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

From asylum seeker to UK policeman, a talk by Petr Torak MBE

Czech Embassy 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens, London

Born in Liberec in the Czech Republic to Roma parents; after several racially motivated attacks, the family moved to the UK and applied for asylum. He joined the Cambridgeshire Constabulary as a Police Community Support Officer in 2006 and two years later became a Police Officer. In 2010 Torak co-founded a community group COMPAS (see... Read more »

Dvorak’s less familiar career: networking in the salons of Prague and the long road to operatic success

Czech Embassy cinema 26 Kensington Palace Gardens, London

Although Dvorak is unarguably the best-known composer from the Czech lands, his fame rests largely on music from his later years. His early path to recognition, however, throws fascinating light on the friendships and support he received from the leaders of Prague’s developing cultural community. Jan Smaczny’s talk looks at how Dvorak became recognised in... Read more »

BCSA garden party

Czech & Slovak Embassy gardens 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens, London

Our summer social will be held in the gardens of the Czech and Slovak Embassies. All are welcome – not just BCSA members. Bring your friends, bring your family! Enjoy an afternoon relaxing among Slovak, Czech and British people. As always, there will be barbecued spekacky (sausages), a continental buffet from the Czech and Slovak... Read more »

Lonarc Oboe Trio

Burgh House New End Square, London, United Kingdom

A fundraising concert of 18th century oboe trios composed for the Princes Schwarzenberg of Cesky Krumlov. For programme details see link below and use the Eventbrite link to buy tickets.

Small nations and global identities: Czech questions

Ikon Gallery Brindley Place, Birmingham, United Kingdom

A one-day symposium considers the formation of modern Czech identity in the arts, politics and the media, focusing on key global events of the 20th century. In addressing the relationship between the small nation and its global identity, the programme explores three themes: the mythic portrayal of interwar Czechoslovakia as a Western oriented state and... Read more »

Make Love Not War Or We’ll Kill You; Prague Spring 1968 in Cartoons

Czech Centre 30 Kensington Palace Gardens, London, United Kingdom

Fifty years since the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia quashed the Prague Spring we look at how cartoonists in the Czech and British press interpreted the politics of the time through humour. Armed with a stack of original 1968 satirical cartoon drawings under his arm, a collector walked through the Czech Centre London door and the... Read more »

BCSA “Get to Know You” Social Evening

Czech and Slovak National House 74 West End Lane, London, United Kingdom

Join us and have a fun evening chatting to friendly people. Czech and Slovak food and drinks are available from the restaurant and bar. Anybody with Czech or Slovak connections or interests is welcome to our monthly socials to meet, chat and get to know each other a little better in a relaxed and informal... Read more »

Anniversary of 1968 invasion remembered – SOLD OUT!

Czech Embassy cinema 26 Kensington Palace Gardens, London

On 21st August 2018 the BCSA will commemorate the 50th anniversary of one of the most shocking events in recent Czech and Slovak history: the invasion of Dubcek´s Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact troops. London is still full of people who remember the day well. Czech and Slovak students rushed to make use of the unprecedented... Read more »

Occupation 1968

Czech Embassy cinema 26 Kensington Palace Gardens, London

Occupation as the occupiers see it. Five Warsaw Pact countries occupied Czechoslovakia in 1968. 50 years later five film directors from these countries shot the stories of five soldiers who took part. A tribute to the 108 people who were killed in Czechoslovakia during the 1968 invasion, the film tells the story of the young... Read more »

Osmicky

Esterhazy Palace Namestie Ludovita Stura 4, Bratislava, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)

A series of small exhibitions in the atrium for the anniversaries of the eights: February 1948, August 1968 and October 1918. The basis of the exhibition is a 3-metre high wall or "gallery noticeboard" on which collages will be rotated according to the anniversary. The collages will consist of various types of artistic materials (paintings,... Read more »



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