Program
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