Havel at Columbia
The Citizen
The complexity of Václav Havel's life and ideas can be fully appreciated only by viewing him from several perspectives. Havel is not only a political leader, but a world renowned artist. The interviews, archival footage and other library assets found in this section focus on Havel the citizen: his rise to prominence as an essayist, political and human rights activist, and ultimately leader of his country.
Interviews
Bradley Abrams
, Associate Director, Harriman Institute and Associate Professor, History Department
Columbia University
Lisa Anderson
, Dean
School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Edward Albee
, Playwright
Lee C. Bollinger
, President, Columbia University
George H.W. Bush
, Forty-first President of the United States
Milos Forman
, Filmmaker
Chris Harwood
, Lecturer in Czech
Slavic Languages, Columbia University
William and Wendy Luers
, Former President of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and former Ambassador to Czechoslovakia; Founder and President of the Foundation for a Civil Society.
Gregory Mosher
, Director University Arts Initiative
Columbia University
Ambassador Martin Palouš
, Czech Ambassador to the United Nations, former Czech Ambassador to the United States and former spokesperson of Charter 77
Martin Puchner
, H. Gordon Garbedian Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Columbia University
Lou Reed
, Artist, Musician
David Remnick
, Editor,
The New Yorker
George Soros
, Founder and Chairman
Open Society Institute and the Soros Foundations Network
Galleries
Censorship and Restrictions
Charter 77 and its International Impact
Havel at Home
Havel in New York
Last Days of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
Maps
Plastic People of the Universe
Prague Spring
President Havel
Trials and Tribulations
Velvet Revolution as Mass Movement
Velvet Revolution as Negotiation
Velvet Revolution as Student Movement
Archival Films
Prague Spring
, Cel Communications, 1985
(CU Only)
The Velvet Revolution
, Courtesy CNN
The Cold War: 1968, 1989
, Turner Original Productions, 1998
(CU Only)
US News Coverage of Czechoslovakia, 1977-1992
, Vanderbilt Television News Archive
(CU Only)
Citizen Václav Havel Goes on Vacation
, Courtesy Jan Novak and Chicago Motion Pictures, 2006
Plastic People of the Universe (CU only)
, 1976 - 1977 Globus Music
(CU Only)
