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On November 14, 2024, Anglo-American University (AAU) hosted former Polish president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lech Wałęsa for a discussion on the fight for freedom and democracy and the challenges facing Europe and the world. After an introduction by President Jiří Schwarz, who credited the guest speaker with “turning our hope into a reality”, […]
On November 7, 2024, Anglo-American University (AAU) hosted the final ceremony of the 2024 Velvet Revolution Writing Contest at its Prague campus. The event marked the conclusion of a competition held to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution and featured the announcement of contest winners and the release of an anthology containing selected […]
Anglo-American University (AAU), in partnership with the Strategeo Institute, hosted a public debate on the potential impacts of the 2024 U.S. presidential elections, on October 24, 2024. The debate took place on the AAU campus and featured a panel of five experts from varied backgrounds: Roman Joch, director of the Civic Institute; Tomáš Klvaňa, visiting […]
Dr. Monika MacDonagh-Pajerová, AAU lecturer and former diplomat, was elected chairwoman of the Council of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes (ÚSTR) on October 9, 2024. MacDonagh-Pajerová is known for her role as a student leader in the Velvet Revolution of 1989, a key event in Czechoslovakia’s transition from communism to democracy, during […]
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