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SUMMARY:Book Presentation & Discussion with Thomas Harding – The Maverick - George Weidenfeld and the Golden Age of Publishing
DESCRIPTION:Hella Pick Lecture Series with the Weidenfeld Institute\, University of Sussex\nThe Austrian Cultural Forum invites you to the third event in the Hella Pick Lecture series in cooperation with the Sussex Weidenfeld Institute of Jewish Studies. \nThe evening will feature a book presentation of The Maverick – George Weidenfeld and the Golden Age of Publishing by renowned author Thomas Harding who will present his remarkable biography of the namesake of the Weidenfeld Institute – famed publisher Lord George Weidenfeld. \nThe presentation will be followed by a discussion with the director of the Weidenfeld Institute\, Professor Gideon Reuvenui. \nThe Sussex Weidenfeld Institute of Jewish Studies\, launched in 2019\, is an interdisciplinary research hub that places the Jewish experience in a broader context. Aimed to act as an agent of change\, their work is focussed on the present and making past experiences relevant in a world increasingly divided by disinformation and prejudice. \nThe Institute is home to the Centre for German-Jewish Studies\, which for over two decades has been at the forefront of academic enquiry into the history\, culture and thought of Jewish refugees from German-speaking lands. The Institute also works with Digital Holocaust Memory and Education Projects and sponsors prestigious Fellowship programmes. \nThomas Harding www.thomasharding.com is a bestselling author whose books have been translated into twenty languages. His publications include Hanns and Rudolf which won the Wingate Prize for Non-Fiction and Blood on the Page which won the Crime Writers’ Association’s Golden Dagger Award for Non-Fiction. His other books have received wide acclaim including The House by the Lake (shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award and extracted in BBC Radio 4’s Book Of The Week)\, Future History (nominated for the German Youth Literature Award ‘Best Youth Book’ and performed by Berlin Youth Ballet) and White Debt (longlisted for the Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing and dramatised on BBC Radio 4). In addition\, his book The Maverick: George Weidenfeld and the Golden Age of Publishing was chosen as a New York Times Critics’ Pick for 2023. His most recent book\, The Einstein Vendetta\, was published in 2025. \nThomas has written for the Sunday Times\, the Washington Post and the Guardian\, among other publications. In 2024\, he was elected as a visiting fellow of Jesus College Cambridge. For ten years (2014-2024) he was president of the Alexander Haus project outside of Berlin. \nAbout The Maverick \nAfter arriving in London just before World War II as a penniless Austrian-Jewish refugee\, George Weidenfeld went on to transform not only the world of publishing but the culture of ideas. The books that he published include momentous titles such as Lolita\, Double Helix\, The Group and The Hedgehog and the Fox\, with authors he championed ranging from Joan Didion\, Mary McCarthy\, JD Salinger\, Edna O’Brien\,  Henry Miller\, Harold Wilson\, Saul Bellow and Henry Kissinger. His role as publisher brought him into the orbit of influential figures such as George Bush\, Ann Getty\, Donald Trump and LBJ. \nIn this first biography\, Thomas Harding provides a full\, unvarnished\, and at times difficult history of this complex and fascinating character. Throughout his long career\, he was written about in the New York Times\, the Washington Post\, Time Magazine\, Vanity Fair\, and other publications. Was he\, as described by some\, the “greatest salesperson\,” “the world’s best networker\,” “the publisher’s publisher\,” and “a great intellectual”? Was his lifelong effort to be the world’s most famous host a cover for his loneliness? Who\, in fact\, was the real George Weidenfeld and how did he rise so successfully within the ranks of New York and London society?
