee) via Eventbrite link below. \nPart of Insiders/ Outsiders\, a nationwide arts festival taking place from March 2019 to March 2020 and celebrating refugees from Nazi Europe and their contribution to British culture.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/soldiering-on-czech-freedom-fighters-in-great-britain-1940-1945/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190505T131500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190505T153000
DTSTAMP:20260508T125305
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SUMMARY:Brookwood Commemorative Event
DESCRIPTION:The Memorial Association for Free Czechoslovak Veterans would like to invite family\, friends and enthusiasts to join us to remember the Czech and Slovak Veterans of WWII.  \nWe will be joined by representatives from the Czech and Slovak Embassies\, local dignitaries\, and Forces Associations to lay wreaths at the Czechoslovak monument.  \nRefreshments after at the Trench Experience behind. We welcome children and ask you to bring photos and memorabilia so we can share your family stories to help keep their memory alive.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/brookwood-commemorative-event/
LOCATION:Brookwood Military Cemetery\, Surrey\, GU24 0JB\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190430T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190430T200000
DTSTAMP:20260508T125305
CREATED:20190404T094425Z
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SUMMARY:Communists and their Victims
DESCRIPTION:A public lecture by Professor Roman David supported by the Centre for the Study of Central Europe \nIn Communists and Their Victims (University of Pennsylvania Press\, 2018)\, Roman David identifies and examines four classes of justice measures—retributive\, reparatory\, revelatory\, and reconciliatory—to discover which\, if any\, rectified the legacy of human rights abuses committed during the communist era in the Czech Republic.  \nConducting interviews\, focus groups\, and nationwide surveys between 1999 and 2015\, David looks at the impact of financial compensation and truth-sharing on victims’ healing and examines the role of retribution in the behavior and attitudes of communists and their families.  \nEmphasizing the narratives of former political prisoners\, secret collaborators\, and former Communist Party members\, David tests the potential of justice measures to contribute to a shared sense of justice and their ability to overcome the class structure and ideological divides of a formerly communist regime.  \nIdentifying “justice without reconciliation” as the primary factor hampering the process of overcoming the past in the Czech Republic\, Communists and Their Victims  promotes a transformative theory of justice that demonstrates that justice measures\, in order to be successful\, require a degree of reconciliation.  \nAll welcome\, no need to register. Room 347 \nThere will be a reception following Professor David’s lecture. \nRoman David is Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at Lingnan University\, Hong Kong. He is the author of Lustration and Transitional Justice (University of Pennsylvania Press\, 2011)\, which proposed the concept of exclusive\, inclusive\, and reconciliatory systems\, and was awarded the Concept Analysis Prize by IPSA in 2012.  His articles have appeared in the Journal of Conflict Resolution\, Political Psychology\, American Journal of Sociology\, and other indexed journals. He was previously a Reader in Politics at Newcastle University and held visiting positions at Oxford\, the University of the Witwatersrand\, Yale\, and Harvard.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/communists-and-their-victims/
LOCATION:UCL SSEES\, 16 Taviton St\, London\, WC1H 0BW\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190429T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190429T200000
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SUMMARY:Dorrit Dekk
DESCRIPTION:Exile studies academic\, Dr Jana Barbora Burešová presents the work of Czechoslovak graphic designer and illustrator\, Dorrit Epstein\, also known as Dekk.  \nA great admirer of the photomontagist\, John Heartfield\, Dekk often used collage in her design and advertising work for clients that included London Transport\, British Rail and the Post Office Savings Bank as well as P&O\, Penguin Books and Tatler magazine. As a designer for the 1951 Festival of Britain’s Land Travelling Exhibition she created the mural ‘British Sports and Games’\, subsequently displayed in cities across the midlands and the north of England. \nDoors open from 6.30pm for exhibition viewing. \nGeneral Admission- £10 plus VAT/ Concessions- £7 plus VAT \nTo book go to Eventbrite link below.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/dorrit-dekk/
LOCATION:Ben Uri Gallery & Museum\, 108A Boundary Road\, London\, NW8 0RH\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190428T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190428T163000
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SUMMARY:White Paradise + live musical accompaniment
