November 15, 2025: Women’s Artistic Dissent with Brenda Flanagan and Hana Waisserova
Join us for a talk with authors Brenda Flanagan and Hana Waisserová on their book Women’s Artistic Dissent, exploring how Czech women artists and writers resisted totalitarianism in pre-1989 Czechoslovakia—an inspiring tribute to the Velvet Revolution.
Saturday November 15, at 3pm
Harvard University’s Boylston Hall 105
Brenda Flanagan and Hana Waisserova will speak about the book they co-authored, Women’s Artistic Dissent: Repelling Totalitarianism in Pre-1989 Czechoslovakia (2023).
The book discusses two important Czech women, the surrealist artist Eva Švankmajerová and the writer and journalist Eda Kriseová, a spokesperson for Václav Havel during the Velvet Revolution, who served in President Havel’s first cabinet. The book talk focuses on the work of these important Czech figures during the oppressive regime of 1970s and 1980s Czechoslovakia.
We are happy that we can celebrate the anniversary of the Velvet Revolution that started on November 17, with our two guests and such a pertinent topic.
Brenda Flanagan is Edward M. Armfield Professor of English and core faculty in Africana Studies at Davidson College.
Hana Waisserová is associate professor of practice of Czech studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Hana Waisserová is associate professor of practice of Czech studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
The event is organized by Czech Cafe Boston.