Public Lecture by former advisor to Czech President Václav Havel
Public Lecture by former advisor to Czech President Václav Havel
College of Arts School of Modern Languages and Cultures
Date: Wednesday 13 November 2019
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Venue: Room 915, Adam Smith Building
Category: Public lectures
Speaker: Professor Jiří Pehe
Prior to 1989, Professor Pehe was head of the Research Department of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Munich. He is the global expert in contemporary Czech politics and is frequently quoted in newspapers such as the New York Times and Washington Post. He is also a fiction writer and will be speaking to us about his novel 'Three Faces of an Angel', which has been published in English.
Drinks will be available courtesy of the Czech Embassy in London, coffee courtesy by the SMLC.
This lecture is part of the thirty-year celebration of the Fall of Communism in the Czech Republic. The Czech public holiday of the Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day is on 17th November. The event is sponsored by the Czech Government and SMLC. Please contact Jan.Cuik@glasgow.ac.uk.
AN EXHIBITION "THE 1989 REVOLUTION THROUGH THE EYES OF PHOTOGRAPHERS" courtesy of the Czech Embassy in London, can be seen in the Hetherington Building at Glasgow University