DESCRIPTION:The UK premiere of a restored box office hit from 1924 starring Anny Ondra and Karel Lamac in the role of naïve orphan Nina and escaped convict Ivan. \nIn the snowy landscape of a desolate region\, the orphan Nina (Anny Ondra) serves customers in a coaching inn\, quarrelling with its owner\, while Ivan (Karel Lamac)\, who has been jailed for embezzlement\, escapes from prison to bring medicine to his dying mother. Hiding from the pursuing police in the inn’s cellar\, Ivan meets Nina who falls for his good heart and piercing eyes and decides to help him. \nAn ingeniously written script and the involvement of Der starke Vierer (The Strong Four) – one of the most distinctive creative teams to come out of early Czechoslovak cinema: director and actor Karel Lamac\, cameraman Otto Heller\, actress Anny Ondra and screenwriter Václav Wasserman – contributed to the international success of the film and opened the doors for Lamac and Ondra. \nCzechoslovakia 1924 Dir Karel Lamac 70 min  \nScreened with live musical accompaniment by Tomáš Vtípil. \n\nTickets: £12.50 /£11.50 book online via link below \nKarel Lamac (1897\, Prague\, Bohemia\, Austria-Hungary – 1952\, Hamburg\, West Germany) was a Czech film director\, actor\, screenwriter and producer. He directed over 100 films and appeared in 60 films working in Czechoslovakia\, Germany\, Holland\, Belgium\, France and England. He shot newsreels during WWI and with RAF during WWII. \nTomáš Vtípil is a Czech composer\, performer and producer who moves freely between alternative rock\, electronic\, improvised\, contemporary music and performance art. His score for White Paradise is inspired by the tradition of live music accompaniment to silent movies and combines contemporary electronics\, improvisation on piano\, violin and no-input mixing which accentuates the operetta-like characters of this melodrama as well as the darker tones of its storytelling.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/white-paradise-live-musical-accompaniment/
LOCATION:Barbican Centre\, Silk Street\, London\, EC2Y 8DS\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190427T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190427T213000
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SUMMARY:CTU Academic Orchestra concert – Jewels of Czech and World Music
DESCRIPTION:The Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU) would like to invite you to the CTU Academic Orchestra concert JEWELS OF CZECH AND WORLD MUSIC\, which will be held at the Trinity College Chapel\, Cambridge  \nThe Academic Orchestra led by conductor Jan Sramek has prepared a varied programme including both Czech and foreign songs. The soloists are Rachel Godsill (soprano)\, Simon Godsill (organ)\, Anna Michalcová (flute) and Kristof Pucejdl (flute).  \nFree admission \nThe event is being held under the patronage of Mr. Libor Secka\, Ambassador of the Czech Republic in the UK\, and Mrs. Denise Waddingham\, Director of the British Council in the Czech Republic. \nRead more about the CTU Academic Orchestra here
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/ctu-academic-orchestra-concert-jewels-of-czech-and-world-music/
LOCATION:Trinity College\, Cambridge\, CB2 1TQ\,\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190425T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190425T210000
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CREATED:20190401T105645Z
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SUMMARY:Unbreakable: The Woman Who Defied the Nazis
DESCRIPTION:Come and join us for an evening with Richard Askwith\, author of an evocative biography of Emil Zátopek\, speaking about his new book Unbreakable and Lata Brandisová\, the first and only woman to win the Grand Pardubice\, the world’s most dangerous steeplechase\, defying the Nazis in the process and winning the heart of the nation. Richard will be in conversation with Julian Wilde about the tale of courage and heartbreak\, in an age of fear and prejudice: of sexism\, class hatred\, and nationalism. \nCzechoslovakia\, October 1937. Europe’s youngest democracy is on its knees. Millions are mourning the death of the nation’s founding father\, the saintly Tomáš Masaryk. Across the border\, the Third Reich is menacing – and plotting to invade. In the Czechoslovak heartlands\, vast crowds have gathered to watch the threatened nation’s most prestigious sporting contest: the Grand Pardubice steeplechase. Notoriously dangerous\, the race is considered the ultimate test of manhood and fighting spirit. The Nazis have sent their paramilitary elite: SS officers schooled to be Hitler’s most ruthless enforcers. But there is one other contestant: a silver-haired countess riding a little golden mare… The story of Lata Brandisová (1895 – 1981) is one of the strangest and most inspiring in all sport. Born into privilege\, she spent much of her life in poverty. Modest and shy\, she refused to accept the constraints society placed on her because of her gender. Instead\, with quiet courage\, she repeatedly achieved what others said was impossible. The scandal of her first attempt to ride in Pardubice reverberated across Europe. Ten years later\, she became her nation’s figurehead in its darkest hour. \nUnbreakable is a tale of courage\, heartbreak and defiance\, in an age of prejudice and fear. In the background are forces – sexism\, class hatred\, nationalism – whose shadows darken today’s world too. In the foreground are eccentric aristocrats\, socialite spies\, daredevil jockeys – and a race so brutal that some consider merely taking part in it a sign of insanity. At its heart is a unique hero\, and a unique love affair between a woman and a horse. But equally\, Brandisová’s story maps closely the history of the Czech nation – she lives through the break-up of Austria-Hungary empire\, the foundation of Czechoslovakia and The First Republic and also the accession of Communism. \nRichard Askwith\, Unbreakable\, Yellow Jersey Press (Penguin Random House UK)\, 2019 \nTickets £5 plus booking fee via Eventbrite link below
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/unbreakable-the-woman-who-defied-the-nazis/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190413T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190421T190000
DTSTAMP:20260508T125305
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SUMMARY:'Back to the future' feature film in concert
DESCRIPTION:Czech National Symphony Orchestra UK tour 12-21 April \nSaturday 13 April London Royal Festival Hall 1.30pm & 7pm \nTuesday 16 April Birmingham Symphony Hall 7pm \nWednesday 17 April Nottingham Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall 7pm \nThursday 18 April Manchester Bridgewater Hall 7pm \nFriday 19 April Liverpool Philharmonic Hall 7pm \nSaturday 21 April Gateshead Sage 7pm \nTickets available from link below