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/book-presentation-discussion-with-thomas-harding-the-maverick-george-weidenfeld-and-the-golden-age-of-publishing/
LOCATION:Austrian Cultural Forum London\, 28 Rutland Gate\, London\, SW7 1PQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Literature,Talks
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SUMMARY:EUROLIS Seminar 2025 – Open libraries. Equity across and beyond the shelves
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for this exciting conference for LIBRARIANS! \nThe ACF is excited to announce this year’s seminar in cooperation with the European Parliament Liaison Office in the United Kingdom (EPLO London) and EUROLIS – an association of librarians and information professionals from various cultural institutions founded in 1998. \nMore info on EUROLIS can be found here. \n \n\n\n\nThis year’s seminar will be focussing on the topic: Open libraries. Equity across and beyond the shelves. \nThe conference will take place on Friday 21 November\, 10am – 4.30pm. \nWhere?\nEurope House\n32 Smith Square\nLondon SW1P 3EU \n \nLibraries are evolving in step with contemporary societies and their challenges. No longer confined to rows of shelves\, today’s libraries are dynamic\, multifunctional spaces where inclusivity\, accessibility\, and the sharing of knowledge are central to their mission.\nTo promote openness\, diversity\, and equity is to create spaces that welcome all\, reflect a plurality of voices and cultures and actively remove barriers to access. Modern libraries are places of encounter and exchange\, supporting communities with opportunities to learn\, connect\, and create. \n\nThis year’s seminar will highlight how libraries across Europe are responding to the challenges ahead—by hosting engaging events\, creative in-person workshops\, and initiatives that foster digital literacy and social inclusion. \nTogether\, we will explore how libraries can continue to serve as open gateways to equity\, across and beyond the shelves. \nMore info and programme to be announced here. \nBook your tickets here.
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/eurolis-seminar-2025-open-libraries-equity-across-and-beyond-the-shelves/
LOCATION:Europe House\,  32 Smith Square\, London\, SW1P 3EU
CATEGORIES:Talks
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SUMMARY:Semafor: The Birth of Pop Culture in Prague’s 1960s
DESCRIPTION:Bursting into the 1960s with wit\, charm\, and a rebellious spirit\, Prague’s Semafor Theatre became a beacon of creativity behind the Iron Curtain. The unforgettable duo of Jiří Suchý and Jiří Šlitr brought Czechoslovakia its first wave of modern pop\, offbeat humour\, and a form of rebellion that spoke a language different from that of official power and the media. Their songs became the soundtrack of a generation and a symbol of cultural resistance. In this special event\, music historian and author of Suchý & Šlitr\, Semafor 1959–1969\, Pavel Klusák\, and Jiří Šlitr’s daughter\, Dominika Křesťanová\, share stories\, rare insights\, and the cultural legacy of a duo who defined an era\, and the rebellion that stole a language for its own game. \n\n\n\n\nThis event also marks the recent release of Pavel Klusák’s book Suchý a Šlitr: Semafor 1959–1969 (Host\, 2024\, 456 pages\, ISBN 978-80-275-1813-5)\, which explores the rise of Semafor and its cultural impact during a decade of change. The book\, awarded the Egon Erwin Kisch Prize for non-fiction\, offers a vivid portrait of the duo’s creative world and their lasting influence on Czechoslovak popular culture. \n\n\nAdmission: £7 (+ Eventbrite fee)\nBOOK NOW
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/semafor-the-birth-of-pop-culture-in-pragues-1960s/
LOCATION:Czech Centre\, 30 Kensington Palace Gardens  \, London\, W8 4QY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Literature,Talks
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SUMMARY:Echo: Dorothy Cross in Conversation with Iwona Blazwick
DESCRIPTION:For the third conversation of Echo\, curator Iwona Blazwick speaks with Irish artist Dorothy Cross about her work and how her forms and images resonate with myth and metamorphosis. Being human in relation to the natural world is a motif running through the sculpture\, film & photography of Cross\, connecting her work with the animist beliefs of the ancient world. The talk will be followed by a Q&A session.  \nCross came to prominence in the 1990s with her use of the skins and udders of cows to create surreal draped figures reminiscent of Christian statuary. Throughout her career she has continued to cast animal\, plant and human forms – ranging from jellyfish and foxgloves to skulls and fingers – making sculptures and films that create metamorphic synergies between us and non-human species. Most recently Cross has turned to carving marble\, the material of Antiquity. Sourcing an astonishing range of geological colours and striations\, she carves exquisitely rendered feet as part of the stone yet emerging from it.  Rather than pairs of feet\, single or multiple feet are captured in the act of walking\, like the petrified ghosts of our ancestors. She has commented. ‘Good art should make you consider yourself in relation to time\, which means in relation to birth\, life and death’. Dorothy Cross’ oeuvre resonates with the winged or four legged gods and goddesses of Greco-Roman statuary and with ancient systems of belief where the non-human world was understood as sentient and magical.    \nImage: Dorothy Cross\, Poll Na bPéist\, 2008\, Archival pigment print 
