Havel at 80: Reflections on his Thoughts and Legacies
- City
- New York
- Date
- Wednesday, March 9, 2016
- Time
- 4:00-5:00PM
- Location
- Italian Academy Library , 1161 Amsterdam Avenue
| City | Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | Wednesday, March 9, 2016 | 4:00-5:00PM | Italian Academy Library , 1161 Amsterdam Avenue |
One of the most important political thinkers of Central Europe, Vaclav Havel was the former President of the Czech Republic whose dissections of Communist rule as a playwright helped topple communism in Czechoslovakia in 1989. Joined by his advisors and contemporaries, the event will honor his legacy as well as assess the current political and economic developments in Central-East Europe, as this year would have been his 80th birthday celebration.
Panel includes :
Jacques Rupnik, Director of Research, Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales (CERI), Sciences Po
Timothy Frye, Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign Policy, Columbia University
Michael Kraus, Frederick C. Dirks Professor of Political Science, Middlebury College
Jan Svejnar, James T. Shotwell Professor of Global Political Economy and Director of the Center on Global Economic Governance, Columbia SIPA
Co-sponsored by the East Central European Center, Harriman Institute, Alliance Program, and Vaclav Havel Library Foundation.