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SUMMARY:History Colloquium - "Alexander Dubček and Czecho-Slovakia in 1968: Reforms, Federation and the UN"
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“Alexander Dubček and Czecho-Slovakia in 1968: Reforms, Federation and the UN”



Dubcek Colloquium Poster



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In January 1968, the election of Alexander Dubček - “a Slovak, as well as a pragmatist with relatively progressive views,” according to Canadian diplomats - to the leadership of the Communist Party, started reforms for “Socialism with a Human Face” in Czecho-Slovakia. The reforms were interrupted by the intervention from outside in August 1968. The only lasting legacy of the Dubček’s reforms was the federalization of Czecho-Slovakia. The presentation explores the legacy of the Czecho-Slovak Spring of 1968 in Canadian, U. S., Czecho-Slovak, Russian and the United Nations diplomatic documents.



Speaker:          Dr. Marcel Jesenský, Part-time Professor



The event is hosted by the Department of History of Carleton University and co-sponsored by the Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Canada, the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (EURUS) and the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA).
LOCATION:History Lounge, 433 Paterson Hall, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Dr, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6
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