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/echo-dorothy-cross-in-conversation-with-iwona-blazwick/
LOCATION:The Hellenic Centre\, 18\, 16 Paddington St\, London\, W1U 5AS\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:The Arc of History Lecture Series: The Hidden Impact of Allied Cultural Policies and the Austrian Exile Community on Austrian Culture After 1945
DESCRIPTION:The Arc of History Lecture Series: Austria 1900 – 2020 \nWe are excited to continue our series of lectures launched in 2024\, reflecting on Austrian history\, identity and creativity over a turbulent 120 year span. \n\nLecture 6: The Hidden Impact of Allied Cultural Policies and the Austrian Exile Community on Austrian Culture After 1945 \nBy Oliver Rathkolb \nBetween 1945 and 1955\, the four Allied powers (the U.S.\, U.K.\, France\, and the Soviet Union) took different approaches to cultural policy in Austria. These had a major impact on the art scene\, but this influence has largely been overlooked or forgotten. Now\, 80 years later\, this history is being revisited using an “archaeological” approach to recent history. After Vienna was liberated in April 1945\, its people were exposed to more international cultural influences than ever before. \nEven before 1945\, the Allies had identified culture and the media as important tools for shaping postwar society. In this lecture\, Oliver Rathkolb focuses on how these plans affected music\, theater\, and the media (newspapers\, publishing\, and radio) in Vienna—especially since the Western Allies only began operating there from September 1945. He explores how Austria’s cultural elites and the public responded to these efforts\, and what role this played in removing Nazi ideology and reducing German cultural dominance\, while expanding Austria’s cultural identity. \nIn the second part of the lecture\, Rathkolb looks at Austrians who went into exile in Britain during the war. He will highlight how they helped rebuild and internationalise Austrian culture after they returned home\, using specific case studies to illustrate their impact. \n\nOliver Rathkolb\, born in 1955\, is a former long-standing head and professor at the Institute for Contemporary History at the University of Vienna. He is the author of numerous publications on Austrian and international contemporary and cultural history\, editor of the journal zeitgeschichte\, as well as chairman of the Vienna Institute for Cultural and Contemporary History and Arts (VICCA) and the academic advisory board of the House of European History in Brussels. His recent publications (Molden publishing house) include Brigitte Hamann’s “Hitler’s Vienna: The Formative Years of a Dictator\,” reissued together with Johannes Sachslehner\, and previously “Schirach: A Generation Between Goethe and Hitler”. He also co-edited the publication “Controlled Freedom – Allied Cultural Policy in Vienna 1945-1955”\, published in 2025. \n\nKatherine Klinger is the initiator of the lecture series The Arc of History. Previously\, she was director of Second Generation Trust\, a UK-based charity specialising in post-Holocaust generational consequences. She organised a number of ground-breaking conferences in London\, Berlin and Vienna in the nineties\, aimed at bringing together descendants of both victims and perpetrators. Katherine ran the Education Department of the Wiener Holocaust Library for a decade. She has recently acquired Austrian citizenship. \n\nAbout the Arc of History Lecture Series: \nThe series commences with the last decades and the onset of Modernity from 1900. This was a profoundly significant period both artistically and intellectually\, with far-reaching influence and importance\, both nationally and internationally. Against this backdrop\, the lectures consider significant Jewish contributions to the period\, alongside the darker forces gathering momentum\, culminating in the tragic fate of Austrian Jewry and other victims. \nAustrian complicity\, together with a postwar victim narrative\, led many to shun a country that formally had nurtured some of the greatest achievements and minds of the early 20th century. With a growing recognition of the need to reassess its history\, Austria finally commenced\, in the mid-nineties\, its own unique process to repair some of the mid-century rupture. The announcement in 2020\, enshrined in law\, that all Austrian descendants of NS persecution have the right of citizenship\, is an important and significant contribution to this process. To date\, over 35\,000 people from across the world have acquired Austrian citizenship and it is estimated that the numbers will rise considerably in the next decade. \nThe final lecture in the series will reflect on the implications and meaning of citizenship in a country where connection has often been associated with tragedy and ambivalence\, and many have rarely\, if ever\, even visited. As a new chapter opens\, perhaps a new sense of purpose\, opportunity and responsibility emerges.
