International Conference
Human rights, the activities of opposition movements
and the fall of communist regimes in Central Europe in 1989
Date: 28 – 29 May 2009
Place: Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Národní 3, Prague 1
Main Conference Organisers:
Institute of Contemporary History of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Libri Prohibiti, the Library of Samizdat and Exile Literature
Preliminary Conference Programme:
Tuesday May 28, 2009
2 pm – Conference Opening
2.30 – 4 pm – Human rights, the Helsinki process and communist regimes (papers presented by academic historians)
4 – 4.15 pm – Coffee Break
4.15 – 4.45 pm – Documentary Film Screening
4.45 – 6 pm – Opposition movements and the fall of communist regimes in Central Europe (panel discussion with eyewitnesses and participants)
Wednesday May 29, 2009
9 – 11.15 am – The dissident and opposition movements in the Soviet Bloc (papers presented by academic historians)
11.15 – 11.30 am – Coffee Break
11.30 am – 1 pm - The dissident and opposition movements in Czechoslovakia (papers presented by academic historians)
1 – 2 pm – Lunch Break
2 pm – 2.30 pm – Documentary Film Screening
2.30 pm – 4 pm – ‘The Revolution Carnival’: Street protests at the end of the 1980s (panel discussion with eyewitnesses and participants)
Contact: Petr Blažek, blazek@usd.cas.cz