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/back-to-the-future-feature-film-in-concert/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190411T091500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190411T190000
DTSTAMP:20260508T125305
CREATED:20190308T181454Z
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SUMMARY:Central European Symposium '1989 and Beyond: The New Shape of Europe'
DESCRIPTION:The Fourth Central European Symposium entitled ‘1989 & Beyond: The New Shape of Europe’ will focus on three consequential periods\, looking at 1989 as a catalyst of change\, analysing the view from 2019 as a part of the European Union and further debating the future of Europe and its new perspectives. The symposium will gather academic speakers\, practitioners and experts from Austria\, the Czech Republic\, Poland\, Slovakia and the United Kingdom.\nThirty years after the events\, it is now possible and necessary to provide a historical perspective on the ruptures triggered in this decisive year\, and evaluate their significance. The speakers will reflect on a range of issues from a variety of Central European perspectives and consider how states and societies of the region fit in to Europe’s current crisis – and how they may contribute to its possible solution. The shape of the European Union is more in flux today than at any time in its history\, with the planned Brexit and negotiations for enlargement of the EU. What role will the Central European states and economies play in the new geopolitical landscape of an EU that expands eastward?   \nRegistration is free but essential via Eventbrite link below \nProgramme:\n9:15-9:45      Registration\n9:45-10:15    Welcome and Introductions\n10:15-12:00  Roundtable ‘1989: Catalyst of Change’ \nDr Przemyslaw Zurawski vel Grajewski\nBarbel Strehlau\nProf Mary Heimann\nChair: Richard Bassett\n12:00-13:15 Lunch Break\n13:15-15:00  Roundtable ‘European Union – The View from 2019’\nDr Grzegorz Lewicki\nProf Jiri Priban\nZuzana Gabrizovz\nChair: Dr Jakub Benes\n15:00-15:30 Coffee\n15:30-17:15  Roundtable ‘The Future of Europe: New Perspectives’ \nDominika Cosic\nDr Erhard Busek\nEduard Kukan\nChair: Jakub Krupa\n17:15-19:15 Evening Reception at SSEES (Masaryk Senior Common Room) \nThis symposium is co-organised with the Austrian Cultural Forum London\, Embassy of the Czech Republic\, Embassy of the Republic of Poland\, and Embassy of Slovakia. \nPhoto credit: ID 25483991 © Charlieaja | Dreamstime.com
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/central-european-symposium-1989-and-beyond-the-new-shape-of-europe/
LOCATION:Bentham House\, 4-8 Endsleigh Gardens\, London\, WC1H 0EG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190409T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190409T203000
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SUMMARY:Settling in Britain - three experiences.
DESCRIPTION:Representatives of the younger generation will share how they built a life and career in their new home. \nZdenek Kudr is a co-founder of Bohem Brewery which brews traditional Bohemian lagers in north London where he has lived for more than eight years. Before that he drove trucks across Europe and played guitar as a hobby which led to the formation of a band. \nPeter Krajnak is UK country director at Slido\, a Slovak technology company that built an interaction easy-to-use platform for meetings and events. He moved to London as one of their very first employees to help grow the business there.  \nHynek Martinec is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. During his studies he spent on term as an exchange student at Middlesex University. His work has been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery and is held in the collections of the British Museum and the National Gallery\, Prague. \nImage: He Came Here To Paint This Picture\, 2015. Oil on canvas\, 150 x 250 cm\nCurtesy Parafin \nFree admission for members of the BCSA\, £5 for non-members\, full-time students free!\nRegistration is necessary for all on Eventbrite (see link below) or by e-mail to bcsa@bcsa.co.uk
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/it-can-be-done-three-experiences-of-settling-in-britain/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy\, 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190408T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190421T173000
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SUMMARY:Czech Routes: Selected Czechoslovakian Artists in Britain
DESCRIPTION:Czech Routes is the fourth in Ben Uri’s series of exhibitions designed to highlight the contribution of émigré artists to Britain since 1900\, succeeding previous exhibitions on German\, Polish and Austrian artists (2017-18). \nFeaturing the work of 21 painters\, printmakers and sculptors\, many of whom fled to Britain as racial and political refugees from National Socialism\, Czech Routes marks the 80th anniversary of Hitler’s invasion of Czechoslovakia on 15th March 1939 (the Sudetenland\, Czechoslovakia’s northern frontier\, having already ceded to Germany on 10th October 1938). Nazi occupation resulted in mass displacement and by December 1939 nearly 12\,000 refugees from Czechoslovakia were resident in Britain\, a figure comprising 6\,000 Czechoslovaks\, 3\,000 Sudeten Germans\, 300 other Czech minorities\, 1\,000 Reich Germans and 800 Austrians.  Of those registered with the Czech Refugee Trust Fund – a voluntary charitable organisation responsible for ‘refugees whose prominence in opposition to Nazism and Fascism had brought their liberty and even their lives into danger’\, and who therefore needed ‘to be rescued’- 67% were Jewish.  \nPortraitist and pioneering printmaker Emil Orlik made his first trip to Britain in 1898\, however\, the majority of Czechoslovak artists exhibited\, along with Austrian expressionist Oskar Kokoschka and German photomontagist\, John Heartfield (both also featured)\, made forced journeys to the UK immediately prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. These include sculptor Anita Mandl and painter-printmaker Käthe Strenitz\, just two of the 669 Kindertransportees rescued by British humanitarian Nicholas Winton.\nAlso represented are works by subsequent generations of Czechoslovakian artists including Irena Sedlecka\, who fled her country’s totalitarian Communist regime in the 1960s\, as well as those who\, between the 1970s and 1990s\, have made the positive decision to immigrate to Britain to study and develop professionally.   \nThe exhibition showcases work drawn primarily from the Ben Uri Collection alongside external loans from important private collections. Featured artists include:  Franta Belsky\, Jacob Bornfriend\, Dorrit Epstein (aka Dekk)\, Frederick Feigl\, Leo Haas\, Walter Herz\, Anita Mandl\, Emil Orlik\, Irena Sedlecka\, and Walter Trier\, in addition to contemporary multidisciplinary artists Tereza Bušková\, Míla Furstová and Tereza Stehlíková. \nCurated by Nicola Baird\, Research Officer at the Ben Uri Research Unit\, the exhibition will be accompanied by a publication and programme of related talks and events. Czech Routes marks the launch of the Ben Uri Research Unit (BURU) which will embark on an extensive research programme exploring and recording the contribution of Jewish and immigrant artists to Britain since 1900. \nOpen daily from 8th – 21st April and the following 4 Mondays to the 20th May \nFREE ENTRY \nImage: Freda Salvendy\, Prague\, Ben Uri Collection\, © Freda Salvendy Estate
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/czech-routes-selected-czechoslovakian-artists-in-britain/
LOCATION:Ben Uri Gallery & Museum\, 108A Boundary Road\, London\, NW8 0RH\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190327T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190327T200000
DTSTAMP:20260508T125305
CREATED:20190302T122814Z
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SUMMARY:The Bell of Treason - the Munich Agreement and its aftermath
DESCRIPTION:The Munich Agreement doomed the first Czechoslovak Republic\, paving the way for its March 1939 invasion by Nazi Germany eighty years ago. Chamberlain famously proclaimed ‘peace for our time’ on his return from the Munich conference\, while Daladier muttered: ‘the fools\, if only they knew what they are cheering’. The Czechoslovaks knew all along. As for the Germans\, they were not as united behind Hitler as is sometimes believed. P.E. Caquet\, author of the recently-published The Bell of Treason: the 1938 Munich Agreement in Czechoslovakia\, will present these differing perspectives and explain how they made possible the tragedy that was Munich.  \nProfessor Caquet is a historian at the University of Cambridge\, where he completed his PhD\, and is a senior member of the Cambridge College Hughes Hall. Prior to studying at Cambridge\, Mr Caquet lived for ten years in Prague where he pursued a business career.  The Bell of Treason was published by Profile Books in the UK last year and is expected to be released in the USA and the Czech Republic this year. \nTickets £5 bookable via Eventbrite link below.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/the-bell-of-treason-the-munich-agreement-and-its-aftermath/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190327T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190327T190000
DTSTAMP:20260508T125305
CREATED:20190113T170706Z
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UID:2414-1553709600-1553713200@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:A Celebration of Czechoslovak Culture in Wartime Britain
DESCRIPTION:‘Insiders/Outsiders’ Festival – free illustrated talk by Dr Jana Barbora Buresova  \nAlthough Czechoslovakia was headline news in 1938/39\, little was known about its cultural heritage. Patriotic exiles in Britain therefore determined to preserve their cultural identity\, and to host multi-faceted events at the Czechoslovak Institute and elsewhere. The Communist-inspired Czechoslovak-British Friendship Club\, the Czechoslovak army’s SOKOL branch\, and regional clubs also played key roles within the Anglo-Czechoslovak community. \nDr Buresova is a committee member of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies\, at the University of London. She has contributed to a number of publications\, and co-edited Exile and Gender II: Politics\, Education and the Arts (Brill\, 2017). Her book ‘Women Came Too! …’ regarding the experiences of Czechoslovak refugee women in Britain\, 1939–1950\, will be published by Peter Lang in 2019. She is currently co-authoring a work about the Czech Refugee Trust Fund. \nRoom 243 (2nd Floor)\, Senate House\, University of London \nContact: jane.lewin@sas.ac.uk (020 7862 8966)
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/a-celebration-of-czechoslovak-culture-in-wartime-britain-2/
LOCATION:Senate House\, University of London\, Malet Street\, London\, WC1E 7HU
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190323T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190323T160000
DTSTAMP:20260508T125305
CREATED:20181224T155349Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181224T155349Z
UID:2335-1553353200-1553356800@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Miro Jaros Live UK Tour
DESCRIPTION:The first UK tour of Slovak singer Miro Jaros; his performance will offer children and parents the best of his work. The energetic show includes instructional songs so that playful children can learn useful things – how to care of animals\, toys\, to wash their hands and motivates children to move.  \nThe concert is not suitable for children under 3 years of age and those who do not enjoy loud music. \nPlease note the performance is in Slovak. \nTickets £25
