Archive of past events


Presentation of the working group on the Platform of European Memory and Conscience in Brussels

Brussels, 18 January, 2010 - Members of the working group on the Platform of European Memory and Conscience made their first joint public appearance today at a press conference at the office of the Council of Europe in Brussels...

Published: 20.01.2010

Institute Director Žáček becomes founding member of the International Learned Committee of the Estonian Institute of Historical Memory

Prague/Tallinn, December 2009 – On the invitation of President of the Republic of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes Director Pavel Žáček has become a founding member of the International Learned Committee of the recently established Estonian Institute of Historical Memory... » more

Published: 05.01.2010

Securitas Imperii

Securitas Imperii is the peer-reviewed periodical of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes concerned primarily with the 1938-1989 period (in Czechoslovakia and abroad). In the most recent issue of Securitas Imperii, readers can find five original historical essays of wide thematic scope...

Published: 28.12.2009

The Minister of the Interior’s Inspectorate, 1953-1989

In its latest documentary history, the Institute introduces the publication of author Milan Bárta. The goal of this documentary history is to clarify for readers the organization and impact of this until now little known, albeit important component of the Czechoslovak Ministry of the Interior.

Published: 22.12.2009

Agreement signed with an additional Ukrainian partner

Prague/Kiev, December 14, 2009 – On Monday, December 14, representatives of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes and Security Services Archive signed a cooperation agreement with the Security Service of Ukraine in Kiev.

Published: 16.12.2009

Results of the Activities of the Institute for the Study of Totalitiarian Regimes and the Security Services Archive

We would like to take the liberty of providing you with some information regarding the activities of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes and the Security Services Archive, since their establishment on 1 February 2008 up to 30 November 2009.

Published: 07.12.2009

The Institute and Archive Receive a Joint Visit from the Ambassors of the Kingdom of Belgium and the Republic of South Africa

Prague, December 2, 2009 – The directors of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes and Security Services Archive, Pavel Žáček and Ladislav Bukovszky, welcomed two esteemed visitors in one day at the institutions they run...

Published: 03.12.2009

“Prague Through the Lens of the Secret Police” Exhibition Opens at Harvard University

Boston, November 15, 2009 – The Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes and Security Services Archive, in cooperation with the Cold War Studies Project at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University, opened the exhibition “Prague Through the Lens of the Secret Police” and introduced the companion book of surveillance photographs on November 15 at Harvard’s Center for Government and International Studies in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Published: 19.11.2009