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/the-arc-of-history-lecture-series-the-hidden-impact-of-allied-cultural-policies-and-the-austrian-exile-community-on-austrian-culture-after-1945/
LOCATION:Austrian Cultural Forum London\, 28 Rutland Gate\, London\, SW7 1PQ\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Vaclav Havel European Dialogues / Growth and Inequality in Central Europe: Between Havel’s Vision and Today’s Cleavages
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a third edition of the annual Václav Havel European Dialogues\, a global series of discussions inspired by Havel’s enduring legacy organised jointly by the Czech Centre London\, SSEES and the Research Centre for the Study of Places\, Identities\, and Memories (PIMs). \n\nOver the last three decades\, the Central European countries have experienced some of the fastest economic growths in the world. The region has joined the ranks of highly developed countries\, and its citizens are wealthier and living longer than ever before. In Czechia\, this transformation was closely tied to the democratic ideals articulated by Václav Havel\, whose vision of an open society and civic responsibility shaped the country’s path during the early years of transition. Yet\, within a generation\, Central Europe has also moved from being one of the most egalitarian regions in Europe to one of the most unequal. This indicates that the growth has not benefited all equally. What are the sources of the Central European miracle\, and who are its main beneficiaries? What are the consequences of the increasing inequalities for these societies\, especially in the context of growing political polarisation? How can we ensure that future growth in the region will be inclusive? \nThe event will be moderated by Jessie Barton Hronešová and will feature an esteemed panel of speakers\, including Zsoka Koczan\, Lead Economist in the Office of the Chief Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development\, Lubomír Lízal\, economist and former director of CERGE-EI\, Prague\, Pawel Bukowski\, co-director of the new Research Center for the Study of Places\, Identities\, and Memories (PIMs)\, and a word of welcome by Přemysl Pela\, the director of the Czech Center in London. \nAbout the speakers: \nZsoka Koczan is Associate Director\, Lead Economist in the Office of the Chief Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. At the EBRD\, she edits the Regional Economic Prospects\, which review the latest economic developments in the EBRD regions\, works on the Transition Report\, EBRD’s annual flagship publication\, and runs the Life in Transition Survey\, a large household survey covering 44 economies. Prior to joining the EBRD\, she worked as an economist at the International Monetary Fund in the European and the Research Departments\, primarily on the World Economic Outlook. She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Cambridge \nPaweł Bukowski is a Lecturer in Economics at the University College London and the Polish Academy of Sciences. Also affiliated with the London School of Economics. He is a Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of Places\, Identities and Memories (PIMs) at UCL. His research focuses on socio-economic inequalities and labour economics. He has won multiple international research grants\, founded an expert group – Dobrobyt na Pokolenia and is a member of Concilium Civitas – a group of influential Polish social scientists working abroad. His book\, “Inequalities a’la Polonaise”\, won the Puls Biznesu Scientific Economics Book of the Year 2024 and the Marcin Król Prize 2025\, given for a significant contribution to the humanities and social sciences. \nLubomír Lízal has been a member of the Czech National Bank Board in 2011-2017; the Board is bank governing body and monetary policy committee. Since 1993 he has worked as a researcher at the Economics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences. In 2003–2008 he has been Director of both the Economics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences and CERGE\, Charles University. He is a member of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Czech Technical University\, and other scientific boards. He was a member of the National Economic Council of the Government. In years 2018-2019 he has served as the President of the Anglo-American University in Prague. Currently he is an associate professor at the Czech Technical University and at the University of Finance and Administration.