TUESDAY, 2 May

 

10:00 – 12:00 Workshop: F. Tava, The Risk of Freedom: Ethics, Phenomenology and Politics in Jan Patočka

Participants: Ian Angus, Aspen Brinton, James Dodd, Francesco Tava

Chair: Daniel Leufer

Venue: Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven

 

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch

 

13:00 – 16:00 Workshop: The Languages of Philosophy – Patočka in Translation

Participants: Erika Abrams, Ivan Chvatík, Jan Frei, Ludger Hagedorn, Sandra Lehmann, Daniel Leufer, Saverio Matrangolo, Karel Novotný, Riccardo Paparusso

Chair: Francesco Tava

Venue: Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven

 

19:00 Conference Opening

Words of welcome: Nicolas de Warren

Speakers: Jan Sokol, Filip Karfík, Václav Hampl

Chair: H.E. Jaroslav Kurfürst, Ambassador of the Czech Republic in Belgium

Venue: Prague House, Brussels.

(The event will be followed by a reception)

 

WEDNESDAY, 3 May

 

10:00 – 12:00 Roundtable: Charter ’77 and the Meaning of Dissidence

Main Speaker: Michal Žantovský, Václav Hampl, Martin Palouš

Respondents: Pieter Lagrou, Peter Vermeersch

Chair: Luděk Niedermayer, MEP

Venue: European Parliament, Brussels

 

15:00 – 19:00 Conference Session A: Patočka and the Political

Speakers:  Aspen Brinton, Caterina Di Fazio, Jozef Majerník, Emre Şan

Venue: Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven

 

THURSDAY, 4 May

 

09:00 – 13:00: Conference Session B: Europe and Phenomenology

Speakers: Eddo Evink, Witold Płotka, Martin Ritter, Gustav Strandberg

Venue: Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven

 

15:00 – 19:00: Conference Session C: Patočka in Dialogue

Speakers: Ian Angus, Jakub Homolka, Martin Koči, Ľubica Učník

Venue: Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven

 

FRIDAY, 5 May

 

09:00 – 13:00: Conference Session D: Politics and Society

Speakers: Jonathan Bolton (keynote), Rajendra Chitnis, Tomáš Herrman, Astrid Muls

Venue:  Maison des Arts, ULB, Avenue Jeanne 56, Brussels

 

15:00 – 19:00: Conference Session E: Philosophy and the Arts

Speakers: Petra James, Jan Josl, Ondřej Sládek, Jan Tlustý

Venue:  Maison des Arts, ULB, Avenue Jeanne 56, Brussels

 

SATURDAY, 6 May

 

09:00 – 14:00 Workshop: J. Bolton, Worlds of Dissent: Charter 77, the Plastic People of the Universe, and Czech Culture under Communism

Participants: Jonathan Bolton, Petra James, Françoise Mayer, Astrid Muls, Francesco Tava

Venue: Maison des Arts, ULB, Avenue Jeanne 56, Brussels