Debates

The Twentieth Century Memorial Museum organizes debates for the public with interesting guests. They are conceived as multidisciplinary discussions and meetings of personalities who look at selected historical topics from different perspectives. They include renowned scholars and witnesses of historical events. Some of the debates are filmed and are available for those interested on the Museum’s YouTube channel. A summary of them is posted on this page.

THE TWENTIETH CENTURY MEMORIAL MUSEUM: WHY IT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED? WHAT ARE ITS ACTIVITIES AND PLANS?

2 February 2021 at 19:00 / Online debate
In cooperation with the Václav Havel Library
Guests: Hana Marvanová, Jan Kalous and Petr Blažek
Moderator: Jáchym Topol

LENNON'S WALL IN PRAGUE

8 December 2020 at 20:00 / Online debate
Guests: Roman Laube and Filip Pospíšil
Moderator: Petr Blažek

GUIDED TOUR OF THE 17 NOVEMBER EXHIBITIONS

17 November 2020 at 17:00 / Composed program
Guests: Jaroslav Hutka, Jiří Šesták, Alexandr Vondra, Jiří Pospíšil, Hana Marvanová, Petr Blažek, Maciej Ruczaj

CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND THE PHENOMENON OF BORDERS: A PHILOSOPHICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

19 October 2020 at 20:00 / Online debate
Guests: Radkin Honzák, Tomáš Halík and Miroslav Petříček
Moderator: Jan Samohýl

CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND THE PHENOMENON OF BORDERS: STATE BORDERS AND LAW

12 October 2020 at 20:00 / Online debate
Guests: Jan Kuklík, Jan Kysela and Věra Honusková
Moderator: Jan Wintr

CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND THE PHENOMENON OF BORDERS: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

5 October 2020 at 20:00 / Online debate
Guests: Jan Kalous, Ľubomír Morbacher and Prokop Tomek
Moderator: Petr Blažek

REVIVAL OF CIVIL SOCIETY DURING THE PRAGUE SPRING or WHAT THE AUGUST OCCUPATION DESTROYED

21 August 2020 at 17:00 / Online debate
Guests: Jan Kalous, Vít Fojtek, Jaroslav Šebek
Moderator: Petr Blažek

ROUND TABLE: INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEATH OF JAN MASARYK

16 June 2020 / Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
Guests: Jan Kalous, Martin Čermák, Václava Jandečková, Lukáš Kopecký, Jindřich Grulich, Vít Fojtek, Jaroslav Šebek
Moderator: Jan Oberfalzer, Jiří Šesták

EFFORTS TO PUNISH THE CRIMES OF COMMUNISM

25 June 2020 at 20:00 / Online debate
Guests: Ivana Janů, Hana Marvanová, Pavel Žáček
Moderator: Jan Kalous

JUDICIAL REHABILITATION AS A PATH TO REMEDY?

15 June 2020 at 20:00 / Online debate
Guests: Jaroslav Rokoský, Kamil Nedvědický, Jan Kalous
Moderator: Petr Blažek

DR. MILADA HORÁKOVÁ AND THE GREATEST POLITICAL PROCESS

8 June 2020 at 8:00 / Online debate
Guests: Petr Koura, Jan Kuklík, Martin Vadas
Moderator: Petr Blažek

MONUMENTAL DIPLOMACY AND HYBRID WARFARE

25 May 2020 at 20:00  / Online debate
In cooperation with the Václav Havel Library
Guests: Gabriela Havlůjová, Eduard Stehlík, Jefim Fištejn
Moderator: Michael Žantovský

MARSHAL KONEV IN ART AND PROPAGANDA

18 May 2020 at 20:00 / Online debate
In cooperation with the Václav Havel Library
Guests:Zdeněk Lukeš, Petr Koura and David Svoboda
Moderator: Petr Blažek

MARSHAL KONEV IN THE 20TH CENTURY

11 May 2020 at 20:00 / Online debate
In cooperation with the Václav Havel Library
Guests: Jan Adamec, Jiří Fidler, David Svoboda
Moderator: Jan Kalous

WHO REALLY LIBERATED PRAGUE?

4 May 2020 at 20:00 / Online debate
In cooperation with the Václav Havel Library
Guests: Pavel Kmoch, Eduard Stehlík and Pavel Žáček
Moderator: Jan Kalous

MENE TEKEL: CZECH ECHOES OF GEORGE ORWELL

24 February 2020 / Composed program
In cooperation with the Municipal Library in Prague
Guests: Petr Blažek and Jan Kalous
Moderator: Jiří Šesták