Fifteen Years After the “Velvet Revolution”
Krkonose Mountains, Northeastern Bohemia, Czech Re, 17.10.2004
The Civic Institute organized this annual conference in Prague in recognition of the fifteenth anniversary of one of the most celebrated turning points in recent European history. A group of speakers from politics, academia and the media collaborated to paint a picture of the significance of the event, its influence on surrounding nations, and its legacy in the Czech Republic.
The event included a debate between philosopher, Jiri Fuchs, and Czech Senator, Daniel Kroupa, about the legacy of the Charter 77 movement and its founder. There were lectures by Civic Institute fellows, including Michaela Freiova, former Member of Parliament. As the translator of Witness by Whittaker Chambers, she addressed the topic of the international dimension of Communism in light of this work.
Other lectures were given by Eduard Bakalar of the Academy of Sciences and Jan Langos, Director of the Institute for National Memory in Slovakia, who spoke about the process of “de-Communization” in Slovakia.
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