STODOLA MYŠLENEK

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

THE PAST IS NOT HISTORY – A Reflection of Today’s Uncertainties

A podcast by journalist Jan Vávra and historian Jakub Rákosník. What story do we want to tell about our own history? Is history merely an interpretation of stories written by the victors?

August 1968
How do we interpret and remember one of the defining moments in Czech history, and how do these interpretations and memories change over time?

Jakub Rákosník (speaker) – a historian specialising in the economic and social history of the 19th and 20th centuries. He is an associate professor at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, and also head of the Department of Economic Studies at Jan Amos Comenius University in Prague.

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

DOBROVSKÝ & ŠÍDLO: A podcast produced by Memory of the Nation

This podcast, produced by Paměť národa, offers a “regular dose of opinions, memories, information, and sentiment” spanning from the 1990s to the present. What did people go through, and how did they survive? A unique blend of politics and history presented by Jan Dobrovský, chairman of the Paměť národa board, and Jindřich Šídlo, political commentator and journalist.

Jan Dobrovský – Chair of the ‘Memory of the Nation’ Board
Jindřich Šídlo – political commentator and journalist