British Council is a partner of the biggest science festival in the Czech Republic, which is annually organised by the Czech Academy of Sciencies.
Our events include fascinating talks by renowned Czech expert on Shakespeare Professor Martin Hilský and charismatic British scientist Dr. Michaela Londesborough.
Click on the event name to read more and book a seat.
Events in Prague
11. November 11.00 - in Czech
Chemie - globální hrozba nebo řešení globálních problémů? - Speaker: Michael G. S. Londesborough
Chemistry - global threat or solution to global problems? Do we know the basis and causality of origin, production, usage and processing of carbon dioxide and plastics? Don't miss the interactive lecture of Michael Londesborough full of interesting experiments.
12. November 10.00 - in Czech
Úsvit vědy v Shakespearově Anglii - Speaker: M. Hilský
Dawn of science in Shakespeare's England - Prague Municipal Library and the British Council invite you to a lecture by an excellent speaker and Shakespeare's work expert Prof. Hilsky.
15. November 10.30 - in English
FameLab 2019 – International Echoes in Prague - Speaker: Michael G. S. Londesborough
National winners of FameLab 2019 from Ireland, Spain, Switzerland, Romania, Czech Republic, etc. come to Prague to present their 3-min. shows to share with the audience the hottest topics from the natural sciences, mathematics and medicine. As every year Dr. Michael Londesborough will host the event.
15. November 15.00 - in English
Can we cure aging? - Speaker: Andrew Steele
If you had to rank the problems facing humanity today, what would take the top spot? Climate change? Poverty? Antibiotic resistance? These are all serious, but biologist Andrew Steele thinks that the biggest problem is often overlooked: ageing. Every day, 100,000 people die from diseases caused by ageing—twice as many as are killed by everything else combined. Getting older seems inevitable, but new findings in biology are showing us that we can slow ageing, and even turn back the clock. For the first time in human history, we can ask the question: can we cure ageing? And, if we could, would we want to?
Andrew Steele is a scientist, writer and campaigner based in London, UK. After a PhD in physics, he decided that ageing was the biggest humanitarian problem of our time and decided to switch to a career in biology. He is currently writing a book about the biology of ageing which will be published in 2020.
Events outside Prague
12. November 10.00, Ústí nad Labem - in Czech
Chemie - globální hrozba nebo řešení globálních problémů? - Speaker: Michael G. S. Londesborough
Chemistry - global threat or solution to global problems? Do we know the basis and causality of origin, production, usage and processing of carbon dioxide and plastics? Don't miss the interactive lecture of Michael Londesborough full of interesting experiments.
15. November 10.00, Olomouc - in Czech
Pozor - napětí - Speaker: J. Klusák a T. Kuběnová
The FameLab 2012 winner in the Czech Republic Jan Klusák will demonstrate together with Tereza Kuběnova the surprising behaviour of metal materials.
