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)