The end of September saw the culmination of this year’s celebrations of the hundredth anniversary of the formation of the Czechoslovak state in the Senate, with a scientific conference with international participation taking place in Wallenstein Palace. Under the auspices of the President of the Senate Milan Štěch and President of the Academy of Sciences Eva Zažímalová, members of the Senate met with experts in 20th century history within Parliament’s upper chamber.
President of the Senate Milan Štěch during his opening speech
View of Wallenstein Palace’s Main Hall at the opening of the conference “Czechoslovakia in Transformations of 20th Century Europe”
Statutory Deputy Director of the Czech Academy of Sciences’ Institute of History, Jan Němeček
The ceremonial gathering was accompanied by music from violin virtuoso Václav Hudeček and pianist Lukáš Klánský
Historian Dušan Kováč of the Slovak Academy of Sciences with the conference’s academic co-ordinator, Jan Němeček of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Historian Dušan Kováč of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
Vice-President of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Miroslav Morovics
Amongst others to speak at the introduction was Slovak Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Peter Weiss