Conferences
International conference “Crimes of the Communist Regimes”
The Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes together with partner institutions from abroad is organizing an international conference “Crimes of the Communist Regimes” which will take place on 24-26 February 2010 at the Senate, Parliament of the Czech Republic and the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic in Prague. The conference's aims are to put together an overview of crimes committed by the communist regimes behind the iron curtain, assess them from a legal standpoint, and search for possible solutions to today's situation, with the ultimate goal being a better understanding and strengthened European integration across the former East-West divide.
International Conference “Twenty Years After: Central and Eastern European Communist Regimes as a Shared Legacy”
The Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes of the Czech Republic is organizing the international conference “Twenty Years After: Central and Eastern European Communist Regimes as a Shared Legacy“ in association with partner institutions in other countries. The conference is based on an interdisciplinary or multi-disciplinary approach towards the late communist period of the 1980s and its legacy to the present day. It will offer uncommon methods and topics to the wider academic community as well as to the interested public. The conference takes place in Prague, Czech Republic on October 6-7, 2009. Applications should be sent to katka.volna@ustrcr.cz by July 10, 2009.
International Conference “Resistance and Opposition against the Communist Regime in Czechoslovakia and Central Europe”, 15-16 April 2009, Prague, Czech Republic
The Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes in cooperation with the Government of the Czech Republic, on the occasion of the Czech Presidency of the European Union, is organizing a two-day international conference on the subject of the Resistance and Opposition against the Communist Regime in Czechoslovakia and Central Europe. The conference takes place in Prague on 15-16 April 2009 and will be inaugurated by Mirek Topolánek, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic. Dead line for registration is February 28, 2009.
Hearing in the European Parliament “European Conscience and Crimes of Totalitarian Communism: 20 Years After” (Brussels March 18, 2009)
International Conference “NKVD/KGB Activities and its Cooperation with other Secret Services in Central and Eastern Europe 1945-1989, II.“
The international conference under the name “NKVD/KGB Activities and its Cooperation with other Secret Services in Central and Eastern Europe 1945-1989, II.“ is scheduled in Prague on 19 – 21 November 2008. The event will follow up the conference on KGB activities held in Bratislava in November 2007, and the same event will be organized by the German Office of the Federal Commissioner Preserving the Records of the Ministry for State Security of the GDR in Berlin in 2009. The conference is aimed to uncover the activity of Soviet state security and intelligence services in Central and Eastern Europe and their cooperation with security services of other communist states, based on findings by Czech and foreign experts.
- Catalogue (PDF 368)
- Photogallery
- “The Soviet Secret Services in Czechoslovakia” Exhibition
- Important dates,Topics, Registration form
International Conference “Security Apparatus, Propagandism and Prague Spring”
The international conference “Security Apparatus, Propaganda and the Prague Spring” is scheduled in Prague on 7 – 9 September. The event will open with a commemorative concert devoted to Ryszard Siwiecz who burnt himself to death in protest against Czechoslovakia’s occupation in September 1968, four months earlier than Jan Palach. In the course of the two days’ conference, contributions by Czech, Polish and Hungarian historians will be presented in five specialized panels. Two other panels will be devoted to discussions with witnesses, even from states that participated in Czechoslovakia’s occupation. The event is co-organized by Poland’s Institute of National Remembrance, Hungary’s Institute for the History of the Hungarian Revolution 1956 and the Polish Institute from the Czech Republic.