See what’s coming up on on the BCSA’s Events Calendar.
A talk on Zoom by Nina Fořtíková, a sixteen-year old Prague schoolgirl, about the attitude of her generation towards Czech political life. She is not an average Czech teenager; when she was thirteen Nina joined a debating club which required wide reading on political matters. Nina submitted an essay Why people prioritise optimism over their... Read more »
Anne of Bohemia, the eldest daughter of Charles IV, married King Richard II of England in 1382 at the age of 16 . The 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... Read more »
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. Joseph Black will join us on Zoom from Sydney, Australia to share his views on topics covered in his essay that was awarded... Read more »
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. Czech-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... Read more »
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. Come 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... Read more »
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... Read more »
Czech author Anna Fodorova will be in discussion with writer and literary critic Jude Cook plus readings by actress Lisa Rose. In 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... Read more »
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). This 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... Read more »
A panel discussion co-organised by the British Czech and Slovak Association and UCL SSEES Centre for the Study of Central Europe. On 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... Read more »
The British Czech and Slovak Association in cooperation with Tate Modern is offering a unique out of hours tour of this exhibition. Bringing together many works rarely exhibited before in the UK, this survey exhibition highlights the abstract sculptures of Slovak artist Maria Bartuszová. Bartuszová worked in relative isolation over three decades in Košice, the... Read more »
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