MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL – COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION
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SVU Membership Renewal 2012
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Czech edition of the Fifty Years of SVU
Nakladatelství ACADEMIA právě vydalo v edici Paměť dlouho očekávaný titul
PRO VLAST: PADESÁT LET SPOLEČNOSTI PRO VĚDY A UMĚNÍ
Jedná se o český překlad díla Miloslava Rechcígla ml. vydaného v angličtině s názvem On Behalf of Their Homeland: Fifty Years of SVU.
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Book Signing at the Czech Embassy in Washington, DC
Washington, D.C., December 8, 2011:
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of SVU publication activity, the Czech Embassy, together with the Washington Chapter of SVU, presented an evening of book signing of Czechmate: From Bohemian Paradise to American Haven, a memoir of SVU Past President, Dr. Miloslav Rechcígl.
The event was opened by the Ambassador of the Czech Republic, Petr Gandalovič, …read more
Professor Mojmír Povolný celebrates his 90th birthday!
A long-term member of SVU and President of the Council of Free Czechoslovakia, Professor Mojmír Povolný celebrates his 90th birthday in November. We all have had privilege to meet him at numerous SVU congresses, the last time in New York City in June. We wish him many happy returns, good health, and we look forward to welcoming him next year to Zilina congress.
Sto let!
Karel Raska, Jr.
SVU MEMBER RECEIVES MEDAL OF MERIT IN SCIENCE
On October 28, 2011, President Václav Klaus awarded Medal of Merit in Science to a long-standing SVU member Dr. George Jiří Kukla of Columbia University, for his research in climatology a and contributions to the questions of global warming.
Congratulations!
Karel Raška, Jr.
Czech American Bibliography
SVU is pleased to announce it just issued the Czech American Bibliography, published, under SVU auspices, by AuthorHouse. The book, with the foreword by SVU President Karel Raška, has been authored by Mila Rechcigl, ‘SVU Scholar in Residence’. It is a comprehensive bibliography of publications relating to Czechs in America, from the earliest time since the discovery of the New World to date, covering their settlement, community life and their contributions to their host country. Although emphasis is on English titles, including books, as well as articles, the relevant titles in Czech language have also been included, particularly in those areas where there is a paucity of English titles. It also incorporates and updates the relevant publications in the classical Esther Jerabek’s bibliography on Czechs and Slovaks in North America (1976). …read more
Czech American Timeline
Our never-tiring ‘SVU-Scholar-In- Residence’ Mila Rechcigl has undertaken – under the SVU auspices – another significant first, i.e., Czech American Timeline. Chronology of Milestones in the History of Czechs in America with the focus on accomplishments of American personalities with roots in the Czech Lands, from the times of the discovery of the New World to date. Although he has the study well in hand, he encourages the SVU members, and other readers of this note, to submit, for consideration, suggestions of significant events in the life of Czech immigrants and their descendants in America, which he may have missed. Please send your suggestions via e-mail to svu.one@gmail.com
THE LION AND THE EAGLE
Czech-American Relations
through the Eyes of Envoys
Symposium at Prague’s Czernin Palace, October 7, 2011
Upon invitation by Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg, five Czech and five U.S. Ambassadors participated in the informal discussion (sorted by timeline):
William H. Luers (1983–1986), Michael Žantovský (1992–1997), Alexandr Vondra (1997–2001), John Shattuck (1998–2000), Martin Palouš (2001–2005), Craig R. Stapleton (2001–2003), William J. Cabaniss (2003–2006),
Petr Kolář (2005–2010), Norman L. Eisen and Petr Gandalovič (from 2011). The debate was chaired by Mrs. Wendy W. Luers, Founder and President of the Foundation for Civil Society.
You can get the syposium brochure, photos, and the video recording here.
MUTUAL INSPIRATIONS Festival, Sep. 8 – Oct. 28, 2011
The Czechoslovak Society of Arts & Sciences is proud to be a partner of the MUTUAL INSPIRATIONS Festival 2011, honoring the 170th birthday of composer Antonín Dvořák.
The Mutual Inspirations Festival is an initiative spearheaded by the Embassy of the Czech Republic, under the patronage of Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs Karel Schwarzenberg, focusing on the mutual inspirations between Czech and American cultures.
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SVU voted for preservation of the CSPS Sokol Hall in Minnesota
CSPS Sokol Hall in St.Paul, MN, the oldest Czech-Slovak Sokol Hall in the USA, is about to receive the AMEX Grant within the Partners in Preservation project.
American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation announced that the CSPS Sokol Hall is a finalist with 25 historic sites for part of a $1 million grant.
Preliminatry results of the public vote on Facebook show the CSPS Sokol Hall got on the 3rd position of the 25, with some 9% share of the grant allocation.
The current project will improve the second floor theater, including making the stage accessible, and upgrading the audio, projection, mechanical and theater systems to meet modern performance standards and renovation of the historic stage and antique backdrops. Support our collection of over 200 community plays published in Czech in Prague between 1880 and 1930. All for our hall’s 125th anniversary next year Summer 2012!