See what’s coming up on on the BCSA’s Events Calendar.

On Her Majesty’s Diplomatic Service

Czech Embassy cinema 26 Kensington Palace Gardens, London

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... Read more »

The Emil Zátopek Run

Linford Christie Athletic Stadium Linford Christie Road, London, United Kingdom

The Czech Centre (CC) and the Thames Valley Harriers (TVH) athletic club have teamed up to celebrate Zátopek’s centennial anniversary by organising the Emil Zátopek Run to raise funds for... Read more »

Czech aristocracy and their castles

Czech Embassy cinema 26 Kensington Palace Gardens, London

A guide to the development of the ownership of historic houses in Czech lands since 1918.  From the formation of Czechoslovakia, when the first president T.G. Masaryk abolished aristocratic titles,... Read more »

Zemlinsky Quartet

Wigmore Hall 36 Wigmore Street, London, United Kingdom

Founded in 1994, the Czech ensemble raised its profile via competitions such as the London International String Quartet Competition in 2006, when it also took the audience prize, as well... Read more »

Mozart’s Czech mates

Wigmore Hall 36 Wigmore Street, London, United Kingdom

Mozart felt that the people of Prague appreciated his music more than anyone else, and many of the most influential and highly-regarded composers of his era were Bohemians. This dynamic... Read more »

Good Old Czechs

Czech Embassy cinema 26 Kensington Palace Gardens, London

The screening of a new documentary film combining never-before-seen archive footage with the memories of fighter pilot Frantisek Fajtl and gunner Filip Jansky, both serving in the RAF during the... Read more »

London Czech connections walking tour

The English College Foundation is planning a sponsored walk to raise funds for scholarships for students from disadvantaged backgrounds, to enable them to study in the International Baccalaureate years at... Read more »

Václav Havel European Dialogues

UCL Gustave Tuck Auditorium Gower Street, London, United Kingdom

Session I: From Normalization to Loss of Norms: Václav Havel and the Forms of Democratic Backsliding The decades following the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968 were dubbed the period... Read more »

Václav Havel European Dialogues

Temple of Peace King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Session III: The Spectre of Dissent Still Haunts Europe In his essay The Power of the Powerless, Havel famously asked: What role does dissent play in society? What are its hopes?... Read more »

Emmy Destinn Gala Concert

St John's Smith Square Smith Square, London, United Kingdom

To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Emmy Destinn Foundation. Featuring  young artists, the winners of the biennial competition The Emmy Destinn Young Singers Awards performing arias by Janáček, Dvořák, Smetana,... Read more »



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