\nMr Lízal graduated at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Czech Technical University. In 1998 he obtained a PhD in economics at CERGE\, Charles University and in 2006 he qualified as an associate professor in economics at Charles University. In his research he has focused on transition and environmental economics\, recently also on energy economics. \nJessie Barton Hronešová is a Lecturer in Political Sociology at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies\, UCL\, and Co-Director of the Centre for Study of Places\, Identities and Memories. In her work\, she focuses on victimhood narratives\, the politics of memory\, transitional justice and dealing with the past in Central and Southeast Europe. She is particularly interested in the political uses of emotionally charged and traumatic memories as well as how victims and survivors navigate politics. She is the author of The Struggle of Redress: Victim Capital in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2020) and Post-War Ethno-National Identities of Young People in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2012) and co-editor of The Nexus between Democracy\, Collective Identity Formation\, and EU Enlargement (2011). From 2019 to 2021 she was the ESRC Postdoctoral research Fellow at the University of Oxford and then a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at UNC Chapel Hill and Ca’ Foscari. Outside of academia\, she is a frequent policy advisor and consultant in international development in Central and Southeast Europe. \nPřemysl Pela is the Director of the Czech Centre London and the Programme Director of Czechia EXPO 2025 in Osaka. Premysl has served as the Director of the Czech Center in New York and worked for\, among others\, the Charles University’s CERGE-EI Institute and the Czech Academy of Sciences. In the private sector\, he has held various international top managerial roles. He also headed the Strategy and Innovation Department at the Czech Centre’s HQ in Prague and developed innovative projects presenting scientific creativity through advanced digital technology. He holds graduate degrees from the University of Wisconsin and Ostrava University and has completed academic and professional programmes in New York University\, Michigan University and the Civil Management College in London. \n\nFree entry\, REGISTER HERE
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/vaclav-havel-european-dialogues-growth-and-inequality-in-central-europe-between-havels-vision-and-todays-cleavages/
LOCATION:Czech Centre\, 30 Kensington Palace Gardens  \, London\, W8 4QY\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:In Conversation: Christina Mitrentse and Fiona Mouzakitis with Stephen Emmerson
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a breakfast reception\, followed by a conversation hosted by curators Christina Mitrentse and Fiona Mouzakitis\, alongside artist Stephen Emmerson. The talk will explore the interactive exhibition BOOKMORPHS: Artists’ Books from Greece and the UK\, which brings together 44 artists’ books and objects by contributors from both countries. A Q&A session will follow the discussion.  \nThe exhibition marks the first comprehensive presentation in London of contemporary artists’ books by Greek and British visual artists in dialogue.   \nParticipating artists: Eleni Angelou\, Nikos Arvanitis\, Rania Bellou\, David Blackmore\, Sarah Bodman\, Ismini Bonatsou\, BOOKEND – Matt Hale & Nick Cash\, Maria Bourbou\, Thodoros Brouskomatis\, Jonathan Callan\, Natassa Chelioti – Naga\, Ioanna Delfino\, Joe Devlin\, Anna Dimitriou\, Stephen Emmerson\, SJ Fowler\, Michael Hampton\, Rowena Hughes\, Inscription Journal (Gill Partington\, Simon Morris\, Adam Smyth)\, Antonia Iroidou\, Eleni Kastrinogianni\, Peggy Kliafa\, Alexia Kokkinou\, Georgia Kotretsos\, Nikos Kryonidis\, Vasiliki Lefkaditi\, Eleni Maragaki\, Kyriaki Mavrogeorgi\, Despina Meimaroglou\, Christina Mitrentse\, Fiona Mouzakitis\, Kiki Perivolari\, Stamatis Schizakis\, Ifigeneia Sdoukou\, Christina Sgouromiti\, Danai Simou\, Dimitris Skourogiannis\, Annetta Spanoudaki\, Nectarios Stamatopoulos\, Despina Stavrou\, Aris Stoidis\, Evangelos Tasios\, Yannis Tzortzis\, Leonie Yagdjoglou.  \nImage: Stephen Emmerson
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/in-conversation-christina-mitrentse-and-fiona-mouzakitis-with-stephen-emmerson/
LOCATION:The Hellenic Centre London\, 18\, 16 Paddington St\, ONLINE\, W1U 5AS\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Call Me Stratos: In Conversation with the author
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the launch of Chrysoula Georgoula’s debut novel\, followed by a discussion on modern challenges in Greece and a Q&A session. Call Me Stratos follows a man profoundly impacted by Greece’s financial crisis. The novel offers a powerful glimpse into the country’s recent turbulent history—from the Olympic Games to the economic collapse—highlighting the struggles of the working class.\n\nAfter a dramatic divorce\, and at the age of forty-two\, Stratos Achtidis returns to his family home to live with his mother and brother. Humiliated and feeling isolated from family and friends\, he turns to alcohol and reminisces about an over-glorified past. Through Stratos’s eyes\, the reader witnesses the social and economic transformations that have shaped Greek society over the past twenty-five years. The novel explores the struggles of ordinary working-class Greeks\, who have faced profound existential and financial challenges\, and the resulting shifts in their way of life.  \n\nGeorgoula delivers a pitch-perfect portrayal of the male psyche—particularly a certain kind of Greek male—with often brutal authenticity. Call Me Stratos is not just a compelling read; it is a powerful depiction of some of the most significant issues affecting Greek society.\n\nThe conversation will be led by Dr. Liana Giannakopoulou\, Senior Research Fellow at the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics\, University of Cambridge.’ \n\nIn collaboration with Istros books. 
