Events: October 2010 September November
Plato on Kampa – LOTR in Hrádeček 05/10/10
Where in 1970s and 1980s the interests of Václav Havel met with diverse philosophical themes, joy of play and admiration for the Lord of the Rings? In Kampademia - the renewed Platonic academy based on Prague’s Kampa, whose members included Tomáš Halík (Gandalf), Radim Palouš (Elrond), Martin Palouš (Sam), Daniel Kroupa (Frodo), Pavel Bratinka (Gimli), Helena Webrová (Mulier) and Ivan M. Havel (Puzuk). The exhibition - Autumn project of the Václav Havel Library – presents the unique intellectual fellowship of Kampademia in period documents. Více
Fausting with Havel 08/10/10 18:00
Collection of texts from 1986 in which members of Kampademie association reacted to Havel's play Temptation. The book includes works of Ivan M. Havel, Radim Palouš, Martin Palouš, Daniel Kroupa, Pavel Bratinka, Helena Webrová and Zdeněk Neubauer. It is accompanied with contemporary transcription of interview Kampademics led with Václav Havel. Till now, it has been published only in Samizdat series Expedice. Více
Consolatio Philosophiae Hodierna 08/10/10
The Czech-English notebook contains an essay on the last sixteen Letters to Olga (No. 129–144) written by Zdeněk Neubauer in 1984. The publication also includes a contemporary interview with the author about a midsummer trip, Kampademia, letters from prison and letters to prison, about Consolatio philosophiae, Hrádeček, and also about Catholicism, magic mushrooms as well as Tolkien... Více
Kampademic colloquium 08/10/10 14:00
The first public meeting of Kampademia members. Introductory word: Martin C. Putna and Radim Palouš. Více
Letters to Olga – essays written in prison, letter
„So-called contradictions between different schools of thought do not bother me in the least, and it doesn’t seem at all perverse to conduct oneself quite “situationally” in that regard. If a certain term, or terminology or theory seems apt in a given situation or context, I have no compunctions whatsoever about exploiting it to the full ( and I don’t mind if it makes me seem like an epigone). At the same time, however, I don’t feel the least bit bound by any “allegiance”.“
Václav Havel:
Letters to Olga – essays written in prison, letter
May 1, 1981
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