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'''Václav Havel''', playwright and the ex-president of Czechoslovakia, spent 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]].  
 
'''Václav Havel''', playwright and the ex-president of Czechoslovakia, spent 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]].  
  
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''.
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Columbia completely milked his 6-week stay for all it was worth including:
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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''.
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* Littered the campus with [[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ceremonies/commencement/docs/events/commencement/address.html havel water bottles]][photo needed]
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* CCNMTL Created an entire website, http://havel.columbia.edu/, including video of
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** His 'core' speach (be sure and read the feedback before Columbia erases it)
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** A set of interviews with Lou Reed -- that's right, Lou fucking Reed, secretly a Havel scholar apparently, and
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** Photos, his personal notebooks, and myriad other miscellany. Unbelievable, really.
  
 
[[Category:Other affiliates|Havel]]
 
[[Category:Other affiliates|Havel]]
 
[[Category:Heads of state|Havel]]
 
[[Category:Heads of state|Havel]]

Revision as of 19:46, 11 July 2007

Václav Havel, playwright and the ex-president of Czechoslovakia, spent 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 6-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]
  • CCNMTL Created an entire website, http://havel.columbia.edu/, including video of
    • His 'core' speach (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.