International Scientific Conference Dedicated to the 30th Anniversary of Charter 77
CHARTER 77
FROM THE ASSERTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
TO THE DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION
1977–1989
| Time: | 21st-23rd March 2007 |
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| Place: | Faculty of Arts of the Charles University (Prague, nám. Jana Palacha 2, Praha 1) and National Museum (Václavské náměstí 68, Praha 1) |
| Official languages: | Czech, Slovak, English, German |
| Organized by: | National Museum; Faculty of Arts of the Charles University, Prague; Institute for Contemporary History of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic; The Czechoslovak Documentation Center |
| Tuesday, March 20th, Faculty of Arts | ||
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| 18.00 | Opening of the exhibition I agree with the Charter 77 declaration of 1 January, 1977. Signatures of the first signatories (prepared by the Archive Department of the Security Units of the Ministry of Interior of the Czech Republic in cooperation with the Faculty of Arts) | |
| Wednesday, March 21st, National Museum | |
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| 15.00 – 19.00 | Registration |
| 15.00 – 16.30 | Press Conference |
| 16.55 | Alexandr Vondra, Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs shall deliver the opening speech of the conference. |
| 17.00 – 19.00 |
Movement for human and civil rights in the countries of the Soviet block and the fall of communism
A panel discussion with Václav Havel, Max van der Stoel, Jan Lityński, Miklós Haraszti, Miroslav Kusý, Ludmilla Alexeeva, Gerd Poppe, moderated by Vilém Prečan. |
| 19.00 – 20.00 | A concert by the Plastic People of the Universe |
| 20.00 – 21.30 | Reception |
| Thursday, March 22nd, Faculty of Arts | |
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| 8.30 – 18.00 | Registration |
| 9.00 - 9.30 |
Conference opening
Opening speeches by the representatives of organizing institutions - the Director General of the National Museum, the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, the Director of the Institute of Contemporary History of the Academy of Sciences. Introductory word on Charter 77 by Vilém Prečan, managing board chairman of The Czechoslovak Documentation Center. |
| 9.30 – 11.30 |
Part I Charter 77, Committee for the defense of unjustly persecuted persons, Movement for civil liberty. From moral to democratic revolution (1977–1989) Moderated by Michal Kopeček Jacques Rupnik - Charter 77, Human Rights and the Emergence of the European Public Space Barbara Falk - Charter 77: Legacies of Resistance and the Gift of Democratic Dissent James F. Pontuso - The Dissident Reception. Charter 77 in the U.S. Michael Kilburn - The Ironies of the Antipolitics Jaroslav Cuhra - Charter 77 Limits by Addressing the Public Discussion |
| 11.30 – 13.30 | Lunch |
| 13.30 – 15.30 |
Part II The origin and the beginnings of Charter 77 Discussion with the first signatories and personages of Charter 77 - Kamila Bendová, Ján Čarnogurský, Jiří Dienstbier, Jan Dus, Ladislav Hejdánek, Vlasta Chramostová, Eva Kantůrková, Pavel Kohout, Miroslav Kusý, Dana Němcová, Radim Palouš, Petr Pithart, Anna Šabatová, Jaroslav Šabata, Jiřina Šiklová, Martin M. Šimečka, Petruška Šustrová, Petr Uhl, moderated by Vilém Prečan. |
| 15.30 – 16.00 | Coffee break |
| 16.00 – 18.00 |
Part III The reception of Charter 77 abroad and supportive international solidarity Moderated by Wolfgang Eichwede Manfred Wilke - Die Charta 77 in Spiegel des Spiegels [Charter 77 in the Mirror of Journal Spiegel] František Janouch - Dissidents in Czechoslovakia and Their Equipment [CZ] Bernd Gehrke - Solidarität mit Prag nd DDR-Opposition in der 70er Jahren [Solidarity with Prague and the Opposition in German Democratic Republic in the Seventies] Jaroslav Pažout - International Solidarity with the Persecuted Chart 77 Signatories Milan Hauner - Charter 77 and the European Peace Initiative Discussion |
| 18.00 – 19.00 | Refreshment break |
| 19.00 – 21.00 |
Ženy Charty 77[Charter 77 Women]
Projection of the documentary cycle and discussion with authoress Tereza Svěráková |
| Friday, March 23rd, Faculty of Arts | |
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| 8.30 – 15.00 | Registration |
| 9.00 – 11.00 |
Part IV The Communist regime against Charter 77 – Charter 77 against the Communist regime Moderated by Milan Schulz Martin Machovec - Charter 77 and the Underground Movement Jiří Gruntorád - Charter 77 against the Regime Petr Blažek - Charter 77 in the State Security Police Investigation Acts Petr Cajthaml - The Communist Propaganda against Charter 77 Discussion |
| 11.00 – 11.30 | Coffee break |
| 11.30 – 13.30 |
Part V Charter 77 and the cooperation of dissidents in the Soviet block countries Moderated by Jacques Rupnik Svetlana Savranskaya - M.S. Gorbachev ane East European Dissidents Wolfgang Templin - Charta 77 und DDR-Opposition. Nähe und Einfluss [Charter 77 and the Opposition in German Democratic Republic. Relationship and Influence] Łukasz Kamiński - The Polish Opposition and Charter 77 János Rainer - The Impact of Charter 77 on the Establishment of the Hungarian Democratic Opposition in the late Seventies Tomáš Vilímek - Charter 77: Its Perception in the German Democratic Republic Discussion |
| 13.30 – 15.00 | Lunch |
| 15.00 – 17.00 |
Part VI Charter 77 as an object of scientific research Moderated by Oldřich Tůma Françoise Mayer - Charter 77 as an Object of Scientific Research Vilém Prečan - Charter 77 as a Living Through Jan Pauer - Charter 77 as the Independent Public Miroslav Vaněk - Oral History and the Research in the Opposition, 1969-1989 Prokop Tomek - State Security Police and Ministry of Interior Sources on Charter 77 Research Discussion |
| 17.00 |
Closing of the conference (concluding remarks by Thomas Blanton) |