The Václav Havel European Dialogues
The Václav Havel European Dialogues Conference is an international project that aims to initiate and stimulate a discussion about issues determining the direction of contemporary Europe while referring to the spiritual legacy of Václav Havel. The main organiser of the Václav Havel European Dialogues is The Václav Havel Library.
The recordings of the Václav Havel European Dialogues are available here.
Presentation abroad
2025
Seoul / Civic Values and Participation: A New Perspective on Havel’s Legacy
London / Growth and Inequalities in Central Europe: Havel’s Vision versus the Contradictions of Today
Brussels / The Power of the Powerless Today: From Ukrainian Testimony to European Action
Cairo / Art for Social Development
2024
Brussels / Václav Havel European Dialogues
London / Timothy Garton Ash – The Importance of Central Europe in Today’s World
Cairo / Václav Havel European Dialogues
Bucharest / Europe: Our Past and Future
2023
Prague / Havel, Europe and the World
Bucharest / The Role of Disinformation in the Contemporary World
Sofia / Roma Activism in Europe
London / Václav Havel European Dialogues
Tbilisi / Georgia and Europe from the Students’ Perspective
Brussels / Václav Havel European Dialogues
Cairo / Václav Havel and Disinformation
2022
In 2022, we organized the Václav Havel European Dialogues as part of the cultural programme of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU in a total of 18 cities across Europe and the United States. Recordings of the individual conferences from 2022 are available here.
Bratislava / Havel–Albright Transatlantic Dialogues (HATD): Frontline Battles – Can Democracies Stop Tyranny?
Brussels / Democracy and the New Geopolitical Situation in Europe: How Has Russia’s War Against Ukraine Changed European Thinking?
Budapest / “OK, Boomer” or Reinterpreting The Power of the Powerless in the Digital Age
Bucharest / Europe in the Shadow of War
Cardiff / Peace and Democracy in Crisis
Cairo / The Power of Dialogue
London / Peace and Democracy in Crisis
Madrid / Challenges and Opportunities of the Green Transition: Energy Sustainability and Democracy
Munich / Environment, Borders, Fake News – Tasks of the Czech EU Presidency
Prague, Brno, Plzeň / Truth and Democracy
Paris / Europe in the Thought and Politics of Václav Havel
The Hague / Rotterdam / Freedom of Speech and Self-Censorship in the Era of Cancel Culture
Sofia / European Media Democracy in Times of Crisis
Tbilisi / The Legacy of Václav Havel – The Future of Relations between the EU and Associated Countries
Warsaw / Europe as a Problem or a Solution?
Waterville (Maine) / New York / Havel and Our Crisis
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