Czechs abroad
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Author Jan Novák on Hrabal, Škvorecký and scandalizing the Chicago Czech community
Jan Novák left Kolín in Communist Czechoslovakia a teenager in 1969. He emigrated with his parents to Chicago, where he studied and started to chronicle Czech life in the…
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Genealogist Tom Zahn on reuniting emigrants with their Czech relatives
My guest for today’s One on One is Tom Zahn, an American who has been living in Prague for most of the last fifteen years, and who has, during his time in the capital…
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Some highlights of our Czechs in New York series
Earlier this year I flew to New York to record a series of special reports about Czechs in the city, visiting several important Czech institutions and speaking to dozens…
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Historian Milan Hauner on his own fascinating family history
Milan Hauner is a leading Czech historian whose area of expertise is World War II, Germany and Czech-German relations. He himself was born during the war, in 1940, to a…
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Refurbished Bohemian National Hall in New York reopens after two decades
After years of discussion, planning and extensive renovation work, New York’s Bohemian National Hall finally reopened on Thursday evening in a lavish gala event. The…
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Expatriate conference brings Czechs together from all over the world
Czech expatriates from as far afield as Australia and the United States have been meeting in Prague this week for a conference called ‘Czechs and Exile: 1948 and 1968’…
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Peter Bisek – publisher of the leading Czech and Slovak paper in US
Peter Bisek and his wife Vera edit and publish the leading Czech and Slovak newspaper in the United States, Americké listy. Mr Bisek is also the president of the Bohemian…
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Small numbers studying Czech at prestigious New York universities
In this edition of Panorama we meet some of those teaching and studying Czech at two of New York’s most prestigious universities. Our first stop is Columbia University…
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Professor Milan Fryščák – serving important Czech émigré organisations for many decades
Professor Milan Fryščák is a leading member of the US-based Czechoslovak Academy of Arts and Sciences and has been closely involved over the years with several other Czech…
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Jiří Stanislav – an actor turned politician
In this week's One on One, our guest is Jiří Stanislav, a politician and actor who spent half of his life abroad in Canada and the UK. Most recently he appeared in the…
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Czech dances and Kroje galore: The first annual 'Compatriot Folklore Festival'
If you were to enter the Salesianske theatre in Kobylisy this week, this is the kind of sound that would greet you. The event is the first annual 'Krajanske Folklorni…
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New York's Bohemian Hall may be completed in 2008
When a Czech-American group handed over a valuable piece of Manhattan real estate to the Czech Government in the year 2001, it was expected that the building would be…
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