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/call-me-stratos-in-conversation-with-the-author/
LOCATION:The Hellenic Centre\, 16-18 Paddington St \, London\, W1U 5AS\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Maria Theresa in Bohemia\, a Talk by Richard Bassett
DESCRIPTION:Maria Theresa was the single most powerful woman in eighteenth-century Europe. At the age of just twenty-three she succeeded to the Habsburg domains only to find them contested by almost every European power. Over the next forty years she became a fierce leader and opponent\, as well as a devoted wife and mother to sixteen children.\n\nHer radical reforms transformed central Europe and her lasting legacy continues to reverberate to this day.\n\nTicket price includes a glass of wine.\n\nRichard Bassett\, former Times correspondent in Eastern Europe and author of the widely acclaimed Last Days in Old Europe first travelled to Prague as an architectural historian. He later spent nearly ten years covering events in communist Czechoslovakia including the Velvet Revolution. An expert on Central Europe\, he taught at many European universities and is a Bye-Fellow of Christ’s College\, Cambridge. His latest book is Maria Theresa: Empress\, Yale University Press\, £25.\n\nEVENT ORGANISED WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE EMBASSY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC\n\nAll proceeds raised go towards the care and conservation of Czech heritage.\n\nImage: Empress Maria Theresa by Martin van Meytens (1759)\, Academy of Fine Arts\, Vienna via Creative Commons Wikimedia
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/maria-theresa-in-bohemia-a-talk-by-richard-bassett/
LOCATION:Embassy of the Czech Republic\, 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, W8 4QY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talks
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SUMMARY:Stories of Resistance: Olivier Norek in Conversation with Andrey Kurkov
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a powerful evening of conversation between bestselling French author Olivier Norek and acclaimed Ukrainian writer Andrey Kurkov\, as they explore war\, resistance\, and the endurance of the human spirit through their latest works. \nIn The Winter Warriors\, Olivier Norek revives the icy silence of the Finnish forests during the Winter war of 1939—a forgotten front where rifles froze\, but not the will of a nation. Against all expectations\, Finland resisted the Soviet onslaught with nothing more than skis\, cunning\, and courage. At the heart of this stark and haunting narrative stands Simo Häyhä\, the legendary sniper known as the White Death\, who becomes a chilling symbol of one man’s ability to shift the tide of history. \nMeanwhile\, in Our Daily War\, Andrey Kurkov writes from today’s frontiers—not of history\, but of life itself. With piercing humanity and quiet defiance\, he documents the everyday surrealism of Ukraine under siege: children doing schoolwork in metro stations\, winemakers repurposing war detritus\, and soldiers scribbling messages of remembrance on their ammunitions. \nTogether\, these two authors offer a unique and moving reflection on what is means to resist. Across time and geography\, The Winter Warriors and Our Daily War speak to the same truth: when history tries to erase a people\, resistance becomes not just survival\, but identity. \nAs war redraws maps and tests identities\, Norek and Kurkov remind us that it is not always the grand strategies that shape destiny\, but the unbreakable thread of resilience—from the snows of Karelia to the skies above Kyiv.
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/stories-of-resistance-olivier-norek-in-conversation-with-andrey-kurkov/
CATEGORIES:Literature,Talks
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SUMMARY:Albert Kner – Artist\, Icon\, Legend
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special evening celebrating the book Albert Kner: Artist\, Icon\, Legend: Discovering His Legacy in Industrial Design\, co-authored by Robert Elton Brooker III and Ádám Erdész. This beautifully produced volume brings long-overdue recognition to one of the 20th century’s unsung creative minds. \nAlbert Kner (1899–1976) was a Hungarian-American designer whose work shaped modern packaging and graphic design. From inventing the cardboard six-pack and the flip-top cigarette box to producing compelling stage sets\, furniture\, and printed matter\, Kner’s contribution to visual culture is both diverse and visionary\, yet remains largely unknown. \nThis event will contain a presentation by Robert Brooker III on Kner’s extraordinary life and career\, tracing his journey from early typographic experimentation in Hungary to his post-war success as Design Director for America’s largest cardboard manufacturer\, where he was tasked with an unusual but inspiring challenge: make cardboard beautiful. \nThe book includes 112 striking illustrations in black and white and full colour\, showcasing Kner’s elegant\, often ahead-of-his-time design work. As designer and author Bruce Kennett writes\, “Brooker and Erdész have done a superb job in presenting Kner’s remarkable life in all its phases… A wonderful book from start to finish.” \nDon’t miss this opportunity to rediscover a hidden gem of 20th-century design history – book your spot now.
