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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]].
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[[Image:VaclavHavel.jpg|thumb|200px|Václav Havel]]
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[[Image:Clintonhavelbollinger.jpg|thumb|right|The highlight of Havel's residency: a meeting between Havel, Bill Clinton, and [[PrezBo]] ]]
  
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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'''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]].
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Columbia completely milked his 7-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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* 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]
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* [[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)
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** [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
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** Photos, his personal notebooks, and myriad other miscellany. Unbelievable, really.
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*Bill Clinton actually came to campus, a rare occurrence despite the fact his office is only a few blocks away in [[Harlem]]
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{{succession|preceded=[[Peter Brook]]|succeeded=TBD|office=Artist in Residence|years=Fall 2006}}
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[[Category:Artists in Residence|Havel]]
 
[[Category:Heads of state|Havel]]
 
[[Category:Heads of state|Havel]]

Latest revision as of 22:14, 15 September 2007

Václav Havel
The highlight of Havel's residency: a meeting between Havel, Bill Clinton, and PrezBo
See also Wikipedia's article about "Václav Havel".

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.
  • Bill Clinton actually came to campus, a rare occurrence despite the fact his office is only a few blocks away in Harlem
Preceded by
Peter Brook
Artist in Residence 
Fall 2006
Succeeded by
TBD