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Event took place on TUE 16 APR 2024 at the Czech Centre, Czech Embassy Cinema, London.   Czech Centre's Women in Focus series continues with a talk by Kamila Kopřivová, the first Czech female rabbi. She will share the story of her journey to the rabbinate moving through Berlin, Jerusalem and London and how she became one of the rabbis of the synagogue that exactly 60 years ago became the home of m...

Join us to celebrate the bicentenary of Bedřich Smetana, the Czech composer whose melodies have echoed through generations and whose music includes the enchanting cycle of symphonic poems My Country and the popular opera The Bartered Bride. Delve into Smetana's fascinating journey with us as we explore his tumultuous life, his unwavering nationalist spirit, and his enduring impact on the Czech mus...

This February our Women in Focus series presents a very special speaker: Lady Milena Grenfell-Baines. During her talk, Lady Milena will share her life-long experiences including her recollection of WWII and Nicholas Winton's Kindertransport from Prague to London, her early days in a new country and her rich professional career that led her from business to education and charity work. Lady Milena w...

Czech Centre's Women in Focus series continues with a talk by CNN journalist Ivana Kottasová. Ivana will speak about her work as a reporter and her experience covering the conflict in Ukraine. She will discuss the professional and personal challenges — and rewards — of being a journalist and talk about her career journey to one of the biggest newsrooms in the world.   ABOUT IVANA Ivana Kottasová i...

The winner of two Magnesia Litera Awards Marek Šindelka, the book´s co-editor Jan Zikmund and writer Veronika Bendová launched an anthology of short stories by the ten of city´s most famous writers, including the illustrious Bohumil Hrabal, that present Prague in a completely new light. Away from the Old Town Square, these stories take us into less-visited corners of Prague: from the steep streets...

The event took place on TUE 26 SEP 2023 19:00, Czech Centre at the Czech Embassy Cinema   Our popular Women in Focus series is set to continue after the summer with a talk by the world-renowned, Czech-born architect Eva Jiřičná. During the talk Ms Jiřičná, who is best known for her shop interiors and residential projects, will discuss her signature glass staircases and the limits of structural eng...

The Soviet Union, the Polish People's Republic, the People's Republic of Bulgaria, and the Hungarian People's Republic jointly invaded the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic on August 20 and 21, 1968. The invasion ended Alexander Dubek's Prague Spring liberalization initiatives and reinforced the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia's authoritarian side. In July this year we screened Reconstruction of O...

The event took place on THU 25 MAY 2023 at the Czech Centre, Czech Embassy Cinema, Notting Hill, London Kateřina Svitková, attacking midfielder playing for Chelsea FC, the top English FA WSL club, has made a remarkable international football career. She started at Slavia Prague, where she scored an impressive 188 goals in 177 appearances. She was top scorer in the Czech First Division in both the...

The event took place on MON 22 MAY 2023 19:00 at Czech Centre at the Czech Embassy Cinema, Notting Hill, London W8 Kateřina Tučková, leading Czech writer and 2022 winner of The State Award for Literature, discusses with scholar Dr Rajendra Chitnis The Last Goddess, her award-winning novel and most successful book to date with more than 100,000 copies sold in the Czech Republic alone, which has fin...

The event took place on Tue 25th April 2023 Czech Centre at the Czech Embassy Cinema, London W8 Our series Women in Focus continues with none other than Daria Klimentová, a photographer, ballet teacher and world-renowned Prima Ballerina. Having spent most of her career as a lead principal dancer at English National Ballet, Daria will discuss her successful professional journey from her ballet begi...

Recording took place on THU 13 APR 2023 at the Czech Embassy Cinema, Notting Hill, London W8 Celebrating the bilingual publication of The Gravitational Field of the Inexpressible, Czech poet and architect Pavla Melková and leading British sculptor Antony Gormley meet on stage to continue an artistic dialogue that started six years ago in Prague when they first met and the idea of a joint book was...

Art historian, writer and curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Collection at National Gallery Prague, Monika Čejková, was opening our brand new talk series Women in Focus. Monika discussed her interest in contemporary art which paved her journey to becoming an author and curator, and she described her recent projects mostly dealing with the notion and modification of art in the digital age. Spec...

