{"id":5088,"date":"2025-03-23T19:26:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T18:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.svu2000.org\/newyork\/?p=5088"},"modified":"2025-04-27T00:06:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T23:06:12","slug":"womens-artistic-dissent-repelling-totalitarianism-in-pre-1989-czechoslovakia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.svu2000.org\/newyork\/2025-events\/womens-artistic-dissent-repelling-totalitarianism-in-pre-1989-czechoslovakia\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Artistic Dissent: Repelling Totalitarianism in Pre-1989 Czechoslovakia"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday, APRIL 23, 2025, at 7 pm<\/strong>
\nAt Bohemian National Hall in Manhattan<\/p>\n

Author book presentation
\nBy Brenda A. Flanagan<\/strong> and Hana Waisserova<\/strong><\/p>\n

Moderated by Christopher Harwood<\/p>\n

Free and open to the public. The suggested donation is $15.
\nSeats are limited on a first come, first served basis.
\nPlease register online through Eventbrite<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n

To survive totalitarianism during the years when Czechoslovakia ached under Soviet rule and to retain their humanity, Czech women writers went underground to write, paint, sculpt, and create supportive communities.
\nThe co-authors Flanagan and Waisserov\u00e1 will pay tribute to creative women dissidents including Eva \u0160vankmajerov\u00e1, \u201cMother of Czech Surrealism,\u201d and Eda Kriseov\u00e1, journalist, fiction writer, essayist, and activist who served in President V\u00e1clav Havel\u2019s first Cabinet.
\nThey presented their book last year at the V\u00e1clav Havel Library in Prague.<\/p>\n

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\nDr. Brenda Flanagan<\/strong> is a professor of creative writing, Caribbean and African-American literature. She has received numerous awards, including three Hopwood Awards, three NEH Fellowships, and a Michener Fellowship. A cultural ambassador for the U.S. Department of State, she has traveled extensively, particularly in Central Asia and the Middle East, often as the first American writer sent to certain regions in decades. She fell in love with Czech Republic, which she regularly visits for many years. She has become an honorary member of the Prague Surrealist group and formed strong friendships with Eva and Jan Svankmajer. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in various journals, and her published works include a novel, a short story collection, and a play. Recent activities include representing the U.S. at international book fairs and lecturing at universities globally<\/p>\n

Dr. Hana Waisserov\u00e1<\/strong> is an associate professor of practice of Czech and Central European Studies and an affiliate of the Harris Centre for Judaic Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She studied at Spelman College, GA, earned Ph.D. in Anglophone transnational literature from Palacky University, CR, and Gender Graduate Certificate from TAMU, TX. She has published articles concerning South Asian and Central European women’s transnational literature, women’s totalitarian experiences, women dissidents and their activism, medieval Czech literature, and Czech-American culture in Nebraska. Prior to working in academia, she lived in India and traveled widely in Europe, Asia, and East Africa, where she worked as an outdoor guide and a publicist.<\/p>\n

Organized by the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences (SVU), New York Chapter, with the support of BBLA and in collaboration with the V\u00e1clav Havel Center in New York.<\/p>\n

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