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/miro-jaros-live-uk-tour/
LOCATION:Leicester Square Theatre\, 6 Leicester Place\, London\, WC2H 7BX\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190322T194500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190322T214500
DTSTAMP:20260508T125305
CREATED:20190212T170927Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190212T171013Z
UID:2507-1553283900-1553291100@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:
DESCRIPTION:This will be the first time the Three Lions have faced the Czech Republic since August 2008. \nTickets available from the website link below.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/2507/
LOCATION:Wembley Stadium\, Empire Way\, London\, HA9 0WS\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190319T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190319T203000
DTSTAMP:20260508T125305
CREATED:20190104T120254Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190131T114215Z
UID:2362-1553020200-1553027400@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:An illustrated talk on the history of Slovak music
DESCRIPTION:Born in Slovakia\, Andrea Kmecova is a versatile pianist who entered the National Conservatoire of Music in Košice at the age of fourteen. She continued her musical studies at the Bratislava Academy of Music and Drama (VSMU) and then at Trinity College in London. \nFree admission for members of the BCSA\, £10 for non-members\, full-time students £5.\nRegistration is necessary for all on Eventbrite (see link below) or by e-mail to bcsa@bcsa.co.uk
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/an-illustrated-talk-on-the-history-of-slovak-music/
LOCATION:Slovak Embassy\, 25 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190318T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190323T193000
DTSTAMP:20260508T125305
CREATED:20190210T181112Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190210T181112Z
UID:2495-1552937400-1553369400@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:
DESCRIPTION:University College Opera is proud to present the British première of Bedrich Smetana’s Libuše. Returning to the newly refurbished Bloomsbury Theatre\, the cast and orchestra\, composed of both professionals and students\, will be led by musical director Charles Peebles and director Cecilia Stinton. \nComposed in 1871-72\, UCO reimagines Smetana’s Bohemian queen and her medieval court in the modern-day city\, where soaring skyscrapers promise glamour and wealth at a human cost. Born into a celebrated legal dynasty\, Libuše\, having inherited her late father’s firm\, is queen of the corporate world and obliged to assert herself as its leader\, working tirelessly to expand the firm and prove herself. A quarrel between her two most-valued senior partners\, Chrudoš and St’áhlav\, throws the stability of her company into jeopardy and Libuše feels the true loneliness of being a woman at the top. Who can give her the support she needs?  \nRunning time: 3 hours with interval\nSung in Czech with English surtitles   \nPerformances: 18/20/22/23 March 2019 at 7.30pm \nStandard: £25\nConcessions (60+\,U18\, non-UCL students): £17\nUCL Students + Staff: £9 \nTo book tickets see website link below.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/2495/
LOCATION:Bloomsbury Theatre\, 15 Gordon Street\, London\, WC1H 0AH\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190314T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190314T200000
DTSTAMP:20260508T125305
CREATED:20190108T105515Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190108T105515Z
UID:2402-1552586400-1552593600@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Panel Discussion: Marie Schmolka\, the Forgotten Heroine Who Saved Thousands from the Holocaust
DESCRIPTION:Anna Hajkova\, Martin Smok\, Rose Holmes & Alex Maws \nMost have heard the name of Sir Nicholas Winton\, a young British stockbroker who volunteered with the British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia in 1938. But humanitarian rescue of thousands of refugees\, from Austria\, Germany\, and Czechoslovakia\, was a collective effort. And more often then not\, it was led by women.\nMarie Schmolka\, a Prague Zionist who was one of the main figures of European refugee assistance on the eve of the Second World War\, was one of these leaders. She co-managed the local Refugee Committee\, was the representative of HICEM in Prague and represented Czechoslovakia at the Evian Conference in July 1938.\nThis event\, commemorating the 80th anniversary of her arrest in the first days of the occupation of Czechoslovakia\, serves to raise awareness of Schmolka’s extraordinary role and biography. The Marie Schmolka Society seeks to draw attention and encourage scholarship for topics related to the role of women social workers during the Holocaust. \nAbout the speakers:\nAnna Hajkova is associate professor of modern European continental history at the University of Warwick. Her book\, The Last Ghetto: An Everyday History of Theresienstadt\, is forthcoming with Oxford University Press. Together with Martin Smok\, she founded the Marie Schmolka Society: marieschmolka.org. \nMartin Smok is the Senior International Program Consultant of the USC Shoah Foundation. Besides authoring two major documentary film trilogies he curated several groundbreaking exhibitions examining Czechoslovak relationships with its Jews. He is currently finishing a biography of Charles Jordan\, a towering figure of the Joint Distribution Committee. \nRose Holmes is a postdoctoral researcher at Birkbeck\, University of London. She is currently working on a digital history project on the history of trafficking. She completed her PhD at the University of Sussex on humanitarian work with refugees from fascism. Her research interests are on international humanitarianism and welfare\, and she has a particular interest in digital and public history.  \nAlex Maws is Head of Educational Grants and Projects for the Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR)\, Britain’s largest dedicated funder of Holocaust educational programmes. In addition\, he serves as Educational Advisor to the Holocaust Educational Trust and as a member of the UK delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). \nFree admission\, register on Eventbrite (see link below) by 14 March
