Karel Čapek in New York

 

SAVE THE DATE!  







YEAR OF KAREL ČAPEK 

This year, on the 135th anniversary of his birth, we will be celebrating the genius of Karel Čapek and reconsidering the relevance of his work today.

The Prescience  of Karel Čapek

a talk by Professor Thomas Ort Queens College/CUNY

Thursday, March 6 at 7 PM Bohemian National Hall

Please RSVP via Eventbrite.

Free to the public. Suggested donation $15.  

Professor
Thomas Ort will explore the uncanny relevance of this early twentieth-century Czech writer for our times' political and technological developments. Čapek's fears about the displacement of human labor by machines and the threat of authoritarianism appear closer to their realization than ever since the 1930s.  

Moderated by Professor Chris Harwood, Columbia University