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/albert-kner-artist-icon-legend/
LOCATION:Hungarian Cultural Centre\, 10 Maiden Lane\, London\, London\, WC2E 7NA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talks
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SUMMARY:Architecture for a Non-Precarious Future: Voices from Emerging Practice
DESCRIPTION:How can we drive a progressive transformation of architectural culture to create a more sustainable\, inclusive\, and resilient future? This panel discussion brings together curators and emerging architects from the UK and across Europe to share their perspectives on evolving professional landscapes and alternative models of practice that challenge the status quo.​ \n\nThe conversation will explore diverse strategies employed by these innovative practices\, including Edit Collective (UK)\, a feminist architecture collective dedicated to design and research projects that challenge societal norms; collcoll.cc (CZ)\, a collaborative collective emphasizing cross-sectional collaborations and fostering innovative architectural solutions through collective engagement; and LLRRLLRR (Estonia/UK)\, an experimental practice integrating sustainability and circularity into architectural design. Additionally\, the discussion will feature insights from a UK-based curator and writer known for her perspectives on architecture and design\, Vicky Richardson.​ \nChaired by Helena Huber-Doudova\, a curator at the National Gallery Prague and editor of “Architecture for a Non-Precarious Future: Notes on Practice\,” which builds upon the Czech presentation at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition\, La Biennale di Venezia—”The Office for a Non-Precarious Future\,” created by Eliška H. Pomyjová\, D. Neuhäusl\, and Jan Netušil.​ \nBy amplifying diverse voices and sharing actionable insights\, this event aims to spark dialogue and drive change in architectural practice.​ \nPanelists: Sophie Williams (Edit\, UK)\, Vicky Richardson (curator\, UK)\, Krištof Hanzlík (collcoll.cc\, CZ)\, Roland Reemaa / Laura Linsi(LLRRLLRR\, UK/EST). Chair – Helena Huber-Doudová (curator\, National Gallery Prague\, CZ) \n\nAdmission: £5Book Now HERE.  \nOrganised by the Czech Centre London\, part of the London Festival of Architecture.
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/architecture-for-a-non-precarious-future-voices-from-emerging-practice/
LOCATION:Czech Centre\, 30 Kensington Palace Gardens  \, London\, W8 4QY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talks
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SUMMARY:Voices for Freedom: An Evening with Oleksandra Matviichuk
DESCRIPTION:Join Oleksandra Matviichuk\, winner of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize\, for a charity event supporting war-affected communities in Ukraine. \nOleksandra Matviichuk\, has been a major figure in the fight for Ukraine’s survival. And she has given a voice to the victims of the conflict : the Center for Civil Liberties\, which she runs\, has tirelessly recorded the mass atrocities committed by Russia\, the daily war crimes on the battlefield\, the harrowing treatment of captives and the illegal abduction and reprogramming of children to reject their native language and culture. \nAs the pressure mounts on Ukraine to accept a ceasefire on any terms\, her greatest fear is that a peace defined in narrow\, territorial terms will achieve nothing. A robust peace is one that is built on the premises that Russia will not stop seeking the destruction of Ukraine through other means. She will explain that beyond security guarantees\, peace cannot be achieved without justice for the victims\, without the return of captives and children and without reparations to rebuild Ukraine. \nOrganised for charitable purposes\, this event is being held in partnership with the Insulate Ukraine association\, an innovative initiative that works to rehabilitate homes damaged by the bombardments. Half of all ticket proceeds will support their efforts\, with a dedicated fundraiser also taking place during the evening.
