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The complexity of Prague Spring and its legacies: multiple perspectives, few answers and more questions

Read the full article: The complexity of Prague Spring and its legacies: multiple perspectives, few answers and more questions by Jakub Csabay Concluding our special series connected with the Cambridge Central European Conference: Prague Spring and Its Legacies on Saturday 28 April 2018, conference co-organiser Jakub Csabay reflects on the conference […]

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The ambivalent anniversary that lost its heroes

Read the full article: The ambivalent anniversary that lost its heroes by Jaroslav Veis Continuing our special series connected with the Cambridge Central European Conference: Prague Spring and Its legacies on Saturday 28 April 2018, Jaroslav Veis takes a critical look at the ambiguities in the Prague Spring narrative.

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Prague Spring and its legacy: The Slovak perspective

Read the full article: Prague Spring and its legacy: The Slovak perspective by Adam Hudek Continuing our special series connected with the Cambridge Central European Conference: Prague Spring and its legacies on Saturday 28 April 2018, Adam Hudek looks at the 1968 reform programme and its significance and legacy for Slovakia.

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Prague Spring 1968 as seen through the eyes of a 15-year-old

Read the full article: Prague Spring 1968 as seen through the eyes of a 15-year-old by Ján Čulík Continuing our special series connected with the Cambridge Central European Conference: Prague Spring and its legacies on Saturday 28 April 2018, Ján Čulík recounts the events before and after the Soviet invasion, which he experienced as […]

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Havel’s Biafra of spirit? Prague Spring and the student movement

Read the full article: Havel’s Biafra of spirit? Prague Spring and the student movement by Jan Kavan Continuing our special series connected with the Cambridge Central European Conference: Prague Spring and its legacies on Saturday 28 April 2018, Czech politician Jan Kavan, a student leader in the 1960s and founder of the Palach Press […]

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January 1968 – fifty years on

Read the full article: January 1968 – fifty years on by Prof Miroslav Kusý. This article is the first in a special series connected with the Cambridge Central European Conference: Prague Spring and its legacies on Saturday 28 April 2018. Miroslav Kusý (1931, Bratislava, Slovakia) is Professor Emeritus (Political Science) at Comenius University in […]

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The Cambridge Minute: Jana Howlett

Ahead of the Cambridge Central and Eastern European Forum’s annual conference, emeritus lecturer in Slavonic studies Jana Howlett explains what the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact’s invasion of Czechoslovakia meant in the history of socialism, and what we’re in danger of forgetting 50 years on from the Prague Spring. Fifty […]

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Petra Roter

Read about a talk with Professor Petra Roter here: Between de facto and de jure minority protection in CEE region Professor Petra Roter, Ph.D. (Cantab.), M.Phil. (Cantab.), BA (Ljubljana), is at present a Visiting Scholar at POLIS, University of Cambridge. She has done extensive work in various areas related to minorities, […]

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CCE Conference

Cambridge Central European Conference 2018: Prague Spring and its legacies Commemorating the 50 years since the Prague Spring period in Czechoslovakia and the Warsaw Pact Invasion in August 1968, the Cambridge Central European Conference – Prague Spring and its Legacies, aims to bring attention to the way the cataclysmic events […]

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