From 23 to 26 November 2015
Changing Point of View to Reposition
PROGRAM
Monday 23 November
Opening
2 PM
Place: Patriotic Hall, Carolinum, Ovocný trh 3-5, Prague 1.
Jean-Pierre Asvazadourian, French Ambassador in the Czech Republic.
Martin Kovář, vice-rector of Charles University (UK).
Mirjam Friedová, dean of the Faculty of Arts (FF UK).
Diversity: the Role of Institutions
Forum conducted by representatives of various sectors of activities (in Czech)
2:30 PM
Place: Patriotic Hall, Carolinum, Ovocný trh 3-5, Prague 1.
Participants State: Petr Pavlík (ministry of Education, Youth and Sports).
Media: Jaroslav Šonka.
Private Sector: Kristina Kosatíková (IBM).
NGO: Zdenek Sloboda (PROUD—Platform for equality, recognition and diversity).
Moderator: Jan Bičovský (vice-dean, FF UK).
Concert: PKF — Prague Philharmonia
Under the patronage of Karel Schwarzenberg
7:30 PM
Place: St. Salvator Church, University Parish, Křižovnické náměstí, Prague 1.
- Martinů: Serenáda č. 2 pro dvoje housle a violu, H 216.
- Debussy: Danse Sacrée, Danse Profane pro sólovou harfu a smyčce.
- Suk: Meditace na staročeský chorál Svatý Václave, op. 35.
- Dvořák: Serenáda pro smyčce, op. 22.
Tuesday 24 November
Thinking Diversity, Diversity of Thinking
Czech-French Round Table (with simultaneous translation)
11 AM-2 PM
Place: Patriotic Hall, Carolinum, Ovocný trh 3-5, Prague 1.
Plenary Lecture:
Catherine Wihtol de Wenden (sociologist and political scientist, CERI Sciences Po, Paris): Diversity and Autochtony in the History of France and Europe.
Discussants:
Pavel Barša (political scientist, FF UK)
Daniel Sosna: The Value of Diversity (anthropologist, Western Bohemia University—FF ZČU, Plzeň)
Lukáš Friedl: Biological Human Diversity: an Accident or the Outcome of an Adaptation? (anthropologist, FF ZČU Plzeň)
Moderator: Pavel Sitek (anthropologist and sociologist, FF UK).
Today’s Idea of University
Round Table
5 PM
Place: Aula, Faculty of Arts (FF UK), nám. Jana Palacha 2, Prague 1.
Participants
Jaroslav Miller (Rector of Palacký University, Olomouc)
Daniel Frynta (socio-biologist and ethologist, Faculty of Natural Sciences, UK)
Jaroslav Nešetřil (mathematician, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, UK)
Tomáš Petráček (theologian, Hradec Králové University)
Rut Bízková (administrator, Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
Moderator: Mirjam Friedová (dean, Faculty of Arts, UK).
Prague As a Host Venue for Refugees Fleeing from Nazism (Commented Walk in Prague)
From 3:30 PM
Meeting Point: Malostranská nám., next to the tree. Guide: Thomas Oellermann (Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung).
Wednesday 25 November
Migration & Public Discourse
Scientific Forum (in English)
9:30 AM–12:30 AM
Place: Aula, Faculty of Arts (FF UK), nám. Jana Palacha 2, Prague 1.
Plenary Lecture:
Ruth Wodak (linguist, Lancaster University): Language of Walls.
Discussants:
Matěj Spurný (historian, FF UK): Long Shadow of 1945 (The Post War Ethnic Cleansing in Bohemian Lands and its Aftermath).
Alena Pařízková (anthropologist and sociologist, FF ZČU): Metaphors We Live with the Refugee Situation.
Eva Lehečková, Michal Hořejší (linguists, FF UK): The Role of Political Correctness in Public Discourse on Immigration.
Listening to Landscape (Commented Walk in Prague)
2 PM
Meeting Point: FF UK, nám. Jana Palacha 2, Prague 1, r. 1. Guides: Kateřina Svatoňová, Libuše Heczková.
A Wood in the Nape of Prague (Commented Walk in Prague)
2 PM
Meeting Point: Staroměstské nám. (next to Jan Hus statue). Guide: Albert Šturma.
Screening: Deepan
4 PM
Place: Lucerna, Vodičkova 36, Prague 1.
Borders of Communities
6 PM
Place: Municipal Library (Mariánské náměstí 1, Prague 1).
Round Table moderated by Tomáš Samek (anthropologist), with: Lubica Kobová (philosopher), Jan Blažek (IR analyst).
Thursday 26 November
Diversity According to Students. Diverse Culture, Subversive Culture
4 PM–10 PM
Place: FF UK, nám. Jana Palacha 2, Prague 1.
Diversity an sich (World Cafés: Discussion Forum & Food Festival)
4 PM–6 PM
Place: FF UK, nám. Jana Palacha 2, Prague 1, r. 104.
Diverse Culture, Subversive Culture. Art and Self-Expression—Creative Workshop
6 PM–7 PM
Place: FF UK, nám. Jana Palacha 2, Prague 1, r. 104.
The Idea of University Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. A Debate between Students and Non-Students
7:30 PM–9 PM
Place: FF UK, Jan Palach Library, nám. Jana Palacha 2, Prague 1.
Gig
9 PM
Place: FF UK, Jan Palach Library, nám. Jana Palacha 2, Prague 1.
Additional Program
Presentations of NGOs, Film Screenings, Phonetic Quizz, Plastic art Creations
Buffets will be served by the Association Kuchařek bez domova (Homeless Cooks).
All week long
Place: in the corridors of the Faculty of Arts, nám. Jana Palacha 2, Prague 1.