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/voices-for-freedom-an-evening-with-oleksandra-matviichuk/
LOCATION:Institut français in London\, 17 Queensberry Place\, London\, SW7 2DT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talks
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SUMMARY:Photographer John Donat in 1960s Crete
DESCRIPTION:Travelling to Crete after completing his studies at the Architectural Association\, John Donat found on the island the inspiration to redirect his career from architecture to photography – as he put it\, Crete set him free. Initially attracted by the prospect of recording the outstanding byzantine frescoes of the local churches\, Donat soon also turned his attention to the landscape and the towns’ streetscape. He became fascinated by all aspects of life on the island\, from the many traditional crafts to the religious festivities. It is indeed in Crete that he started to explore the theme that would become the leitmotif of his work\, the relationship between buildings and the people who inhabit them. Donat was to become one of the foremost British architectural photographers of his generation by capturing the built environment with a social documentary\, almost photojournalistic approach. He always valued his experience in Crete and\, many years later\, he managed to publish his beautiful images of the island in the book Crete 1960 (Crete University Press\, 1999) and display them at the Hellenic Centre in The Real Crete exhibition (2001). \n\nValeria Carullo\, Photographs Curator at the Royal Institute of British Architects\, presents Donat’s work. Q&A will follow the presentation.  \nTickets: £3/2 concession\, free for Members\n\n\nBooking required via Eventbrite\n or 020 7487 5060
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/photographer-john-donat-in-1960s-crete/
LOCATION:The Hellenic Centre\, 16-18 Paddington St \, London\, W1U 5AS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talks
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Hellenic Centre":MAILTO:info@helleniccentre.org
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SUMMARY:Women in Focus: Sara Polak
DESCRIPTION:The guest of the next edition of the Czech Centre’s Women in Focus series will be Sara Polak\, an archaeologist\, evolutionary anthropologist\, and technology innovator whose work bridges the humanities and cutting-edge AI research.\n\nPolak is a co-founder of the Mobilis Institute and the blockchain educational platform ShellProof\, a Visiting Research Fellow and part-time lecturer at the University of Oxford\, and leads the CCHAOS Research group at the Faculty of Information Technology\, Czech Technical University. Her focus lies in the digitisation of cultural heritage and the simulation of civilisational dynamics. Having spent much of her career in the UK and the USA tech sectors\, Polak is passionate about connecting modern technologies with the humanities. She has been named on Forbes’ 30 Under 30\, was recognised as a Top Innovator (2022)\, and received the Business Revolution Award from the UK Department for International Trade. She believes that only through education and interdisciplinary collaboration can humanity fulfil its potential — and perhaps one day survive on Mars. She explores these ideas through the Civilisational Resilience think tank\, which she co-founded.\n\nIn her talk Archaeology and AI: the last hope for our survival?\, Sara Polak will explore how civilisational resilience — the ability of societies to endure\, adapt\, and thrive through both crises and everyday pressures — increasingly depends on the synergy between technology and the humanities. She will examine how artificial intelligence and archaeology can enrich our understanding of past societies and offer strategies for a more sustainable future. By combining AI-driven archaeological research with humanistic insight\, we can preserve cultural heritage\, learn from historical adaptations\, and help shape ethical\, resilient technologies for generations to come.\n\nAdmission: £5 (+ Eventbrite fee)\nBook Here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/women-in-focus-sara-polak-tickets-1372620447709?aff=oddtdtcreator
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/women-in-focus-sara-polak/
LOCATION:Czech Centre at the Czech Embassy Cinema\, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens\, London\, Select a State\, W8 4QY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talks
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SUMMARY:Greece’s Gender Divide: Unmasking the Crisis of Femicides
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion with an all-female panel of academics from the UK and Greece discussing the gender divide and femicides in Greece. The forum examines the historical\, social\, and political factors behind gender inequality\, offering diverse perspectives and providing critical insights into the pressing issues confronting Greek society and the persistent gender inequality and violence against women. Speakers are Dr Afroditi Koulaxi\, LSE 100 Fellow at the London School of Economics\, Ioanna Gkoutna\, PhD Candidate at University College London\, Dr Charoula Tzanakou\, Director of CDPRP and Reader in Human Resource Management at Oxford Brookes Business School and Dr Sophie Chamas\, Senior Lecturer in Gender Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies.\n\nScholars will present research findings\, offer diverse perspectives\, and discuss the systemic factors that underpin gender-based violence in the country. The forum will provide a platform for in-depth analysis and constructive debate on the complex interplay of cultural\, economic\, and political forces shaping these issues. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage with the panelists during a moderated discussion\, fostering a comprehensive understanding of the challenges and potential solutions. This event aims to contribute to ongoing academic discourse and inform policy discussions surrounding gender equality and human rights in Greece. The session encourages dialogue\, promotes collaborative research\, and highlights actionable reform strategies. \n\nThe Q&A is moderated by Dr. Georgos Samaras\, Assistant Professor of Public Policy\, King’s College London.\nTickets: £3/2 concession\, free for Members\n\n\nBooking required via Eventbrite or 020 7487 5060
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/greeces-gender-divide-unmasking-the-crisis-of-femicides/
LOCATION:The Hellenic Centre\, 16-18 Paddington St \, London\, W1U 5AS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talks
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