20th SVU WORLD CONGRESS American University, Washington, DC, August 8-13, 2000

MAJOR EVENTS

Tuesday, August 8

4:00 pm - 9:00 pm Registration (Ward Circle Building)

5:00 pm - 10:00 pm Reception hosted by the Slovak Ambassador and Mrs. Butora Slovak Ambassador's Residence, 7718 Carlton Place, McLean, VA 22102 Wednesday, August 9

8:00 am - 4:00 pm Registration (Ward Circle Building) 9:00 am - 12:00 noon Official Opening of the Congress (Morella Courtroom, Washington College of Law (WCL)

OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE CONGRESS Miloslav Rechcigl, Presiding

Dance Suite by Tylman Susato Annandale Brass John Wright, Director

The National Anthems Annandale Brass

Words of Welcome by President of American University Dr. Benjamin Ladner

Greetings by Associate Dean, Washington College of Law Dr. Andrew Pike

Greetings by Executive Vice President, Wesley Theological Seminary Dr. David McAllister-Wilson

Opening of the Congress by President of Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences (SVU) Dr. Miloslav Rechcigl, Jr.

Greetings by the Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the US H.E. Alexandr Vondra

Greetings by the Ambassador of the Slovak Republic to the US H.E. Martin Butora

Theme from the New World Symphony by Antonin Dvorak Annandale Brass

A Brief Intermission

Address by Speaker of the House, Czech Parliament Hon. Vaclav Klaus

Address by Vice Premier of the Slovak Republic Hon. Pal Csaky

BUFFET LUNCH 12:00 Noon - 1:30 pm 6th Floor Cafeteria, Washington College of Law

PLENARY SESSION "Czechs and Slovaks Who Have Made a Difference in the Second Millennium"

Wednesday, August 9, 2000, l:30 pm - 5:30 pm Morella Courtroom, Washington College of Law Miloslav Rechcigl, Presiding

Vilem Herold, Division of Humanities and Social Sciences and Institute of Philosophy, Academy of Sciences of CR, Prague "John Hus - Heretic, Saint or Reformer?" Pavel Floss, Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy, Palacky University, Olomouc "The Spiritual Heritage of Comenius to the Third Millennium" Peter Ambroz, Jewish Museum, Prague "Chatam Sofer - Successful Defense of Traditional Values in Revolutionary Times" Alan Houtchens, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX "Besides, What's So Great About Antonin Dvorak?" Jiri Veleminsky, Institute of Experimental Botany, Academy of Sciences of CR, Prague "J. G. Mendel. His Life and Works. On the Occasion of the Centennial of Rediscovery of His Work" J. Hanus Grosz, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN "Freud's Czech Roots and their Early Influence on His Life and Thoughts" Hugh Agnew, George Washington University, Washington, DC " Masaryk into a Third Century" Slavo Michalek, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava "Stefanik, Osusky and Papanek: Three Famous Citizens from Brezova"

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Reception and Photography Exhibit at the Czech Embassy Embassy of the Czech Republic, 3900 Spring of Freedom St., N..W. Washington, DC 20008

Thursday, August 10

8:30 am - 6:00 pm Registration 8:30 am - 12:00 noon Academic Sessions l:00 pm - 4:30 pm Academic Sessions 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm General Assembly Meeting (Morella Courtroom, WCL) 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Opening of Czech/Slovak Cultural Heritage Exhibit with Refreshments (Bentley Lounge, Gray Hall) . 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm Matej Mican's "Vsichni moji blizci" (All loved Ones) (Wechsler Theatre, Mary Graydon Center) 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm Preview Performance of Topol's "Hour of Love" (AU's Experimental Theatre)

Friday, August 11

8:30 am - 12:00 noon Academic Sessions 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm Academic Sessions 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm Opening night of the American premiere of Josef Topol's "Hour of Love" (American University's Experimental Theatre) 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm Film screening (Wechsler Theater)

Saturday, August 12

8:30 am -12:00 noon Academic Sessions 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm Academic Sessions 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm Banquet-Cruise on the Potomac (aboard "The Spirit of Washington") Sunday, August 13

8:00 am - 8:00 pm Bus Excursion to Jefferson's Monticello and University of Virginia

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