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Apart from the public lecture, Raimond Gaita will lead an intensive seminar at our Centre. You can find the programme of his activities below. 

Thursday December 5 (EB 01017)

­14-16          “One of those books we cannot do without”: Reflections on Primo Levi’s If This is a Man.

Public Lecture with Professor Raimond Gaita (University of Melbourne/Centre for Ethics, University of Pardubice).

Friday December 6 (Alpha, Seminar Room)

In 1978 Václac Havel wrote his now legendary underground essay on the ”power of the powerless” in the post-totalitarian Soviet bloc. Dedicated to the memory of Czech philosopher Jan Patočka (1907-1977)––like Hável, a member of the Charter 77 human rights movement––the text examines a constellation of concepts that remain crucial for understanding Soviet Eastern Europe specifically and political oppression generally: power, ideology, freedom, responsibility, technological civilization, and the central yet problematic figure of ”the dissident”.

For PhD seminar programme, click HERE

This month, our Centre co-organises a workshop entitled "Partisanship and compassion in a time of populism" at Kings College, London. We cordially invite everyone to come!

DAY 1: Tuesday, 27 August

9:50 welcome

10:00-11:00 Tony Milligan (King’s College London): The Ethics of Political Dissent

11:30-12:30 Kamila Pacovská (University of Pardubice): The Irresistible Spell of a Populist Leader

lunch break