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/panel-discussion-marie-schmolka-the-forgotten-heroine-who-saved-thousands-from-the-holocaust/
LOCATION:Wiener Library\, 29 Russell Square\, London\, WC1B 5DP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190305T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190305T203000
DTSTAMP:20260508T125305
CREATED:20181224T162106Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181224T162106Z
UID:2347-1551810600-1551817800@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Britain and Bohemia in the 15th century: the English struggle against the Hussite movement
DESCRIPTION:A talk by Dr Mark Whelan\, an historian of late medieval and early modern Germany and Central Europe. He has held fellowships in Berlin\, Munich\, and Vienna\, and teaching posts at Royal Holloway\, University of London\, and the University of Manchester. He currently works at King’s College\, London\, as the German language and archives expert on the project ‘Bees in the Medieval World\, c.1200-1600’. \nThe kingdom of Bohemia obsessed contemporariess across Europe in the fifteenth century. Beginning in 1415\, when an international council burnt the Czech theologian Jan Hus\, his followers within Bohemia seized control of the kingdom and freed it from allegiance to king and pope\, threatening the ruling elites of Christendom and destabilising political and religious structures across the continent. These developments plunged swathes of Central Europe into brutal conflict\, and also saw Czech soldiers\, scholars\, and diplomats\, range from Scotland to Lithuania to gain support for the Hussite cause. This lecture focuses on the interactions between Bohemia and the British Isles in the fifteenth century\, including the transmission of texts and ideas between the two countries\, Czech attempts to enlist support for their cause\, and the often violent reactions of English rulers who denounced the Hussites as heretics and sought to crush them with military force. \nPrice £15 including a glass of wine (see link to booking form below). To pay at the door please notify events@czechfriends.net
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/britain-and-bohemia-in-the-15th-century-the-english-struggle-against-the-hussite-movement/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy\, 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190303T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190304T010000
DTSTAMP:20260508T125305
CREATED:20190210T180011Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190210T181233Z
UID:2484-1551600000-1551661200@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:
DESCRIPTION:Includes four panel discussions: \nSocial inequalities: are we truly equal in Czechia and Slovakia. \nThe rule of law: can law protect liberal democracy? \nPublic healthcare crisis: are private providers the answer? \nThe future of the energy industry: how should it look in Central Europe? \nFor full details and to book see website link below.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/2484/
LOCATION:Sheik Zayed Theatre\, 54 Lincoln's Inn Fields\, London\, WC2A 3LJ\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190221T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190221T210000
DTSTAMP:20260508T125305
CREATED:20190131T112342Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190131T112342Z
UID:2466-1550775600-1550782800@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:The Dark Side of Prague with writers Markéta Pilátová and Michal Sýkora and editor Pavel Mandys
DESCRIPTION:Prague\, with its secret courtyards and magical atmosphere\, is revealed in a multimedia walk through its mysterious streets with leading Czech writers Markéta Pilátová and Michal Sýkora who wrap the beauty and history of the city into the noir genre and bring its shadiest/darkest corners to life. Extracts from the newly published Prague Noir anthology will be read by actors against a backdrop of the visual and musical Prague landscape to create an unmissable experience. Join the book’s editor Pavel Mandys\, writers Markéta Pilátová and Michal Sýkora in a discussion of the noir genre.\nPrague Noir is part of a popular book series published by Akashic Books dedicated to cities and noir. Prague\, like New York and Amsterdam\, now has a dedicated edition which not only introduces the noir genre in Czech literature but presents the crème de la crème of contemporary Czech writers in 14 stories. \n\nMarkéta Pilátová (1973)\nMarkéta Pilatová is a writer\, journalist\, children’s book author\, translator and hispanist. Her books have been translated into German\, Dutch\, Polish\, Portuguese and Spanish. Her novels The Yellow Eyes Head Home (2007) and My Beloved Book (2009) were nominated for the top Czech literary awards Magnesia Litera and the Josef Škvorecký Award. She also writes for children\, and her most acclaimed novels are The Fairy Vivivilla and the Shadows of Animals (2009)\, and Kiko and The Secret of the Paper Butterfly (2010) which was nominated for the Magnesia Litera Award.\n\nMichal Sýkora (1971)\nMichal Sykora\, an assistant professor at Prague’s Academy of Theatre\, Film and Media Studies\, focuses mainly on British detective stories and modern fiction. He has written a two-volume monograph on Vladimir Nabokov and two other works of literary scholarship\, but is also an author of detective novels inspired by the British detective genre. Three of his books (The Case for an Exorcist\, Blue Shadows and It’s Not Over Yet) have been adapted for the screen and shown to great acclaim on Czech TV. \nPavel Mandys (1972)\nPavel Mandys has worked as a literary and film editor for the Week magazine and is now editor of iLiteratura.cz.  He regularly contributes to the Czech press  – Lidové noviny\, Hospodárské noviny  and A2. Mandys co-founded and co-manages the Magnesia Litera Annual Book Award. He is the author of The Idiot and his Return (together with Saša Gedeon\, 1999)\, Prague\, City of Literature (2012)\, 2×101 Books for Children and Young People (editor and co-author\, 2013) and editor of Prague Noir (editor\, 2016). \nTickets: £5 + booking fee via Eventbrite link below