To celebrate a new edition of Antonín Dvořák’s beloved opera Rusalka and a new staging by the Royal Opera House, the editors Robert Simon and Jonáš Hájek discussed Dvořák‘s lyrical fairy tale, and their work on the score and Jaroslav Kvapil’s libretto with musicologist Nigel Simeone. Anna Blackmur, Principal 2nd Violin of the ROH orchestra, shared her personal experience of playing Dvořák’s music...

To protect nonhuman life on Earth, we need to give diverse life forms a digital focus. There is no digital platform for wild animals, trees, insects, and no way for them to make themselves known to us online. Join Jonathan Ledgard as he explores new AI solutions that can help represent nonhumans, aid their survival and demonstrate more completely to us their way of moving through the world. In thi...

Listen to a discussion about the role of controlled media and manipulation of public opinion in Russia and the spread of misinformation of Russian military aggression towards Ukraine, that has now evolved into a prolonged war conflict.  SPEAKERS: Dr Jade McGlynn, Middlebury Institute of International Studies Dr Václav Štětka, Communication and Media Studies at Loughborough CHAIRED BY:  DR MAXIM AL...

On the occasion of the English-language publication book launch of Bianca Bellová's book THE LAKE, organised in collaboration with Parthian and Czech Literary Centre , the winner of the 2017 EU Prize for Literature discusses her highly topical book with Glen James Brown, the Portico and Orwell Prize-shortlisted author of Ironopolis.  Recorded at the Czech Embassy in London on Thursday 19 May.  For...

Listen to a discussion about the urgency for humanitarian relief aid and its various forms as well as the latest development in Ukraine, discussed by internationally recognized experts and field practitioners from Ukraine, Czech Republic, Poland and United Kingdom.   SPEAKERS: Šimon Pánek, Director and Founder, People in Need Foundation Maria Montague, Deputy Director, Ukrainian Institute Radka Ru...

Listen to a discussion about the impact & possible detrimental outcomes of the war in Ukraine with leading experts on Eastern Europe and Russia. The panelists explore the roots of the Russian invasion from the collapse of the Soviet Union and the establishment of Ukraine to the rise of Vladimir Putin, Russia’s seizure of Crimea and the current war. The  panel features Edward Lucas, expert on Centr...

Artist Tereza Stehlikova in conversation with curator Gareth Evans about her multi-disciplinary artistic practice and reflect on the importance of unique places and spaces in inspiring and shaping her ideas. More info at https://bit.ly/36dLctu

The new EUNIC AI Science Café Series aims to present current and timely topics alongside the proposals for innovative, bold and inspirational solutions to tackle key issues. The contributors are experts from the EUNIC member states, many of whom represent international teams and their counterparts from the United Kingdom. The fifth talk invites you to learn more about the collaboration between AI...

The new EUNIC AI Science Café Series aims to present current and timely topics alongside the proposals for innovative, bold and inspirational solutions to tackle key issues. The contributors are experts from the EUNIC member states, many of whom represent international teams and their counterparts from the United Kingdom. The fourth talk invites you to learn more about the threats and risks in onl...

The new EUNIC AI Science Café Series aims to present current and timely topics alongside the proposals for innovative, bold and inspirational solutions to tackle key issues. The contributors are experts from the EUNIC member states, many of whom represent international teams and their counterparts from the United Kingdom. The third talk invites you to learn more about the future of smart mobility...

The new EUNIC AI Science Café Series aims to present current and timely topics alongside the proposals for innovative, bold and inspirational solutions to tackle key issues. The contributors are experts from the EUNIC member states, many of whom represent international teams and their counterparts from the United Kingdom. The second talk invites you to learn more about the impact of AI on our crea...

The new EUNIC AI Science Café Series aims to present current and timely topics alongside the proposals for innovative, bold and inspirational solutions to tackle key issues. The contributors are experts from the EUNIC member states, many of whom represent international teams and their counterparts from the United Kingdom. The first talk invites you to learn more about the ethical impact of the use...

A live stream from Prague with Tomáš Krajník, Chaired by Michael Londesborough on Chronorobotics - enabling robots to adapt to changing environments.  18 November 2020, 6 pm BST More at https://bit.ly/3l3LvsE For efficient long-term operation, robots need to adapt to the changes characteristic of natural and human-populated environments. We will present methods which enable robots to build and mai...