See what’s coming up on on the BCSA’s Events Calendar.
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... Read more »
Czech National Symphony Orchestra UK tour 12-21 April Saturday 13 April London Royal Festival Hall 1.30pm & 7pm Tuesday 16 April Birmingham Symphony Hall 7pm Wednesday 17 April Nottingham Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall 7pm Thursday 18 April Manchester Bridgewater Hall 7pm Friday 19 April Liverpool Philharmonic Hall 7pm Saturday 21 April Gateshead Sage... Read more »
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.... Read more »
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 The Academic Orchestra led by conductor Jan Sramek has prepared a varied programme including both Czech and foreign songs. The soloists... Read more »
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. In 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),... Read more »
Exile studies academic, Dr Jana Barbora Burešová presents the work of Czechoslovak graphic designer and illustrator, Dorrit Epstein, also known as Dekk. A 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... Read more »
A public lecture by Professor Roman David supported by the Centre for the Study of Central Europe In 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... Read more »
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. We will be joined by representatives from the Czech and Slovak Embassies, local dignitaries, and Forces Associations to lay wreaths at the Czechoslovak monument. Refreshments after at the... Read more »
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... Read more »
CzechInvest and the Embassy of the Czech Republic in London invite you to a business breakfast. The 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. There can’t be a better way to enjoy your morning coffee.... Read more »
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