General information

Call No.:

203-13-1:59/1

Part of series

HU OSA 203-13-1 Records of Central European University: External Relations Office: Audio-visual Recordings

Located at

Audio cassette #59 / No. 1

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00007195

Date of production

1997-04-11

Date

1997

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

English

Notes

Length of the tape 90 min - recording on both sides

Content

Form/Genre

Raw material

Contents Summary

Interview with Josef Jařab, President and Rector of CEU between 1996-1999, about his early life and the experience of being jailed in Czechoslovakia during the communist period. The discussion revolves around the film "Lemon" for which Jařab wrote the script and which is highly influenced by the period he spent in jail. In addition, the interview touches upon history, World War II and the Cold War, but also Jařab's current life, academic work and writings.

Context

Associated Names

Central European University (CEU) (Copyright holder, Creator/Author, Producer)