Live podcast: Dissent Lab with Sergei Lebedev
Each episode features a modern-day Havel: The Vaclav Havel Center presents this unforgettable series. Vaclav Havel was a writer, human rights activist, and eventual world leader whose political fight for
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Vaclav Havel Center Announces Winner of 2026 ‘Disturbing the Peace’ Award
We are proud to announce Pham Doan Trang as the 2026 recipient of the Disturbing the Peace Award to a Courageous Writer at Risk, marking the 10th anniversary of the
Live podcast: Dissent Lab with Sergei Lebedev
Each episode features a modern-day Havel: The Vaclav Havel Center presents this unforgettable series. Vaclav Havel was a writer, human rights activist, and eventual world leader whose political fight for
Havel 90: Program
Days with Havel, Gala, Film Screenings, Theater, Live Podcast & Much More This fall, we come together to celebrate what would have been Václav Havel’s 90th birthday — and, more
Havel at 90: Annual Gala 2026
Vaclav Havel Center and the Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association invite you to a special evening marking the 90th anniversary of Václav Havel’s birth and celebrating the ideas, courage, and
2026 DISTURBING THE PEACE AWARD: SHORT LIST ANNOUNCED
The annual Disturbing the Peace Award to a Courageous Writer at Risk recognizes authors of distinguished works of fiction, literary nonfiction, biography, memoire, drama, or poetry who are courageous in
Václav Havel’s Words Featured in Let Freedom Swing: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Václav Havel’s Words Featured in Let Freedom Swing, new album featuring the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and special guests, available now on Jazz at Lincoln Center’s