Difference between revisions of "Václav Havel"
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* Controversially, the first semester [[Lit Hum]] syllabus, which is traditionally limited to ancient Greek texts and the Bible, was altered that year to include one of Havel's plays, ''The Garden Party''. | * Controversially, the first semester [[Lit Hum]] syllabus, which is traditionally limited to ancient Greek texts and the Bible, was altered that year to include one of Havel's plays, ''The Garden Party''. | ||
* Littered the campus with [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ceremonies/commencement/docs/events/commencement/address.html havel water bottles][photo needed] | * Littered the campus with [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ceremonies/commencement/docs/events/commencement/address.html havel water bottles][photo needed] | ||
| + | * Gracing even the hapless maintenance workers toiling perpetually to fix the [[Wien]] water boiler with his presence [http://www.bwog.net/publicate/index.php?page=post&article_id=2559] | ||
* [[CCNMTL]] Created an entire website, http://havel.columbia.edu/, including video of | * [[CCNMTL]] Created an entire website, http://havel.columbia.edu/, including video of | ||
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** [http://havel.columbia.edu/core.html His 'core' speech] (be sure and read the feedback before Columbia erases it) | ** [http://havel.columbia.edu/core.html His 'core' speech] (be sure and read the feedback before Columbia erases it) | ||
** [http://havel.columbia.edu/lou_reed.html A set of interviews with Lou Reed]-- that's right, Lou fucking Reed, secretly a Havel scholar apparently, and | ** [http://havel.columbia.edu/lou_reed.html A set of interviews with Lou Reed]-- that's right, Lou fucking Reed, secretly a Havel scholar apparently, and | ||
Revision as of 10:16, 12 July 2007
Václav Havel, playwright and the ex-president of Czechoslovakia, spent 7 weeks in the Fall 2006 semester as Columbia's artist in residence. This primarily involved him giving mostly incomprehensible speeches in poor English, most notably a terribly garbled and underwhelming CC Coursewide Lecture.
Columbia completely milked his 7-week stay for all it was worth including:
- Controversially, the first semester Lit Hum syllabus, which is traditionally limited to ancient Greek texts and the Bible, was altered that year to include one of Havel's plays, The Garden Party.
- Littered the campus with havel water bottles[photo needed]
- Gracing even the hapless maintenance workers toiling perpetually to fix the Wien water boiler with his presence [1]
- CCNMTL Created an entire website, http://havel.columbia.edu/, including video of
- His 'core' speech (be sure and read the feedback before Columbia erases it)
- A set of interviews with Lou Reed-- that's right, Lou fucking Reed, secretly a Havel scholar apparently, and
- Photos, his personal notebooks, and myriad other miscellany. Unbelievable, really.
