At the turn of June and July, a group of BISLA students along with BISLA alumn Jonáš Jánsky explored the events leading up to the 1989 November Revolution and the events of the first revolutionary months in an intensive course 1989 revolution(s) and historiographical debates 

Summer school in the BISLA garden

The course focused on the discourse around the Velvet Revolution as a whole. In the context of Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland, it explored the late Normalization era and pondered whether the November events could be considered a revolution or not.

The group considered the role of women during those times, and the lasting impact the Velvet Revolution had on the formation of the culture and subcultures in the region.

The course is a part of the Central European Area Studies minor and the Allen Kassoff Center at BISLA, emphasizing the interdisciplinary studies of our region, its history, identity, political and cultural complexities.

Jonáš Jánsky

 

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