Boris Cvek

Oct 20, 2024 | blisty.cz | Muriel Blaive |Lesley Keen |Boris Cvek |Albín Sybera

20. 10. 2024/čas čtení13 minutManythanks to Éloïse Adde, Marián Lóži, and Jan Čulík for theirfeedback on this text. (Česky zde tento článek vyjde během týdne)WhenI began my PhD on Czechoslovak history in 1992, I was met in Praguewith skepticism, if not outright dismissal. “A foreigner writingabout Czech history?”, they would ask. “What can you possiblyknow about us? Did you live under communism? No?

Oct 3, 2024 | blisty.cz | Lesley Keen |Hannah Culik-Baird |Boris Cvek |Bohumil Kartous

4. 10. 2024čas čtení<1 minutaFoto: Oběti jsou většinou ženy a dětiPři izraelském útoku na školu pro sirotky ve městě Gaza zahynulo několik Palestinců, většinou dětí a žen, kteří se tam uchýlili po izraelských útocích. Záchranné týmy odklízely těla a hledaly přeživší. An Israeli strike on a school for orphans in Gaza City has killed several Palestinians, mostly children and women taking refuge there after being displaced by Israeli attacks.

Jun 3, 2024 | blisty.cz | Lesley Keen |Robert Anderson |Fabiano Golgo |Boris Cvek

4. 6. 2024čas čtení13 minutThis is an interview about the growing activities of Czech oligarchs Daniel Křetínský and others outside the Czech Republic, in particular in the West, and their attempts to present themselves as benign supporters of Western democracy. The interview is conducted in Czech, an English translation is here below.

Feb 9, 2024 | blisty.cz | Muriel Blaive |Lesley Keen |Albín Sybera |Boris Cvek

9. 2. 2024/čas čtení13 minutFrom Paris to Prague, from the extreme left to the extreme rightManythanks to Gérard-Danial Cohen for his critical comments. This textresults from a presentation at the workshop AfterCritical Theory? convened at Queen Mary University London by Eric Heinze, 2 February2024. Many thanks to him as well. May1968 in Paris must have been great fun.

Feb 8, 2024 | blisty.cz | Muriel Blaive |Lesley Keen |Albín Sybera |Boris Cvek

9. 2. 2024/čas čtení13 minutThe making of anticommunistmemory politicsManythanks to Gérard-Danial Cohen for his critical comments. This textresults from a presentation at the workshop AfterCritical Theory? convened at Queen Mary University London by Eric Heinze, 2 February2024. Many thanks to him as well. May1968 in Paris must have been great fun.