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DESCRIPTION:\nWhen and Where: \nFriday, November 06, 2020 10:00 am to 11:
 30 am \n Online Event \n\nSpeakers \nDr. Petr Buriánek (Czech Consul Gener
 al in Toronto) Prof. Barbara J. Falk (Canadian Forces College) \n\nDescrip
 tion: \nTogether with Dr. Buriánek, who spent eight years as an adviser t
 o Czech President Václav Havel, Professor Falk will facilitate a conversa
 tion examining the importance of Havel’s thoughts on civil society not onl
 y for the transition from Communism but also for democratic stability. How
  have Havel’s values still resonate throughout Central and Eastern Europe 
 and in what ways? And how does remembrance of Havel fit into the “politics
 ” of memory in the Czech Republic today?Petr Buriánek is currently Consul 
 General of the Czech Republic in Toronto. With a doctorate in history from
  Charles University in Prague, Dr. Buriánek has had a distinguished diplo
 matic career, having served with the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs in
  several ambassadorial roles – including Croatia, Italy and Malta – as we
 ll as holding regional advisory portfolios within the Ministry’s Prague of
 fices. Prior to entering the world of diplomacy, he served in the Office 
 of the President of the Czech Republic as Adviser to then President Václav
  Havel between 1994 and 2002.Barbara J. Falk is Professor, Department of 
 Defence Studies at the Canadian Forces College/Royal Military College of C
 anada, and author of The Dilemmas of Dissidence: Citizen Intellectuals an
 d Philosopher Kings (2003) and Political Trials: Causes and \nCategories (
 2008). Her primary research interest is political trials, particularly in
  the persecution and prosecution of domestic dissent. She is currently wri
 ting a book on comparative political trials across the East-West divide du
 ring the early Cold War, examining the Rajk, Slánský, Dennis and Rosenb
 erg trials. Prior to her academic career, she worked in the both the priv
 ate and public sectors in human resources, labour relations and women’s i
 ssues. For more information. Open house poster CERES MA Oct 2020.pdf \n\nC
 ontact Information: \n Joseph Hawker j.hawker@utoronto.ca Centre for Europ
 ean, Russian, & Eurasian Studies \n\nSponsors \nCentre for European Russ
 ian & Eurasian Studies, Munk School; Consulate General of the Czech Repu
 blic in Toronto \n\nCategories \n Discussion PanelsLectures \n\nAudiences 
 \n Alumni and FriendsCommunityFacultyFirst-Year StudentsGraduate StudentsG
 raduating StudentsUndergraduate Students
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SUMMARY:What Would Václav Havel Say?
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