Prague College

Prague College was honored to host its second lecture in Master Speaker Series given by Dr. Pablo Guerrero on topic “Socialism of 21st Century in Latin America”. 

See the whole photo gallery on Prague College Flickr here...

Dr. Pablo Guerrero comes from legal background and was involved in high politics in Ecuador. He received Doctor of Jurisprudence from  "Universidad Central del Ecuador", Faculty of Law.  His lecture explained the lack of rule of law in Ecuador and the situation was compared to other European fascist and totalitarian theories. Various passages from the book including "Socialism of 21st Century," written by Hans Dietrich, discusses old Marxist dogma as the law of class struggle, and "The Value of Goodwill" theory was analyzed with a focus on strategy and geopolitics.

Read full interview with Dr. Guerrero here. 

Aerofilms -  film distribution company of the three largest art-house cinemas  - Bio Oko, Aero and Svetozor approached School of Art&Design to re-design its corporate identity. The project was implemented as a competition for the best design work to be selected by Aerofilms. The outcome of the students’ work was design of promotional material for the children summer camp Aertek, poster for La Pelicula promoting the Spanish film festival and change of the design of all cinema tickets.

Come see students' work at the exhibition opening at Oko Cinema on January 31st at 7pm.

Read more about Aerofilms project.

You are welcome to join us for the next Master Speaker Series
on January 26th!

The speech will explain the lack of rule of law in Ecuador and will focus on the so-called socialism of the 21st century in Latin America. The situation will be compared to other European fascist and totalitarian theories. The speaker will analyse legal, political and philosophical aspects of the new constitution of Ecuador, which is a copy of the Venezuelan constitutional model led by Hugo Chavez. Various passages from the book including "Socialism of 21st Century," written by Hans Dietrich, discusses old Marxist dogma as the law of class struggle, and "The Value of Goodwill" theory will be analysed with a focus on strategy and geopolitics. The lecture will also touch on the Post-Cold War period and the risks of returning to a bipolar world in which the protagonists are the Western World vs. Iran and the Bolivarian Alliance of Latin American countries.

During January Prague College is organising special workshops with Dr. Stefano Cavagnetto, PhD. The three different areas of research will be explored and discussed with a supplement of activities. Workshops will be open to all students from the Prague College three faculties.

Read more here...

The first area will focus on literary semiotics and various schools which have developed their own approaches to literature.

The second workshop will focus on aesthetics and visual communication with a particular emphasis on four important areas of study: semiotics aesthetics, semantics of the aesthetics sign, pragmatics of the aesthetics semiosis and aesthetics codes.

The third area of research that will be explored in the third workshop is the semiotics of interfaces and in particular a formalised and systematic approach to the study of signs in computer systems.

Workshop 1: Friday, January 13 at 3.30 PM, classroom 001
Workshop 2: Friday, January 20 at 3.30 PM, classroom 001
Workshop 3: Friday, January 27 at 3.30 PM, classroom 001

Registration required - please register here for individual workshops.

Fig. 1: VASILY VASILYEVICH KANDINSKY, Composition IV. 1911. Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfallen, Dusseldorf

Fig. 2: PAUL KLEE, Maibild (May Picture), 1925. The Berggruen Klee Collection. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York / 2009 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Students and staff from Prague College worked together on a charity drive for a Children's Home in Milovice. This drive also happened last year and due to its success we've decided to turn it into an annual Christmas tradition.  Mrs. Petra Cernovska, the director of the Children's home, advised us on gifts the children had asked for and so we arrived with audiobooks, bags and many other gifts. We had a lovely opportunity to play with the kids, which made both the adults and the children very happy. The interest to do charity is growing withing our students and we are all really looking forward to this event again next year.

Prague College wishes the kids and their teachers a wonderful year 2012 filled with happiness and joy.

See whole photo gallery on Prague College Flickr profile here...

Read an interesting interview with Stefano Cavagnetto on expats.cz, as he speaks about mathematics and philosophy and their application in interdisciplinary projects:

Stefano, many people know you as a lecturer, scholar and dedicated researcher in the areas of mathematics and philosophy. What has led you to study these subjects, and why did you choose to live in Prague?

Philosophy and mathematics have always been my interest and I have been attracted to these fields since I was very young. I decided to develop myself in these areas and combine my deep interest with a professional career. Why Prague? My first visit to Prague was the kind of story you have probably read or heard many times, and it is really nothing out of the ordinary. I first came to Prague as a tourist, a high school student, who was eager to explore Europe. I naturally came with a group of friends and then returned many times as a more mature visitor who fell in love with the art, architecture and magical feeling of Prague... read the whole interview here.