International Online Conference
VÁCLAV HAVEL EUROPEAN DIALOGUES
The Other Europe
11 - 12 May 2021
11 May
2021
17:00 Opening
Michael Žantovský, executive director of the Václav Havel Library
17:05 Interview with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
Influencer Karel (Kovy) Kovář will pose the questions
17:45 Introduction
Jacques Rupnik, political scientist, creator and presenter of documentary The Other Europe
18:00 Panel I - The Other Europe
Lech Walesa, President of the Republic of Poland, 1990-1995
Lutz Rathenow, legislator, Saxony
István Rév, Professor of History and Political Science, Central European University
Jan Krčmář, translator and journalist
Martina Mašková, moderator
19:00 Conclusion of first day and invitation to second
Martina Mašková, moderator
12 May
2021
15:00 Launch of day two of conference
Jana Ciglerová, moderator
15:05 Panel II – Three-generational dialogue
Milan Šimečka, philosopher and literary reviewer (historical recording)
Martin Milan Šimečka, writer and journalist
Michal Šimečka, Member of European Parliament
Jana Ciglerová, moderator
16:00 Panel III - The Other Europe Today
Keynote Introduction: Zuzana Čaputová, President of the Slovak Republic
Olga Richterová, Vice-Chair of the Committee for Social Policy of the Czech Chamber of Deputies
Marianne Kneuer, President of the International Political Science Association
Timothy Garton Ash, Professor of European Studies, University of Oxford
Ivan Krastev, Chairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies
Michael Žantovský, moderator
17:00 Thematic Programme
Pictures of the Other Europe: Belarus
17:20 Close of conference
Michael Žantovský, executive director of the Václav Havel Library