Conference and Exhibition „The Prague Spring. Poland and Czechoslovakia in 1968”

On September 4th-5th, 2003 in Warsaw, in the premises of the Institute of National Remembrance (the conference room at 28 Towarowa street) an international conference entitled „The Prague Spring. Poland and Czechoslovakia in 1968” will take place. The conference will be accompanied by an exhibition devoted to the same topic which has been prepared by the Branch Public Education Office in Wrocław. Contact: Anna Piekarska (+48 22 581 89 18).

Conference Programme
„The Prague Spring. Poland and Czechoslovakia in 1968”
Warsaw, September 4th-5th

Thursday, September 4th

10.00 opening of the conference and exhibition
10.10 – 10.25 addresses by Czech Ambassador Bedřich Kopecký and the representative of the Slovak Embassy in Poland
10.25 – 10.45 Czechoslovakia and Poland before 1068 by Jan Rychlik
10.45 – 11.05 Impact of the Prague Spring on the Polish March’68 by Jerzy Eisler
11.05 – 11.25 Impact of the Polish March’68 on the Prague Spring by Petr Blažek
11.25 – 11.45 Eastern Block vis-à-vis the Prague Spring by Jitka Vondrová
11.45 – 12. 30 discussion
12.30 – 14.15 break
14.15 – 14.35 Władysław Gomułka and the Prague Spring by Paweł Machcewicz
14.35 – 14.55 The Polish United Workers’ Party and the Prague Spring by Łukasz Kamiński
14.55 – 15.15 Attitude of the Polish Catholic Church towards the Pargue Spring and the Military Intervention of the Warsaw Pact in Czechoslovakia by Rudolf Vevoda
15.15 – 15.45 discussion
15.45 – 16.00 break
16.00 – 18.00 panel discussion on The Crisis of the Communist System in 1953-1989
Andrzej Paczkowski, Andrzej Friszke, Andrzej Krawczyk, Irenej Kratochvíl, Oldřich Tůma, Jan Rychlik

Friday, September 5th

10.00 – 10.20 Participation of the Polish Army in the Intervention in Czechoslovakia by Paweł Piotrowski
10.20 – 10.40 Czechoslovak Society vis-à-vis the Polish Participation in the Intervention by Jan Kalous
10.40 – 11.00 Resistance of the Czechoslovak Society against the Intervention by Jiři Pernes
11.00 – 11.15 break
11.15 – 11.35 “Podhale” Action by Grzegorz Majchrzak
11.35 – 11.55 Normalization 1969-1971 by Oldřich Tůma
11.55 – 12.40 discussion
12.40 – 14.15 break
14.15 – 16.00 closing discussion – summing up of the conference