2013: Give Citizen a Chance

PROGRAMME

FRIDAY 15 November

17:30 Conference opening

Magdaléna Vášáryová, chairwoman, Via Cultura

Karel Schwarzenberg, politician

Filip Radunović, project manager Europe, ERSTE Foundation

 

 

18:00 Panel 1: Citizen Amnesia

Could the absence of a legacy of citizen-inspired change be hampering the creation of genuine civic space in Central and Eastern Europe?

Péter Esterházy (Hungary), Marci Shore (USA), Rudolf Chmel (Slovakia), Viktor Erofeyev (Russia), Slavenka Drakulić (Croatia).

Moderator: Jacek Żakowski (Poland)

 

SATURDAY 16 November

11:00 Film screening : The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology

Kino Film Europe, Pisztory Palace. Entry €4.00  students €2.00

In cooperation with our partner Film Europe we will premiere Slavoj Žižek’s film The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology in an authentic 1950’s cinema.

 

14:00 Panel 2: Don’t Act, Think!

Discussion not only about the film but also about the ideological temptations all around us.

Egon Gál (Slovakia), Miroslav Petříček (Czech Republic). Moderator: Michal Havran (Slovakia)

 

16:00 Panel 3: Bloodlands

Europe between Hitler and Stalin. Debate based on Timothy Snyder’s book.

Timothy Snyder (USA), Martin M. Šimečka (Slovakia). Moderator: Thierry Chervel (Germany)

 

 

18:30 Panel 4: Save the Citizen!

Is there a sound alternative to the existing institutions of representative democracy? If so, is this alternative more democratic than the existing one? If not, how to overhaul representative democracy to make it more democratic?

Ivan Krastev (Bulgaria), Ilija Trojanow (Germany), Lucinda Creighton (Ireland), Justin Wedes (USA), Aleš Debeljak (Slovenia). Moderator: Martin Bútora (Slovakia)

 

SUNDAY 17 November

14:30 Panel 5: Why is Europe Still Alive?

Has Europe survived thanks to its individual civic cultures or despite the absence of a common European civic culture?

Pascal Bruckner (France), Leonidas Donskis (Lithuania), Timothy Snyder (USA), Karel Schwarzenberg (Czech Republic), Olga Tokarczuk (Poland). Moderator: Chris Keulemans (Netherlands)

FRINGE EVENTS

 

FRIDAY 15 November – SUNDAY 17 November

Faces

Pisztory Palace, Bratislava

Peter Župník’s photo exhibition capturing the five years of Central European Forum through a series of photo portraits.

Peter Župník (Slovakia/Czech Republic/France)

 

SUNDAY 17 November

11:00 ASPEKT at Central European Forum

Pisztory Palace, Bratislava

On literature, borders, feminism, taking things for granted and travelling.  Discussion with one of the most popular Polish writers combined with a reading.

Olga Tokarczuk (Poland)

Moderators: Jana Juráňová and Jana Cviková (Slovakia)