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CZECHOSLOVAK SOCIETY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES |
SVU World Congress
Palacky University, June 27 - July 4, 2004
Word from SVU President
This is the last occasion I have before the forthcoming SVU Congress to address SVU
membership. This is the 22nd World Congress the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and
Sciences (SVU) has organized since its inception in 1958. It is being convened in
cooperation with Palacky University, Lord Mayor of the City of Olomouc and C.E.O.
(Hejtman) of the Olomouc Region, under the auspices of Vaclav Klaus, President of
the Czech Republic.
Based on our periodic reports and announcements on SVU Website: www.svu2000.org you
could see that this will be a fantastic event, certainly a pivotal event of the year
for anyone interested in the Czech and Slovak culture and affairs. The University
Rector Prof. Jana Macakova and Dean of the Philosophical Faculty Docent Ivo
Bartecek, under whose leadership and counsel the preparations have been made, have
gone out of their way to make all the university resources available to us to make
the Congress a success and all the visitors welcome.
The Congress, with its varied and highly interesting program, will cover just about
every area of human endeavor from the arts, music, literature, history, education,
law, politics, media to business, law, medicine, science, technology and much more.
Apart from various sessions, discussion panels and symposia, there are numerous
exciting cultural and social activities being planned, including opera, concerts,
social-get-together, banquets, guided walking tours through the historic City of
Olomouc, bus excursions through the beautiful Moravian landscape (with castles, wine
cellars, scrumptious food and lots of fun).
We have many members of Moravian ancestry. They ought to take advantage of this
unique opportunity to visit the land of their ancestors. It is unlikely that there
would be comparable occasion in the future where you would learn and see so much
about Moravia and its rich history and culture. After all, this is the land which
produced John Amos Comenius (Komensky), Sigmund Freud, Johann Mendel, Edmund
Husserl, Thomas G. Masaryk, Leos Janacek and Kurt Godel - the personalities who
shook and shaped the world.
Take advantage of this unique opportunity. You will enjoy it, make contacts and
learn a lot too. This will be a great opportunity to meet all sorts of interesting
personalities, dignitaries, government representatives etc.
I urge everyone who has not as yet made up his or her mind to come to Olomouc and
enjoy the meetings and all the fun. You won't be sorry.
Mila Rechcigl
SVU President
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