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/the-dark-side-of-prague-with-writers-marketa-pilatova-and-michal-sykora-and-editor-pavel-mandys/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190219T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190219T203000
DTSTAMP:20260508T125305
CREATED:20181126T161835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181126T161912Z
UID:2303-1550601000-1550608200@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Amnesty International and Prisoners of Conscience in Czechoslovakia (CSSR)
DESCRIPTION:Susan Jenkinson will describe work at the International Secretariat of Amnesty International in the team concerned with Prisoners of Conscience in Czechoslovakia (CSSR) in the 1980s.  Julia Sherwood\, who was also at the International Secretariat at that time\, but in another team\, will outline the case of her father\, Prisoner of Conscience\, Jan Ladislav Kalina\, imprisoned in Slovakia 1972-73.   \nFree admission for members of the BCSA\, £10 for non-members\, full-time students £5.\nRegistration is necessary for all on Eventbrite (see link below) or by e-mail to bcsa@bcsa.co.uk
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/amnesty-international-and-prisoners-of-conscience-in-czechoslovakia-cssr/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy\, 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190218T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190226T200000
DTSTAMP:20260508T125305
CREATED:20190104T125216Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190210T180341Z
UID:2367-1550520000-1551211200@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Katya Kabanova
DESCRIPTION:Czech tenor\, Pavel Cernoch makes his Royal Opera debut as Boris Grigorjevic. Born in Brno\, Cernoch began singing as a child in the Cantilena Chamber Choir. He studied singing at the Janacek Academy in Brno and with Paolo de Napoli (his current teacher) in Italy. He made  his debut at the Bavarian State Opera in 2009 as Steva in Jenufa.  \nRemaining performances on 18\, 21 and 26 February \nSung in Czech with English surtitles.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/katya-kabanova/
LOCATION:Royal Opera House\, Bow Street\, London\, WC2E 9DD\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190201T073000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190201T213000
DTSTAMP:20260508T125305
CREATED:20190107T181229Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T181229Z
UID:2397-1549006200-1549056600@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Smetana Piano Trio
DESCRIPTION:PROGRAMME \nSergey Rachmaninoff:      Trio elegico in G minor\, No. 1 \nBohuslav Martinu:         Piano Trio Bergerettes H. 275 \nAntonin Dvorak:           Piano Trio in F-Minor op. 65 \nJitka Cechova – piano\nRadim Kresta – violin\nJan Palenicek – cello \nTickets £10 to pay at the door.\nPlaces are limited\, please reserve tickets soon\nat ludmilastane@gmail.com or text 07468 570551
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/smetana-piano-trio/
LOCATION:Velehrad London\, 39 Lonsdale Road\, London\, SW13 9JP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190124T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190124T210000
DTSTAMP:20260508T125305
CREATED:20181230T130921Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181230T135334Z
UID:2352-1548356400-1548363600@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Revolution Begins at Home: The Women of Czech Dissent
DESCRIPTION:An evening dedicated to women active in the Czech dissent movement and Charter 77 during the Czechoslovak communist regime of the 1970s and 1980s. Sociologist and gender scholar Marcela Linková and journalist Nada Straková will be joined by former dissident Kamila Bendová and DJ and writer Tobiáš Jirous to talk about the recent publication Revolution Begins at Home: The Women of Czech Dissent (eds. Linková & Straková\, 2017) and the ways in which women engaged in the different currents of political and cultural resistance.  \nPublished in 2017 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Charter 77\, Revolution Begins at Home: The Women of Czech Dissent is a collection of interviews portraying twenty-one women who weren’t afraid to stand up to the Normalisation regime in Czechoslovakia during the 1970s and 1980s. By engaging in the struggle against totalitarianism\, they wanted to play their part in creating a better existence for themselves and their children.  \nThese fascinating interviews conducted by the books´ editors Marcela Linková and Nadežda Straková contribute to our understanding of the ways in which women engaged in the different currents of the Czech dissident manifesto Charter 77 (the intellectuals\, the Christians\, the reform Communists and the cultural underground)\, in both\, large cities and in the countryside. The publication highlights the fact that one-third of Charter 77 spokespeople were women and seeks to create a more gender balanced discourse surrounding this part of Czech history.  \nAn English translation is due in spring 2019.  \nTickets £7.92 book on Eventbrite via link below. \nPhotograph from secret police archives taken by a secret police officer who was following Ivanka Hyblerová (code name balerina) in 1981 when she was nine months pregnant.
