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 Conference is held annually in Prague (spring) and Brussels (autumn).
Together with the Václav Havel Library, we have decided to bring the project to other countries on the occasion of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU. In 2022, The Václav Havel European Dialogues will, therefore, take place in 21 European countries and the USA with the support of Czech embassies and many local educational and cultural institutions.
The recordings of the Václav Havel European Dialogues are available here.
2025
- Seoul
- Cairo
- Bucharest
- Brussels
- London
2024
- Bucharest (Europe. Our past and future, 17. 5.)
- Cairo (European Václav Havel Dialogues, 1. 10.)
- London (Timothy Garton Ash - The importance of Central Europe in today’s World , 3. 10.)
- Brussels (European Václav Havel Dialogues, 18. 11.)
2023
In 2023, the Dialogues took place in the following centres of our site:
- Prague (Havel, Europe and the world, 25. 1.)
- Bucharest (Role of desinformation in the modern world, 8. 5.)
- Sofia (Roma activism in Europe (24. 9.)
- London (European Václav Havel Dialogues 2023, 10.–12. 10.)
- Tbilisi (Georgia and Europe from the student’s perspective, 8. 11.)
- Brussels (European Václav Havel Dialogues 2023,
- Cairo (Václav Havel and Disinformation, 12. 12.)
2022
In 2022, we organized European Dialogues as part of the cultural program for the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU in a total of 18 cities in Europe and the USA. You can watch the recording of the individual conferences from 2022 here.
- Bratislava (Havel-Albright Transatlantic Dialogues (HATD): Battles on the Front Line: Can Democracies Stop Tyranny?, 8. 6.)
- Brussels (Democracy and the New Geopolitical Situation in Europe: How Has Russia's War Against Ukraine Changed European Thinking?, 14. 11.)
- Budapest ("Ok, Boomer" or a Reinterpretation of The Power of the Powerless in the Digital Age, 21. 11.)
- Bucharest (Europe in the Shadow of War, 9. 5.)
- Cardiff (Peace and Democracy in Crisis, 19. 10.)
- Cairo (The Power of Dialogue, 11. 12.)
- London (Peace and Democracy in Crisis; 18. 10.)
- Madrid (Challenges and Opportunities of the Green Transition. Energy Sustainability and Democracy, 8. 11. 2022)
- Munich (Environment, Borders, Fake News – tasks of the Czech EU Presidency, 22. 11.)
- Prague, Brno, Pilsen (Truth and Democracy, 10.–12. 5.)
- Paris (Europe in the Thought and Politics of Václav Havel, 17. 10.)
- The Hague / Rotterdam (Freedom of Speech and Self-Censorship in the Age of "Cancelled Culture", 13. 10.)
- Sofia (European Media Democracy in Times of Crisis, 20. 9.)
- Tbilisi (Václav Havel's Legacy - The Future of the EU and Associated Countries' Relations, 10. 11.)
- Warsaw (Europe as a Problem or a Solution?, 5. 10.)
- Waterville (Maine) / New York (Havel and Our Crises, 28.–30. 9.)
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