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/revolution-begins-at-home-the-women-of-czech-dissent/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190122T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190122T203000
DTSTAMP:20260508T125305
CREATED:20181126T160842Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181126T164256Z
UID:2297-1548181800-1548189000@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:A Czechoslovak minister in exile
DESCRIPTION:Ladislav Feierabend managed the impossible: he was a member of the war-time Protectorate government and at the same time head of a resistance group in contact with Edvard Beneš in London. So when a messenger was captured and forced to reveal everything\, in January 1940 Feierabend embarked on an escape worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster. He eventually joined Beneš’s government-in-exile as finance minister before returning to Prague in 1945. After the communist coup in February 1948\, Feierabend went into hiding until April when he was smuggled out of  his homeland again\, this time with his family.\nHis daughter\, Hana Ludikar\, will share the remarkable details of this story with us. Bring your friends with you to enjoy this rare opportunity. \nFree admission for members of the BCSA\, £10 for non-members\, full-time students £5. \nRegistration is necessary for all on Eventbrite (see link below) or by e-mail to bcsa@bcsa.co.uk
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/a-czechoslovak-minister-in-exile/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy\, 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
CATEGORIES:BCSA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190117T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190117T213000
DTSTAMP:20260508T125305
CREATED:20181206T190908Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T190908Z
UID:2321-1547751600-1547760600@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Jan Palach + Q&A with director Robert Sedlacek
DESCRIPTION:On 16 January 1969\, the Prague philosophy student Jan Palach set himself on fire in Wenceslas Square to protest against the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia. He died three days later. He was 21 years old. \nUsing available sources director Robert Sedlacek reconstructs the final months of Jan Palach´s life describing his path from an affectionate son\, a devoted friend\, a sensitive and thoughtful philosophy student to the Torch number 1. The resulting film is an impressive and atmospheric memento successfully portraying an uncompromising young man who brought the ultimate sacrifice in a hope to rouse the nation from lethargy. \nRobert Sedlacek\, CZ / SR 2018\, 120 mins\nCast: Viktor Zavadil\, Zuzana Bydzovska\, Denisa Baresova\, Kristina Kanatova\, Jan Vondracek \nTickets: £7 + booking fee via Eventbrite (see link below)
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/jan-palach-qa-with-director-robert-sedlacek/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190108T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190108T203000
DTSTAMP:20260508T125305
CREATED:20181008T154245Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181112T145354Z
UID:2180-1546972200-1546979400@www.bcsa.co.uk
SUMMARY:Prague and Innsbruck: the cultural patronage of the Archduke Ferdinand II
DESCRIPTION:A lecture by Caroline Cannon-Brookes \nArchduke Ferdinand II (1529-1595) was Regent of Bohemia for twenty years in the middle of the 16th century. Born the second son of the future Emperor Ferdinand I and Anne of Bohemia\, he was highly educated and a cultivated humanist who established a sophisticated court in Prague which embraced both the Habsburgs and the Czech nobility. He oversaw renewals to Prague Castle and the Cathedral\, and promoted the Renaissance style. This is to be seen in the star-shaped Hunting Lodge Hvezda outside Prague\, which he is reputed to have designed. These ideas were soon taken up by the Czech nobility. Following in the Habsburg tradition\, the Archduke assembled an important library and formed a great collection of portraits\, armour and a cabinet of curiosities which he took with him when he moved to Schloss Ambras in the Tirol\, in 1567. These collections undoubtedly served as an inspiration for his nephew\, the Emperor Rudolf II\, who subsequently acquired them. In recent years many of these have been brought back from Vienna and have recently been displayed in an exhibition devoted to the Archduke Ferdinand II shown both at Ambras and in Prague. \nCaroline Cannon-Brookes is an art-historian\, trained at the Courtauld Institute\, and teaches at the University of Oxford Department for Continuing Education. She has led many tours to the Czech Republic to which she is a regular visitor. \nTickets £15 including a glass of wine
URL:https://www.bcsa.co.uk/event/prague-and-innsbruck-the-cultural-patronage-of-the-archduke-ferdinand-ii/
LOCATION:Czech Embassy\, 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY
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